Chapter 219 Ten Thousand Rivers and Mountains Open a New Face 23

[219] Ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains to open up a new face (23)

Fengzeyuan's office has been newly decorated, and the four walls are clean, and only hang a pair of mottos written by Yao Fan himself: "Heng Mei coldly point to thousands of people, bow your head and be willing to be a child."

By this time, it was almost time for lunch, but Yao Fan was still thinking about writing new orders in the office.

Yao Fan chose to send troops on August 20th, considering agriculture, because the winter wheat planted in September and October last year matured in June and July. Yao Fan hopes not to destroy the harvest season as much as possible and reduce the losses of dry agriculture in the north.

Since September has just entered, the late rice in the south of the Yangtze River has also entered a fully mature harvest period. Yao Fan asked the whole army to support agriculture as soon as possible to stabilize the countryside and not destroy agricultural production in the newly liberated areas.

"People are wrong for a while, and they are wrong for a year.

Now is the early rice harvest period. The troops in front of you should pay attention to supporting agriculture and regard it as the top priority as fighting. You are now paying close attention to land reform, which is the reason why the people support our basic policy, but in the process of land reform, don't forget to urge farmers to pay close attention to agricultural production.

The central government has now ordered the logistics militia to transport a large number of steel sickle blades for you, as well as a batch of steel hoes and steel shovels. For these agricultural tools, the troops should pay attention to supervising the average distribution of the peasant association. Due to the current limited transportation capacity and the small number of steel tools transported to the south, priority is given to poor farmers and farmers with a large family population. These steel sickle and other agricultural tools are temporarily delivered for free of charge. In the future, they will be recovered by the Farmers' Association and sold by the village supply and marketing agencies..."

Yao Fan thought about his words, hoping to speak as clearly as vernacular as possible. At this time, there was a gentle footsteps in the yard, the bamboo curtain in front of the door was pushed open, and the golden warbler came in.

The golden warbler walked to Yao Fan, pulled out a pen from Yao Fan's hand, tidyed up the desk and said, "Zhuangfan, don't be busy. Let's eat."

Yao Fan sat still, gently stretched out his arms around the slightly bulging waist and abdomen of the golden warbler, and smiled, "Did you do it?"

The golden warbler stretched out a little on Yao Fan's forehead and said, "My body has been more than four months, can I still cook for you? It was made by Master Zhu, so I helped pat a cucumber and peeled the garlic.

At this point, the golden warbler smiled.

Yao Fan asked with a smile, "What kind of coke do you have?"

Golden Ying stood in front of Yao Fan and looked down at Yao Fan sitting in the chair lovingly: "In my life, I have never been to the kitchen before I met you."

When Yao Fan heard this, he stood up and smiled and said, "You think it's unfair, right. Well, that's right. I'll take some time to show you a hand and make braised pork for you, so that you can taste my cooking."

The golden warbler smiled and said, "I dare not let the chairman cook for me. If this spreads, I won't be drowned by saliva."

Yao Fan took the golden warbler's hand and walked into the courtyard and entered the small dining room in the west wing of the courtyard.

At the dinner table, the golden warbler picked up the dishes for Yao Fan and said, "Zhuangfan, is Li Hainiu's review over? The third sister came to see me yesterday and cried so much that her eyes were swollen. I think she has lost a lot of weight.

Yao Fan was speechless, just buried in eating. Since Li Hainiu was quarantined and examined, the cadres who spoke for him have tried their best to entrust the relationship. Some wrote to Yao Fan, and some took advantage of the meeting to ask Yao Fan not to punish him too heavily.

Yao Fan swallowed a mouthful of rice and said, "He is so bold that he bypassed the military commission and gave orders to the troops. It's enough to shoot him now. I just want to hang him up, but now so many people can't help jumping out."

The golden warbler put a bowl of sparerib soup for Yao Fan and put it on the side and said, "Li Hainiu is an old man who follows you. You can know it by yourself. He is straightforward and can fight, but he is a good man."

Yao Fan said, "If he had been more careful, I would have killed him. Eat, and don't say these things at the dinner table in the future.

Although Yao Fan did not allow the Golden Ying to mention this matter again, in the afternoon, he decided to immediately issue a decision on the handling of Li Hainiu, wipe out his military position to the end, leave him in the party to check, and arrange for the newly established Urban Construction Bureau in Beijing to serve as the director. Yuan Guanghai, the former military commander of the 15th Army, was removed from his military position, and he was punished by the party. He was transferred to Zaozhuang City, the newly planned and established, as the secretary of the local party committee.

This punishment is not heavy, but it is not heavy.

As the supreme ruler, Yao Fan is also in a period of earth-shaking war. Yao Fan has no compassion for all non-party personnel and will only put * interests first. Although Yao Fan is disgusted with Li Hainiu's anger and killing people for his third sister, he will not be entangled in this matter. However, the seriousness of this problem is that Li Hainiu ordered it in the name of the Military Commission without telling the Military Commission and Yao Fan. This kind of behavior, the feudal dynasty of thousands of years ago and the civilized era of the 21st century, is unforgivable, and both sides are enough to reach the standard of killing.

At this time, the main advance team of the East India Company had arrived in Hong Kong. As the leading force, more than 700 people from the 18th Regiment of the Royal Irish Wing, the 49th Bangladesh Wing and the Bangladesh Engineering Corps rushed to Shanghai, with 200 men from the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Kolkata Wing, which had been stationed in Shanghai. There are 150 British sailors, adding up to more than 1,000.

The British Consul General in Shanghai, Mai Huatuo, discussed with Yu Shaofu, the Taoist platform of Shanghai Road, in the British Consulate General on the west side of the Bund.

"Now that the invincible warriors of the British Empire have arrived in Shanghai, you can rest assured that those robbers from the north will pay the price if they dare to enter the Shanghai Concession. Of course, the British Empire can't protect you for nothing. You should urge the gentlemen who are protected by the British Empire in the concession to take out gold and silver, so that the warriors can be happy to serve.

Yu Shaofu's face is yellow, and his eyebrows are very sad.

"Lord Lord Mai, those anti-thieves from the north have occupied Yangzhou. Please ask Lord Mai to send troops as soon as possible to rescue Nanjing. The military's money is on me, and I will definitely raise 5,000 taels of silver for Lord Mai today.

Mai Hua Tuo calculated in his heart and said dissatisfiedly, "5,000 taels of silver are only worth 1,000 pounds, which is not enough at all! Each warrior in the British Empire needs to receive 30 pounds a month. At present, you have to ask those gentlemen to pay 100,000 taels of silver first. The money must be paid within a week, otherwise we will expel all those refugees from the rental world.

Yu Shaofu asked worriedly, "After receiving 100,000 taels of silver, Lord Mai sent troops to Nanjing?"

Mai Huatuo shook his head and said, "No, Nanjing is too far away. Shanghai can't send troops until the troops of various countries arrive. At present, I can only guarantee the safety of the Shanghai concession. However, you can rest assured that Hong Kong is currently mobilized troops. In addition to the 6,000 people originally stationed, we have drawn another 4,000 from India and Nanyang.

Your excellency, you should also organize an army as soon as possible. These soldiers can be sent to the Shanghai concession and trained by the officers of the British Empire to help you. You just need to pay for food and arms.

Yu Shaofu said with a bitter face, "Lord Li Henian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, is currently training in Jiaxing. I heard that the officers who train troops are Americans, and these soldiers are not under my control. I will tell Lord Li Henian when I go back."

Mai Huatuo said, "You told Governor Li Henian that he had trained too few soldiers in Jiaxing. He only purchased 7,000 British Enfield 1853 rifles, which was far from enough. According to the news from Nanjing Church, the rifles of the Union Army seem to be very advanced, and they have about 10,000 to 20,000 troops near Yangzhou. In this way, your 7,000 people can't have any hope of victory.

Yu Shaofu said, "Lord Li also bought more than 2,000 1853 rifles from Americans, adding up to about 10,000. Although the guns in your country and the United States are second-hand goods, they also need 20 taels. Lord Li doesn't have enough money at present.

Ma Hua Tuo said, "I can introduce you to British bankers, and you can lend money to them. But during the war, the interest rate on loans is relatively high, at least 20%, and sufficient collateral should be provided.

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Under the mobilization of Britain, Russia, Japan, France and the United States all said that as long as Britain pays military spending, they are willing to participate in the war, but the number of troops that each country is willing to send is very different, because although Britain agrees to pay part of the military spending, countries still bear the risk of war. The real ** theirs are Britain The proposed post-war partition plan.

However, after Russia found that Yao Fan sent troops to the northeast, it decided to attack Yao Fan's regime from the land while participating in the landing operation, so as to achieve the encirclement effect on all sides. After the plan was submitted to the UK, it was approved by the UK.

Diplomats from various countries in the Far East have been extremely active. Sailing Clippers carry people from all walks of life between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vladivostok, Manila and Singapore. Conspiracy and plans are brewing.

Buze, the Russian minister to China, even left China and rushed to Vladivostok in person, where there are more than 6,000 Russian troops, more than 6,000 in the Irkutsk region in northern Mongolia, and more than 3,000 people in northwest Xinjiang. Once Russia makes a full-scale disaster, it will have an encirclement effect on China.

After Buze's letter reached Moscow, Tsar Alexander II approved the dispatch of troops, but considering that the war with Turkey has been planned for a long time, Russia is not willing to invest too much energy in the expedition to China. It is only willing to expand the sphere of influence in northeast China as much as possible, and at the same time by supporting Xinjiang The rebellion tried to cut the northern border into Russian territory.

Considering that Yao Fan's regime is about a republican democratic regime, which is incompatible with the monarchy of Russia, coupled with the desire for land, Alexander II finally decided to send 2,000 troops from the Far East to attack the Yanbian area on the premise of continuing to support the rebellion in Xinjiang, and send another four Thousands of people were transported by transport ships from the Russian Far East to participate in the landing plan of the British Far East Fleet. At the same time, Russia decided to send troops from Irkutsk and launch * against the princes of Mongolia to seize as many interests as possible in Mongolia during the chaos of the Qing Dynasty.

The United States also decided to send 300 troops, which is basically most of the soldiers stationed in the Japanese concession.

France decided to transfer 2,000 colonial infantry from Vietnam.

After discussing with the ministers, the Japanese emperor Meiji thought it was a great opportunity, so he proposed to Britain to get * from the Qing Dynasty after the victory. The British were happy to see Japan and Russia confront each other in northeast China and agreed. Japan is required to send at least 10,000 troops. The British are very harsh on Japan in terms of military spending. They only promised to be responsible for logistics, grain, *zi and sea freight. At the same time, they promised to give Japan a one-time subsidy of 3,000 pounds after the war. Of course, if Japan performs well, this amount can be increased as appropriate. So the Meiji government gritted its teeth and decided to gather 10,000 troops. In the view of Meiji and his ministers, in addition to being able to get *, the interests after the war are also rich. It can be expected that the new unequal treaties will further weaken the national strength of Qing and even collapse, and at the same time allow Japanese businessmen to get more profits in China.

This 10,000 people is not a small number for Meiji. In 1873, the government did its best to assemble more than 50,000 troops, of which only 30,000 were regular troops with strong combat effectiveness, and the rest were militia-like local armed.