The door of Shuai's Mansion suddenly opened, and Lao Zhang, accompanied by everyone, walked directly out of the door. Outside was a group of students shouting slogans. They did not expect that Zhang Zuolin would dare to show up, so they were all a little surprised and stepped back one after another.
A clear space was left.
"I, Lao Zhang, am standing here. Aren't you saying that I am a traitor? Then let's talk face to face and see if your reasoning makes sense?"
These students were very aggressive when they didn't meet, but when they actually confronted Zhang Zuolin, most of them didn't have the courage, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"How courageous do you think you are? People often say that you are confident. Since you are not courageous, it proves that your reasoning does not make sense and is unreasonable. This is the handsome manor, where I work. I only give you one chance.
If you dare to come here and cause trouble again for no reason, you will be dealt with in accordance with the law and you will not be lenient!"
Lao Zhang was full of aura and suppressed the hundreds of students at once. Some people also noticed the soldiers with guns and live ammunition around them, and some timid ones had already backed down.
"You are making excuses. There has been an article written in the newspaper. It was you who sold food to the Japanese that made so many people desperate. We have to plead for the people!" A skinny student said bravely: "We have
The right to march, you cannot interfere with freedom of speech."
As soon as he finished speaking, some students began to cheer, as if they had found a little more courage.
"Since you know freedom of speech, you should also know that any freedom must be within the framework of the law. You cannot be allowed to spread rumors and cause trouble and malicious slander." Zhang Tinglan shouted loudly: "What you are doing now is not freedom, it is
Defamation! Can just a few newspaper articles count? Has the person who wrote the article investigated the truth of the matter? Have you thought about it? If you haven’t thought about it clearly. If you claim to be asking for help from the people, are you putting money on your face?
?”
"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 he seemed familiar.
"Your name is Chu Mingyuan, right? You participated in a parade some time ago and even scolded Shanqi?"
This tall young man did not expect that Zhang Tinglan would recognize him, but he was not afraid at all. He simply raised his head and said: "I have always been a helper, not a relative. Last time Marshal Zhang came forward to protect the people, we are naturally grateful.
But this time he did something wrong, and we must also oppose it."
Zhang Tinglan smiled and nodded: "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Didn't you say that we hid the truth? So what happened to the article in the newspaper? How did they know the truth? Did we write it?
Classmate Chu, think about it for yourself, and think about it for everyone else, are you a typical double standard, unwilling to believe the information released by the government, but convinced of some baseless things, can we deceive you? Could it be that these
Didn’t the person who wrote the article lie to you?”
Zhang Tinglan's loud question was so sonorous and powerful that all the students present were stunned. Even Chu Mingyuan, who has always been eloquent, didn't know how to answer. This is indeed the case. They have always been skeptical of the government's words, and
I don’t have much doubt about those newspaper articles. This seems like a double standard!
"This is different. The people who wrote the article are all first-class people with first-class moral character and knowledge, including our teachers and principals. They will not say anything casually." The skinny student who spoke first spoke again: "You guys
Everyone sees what we do, so in comparison, we naturally trust our teachers."
"It's another typical sophon who doubts his neighbor. How can you get the correct conclusion if your mind is wrong?" Zhang Tinglan said with a sneer: "In your eyes, the government is a bad guy, and everything you do is bad. As long as you criticize the government
Yes, that's right. Your logic is black and white. So today we might as well open the door of the Commander's Mansion, let us open the office, and show the handling of this civil uprising so that you can see for yourselves what the facts are.
how!"
After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, the students present were all excited. They were actually asked to see it in person. This was a strange thing that had not happened in many years. Everyone immediately became interested and clamored to enter the handsome manor.
Zhang Tinglan waved his hand again and said: "It's definitely not possible for so many of you to crowd into the Commander's Mansion together, so you are only allowed to send a few representatives, no more than ten people at most. Everyone else must be responsible for their own words. If the facts prove that you are
If you are wrong, you will be held accountable for disturbing the order of the Commander-in-Chief, and these student representatives will also be punished and all will be expelled from school."
"Why should we be expelled from school? Even if it is wrong, our starting point is good." A student argued: "And this kind of article appeared in the newspaper. If you are right, why don't you refute the rumor and let the article spread? It is our responsibility.
It’s still yours!”
"First of all, the government is busy with work. It is impossible for us to refute every rumor we see. If that happens, we will not be able to do anything serious. Many of you are adults and must be responsible for your own actions. You are in charge
The parade in front of the government has seriously affected social order and produced negative consequences, so you must be punished for your mistakes."
Zhang Tinglan looked stern and continued: "Opening the office this time is just a special case. We have a lot of matters to deal with every day, and it is absolutely impossible for you to participate in everything. In fact, your interference has delayed our handling of the victims.
Progress, you are not helping them, but harming them!"
After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, these students looked at each other in shock. Everyone was not too scared to march together. After all, the law does not punish the public. No matter how many times they marched, they were not hurt. But this time the situation was different. They had opened the door and let them in.
, but they don’t dare to act as student representatives. After all, they have to bear risks. If they are really wrong, they will have to bear the consequences of being expelled. Everyone is hesitant.
At this time, Chu Mingyuan took a big step forward: "I took the lead in organizing the parade, and this student represents me."
With him taking the lead, the skinny student who just spoke also stood up, followed by two more students, a total of four representatives. As for the others, they were hesitant and unwilling to step forward.
Lao Zhang had been watching with cold eyes. At this time, he waved his hand: "There are four, you will be the representative." Lao Zhang then led everyone into the handsome man's house. At this time, there were already other people who were going to compete with him this time.
All the official documents related to the civil uprising were prepared and placed on the desk.
A special secretary took Chu Mingyuan and several students to these documents, letting them see them with their own eyes while introducing them to the situation.
"This civil uprising was fierce and large-scale, affecting counties around Liaoyang. The number of people exceeded 80,000. As soon as the civil uprising occurred, we sent a large number of military and police to maintain order. In addition, Finance Minister Wang
Yong Jiang has already rushed over with his manpower to personally investigate the cause of the civil unrest. We have approved special funds, a total of 700,000 yuan. There are also 30,000 loads of grain, 8,000 pieces of cotton-padded clothes and tents to appease the victims."
Chu Mingyuan and others carefully looked at these official documents. They found that what they said was all true. At the beginning of the civil uprising, they immediately took action and did not turn a blind eye. They also prepared disaster relief supplies. It seemed that
There are no omissions.
"These are just hindsight. When ordinary people went to rob large households, wasn't it because you took away all their food and they had no food to eat, so they were forced to do nothing?"
The secretary in charge did not answer them directly. Instead, he found two more official documents and pushed them to them.
"An important reason for this civil uprising was the floods that occurred in Liaoyang and other places in August this year. At that time, the governor of Fengtian was still Zhang Xiluan. He had already signed an order to reduce or reduce part of the land tax in the disaster-stricken areas. After Zhang took over Fengtian, he found that the disaster-stricken areas were
The fact that the grain was not handed over shows that your claim that the government took away all the grain is a mistake."
Chu Mingyuan and others carefully looked at various documents and found that, as others said, their accusations were simply untenable. Cold sweat appeared on the foreheads of these people. If they were wrong, they would have to bear the consequences.
From now on, they will be expelled from school, which makes several young people who have no experience in the world have a look of fear on their faces.
At this time, Zhang Tinglan asked his secretary to take them all to the Tiger Hall. These students no longer looked confident as before, and lowered their heads unconsciously.
"I think you have all read the official document. After the disaster victims appeared, we have actively responded. Just now, Director Wang Yongjiang, who was in Liaoyang, sent a special telegram to report the situation. He basically determined the cause of the civil unrest. The government
Although the common people were exempted from the tax burden, the local landlords did not exempt the land rent, and still collected it according to the usual proportion. They took away the last bit of food from the people's hands. Only the victims who could not survive would rob the food, which would lead to civil war.
Change."
At this time, Zhang Tinglan also saw the cruelty of the landlord class. Although it is not ruled out that some individuals have built their families through hard work, the entire landlord class is greedy and sucks out the marrow. In such a disaster year, there are still
They did not lower the land rent at all and pushed the people to a dead end. These people are indeed committing serious crimes.
"It is only natural for landlords to collect land rent. In disaster years, the government should provide relief to the victims. You did not distribute food but blamed the landlords. You are shirking your responsibility." The skinny student started to argue again.
"Ordinary farmers work hard all year long, but have to give most of their income to landlords, and then starve to death themselves. Is this a natural thing?"
"Of course not!" Chu Mingyuan said angrily: "Huang Sheng, you can't speak out of conscience just because your family is a big landowner. Since you are affected by the disaster, you should take the initiative to lower the land rent, or even not collect the land rent, so that the people can survive.
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 the landlords. I have seen farmers forced to sell their children by landlords before.
Selling girls, I didn’t expect it to be their problem again this time, I am willing to accept the punishment and automatically drop out of school.”
"Don't worry, things are not that simple. Think about it for yourself, who instigated you to come out for the demonstration!"
"It was Teacher Huang, Huang Sheng's uncle. He told us about the miserable conditions of the victims in class, and then we saw the article in the newspaper. Then the students were filled with indignation, organized and launched a march."
"Then I'll let you meet Teacher Huang and see why he encouraged you to march and what his intentions were."
At this time, several soldiers pushed and pushed a middle-aged man in. I saw that this middle-aged man was wearing gold-rimmed glasses and elegantly dressed, but he was a little messed up in the pushing.
"Why are you arresting me? I am just a teacher. I have never committed any crime. Is there any law in this world?"
"Teacher Huang said this very resonantly. Since you know Wang's Law, then as the largest landowner and the largest grain merchant in Liaoyang, your Huang family hoards wantonly in the years of disaster. Teacher Huang uses the pen in your hand to spread discord. What do you mean?
Don’t follow the king’s laws?” (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!