Chapter 130 Different ways
Yuan Shikai never thought that the Empress Dowager sent him back to North Korea again.
He always thought that the Qing Dynasty would lose North Korea forever! Long before Chenghuan's defeat, and even as early as the rise of Dongxuejiao, Yuan Shikai firmly believed that with the existing strength of the Qing Dynasty, he could not defend North Korea at all.
The loss of the capital was expected by him, and the defeat of Cheng Huan and Pyongyang were also expected. Even on the Yellow Sea, the Beiyang Marine Division, known as the first fleet of Asia, was knocked down by the Japanese joint fleet. The whole country was stunned, and Yuan Shikai just sighed - everything was expected.
Even on the east bank of the Yalu River, there is a defeated soldier guarding a lonely city, which is also in his expectation - that is the final destination of the Qing soldiers scattered in North Korea, and they will certainly be crushed by the devastated attack of the Japanese army! Yizhou won't last for a few days!
However, unexpectedly, the court of the Qing Dynasty actually regarded this small city and the remnants of the city as the hope for the future of the Qing Dynasty!
Even, some people in the court regarded Yizhou as a turning point in the First Sino-Japanese War!
Yuan Shikai shook his head and sighed. The Qing Dynasty was like a man who fell into the water. He caught a straw randomly and thought it could save his life.
He was sent back to North Korea by the Empress Dowager Buddha as an imperial envoy to issue the imperial edict to the defeated soldiers in Yizhou.
At the same time, there was also an imperial envoy, Yehenara, who was dismissed from his home because he offended Li Hongzhang. Jin is now awarded the title of servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies by the imperial court, and he is a third-grade official.
It is said that the imperial court reactivated Najin because the main general of the group of defeated generals in Yizhou City was the students of Najin.
Yuan Shikai was not even in the mood to figure out the name of Jin, a student, because in his opinion, anyone who is the main general in Yizhou City can't escape a result - completely eliminated by the Japanese.
The regular army of the Qing Dynasty is not a real army at all. It's better to let the Japanese destroy it all!
Only when everything starts from scratch, completely abandons all the old habits of the Qing army, and completely eradicates the hotbed that nurtures these old habits can the Qing Dynasty hope to forge a truly modern army.
Therefore, when Yuan Shikai heard that a Qing army was scattered and destroyed by the Japanese, he did not feel sad. On the contrary, in his opinion, the Japanese attack was like a surgeon's scalpel. Every time a Qing army was destroyed, a cancer was removed from the Qing Dynasty.
This army in Yizhou is also a cancer that is about to be removed!
Yuan Shikai is unwilling to do this job. However, he had to come, because he, the imperial minister, was not appointed by the emperor. The emperor was appointed by Yehenara Jin.
Yuan Shikai is an imperial envoy appointed by the Empress Dowager Buddha!
Send two imperial envoys to the same person at a time, one is the emperor's and the other is the Empress Dowager. This is the first time in the history of the Qing Dynasty!
Obviously, the court did not regard Yizhou as a military stronghold, but as a political stronghold!
The Imperial Party and the Later Party are competing in the matter of Yizhou!
Yuan Shikai clearly remembers that at the Summer Palace, the Empress Dowager promised him that when this job was done, he would vacate the small station and train the new army for him!
The promise of the Empress Dowager made Yuan Shikai laugh and cry. Yuan Shikai regarded the new army as the hope for the future of the Qing Dynasty, while the Empress Dowager Buddha regarded the new army as a bargaining chip for her to play with power!
But no matter what, the preparation of the new army can't enter the emperor's eyes. It's a great face for the Empress Dowager to ask a question.
In this way, Yuan Shikai followed Najin, went out of Beijing, came to Jiulian City, and then took a boat across the Yalu River to Yizhou City.
North Korea's failure completely exceeded Yuan Shikai's imagination! In his 12 years in North Korea, Yuan Shikai knows the situation in North Korea very well. The country is poor and backward, the people are ignorant, and officials do not want to make progress, but no matter what, the basic life of the people can still be maintained.
However, as soon as Yuan Shikai stepped on the east bank of the Yalu River, he found that the earth-shaking changes that occurred in North Korea a year ago, the villages were destroyed, the fields were desolate, and the people were rare.
The war did not burn to the Yalu River, but the Yalu River was a tragic war.
That's the evil created by the Qing army! The Qing army has completely faded into bandits!
Yuan Shikai strengthened his determination to train the new army and eliminate the old army!
And another imperial minister, Yehenarajin, did not care about the scene along the way.
He is not even interested in Yuan Shikai.
Jin was like a wooden man all the way. He ignored Yuan Shikai and said a few words to himself from time to time. Yuan Shikai knew that he was talking about the name of his beloved disciple, who was now the master general of Yizhou City.
Since receiving the emperor's order and ordering him to go to Yizhou as a servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, he has become nagging.
Whether he was in prison or idle at home, Jin's days have always been very calm, and his mood is also very calm.
Jin has always taken famous festivals very seriously. As a court minister and a socialite, Jin was strict with himself, and his etiquette became the blood in his body.
However, because of Zhou Charter, Jin was put in prison by Li Hongzhang. Those who have been in prison will naturally suffer from their reputation. However, I don't know what happened. Jin's mood has been much calmer, and the matter of reputation seems to have become dispensable.
After leaving the officialdom, Jin suddenly felt a kind of relaxation that he had never experienced before. At that time, Jinfu was idle at home, and he seemed to have experienced Tao Yuanming's leisurely feeling of "seeing Nanshan leisurely under the east fence of chrysanthemums".
Of course, Mr. Tao Yuanming's leisurely is picking chrysanthemums, while Jin's leisurely is walking birds.
Every morning, Jin took a bird cage and ran to the overpass to drink tea and walk the birds with the children of the Eight Banners. The children of the Eight Banners are not as good as the generation. They seem to know nothing but to walk the birds and enjoy tea.
They don't even have the ability to be a bully.
In fact, the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are really cute. The emperor took money to support them. Although they can't compete with the emperor, they will not harm the people. The only thing they want is to hear people call "Master". Even if they look down on them in their hearts, it's nothing. Speaking of which, the children of the Eight Banners are much more regular than the descendants of Hong Wuye of the Ming Dynasty.
In a word, Jin intends to be a despised son of the Eight Banners, who has no dispute with the world and is happy.
However, within a few days of Jin's good days, he was recruited into the Forbidden City by Emperor Guangxu.
The emperor summoned him. If this had been put in the past, the Jin Dynasty must be very excited and shouted "the emperor's kindness". However, after walking for several months, Jin suddenly found that it was too heavy for him to face the emperor, which made him not interested at all.
Jin entered the Forbidden City listlessly and saw Emperor Guangxu. Soon, he heard the name of his disciple Zhou Charter from the emperor's mouth.
From that moment on, Jin became nagging. He only remembered that the emperor ordered him to go to Yizhou City. What did he do to Yizhou City? Who are you going with? How to get there? He completely forgot to clean up.
There was only one idea left in Jin's mind. He flew to Yizhou City and saw Zhou Charter.
He suddenly found that he was so concerned about the disappointing disciple!
When he was idle at home, Jin once set a family rule that no one could talk about state affairs at home, especially North Korea!
The family thought he was hurt by politics. In fact, Jin was afraid of hearing bad news from North Korea.
The Qing army was defeated in North Korea, and the officials fled, and the soldiers became the gunman of the Japanese. Zhou Charter is a small soldier, and it is very difficult to escape back.
Now, the emperor's golden words, Zhou Charter is still alive!
Jin can't fly to Yizhou City immediately.
Along the way, there was only Zhou Charter in Jin's mind. He even forgot that Yuan Shikai was with him.
He didn't even remember to ask, why did Yuan Shikai go to Yizhou with him? What does it mean that the court sent two imperial envoys to issue a decree to the same person?
Jin walked like flying, and his silver-white beard emitted bursts of white light under the autumn sun.
In a while, I saw an official office appear in front of me.
Feng Guozhang, who walked in front of him, stopped and said, "Two imperial envoys, this is the county magistrate. Zhou Charter can't sleep..."
"Charter!" Jin cried, tears flowed, and he stepped in.