Chapter 225 It's not a betrayal

Without the transfer order of Hu Chuyuan and the approval of Emperor Guangxu, it is impossible for the army, navy and army, especially the new army, to mobilize at all. Unless they are attacked, they must defend themselves.

Even self-defense has a clear limit.

However, when Hu Chuyuan's order was delivered, the telegram arrived at the capital and obtained the final approval of Emperor Guangxu, the three new military divisions stationed in Zhili would open their mouths.

A massacre is already inevitable.

It's just a group of turbulent people. In front of machine guns, artillery and new Jiangnan rifles, nothing can protect them.

Although the report is messy and the information is incomplete, Hu Chuyuan understands that everything has reached the point where not killing is not enough to deter, and not killing is not enough for civilians to be angry, although Yihe Boxing is also a kind of popular indignation.

After signing the order, Hu Chuyuan silently pushed the official document to the edge of the table and asked Sun Zongyuan to send it to the capital.

The telegraph cable along the railway line has been disconnected, but China's telegraph network has long been very sound, especially in the Central Plains and Jiangnan regions, where more than three lines can be connected to Beijing.

Sun Zongyuan looked at it silently and suddenly became particularly nervous. After following Hu Chuyuan for so long, he saw Hu Chuyuan so ruthless for the first time without any hesitation at all.

Hu Chuyuan put away the pen, raised his eyes and looked at Sun Zongyuan, and said, "Go and call Chen Shanyuan over."

"Yes!"

Sun Zongyuan answered and secretly felt that Chen Shanyuan had been unlucky for eight lifetimes. He hurried to another carriage to find Chen Shanyuan. At this time, Chen Shanyuan was also in a mess, constantly letting the subordinates of the Secret Bureau sort out all the information and information that could be collected.

Hearing that Hu Chuyuan wanted him to go there, Chen Shanyuan also felt special pain in his heart. He couldn't help asking Sun Zongyuan, "Lord Shoufu...?"

Sun Zongyuan shook his head in fear and said, "Chen Ju, you must be careful. The adult looks fine... But I think he is so angry that he can't see how angry he is."

"Oh...!"

Chen Shanyuan looked unchanged and said a meaningful word, but he seemed to have said a lot.

He sat on his table and quietly found the scene where he had just seen Hu Chuyuan in a corner of his mind. On that day, he was particularly excited. Zhang Lingpu told him that Lord Hu was not as good as a big man.

Since then, he has gradually transformed from an ordinary person.

It was by Hu Chuyuan's side that he grew up little by little. He changed from a student in the driving class of the ship's political school to a person who dreamed of being a person in charge of intelligence work.

Now, he is in charge of China, which may be the world's largest spy organization. Even in Africa, which China has not been involved in, the Secret Bureau has its own organization and personnel.

It was by Hu Chuyuan's side that he found an ideal worth his life's efforts.

He wants to save the country.

He thanked Hu Chuyuan. He knew that he would be grateful for a lifetime. Although Hu Chuyuan had never seriously taught him like a teacher, he really cultivated him to be the most powerful person in the world.

After recalling silently for a long time, he finally stood up, took a prepared report in front of him, and silently walked to Hu Chuyuan's carriage.

Seeing that he came in and holding a pile of documents in his hand, Hu Chuyuan looked colder and colder.

When Chen Shanyuan came to him carefully, Hu Chuyuan suppressed his anger and asked, "Such a big thing happened in Hebei. Why didn't the Secret Bureau have any news before?"

Chen Shanyuan said, "Shoufu, I have failed your expectations, because the matter has not been very big, so I asked the secret bureau to transfer it to the local magistrates to deal with it properly... During this period of time, I wanted to deal with it in person, but I didn't expect that the Xinjiang incident was so urgent, and the Confidential Bureau focused all its energy on Xinjiang Province and the Far East. Due to the lack of manpower, I didn't pay attention to domestic affairs for the time being.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a moment and asked Chen Shanyuan, "Is it really like this?"

Chen Shanyuan was silent for a moment and said after a while, "We have noticed the organizations of Yihequan, and we have been tracking them all the time. While informing the local magistrates of the information, we also have some contacts in the new army. However, I did not expect that the Kaihua movement would cause such a big riot. "

Hu Chuyuan believes that the Secret Bureau must have been negligent in this regard. Not to mention that the Secret Bureau and Chen Shanyuan can't believe it, even he can hardly imagine that Yihe Boxing will come so fiercely.

The development of the situation exceeded their expectations. The Kaihua movement did not drive the Chinese people's emancipation movement. Instead, it opened a Pandora's box and released the most barbaric power.

However, releasing it is also a good thing.

It's much better than hiding in the darkest corners of this society.

Hu Chuyuan was not in a hurry to find a new answer. He continued to think in his heart. He couldn't say that the Kaihua movement would cause more things.

At this time, Chen Shanyuan sent up the report he had sorted out and said, "Your Excellency, there are other special features in this Yihe boxing riot. From the beginning, it seems that some people supported the riot behind their backs. In addition to the local conservative forces, it seems that some conservative officials are also contributing to the flames. The role, especially the people who have been suppressed and hit in recent years.

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan was a little surprised and took out the report and looked through it carefully.

Generally speaking, it is similar to what Hu Chuyuan knows. Yihe Boxing was born in the early stage because of the teaching plan. It was mainly to practice plum blossom boxing. Later, it gradually expanded, and there were indeed many conservative squire support in the dark.

Most of the land in Hebei and Shandong is concentrated in the joint venture system. The characteristics of the joint venture system determine that the efficiency of land management is the first. The funds of each branch are relatively abundant. Soon, a large area of chemical fertilizer and mechanical farming will be used, and the utilization rate of cattle and horse farming will be more extensive. In recent years, Shandong and Hebei The surplus labor force in the north is increasing very fast.

Another problem is the smoking ban. Since 1897, there has been a large-scale ban in China. For opium growers, the amount of punishment is very high, and later even the planting land has not been collected.

In Shandong and Hebei, many farmers secretly planted in the mountains and forests, reclaimed their own fields, and confiscated the land after high punishment.

This problem has also had some intensified effects.

These are the hotbeds of the development of Yihe Boxing. What really causes the riot is still the cult and ignorant ideas of Yihe Boxing itself.

According to the current statistics of the Confidential Bureau, there will be about 300,000 Yihequan members in Shandong and Hebei, and the total number of hidden riots may reach 1.7 million. As the mob movement continues, it is likely to trigger a large-scale rebellion.

Beiping New Area is the focus of Hebei Yihe Boxing Attack, where the hard work in the past five years has been basically destroyed, with heavy casualties. At present, it is expected that more than 4,000 people will die and more people will be injured.

The two Green Battalion troops stationed in Bazhou and Beiping New District have fled early, which has no effect at all.

In this riot, a large number of squire and local conservatives couldn't wait to jump out and play a role in contributing to the flames. Many of them were attacked by the Western School, the Women's School and the Public School.

The few conservative officials in the country, especially those who are left, are very fast.

Facts have proved how far it is to promote the republican movement in China. There are too many people resisting the republican movement alone. Hu Chuyuan can understand people's fear of change, but he can't understand this means of trying to fight against progress and openness with ignorance and blood.

Chen Shanyuan continued, "Your Excellency, there is another thing... I have to report to you alone!"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Tell me!"

Chen Shanyuan whispered, "Lord Lu Guangxuan sent a secret telegram... If possible, he wants to come and talk to you about something in person!"

With these words, he secretly sent a telegram to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan pulled out the telegram and found that Lu Guang Quan used a special password. The domestic telegram password is mainly from the Kangxi Dictionary. Each Chinese character is determined according to the number and number of pages on the Kangxi Dictionary. However, there are four sets of Kangxi Dictionary actually used in the telegraph system. In different ways.

In addition to one set for civil use, one set of political axe official documents, and two sets used separately by the intelligence department, there is actually another set.

The last fifth set is used internally by the Huameng Association, which is the set used by Lu Guangzuan.

Only a few members of the China League Club in the Secret Bureau know this set of passwords, including Chen Shanyuan, who has parsed the password into the original text.

However, after reading the original text, Hu Chuyuan couldn't help sweating coldly.

Surprising Hu Chuyuan, Lu Guangquan actually put forward another idea... He used Yihe boxing to engage in a mutiny. He was responsible, forced Guangxu to lower the position, and completely pushed Man Qing down!

According to the provisions of the Provisional Constitution, the transfer of more than one regiment of the new army requires the approval of Hu Chuyuan, and more than one division needs the order of carrying. Although the new army is in the hands of Hu Chuyuan, it is impossible for him to transfer these troops to the Zhili area.

Now there is a good opportunity.

If you want to mobilize foreign troops into the Zhili area to suppress Yihe Boxing, the first choice is naturally the new army. Once a large number of new troops enter Zhili, they can easily gather and launch a large-scale mutiny.

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Of course, he does not want to promote the republic too early, which may not be beneficial to him. He is still relatively satisfied with the status quo, but... If he can further attack the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, it seems to be a choice.

mutat... It seems too much.

However, if you miss this village, you seem to lose this store.

Hu Chuyuan weighed the pros and cons in his heart. There is no doubt that if he enters the republic once and enters the republic prematurely, it really does more harm than good. If you just put Emperor Guangxu under house arrest and completely expel Manchu Qing from China's political world, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Only by tearing apart the Qing court can he truly carry out the enlightenment movement.

Revolution.

Revolution may not be a good thing, but if the people can't emancipate their minds, it will be a big problem.

However, the real question is whether the mutiny carried out by Lu Guangzuo can be controlled!

After reading Lu Guangxuan's telegram, Hu Chuyuan and Chen Shanyuan asked, "What do you think?"

Chen Shanyuan thought for a thought and whispered, "Your Excellency, I thought as long as I could control it, it could be done. Think about it, if it goes on like this now, Emperor Guangxu's reputation in China will be higher and higher. It's not a good thing to overthrow the Qing Dynasty now. You see, so many things have happened in a Kaihua movement alone. The people and the Chinese people are still not really prepared. Why don't you take the opportunity to put Emperor Guangxu under house arrest, and then control all military power in the hands of the adults, isn't that the best?

At this point, he continued to persuade: "Your Excellency, although most of the division commanders and governors of the new army are cultivated by you, you are also bound by the constitution. Even if you mobilize a division, you have to ask for the imperial edict of Emperor Guangxu. Half of the military power is controlled in the hands of the division commanders, and the other half is in the hands of the emperor, just like a tiger charm pulling two halves, half on both sides. You have to hold at least the other half, right?

Hu Chuyuan knew this truth in his heart, but he was not in a hurry to speak.

This matter is really not easy to toss around. Let Lu Guangtuan engage in mutiny. In case something big happens... That's nothing. I'm most afraid that Lu Guang Quan will make money and grab the other half of the tiger charm in his hand.

Military power!

Now it is impossible for Hu Chuyuan to ignore this problem for a long time as before. He has stood on the top of the mountain and will fall at any time without military power.

After thinking about it, Hu Chuyuan and Chen Shanyuan ordered, "Go and send a telegram to Duan Qirui!"

Of course, Lu Guangxuan deserves the trust of Hu Chuyuan. The problem is that Lu Guangxuan can actually be regarded as having his own set of people. Duan Qirui is not among these people. Duan Qirui is completely Hu Chuyuan's person, and only Hu Chuyuan can be mobilized.

It's not impossible to take the opportunity to engage in a mutiny, but it's completely handed over to Lu Guangsuan... That's not appropriate.

Chen Shanyuan nodded slightly. He knew exactly what kind of telegram to send.

Lu Guangxuan has always wanted to expel Manchus from China as soon as possible. Many people know this. Of course, Chen Shanyuan also wants to, but it does not mean that he will unconditionally support Lu Guangxuan's mutiny.

Waing for Chen Shanyuan to leave, Hu Chuyuan continued to read and think alone.

Some people want to use Yihe boxing to deal with the Kaihua movement. He might as well use Yihe boxing to deal with these people. There are others. He just can't bear it.

In terms of character, Emperor Guangxu is very good to him.

He didn't feel good to take action against Zai Ting.

However, what can Hu Chuyuan do? This is a matter of time.

In the long run, the sooner Emperor Guangxu disappears from the sight of the Chinese people, the better it will be for this country.

The house arrest is the best choice.

As an exchange, he can consider giving Aixinjue Luoshi a way to return to other countries and give them a sum of money to live overseas.

Some people want to use Yihe Fist to deal with the Kaihua movement...!

But for the people of the new army, the Yihe boxing riot made them find a special opportunity... A possible surname that suddenly concentrated the new army in the capital and broke the original balance.

When he heard the news of Yihe boxing, Duan Qirui quickly thought of this, just like Lu Guangquan.

Immediately, he received a telegram from Lu Guangxuan. In the contact of the telegraph network, Duan Qirui, Lu Guangxuan, Lv Han, Zhang Shiying... contacted each other. They increasingly realized that this was a good opportunity for them, but they still needed to persuade Hu Chuyuan to agree to their action.

Without Hu Chuyuan's consent, it may be very small to carry out a mue in China. Even if it really succeeds unexpectedly, as long as Hu Chuyuan sends a telegram, everyone involved in the mue will have to get out of the game.

Even between Duan Qirui, Lu Guangxuan, Lv Han..., they are not all the same people. Lu Guangxuan has a line with his own connections. Lv Han has a line with his own connections, and Duan Qirui also has them.

All three of them are a small faction under Hu Chuyuan. They all listen to Hu Chuyuan's orders, but it doesn't mean that they don't have their own ideas.

In addition to them, Ye Boyu and Ye Fu have their own lines.

Lu Guang Quan and Ye Fu are the strongest. However, the strongest person on Lu Guang Quan's side is Li Kaiye, but Li Kaiye is a shrewd person. This man has obviously got rid of the shadow of Lu Guang Quan's faction and is now the first general under Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan is very accurate. Among these people, Duan Qirui, Lu Guangxuan, Lv Han... Duan Qirui is the least in a hurry to revolution, and he is also the most realistic person who follows him the most.

After receiving Hu Chuyuan's telegram, Duan Qirui immediately returned to Hu Chuyuan and told the whole idea of the mutiny. Lu Guangxuan contacted some people first and got the exact answer before reporting to Hu Chuyuan.

Duan Qirui directly poked these people out.

It is undeniable that Lu Guangzuan has strength, but the person who can really grasp the 31 division commanders of the whole new army is still Hu Chuyuan. Most of the people are still promoted from Hu Chuyuan, and are also cultivated by Hu Chuyuan.

In the future, these soldiers may become a military commander and a military commander. Most of them are carefully selected by Hu Chuyuan and have special surnames for each other.

Only Lu Guang Quan's side is indeed an exception.

After all the circumstances were confirmed, Hu Chuyuan finally decided to have a mutiny, and it was to let Lu Guangqian take the lead. The main force was Duan Qirui's Jianghuai Corps and Lu Han's naval battalion as the main body.

Lu Guangzhuan's direct forces... Zhang Shiying's Liangguang Corps remained unchanged in the south, and Ye Boqi was transferred to Shanghai to watch the situation.

In case the situation is not good, Hu Chuyuan plans to return to Shanghai to wait.

Although it is an extraordinary period, it is also difficult to mobilize these troops without the special appointment and authorization of Emperor Guangxu.

Hu Chuyuan was at the next station in Kaifeng, used the office of the Henan governor's office, called an emergency meeting, and then directly contacted the Prime Minister's Office and Emperor Guangxu by telegram.

After a long wait, on March 18, Emperor Guangxu finally signed an order and agreed to mobilize the new army of six divisions to suppress it.

At present, there are 31 new military divisions in China, and there are seven in the Huguang Corps, five of which are integrated divisions. The Jianghuai Corps also has seven divisions, three are integrated divisions, the Qingxu Corps has four divisions, only one is an integrated division, and the last integrated division is the Beijing Division Corps.

Because of the unique situation in the Zhili area, the four major regiments of Huguang, Jianghuai, Qingxu, Fujian and Zhejiang are stationed with only one division. In addition, one division of the Zhili regiment is stationed in Tongzhou. In addition, the ninth division of the Beijing Division of the integrated division regiment, the six divisions have different sources to prevent new mutiny.

Zhang Zhidong's choice is that the Beijing Division Corps and the Zhili Corps continue to guard the same place, and then transfer one Qingxu Division and two Jianghuai Divisions. A total of six new military divisions are responsible for suppressing Zhili Yihe Boxing, three of which are Jianghuai Division, which are temporarily under the control of Duan Qirui.

On this basis, Emperor Guangxu specially approved Hu Chuyuan to be appointed as the plenipotentiary minister to suppress Yihe Boxing.

After seeing the transfer order, Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything.

The day after receiving the order, the 6th and 8th divisions of Jianghuai, which were urgently reinforced from Henan, had arrived in Kaifeng. After seeing Duan Qirui of the Jianghuai governor, Hu Chuyuan said nothing.

Before leaving, Hu Chuyuan was particularly bizarre and asked people to prepare a favorite breakfast.

He sat alone in the carriage of the special train and ate breakfast calmly.

The train carrying the troops and weight of a division slowly drove forward. Hu Chuyuan sat in his carriage and let everyone go out. He sat alone by the window and looked at the scenery outside the Kaifeng Yellow River Bridge.

He was thinking about the whole thing in his heart.

As long as it is beneficial to himself, it is always easy to make a decision. However, when he really wants to face this matter, he still feels too much regret and a trace of indelible apologies.

It is difficult for him to live up to the trust of Emperor Guangxu.

What can he say?

If there is a chance, who doesn't want to be closer to the peak of power?

Although this is not necessarily a good thing, one day, he will stand at the peak of power, and everyone will look up at him, hoping that one day he will give up his place to them... Maybe it's another way.

(to be continued)