Chapter 51: Innocence
Even if the person who opposes Yang Rui's shooting and "killing" Zhang Shizhao, he has to admit that after the shooting, the people who are preparing to come to the Prime Minister's Office to ask Yang Rui to confess to the students disappeared without a trace. However, the bad reputation of the Prime Minister's tyranny is also spread among the rightists that people have good side, but the more they are good, the more they will sympathize with the weaker side, not to mention that the students' original intention is indeed to be good for the country, and it is a measure that is so just that they can't be more just.
With this sympathy, coupled with the clamor of the YMCA and church schools in various places, a small national parade spread. According to the analysis of the Security Bureau, the reason why these parades were synchronized under information blockade was because the US consulates in China were conveying messages to it that the Westernized elements of Peking University were no longer the leaders of the movement, and the unknown president of Yanjing University, Stu Leiden, suddenly transformed into the right-wing general representative of "devoting for the justice of the Chinese people."
It is difficult to deal with the matter involved in the United States. At this time, the negotiations on the amendment with the countries that established diplomatic relations have been completed and signed, and the concessions in various places have also taken them back. However, the Americans have killed the "freedom of mission", "freedom of press", "consular judgment" and "open doors", which has delayed the signing of the new contract with the United States until now. If it were European countries, the worst thing would be that the two countries would break diplomatic relations. However, the United States is now the largest market for Chinese merchant fleets and state-owned enterprises. At the same time, there are many overseas Chinese in the United States. If it were to break diplomatic relations, China would lose money, so things have been stalemate. Except for the pro-government newspapers that disclosed the YMCA on the front page, the government did not react too aggressively to the actions of the Americans, and just pretended that Americans had done nothing.
At the end of March, when the war in Western Europe was about to begin and the Northwest had confronted the New Russia team, two major cases were tried in the capital. One was the corruption case of former Shanghai Mayor Fei Yugui, Jiangsu Governor Deng Wenhui and others. There were more than 500 people involved in the case. The case involved not only the government administrative system, but also the military logistics system. If it were not for the case of Zhu Lu and Lieutenant General Zhu Lu and Lieutenant General in France who committed suicide in fear of crime, then the senior military and political leaders appeared in court to be tried at the same time, which would be a tragedy of the Revival Association's administration.
As usual, the Revival will be like this, and its opponent, the Kuomintang should be happy. Not to mention questioning Prime Minister Yang Rui on the spot, he could even ask the Prime Minister to resign to thank the people. But what is strange is that the Kuomintang Prime Minister Song Jiaoren rebelled against the normal state of party struggles and praised the Prime Minister for being ruthless to the evil forces and his resolute attitude towards corruption is a blessing for the people and China.
In addition, Song Jiaoren also admitted to reporters from major newspapers that the administration of Chinese officials is many times better than that of the Qing Dynasty. Although the cases shown now are eye-catching, the quality of officials and officials is generally good, and it is getting better and better. Everyone should not think that the administration is bad because of corruption cases. At the same time, he also mentioned that the key to corruption is that the inspectors in the concession cannot supervise it. This is a historical problem. Now that the concession has been taken back, this problem will no longer exist in the future.
Even the opposition party said good things, farmers who did not say or read newspapers, and even citizens who read newspapers believed that the administration and officials' style was improving. However, there were naturally slaps in the face. The Beijing Newspaper (English version) sponsored by the Americans (English version. Because it insisted that it was not reviewed by the Ministry of Rites, the Chinese Post Office refused to submit it, and it could only serve as a communiqué for the consulate in China). Song Jiaoren's speech was coerced by the Revival Society government. At the same time, he believed that because the number of votes in the sceptic institute was insufficient, he not only could not make Yang Rui fall down, but the Kuomintang would also be retaliated by the Revival Society in such tit-for-tat accusations.
The conclusions drawn by Americans are correct, but the British Times Mori Xun's comments were more accurate. He believed that the corruption case involves the Revival Society, and although it will not cause the Revival Society to be in the ruling foundation, it will have a huge impact on the prestige of Yang in the party and the army because it involves many students of Yang and the senior leaders of the Revival Army. If Yang cannot get timely support from the outside when his internal prestige is damaged, the final result is likely to be that Yang will change his stance of corruption. While purges the Kuomintang and other forces to the outside world, these corrupt elements will be sentenced lightly and regain their internal prestige to maintain their own status.
As a constitutional expert, Song was obviously very clear about this result, so he changed the normal state of party struggles and praised Yang. He further guided the outside world to support Yang's anti-corruption campaign. This was obviously a superb political wisdom. This was not only conducive to the stability of China's constitutional politics, but also created possibilities for the Kuomintang to continue to exist in the political arena. The article finally believed that Yang, Song, and Wu Tingfang, the Tingweifu, were both opponents and friends. If they could give up the interests of factions and jointly maintain the Chinese constitutionalism with shallow roots, then the country would eventually embark on the British-style development path.
In addition to the corruption case, another case was when students attacked the Prime Minister's Office, causing casualties in the guards in the office. One thousand,234 students were arrested on the spot by the militia. Most of them were released after a simple interrogation, and only forty-three of them were put into jail. After interrogation, the prosecutor appealed to the Dali Temple of Shuntian Prefecture for intentional homicide and intentional injury. Among these students, 35 were students of Peking University, and the remaining eight were students of Yenching University.
The Inspectorate appealed without any mercy, which aroused a lot of grievances in the academic community. After learning that Zhang Shizhao, who was pleading for the student, was shocked by Yang Rui's shooting, the academic community and the gentry turned to the Dali Temple of Tingwei Mansion to plead with him. It is said that after several days of reception, Wu Tingfang suddenly announced that he would refuse to see the guests. At the same time, the apartment also summoned the magistrates to prevent anyone from trespassing.
The two cases were heard in the capital almost at the same time. Some differences are that corruption cases were directly tried by the Supreme Dali Temple, while the Xuedao case was first tried by the Dali Temple in Shuntian Prefecture. Any of the cases were eye-catching, let alone the two were tried at the same time. In this case, reporters from all countries and provinces gathered in the capital to pay attention to these two major cases across the country.
"What qualifications do you have to judge me? When we were carrying our heads to the revolution, we were in the old forest in the northeast, on the stone hill in Yanzhou, and fighting with the Russians, Japanese, and Manchus to death? You knelt in front of Manchus and wag your tails and begged for mercy. Today, you have turned into judges and tried the heroes of the revolution. Is there any word "fairness" in this world?!"
In the Supreme Dali Temple, unlike Deng Wenhui, who is like pickled vegetables, the former Shanghai mayor Fei Yugui faced the prosecutor of the Inspectorate who asked him a question, and his words were so righteous that the entire judgement hall was silent.
"I have to pay 50 taels of silver every month and pay taxes. I'm really trying to get a dog. Just this money. I can't even see the girls in the brothel. Let's look at the shipyards and those who run shipyards and start businesses. How much did they earn? I don't know the rest. The money I earn in Shanghai is more than five million yuan a year. What have these people done? What have we done? Is this fair?"
Fei Yugui's questioning during the first day of trial made the trial unable to continue. The reporters took his words as their headlines and said that the existing policies were not fair to the revolutionary heroes, but the news was reported. When the school mockery case was held the next day, student representative Fu Sinian also gave a speech in the hall, believing that his trial was unfair:
"Survival of the fittest is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth, and all the past and present are like this! Although we are young, we march for the welfare of the people across the country, march for the removal of old customs and new styles, and eliminate backwardness through progress. What crime does this have? Progressive people are judged and backward people are protected. Doesn't it mean that during the revolution in the past, Manchus can also appeal the people of the dynasty in the dynasty? In the past, it was a crime of exchanging the old without guilt, but today it is a crime of exchanging the old without guilt. What is the fairness of this?"
Fu Sinian was able to become a student leader because of his excellent talent and knowledge. He was as smart as Fei Yugui. He did not judge the law by law at all, but directly questioned the fairness of the trial. The Peking University students who came to listen to the class before the strike were cheering on the spot, and only until the presiding judge Gao Zupei hit the gavel violently before he could calm down. This time, the trial was announced to be closed soon after the trial was opened, and the trial was left to be retried on the second day of the month.
Like Fei Yugui's speech the day before, Fu Sinian's speech also topped the front pages of major newspapers. Some tabloids with uncertain positions were like the Soviet newspapers back then, and public opinion couldn't help but discuss the theory of being guilty of progress and being guilty of being guilty. Among the various opinions, the Empire Daily published an article refuted: It believed that Revival would never recognize Western fallacies such as natural selection. The purpose of the revolution was to expel the Tartars, anti-Qing and restoring the Han Dynasty. There was no connection with the replacement of backwardness. The attempt to compete for natural selection and backwardness of progress and incite public opinion to cause disaster to the world. His heart is punishable!
Although the Empire Daily is not an official newspaper, its position has always been correct. It is even often called the second official newspaper. This time, this article refuted Fu Sinian's words in court the day before, and even scolded the professors of Peking University, believing that as the west wind creeps eastward, students studying abroad not only did not learn skills, but instead introduced Western evil sayings into the country, trying to change Xia by barbarians and take power. In order to seek this purpose, they did not hesitate to incite students to make trouble, coerce the prime minister, and interfere in the government affairs. The so-called "innocence of progress" is just the best excuse for some ambitious people to kill and rob and conspire to get ahead. The article is not just a reasoning criticism, but also a piece of evidence that the forged diploma of Peking University President Chen You appeared on the front page of the newspaper, which further confirmed the style of some international students being ignorant and using any means to seek to get ahead.
The Empire Daily criticized Fu Sinian's "progressive innocence theory", while the Tianjin Ta Kung Pao criticized Fei Yugui's "progressive innocence theory", believing that the meritorious officials of the revolutionary times had been rewarded routinely, and there was no shortage of various preferential treatments and honors. The fact that the crime was committed by the meritorious officials was guilty of being guilty was the source of chaos. If it was not strictly punished, the country would not be in the country.
The two newspapers have a great influence, but now they have different positions, and their tit-for-tat confrontation, and the published articles are like ice and fire, which hit the audience's nerves. No one can tell who is right or wrong between them for a while, but there is no doubt that most people believe that the results of the trial of these two major cases will directly affect the political trend of the country and determine the long-term national policy.
Everyone understands this way. Xu Shiying, the presiding judge of the high Dali Temple in the capital who was responsible for hearing the two cases, and Gaozu Pei, the presiding judge of the local Dali Temple, felt extremely pressured. Both of them meant a light sentence, but public opinion was so concerned that a light sentence would not work at all.
On the morning of the second day of April, after the regular meeting, today's trial was discussed. Wu Tingfang immediately said: "Two, you should not let the defendant use the trial hall as a lecture hall today as before. If this continues, the case will not be heard well, and it will be bad for public opinion to stir up chaos."
Xu Shiying and Gaozupei were both legitimate ministers of the previous dynasty. Xu Shiying was a foreign new school of law. At that time, he was known as a master of law. His status did not decline after the founding of the country, but instead rose to prominence. Gaozupei was a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, and was a Jinshi in the year of Yiwei (1895). He was once the head of the Ministry of Justice. However, because he was an old school of law, he was not very successful before the revolution. After the revolution, because of the scarcity of judges, his official style was innocent. At the request of his former court Shen Jiaben, he remained in the trial hall of the Dali Temple in the capital.
Based on this background, Xu Shiying couldn't face the arrogant Fei Yugui. Although he scolded him, he was not brave enough to let this person finish his words. When facing those college students who were bewitched but did not know it, Gaozu Pei's love aroused. He did not deliberately stop it, which made Fu Sinian finish his words. Now Wu Tingfang asked the plaintiff not to talk nonsense in court, and both of them looked a little disgusted.
Gaozu Pei said: "Sir. I will learn to ridicule whether a person can be replaced when a trial is made. Whenever the officials see these students, they will love them and cannot bear to scold them. Even if they are judged, they will probably have a light sentence. This move will be afraid that it will cause...unhappiness and involve the adults."
"Since the trial has been opened, there will be no special reasons, otherwise there will be many public opinion, and there will be no arguments." Dong Kang, who stood on Wu Tingfang's side, said. After that, he looked at Xu Shiying and said again. "The unfair trial of both cases will lead to turmoil. A corruption case is lightly sentenced, public opinion is dissatisfied, and the revival will be dissatisfied, and the opposite is true for learning ridicule cases. But if the corruption case is heavy and the revival case is lightly sentenced, the revival case may cause chaos; if the corruption case is lightly sentenced and the revival case is heavy and the revival case is heavy, then the public opinion, the academic community will accuse Dali Temple of being biased towards the government, and the strike and march will inevitably start again. Anyway, this bowl of water must be flat, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious."
"Where are both cases light sentences?" Xu Shiying also knew what Dong Kang said, so he thought about whether there was any other way.
"Then both sides will be dissatisfied." Wu Tingfang said in a deep voice. "No matter how light the sentence is, the plaintiffs in both cases will be imprisoned. Although they will be kept for tens of years in prison. When they come out again, they will be old. Jingren, do you think these people will not feel resentful?"
Wu Tingfang blocked the last road in an instant. Xu Shiying couldn't help but look at Gao Zupei beside him. Both of them shook their heads and sighed deeply, saying that they were leaving. After sending these two people, Wu Tingfang's previous majesty disappeared. He asked Dong Kang: "Is there any change in the Prime Minister's Office?"
"Nothing happened yet." Dong Kang said. "Sir, didn't you say we must sacrifice ourselves for the law? Why bother..."
"I mean to sacrifice my life for the law. But although the capital is calm now, there is an undercurrent below." Wu Tingfang sighed. "Yang Jingcheng's corruption process is legitimate and can't be blamed. But what will those people think about the Revival Society? Fei Yugui is said to be the most popular among Yang Jingcheng's students. Even if his case does not involve others, it will arouse dissatisfaction among others. These are all real powers."
"Can Yang Jingcheng not suppress them?" When Wu Tingfang reminded him, Dong Kang also thought of the current political situation.
"If he can suppress these people, he will embezzle millions of corruption?" Wu Tingfang asked back. "It is because he can't suppress him that he has to rely on public opinion. The Kuomintang Prime Minister Song Dunchu will speak for help. These people are not good at speaking, but they are all disciples of the emperor. If one is not good, the situation will be turbulent, so I told Jingren that he can no longer let Fei Yugui speak freely. The more he says, the more hatred those disciples of the emperor will be."
"The official understands." Dong Kang immediately focused his attention. He suddenly understood the reason why Yang Jingcheng was trying to kill Zhang Shizhao when he suggested that Yang Jingcheng be sued to court but was tried hard by Wu Tingfang.
As a revolutionary hero, the Revival Association implemented constitutionalism in accordance with public opinion, which was equivalent to generously giving up some of its rights to the former Qing bureaucrats and the Kuomintang members. Although this was a must-have to make the country stable as soon as possible, the national situation is becoming increasingly stable. Whether the original rights and interests policy should become a long-term national policy has become the most worrying issue among the top leaders of various sects in China. Fei Yugui's theory of innocence is actually a dictatorship theory: the world is the world conquered by the Revival Association. What qualifications are you, the remnants of the former Qing Dynasty, and the remnants of the rebellion party qualifications to judge the Revival members?
If this argument really becomes the mainstream of the people of the Revival Society, it would be natural to eliminate other factions and build a strong country in the Revival Society. It was precisely because the Kuomintang members felt this threat that they did not support the Revival Society to fight corruption. They just mixed with the case of learning ridicule, but became another fuse. The judgment caused the Revival Society to be dissatisfied and dangerous; the judgment caused the public opinion and academic circles to be dissatisfied, and then aroused the study ridicule and bloody case again, which was even more dangerous.
Xu Shiying found out that he was a relative of Yang Jingcheng's second wife Han Xianfeng, and it was very appropriate to examine Yang Jingcheng's students; while Gaozu Pei was always old and a former school of law, with a full mind of ethics and morality. He would never agree with the students' theory of natural choice and progress and backwardness. It is also very appropriate to try the case of ridicule. I don't know what the result will be in the end of this painstaking arrangement.
At 2:00 p.m. that day, two major cases were held at the same time. The trial hall was as crowded as before, but unlike a few days ago, whenever the plaintiff wanted to make an argument and incite the judges, the presiding officer frequently hit the gavel and even ordered the bailiff to send the plaintiff out of the court, and arranged for them to enter the court when they were about to ask questions.
These measures finally ended the prosecution and defense stage soon, and the trial entered the stage of evidence and cross-examination. Since the above-mentioned cases were dared to be brought up, the prosecutors of the personal and physical evidence had carefully prepared, and there was no other better way for the defendant lawyer to question the witness's confession. When the court was closed, everyone knew the criminal facts of the plaintiff's crimes. If the plaintiff's lawyer who defended the court next time could not live on the verge of the next trial, the result would be tragic to the plaintiff. Fei Yugui, Deng Wenhui and others would be sentenced to death in accordance with the law for the huge amount of corruption; Fu Sinian, Duan Xipeng, Qu Junong and other core members who mobilized the school to attack the Prime Minister's Office would be sentenced to death and life imprisonment for intentional homicide, intentional injury.
After the court closed in the afternoon, the general telegraph office of Toutiao Hutong, East Chang'an Street, was filming a long queue. Foreign reporters wanted to publish the results of today's trial and their own headlines in court as soon as possible. However, among the many telegrams, two of them were the shortest. One of them was to Shenyang outside the pass and the other was to Hong Kong in the south.
"Qingyuan, things are not good." He received the telegram from the capital from the adjutant. Chief of Staff Huang Fujin immediately rushed to the headquarters to find Qi Qingyuan. But his screams made Qi Qingyuan unhappy.
"What's wrong? Xiaoshan is dead in France. Who knows about us if he doesn't tell me?" Qi Qingyuan looked at Huang Fujin who was a little nervous and was a little disdainful. I remember that he was jealous of money at the beginning and could understand it as soon as he talked about it, but now it's his virtue.
"But what about Fei Ziyi? The sum of money he greedy is enough to die for dozens of times, so he won't..." Huang Fujin calmed down a little while when he saw Qi Qingyuan was unmoved, but the worries in his words were self-evident.
"How could Ziyi betray us?" Qi Qingyuan smiled. "He was trusted by everyone to become our intermediary, not only because he was in Shanghai and had the advantage of the geographical advantage, but because he did what he said and loyalty came first."
Even if Qi Qingyuan said this, Huang Fujin was still hanging there, not reaching the sky or falling from the ground. Seeing that he was like this, Qi Qingyuan had to ask again, "All the deposits in your foreign company were found, and they were still there?"
"It's still here! It's still here!" Huang Fu nodded like a pheasant pecking at rice. This was part of the dirty money arranged to transfer out on the day Fei Yugui was arrested, including one of his.
"Zi Yi transferred everyone's money. He hasn't touched a penny of his own money. Isn't this enough for you to believe him?" Qi Qingyuan asked again. After saying that, he didn't want to talk to him again and said bluntly: "Worrying that Zi Yi betrayed us, it's better to wipe your butt clean. You should immediately notify North Korea Xishuang and stop soybeans first, so that the guy Yuanshi can't see any flaws. Dongchang is impossible to be foolish. In addition, the money is not safe in Shanghai, so it's better to deposit it all into the North Korean bank."
After Qi Qingyuan gave the order, Huang Fujin wanted to do it immediately. However, when he went out, he looked at Qi Qingyuan with a sneaky look, and he had to speak again to ask him to pay attention to his appearance.
This is the case in Shenyang. Hong Kong Minsheng News Agency and the Huiming Academy, who had been homeless for several years, gathered together. They were listening to Du Wen, a strong woman who had been elected as president, read the telegram from Beijing: "Comrades, the Revival Society has completely deviated from the original intention of the revolution and has become an interest group that has no ideals, only knows how to fool the people, and fight for power and profit. I don't want to mention more domestic cases. I just want to tell you that compared with the most advanced and successful Russian Revolution, any ideology and revolution have been lost. We anarchists must also learn from the Russian revolutionaries, stick to their ideals and strive for them for life."
Comrade Du Wen, who had just gone to Switzerland to attend the Anarchist World Congress and miraculously got a sum of money, emitted an ideal light all over her body. Her wonderful eyes slid across everyone's faces one by one, and she deliberately stayed on the newly-entered Jiang Kanghu for a while. Then she whispered loudly: "Comrades, in order to celebrate our unity, please allow me to lead you to sing the anarchy revolution song at this moment.
Five continents are in the same style,
Five colors are the same;
The black flag is ten feet tall and the sun is bright,
Chapter completed!