"Report, all the rioters were killed without exception, but the two Nei Ying were not dead."

"What about the captive workers?"

"One person was killed by a stray bullet, and the other four were more or less slightly injured, but there was no fear of their lives."

Hearing that the final outcome was not particularly bad, the big stone in the police division center fell to the ground, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Four people in the sedan, eight in the minivan, and twelve heavily armed and well-prepared men were all killed for their stubborn resistance to the end, but Nei Ying, one of the two broadcasters, chose to surrender.

The diphenylchloroarsine agent also caused some collateral injuries to several employees who were held hostage, but fortunately, the impact was mild, and timely treatment made it possible for them to recover in a few days.

To Zhou Changfeng's lament and regret, a corporal of the fourth platoon of the reconnaissance team was killed by a bullet in the heart during a close firefight.

It can only be said that this is the cruelty of the era of hot weapons - even well-trained elite fighters can still be killed by ordinary people who have just learned to shoot.

This is almost impossible in the era of cold weapons, even if a sergeant does not wear heavy armor like Tiefutu, but only ordinary armor or chain mail, ordinary people may leave a mark when they cut it down.

This matter finally came to an end, however, just when the whole capital was just relieved, the situation arose.

Having just finished a major case, it is undoubtedly the time when people who are highly nervous are most psychologically tired and relaxed.

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

That night, the mansion of Li Guangyuan, a scholar of the Huagai Temple and a minister of finance, was raided.

At that time, a truck crashed into the courtyard wall, despite the resistance of the patrol officers. It was loaded with four large gasoline drums and more than a dozen bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which exploded as it burst into the yard and caused a huge fire.

The driver jumped out of the car and was subsequently arrested red-handed by the oncoming patrol police.

According to the results of the interrogation, the attackers confessed that because the residence of the ministers was very well guarded, it was impossible to succeed with only a few people with guns, so they thought of this method, and because the target was likely to return to the west wing to sleep at night, they chose to carry out the raid at the same time.

But they miscalculated the sturdiness of the courtyard wall, so the truck barely crashed into the courtyard wall, its speed was greatly reduced, and it exploded in the courtyard before it could reach the west wing.

And because ammonium nitrate fertilizer is relatively dull and not easy to detonate completely, only a small part of the dozen bags of fertilizer really work.

As a result, Li Guangyuan was able to escape and was only slightly injured.

He was not the only one who was also assassinated, and another member of the Tai Tung Party, Leung Yik-him, was also attacked and killed.

The parliamentarian's mansion was naturally not as tight as that of the cabinet ministers, only two or three guards, and the four premeditated attackers quietly climbed over the wall into the courtyard, and then rushed into the wing room and shot and killed Liang Yiqian, who was about to go to bed.

After that, the four of them engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the guards and patrol officers who arrived on the way, firing hundreds of rounds of ammunition in a quarter of an hour, and finally being outnumbered and all killed.

The capital of the dignified Ming Empire had three highly targeted monstrous events in just one day, and the impact was really bad.

The world was in an uproar, and the nations were shocked.

The emperor asked the criminal department to hand over the matter to the Foreign Arrest Factory for investigation and handling, and immediately investigate the accomplices.

In the morning, in the second room of the Shoin Hall.

“…… What do you think you should do? ”

"Erchen thinks that he must not be spared, otherwise he will be regarded as conniving, and others will be messed up in the future."

The Emperor with a serious expression bowed slightly, "Indeed, the goal can be achieved at the cost of a few people, and such evil spirits must not be promoted. ”

"That's what Erchen believes." The crown prince clenched his fists, "We must be severely punished." ”

Such behavior can be said to be extremely bad, completely upsetting the balance of normal political wrestling.

Killing people with disagreement through violent means can uproot political opponents and attract attention and expand influence.

The cost is small, the effect is big, and the small is big, once it is flooded, the Ming Dynasty will be chaotic.

In a sense, this behavior can be likened to playing a game and seriously disrupting the balance of the game. Second, for the official, it is true that acquiescing to open players can increase the popularity of the game to a certain extent, but this is drinking to quench thirst, and if it is not severely sanctioned, the game will eventually become a chaotic hell of demons dancing.

The fact that the rulers can allow these right-right and far-right factions to exist does not mean that they can tolerate such messing around.

"Father, after the assassination a few years ago, there was no shortage of sympathizers in all state capitals across the country who collectively wrote blood petitions and even besieged the execution ground. This time... I'm afraid it will be the same. ”

"So, what are you going to do?" The emperor turned his head to look at the crown prince and asked with interest, "Tell me?" ”

The latter didn't hesitate much, and replied bluntly: "At that time, you chose to sit on the sidelines and not deal with it, and you had the intention of trying to see those people and others to expand their influence, but you vigorously suppressed them to weaken their actual strength. Now... Erchen felt that the general strategy had to change, and that such radical trends of thought should not be overflowing, and that it was best to maintain them in the present state of existence with a small existence. ”

He paused, and then muttered: "Severe suppression on the surface, if the people oppose it, let it be used by his faction." The rest of the time, the court remained silent and spoke less. ”

The Emperor let out an "um", "That's how it will be done." ”

If there is a right-wing demonstration, a siege of a prison or a place of execution, you might as well use the left-wing forces to fight it – if you march, I will block the way, and if you write a letter of blood, I will also sign a petition.

In France during the same period, there were countless such cases, which are of great reference value.

The next day, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs issued a public note, confirming that both the Endeavor Association and the Youth Yongyue Society were illegal factions, and demanded that all party members immediately sever ties and surrender to the government.

At the same time, the Criminal Department also issued an order document - Zafu, ordering the attackers arrested by the Shanghai government police and the workers in the capital to be handed over to the outer factory.

Because October 19 is Jimao Day, the Shanghai Morning Post took the lead in using the term "Jimao Disaster" to refer to this incident. Subsequently, other newspapers adopted the name.

Although it is understandable to be helpless in the face of such a vicious emergency situation for the first time, Ying Tianfu Police and Yi'an Command Envoy are still criticized for being incomplete.

Not only the reprimands within the government office, but also the impeachment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and those involved in the matter, as well as the criticism of public opinion, all kinds of pressures have made many people anxious.

Some people rejoice, some people grieve, and vice versa.

At least Zhou Changfeng has nothing to do with the responsibility of this matter, and the verbal criticism does not fall on him, he only needs to write a report on the actions at that time afterwards.

One day in late October, in order to finalize the regulations for the official wedding in the future, he came to Xia's house again after more than half a year.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, although he had no intention of talking about current affairs, he couldn't stand Xia Bing and Zhou Changfeng, both of whom had directly participated in the disposal of the "disaster of their own trouble".

"Alas... It's a pity that the people who died because of it. Gao Linglu sighed.

"Lawlessness and insolence." Xia Bing, who has always been casual, rarely showed his disgust, "Whether it is good or bad, it is unforgivable to disregard the law like this and affect the innocent." ”

Zhou Changfeng said half-jokingly: "So the son-in-law practiced the violent coercion of the law. ”

You and I talked happily, before the wedding, then the days after the wedding, then the future plans, and now we talked about current affairs.

Xia Xiaoshi, who was on the side of the Four Immortals table, felt very uncomfortable, and she seemed to be out of place - when Zhou didn't come, he was very comfortable at home, but as soon as he came, his parents' attention was all on him!

For a moment, she suddenly wondered if she was her own.

“…… But then again, it's really uncommon to have a wedding in the auditorium of the Council House, and although it is an honor, it also seems a bit ostentatious. Xia Bing stroked his beard and said.

Although he does not object, this kind of "high-profile" move is actually not in line with his character.

Xia Xiaoshi couldn't help but be a little nervous when she heard this, she naturally wanted to go the most, and she was excited when she learned that the wedding should be held in the auditorium of the Advisory Council.

It was an unprecedented honor, how glorious, how romantic, and how commemorative.

The so-called only women understand women, in fact, Zhu Lingjing accurately grasped the careful thinking of young girls like Xia Xiaoshi - after being happy, they will naturally be more psychologically inclined to themselves, and they will say some good things.

And generally speaking, women's pillow winds are very effective for men.

"It's okay, it's just a precedent." Zhou Changfeng looked sideways at Xia Xiaoshi and said with a smile: "It's good if you like Xiaoshi." ”

Xia Bing didn't say much, just took a big wall calendar and thought about it while flipping through it: "According to the auspicious day, it is better to have the 28th day of January next year, Yihai Day." In the morning, Dingsi and in the afternoon are auspicious times for marriage, and it depends on when it is convenient for the Advisory Yuan. ”

Weddings are held in different parts of the North and the South, with the South usually taking place in the evening, followed by a dinner party; In the north, it is usually in the morning, and after the luncheon.

But since the location is extraordinary, a little bit of a break out of the habit is acceptable.

After leaving the Xia family, Zhou Changfeng went to the Advisory Council to inform him of the general matters and arrangements.

The Advisory Council is located in the northwest of the Forbidden City, facing the ancient West 18th Street to the south, but it has now been renamed Wanmin Avenue.

For those who are familiar with the traditional Chinese architectural hierarchy, the status of the Advisory Yuan can be felt at a glance - the building on the top of the heavy eaves hall is extremely large, larger than the Taihe Palace, and the sense of grandeur can make people subconsciously hold their breath.

Unlike the Taihe Hall, which had to be built smaller and smaller because of the difficulty of finding huge timbers, the pillars of the main hall of the Advisory Yuan were actually made of prefabricated reinforced concrete clad timber, so that the whole could be built quite large.

As the supreme parliamentary body under the unicameral system, the power of the Ming Advisory Council is actually not small, in addition to the most basic and critical legislative powers, it is also responsible for the approval of the national budget and the passage of temporary bills.

However, in terms of legislative power, the monarch still plays an important role under the dual monarchy, and the laws passed by the parliament still require the monarch's approval before they can take effect. In addition to constitutional amendments, the Ming Emperor could theoretically work against the Advisory Yuan.

However, the Ming Emperor did not have the power of "forced dissolution of parliament" that the British monarch had, although Zhu Shiyan wanted to win it back then, but after encountering stern refusal, he wisely and decisively gave up.

Even though many options were considered at first, the final members of the Advisory Council were divided into three categories: appointed, elected and special. The constituencies are modeled after the administrative districts of the political envoys, with eight elected members from each province; 80 members of the King James Legislature; There are 10 special councillors.

After the passage of the constitutional amendment in the 33rd year of Zhichang, according to the economic and demographic geographical division, the number of elected councillors in the eastern provinces increased to 10, and the number of elected legislators in the western provinces decreased to 6. The number of appointed and special members of parliament remains unchanged.

Special members must be respected non-politicians, such as literary giants, famous doctors, and great scientists. They are small in number and only play a symbolic role.

The term of office of the King James Legislators is nine years and cannot be re-elected; Both elected and special members are elected for a term of six years and can be re-elected.

In general, today's unicameral Ming parliamentary system is characterized by the high efficiency brought by the simple structure, which eliminates the situation of bicameral system fighting in the ring, but there are also the drawbacks of centralization of power; The longer tenure of legislators has led to better policy continuity, but most of the time they are conservative.

Due to the "calamity of oneself" a few days ago, the guards of the Advisory Yuan are very tight, and they can be called three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.

Heavily armed military and police patrolled the area, and two armored vehicles were parked outside, their black machine guns pointing straight at the street.

While being searched, Zhou Changfeng asked the sergeant beside him, "Are you from the First Janissary Division?" ”

"Yes, martial law is still in place these days, forgive me." The sergeant searched the body very carefully, touching it from top to bottom.

The person who came to receive Zhou Changfeng was a person in charge of the Advisory Yuan, who was wide and fat, and looked quite kind.

After a brief greeting between the two, they walked around to the side of the main hall while chatting.

"Will next year's finances be discussed? Look at it like this, the Advisory Council hasn't been open for the past few days. ”

"Yes, people have been unstable recently, martial law has not been lifted, and the budget meeting is stuck...... Alas, I'm afraid this year will be delayed until the lunar month. ”

The Advisory Council meets twice a year in regular session – first for the Legal Deliberations, from the first of April to June 30, to discuss various amendments, additions and deletions to the law; This is followed by the budget meeting, which will be held from the first day of September to 30 November to discuss the budget allocation for next year's affairs.

Endeavor and the Young Warriors Society's choice to do so in October also included this consideration, hoping to put pressure on the budget to tilt more towards the military.

Entering from the side of the main hall of the Advisory Academy, the first hall is the auditorium.

"This is the auditorium, and we often have banquets here, but this is the first time to hold a wedding, and everyone has no experience."

"It's okay, just set it up." Zhou Changfeng looked around the spacious hall and was very satisfied, "We consider that the date is January 28 next year, can we do it in the afternoon?" ”

"Before the New Year's Festival, it's very idle, and it's okay to be all day."

(End of chapter)