The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It was Zhen Zangzhu who rescued the eldest son of Wu Guoxian's eldest son.The two boarded the ship at night, sailed down the Yangtze River, and arrived at Shanghai Port the next afternoon.Abandoning the boat and going ashore, Zhen Zangzhu led his grandson into a carriage and drove around for half a day to a small farm.Bao Sanye's family lived here temporarily.

When the grandson saw his uncle, his panic all the way dissipated immediately, and the two of them hugged each other and cried.Zhen Zangzhu just watched silently.When the two of them finished crying, Third Master Bao shook Zhen Zangzhu's hand and said: "One is a great kindness without words of thanks, and the other is that our brothers have been doing so for so many years, we don't need to say those words."

Zhen Zangzhu nodded, and said again: "It's just that the son doesn't know where the prince is hiding."

Bao Sanye sighed: "In the early years, you persuaded him to restrain himself, then asked me to persuade him, and asked my second brother to persuade him. Our nephews and uncles were all deaf ears, and we couldn't listen to a word. Now it seems that what you said Exactly."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "If I speak more seriously and mention Prince Xianyizhong, maybe the son of the world can listen to a sentence or two."

The grandson smiled bitterly and said: "My father has been the son of Taiping for so many years. It is useless for Mr. Zhen to say anything. It's just that now there are concubines who deceive the lord and courtiers outside. My grandfather only listens to Shen and Chen Ruiwen. He didn't know What to do."

Zhen Zangzhu said: "Shen and Chen have the support of the prince, and the prince is missing. Chao Zhongwu will not help us. Although Master Wei Ruoheng understands that he is far away, and the natives and foreigners in South America are not good. To deal with it, you may not be willing to return to the country to help. Even if you come back, it will take at least a year or two, I am afraid that Concubine Shen and others will have settled down. Therefore, we have to think of other ways."

Taisun hurriedly bowed and saluted: "I ask Mr. Zhen for advice."

Zhen Zangzhu glanced at the two of them with a smile and said, "Wait for now."

Mr. Bao hurriedly grabbed his arm: "Old Zhen, you are not kind! What do you know? Tell me!"

Zhen Zangzhu turned her head and stared out of the window for a long time, then said softly: "There has been a serious incident in Fujian."

Mr. Bao and grandson Qi asked: "What's the matter!" Mr. Bao said again, "Why haven't you heard of it?"

Zhen Zangzhu said leisurely: "Because the whole country pays attention to the matter of Wu Guo's change of heir, and doesn't take it seriously."

Bao Sanye said anxiously: "What's the matter!"

"Strike." Zhen Zangzhu said, "The workers are on strike."

When the whole country was watching Wu, something really happened in Fujian.The cause was a trivial, commonplace event.In October this year, a construction worker in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou Prefecture accidentally fell from a building while working and was killed on the spot.The worker's name is Lin Desheng. His wife passed away a few years ago. There are elderly parents and three children under the age of [-] at home.People from the trade union came to ask, and it turned out that their boss forced them to work overtime day and night because of rush work, and the dead worker had been working for more than [-] consecutive days without a break.And according to the rules, there should be protective railings on the roof, but this site does not have it.The trade union secretary then wrote a complaint and went to the Yamen to sue.

The county magistrate laughed when he saw it, and ordered the trade union officer to be kicked out.The trade union officer shouted: "I'm here to sue! Why did the master let me out without paying any attention!"

The county magistrate said coldly: "Who are you suing?! Do you want to kill yourself or kill me?" He ordered to beat him out again.

The union officer sued the owner of the construction site.Because he was just an ordinary worker and didn't know the owner's name, he only sued "the owner of a certain shipyard".It sounded like this owner was unusual, so he asked the leader of the local trade union organization to inquire.

As soon as the leader heard this, he said, "It belongs to the Dai family."

The officer was stunned: "The Dai family? Could it be Dai Feiliu's family?"

The leader nodded: "That's right. This shipyard belongs to his family."

The officer turned over in his heart, and his eyes were red with anxiety: "Could it be forgotten? A life is lost like this?"

The leader thought: "Not necessarily. Let's think of a way."

The secretary said with tears in his eyes: "We must find a way! Otherwise, the whole family will not be able to survive."

The leader said: "The last time I went to Fuzhou for a meeting, Comrade Ni Ziguang said that the capitalists in Fujian are getting more and more bottomless, and our working class must start to resist in order to survive. This happened in less than two months. .In that case, I will go to Fuzhou to discuss with him." He thought for a while and said, "You go with me." The officer nodded.The two packed up some things and immediately set off for Fuzhou.

Ni Ziguang, the chairman of the Fujian trade union, is a steward of Jia's Horse Racing in Fuzhou and concurrently the head of the Jia's Horse Racing trade union.Hearing this, he pondered for a long time, and said to the two of them: "Let's not talk about it, let's just talk about this month. The industry under Dai's family near Fuzhou, due to fatigue and lack of necessary protection, four worker brothers have died. That's it. Adding this Lin Desheng brother makes five."

The trade union officer in Lianjiang County hurriedly said, "I think it's useless to go to court?"

Ni Ziguang sneered and said, "Who are you going to sue at the Yamen? Ever since Lord Huang Wengang resigned due to illness, Dai Xian has been the governor of Fujian for four years. They are all puppets. We can only survive on our own." Nai took the case and said, "Strike!"

Fujian trade unions have developed for many years, and the Dai family never took them seriously.Zuo is just leading a few mud legs and shouting at the top of his voice.How else?Never dreamed that they would go on strike.

First, workers in the shipyard where Lin Desheng worked went on strike, and then four other factories in Fuzhou where workers died went on strike that month. A few days later, seven factories went on strike, and workers died in recent months.The strike spread like wildfire.By the first ten days of November, [-]% of Dai's property had stagnated.

Dai Xian, the governor, was furious. Regardless of his family's friendship with the Rongguo Mansion, he sent people into Jia's horse shop and took Ni Ziguang away.Ni Ziguang was checking parcels in the warehouse at the time, when he looked back at a group of yamen servants pouring in shouting his name, he raised his hand and said, "I am Ni Ziguang. We have a lot of female workers here, so don't scare them." He was arrested without a fight.

I thought this would deter the gang of rebel grassroots, but unexpectedly the strike spread from Daijia to other factories in Fujian.In an instant, I saw countless owners and factory owners pouring into Dai's mansion, clamoring and forcing Dai Xian to find a way.Dai Xian took the case and said: "The leaders are all in prison, who is still making trouble?"

The owner of a sugar factory hurriedly said: "I know this. Since the workers at your lord's house went on strike last month, a leader of the workers in Jiangxi has come to help with advice."

"Who!"

"He is a man in his 50s, named Pan Xigui. I heard that he used to drive horse-drawn carriages in the capital, and later did odd jobs in Ping'an Prefecture. He only arrived in Jiangxi a few years ago and worked in a match factory." The owner said, "This man He is well-informed, scheming, and best at demagoguery. Many honest workers are confused by his words."

Dai Xian sneered: "It's just a low-level trafficker and pawn." He ordered his men to find out where Pan Xigui was.

Another boss said: "I also know this Pan Xigui. After Ni Ziguang was imprisoned, he took the lead in arranging all the strikes. A few words from him have been spread in every factory."

Dai Xian narrowed his eyes: "What are you talking about?"

"The horse's last words. When they kill a chicken, I don't speak because I'm not a chicken. When they kill a pig, I don't speak because I'm not a pig. When they kill a cow, I don't speak because I'm not a cow. In the end they were going to kill me, and there was no one to speak for me. Everyone else died."

Dai Xian pondered the words carefully for a while, and suddenly felt a chill from the soles of his feet to Tianling Gai, and shouted: "Quick! Capture this person quickly! This person is much more important than Ni Ziguang!" Repeatedly agreed.

One of the shopkeepers cautiously asked: "My lord, what is the origin of this Pan Xigui?"

Dai Xian thought about it for a long time, and his body became colder and colder.Nai said to the crowd: "His words are simple and clear. If all the workers hear it, I'm afraid they will rebel. This person must not be kept."

Pan Xigui was just an ordinary citizen, not a duke or lord, but lived in an ordinary inn.It took less than two hours for Fuzhou police to catch him.At that moment, he was talking nonsense to the workers outside a factory, and the policeman pushed them aside and asked loudly, "Who is Pan Xigui?"

Pan Xigui smiled with his hands behind his back: "I am."

The police quickly put the iron lock on his neck and said, "You committed a crime!"

Pan Xigui asked, "Dare to ask me what crime Pan has committed."

The policeman quickly said: "I don't know what crime you committed. Anyway, if the master says you committed a crime, you have committed a crime."

The workers rushed up and shouted: "Lawless! Don't arrest Mr. Pan!" "You are not allowed to touch Mr. Pan!" and surrounded several arresters.The policeman said that he couldn't take Pan Xigui away, and he couldn't even leave himself, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "Reverse, reverse—" "Do you want to meet the government soldiers?"

Pan Xigui slowly raised his right hand.All the workers fell silent immediately.Pan Xigui said: "Everyone, don't panic. I'll go with them." He laughed, "They didn't even charge me a crime, but they are in a hurry. The gentlemen are also afraid. If we go on strike for one more day, they don't know what to do." How much money was lost. Don’t worry, everyone. As long as you don’t give up, don’t compromise, and persevere to the end, you will win! If you don’t resume work, Comrade Ni Ziguang and I will be safe for a day. The governor dare not touch us.”

The workers shouted, "We can't trust them!" "Mr. Pan, don't go!" Some people cried, "Mr. Ni hasn't been rescued yet, so we can't leave Mr. Pan."

Pan Xigui said: "I just said that, the masters are very anxious, and want to arrest the two of us to intimidate everyone. As long as everyone does not resume work, the two of us will be safe. For the sake of the lives of me and Xiao Ni, I implore everyone to do this." Hold on to the strike!"

One worker leader raised his fist and shouted: "Keep on strike! Keep on strike!" All the workers followed up and shouted: "Keep on strike!" The scene was full of excitement.

Pan Xigui looked at the yamen servants with a smile: "Guys, brothers, let's go." The shouts of the workers became louder.The yamen servants were so frightened that they dared not straighten their necks, and carefully took Pan Xigui away with a smile on their faces.The workers shouted "Keep on strike" all the way to the governor's office.They shouted outside for a long time, but none of the yamen servants dared to come out and shoo them away.

Dai Xian was stunned for a long time when he heard what Pan Xigui said.He was holding a teacup in his hand, but suddenly it hit the ground with a "slap", and it fell to pieces.He looked up at the person sitting across from him.

That person's name is Zhen Hui, who was originally Dai Xian's mistress.When Jia Cong became the Queen Regent of the Yan Kingdom, the sage granted Fujian an imperial decree, granting Zhenhui the third rank to participate in politics, and also sent an official robe and seal.This girl is smart and studious, she was originally Mrs. Dai Xian's personal maid, and she has an ordinary appearance. She has helped Dai Xian deal with many important matters over the years.Dai Xian thought that Jia Cong himself had worshiped his cousin as the prime minister and made her a minister, and he was afraid that he would be alone and helpless. He slapped his head and remembered that there was such a woman in Fujian, so Fang gave her a serious official position in the name of a saint.So he didn't care.

He asked, "Lord Zhen, what do you think?"

Zhen Hui thought for a long time, then cupped her hands and said, "My lord, I think... Pan Xigui and Ni Ziguang, especially Pan Xigui, must be killed."

Dai Xian laughed unknowingly: "Why must he be killed?"

Zhen Hui said: "Killing Ni Ziguang is just killing chickens and scaring monkeys, but killing Pan Xigui is a preemptive strike."

The servant has already poured another cup of tea and brought it up.Dai Xian took two sips of tea slowly and said, "Lord Zhen thinks highly of him."

"Never." A faint smile appeared in Zhen Hui's eyes, "Only underestimate him, not overestimate him." Dai Xian looked at her and smiled.Zhen Hui said politely, "Not only do you want to kill, but you also have to behead in the street."

Dai Xian was extremely fat, and swayed slowly, like a clay tumbler in an obsolete shop.Nai ate Huizi tea again, and relaxed his brows: "Good tea. Just according to Master Zhen's words."

The two looked at each other and smiled.Zhen Hui said: "The tea is so good, my lord can appreciate the official tea and try it next time."

Dai Xian laughed and said: "It turns out that Master Zhen also loves tea." Then he turned around and ordered his servants, "Send two boxes of tea to Master Zhen's residence."

Zhen Hui stood up and made a bow, raised her eyes and said: "Thank you for the tea, my lord. I must have a good taste of it. I will come to ask my lord to get it later." Dai Xian agreed with a smile.

For a moment Zhen Hui went down to the Yamen and left, Dai Xian drank a few sips of tea alone, remembering what Zhen Hui said just now, suddenly felt that there seemed to be something else in her words.After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out what else to taste, so I left it.

Neither Pan Xigui nor Ni Ziguang went to interrogation.Others did not dare to interrogate, Dai Xian thought that the offender could not be interrogated.So they all stayed in the cell.A few days later, a notice was posted at the gate of the Governor's Yamen in Fujian: Pan Xigui and Ni Ziguang are both bandits and should be executed according to the law.Governor Dai Xian knew clearly, and decided to behead the two men three days later.

As soon as the notice came out, I thought that the workers in Fuzhou would have to make a big fuss.Unexpectedly, only ordinary people were talking on the street, and those workers who were on strike didn't make any trouble at all.It just hasn't returned to work yet.Dai Xian was a little strange, and asked Zhen Hui, "Why don't those muddy legs make trouble?"

Zhen Hui thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "I don't know. The theory is that a group of snakes has no leader, so they either get scared and rush back to work, or they have to make a fuss. It's unusual for them to be so quiet. Could it be that other than these two, they have others? leader?"

Dai Xiandao: "I have already found out that these two are big bosses, and the rest are scattered small bosses who are dissatisfied with each other."

Zhen Hui hesitated: "My lord...are you in a hurry in three days? Why don't you wait and see if those workers have tricks before making any plans?"

Dai Xian waved his hand: "No need. Nights are long and dreams are many. Letting them die early and reincarnate early is considered a sinful virtue. Besides, the government's beheading of prisoners is not arbitrarily changed."

Zhen Hui nodded: "Your Excellency should be decisive." She stopped persuading her.