Early in the morning on the eighth day of the lunar month, Wang Liotong specially sent someone to invite him again. www
Yuan Su, Chen Wennian, Zhang Jiangong and others had already arranged the preparations for the braid-cutting ceremony of the Seventy-Nine Marks yesterday, and reporters from the Luanzhou local newspaper rushed to the scene at seven o'clock in the morning.
Although in terms of news value, the Luanzhou local newspaper paid more attention to the opening ceremony of the Consultative Bureau. However, under the special request of the army, the newspaper did not dare to disobey and had to dispatch two reporters to rush over. Regardless.
Anyway, this is still a report of some value.
According to the arrangement discussed yesterday, Chen Wennian was responsible for staying in the Biaobu compound to preside over the braid-cutting ceremony, while Yuan Su and Zhang Jiangong went to the inauguration ceremony of the Consultative Bureau, and they also had to cut off the braid at the inauguration ceremony.
Yuan Su was also very disgusted with this show, but in order to make his plan progress more smoothly, he still had to do some things bravely.
After having breakfast at Biaobu, Yuan Su and Zhang Jiangong led a group of soldiers to the Consultative Bureau building.
This building originally belonged to the private property of the king in the city. In order to show his personal generosity and occupy more words in the newspaper, the king generously donated the building and said that as long as the Luanzhou consultation system is not abolished
, this building will always be the public property of the Consultative Bureau.
It is said to be a building, but it is actually just a four-story Western-style building with a basement, but it can be regarded as a building in this era. The address is located in the most prosperous area of the west city of Luanzhou City. It was originally intended to be a hotel and restaurant.
For the business premises inside, some floors have been renovated.
During the preparation period, His Majesty the King and several other officials and gentry jointly contributed money to decorate all the remaining floors. In addition, all office, decoration and other furnishings and equipment were also completed in a short period of time.
The purchase was completed within a month. The people of Luanzhou had never seen these big landowners and big bureaucrats with such enthusiasm.
Originally, the gentry did not intend to invite Yuan Su to the ceremony for the establishment of the Consultative Bureau. After all, in their view, Yuan Su was not a native of Luanzhou. On the other hand, this matter did not have much to do with the military, and they did not want to.
What's the connection?
However, when Yuan Su and Zhang Jiangong led the team to the building, Wang Litong, who had arrived first, rushed forward to greet them. Reporters and private photographers who had been invited also gathered around to interview and take photos.
Faced with such a situation, the other gentry naturally couldn't say anything. Moreover, everyone knew Yuan Su's background well, so they had no choice but to follow Wang Li and come forward with smiles to greet him.
Yuan Su noticed the subtle changes in the expressions of the gentry in Luanzhou before he even dismounted his horse, and he complained in his heart that Wang Litong didn't say hello in advance. Didn't this make him look like he was looking for trouble? But now that the matter has come to an end, people are already gone.
When the time came, I couldn't just do nothing, so when I was chatting with everyone after getting off my horse, I deliberately emphasized that I was here to cheer me up, which would make everyone feel better.
Zhang Jiangong, on the other hand, could not tell anything. He acted like a special guest. Not only did he behave well, he also kept trying to get close to these officials and gentry. Some people were embarrassed, some were disgusted, and some were unhappy, but after all,
It was not easy to get into trouble with someone with a gun, so I had to suppress all these emotions in my stomach.
The ceremony was held on time, and the venue was arranged at the main entrance of the Consultative Bureau building. A stage was set up here, and it was covered with a red carpet, which looked very grand. Some seats were prepared in the front rows of the stage.
It was provided for the celebrities from all walks of life in Luanzhou and reporters from newspapers who were invited to witness the ceremony. Behind them were some ordinary people watching the excitement.
I don’t know if it was arranged in advance, or if the people of Luanzhou really like to watch the excitement. There are quite a few people standing on the outside, and they all stretch their necks to look ahead.
Wang Litong personally presided over the ceremony. According to the rhetoric prepared in advance, he first shouted slogans in support of the republic and minzhu, and then invited the gentry to come to the stage one by one to give speeches.
These gentry have been longing for the Consultative Bureau like looking for the stars and the moon for a long time. Now that they are preparing for the day they have dreamed of, almost everyone has prepared a long speech, expressing their feelings about the minzhu system and looking forward to Luan
The future development of the state will also promote the identity of individual legislators.
However, no one made specific statements or promises on how to develop Luanzhou in the future, how to legislate regulations, etc. The whole speech was just empty rhetoric and praise.
Seven or eight people came on stage to speak, but everyone in the audience suffered. It was really a double torture both physically and mentally in the freezing cold weather to listen to a group of big men talking nonsense in an open-air venue. But every time
At the end of the speech, the audience still burst into applause, and some people even cheered loudly.
Although Yuan Su, who was sitting in the audience, didn't know the reason for this, his purpose of applauding was just because it was too cold and he clapped his hands to stretch his stiff muscles.
After the speeches of these gentry congressmen, Wang Litong suddenly announced that he would invite representatives of the Luanzhou military circle to speak on the stage.
This arrangement was naturally outside the agenda of today's ceremony. Although Yuan Su originally planned to take this opportunity to appear on stage, he did not expect that this ceremony was just a wishful invitation from Wang Li. He thought he had no chance to meet with Zhang Li.
The braid was cut off when Jiangong was on stage.
Now that Wang Potong invited him to speak on stage, Yuan Su had no objection.
As for the other gentry, they only regarded this as a temporary arrangement. It was not a bad thing to have military representatives to support the Consultative Council. Their speeches were already over anyway, so it didn't matter if the ceremony was extended for a few minutes.
Immediately, Yuan Su stood up first, but he made a "please" gesture to Zhang Jiangong very deliberately, inviting him to come forward and take the stage.
Zhang Jiangong was not polite and walked onto the stage with long strides.
Walking to the podium, he took out a speech script in a serious manner. This speech script was prepared by the copywriter of the standard department yesterday, but he could not read a word of Chinese characters. He took the speech script just for show.
I had listened to the text of the speech and read it over a dozen times yesterday. Now I just speak from memory and follow the instructions in the manuscript.
Yuan Su knew that the content of Zhang Jiangong's speech was almost the same as that of the previous gentry parliamentarians. It was just to express his support for the new republic and his expectations for minzhu politics. He still remembered that Zhang Jiangong's speech was pretty good during the drill yesterday, but
After a night, it was obvious that Zhang Jiangong's memory was not very good. Not only was he a little hesitant when speaking, but he also remembered several parts of the content incorrectly.
In his opinion, Zhang Jiangong's speech completely brought out the image of an uneducated bumpkin to the extreme, and he could only hold back a feeling of laughter and laughter in his heart.
Finally, when Zhang Jiangong finished speaking, Wang Potong, who was standing by, hurriedly stepped forward to invite Yuan Su to say a few words again. In fact, if he had not considered that Zhang Jiangong was nearby, he would never have said, "Invite military representatives to speak." ", but would directly say "Invite Mr. Yuan to speak." Not only in his eyes, Yuan Su was the core figure of the Seventy-Nine Biao, but also in the eyes of all Luanzhou gentry.
Yuan Su did prepare some speech topics, but today's ceremony was completely different from what he expected. In addition, all the officials and Zhang Jiangong had already said a lot of high-sounding words. If he wanted to say these things again, not only would he not be able to Creativity can even make people feel bored.
Therefore, he simply said some concluding remarks, and then the conversation turned to the matter of braids. He repeatedly emphasized that braids were a thing used by the Manchus to enslave the Han people. If China wants to implement the Min Zhu Republic, it must first start with this most important thing. Start with simple things. When he said this, he gave Zhang Jiangong a look, and Zhang Jiangong immediately ordered a soldier to bring up the scissors that had been prepared.
Zhang Jiangong cut off the braid first in front of everyone, and deliberately raised the cut braid high to signal. Yuan Su followed closely and cut off the braid, but he did not lift it up like Zhang Jiangong, but threw it directly On the ground.
Most of the celebrities from Luanzhou who were invited to the stage had already cut off their braids, so they did not react much to the actions of Yuan Su and Zhang Jiangong. However, among the onlookers at the rear, there was some spirit. The young people in Fang Gang, as the backbone of the revolution, were easily infected by Yuan Su's words and actions, and they immediately cheered loudly.
Following the lead of these passionate young people, the gentry and celebrities in Luanzhou also joined in. In any case, even if they don't give face to Zhang Jiangong, they must give face to Yuan Shikai's nephew.
Although it was somewhat different from the expected effect, for Yuan Su, it was more or less achieved, and the Luanzhou gentry and celebrities finally gave him a step down.
After the show, Yuan Su and Zhang Jiangong were about to leave the stage, but Wang Liantong quickly stepped forward to signal Yuan Su to stay for a moment. After that, he stood behind the podium again and solemnly announced to everyone present that from then on Starting today, the state capital of Luanzhou will be officially changed to Luanzhou Gonghezhengfu, working together with the Consultative Bureau to bring better development to Luanzhou.
Celebrities from all walks of life in the audience did not know that this was a section that Wang Litong took the opportunity to add. They just regarded it as part of the entire ceremony, so they applauded again, and soon led to a burst of loud shouting from the surrounding people. The entire scene It seems "inspiring", but there's no telling how much real money there is.
Yuan Su, who was standing aside, couldn't help but frown. There were so many things about today's ceremony that he didn't expect, and he was really worried about Wang Litong's arrangement. He originally thought that Wang Litong was consulting. After the establishment ceremony of the Council, a separate press conference and other activities were held to specifically announce the establishment of the Luanzhou Republican Party.
However, now that the matter was over, he had no choice but to wait for Wang Litong to finish speaking, and then he stepped forward and added some words of support for Wang Litong. That was all he could do now.