"Ding Gong! Ding Gong! Someone is preventing fire! The smoke is high for half a day! Sa Zhenbing's adjutant Sa Shijun rushed into the conference room of the superintendent's office with a panicked face, panting as he spoke.

An emergency meeting is taking place in the conference room. At present, Chang Ruiqing's superintendent is not in Fuzhou, and Sa Zhenbing has begun to "take power" as a matter of course, and is convening the provincial governor Wang Qi, the deputy superintendent of military affairs Wu Shi, and several bureaus under the superintendent to discuss ways to calm the situation.

Hearing this, Sa Zhenbing jumped up at that time, and rushed to the window of the conference room to look out in a few steps. The pillars of smoke have indeed risen everywhere, but most of the "marchers" who originally gathered at the gate of the superintendent's office have dispersed, and I don't know if they are busy taking advantage of the chaos to rob!

Governor Wang Qi ran to Sa Zhenbing's side, looked at the chaos outside, and asked in a trembling voice, "Ding Gong, what should we do?" ”

Sa Zhenbing's eyes fell, looking at a few Chang Ruiqing's henchmen in this conference room, except for Wu Shi who was wiping sweat there with a handkerchief, as if he was panicked, everyone else looked calm, and they didn't know if they were particularly good at psychology, or if they had already made up their minds?

Sa Zhenbing banged on the windowsill: "Mob! A mob, what else can be done? Of course, it was the dispatch of troops to suppress it! ”

Hearing this, Wang Qi's brows wrinkled into Sichuan characters, and now Chang Ruiqing, the governor of other provinces, is not in Fuzhou! And if Sa Zhenbing, the Fujian overseer, orders the suppression, isn't it the Fujian people themselves who suppress the demonstrators who demand "the Fujian people govern Fujian"? The public opinion of the whole country, as well as those celebrities from Fujian Province in Beijing, are afraid that they will not be able to say a word that is unfavorable to Chang Ruiqing!

Thinking of this, Wang Qi hurriedly leaned into Sa Zhenbing's ear and whispered: "Ding Gong, please ask Chang Yaoru for power generation!" ”

Sa Zhenbing stomped his foot: "I'm the Overseer!" Ask for supervision? Besides, if this Fuzhou city is burned down, how can you and I explain to the Fujian fathers? How to explain it to the world? ”

Wang Qi was stunned when he heard this, bit his lip, and sighed heavily: "Why did this Chang Ruiqing leave Fuzhou?" ”

Sa Zhenbing shook his head, no longer paying attention to Wang Qi, but turned to Wu Shi and ordered loudly: "Deputy Supervisor Wu." I order you to immediately mobilize your troops and suppress the riots! ”

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At this time, Lu Xingbang, Cai Dajiao, Deng Sanye, Pan Yucheng and others, who were in charge of directing the parade, had also found that the situation was starting to get completely out of control!

They were originally commanded from a teahouse near the entrance of the school grounds. At this time, they found that they could no longer control the chaotic "parade gang"! The gangsters were in turmoil and participated in the robbery. It was useless for the leaders at all levels they sent down to shout, and in the end, Big Brother Cai and Deng Sanye couldn't sit still, and personally took the disciples and grandchildren to go down to suppress it.

As a result, as soon as I walked out for a while, I heard a crisp gunshot!

Lu Xingbang stood up suddenly. walked to the window and tried his best to look into the distance, and then turned back to stare at his adjutant: "Is this the Beiyang Army shooting and suppressing?" Or are our people indiscriminately firing guns? ”

The adjutant also looked nervous, and stretched out his ears to listen for a while: "This is the sound of a rifle, not ****, our people can't bring in so many rifles!" ”

Lu Xingbang calmed down and listened. Sure enough, it was the rifle that was firing! Apparently, the Beiyang Army began to suppress, and the gunfire seemed to be getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, the two gang bosses who had just left rushed in angrily: "Oh no! Oh no! They're coming here! They're calling! ”

"Called?" Lu Xingbang was stunned: "Who called?" ”

"Who else?" Big Brother Cai gritted his teeth: "Of course it's a Beiyang soldier!" There are hundreds, all with bright bayonets rushing through the crowd and coming to us, let's run! With that, he ran to the back door without looking back.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over!" When Pan Yucheng heard this, he howled: "They are here to arrest us." Brother, let's go first. He staggered to his feet as he spoke. Several servants of the Pan family, whose faces had long been pale with fright, hurriedly stepped forward to help their master and went to the back door.

Lu Xingbang's face was pale, and he stood there trembling slightly. This bandit in the Youxi Mountains already knew that something was wrong. The Beiyang Army found its own command as soon as it made a move, which can only show one point, the other party has completely mastered its whereabouts! There must be a ghost around you! And what this inner ghost can sell is definitely not just his own temporary headquarters......

He stamped his foot and shouted, "Hurry to our headquarters, where we have our roster!" It can't fall into the hands of the surname Chang! And he took with him his brothers. Rushing out in a rage, he went straight to the Pan family's store, which was used as the headquarters of the "abnormal movement".

But at this time. This warehouse has long been in the hands of the Fuxing Society Special Task Force led by Sun Hong. Dozens of plainclothes agents, armed with short guns, stood guard around the warehouse. There are about as many agents inside as they are rummaging through the cabinets.

Sun Hong himself sat on a Taishi chair in the middle of the courtyard, and there was a table of eight immortals in front of him, which was piled up with all kinds of papers, letters, and account books, including a roster of the "Abnormal Alliance", as well as three receipts with the Great Seal of the Sa Zhenbing Overseer, and several handwritten letters from the commanders of the Third Division of the Fujian Army to Du Xiqi and Yang Lizhong...... Some of these things should be here, some of them shouldn't be stored here, but now they have all been discovered without exception!

And this time the bomb suppression incident in Fuzhou City, Du Xiqi in Mawei only found out about it after lunch. Because the telephone lines between Mawei and Fuzhou were cut at more than nine o'clock in the morning! It wasn't until Yang Lizhong's disheveled clothes rushed straight to his house in Mawei that he learned that the protests in Fuzhou had turned into a riot, and Sa Zhenbing had ordered a suppression!

Seeing the wolf in Yang Di, Du Xiqi didn't realize the severity of the matter, but just asked lightly: "Have you contacted Lu Xingbang and Pan Yucheng?" Do they have any further plans? ”

Yang Lizhong frowned, his face pale: "I can't contact them all!" Shen Gong, something is wrong! At present, Chang Ruiqing's soldiers have closed the gates of Fuzhou City, and people are being arrested everywhere! I was able to come out with a warrant from Sa Dinggong, and Lu Xingbang and Pan Yucheng may not be able to escape from the city! ”

Du Xiqi scratched his head, shook his head slightly, and comforted Yang Yanzhong with warm words: "Tuozhong, this is not a big deal, what can Lu Xingbang and Pan Yucheng do even if they call Chang Ruiqing's soldiers to be arrested?" Even if you know that we are involved, what can you do? I don't believe he would dare to turn against our navy......"

Before he finished his words, Yang Lizhong interrupted angrily: "He doesn't dare to turn his face with our navy." But what about the regiment commanders and battalion commanders in the Third Division who were preparing to go unusual? And what about so many gentry who have contributed to the past? Once Chang Ruiqing took Lu Xingbang and Pan Yucheng, he would ......"

"But what?" Du Xiqi waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "What do you mean by not being popular? How many people in the Third Division are against the surname Chang? How many other leaders of the People's Army and gentry were still opposing him everywhere? He dares to take them all? Aren't you afraid of forcing other dogs to jump over the wall and fight with him? ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Lizhong seemed to be relieved a lot. He sighed lightly: "It's impossible to take them all, but it's inevitable to make an example, but after this battle, I'm afraid we will let Chang Ruiqing establish a dictatorship!" ”

Du Xiqi snorted. Stretched out his hand and patted Yang Lizhong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Where is it so simple?" I think this incident is always a blow to Chang Ruiqing's prestige, maybe he will become more restrained in the future. ”

At this moment, another officer in a navy uniform ran in outside, still holding a telegram: "Commander." The radio station received a telegram from Chang Ruiqing from Shanghai, and he ordered the whole province of Fujian to be under martial law, and the city of Fuzhou to be under military control from now on! ”

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With a soft snap, Zhang Jian threw a newspaper on the table that published the martial law and military control notice issued by the Fujian Military Affairs Supervision Office, with a smile on his face, and looked at Chang Ruiqing who was sitting opposite him with some regret. Finally, he finally sighed: "Brother Yaoru, what do you want to do?" Where did the people of Fujian offend you? They should be subjected to martial law! Are we still the Republic of China? Is the master of the country a national or an army? If this continues, I'm afraid that our Republic of China will become a Chinese militaristic state! ”

Zhang Jian said with a slightly excited expression. Sit there and gasp. During this time, he and Zhang Jiabao have been running for Chang Ruiqing's Nanjing Steel Mill plan, and all the forces inside and outside Nanjing have greeted him, and Li Chun's joints there have basically been opened, so he came to Shanghai with several conditions put forward by Li Chun to negotiate with Chang Ruiqing. Unexpectedly, before the negotiations began, the "Fuzhou Incident" occurred, and immediately after that, I saw the news of martial law and military control in the newspapers!

This kind of thing is nothing for Chang Ruiqing, who has crossed over in later generations. But in the eyes of a constitutionalist bigwig like Zhang Jian in the late Qing Dynasty, it seems to be a bit shocking! Even the faces of the three brothers of the Zhang family, who accompanied Chang Ruiqing, were not very good-looking. It's a bit of a surprise...... You know, in the history of this Republic of China in just a few years. But I had never heard of martial law on this scale.

As for military management, it is even more unheard of! Even when Yuan Shikai was the emperor and Zhang Xun was restored, he didn't announce that he wanted to be in charge of the military!

Hearing Zhang Jian openly raise this question, these people all looked at Chang Ruiqing with hesitation, as if waiting for his explanation.

Chang Ruiqing was silent for a moment, and said to Zhang Jian with a smile: "Ji Lao, the matter of imposing martial law and military management in Fujian is really a last resort!" As he spoke, he took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it over with both hands: "This is a secret telegram sent by the Military Police Bureau of the Fujian Provincial Army, which reports that the commander of the Fuzhou riot, Lu Xingbang, the bandit leader in Youxi, Fujian, has been arrested, and at the same time, their plan for planning the riot in the province, the roster of participants, and even the handwritten letters written by several regiment commanders and battalion commanders in the Third Division of the Fujian Army to Lu Xingbang and others!" ”

Zhang Jian took the telegram and read it a few times, then shook his head: "The old man has also heard about the affairs of Fujian Province, which is nothing more than that the local gentry want to exercise autonomy...... This is not a big deal, at present, most of the provinces and localities are autonomous, and even Nantong, where the old man lives, also implements local autonomy, hasn't it always been safe and stable? Moreover, looking at the experience of advanced constitutional countries in Europe and the United States, this local autonomy is actually the foundation of democratic constitutional government. It is only on the basis of the autonomy of the provinces and localities that the constitutional ...... of the whole country can be united."

After listening to Zhang Jian's words, except for Chang Ruiqing, the three brothers of the Zhang family in the house all felt that it made sense, didn't the United States form a federal state on the basis of the autonomy of each state? But seeing that Chang Da warlord couldn't help shaking his head, he didn't speak.

Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly and sighed: "Old Ji, let's tell you the truth." In fact, the younger generation does not really want to oppose local autonomy, but the current national conditions in China are really not suitable for local autonomy, nor is it suitable for the immediate implementation of democratic constitutional government! Because local self-government and democratic constitutionalism are based on popular will, not military might! Only the separation of military and political affairs has been achieved. The army and the military are no longer involved in politics before constitutional government can be implemented. Today's China has absolutely no such foundation, and China's so-called local autonomy is not based on public opinion at all. Rather, it is based on the force controlled by the warlords, so China's local autonomy is simply warlord secession!

The younger generation also does not shy away from saying that the younger generation is a big warlord who has tens of thousands of troops and occupies a province, while Lu Xingbang, Xu Zhuoran, Wang Rongguang and others are small warlords who have more than 1,000 troops and dominate a county! It is the basis for Ji Lao's implementation of local autonomy in Nantong. It is not the public opinion of Nantong, but Zhang Renkui's Youth Gang Army and Ji Lao's Chamber of Commerce militia! ”

Although his words are not very good, they show the essence of the so-called "local autonomy" or "inter-provincial autonomy" of the Republic of China. This kind of autonomy is nothing more than a cloak of legitimacy for the warlords, and it is simply wishful thinking to rely on this kind of autonomy to achieve national unity and democratic constitutional government! However, this kind of autonomy is in line with the short-term interests of many local gentry forces, so public opinion in various places is often very much in favor of this kind of autonomy.

After he said this, Zhang Jian's face turned blue, and the old man glanced at Chang Ruiqing. He slammed the tea bowl in his hand: "Since the general thinks that the old man's local autonomy is a warlord separation. The old man, the warlord, is now going to oppose your construction of a steel mill in Nanjing! ”

When Zhang Jiabao on the side heard this, he was busy and persuaded him: "Ji Lao! This yard is a yard, Nanjing Steel Mill is a good thing for industry to save the country, it is for the benefit of the country and the people, and industry to save the country is the pursuit of your life......"

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and interrupted: "Ji Lao." What the younger generation is saying is only the truth, and the biggest reason for China's weakness at the moment is not because there is no industry. It's a lack of cohesion! A large country of more than 10 million square kilometers and tens of thousands of people. If we can unite under a central power, why fear the oppression of foreign powers? Why worry that the country cannot develop? But now the situation is that each province is an independent kingdom! Every county has a warlord separatist, and even a township and a town has a soil emperor! The orders of the central government cannot leave Beijing, and the orders of the provincial government cannot leave the provincial capital, and the words of the head of a county are also in charge of the county seat...... What is such a country? It's just a plate of loose sand! It's a fish and meat that is divided and oppressed by the great powers! ”

Saying that, his tone became solemn: "The younger generation is now in control of a province, that is, to condense the scattered sand of this province, and then use the condensed province to integrate the divided country!" After the younger generations reunite China, China will not be afraid of bullying by the great powers, and it will be able to use the power of the state to protect and promote industrial development...... This is the real industry to save the country! Only then can a truly democratic constitutional government be implemented, and gentry like Ji Lao, who love the country and the people, will be able to rely on public opinion to participate in politics. ”

After listening to Chang Ruiqing's words, Zhang Jian seemed to have lost some of his anger, smiled faintly, and said to Chang Ruiqing: "Military dictatorship first, and then democratic constitutionalism...... What you think about now is good, maybe it's sincere, but in the future, when you are in power, can you still put it down? That is, can you let go, and those generals who support you can promise to return to the people and implement constitutional government? ”

Chang Ruiqing was stunned when he heard Zhang Jian's words, he knew that dictatorial power was the most corrosive of people's hearts! Historically, there have been very few regimes that have taken the initiative to change from dictatorship to democracy, but before they came to power, they shouted the slogan of democracy loudly and loudly, and once they gained power, they regarded democracy as a flood of beasts......

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly: "Old Ji, what will happen in the future, the younger generation is not sure." It's just that now, the younger generation really wants to bring the country together, and then implement democratic constitutional government. Moreover, the younger generation believes that this is also the only way to practice democratic constitutional government in China, and now only by first implementing military and political cohesion in one province can China be reunified, and only after the reunification of China can constitutional government be realized step by step. Otherwise, our country will be a mess, and sooner or later it will become a colony of the great powers! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jian was silent for a while, and only after a while did he hear him sigh: "Do you think that the country was unified back then, there were not so many warlords, and the central government also had authority, so it was not bullied by the foreign powers?" At that time, everyone thought that the reason for the weakness of the country was the dictatorship...... Now you think that only by implementing a military dictatorship can China be saved! Alas, it seems that people like the old man are really not suitable for politics, so let's go to business with peace of mind! Yaoru, let's talk about the Nanjing Iron Works now, Li Xiushan (Li Chun) also wants to invest in this factory, he is the best person, as long as you are willing to give him a false title such as chairman of the board of directors and chairman, and count the credit for building the factory in his name, then it is easy to say. ”

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