The gate of the Shuaifu suddenly opened, and Lao Zhang, accompanied by everyone, walked out of the gate directly, and there was a group of students shouting slogans outside, they didn't expect Zhang Zuolin to dare to show up, so they were all a little surprised, and they retreated one after another, leaving a vacant space.

"I'm standing here, didn't you say I'm a traitor, let's talk face-to-face, and see if your reasoning makes sense?"

When these students didn't meet, they were aggressive, but when they really confronted Zhang Zuolin, the vast majority of them didn't have the courage to look at each other, and they didn't know what to do.

"How bold do you be, people often say that you are justified, and since you are not bold enough, it proves that your reasoning does not make sense, and it is unreasonable. This is the Shuaifu, where I work, I will only give you one chance, if you dare to come here for no reason to make trouble, you will do things according to the law, and you will never be spared! ”

Lao Zhang was full of aura, and he suppressed these hundreds of students at once, and some of them also noticed the soldiers with loaded guns around them, and some of the timid ones had already retreated.

"You are arguing with reason, the newspaper has already written an article, it is you who sold grain to the Japanese, so many people are cornered, we have to ask for the people's lives!" A lean student boldly said, "We have the right to march, and you can't interfere with freedom of speech." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, some of the students began to applaud, as if they had found a trace of courage again.

"Since you also know about freedom of speech, you should also know that any freedom must be within the framework of the law, and you cannot be allowed to spread rumors and cause trouble, and maliciously slander." Zhang Tinglan shouted loudly: "Your current behavior is not freedom, it is slander!" Can just a few newspaper articles be counted? Did the person who wrote the article investigate the truth? Have you thought about it? If you haven't thought it through. You pride yourselves on asking for the people's lives, do you put gold on your faces? ”

"No matter how you investigate the truth, the truth has been hidden by you!" At this time, a tall student stood up again and said loudly, Zhang Tinglan looked at the young man carefully, and seemed to be a little familiar.

"Your name is Chu Mingyuan, you also participated in the parade some time ago, and you also scolded Shanqi?"

This tall young man didn't expect Zhang Tinglan to recognize him, but he was not afraid, so he simply raised his head: "I have always helped my relatives." Last time, Zhang Dashuai was able to come forward to protect the people, and we are naturally grateful, but this time he did something wrong, and we must also come out against it. ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "Don't rush to conclusions, didn't you say that we hid the truth." What about the article in the newspaper, and how did they know the truth? Did we write it? Classmate Chu. Think about it yourself, and think about it for everyone, if you are not a typical double standard, you don't want to believe the information released by the government, but you are convinced of some things that chase after the wind, we can deceive you. Didn't these writers lie to you? ”

Zhang Tinglan's loud questioning was sonorous and powerful, and the students present were all asked, and even Chu Mingyuan, who had always been able to speak well, didn't know how to answer. Indeed, they have always been skeptical of the government's words and have little doubt about the articles in the newspapers, which seems to be a double standard!

"This is different, the people who write the articles are all first-class people with first-class character and learning, including our teachers and principals, they will not talk nonsense." The thin student who spoke first spoke again: "Everyone sees what you are doing, and in comparison, we naturally believe in our own teachers. ”

"It's a typical Zhizi suspicious neighbor again, your heart is biased, how can you get the right conclusion." Zhang Tinglan sneered and said: "In your eyes, the government is a bad guy, everything is bad, as long as you scold the government, it is right, and your logic is black and white." Then you might as well open the door of the Shuai Mansion today, and we will open the door to show the process of handling this civil uprising, so that you can see for yourself what the facts are! ”

After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, the students present were instantly boiling, and even let them see it in person, this is a strange thing that has not been seen for many years, everyone instantly became interested, and they all shouted to enter the Shuai Mansion.

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand again and said, "It is definitely not possible for so many of you to rush into the Shuai Mansion together, so only some representatives are allowed to be sent, and no more than ten people can be sent at most." In addition, everyone must be responsible for their own words, and if it turns out that you are wrong, you will be held accountable for disturbing the order of the Shuai Mansion, and these student representatives will also be punished and all of them will be expelled from school. ”

"Why should we be expelled from school, even if it is wrong, our starting point is also haode." One student argued: "And if you are right, if you are right, Weishenme will not refute the rumors and let the article circulate, and the responsibility is still yours!" ”

"First of all, the government is so busy that it is impossible to see a rumor, so we will refute it, and if that happens, we will not be able to do anything serious. Many of you are of adulthood and are responsible for your actions, and your parade in front of the palace has seriously affected the social order and produced bad consequences, so you must be punished for your mistakes. ”

Zhang Tinglan's face was grim, and then said: "This opening of the office is just a special case, we have a lot of affairs to deal with every day, and it is impossible for you to participate in everything." In fact, because of your interference, we have been delayed in dealing with the victims, and you are not helping them, but harming them! ”

After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, these students looked at each other, and everyone was not too scared when they came to march together, after all, the law does not hold the people accountable, and no matter how many times they marched, they were not harmed. But this time the situation is different, they have opened the door and let them in, but they don't dare to act as this student representative, after all, this is a risk, if they are really wrong, then they have to bear the consequences of being expelled, everyone hesitates.

At this time, Chu Mingyuan took a big step forward: "I took the lead in organizing the parade, and this student represented me." ”

With him taking the lead, the thin student who spoke just now also stood up, followed by two more students, a total of four representatives, and the others hesitated. I don't want to come forward.

Lao Zhang has been watching coldly from the sidelines, and at this time he waved his hand: "Four is four, and you will be the representative." Lao Zhang then led everyone into the Shuai's mansion again, and at this time, other people had already prepared all the official documents related to the civil uprising and put them on the desk.

A special secretary took Chu Mingyuan and these students to the front of these documents, and let them see it with their own eyes while introducing the situation to them.

"This popular uprising was fierce and large-scale, affecting the surrounding counties of Liaoyang. The number exceeded 80,000. As soon as the civil uprising occurred, we dispatched a large number of military and police officers to maintain order. In addition, Wang Yongjiang, director of the Department of Finance, has rushed over with his manpower to personally investigate the cause of the civil uprising, and we have approved a special fund totaling 700,000 yuan. There were also 30,000 loads of grain, 8,000 cotton clothes and tents. It is used to reassure the victims. ”

Chu Mingyuan and the others carefully looked at these official documents. Finding out that what they said was all the truth, at the beginning of the civil uprising, they immediately launched an action, did not ignore it, and prepared disaster relief materials, and there seemed to be nothing missing.

"These are just hindsights. Isn't it because you have taken away all their grain and they have no food to eat, that they are forced to be helpless? ”

The secretary in charge did not answer them directly. Instead, I found two more official documents and pushed them to them.

"An important reason for this popular uprising was the floods in Liaoyang and other places in August this year, when the governor of Fengtian was still Zhang Xiluan, and he had already signed an order to reduce part of the land in the disaster area. After Zhang Dashuai took over Mukden, he found that the affected areas had not handed over any grain, which shows that your so-called government took all the grain away, which is a wrong statement. ”

Chu Mingyuan and the others carefully looked at the various documents, and found that it was indeed as people said, their accusations were not tenable at all, and cold sweat appeared on the heads of these people, if they were wrong, they would have to bear the consequences, and they would be expelled from school from now on, which made the faces of several young people who were not deeply involved in the world show a look of horror.

At this time, Zhang Tinglan asked the secretary to take them all to the Tiger Hall, and these students no longer had the appearance of being justified just now, and unconsciously lowered their heads.

"I think you've all read the official document, and we've been responding to the disaster after the disaster. Just now, Director Wang Yongjiang, who was in Liaoyang, sent a special telegram to report the situation, and he basically determined the cause of the popular uprising, although the government exempted the common people from the tax burden, but the local landlords did not exempt the land rent, and still collected it according to the usual proportion, and they took away a little grain from the hands of the common people, and the victims who could not sustain themselves would snatch the grain, and then the popular uprising would occur. ”

At this time, Zhang Tinglan also saw the cruelty of the landlord class, although it is not excluded that some individuals rely on hard work to establish the family business, but the entire landlord class is insatiable, knocking out the bone and sucking the marrow. In this kind of disaster year, they did not reduce the land rent at all, and forced the common people to a dead end, and these people were indeed deeply guilty.

"It is a matter of course for the landlord to collect land rent, and in the disaster year, the government should provide relief to the victims, and you blame the landlord for not distributing grain, and you are shirking your responsibility." The wizened student argued again.

"Is it natural that ordinary peasants work hard for a whole year, but they have to hand over most of their income to the landlords, and then they themselves are starved to death?"

"Of course not!" Chu Mingyuan said angrily: "Huang Sheng, you can't speak with a conscience just because your family is a big landlord, since you have been affected by the disaster, you should take the initiative to reduce the land rent, or even not collect the land rent, so that the people can survive the disaster year." ”

After Chu Mingyuan finished speaking, he said to Zhang Tinglan apologetically: "I was wrong, the responsibility this time is not the government, but the fault of those landlords and tyrants." I have seen some peasants forced by the landlords to sell their children and daughters, but I didn't expect that this time it was their problem again, and I was willing to accept the punishment and drop out of school automatically. ”

"Don't worry, it's not that simple, think for yourself, who encouraged you to come out and march!"

"It was Mr. Huang, Huang Sheng's uncle, who told us about the miserable conditions of the victims in class, and then we saw the newspaper articles, and then the students were indignant, organized and started a march."

"Then I'll let you meet Mr. Huang and see what he thinks he has when he encourages you to march."

At this time, a few soldiers pushed and hugged a middle-aged man and brought him in, only to see that this middle-aged man was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and dressed elegantly, but he was a little messy in the pushing.

"Why did you arrest me, I am just a teacher, I haven't committed any crimes again, is there still a royal law in this world?"

"Teacher Huang's sentence is loud, since you know the Wang Fa, then your Huang family, as the largest landlord in Liaoyang and the largest grain merchant, hoarded Juqi in the disaster year, your Teacher Huang used the pen in his hand to tell the truth, do you talk about the Wang Fa?" (To be continued......)