Early in the morning, government officials went door-to-door to announce the hoisting of flags.
Hanging all over the city, hanging all over the city.
What flag to hang?
They said they were flying the republican flag.
Why is the republican flag hanging so smoothly? Could it be that the Qing Dynasty has perished?
Hey, it’s true!
Shaanxi Governor Bi Yuan sent a telegram to the whole country yesterday to take the lead in responding to the initiative of His Excellency the Allied President Leerjin. Shaanxi is the first province in the country to support the republican form of government. From now on, Shaanxi will no longer be dominated by the Qing Dynasty. All military and political affairs in the province will be governed by the Qing Dynasty.
Presidential Decree.
After the power was sent out, Bi Yuan immediately ordered the whole province to change the flag, starting with the provincial capital Xi'an, to replace the flag of the Republic of China to show the new atmosphere.
The national flag is a new thing.
In the past, the Qing Dynasty did not have a national flag, only military flags used for marching, such as the two yellow and two red flags of the Eight Banners, and the green flag used by the Green Camp.
The concept of the national flag was proposed by Mr. Lin, a staff member of President Le Erjin and currently the deputy general manager of the Allied Forces Finance and Food. He believes that today's initiative to promote a republic and abolish the monarchy will surely succeed. However, countries in the world today have national flags as national symbols. Therefore,
After the founding of the Republic, China should also have a national flag. Firstly, it can be justified; secondly, it can inspire people; thirdly, it can distinguish it from the puppet imperial court of the Reform.
Lerjin thought it was reasonable, so he put Mr. Lin in charge of the matter. Soon Mr. Lin drew the national flag with his own hands. He used blue as the flag to represent the blue sky, and placed a cross in the center of the flag.
Daytime picture.
"The meaning is grand and beautiful. China is a big country. The sun rises in the east and is the highest star. It shows that the light shines on the meaning of freedom and equality."
Mr. Lin explained that this equality meant that Manchus and Han people were equal, so this flag would be widely supported by the Han people. Leerjin was full of praise for Mr. Lin's design and adopted it immediately.
As the plenipotentiary spokesperson of His Excellency the President in Shaanxi and a senior official left behind, Bi Yuan's job is not only to raise money and food to support the North-South war that may start if the peace talks break down, but also to carry out all-round reforms and rectification in Shaanxi to ensure the center of the republic.
The position is unshakable.
Therefore, after the president led his troops out of Tongguan and headed for Taiyuan, Bi Yuan began drastic reforms.
The first ax is to strike at the old flag of the past.
According to the orders of the Futai Yamen, all the old Qing-style flags that had been hung in the inner and outer cities of Xi'an were taken down, including the Eight Banners throughout the city and the green flags in the outer city. Then the new Republican flags were hoisted at the city gates, school grounds, and all large and small units.
Shaanxi Xuezheng Xia Mingqiu proposed that not only the government offices, subordinate units, and military camps should hang the flag, but also every household in the city. No matter whether it was the banner people in the city or the Han people in the outer city, no one could be left behind.
Only in this way can we show Shaanxi's strong support for the Republic and the 120,000-point support of the military and civilians for the Republic.
As soon as Bi Yuan heard that it made sense, he asked the following to arrange it.
The problem is that the notification was rushed, and the people below were not prepared at all. They asked the people to find cloth to sew a republican flag at once.
But this is not something Mr. Futai considers. Anyway, every household in Xi'an must put up the republican flag within one day. Those who fail to do so will be held accountable at all levels.
This has been very painful for the people of Xi'an City. Everyone, young and old, is busy looking for cloth to sew the Republican flag. Those who don't have cloth at home have no choice but to bring paper to the lake, so that they can complete the task of planting the flag.
Cope with it.
When we meet each other in the neighborhood, as long as there is no one from the yamen around, we will definitely curse the Bird Republic, saying that the adults in the city are all traitors and traitors, and that the emperor is the emperor, so how can we just say we don’t want it and just don’t want it.
However, the Han people in the outer city cursed the Republic, but the bannermen all over the city were in high spirits. As soon as the yamen was notified, they started cutting cloth and planting flags in full swing.
Some of the idle people in the flag-house put up their flags and then went to the outer city to watch the fun with their sleeves on their sleeves.
What excitement?
There were old scholars with white beards and poor men with lice in their pigtails parading in the streets, howling that they wanted to collectively hit the city wall and jump into the river to bury themselves in the Qing dynasty.
There are also those who are bold enough to go to the magistrate's office, governor's office, and governor's office to kowtow and petition, saying that the Qing Dynasty must never be destroyed, which makes the bannermen look straight in the eyes. I really don't understand that none of them want the Qing Dynasty.
, why do these Han people still hold up the Qing Dynasty’s memorial tablets as if they were their ancestors?
The lively scene lasted for several days.
Under effective suppression by units at all levels, the Han people in Xi'an finally accepted the fact that the Qing Dynasty was gone.
Bannermen all over the city also began to dream of the imperial city.
Because it is said that His Excellency the President will designate Xi'an as the capital. In this case, these Xi'an garrison flag men will suddenly become the same as the people in Beijing in the past.
Various propaganda groups organized by the government about what a republic is, what its benefits are, and what to do about the country in the future are also constantly promoting back and forth in Xi'an. Gradually, what exactly a republic is is finally taking shape.
The problem is that within a few days, the yamen suddenly went from door to door to notify them that they should take down the Republican flag and put it up again.
What to hang?
The above didn't say anything, so they urged me to change the flag quickly.
I had no choice but to hang up the old eight flags again.
It turned out that those Han people in the outer city who were looking for life and death were jumping up and down again, twisting their braids around their necks several times, and they were full of energy wherever they walked: "What am I talking about? The Qing Dynasty cannot be destroyed! No emperor in any dynasty or generation can do it.
OK!"
Officials who were loyal to the Qing Dynasty but were dismissed from their posts suppressed by Le Erjin and Bi Yuan also began to appear in the public eye, as if crawling out of their coffins.
Some teahouses began to spread rumors that Leerjin was defeated, that Emperor Qianlong planned to eliminate the Japanese army, and that the imperial army would soon arrive in Xi'an.
As a result, less than two days after the old Qing-style flag was replaced, the Yamen sent someone to notify them that the flag would be replaced immediately.
What to change this time?
There is no specific explanation.
Some talk about replacing the sun and moon flag, some talk about replacing it with the reform flag, some talk about replacing it directly with the Jia flag, and some talk about hanging up the flag for heaven...
The people in the yamen really don't know what flag to change, because their superiors don't know either.
Mr. Futai was so anxious that he drove to Shanxi more than a dozen times a day to inquire.
After repeated troubles, all the people in Xi'an did not know what to do, so much so that when they met in the morning, they gave up the familiar saying: "Have you eaten?"
All changed to: "What color should I change the flag to today?"
Just to be on the safe side, I first asked my neighbor who was working in the Yamen to see what kind of flag he could hang without causing trouble. I never thought that my neighbor didn't know what flag to change without causing trouble.
In the midst of the commotion, as the dark clouds of the empire's destruction dragon pressed down on the situation, and as the news of Leerjin's power to surrender to the Sixth Emperor of the Reform was officially transmitted, the officials in Xi'an fell silent.
"Hey, I knew Leerjin couldn't make it happen!"
Bi Yuan felt regretful and resentful, and pulled off the braid from the back of his head.
The roots of the braids are neat and tidy, and if you look at the incision, it’s either from last week or this week.
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