Beijing.././

At 6:40 on May 12, the fifth year of the Republic of China.

The early morning of this day seemed particularly cold, and the weather seemed to stay colder longer than this day in previous years.

However, for some special places and some special people, today's temperature may seem lower. Especially when a person is about to be shot by a firing squad, the weather seems to be even colder.

In the courtyard of the Military Enforcement Office in the suburbs of Beijing, a row of sandbags was placed against a thick stone wall. A middle-aged man had his hands tied behind his back and was tied up in front of a cold wooden stake. At this moment, his eyes

From time to time, he flashed indifferent or even contemptuous eyes, staring at a group of soldiers standing 20 meters away.

It seems that no one will care about him. This is a member of the Chinese Revolutionary Party who was recently arrested by the Military Enforcement Department. In the past two years, the Chinese Revolutionary Party has carried out assassinations on political opponents and even disobedient revolutionary comrades.

, but despite this, the Chinese Revolutionary Party is still the "most powerful political force" in China. Almost every month, there are several assassinations, reminding people of the existence of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, a revolutionary party whose leader has been exiled overseas.

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At this time, the person being executed seemed to want to relax his nervousness a little. He kicked the gravel on the ground with his toes. Gravel was usually not seen in this kind of courtyard. These gravels were leftover from cleaning up the blood stains on the brick floor.

At this time, a second lieutenant officer came over.

"...According to the death sentence of the military court, it will be executed now!"

"I do not recognize the verdict of this dictatorship!"

After the man finished speaking, the second lieutenant officer picked up a piece of white cloth half the size of a handkerchief and pinned it with a needle on his left chest at the heart. Then he covered his eyes with a black cloth. When death was about to come,

There seemed to be no fear on the faces of the revolutionaries who were sentenced to death.

"Raise the gun!"

Following the officer's command, the twenty soldiers standing in front of him raised their rifles.

"Load it!"

With a "clatter" sound, the soldiers pulled the bolts of their guns and loaded the bullets. Amidst the click of bullets being loaded, the legs of the revolutionaries, who originally seemed to have no fear, obviously seemed a little weak.

Powerless.

From outside the high wall, the horn of a car speeding towards the city came, which just covered up the "aim" command issued by the execution captain.

As the command was given, the soldiers aimed at the piece of white cloth on the chests of the revolutionaries, and the world fell silent at the moment.

"put!"

The sudden sound of gunfire did not cause the slightest reaction in the waking city. It only alarmed a group of pigeons. They were frightened and flew towards the cold sky. The lingering sound of the gunfire also dissipated in the vehicles outside the wall.

amidst the noise of traffic.

The person who was executed was the leader of the "Revolutionary Iron Blood Corps" of the Chinese Revolutionary Party in Beijing. He had been looking for opportunities to assassinate the president or the prime minister. In fact, in the plan of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, the two men only wanted to face each other.

Killing any one of them may lead to China falling back into turmoil, which is enough for them.

With this burst of gunfire and his death at this time, it should be said that the activities of assassinating the president or prime minister have come to an end, at least in the Beijing area.

However, this is not the case. Due to the twists and turns of fate, sometimes history always undergoes subtle changes.

That day, when the setting sun sank behind the walls of the Forbidden City and cast a long shadow on the small square in front of the palace, people felt a hint of coolness in late spring. Now, when people walk by here

, except for those "in the flag", no one will have much respect for the imperial city of the Forbidden City. Now, the political heart of Beijing is not the Forbidden City. It is the other two locations. One is Zhongnanhai where the Presidential Palace is located.

, the other is the official residence of the Prime Minister in "Prime Minister Lane".

When the city enters late spring, many residents in the city are planning to go to Lugouqiao in the suburbs, where the Yongding River has just been renovated and is now a riverside park. When some people

While I was planning to go there to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery, the cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's residence in "Prime Minister's Alley" was still going on nervously.

Under the shade of the trees in front of the gate of "Prime Minister Lane", there are six black Zhonghua 326 Gaoji sedans parked. This high-end sedan is second only to the Zhonghua 770 sedan. Like the 770 sedan, it has just been put into production and has received a lot of attention.

Popular from all walks of life, it became the first choice of ministerial officials, provincial generals, and many wealthy gentry who wanted to "war profit". These six vehicles were connected end to end in a circle, occupying nearly half of the open space on the street.

The car drivers were enjoying the cool under the shade of the trees. Most of them were soldiers. They kept making harmless jokes and waiting for the arrival of their owners. Waiting is always boring. It is inevitable that some people will complain about today's cabinet.

The meeting was extremely long.

It was not until almost 7:30 that an aide wearing a uniform of the Internal Affairs Forces and a medal on his chest appeared from behind the thick glass door at the top of the steps of the Prime Minister's residence. He gestured to the guard, and the driver took action immediately.

Get up. Some drivers threw their half-smoked Peony cigarettes on the ground and stepped into the cracks in the gravel. On both sides of the gate, the security personnel and guards in the guard booths stood upright. The huge iron gate opened. When the first

When a group of ministers appeared behind thick glass doors, the drivers were already sitting in the driver's seat of the car.

The valet opened the door, and the cabinet ministers affiliated with the State Council walked down the steps in a noisy manner. When parting, they wished each other a quiet weekend. The cars drove to the bottom of the steps one by one, and the valet bowed and opened the back seat door.

The ministers each boarded their cars, sped past the guards who raised their hands in salute, and drove away from the prime minister. Within 10 minutes, they were all gone.

But two long black Model 326 cars were still parked in the yard. They drove slowly from outside the yard to the front steps of the official residence in the yard. Those well-informed people who are familiar with various departments in the capital only need to look at the license plates to know that these two cars,

One belongs to the Minister of Justice, and one belongs to the Director of the Secret Service. Among the several ministers of the State Council, these two can basically be regarded as "presidents of powerful agencies". Different from having an "army"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the nearly 6,000 armed "employees" they have in the capital, can be said to be the "military force" directly owned by the State Council, and for this reason. For those envoys and observers from various countries in Beijing

For us, among the agencies such as the State Council, they are more concerned about every move of these two departments. After all, their actions may directly affect the political stability of this country in many cases.

After standing by the window and looking at the garden for a long time, Li Zicheng nodded and said:

"Maybe you're right. But there's still—"

"It's not maybe, it's just the way it is."

Li Siqin interrupted the Prime Minister's words with a very serious tone. When interrupting the Prime Minister's words, he emphasized again.

"We have to take this into account now, after all, for those people, they are more willing to prevent the convening of the Constitutional Convention than to support the Constitutional Convention..."

When Li Siqin said this, Li Zicheng nodded. He had no doubts about this. However, he had some doubts about those people who would target the constitutional representatives. After all, it was not about killing one or two people.

matter.

"Prime Minister, once the Constituent Assembly is convened and the constitution is completed, then for the Chinese Revolutionary Party, the "illegal regime" they have always opposed will be transformed into a legal regime born through legal procedures, and the government will also be born from this.

Build its own legitimacy, and its legitimacy cannot be questioned..."

The speaker was Wang Chonghui, the Minister of Justice. In the past year, he, the Minister of Justice, had handed over many things to the Deputy Minister of Justice, a typical "Lianyun" official. Regarding the establishment of a national judicial police by the Ministry of Justice, the central government

He has never interfered with things like the police station. He himself is committed to establishing China's modern judicial system. However, even so, when he is building China's modern judicial system, he is still under pressure from the State Council.

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The reason why it is under pressure from the State Council is very simple. Compared with its preference for building a civil law judicial system, the State Council prefers the common law system, and it is based on the Shanghai Concession and even the Long Island Concession.

Judicial facts along the maritime railway, and of course domestic judicial facts, made him notice that among the differences between the civil law system and the common law system, the most important one is that the litigation procedures of the former focus on judges and have disputes.

Question the characteristics of the procedure. The latter's litigation procedure focuses on the plaintiff, defendant and their defenders and agents, and has the characteristics of adversarial style. There is also a jury system. Compared with the former, the latter is undoubtedly better at ensuring judicial fairness.

, at least procedurally more susceptible to oversight.

Because of this, Wang Chonghui finally chose to compromise in the face of pressure from the State Council, and he also understood that of the two, the latter was undoubtedly more in line with China's reality. The implementation of the law requires people, at least in

Under that framework, above the judge, there is also the jury. The ordinary people on the jury look at things with conscience and conscience.

After making compromises, Wang Chonghui worked hard to improve China's laws more often. However, as the Minister of Justice, he still needs to get involved in some work, just like the matter in front of him, even though he is unwilling to get involved.

Among them, after what happened to my friend Song Yufu, it is inevitable that there is still a bit of anger in the tone when mentioning those things.

"Now, they are trying to use violent means to prevent the Constituent Assembly from convening. From the current point of view, if their conspiracy succeeds, China is bound to enter a new chaos. Therefore, Prime Minister, we must do whatever it takes to stop them and fight against

Stop their attempt!"

When the words fell, Wang Chonghui cast her eyes on Li Siqin.

"So, I personally hope that the Secret Service will be responsible for the personal safety protection of those constitutional representatives and candidates!"

"No,"

Shaking his head instinctively, Li Zicheng expressed his thoughts.

"If they are all in the capital, then it is acceptable to provide them with appropriate protection, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng was more willing to analyze this matter from a political perspective.

"Now, if we provide them with protection, they are bound to be attacked by other parties. Now we have no way to explain some things. Unless we can prove to the world that those people will definitely do it, otherwise we will provide protection."

, will be regarded by public opinion as some kind of physical imprisonment.”

"Prime Minister, are you just going to watch them die?"

"At least for now..."

Taking a look at the intelligence information on his desk, Li Zicheng sighed helplessly and then said.

"We don't have many good options."

"Prime Minister……"

Wang Chonghui asked with some unwillingness. As a former member of the Kuomintang, he had also learned this information from his past friends, so he would report it to the Prime Minister alone after the meeting, and the Secret Service

Intelligence also proved the correctness of this news.

"If we do nothing, then we can only watch them die!"

“Can protection be provided to members of the National Assembly’s Constitutional Committee?”

After pondering for a moment, Li Zicheng turned to look at Li Siqin and asked.

"This is absolutely fine. According to the responsibilities of the Secret Service, we have the responsibility to protect members of both houses of Congress. If we can find a suitable reason to convince them, then I believe that their personal safety can be ensured under our protection.
To be continued...