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    Raindrops were falling, and the city was filled with mourning.  ././

    When the motorcade drove towards Xuzhou, it was difficult to see the green scenes of farmland in other areas outside the window. Although there were many fields that had completed spring plowing, they were mottled and lacked the beautiful scenery of greenery.  Song Ziqing in the car frowned.  China is a large agricultural country, but it is not an agriculturally rich country. If a season is delayed, the northern Jiangsu region will definitely experience food shortages, so he sighed and said: "This price is not small."

    Yang Du, who was in the same car, didn't pay much attention and said: "Except for northern Jiangsu, the spring plowing in the south of the Yangtze River has been completed without much impact. The spring plowing in the northeast is later than here. Cai Jimin has ordered all vehicles and military horses to help the new immigrants with plowing.  The hundreds of thousands of packhorses captured and sent back from Russia have also been put into battle. It is said that even tanks have been used and soldiers have been dispatched to help. Judging from the current immigration rate, the annual grain production in Northeast China will at least increase compared to last year.  20%. So as long as the southwest, northeast, and two lakes are ensured, we can still survive." He stretched himself as he said this. Who among the officials in Jiangsu can sleep peacefully in the past two days?  Even people like him stayed up all night and continued with a hoarse voice: "There is nothing we can do about it. The problems in Jiangsu and Anhui are too big. There are more than 50 million people and 80 million acres of land (this number is taken from the Republic of China in 1935  According to statistics, it is different from the 130 million acres in later generations (because many dry lands lack technical means and cannot be used), but half of the land is in the hands of millions of landowners! Among them, there are about a thousand households that monopolize more than 10,000. Not to mention the concentration, they are also conservative and stubborn.  Failure to be ruthless will sooner or later drag down the reform of the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces."

    "You can't establish it without destroying it, but the cost of destroying it is a bit high." Song Ziqing said softly.  Cha Kai asked: "Is Xu Guqing here?"

    "He arrived last night. After all, he is the governor of Jiangsu and the founding father of the country. How can we not be more proactive if something happens on his territory? I think there should be a good show later." Yang Du sneered.  Having studied the ways of emperors deeply, he didn't have a good impression of the founding fathers, but just as he was about to continue talking, the car in front of him stopped slowly.

    Yang Qiu opened the door with a stern expression. He was dressed in military uniforms that made the officials who greeted him feel cold all over. The National Socialist Party emblem and Youth Association emblem on his chest were particularly eye-catching.  The Xu Guqing mentioned by Song Ziqing was Xu Shaojie, the former governor of Jiangsu.  After the unification of the country, he was one of the few Democratic Party governors who retained his power. This was mainly because he saw that Yang Qiu was unstoppable in unifying the country, so he simply handed over all military power in Jiangsu.  Only by cleaning yourself and the army cleanly can you keep your position.

    It¡¯s just that this seat may be difficult to secure today!  Seeing Yang Qiu's navy blue military uniform, Xu Shaoji felt a chill in his heart. Murdering on the street was a major crime.  The people who were killed were those who were in the spotlight and remembered by 40 million farmers. The most important thing was the backbone of the national society. This was not asking for death!  But no matter how much he wanted to hide, it was too late now, so he had to bite the bullet and go up: "Shao Jian has met the vice president."

    Yang Qiu gave him a cold look, nodded slightly in agreement, and then led everyone to continue walking to the Hubu Mountain Theater.  The theater stage was already crowded with people. Hundreds of thousands of farmers who came from all directions surrounded this stage where Xiang Yu watched the horse parade in history. The inner layers were all members of the National Society and Youth Association who came to pay their respects.  On the road separated by soldiers, Yang Qiu walked heavily and slowly along the stone steps.  Countless pairs of eyes followed his figure slowly forward.  Raindrops wetted the military cap and shoulders, extending downward along the lines of fibers.

    Soon he saw Cheng Cheng lying quietly in the coffin covered with the national flag and wearing the YMCA emblem on his chest.  Although every public student needs his signature to go abroad, in fact if it were not for Dong Yongwei's report, he would not even know that there is such a follower of his in the Youth Association.  He is very short.  The high cheekbones ruined the overall appearance. He was such a young man who would definitely not be found in a crowd. However, this young man who should have been drowned in the rolling torrent gave himself a chance and a push.  An opportunity to open the door to a great country!

    Yang Qiu stretched out her hand to touch his cheek, but found that her hand was shaking badly.  Only he knew that this young man could completely avoid danger.  But because he needed an excuse, he buried him with his own hands.  If it were not for his own contribution, even the most fearless person would not dare to offend an entire class, a powerful class that even he would not dare to act rashly!  Even in the era of sound legal system in later generations, this will not end well.  But he believed in himself, so he resolutely organized the farmers' union and used his voice in court to legally liberate the majority of people living at the bottom of the country. He believed in himselfand he took advantage of him!  , he is not the first, let alone the last. How many more young people like him will be pushed into various battlefields with various slogans and actions in the future, and will eventually pay the price with their lives?

    There was silence on the stage, only the rustling of the rain falling harder and harder.  Kuang Xukun is Yang Qiu's secretary. He is not as talented or outstanding as the previous ones, but he is a very careful secretary.  But seeingWhen he suddenly held up an umbrella to protect Yang Qiu from the wind and rain, he immediately pulled him and pointed at Yang Qiu who was bending down.  Yang Qiu bent down, swapped his own and Cheng Cheng's YMCA emblems, and then solemnly pinned them on his chest. When he looked back, his eyes had returned to clearness.

    He took two steps back and solemnly raised his right arm.

    "salute!"

    In Lei Meng¡¯s loud and clear voice, first the soldiers saluted collectively to Cheng Cheng¡¯s body, and then the officials bowed three times together.  And when the ceremony was completed and the coffin lid was closed, the crowd could no longer control the pain in their hearts, and thousands of mourners began to surge forward.  Everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Qiu again, and those angry eyes clearly wanted him to say the words "blood debt must be paid with blood."

    Song Ziqing was a little worried, and Xu Shaojie was even more worried. They were all afraid that Yang Qiu couldn't control himself and would lose control!  Yang Qiu walked past them, climbed on a stone and raised his arms.  The crowd fell silent instantly. He clenched his fists but had to make a decision against his will again: "I know what you are waiting for! I will never let them get away with it! Because this is not a crime against Comrade Cheng Cheng personally, this is a crime against Comrade Cheng Cheng."  The crime of 40 million citizens is a crime against the country! But we cannot use lynching because it is the Republic of China. Comrade Cheng Cheng just does not want to rely on lynching to solve the problem, so he took up legal weapons to fight for the freedom of the 40 million compatriots.  Get rid of the shackles. We must stick to his path We must learn from Comrade Cheng Cheng, find out those people who participated in this matter and are implicated in it, and let them accept the sanctions of the law! Accept the punishment of 40 million compatriots  Judgment!¡±

    "Avenge Teacher Cheng Cheng! Hand over the murderer and stop plowing and harvesting."

    I don¡¯t know who took the lead in shouting.  Everyone gathered around the hedgehog waved their arms and shouted.  When the coffin moved down the mountain, it aroused the loudest sound, and countless pairs of arms stretched out.  They just want to send this hero who fought for their freedom one last journey in this way.  Following the cheers, groups of military police appeared out of nowhere.  This time it's not just wooden sticks and shields, it's all real steel guns and sabers.  Led by officers, these National Guard soldiers with accents from other provinces were like migrating ant colonies, stationed in various counties and cities in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui as quickly as possible.  Behind the National Guard are the police. Who among the police who usually muddle along would dare to think otherwise?  No matter how stupid you are, you know that if you don't do anything this time, you will probably be the unlucky one!  Of course, there were many tipsters, but as soon as they entered the door, they were arrested by the National Guard military police who appeared out of nowhere.

    Officials who originally thought they had nothing to do with them suddenly discovered that soldiers began to appear in front of large and small government agencies, even in front of their homes!  "Look! What is this?! Are we prisoners? During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, we didn't dare to treat officials and members like this. Is there any royal law anymore! This is a republic, not his family's one-third of an acre of land!" Xuzhou City  In the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce building next to the house, a voice shouted excitedly.  Tang Juedun turned his head and looked.  He recognized the man who was shouting. His name was Zhang Xingshu. He was a salt merchant in Yangzhou and joined the Republican Party in the year of 1911.  Later, after Yang Qiu took the salt industry under the national monopoly, he took money to hoard land in northern Jiangsu.  In just a few years, he purchased thousands of hectares of farmland, and now he is running for the Republican Congress.

    "This is the Republic of China for 40 million people, not a family! Didn't he let the mud-legged people rise up to protest? Didn't he let the mud-legged people form a group to deal with us? Didn't he want to send all the tenant farmers in Jiangsu to the Northeast? Then  Okay! Let¡¯s protest too, go to Nanjing! The land will no longer be cultivated, so it will simply be left uncultivated. If he has the ability, he will send all the people in Jiangsu to the northeast. Otherwise, we will watch those mud-legged people starve to death!" Zhang Xingshu is still there!  He was shouting and seemed to be ready to go all out to pull the emperor down.  Everyone around him was also incited by him, and many people shouted that they would fight to the end, leaving the farmland completely barren and not allowing farmers to plant it.

    Tang Juedun shook his head. These people thought of Yang Qiu too easily. If they really joined forces, they would only make the killing more painful!  So I stopped listening to these useless words and walked into the next room.  Several Republican leaders in the room looked worried, especially Liang Qichao, who was holding on to the Democratic Party member Wang Zhaoming, muttering as if he was planning something. When he saw Tang Juedun come in, he immediately asked, "Juedun, how is the situation outside?"

    Although Tang Juedun is a member of Congress, he is half a head shorter than Liang Qichao in terms of reputation and connections. The two of them have a master-student relationship, so he bowed first and then said: "Teacher, please be patient. Xu."  The governor is discussing with the vice president at the city hall, and I¡¯m afraid there will be a result in a while.¡±

    "What's the point of discussing this? He obviously wants to push us, Jiangsu, to death!" Liang Qichao stamped his feet.  Cai E's character has changed a lot since he joined the National Society. After the Sino-Japanese War, he felt that constitutionalism was not feasible and he joined the Republican Party. Due to his high prestige and many former officials, he quickly became a veteran of the Republican Party.  It¡¯s just that this veteran is very dissatisfied with party politics.Zhi was completely unfamiliar with him and said bitterly: "Nanjing is the capital, but not Jiangsu! The autonomy of the provinces is a promised thing. It is wrong for him, Yang Qiu, to interfere in the local area. It is too much to make such a big noise now! His deputy  The president is originally in charge of the military, and the prime minister should stand up and speak out on internal affairs. Now, it¡¯s good that Tang Shaoyi was ignored by him and treated the president as a decoration. This matter must not be let go like this! In a state-owned country, legalists have family rules.  What kind of decency would it be if everyone acted more arrogantly?"

    "Yang Qiu did go too far in this matter. There are a lot of gentry in their country. It is really not advisable to do this." Wang Zhaoming said: "After all, it is not a good thing for one family to dominate. If there is no more Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui  Why."

    Tang Juedun looked at this recent Democratic Party celebrity and was dissatisfied with the instigation in his words.  There are a large number of gentry in the National Society, but in recent years, the National Society has taken advantage of the European War and Yang Qiu's administration to turn to industry and commerce.  Get rid of the primary stage of living off the land.  Moreover, the Civil Peace Movement in the Southwest and the Land Reform in the Central Plains solved the land issues in the two places where the National Socialist Party was most popular.  As for the Northeast, there is no land problem in the first place, not to mention that now it is under military control, and Shandong and Hebei have also been beaten into submission.  Therefore, this sentence is obviously intended to incite the Republican Party to take the lead and use this matter to make the National Society and Yang Qiu's limelight.  But Liang Qichao didn't understand the meaning, and kept saying good things: "Well said! Since the Republic of China is a republic, it must have a republican appearance. One person cannot have the final say in everything. If that happens, there will be elections.  Why? What else does the Congress need to do?! Therefore, we must protect Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. If we cannot protect it, we will not be able to contain the national society. Do we have to continue to go back and create an emperor? Zhaoming. Look at the two of us.  Can the family unite? I have some friendship with Tan Yankai and the others at the National Society. Let¡¯s impeach him together! Even if we can¡¯t impeach, we must break this almost dictatorial situation.¡±

    If it weren¡¯t for Liang Qichao and himself being half-teacher and half-friend.  Tang Juedun even wanted to pour water on his head to make him wake up.  Although Yang Qiu is the vice president, he is also the chairman of the National Reform and Development Commission. National development and local reforms must pass through his hands!  Even if all these are gone, he is still the party chairman of the National Socialist Party. Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi are just executive members. If he is forced to ascend to the presidential throne tomorrow, who can stop him?  Besides, autonomy for each province is good, but autonomy is not a guarantee. The central government¡¯s decrees are still iron laws!  Even if the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are together.  They are all unable to fight against the central government!

    Seeing that Tang Juedun didn't speak, Liang Qichao was a little angry in his heart. After all, he was still a disciple of the Thatched Cottage, so he said with a straight face: "If you don't do this, forget it. I will go to Nanjing to find Zhang Jizhi myself. We can't let him, Yang Qiu, take control.  The three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are in a state of chaos." He pushed the door open, but before he could go out, someone rushed in: "Mr. Liang, it's not good! There was a power outage in Nanjing just now, Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi adjusted the ministerial personnel, and the President also  Signed and approved.¡±

    Personnel changes?  Wang Zhaoming's eyelids twitched. No wonder none of the ministers like Zhang Jizhi came to Northern Jiangsu.  Tang Shaoyi, the Prime Minister of Internal Affairs, also ignored it.  He quickly asked: "How to adjust?"

    The visitor swallowed his saliva and said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Water Resources of Mr. Wu Tingfang and Mr. Cai Yuanpei were removed and replaced by Lu Zhengxiang as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Liao Zhongkai, Director of the Beijing Finance Bureau, as Minister of Water Resources, and  ." He glanced at Tang Juedun, and the look in his eyes made the latter suddenly feel very uneasy, and he suddenly became confused before he could ask any questions.  Because the man said: "Our Minister Zhang has also been changed, and Brother Jue Dun has taken over as the Minister of Agriculture. By the way, the pending Minister of Justice has also come out. It is Yang Qiu's direct descendant Deng Yulin. I heard that he has already retired with me last month.  .Hu Weide, who returned from France, became deputy prime minister."

    Will I be the Minister of Agriculture?  !  Tang Juedun only felt a numbness on his scalp!  You can get rid of Zhang Jizhi, but it would be better to replace him with one of your own confidants.  But if he is suddenly allowed to go up, and this is the life and death moment of the Republican Party, doesn¡¯t this clearly mean that he wants to create divisions within the Republican Party?  Looking at the eyes of everyone around him looking at him, Tang Juedun felt dizzy and swollen and didn't know what to do.

    ¡°Don¡¯t talk about him anymore, even Wang Zhaoming and Liang Qichao felt cold all over.  Because members of Congress must be elected, but ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister, Tang Shaoyi can easily cooperate with Yang Qiu to remove these chess pieces!  When the whole country was staring at Jiangsu and people like themselves, the three most important elders of the Democratic Party and the Communist Party were beaten to the end by Tang Shaoyi. Who doesn't understand the meaning?  This slap is really too loud and spicy!  Wang Zhaoming had a sullen face. This was the first time he felt pressured since he agreed to join Huang Keqiang to join the Democratic Party.  Compared with the National Socialist Party, the Democratic Party's disadvantage has not narrowed but expanded in recent years, because the people in Yang Qiu's pocket are now richer than Yuan Shikai's back then.  Not to mention Tang Shaoyi, who removed three ministers, and asked Deng Yulin to go to the Ministry of Justice!  Hu Weide got up again and directly helped Liao Zhongkai and Tang Juedun to split the Democratic Party and the Republican Party This method, ugh!  Kegong, I will definitely live up to your high expectations.

    ??????????????????????????After the Communist Party and the Republican Party continued to suppress it, Yang Qiu took out a thick stack of information and put it in front of Xu Shaozhen: "Governor Xu, I originally didn't want to care about your Jiangsu affairs, and I shouldn't care about it, but you can see for yourself!  Is this what you told the central government during the four years in power?! In the past four years, the land has not only not spread, but has become more concentrated. Local governments have collected more than a dozen miscellaneous taxes under clever names! In the past two years, the national economy has been improving, and only in Jiangsu every year  The growth rate is less than half! What on earth are you, Jiangsu, going to do? Are you going to give the central government a slap in the face!"

    Xu Shaozhen came out, but Yang Qiu didn't give him any chance to argue or speak, and threw a stack of criminal records in front of him: "The president has already said that whoever does something will be responsible. You can follow the list of these people."  Call your name! All criminal records are substantiated. The Ministry of Justice, the police, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Taxation Department will all cooperate with your work. If you want to leave, you must complete this matter first before leaving. Don't be an official for your whole life.  , but in the end he was poked in the back by tens of millions of ordinary people!"

    These words made Xu Shaozhen's face turn blue and red. After Yang Qiu walked out, he picked up the criminal information and looked through it. But when he saw the rows of eye-catching names on it, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. According to the roll call,  How many people are left in Jiangsu's officialdom and gentry?  !

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    ps: I was busy at work today, so my thoughts were intermittent and I still couldn¡¯t find the feeling, so I¡¯ll just make one chapter today.  By the way, I have the audacity to ask for a recommendation vote!.

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