“…… The petitioning crowd surrounded the National Assembly Hall, the Prime Minister's Residence, the Foreign Minister's Residence, the Wuwei Public and Private Residence, the Zhide Public and Private Residence and other places, after which tens of thousands of people participated in the procession on the official street, and from 1 p.m., some radicals clashed with the police to maintain order, which then evolved into a riot of smashing, burning and looting, and had to be suppressed by a mobile team, and the riot did not subside until about 6 p.m., and the small-scale riots continued until midnight...... According to the report of the National Police Department this morning, a total of 293 militants were arrested yesterday, more than 500 people were injured in the chaos, including 77 policemen, more than 300 shops were ransacked, and buildings such as the National Assembly Hall, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Foreign Minister's Office were damaged to varying degrees......"

Home Secretary Mourning was briefing his cabinet on the September 5 riots in Beijing, and the large floor-to-ceiling glass window behind him was reduced to the window frame – thanks to a large slingshot in the hands of the rioters.

"Obviously this is not a simple law and order case," concluded Morning at the end, "organized and premeditated...... Yesterday morning, at 5 o'clock in the morning, we notified the newspaper office to print the number, and at half past seven the people gathered and marched, and speeches, blood letters, banners, and slingshots were all available, and all kinds of extremist groups and even underworld gangs in Beijing had a share, and if it were not for the premeditated organization of someone in advance, it would not have been possible to mobilize so quickly, and I have ordered the National Security Department to thoroughly investigate the matter, and I will inform the ......cabinet at any time if there is a situation."

At one end of the oak conference table, Prime Minister Zhang Zhigao frowned, staring at a dense list of extremist groups and gangs involved in yesterday's riots:

1. Iron and Blood National Action Alliance (Iron and Blood Alliance): Founded in the second year of Guangxing (1897) by Jiang Zhi, the former major of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment who was forced to retire in connection with the Guangxing Ding case, the main purpose is to oppose Manchuism, Xinghan, Zhengyi and militarism, and has branches in Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuchang, and its chairman Jiang Zhi has twice failed to run for the Beijing House of Representatives, and the Ministry of the Interior has also refused to recognize the legal political party identity of his organization, and the organization has more than 5,000 formal members before the war against Russia. The members are mainly retired soldiers and students, and their actions are between legal and illegal, and they are characterized as quasi-political organizations.

2. Youth Newspaper National Action Association (Youth Guild): Founded in the fifth year of Guangxing (1900) by former House of Representatives Han Xinhuo, the main purpose is the world of China, advocating the unification of the whole world by the Chinese Empire...... Despite his involvement in a number of public security cases, Chairman Han Xinhuo was imprisoned three times, but the organization grew rapidly, with branches in Tianjin and Shanghai, and by the time of the war, it had more than 3,000 full members. Most of its members are idle people and unemployed workers, and their actions are biased towards illegal means, and they are characterized as quasi-triad organizations.

3. Thousand Hands Society: Founded in the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892), it was originally just an ordinary underworld organization in Beijing, during which it was banned and reorganized many times, but its power has grown day by day, since the fifth reorganization of the former army captain Ma Langyuan in the fifth year of Guangxing (1900), it has gradually taken on a political nature, and put forward the extreme proposition of "conquering the earth, three races, the yellow race is the first, the black race is the secondary, and the white race is the most cheap slave". The sources of members are very large, mainly unemployed workers, veterans, and all kinds of social miscellaneous people, and their actions are gradually moving closer to the legal aspect, which can be characterized as a quasi-triad organization......

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"A total outburst of right-wing extremists?" Zhang Zhigao smiled bitterly, "In any case, this incident is a fierce manifestation of some public opinions, and there are not a few parliamentarians who oppose the abandonment of reparations and Chita, and the pressure from the government and the opposition is very great, but since the treaty has been approved and signed by the National Assembly, the government cannot lose its trust in the world because of the pressure of a small number of people, and the plan for withdrawing troops from Chita should be formulated as soon as possible." ”

Most of the cabinet members nodded yes, but Mo Ning was worried: "Although the riots have been suppressed for the time being, the people's dissatisfaction cannot be eliminated immediately, and it is difficult to guarantee that similar incidents will not be repeated. ”

"The most prestigious...... Could it be that ...... said, "Zhang Zhigao is a little bit clear."

"Please ask Duke Wu Wei to come out and form a cabinet, only he can calm the current situation." Mourning does not intend to take into account the mood of the current prime minister.

"If you think about it carefully, no one else can have such great influence and deterrence, although Zhi Degong has a great influence on the mainstream of politics and finance, but he is the sworn enemy of the extreme right, if you invite Zhi Degong to come out, it can only make the situation worse, the current situation, you have to Wu Wei Gong himself." Minister of Culture and Education Luo Sulan continued.

"If Wu Weigong forms a cabinet, the attitude of the military will not be a problem." Defense Minister Yang Zhengjin was concise and to the point.

"That is, you want me to resign?" Zhang Zhigao looked around, even his wife Luo Sulan did not cast a supportive gaze.

"Duke Wu Wei can form a cabinet, but before he comes to power, he should be relieved of active duty, so as to uphold the constitutional principle that military personnel are not allowed to interfere in politics." Kang Youwei, Minister of Justice and President of the Royalist Party, said coldly.

None of the cabinet members objected to Kang Youwei's proposal, and even Yang Zhengjin, the closest general to Liu Yun, the Duke of Wuwei, did not speak.

In the end, Zhang Zhigao had no choice but to say: "In view of the situation at this point, I have no desire to covet power, I can only let the virtuous to calm the hearts of the people, I will immediately submit my resignation to the emperor, and at the same time recommend Wu Weigong to the emperor as the successor prime minister, no matter what the composition of the next cabinet is, I hope you will continue to uphold justice and do your best for the country and the people." ”

With no more options, the first Chang Zhigao cabinet, which had lasted for nearly nine months, formally collapsed on September 10, 1904, a day after Liu Yun, Duke of Wuwei and Field Marshal Liu Yun, announced that he would be relieved of active duty and would accept the Senate's nomination to become prime minister. On September 10, the Imperial Senate officially submitted to Emperor Guangxing a list of candidates for prime ministers, including Duke Wen Yi of Zhide, Duke Liu Yun of Wuwei and Huang Linhong, Speaker of the Imperial House of Representatives. Two days later, the nation's major newspapers published a front-page headline on the new cabinet:

Prime Minister - Duke of Wuwei, Reserve Field Marshal Liu Yun

Minister of the Interior - Reserve Army General Yang Jung-Kim (transferred from Minister of National Defense)

Secretary of State for Defense - former Chief of the General Staff, active Army General Hook

Foreign Minister - Baron Chen Siguang, former Minister to Germany

Chancellor of the Exchequer - Viscount Han Lang (retained)

Minister of Industry and Commerce - President of the Chamber of Commerce of Sulu Province and Baron Zhang Jian

Minister of Science and Technology - He Xin, former director of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of National Defense and lieutenant general of the Reserve Army

Minister of Transport – Earl Niu Kim (from Minister of Commerce and Industry)

Minister of Culture and Education - Viscount Luo Sulan (retained)

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry - Viscount Masahiro Tian (retained)

Minister of Health - Kang Youwei (transferred from Minister of Justice)

Minister of Justice – Sun Wen (transferred from Minister of Health)

"I solemnly declare that I will be loyal to the Empire, earnestly carry out my duties as Prime Minister, and do my utmost to implement, protect and defend the Constitution of the Empire."

Facing the emperor, princes and nobles, members of the two houses, journalists, and representatives of civil society organizations crowded in the halls of the two houses of the National Assembly, Liu Yunqiang, dressed in a tuxedo, held the golden dragon flag with a red background in his right hand and pressed the "Imperial Constitution" with his left hand, and solemnly recited the oath of office stipulated in Section 4, Section 1, Article 3 of the Constitution.

Next is the emperor to the new interim prime minister to confer the ribbon, the speakers of the two houses of parliament to deliver congratulatory speeches, the new prime minister's press conference and a meeting with representatives of civil society, after a busy day, the puffy eyes of Liu Yun had to entertain celebrities from all walks of life in the inaugural banquet of the official residence as a gentleman, the only thing that can make him slightly less tired is that he finally has the opportunity to introduce his eldest daughter Liu Qianhua, who just returned to him a few months ago, to all kinds of high-class people in this high-level social occasion second only to the royal banquet - Father's love and vanity!

Qianhua, who was dressed in a peach-colored dress, attracted the attention of all the healthy men present, Liu Yun held his daughter and happily introduced to Qianhua one by one: "This is the new Minister of Industry and Commerce, Baron Zhang Jian, he is the richest man in China today......

"Your Uncle Zhong Xiahuo doesn't need to say much, now he is a general and chief of the general staff, and he has a big face, so he can't make a fuss about sitting on his neck like he did when he was a child......"

"This is the new Foreign Minister Baron Chen Siguang, who can speak six Chinese, has been a minister to the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Britain, Russia and Germany, and next to him is his last brother Chen Sining, a lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages of Feifeng Women's University, maybe you have seen ......"

"This is the emperor's younger brother, His Royal Highness Prince Alcohol, very young, 3 years younger than you......"

"This is Mr. Huang Linhong, Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, his ancestral home is Guilin, Guangxi, or our fellow countryman, this is Huang Hao, the second son of President Huang, a lecturer in the History Department of Imperial University, they are all young people, and they have the opportunity to exchange more ......."

"This is the famous Major General Xu Soul, the newspaper has written a lot of good things about him, he is only 33 years old this year, and he has not ......remarried since he lost his wife three years ago."

"This is Mr. Lu Zhuyuan, a celebrity in the financial industry, during this war, he personally subscribed for hundreds of millions of yuan in treasury bonds, so he won the government's gold unicorn medal, it doesn't look old at all, in fact, Mr. Lu has been single for nearly ten years......"

Qianhua was uncharacteristically smiling gracefully at everyone, which made Liu Yun even more proud - what could be more precious than her daughter's smile?

The reason why we want to deliberately emphasize the marital status of some young celebrities also contains the intention of letting the 24-year-old daughter pick among these "elite men", Liu Yun does not intend to meddle in his daughter's marriage, in fact, until now, he has not completely unified the simple and lovely little girl 14 years ago with the brilliant and stunning woman around him.

The confusion of time often leads to the confusion of memory, diffraction, fission......

The figure of Duke Wen Yi of Zhide suddenly shook out of the crowd - an old man who was even more dead than Liu Yun.