Chapter 139 Advantages of Flagmen

At the beginning, Zeng Guofan went out of the mountain to establish the Xiang army. The court was constrained in every way. He asked for money but no one, and often provoked him. He often scolded him severely, which made Zeng Guofan frustrated. Later, Zeng Guofan was reminded that he pulled a flag general from the Green Camp to enter his Hunan army as a senior officer. As a result, the attitude of the court changed greatly and trusted the Hunan army, so that the Hunan army was able to develop and grow.

Zhou Charter promoted Naha Wu to the position of deputy division commander, which is to use the identity of Naha Five Banners and the emperor's uncle to dispel the court's guard against Zhang Jun.

Feng Guozhang smiled at Zhou Charter, and Zhou Charter also smiled, and the two of them had a sharp understanding.

Nahawu became the deputy division commander of Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun made a gesture to the court. This army is not a pure Han army, but its main general is the flag man!

The court will more or less reassure Zhang Jun. In the future, if you ask the court for money, food and guns, even if the court does not give it, it will not be suspicious.

With this premise, Zhou Charter had the courage to tell the court the actual military strength of Zhang Jun.

Zhou Charter said, "As for weapons and equipment, please go back to the camp and don't be impatient. I will immediately meet the imperial envoys. First, I will give the medals of the awards to the imperial envoys, and second, please relay the difficulties faced by our Zhang army to the emperor and ask the court to allocate firearms and military expenses."

After a busy day, it has been three days, and everyone went back to the camp to rest.

Zhou Charter took Yao Xi and Nahawu out of the county government and rushed to the residence of Yuan Shikai, the imperial minister.

The court sent two imperial envoys, Jin as the Zheng and Yuan Shikai as the deputy. However, Zhou Charter always feels that the real imperial minister is not Jin, but Yuan Shikai!

When the decree was issued, Yuan Shikai's words were not much, which seemed to be in line with Jin. However, Yuan Shikai's words and behavior were full of strings.

Zhou Charter has long heard that Yuan Shikai's city is extremely deep and a North Korean. Yuan Shikai worked in North Korea for 12 years. Before the outbreak of the Qing-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai, as the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty in North Korea, firmly controlled the power of North Korea. In fact, he was the "great emperor" of North Korea. Yuan Shikai is very capable and exquisite. In North Korea, there are people who hate him and those who love him. Whether they hate or love him, North Koreans are afraid of him.

As for the Jin, the whole court knows that he is a pedantic master, and Taoism is very good. If you want to govern the country and the world, the ten Jins are not as good as Yuan Shikai.

Zhang Jun is the last military existence of the Qing Dynasty in North Korea and the last symbol of North Korea's status as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. It is unreasonable for the court to make Yuan Shikai the deputy in North Korea for such an important errand!

The only explanation is that Yuan Shikai has a secret mission unknown to Jin. This mission comes either from the emperor or the empress dowager, but one thing is clear that neither the emperor nor the empress dowager can say anything about this secret mission.

That should be a mission that can't be put on the table!

Since it can't be put on the table, it can't be written into the imperial edict or announced openly under the eyes.

Therefore, Jin issued an edict to Zhou Charter during the day, and Yuan Shikai will summon Zhou Charter at night!

Yuan Shikai's residence is in a large mansion in the west of the city. It was originally the courtyard of a Korean squire and the best house in Yizhou City. In fact, the so-called best house is equivalent to a small and medium-sized landlord's house in northern China, three large tile houses and a small gatehouse. North Korea's economy is far worse than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the living standards of the people are one level worse than those of the Qing Dynasty.

In order to show respect for the imperial minister, Zhou Charter asked Qian You to rent the compound at a high price and let Yuan Shikai live there.

When it comes to renting a house, Zhou Charter is quite gratified.

When Zhang Jun moved into Yizhou City, there was only Wei Rugui's Sheng army in Yizhou City, and there was no ordinary people. The people have run away. Zhang Jun came to Yizhou without committing any crimes and became famous. Many people returned to Yizhou one after another. Many people who were not from Yizhou, but also followed Zhang Jun to Yizhou. In the eyes of the people, Zhang Jun not only did not harm the people, but also was the protector of the people, with Zhang Jun, whether it was The Japanese army or the Qing army dare not bully people.

In fact, in the eyes of the North Korean people, Zhang Jun is not the Qing army! This is a completely different army from the Qing army. Of course, Zhang Jun is not the North Korean army. The people are too lazy to think about which country's army Zhang Jun is. All they know is that there is a security guarantee following this army. If they have to answer this question, the people will say that Zhang Jun is Zhou Charter's army!

The owner of the house is surnamed Jiang, and his family is rich, and he is respected as Jiang Yuanwai. When the Qing army crossed the border, Jiang took his family and ran into Donggu Mountain outside Yizhou City. He stayed in the mountain for half a month and suffered a lot. Hearing that an army that did not disturb the people came to Yizhou City, Jiang came back boldly to visit and found that Zhang Jun really lived up to his reputation. The troops were all camped under the wall, and no one occupied private houses. Moreover, there were many North Koreans in Zhang Jun.

Only then did Jiang Yuanwai feel relieved and returned to Yizhou with his family. As soon as he lived in, Qian Yougui came to the door with a large amount of silver to rent a house outside Jiang Yuan to live in.

Jiang Yuanwai is also a person who has seen the world. Whether in North Korea or the Qing Dynasty, the imperial envoys pass by somewhere, and the local squires are crying and shouting to worship the imperial envoys. It is a supreme honor for the family to live in their own home for a day. Now, the imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty wants to settle down in his own home. Jiang is particularly happy. He doesn't want money. Qian Yougui is afraid of Zhou Charter's fault and throws the money to Jiang Yuanwei, threatening to arrest his family if there is no cashier!

Jiang has lived outside all his life. He has never seen such an army. If he doesn't collect money, he will be arrested. If he collects money, it's okay! Jiang was grateful to Daide. The whole family immediately cleaned the yard and moved to the land temple under the wall.

It has arrived in late autumn. There is a bright moon and a few remnant stars hanging in the dark sky. The autumn wind blows on my face and it is cold to the bone.

Zhou Charter took Yao Xi and Nahawu to the Jiang family compound.

Yizhou City is a small city with narrow streets, low houses and lights in the windows - most of the residents have returned to the city, and Yizhou City has regained its vitality.

In other parts of North Korea, the cities and villages are still withered, and the war is not over yet. The people of Yizhou safely handed over their fate to Zhang Jun and Zhou Charter!

They naively believe that as long as there is Zhang Jun, they can live and work in peace and contentment. For this reason, they even completely ignore the 20,000 Japanese troops in Pyongyang!

Zhou Charter knows that the war is far from over. Soon, the war will soon burn into Yizhou City, burning the dreams of ordinary people living and working in peace and contentment.

Zhou Charter sighed, and the people of Yizhou regarded him as a protector, but he could not stop the pace of the Japanese attack!