Chapter 120 The Trial of History

Beijing.

Special Military Court.

This trial specifically chose the widest and most well-equipped national theater.

This is one of the largest public trials in the history of this empire, second only to the public trial of the captured Qing Dynasty during the founding of the country. The theater that can accommodate 5,000 people is full, all in Beijing, the party, government, military, finance, and English, and even many officials, members of the parliament, as well as senior officers, celebrities, representatives of the people, and representatives of various social organizations, either took the initiative or arranged to come from other places to participate. Everyone had a complicated expression and listened quietly.

Journalists from many major newspapers in the center and local areas, and even overseas media reporters stationed in Beijing, wrote quickly in the press conference, and the photographer cào made huge vertical cameras to capture the historical scenes.

The public trial, which lasted for a day and a half, has finally come to an end. The public prosecution, hearing, debate, and jury discussion have all ended, and it is time to make the final judgment.

"...This court sentences: Ding Zhongyu, murdering members of the royal family, treason, endangering national security, and murder. According to the Royal Family Member Protection Law, the Special Regulations on National Security, the National Defense Forces Military Law Regulations, and the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, the death penalty will be sentenced to immediate execution, deprivation of all positions, and political rights will be deprived for life."

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"...This court sentences: Mu Tie, murdering members of the royal family is established, treason is established, endangering national security is established, and murder is established. According to the Royal Family Member Protection Law, the Special Regulations on National Security, the Military Law of the National Defense Forces, and the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, the death penalty is sentenced to death, immediately executed, deprived of all positions, and deprived of political rights for life... Above, 328 soldiers on trial, 286 were found guilty, 14 were unable to confirm the crime, and sent back to the public prosecution agency to prepare the complaint again, 20 were confirmed to be innocent and released in court."

Lieutenant General Lu Bo, director of the Fifth Department of the Ministry of National Defense (Military Law Department), finished speaking expressionlessly, stared at the many mutiny officers below the stage, and asked word by word: "Criminal, is there anything else I want to say?"

All the officers had expressionless expressions on their faces or were extremely excited, but they were silent without exception and turned their eyes to their commander.

"I confess my guilt." Mu Tie said calmly, "I am in trouble with the country, and the sins are obvious, but I have something to say."

Mu Tie's words immediately caused a stir in the audience, and everyone looked at the marshal intently. Some of the National Defense Force officers on the stage were tangled with their hands, their fingers were white due to excessive force, and their muscles were tightly tense, and their hearts were as if they were holding a ball of flame.

Lu Bo nodded: "This court approved it."

"Mu Tie turned around, his eyes flashed across the faces of the under-trial subordinates. Everyone stood up and saluted excitedly, as if they were saying goodbye to the commander, and as if they were on a new journey, they were being reviewed by the commander.

Mu Tiezhuang gave a serious gift, his voice slowly and low: "Comrades, I'm sorry, I misled you and took you astray. Today I have implicated everyone. The first thing I need to review and take responsibility is me. I have harmed you and the country. I'm sorry."

After Mu Tie said that, he bowed deeply.

The officers of the mutiny were all excited, many of them had red eyes and soft sobbing on the stage.

Mu Tie stood up and turned to the audience seat behind him.

"I want to apologize to you, to those who were victims of the mutiny, and to their families. I'm sorry." Mu Tie's voice replied in the wide hall, with the sound of gold and stone hidden. A booed sound came from the audience. Many listeners who had lost relatives and friends in the mutiny, had their families destroyed, and even suffered heavy harm, had their faces turned pale and glared at the culprit of the mutiny. Many political officials and congressmen thought that they were driven and detained by the soldiers in the mutiny like ducks, and the fear and anger in their hearts finally erupted.

"Rebellious! It's too late to say anything now!"

"Rebellion! Rebellion! You betrayed the country!"

Lu Bo knocked on the wooden hammer hard and shouted: "Quiet! Quiet!"

Seeing the military police coming to their side, many people had to stop talking in anger, and the hall returned to quiet.

The mutiny officers looked at their commander with tears in their eyes. At this moment, they wanted to yell for the commander: "We want to save this country and eliminate those traitors! Unfortunately, we failed!"

Mu Tie looked at these angry listeners calmly, with a look of guilt in his eyes, but when he looked at many people, he also felt disgusted.

"I am responsible for all the crimes." Mu Tie said calmly, "I have always wanted to seize power and control this country after the death of the late emperor, so I set up the Iron Guard Army and promoted the idea of ​​"national iron-blooded" in the National Defense Forces, preparing to use the power of the army to seize power and establish a dictatorial system with me as the leader. What I really want to achieve is to control this country."

Ding Zhongyu's face was pale and his facial muscles were tight.

The leader must be to protect more comrades! He has to take the blame to himself for our ideals and careers!

"As for these young people, they were just simple and passionate patriotic youths," Mu Tie's words made many mutiny officers cry. "It was me who led them astray, took advantage of their dissatisfaction with society and political naivety, and weaved an illusory ideal, and encouraged them to join me in using violence to eliminate all unreasonable things and build a pure and pure society."

"No! Marshal!" A mutiny officer roared in tears, "Our ideal is correct! It is pure! We are willing to sacrifice ourselves for our ideals! Only such China is the country in our dream! A country, a nation, and a leader! All states are owned, the whole country is the same, everyone is as strong as soldiers and as strict discipline as the army! Only in this way can this fallen nation be saved!"

"I said, this ideal is the illusion I woven." Mu Tie looked at the excited officers and shook his head with some pity, "These are just dreams. They are impossible to achieve, and they are also the greatest harm to the country."

"This system will never be pure and pure." Mu Tie sighed, "I understand very well that such a system will kill all freedoms of everyone and leave only one idea in the whole society, that is, war. All resources are for war, and this war machine can never stop, otherwise it will collapse. The upper-level soldiers who have mastered the power of the state will no longer be pure and upright officers, but prisoners of power; the lower-level soldiers will continue to fight and expand for their military achievements and ambitions. They will force all citizens to tighten their belts and contribute everything for war. All ideas that are different from the mainstream ideas will be regarded as heresy and severely sanctioned. All opponents will be suppressed and persecuted, or even directly eliminated. Such a country will eventually die in the siege of the whole world and in the resistance of the people in the occupied areas."

The excited officers were stunned for a moment.

The audience was stunned!

They looked at these soldiers in disbelief, but they didn't expect that what they thought was not just to simply seize power, but also to completely change the society and transform the entire country into a huge army!

The whole hall was as quiet as death.

"A system will be extremely inhumane and inhumane." Mu Tie said calmly, "Under the guise of noble purpose, he suppressed internal violence and conquered externally. The entire society uses high pressure to rule, and all heretic ideas will be ruthlessly eliminated. In order to maintain the rule, I will encourage all citizens to monitor each other, encourage my wife to monitor her husband, and encourage my son to expose his father. The crime only requires the three words "anti-political" to be enough. All those who are dissatisfied with politics will be ruthlessly cleansed. This society will be completely brainwashed from top to bottom, instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the leaders to conquer the world. Other nations are either slaves or eliminated. There is no compromise within this system, only obedience and elimination."

"I know all this." Mu Tie said calmly, "But my greatest wish in my life is to conquer the world, so I still have to bet once in my lifetime. It was me who deceived these young people, used them, and fooled them. It was me who defiled the glory of the National Defense Forces."

Many mutiny officers trembled violently at this moment. Some of them seemed to have all disappeared in an instant, and their souls were flying wherever they were, and what was left was just a dying body.

"I have no objection to the trial made by the French. Today, I would like to remind all the young people," Mu Tie looked around the audience with a solemn expression, "You are simple, your passionate, you are prone to impulsiveness. But you must be vigilant! In this world, within our country, there are many ambitious people with different thoughts, and are always ready to incite and use your passion to overthrow the government and seize power, or realize the dream of local separatism! Even if it is a hero in the past! I am a living example! The people, kind and simple people! You must be vigilant! You must be vigilant!"

"Since ancient times, when the country is unified, it is a time when the country is relatively strong and the people's lives are relatively stable." Mu Tie said, "Once we are mixed inside, there will be a disaster, and foreign enemies will take advantage of the situation and even steal the capital. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty secretly seized the imperial examination not far from China. If our people do not use this as a guide, I am afraid that the story of the late Ming Dynasty will repeat the same mistake today!"

"Today, the national war is approaching, the nation is about to die, the late emperor dies, and internal mutiny. What the empire needs is unity!" Mu Tie's face was hard, his voice was sonorous, and his eyes were vaguely still the invincible commander. "Although I have different political views from the current central government, I have my own ideas about the country and have many selfish thoughts, but I love this country! I long to see it become stronger step by step! Today's empire has complex thoughts, many theories, and everyone has their own thoughts, which is understandable. But there is one thing, that is, we must uphold a public heart, everything for the empire! On this basis, we must firmly maintain unity and support the center! We must never take the path of splitting the country and having a common sense because of different political views or selfish thoughts, otherwise we will be the sinner of the nation!"

The whole audience was silent.

Everyone looked at the former Field Marshal who spoke in surprise.

Most people never thought that Mu Tie would say such a frankly in this trial today! Many people’s eyes at Mu Tie were extremely complicated. What kind of person was this? What exactly was he trying to do? What made him turn from a rebel leader into such a calm and fearless patriot within a few days? Is this person considered rebellious or something else?

"I am saying this here today, not trying to reduce sins and ask for pardon. My sins are unforgivable. I am just for this country and for the people here." Mu Tie paused and said frankly, "I have failed. This country has chosen his ruler. He is more suitable to rule this country than me. He is the son of the late emperor and he has a good plan for this country. I hope that everyone present, our citizens, can support him, give him time, space, let him coordinate the center, and lead the country step by step towards a more brilliant future."

The whole audience was silent.

"This country is also my hard work." Mu Tie looked around the audience, his voice calm, "I have followed the late emperor for nearly forty years and participated in the entire process of this country from planning to establishment to growth. My feelings for this empire are greater than many people present."

He seemed to ignore the contemptuous gazes around him.

"Today is a judgment on me. My subordinates and I are the defendants. But I also want to ask the lords present. Although I am bewitching, what made these patriotic young people willingly embark on the road of mutiny? If I just tell stories in vain, they will follow me?" His eyes coldly crossed the angry and pale cheeks of the audience. "They chose to stand up and try to change something with their own strength. Although there are my problems and their own problems, it is also largely because they are disappointed and angry with the darkness and injustice of society. They want to change all this, but they cannot find a suitable path. They are passionate, and they have strength, so they choose to use the violence of the army to defeat all this, eliminate all darkness and injustice, and to build a simple and clean society."

At this moment, the voices of opposition from the audience finally spurted out like a volcano eruption.

"Rebellious! Say what darkness and injustice! Look at yourself!"

"Kill people and set fire, you are the disaster star in this country!"

"Stop applying makeup to yourself!"

"I still have to talk nonsense when I die!"

At this moment, many mutiny soldiers were already in tears, and the flame in their hearts finally erupted. Ding Zhongyu shouted: "The ones who should be tried are the scum of those countries! If they hadn't been corrupt, shamelessly and cruelly exploited the people, would the soldiers rise up to resist?"

"Even if we die, we have to watch those people underground!"

"You! You are not clean either! Li Heming, I didn't catch you when I came to your house. You said, where did we catch you? What are you hanging out with?"

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Lu Bo hit the wooden hammer heavily, and the military police rushed up and forced a few listeners who stood up to argue. The wooden bāng and horse whip in their hands had already been raised, and many people quickly shut up in disappointment.

Mu Tie nodded to Lu Bo, his eyes swept across the audience. When he saw many people, facing those resentful and provocative gazes, his mouth was slightly raised, as if he was watching a group of noisy and ridiculous poultry.

"I am here to be judged by the Ministry of Justice and the people. As for those corrupt officials who have gradually corrupted the healthy body of this country, MPs, you are not qualified to judge me." Mu Tie's voice was slow and firm, "If I launched a mutiny because of my heart, it was betrayal of the country, then you have been corrupting this country for many days and nights, stealing wealth belonging to the people, and violating their responsibilities as civil servants in a pride. Isn't this dereliction of duty or betrayal?"

"Thirty years ago, I followed my teacher to establish a town in Annan. We have a common ideal, which is to revive this civilization and allow this nation to stand upright in the East!" Mu Tie's words made many soldiers stand up again, with longing and pride flashing on their faces. "Along the way, there are so many unbearable days and nights that cannot be looked back on, and so many heroic stories! It was the martyrs who built today's empire with blood!"

"When we finally completed the great cause of unification and building a country, the whole country was boiling, and the people rushed to each other, and they were filled with longing and expectations for a new life in the future! For those of us in power, the people gave high expectations. Ten years have passed, everyone ask themselves, how are we doing? Why do these soldiers try to overthrow the regime and use their own ideas to transform the country? Why did the actions of the soldiers get strong support and support from the citizens at the beginning? Why did the citizens spontaneously assist the army and attack officials, MPs and unscrupulous chaebols? Why did no one stand up to stop it at that time?" Mu Tie's voice became heavier, "These responsibilities are not in the army, but in our political affairs and parliament, and in our economic and cultural circles. It is precisely the cause you sow over the years that the fruits you have now come into play!"

"Today, we are here as rebels to be judged by law, but some people also need to be judged by history!" Mu Tie's words made the audience in an uproar again, "In recent years, many officials and congressmen have become corrupt, local officials and gentry colluded with each other, and they have colluded with each other at every level, colluding with each other and conspiring with each other. The teachings of the late emperor, the party discipline and national laws have been put behind!"

Mu Tie turned around, his eyes swept across his young and tense faces, and his eyes fell on a fierce major, with a deep voice: "Li Tianming, the second-class White Tiger Medal winner, fought with the Wa rebels in northern Myanmar many times, and had been poisoned by poisonous crossbows, and fought with the Myanmar soldiers who crossed the border. Major Li, why did you embark on this road?"

Li Tianming told his own story.

When he first became a soldier, he had a private life with the NV child from a well-off family in his hometown, but his fiancée's parents opposed the NV child marrying a soldier who died at any time. Later, he agreed with the NV child to obtain military merits and marry as a hero. However, when he received military merits and returned home as a lieutenant with the admission notice of Lu Da, he found that his fiancée had committed suicide.

It turned out that the local bully was the younger brother of a high-ranking official. He fell in love with the NV child and wanted to take it as a side room. The NV child's parents also intended to get married. Despite the opposition of the NV child, they poured a sedan into the room and sent it to the dong room. They found an NV person outside. Thinking that the nv child had nothing to say, they could only complete the procedures. As a result, the nv child committed suicide the next day. The nv parent cried and wiped tears but suffered a loss. He was blocked by the other party with money, and could only pinch his nose and admit his bad luck.

Li Tianming was not named and asked for advice. Seeing his enemy marrying another student from NV school the next day, he gritted his teeth in hatred, and when he went back, he started to connect. Later, Ding Zhongyu absorbed him and joined the Iron Guard Army, and used his own strength to collect evidence of the corruption of the official and found an opportunity to report to Mu Tie. Mu Tie mobilized some of the members and officials who controlled him to completely destroy the official. A series of conflicts with his younger brother were completely covered, and the incident was also revealed. In the end, the two brothers went to prison together and suffered all the abuse. They died one after another in a few years.

From then on, Li Tianming joined the Iron Guard Army and was determined to build a pure new society.

One officer after another told the whole story of his joining the Iron Guard Army. Some family members and relatives were cheated by local bullies and privately set up casinos set up by the government. They wrote a contract to sell land and asked for nothing. Some relatives and friends' business was swept by bureaucrats and relatives; some passed the college entrance examination, but were beaten by some candidates with deep backgrounds by other means; some witnessed the wives of classmates and their wives were separated by high officials; some saw that their ancestral homes were forced to be collected, and most of the compensation was greedy. They basically rely on the power of the army to solve some problems around them and their surroundings with power, but a flame ignited in their hearts. They hated these decadent and dirty reality, and they were eager to change all this so that those parasites could no longer suck the blood of the people.

Everyone was listening, watching, thinking quietly. Some people were embarrassed, some were expressionless, some gradually showed sympathy, and some were speechless.

"This time, I took some of the forces of the National Defense Forces astray and tried to solve the problem in the wrong way, but what about the next time?" Mu Tie looked around the audience, his voice was heavy, "If this country continues to go like this, you, the lords who are in power, will continue to be with the light of the world. The next time, I'm afraid it will not be these tens of thousands of soldiers, but more soldiers, more people, more farmers, workers, students, and even citizens, will rise up to overthrow the politics. That time, the real tragedy! At that time, it will not be history to judge you, the people, and will give you the final judgment!"

Many people in the auditorium opened their mouths and looked at the prisoner who had been deprived of all status and had lost his citizenship, but they didn't know where to start. The mutiny officers, so many soldiers in the auditorium, looked at Mu Tie with excitement on their faces and stared at Mu Tie with bright eyes.

Suddenly, applause rang out in the corner of the auditorium, and it seemed particularly loud in the quiet hall.

"Well said. That was the real tragedy! This country must not go to that point!"

People turned around and saw an imperial guard officer wearing a ribbon standing up and walking slowly up.

"……His Majesty!"
Chapter completed!