During the feudal dynasty, the people were afraid of the government from the bottom of their hearts. The people did not fight with the officials, and the poor did not fight with the rich! This is a lesson learned in blood from generation to generation.
But everything must have a certain degree. If you make it difficult for the people to survive, the government will force the people to rebel and they will have to rebel!
The attention paid by Songjiang Prefecture and Shanghai Road was very experienced. They even asked the elders of each village, in fact, the famous landlords and elders, to come out and bring their children to greet him.
This is the safest way, because everyone in the village knows everyone's details, and no one will deliberately cause trouble. Even if there is trouble, the loyal elders of the village can suppress it as soon as they open their mouths.
In particular, China has been governed by clans since ancient times. Most of these elderly people are the patriarchs of ancestral halls and have a very high status in front of the children in their hometowns.
We gathered for breakfast at four o'clock this morning. In fact, these villagers had already started to gather in Shanghai in the early morning. Many of them who had a long way to go even traveled all night to Shanghai to gather in Shanghai the night before.
The journey was exhausting and tiring. Although he was given a sumptuous breakfast and was given a pair of clothes, the old man's body and bones really couldn't bear the torment.
Giving money is fine, but what kind of rule is it to not give me water or let me go to the toilet? People have three urgent needs!
Throughout the day, the more than 100,000 people in Songjiang Prefecture gradually couldn't bear it anymore. They didn't provide water for breakfast and then ate a stomach full of solid food. They couldn't digest it. This was called heartburn.
Many people begged for a drink of water, but all they got was scolding and lashings. If these old people hadn't suppressed them, the grumpy young people would have taken action long ago.
But after the sun rose three poles, the people's resentment grew stronger and stronger. When the old people fainted, the young people couldn't hold it back any longer.
"Master! Please give me a drink of water! Young people can stand it, but the elderly can't..."
"That's right, for the Double Ninth Festival, let us be detained here and suffer!"
"Either give us water or let us go..."
Those police officers also received military orders. If there was a problem in their jurisdiction, they would also have to sit down together. Each and every one of them had a broken spirit and was about to break.
"What do you want to do? Are you going to rebel? You want to rebel..."
"What did I tell you before? I told you not to eat so much. There will definitely be no water to drink today. Who told you to stuff yourself like crazy?"
"If anyone delays the arrival, not only your own life will be in danger, but your whole village will not survive!"
"Stand back... back off for me, who are you staring at? Who are you staring at..."
The smell of gunfire at the scene suddenly became stronger, and the officers quickly called for help from the Green Camp soldiers. A group of Green Camp soldiers carrying guns on their backs came forward, and the forty or fifty young people who were making trouble were vaguely surrounded.
The crowd suddenly became restless, and at this critical moment, Tai Suzuki led several junior Marine Corps officers over.
"What are you going to do? Do you want to see some blood on this good day? Didn't you shed enough blood three days ago?"
The Chinese Marine Corps has now become well-known in Jiangnan, especially Shanghai Songjiang Prefecture, which has the most news about overseas contacts. Everyone knows that the power of the head of state is beyond the sky.
The head catcher of Songjiang Mansion greeted him with a smile, "I'm sorry for disturbing you... These unruly people are just disobedient and difficult to manage... I told you not to drink water and not to eat too much for the first few days, so as not to be in trouble." If something goes wrong while driving, please take a look..."
"They can't control their mouths. They eat too much and become thirsty. Who can blame them..."
Suzuki was too lazy to pay attention to the other party's flattery and turned to his officer and said, "According to the field first aid regulations, emergency treatment... If you are not allowed to drink water, are you not allowed to save people?"
"It's a joke... you blame the common people when you don't have the ability?"
Several squad-level officers walked to the shade of the trees carrying first-aid kits common in the field, and the people around them all moved out of the way.
After a simple inspection, the officer smiled and said, "It's just a common heat stroke. Open a few bottles of the salt and sugar water we prepared... Yes, yes, yes, you come over and support your old man's neck..."
"Untie the collar. This is high-purity alcohol. Wipe it...then use a fan. If you don't have a fan, use leaves!"
"There are cotton swabs here, dip them in salt and sugar water to moisten your mouth... Aren't they not allowed to drink water? Use cotton swabs dipped in water little by little to replenish it. This is not against the rules!"
"Right...just do it...people will wake up in a while..."
Mrs. Suzuki was too lazy to pay attention to those servants. He gave orders to the logistics officer, "Go to the bank and ask the old shopkeeper for special approval, and bring out as many first-aid kits as we have..."
"Make more salt and sugar water, and wipe your body with alcohol if you have heat stroke... These are the most basic first aid knowledge. Why are you waiting for the driver if you don't even understand these?"
The head catcher of Songjiang Prefecture and the soldiers from the green battalion smiled coquettishly and said, "Actually, we are prepared... We are prepared... As long as we welcome His Majesty, we will have mung bean soup to relieve the heat..."
"Hmph! When your mung bean soup arrives, there will be no one left..." Suzuki turned around and walked away, too lazy to pay attention to these people.
The lower-level officials of the Qing Dynasty were all red-faced. They looked at the backs of the marines and cursed secretly in their hearts. However, after seeing their performance that day, no one dared to be unconvinced.
From morning to afternoon, the military posture remained motionless for eight or nine hours, each one like a nail nailed to the Huangpu River.
The soldiers in Green Camp and the Eight Banners were so hungry that their chests were touching their backs, but on the other hand, these marines didn't look hungry at all.
No one could imagine what was weird about the solid food the Marines ate in the morning. There was only one thought in everyone's mind: "How did Xiao Letian choose the Iron Army? They can fight without eating or drinking. How come the Qing Dynasty couldn't find such an army?" Where are the good soldiers?”
"His grandma's... back off, all the way back... the one with heat stroke can be saved, you are still making a fuss!"
A small incident triggered a conflict, and a group of strange visitors who sneaked into the crowd suppressed their anger and did not choose to be exposed.
There were more than 20 people, all wearing the short-sleeved clothes of local country people, with big bamboo hats covering their heads. Among them was a young face, frowning and looking left and right.
"Fellow fellow...are you from that village...are you tired..."
The person being spoken to was a simple and honest middle-aged man. His hands were full of calluses and he was playing with the grass roots around him in boredom. He didn't even raise his head, "From Qingpu, from Dianshan Lake fishing..."
"Ouch...it's not close. Are you here to sell fish? Are we going to meet you?"
"What! The government doesn't allow fishing, and they don't allow dirty water to be poured into the lake... They say that Dianshan Lake is the source of the Huangpu River, and the water needs to be cleaner to show Lord Long Live..."
"We all come from one village after another. If you don't come, it won't work. When the time comes, I will shackle you to death..."
"Hey...which village are you from? Your accent is from the north..."
The young face under the bamboo hat could not have been Emperor Tongzhi. This boy never walked on the Huangpu River. He disembarked near Bailong Port and took the eunuchs and guards along the village path from Pudong to Shanghai.
