From Chief to Ball

After calming down, Yuanshan realized that what he could rely on at this time was the group of people who were most worried and guarded against.Far water cannot quench near thirst, and the army's suppression still needs time to communicate. What is needed now is to stabilize the situation, delay time, and clarify the situation.

Called four people, and Yuanshan ordered: "Two horses, immediately rush to the Central Party Headquarters of the Mexican Party, and ask them if they know what happened. If they are in a meeting, wait for their news there, Ask them to send representatives here. Two people ride out of the city, go to the barracks, and tell the garrison not to act rashly, wait for news from here, and don't push the neutral group of people to the bottom line."

After speaking, he hurriedly wrote a few words, took out the seal and printed it, and then hid the seal in a place where no one would see, thinking about the request he might hear, and the excuse of delaying the time until the army assembled to suppress it.

Chapter 27 Dominance ([-])

Before dawn, the sound of docks, grain warehouses, speculators' warehouses, Chen Jian's private gun workshop and other places gradually stopped.

By this time, Ye Yuanshan had understood that this was an organized uprising, not just an uprising to vent his anger.Of course, using the word uprising is not politically correct for Ye Yuanshan, he can only and must use the word riot.

It is impossible to station a large number of troops in the city, and those armed forces such as security patrols in the city may not be as strong as the backbone of the insurgents in terms of weapons and combat effectiveness.The old-fashioned matchlock guns, sword shields, and spears that have not been changed, even with armor, can hardly resist the passionate flint gun arming that has been trained in secret for several months, especially in some blocks with dense brick and stone houses.

But this is not a victory, it is just the beginning, far from the end.From the beginning, these people have to think about how to end, and it is clear that these people do not have the ability to fight against the huge violent machine of the state for the time being, all they can do is negotiate and compromise, and strive to realize the dream of anarchy, self-government and mutual assistance in Min County City, venting the fear of the big machines—the future is gloomy for these insurgents, and the impact brought by those big machines is not hope, but despair and panic.

During the long wait, more and more people gathered near the sheriff's mansion and the council meeting, and Ye Yuanshan finally expected the representatives sent by the Mo Party.

"What exactly is going on?"

Qiao Tiexin was the leader among the black-colored elements who came here. Hearing Ye Yuanshan's question, he handed over the transcribed letter sent by the insurgents. Looking at Qiao Tiexin.

"This matter has nothing to do with us. We never deny our purpose, which is known to everyone. But obviously these things are not what we are after."

"Since it has nothing to do with you, can you help maintain order first? Mincheng can't be chaotic. Some of you have guns and are organized. Can you help hand over those people's guns first? You can discuss anything, do this No way."

Qiao Tiexin shook his head and said: "Sir, these people have already petitioned once before, but it was useless. You can delay indefinitely, but people will starve to death if they don't eat for seven or eight days. Although they pursue us We don’t support it, but we don’t object to their methods. We can only help maintain the order of the city and prevent robberies and other incidents, but it is impossible to do the knives and guns in your hands, and it is impossible for our lead bullets to shoot to those people."

Ye Yuanshan gritted his teeth and said: "You have to figure out the current situation. Once Mincheng becomes chaotic, I'm afraid it will be out of your control at that time. Once this incident becomes too sensational, you must be careful to cancel the right of association and the establishment of hired workers." The authority of the association. You will regret it then."

"This is our bottom line. If one day we are forced to dissolve or revoke the right to form associations, we will fight for it in the same way. You don't have to worry about this."

Qiao Tiexin understands the implication of Ye Yuanshan. Now that Min County has grown into a force that cannot be ignored, many people want to reach out here, and there is a high possibility that someone will make use of it.

Facing Ye Yuanshan's worries, Qiao Tiexin smiled and said: "The sheriff is worried, we have thought about this issue too. But when that day comes, will honest others allow it? If you don't fight, you will have to do everything." not."

Ye Yuanshan shook the channel: "This is the result of the struggle."

"They didn't capture the county guard's mansion, which means they still hope to compromise, hope that the county guard can make decisions for them, maybe they even hope that the county guard can be the master of Qingtian to restrain the powerful. They don't have the guts to break the old world , so there is no power to cause chaos in Min County. We are still discussing what to do, and now we can only talk about it, and what to do depends on the follow-up development."

"In other words, it is possible for you to reach a compromise with them and riot together?"

"No, Sheriff. The way we see the world, this is an immature, childish uprising, not a riot."

"I don't want to argue with you on this issue now. This is the most basic issue. We see that the foundation of the world is completely different, and we can't argue for a result. But in the current situation, I hope you can help control the situation. I have no way out. I can retire, if you reach a compromise and agreement with them, I can only be buried with my decision, but I don't want to ruin the current situation of Min County. You are the only ones who are unlikely to directly conflict with them strength, and the possibility of a peaceful solution.”

Qiao Tiexin nodded and said: "Of course we are willing to contribute to maintaining the order of Mincheng. But we need the sheriff to take the blame. We don't want to use this excuse to deal with us when something happens in the future."

"As you said, when the truth deals with you, you don't need an excuse."

"If you are famous, you can fight against the enemy. We are not going to use our name to make a division yet, so you can only take the blame. We need the order of the county guard and ask our picket team to maintain order, and the county We will provide money to compensate our workers for their wages. And it must be stated that we are only invited to maintain order, not to conflict with these insurgents, nor to suppress them."

Ye Yuanshan sighed, feeling extremely conflicted in his heart.

He is not those people in the north. He has seen with his own eyes the power of this place where the power of the big family is the weakest in Min County all these years.

Because I have seen it with my own eyes, I can understand it.He knew that sooner or later there would be an accident in Min County, and once it happened, it would be earth-shattering. Not only these low-level parties, but also those loose parties formed by big businessmen, workshop owners, bankers, marine merchants, etc., that is also a force that cannot be ignored.

So he has decided to tie himself to Min County, just like those speculators, speculating on his ambition and future in Min City, the rate of return is far higher than being an honest county guard in the old days.

But the political appeal in the letter he saw just now was obviously not what he wanted to see. Once those people from the north stretched their hands here, Min County would be in chaos immediately.

He had to make a decision, which side was he to stand on——among the big families in the north?It's better to start a new stove. At this time, I will firmly stand on the side of the big merchants, workshop owners, factory owners, bankers, and sea merchants in Fujian County.

It is also about suppressing or pacifying this matter, who will do it, when to do it, how to do it, how to appease it, and how to solve it. It is impossible to make a decision without deciding which side to stand on.

Those big bourgeois and big businessmen have money, and it is easy to arm a group of troops, but if he hands over the handling of this matter to these people, an irreconcilable suppression is inevitable.

At that time, there will definitely be countless people attacking myself. Unauthorized armed forces have no right to participate in the suppression, and as an authorized person, I will definitely be caught by others. At that time, a few tragic photos will be circulated, and a few miserable articles will be written. Go out, those people in the north will definitely be happy to clean up their own faction, and have an excuse.

To be loyal to the old era, the best choice is to flee from Min County. Whether the army will take the blame or not, it also means that your political career is over. Without the support of Min County, you are a rootless duckweed. People knead.

Those people in the north are happy to see a return to the family era. Anyway, they don't live on factory profits and overseas trade. The appeal of these people is just an opportunity for them to mediate and get rid of the increasingly powerful bourgeoisie in Min County.

They will denounce the political system that the bourgeoisie and the labor class are demanding can partially reach a consensus, and bewitch the bottom to say that the best way is to go back to the era of patriarchal law and guilds, where representation, elections, equality, and freedom are meaningless.

It is better to rely on the family to pass it down from generation to generation, otherwise, under the competition of the bourgeoisie, the people of the country will lose everything.

Naturally, these things were not thought of by Yuanshan himself, but he learned about them after reading the newspapers and pamphlets of the Mo Party.

Just like these things that happened in Mincheng at this time, and then related to the letter of political appeal, Yuanshan can almost be sure: if there is no behind-the-scenes pusher for this incident, there will be ghosts, and the behind-the-scenes pusher is very deep, otherwise it will not be true. would make such an outlandish request.

After weighing everything, Yuanshan had to make a seemingly weird decision: to use the power of the Mexican Party to stabilize the situation in Mincheng.

After Chen Jian came back, he visited Ye Yuanshan, and after carefully studying the pamphlets and promotional materials of the Mo Party in the past few years, he finally understood a problem: many people were wrong. At the bottom, but not a party of the whole people or the bottom.

With the establishment of Minjun Dafang, and the dissolution of the old Mexican Party into the Progressive Alliance a few years ago and the disintegration of the Progressive Alliance, the Mexican Party has completed its transition from a party of the poor at the bottom to a labor party.

It's not a party of the poor, it's just a party of hired workers, but the hired workers happen to belong to the bottom.

He Yuanshan carefully thought about what the Mo party had done in recent years, and he followed through with everything.

From the establishment of large workshops and factories to the investment in mechanical technology progress, this is a step-by-step effort for the future.With the help of social assets, form a person who makes profits from hired labor under the big factories and workshops and big land ownership, and expand the number of hired workers.

It guides and lures the capital related to land leases into capital that exploits workers’ labor as much as possible, and allows the capital that originally only rented land to be invested in places where hired labor can be produced in batches.

Even if they have been committed to the immigration of the Great Deserted City, they are not from the perspective of the poor people of the country, but are mass-producing different forms of hired labor.Under the land system there, there is no traditional peasant household at all. Although it is somewhat similar, the ownership of the land there is not private ownership.

At this moment, Ye Yuanshan finally understood what Chen Jian had told him: They were not the party of good people, or even the party of the poor with pity, but representatives of another kind of power.

Therefore, making such a seemingly absurd decision has become a correct choice.

Except for those big businessmen and big capitalists who never stop dying, the most programmatic, organized and powerful political organization that does not want to destroy machines, return to the small land system and patriarchal guilds is the Mexican Party.

In addition, this is the only political force that is likely to reach a settlement without being exploited by those in the north, and the last miners incident proved that this group of people has the ability to organize and has enough power to maintain order in the city.

Of course, Ye Yuanshan felt that it would be great if the side he wanted to speculate could stir up confrontation and even bloody conflicts between the two sides.

Chapter 28 Dominance ([-])

After straightening out all this and weighing the pros and cons, Yuanshan finally wrote a special letter by hand, found out the hidden seal, and granted the picket team of the Mexican Party the right to maintain order in the city, paying with the county's finances, and Ask for the support of those factory owners and mine owners.

After getting the letter, Qiao Tiexin asked someone to carefully collect it and send it back. With the person responsible for the blame and the famous teacher of this era, he can finally boldly organize a group of forces to participate in the chaos of Fujian City middle.

This is a dangerous place, if you take a wrong step, all your previous efforts will be wasted and even thousands of people will scold you.

But it's also a place of opportunity, a chance to reclaim influence after a fall in influence after the split.

"When will your people be organized?"