"In addition to the Provincial Governor's Yuan, our Labor Party will also participate in all the prefectural and prefect elections, and vigorously promote the adoption of the gubernatorial election proposal in the Provincial Governor's Yuan, and actively participate!" With the election looming and every second counting, the Labour leader immediately began to plan for the campaign.

After hearing the loud announcement of the leader of the Miao party, some people couldn't help but worry: "It's okay for us to form a party in the Qing Yuan, but if we stretch out our hands to the position of the magistrate, can Gong Qi tolerate us?" ”

Boss Miao smiled inscrutablely: "This is what Duke Qi meant, just now Duke Qi invited me to tea, and casually asked whether our party would participate in the election of magistrates, and whether it would put forward and support the proposal for the election of governors." ”

"Oh, since it's what Gong Qi meant, then we'd better do it." Everyone immediately relaxed.

"And it's good for our party," said someone who immediately realized the potential benefits: "If the election of governor is proposed and passed by our party, then the governor elected in the future will owe us a favor." ”

"If the governor of Fujian is also a member of our party, in the future, the governor's yamen and our secretary of state can speak in unison, which will be very beneficial to the future of our party." The more these original Labour Party members thought about it, the more excited they became, and they almost couldn't wait.

"I think so, although the Duke of Qi has delegated power to the Qing Yuan, and even the governor has to be elected to calm the people's hearts, but the Duke of Qi also hopes that everyone can unite, especially listening to his old man's words, we must work hard to build our own party, be the mouthpiece of the Duke of Qi in the Qing Yuan, and serve the Duke of Qi in the Yamen of the prefecture and county." Including Boss Miao, people who have just come into contact with the electoral system still have a strong attachment to Huangshi's power.

"That's right, we are the guard dogs of the Duke of Qi, guarding the gate of the Duke of Qi's mansion, and the Duke of Qi will bite whoever we want, and we will bite a few bites!"

……

Although many scholars were completely disillusioned with the Ming because the imperial examinations were stopped in the name of the Qi state, so they remained under the rule of Dashun and refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty, but a small number of Donglin scholars came to Fujian and still refused to swear allegiance to the thieves in their minds.

After the announcement of the establishment of the Labor Party, these Donglinshi people also gathered in Quanzhou, and their focus was of course on the great changes in Fujian and Guangdong.

"Since ancient times, there have been no treacherous businessmen, and the warriors are vulgar and stupid," Chen Zizhuang spoke, and he himself hated this set of diseases engaged in by the Duke of Qi Guo, thinking that it would completely cut off the last chance for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty: "In order to raise military salaries, the Duke of Qi let these businessmen participate in the governance of the country is undoubtedly to quench his thirst, and I am afraid that in the end, I am afraid that it will not even be as good as a thief." ”

Everyone here also deeply agrees with this, and now the state affairs are so that these young scholars who still have a bright heart in their hearts are disheartened, and many of them have the intention of returning to the mountains and forests.

"The reason why we came to Fujian is that we hope to assist the young master and pacify the traitor Zhongxing Taizu." Chen Zizhuang and these people all despised those Donglin fellow disciples who had surrendered to obedience, and felt that what they had done disgraced the scholars: "Now that the Duke of Qi is acting like this, it is an excuse for those traitors to excuse themselves." It is even more pitiful that the people of Fujian and Guangdong are going to be oppressed by a ** businessman. ”

These scholars, who have read the books of sages since childhood, but have not yet entered the officialdom, have jointly written to the official mansion of Qi several times, but although the other party replied with good words, they insisted on going their own way, which made these young people who were dedicated to serving the country full of a sense of powerlessness.

"But our Holy Sect disciples, what we want is to enter the WTO to save people, not to escape from the Shi family, and we can't just think about being alone when we see the lives in misery," Chen Zizhuang convened everyone to discuss the matter today, because he had already made up his mind: "Xiaosheng initiative, my generation will also participate in this election." ”

Many people exclaimed, but many more were silent, and long before Chen Zizhuang called everyone to the meeting, thoughtful people guessed that he might make such a claim.

The opposing voice immediately appeared: "Brother Chen, how can my generation be in the same stream? ”

"Otherwise," Chen Zizhuang had already thought carefully about the stakes involved, and he had already been confident about this kind of dissent: "Born in troubled times, the children of the Holy Sect must worry about the country and the people, we can't just care about our own reputation, just sit back and watch Li Min being oppressed by martial artists and profiteers, since the Duke of Qi wants to be elected, then we must run for election, as long as we can have a place in that court or place, we must display our ambitions and ask for the people's lives." ”

"Will the Qi Guild let us run?"

"Originally, our Donglin was slandered as a party by Xiaoxiao, isn't this true?"

"If you anger Qi Gong, the consequences are unpredictable."

All sorts of worries are poured out of different mouths.

But Chen Zizhuang is still unswerving: "The children of the Holy Sect are to cheer and shout for the people, the Duke of Qi can kill me and destroy me, but the ambition of the husband cannot be taken away." And as soon as Donglin said that the party was formed, wouldn't someone say it if we didn't get married? ”

Under Chen Zizhuang's repeated encouragement, Donglin's fighting spirit was re-energized, and the vast majority of people expressed their willingness to advance and retreat with him, and they would not avoid the axe and fight with the traitorous party that brought disaster to the country and the people.

After Donglin's candidacy was confirmed, the first topic of discussion was also the issue of party leadership, which took on a tragic color compared to the excitement of the Kuomintang and the Labor Party.

"Money thieves are ungrateful for betraying the country, everyone will be punished, this kind of shameless person is no longer our Donglin" Chen Zizhuang said angrily: "Xiaosheng is not talented, I hope you will help me." ”

After taking office as the leader of the new Donglin Party, Chen Zizhuang took out the primary topic that he had carefully considered: "Comrade Donglin of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi, the most important thing to do at the moment is to 'enrich the country and strengthen the army, and rest with the people. In the next thought, these eight characters should be our campaign slogan. ”

There is no problem with enriching the country and strengthening the army, and everyone agrees that we should fully support the Duke of Qi to train and strengthen the army, accumulate grain and grass, and then recover the Jiangnan and even the Central Plains as soon as possible: "The non-aggression pact with the thieves is a joke, and after we gain a firm foothold in the Provincial Governor's Court, the first thing we should do is to overturn that ridiculous treaty." ”

However, "resting with the people" is debatable, Chen Zizhuang quoted Huang Zongxi's article to explain his thoughts, Huang Zongxi said that after his observation, the more the local government built a large number of local people's lives, the more the people lived a poor life: many local officials in order to show their political achievements, all year round to carry out all kinds of water control, river control, bridge repair, paving projects, the reason has always been high-sounding, saying that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, so we must do more of these things for the people. But in fact, these things engaged in by the government have always been extremely inefficient, and they even use cronies to desperately amass wealth from them: "Huang Nanlei (Huang Zongxi's number) once told me about Suzhou and Hangzhou, where the bridges and roads were repeatedly repaired, the former officials were full of fame, and the accounts were promoted, and the new officials who came later did the same, planed the roads that had just been repaired, and demolished the bridges that had just been built. ”

The phenomenon that Huang Zongxi said could be seen everywhere under the Ming Dynasty, and it was already a common practice, and this kind of thing was even called one of the important reasons for the overthrow of Sheji by Huang Zongxi.

"Knowing that the people's livelihood is difficult, the people still have people who are hungry and unclothed, and the officials do not care about the people's livelihood, but only about their political achievements. Although we must support the Northern Expedition of the Duke of Qi to rebel, we must not allow those profiteers to take the opportunity to enrich themselves. Therefore rest with the people. Chen Zizhuang believes that Qi Gong's election may not be without any benefits, if he really abides by the rules, it may be easier to ask for the people's lives: "If the Fujian and Guangdong business groups want to take advantage of the opportunity to prey on the people, we must speak out among the people, let the people vote for us, blow away those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and bring the profiteers to justice!" ”

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After the armistice agreement was reached, the northern Shun court began to transfer more troops from Jiangnan back to the north, and Xu Ping led the rested troops of Wu Sangui and Li Chengdong to Henan, and the critical situation in the Central Plains was alleviated. While suppressing the rebels who responded to the Northern Alliance and gradually expanding the area controlled by the Shun court in Henan, Xu Ping began to consider the problem of accumulating strength and counterattacking Shanxi after stabilizing the entire territory of Henan. Huang Naiming proposed to act with the army, and the reason he found was that now Shunming had formed a de facto alliance, and as the party that provided material convenience, he needed to do a certain amount of supervision over how the Shun army used military supplies. King Shun felt that this was not a big problem, and he also understood that most of the other party still had doubts about his own side in his heart, and he was worried that the Shun army was called resisting the captives, and he was secretly preparing to accumulate strength to attack the south, so he agreed to Huang Naiming's request and asked him to accompany Xu Ping's army.

Fujian, where the military pressure has been greatly reduced, has easily completed the first round of the election of the Provincial Secretary Yuan, and the provisional Provincial Secretary Yuan in Jiangxi is also being prepared for formation, and at this time, the election of local officials in Fujian has also entered the stage of intensive preparation and countdown.

Following the founding of the Labor Party and the announcement of Donglin's entry into the political situation of Fujian Province, all kinds of political parties suddenly sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and for a while forming a party became the most fashionable thing. Many members of the Labour Party were big businessmen and well-traveled, and although they started late, their forces were eager to catch up with the Kuomintang; The Donglin Party enjoys a good reputation among the gentry, and many people worship and follow without saying a word when they see the Donglin celebrities who come to visit.

Drawing on the experience of the election in Guangzhou, the Fujian Provincial Council is also preparing to send a large number of officials to maintain order at the polling stations, and the election of the Fujian Provincial Council will be held simultaneously throughout the province. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the voting, the Qi State Government quickly transferred the Ming Army Staff Corps, which had just finished its work in Guangdong, back to Fujian, and all the cadets of the Guangdong Military Academy also went to Fujian to report; although the local officials in Guangdong had some experience, they could not just transfer the troops as they wanted, so they wrote a report on their experience and sent it to Fujian in accordance with the order of the Qi State Government, and handed it over to the Fujian Provincial Secretaries and local officials to read.

Although some people think that the simultaneous election will put too much pressure on the staff officers' work, and it is suggested that the dates should be dispersed like in Guangdong, Qi Guogong is very stubborn and refuses to compromise at all, and the cadets who have just entered the military academy are also newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and they are ready to perform well. Therefore, in the end, it was decided to vote at the same time according to the original plan, and the Guangdong side also said that the election in two years would be held at the same time as this time in Fujian.

On the first day of May in the second year of Shun Yongchang and the first year of Ming Hongguang, Fujian Province officially began to vote, and 40 riots broke out on the same day, and the number of political parties that have appeared has exceeded 30, and the smell of gunpowder is much stronger than that of Guangdong, and the riots that occurred in Fuzhou in the afternoon were the most serious, and a fierce shootout broke out at a polling place, and many people were wounded even in the Funing army, which was responsible for maintaining order.

After the incident broke out, before the Yamen in Hui'an interrogated the arrested rioters, the Kuomintang and the Labor Party, which had long been on edge, accused each other: both claimed that their own party had a decisive advantage in the polling place, and that the other side was trying to muddy the waters by such despicable means. Excited members of the two parties rushed to the scene of the accident at the first moment, and then the largest group ** incident in Hui'an in several years occurred. To make matters worse, because the voting had ended, the Funing Army, who had maintained order, returned to the camp to rest, and when they rushed out of the camp to the scene, they found that the Labor Party was distributing handcuffs and swords, and after confiscating the Labor's ordnance, the Funing Army also intercepted a Kuomintang carriage heading towards the scene and seized a box of gunpowder, three muskets and ten spears.

The Donglin Party, which was at a disadvantage in the area, wrote to the Hui'an Yamen after dawn, demanding that the Kuomintang and the Labor Party be disqualified as punishment, and other small parties or individuals who were running for election also applauded. At this time, almost all of the senior Kuomintang and Labor Party officials in Hui'an were arrested and sent to the county government to await treatment, but the government's mistake was to release the trumpeters and other staff recruited by the two parties because the prison was too small.

The Kuomintang and the Labor Party, who hurriedly came to Hui'an to deal with the aftermath, immediately forgot the tasks assigned by their respective party Central Committees and the hatred between each other, gathered the party affairs personnel of the two parties who had just been released, and rushed to the Donglin Party's Hui'an campaign office side by side. When the Hui'an officials arrived, they saw that the office of the Donglin Party was burning, and several factions of people were fighting in the streets, surrounded by dense bystanders, and even the city wall not far away was filled with crowds of people watching the excitement, and there were bursts of shouts to cheer for those who were fighting.

When Qi Guogong learned of the escalation of the situation in Hui'an, he ordered Zhang Zaidi to rush immediately, and when he arrived, he found that the Funing army inside and outside Hui'an was densely guarded, as if facing a great enemy, and the soldiers at the city gate were full of serious faces to check the clothes of those who looked like political figures, and the yamen had issued a strict order - no parties were allowed to carry weapons. And the people on the street were smiling one by one, excitedly talking about yesterday's rare liveliness.

The Donglin Party strongly demanded that the Qi Guogong Government severely punish the Kuomintang and the Labor Party and compensate the Donglin Party for the property losses, but at this time, the two parties said in unison that this was a conspiracy of the Donglin Party - the arson from the beginning was: this gang of Donglin knew that they could not win the election, so they provoked the two factions of the Kuomintang and the Labor Party, which were like brothers, and secretly contributed to the commotion.

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