Chapter 167: A Chaotic Situation

Protesters protested outside the city council, denouncing the police brutality and cursing everything with all kinds of words

In front of the protesters, the long white cloth and bloodstained corpses were a clear reminder of what the police had done, and what kind of atrocities they were facing

Anger, boundless anger stirred in people's hearts

It seemed that his reason was losing little by little, and among the long corpses, the man with a dull expression holding the bloodstained corpse that had long lost signs of life was very conspicuous, and some reporters pointed their cameras at him

"Daughter-in-law, wait for me......"

Holding his daughter-in-law who had long since died, Yu Defu's face had no tears for a long time, perhaps, this would only leave hatred in his heart, when he wiped the blood on his daughter-in-law's face with a handkerchief, silently covered his daughter-in-law with the white cloth, and looked up at the policemen over there, those policemen were holding shields and batons in their hands, and in front of the shield were broken bricks and other items, which were smashed by the people

It was they who killed her

Looking at the policeman in a police uniform, Yu Defu squeezed out of the crowd like ashes, and when he squeezed towards the crowd, people took the initiative to make way for this bloodstained man

"Want to open a ......"

"Want to open a ......"

The people around him comforted the man who had lost his wife with various words, but Yu Defu walked towards the other end of the square with a sluggish expression, first changed a piece of clothing in the clothing store, and after ten minutes, he walked into another street, and then entered a gun shop, which contained all kinds of guns in the display case, and various rifles in the back.

"Get Me Two"

Kill them

After leaving the gun shop, there was only one thought left in Yu Defu's mind, the relationship between him and his daughter-in-law was beyond the reach of ordinary couples, and the experience of his childhood sweetheart made his relationship with his wife extremely deep, and now, after losing his wife, there was only one thought left in his mind - revenge

"Severely punish the murderer ......"

While Yu Defu was struggling to squeeze forward in the crowd, hundreds of soldiers of the local garrison had already begun to enter the city council through other entrances, and they were responsible for taking over the police to maintain order in the area, and by the time the garrison began to take over the police to carry out the task of guarding, Yu Defu had already squeezed through the crowd

Seeing those policemen lining up and about to leave, Yu Defu still walked forward

"Stop where you are"

The soldier of the garrison with a rifle looked at the citizen who came over and shouted at him, but Yu Defu continued to walk forward without reacting, and when he was still a few meters away from the policemen, he suddenly took out the already loaded and pulled the trigger

"Bang bang, bang ......"

Gunshots, a succession of gunshots rang out in the square in front of the city council, Yu Defu shot at the same time, the soldiers of the garrison were stunned at first, hurriedly loaded the rifles, and when they loaded, Yu Defu, who had already emptied one magazine, took out another one and continued to shoot

The gunfire ensued chaos and chaos ensued the entire square, and as the police were constantly knocked to the ground, the soldiers of the garrison who had just taken over the task opened fire almost instinctively at the citizens for self-preservation

gunshot

The chaotic gunshots accompanied by the shouts of the people resounded in the square, and for a time the square had already become a honeycomb, no one knew what was going on, no one knew what was going on At the beginning, some policemen were still there to avoid shooting, but when they saw the garrison shooting at the people, several policemen also took out their guns and shot at the soldiers out of instinct, and in this skirmish, because of the chaos, large-scale chaos inevitably occurred...,

The piercing and sharp gunshots rang out, and Song Ming, who was originally watching the bustle in the roadside shop, looked back uneasily, while trying to see what was happening, but he only saw the chaotic and screaming flow of people, and in the gunshots, the frightened citizens ran everywhere

The next second, he was horrified to see that the soldiers were shooting at the crowd, and the sound of gunfire echoed in the air

"No"

At this moment, he was completely stunned by the scene in front of him, although he had been a spectator before, he never expected that these soldiers would shoot at the civilians who were demonstrating

gunshot

It doesn't get much better than that

Almost after hearing the news that the police and garrisons in Wuxi were shooting at the citizens, for the leaders of those opposition who had been silent for a long time, the gunfire seemed to be wonderful, as if they had been waiting for a long time for "good news", which would change many things, would change the country, would cause indignation among the population

Bad news has always spread faster than good news, attracting people's attention, almost as soon as the guns rang out in Wuxi, the news was transmitted through long-distance telephone calls, first through reporters and then by ordinary citizens, all the way to Nanjing, to the heart of the country

People were initially shocked by the news, and at first, they didn't believe it was true, and even they thought it was false, after all, since the founding of the empire, neither the army nor the police have ever shot at civilians, and even at any time, the army and the police have always been able to keep their senses, and they will solve the problem within an acceptable range, and they will not choose to shoot

But now, the gunshots in Wuxi, but they were surprised and suspicious, but the continuous news made them no longer question, they could no longer doubt, and after no longer doubting, the initial questioning was unprecedented anger, an angry emotion lingering in people's chests, and anger was devouring their understanding

Youth, universities

In the past 12 years, the greatest progress has been made in education, and in the past 12 years, through the forced education law, education in China has made great progress, just take the universities as an example, in the 12 years of the empire in China, there were 600,000 university students studying in the 195 universities in the country

Nanjing, China's capital, is home to thirteen of China's leading universities, and the campuses are home to a large number of young, impulsive young students, many of whom already have a bad opinion of the imperial system, which may have something to do with the relaxed educational atmosphere on campus

For many years, universities have been the stronghold of "republicans", and there are many professors who are originally politically inclined to the republican, and naturally their students are also deeply influenced by their ideas

Although the young students paid the price of thousands of forced conscriptions, through that incident, people realized that among these young people there was a hidden power, a power that could change the country

"Students, the gunshots in Wuxi rang out, and hundreds of citizens died tragically at the hands of the police and the army......"

On the campus of Nanjing Imperial University, dozens of students from Wuxi gave speeches on campus, all of them adding fuel to the "hearsay" of the "Wuxi tragedy", denouncing the atrocities of the Wuxi local government, the police and the army.

“…… We are ready to go to Congress to petition for severe punishment of the culprits......"

"Petitions, marches, ......"

While the students were grieving and indignant at the atrocities, in the joint conference room of the professors of the Imperial University, a dozen professors were frowning and discussing the scene of their studies in the university, and although they were extremely indignant at the atrocities that had occurred in Wuxi, they had to be cautious about the incident that had originated three years ago

Almost as soon as the meeting began, the speeches were a bit chaotic, and while the professors were denouncing the atrocities, they were more concerned about their students and the future of the students in this school, and they were talking about it

"If there is a demonstration, it is not a joke, and if there is another disturbance, if the court forcibly conscripts the students into the army and sends them to the front line, how can you and I explain to their parents?"

"That is, for some people, if it weren't for the privilege of having college students who don't need to be drafted, it is estimated that those who would have wanted to send those republican-minded students to the front line a long time ago, you must know that they are a thorn in their side, a thorn in the flesh, and they will not follow their wishes?"

"From their wishes? Can we stop students now? ”

"If such a tragedy happens, if the students don't take action, I'm afraid it will be the strangest"

"If students don't express their voices and let this matter develop, in the future, the country really doesn't know what it will become, we can not participate in demonstrations, but it makes no sense to stop students from marching."

"The local government of Wuxi has acted perversely, and the people are angry and resentful, and it is understandable to blame the students for denouncing the atrocities."

"I think I can't manage this matter if I want to, I'm afraid I can only turn a blind eye."

At this time, someone said eloquently:

Take 1902 as an example, the Qing government betrayed China's rights to Tsarist Russia, and the students of the Beijing Normal University went to the "Struggle against the Russian Covenant", after the ruling government, the government launched many demonstrations in order to strive for diplomatic superiority, and funded the printing and distribution of a large number of leaflets, which were distributed everywhere by the students to resist the early days of the foreign empire, that diplomatic breakthrough did not start by the students, over the years, generations of students did not for fame and fortune, only when the country needed it, Stand up, even Your Majesty has affirmed this many times, why, now that the government is atrocity, the students have condemned it, and everyone has a lot of concerns......"

Perhaps, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for Chinese universities to use open-mindedness in Chinese universities, for Chinese universities, there has never been a forbidden area for ideas here, and even together with the socialist trend of thought, there is a certain space exists, for Chinese universities that believe in "free thought first, then free academic without freedom of thought, that is, no academic freedom", the openness of thought is not only reflected in the students, but also in these professors, Although these national universities receive state funding for education, they can also be instructed in the university's employment system, and even if some professors are inclined to republicanism, as long as their academic achievements are enough to conquer others, through the vote of the professors, they can also enter the joint professors' council and participate in the management of the university, and in this case, the freedom of thought in the university has never ended

At this time, although some of the professors were worried, some sympathized, and some supported the students' move to launch a march and petition, but surprisingly, none of them objected, and this fear of no opposition often means connivance

While the professors of the joint meeting were discussing how to deal with the students' march and petition, a notice with the same content was posted on the bulletin board of the five branches of Nanjing Imperial University to inform all the students of the Imperial University and the student representatives of the various universities in the capital to hold an emergency meeting at 7 o'clock tonight in the auditorium of the three colleges.

Almost as soon as the notice was posted, in an instant, the notice was crowded with people, and the students and professors who were looking at the notice were all talking about what was about to happen, and everyone could have a premonition that something major would happen

At the same time, many radical organizations in Nanjing colleges and universities are also secretly gathering members, for these radical organizations hidden deep in the school, most of them are inclined to republican ideas, perhaps over the years, the republicans have been hit hard, but they have never given up that dream - about the dream of the republic, it is the inheritance of this generation of young students that allows that idea to spread, maybe they are a minority, but it is precisely because of the minority that they become more and more radical

As soon as the Wuxi tragedy occurred, these radical groups realized that this was an opportunity, an opportunity in front of them that had the potential to change the country, and they immediately began to draw up action plans and assign special tasks

At Imperial Normal University, the "Civil Rights Council", in this university, has always been a secret existence, for many years, has been using the so-called "student club" to cover its true face, for many years, its members for several generations, have been secretly spreading the idea of the republic, in their opinion, the republic is the real future, is the future that belongs to China

During the lunch break, several leaders of the "Civil Rights Association" school gathered to discuss things, and the four of them met to go to the school's playground and walk along the track and talk

"Zhang Jun, if my expectations are correct, the student representatives of each school will definitely submit a petition to the Congress."

Looking at the students in the distance, Yi Ke said in a young voice

"That's right, it's conventional"

Luo Zhang nodded and replied, submitting the petition, this is a habit or a tradition of student demonstrations, and this tradition has been passed down from the time of the ruling government

"Feng Shanjun and Houdejun, do you think what kind of petition content they will create this time?"

"If nothing else, they will demand that the murderers be severely punished and the truth thoroughly investigated"

After thinking for a moment, Li Fengshan replied

And Liang Houde added

"It is estimated that there will be some requirements for labor rights"

Yi Kenian nodded, Gongquan, the fuse of the Wuxi tragedy was Gongquan

"We can look at some articles on this, such as asking workers to have the right to form unions"

"It should also be added the requirement for workers' social insurance contributions, which should not reduce workers' incomes when the business owner bears the burden"

While adding, Liang Houde analyzed

"In this way, we should be able to win the support of some workers, in the past, our demonstrations were only attended by students, but the participation of citizens was very small, this time, we can win over the workers by fighting for labor rights."

Li Fengshan reminded on the side

"Workers, if we win over the workers, if the workers lose control and the petition becomes a "workers' movement", then the situation will not be under our control."

Perhaps because of the propaganda of the Russian riots for a long time, they have always had some fear of the "workers' movement", after all, the "workers' movement" has brought chaos and atrocities to Russia

"But what can we do without the workers?"

Liang Houde asked rhetorically, and then said as if self-deprecatingly

"Everyone knows that there is an old saying, a scholar who rebels for ten years will not succeed"

This self-deprecating remark made Yi Kenian frown slightly, but he had to admit that this was the truth, whether it was as students or the seniors who had entered the society, they always had such and such concerns, perhaps, this is the real reason why the republicans have always been silent

"Workers may have power, but they ......"

Stopping, Liang Houde looked at the classmates next to him and said

"But they need leaders, and if we seize this opportunity, we can lead these workers, and as long as we have the workers, we can take the initiative in this demonstration, and then we can safely control the situation?"

"But can we do it alone?"

Li Fengshan asked rhetorically, he didn't believe that they could do this alone

"Don't forget, there's also the Constitutional Democratic, for whom this is also a good opportunity for them to fight for power, do you think they will miss this opportunity?"

After Liang Houde reminded him, Yi Keshan said after thinking for a while

"That'...... That's it, but let's not mess around, otherwise, the people won't believe us.

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