Chapter 180 is about to take the exam

In Wuchang City, on the street of the forbidden street between Wangshanmen and Wenchangmen, the governor's team patrolled back and forth. When it was chaotic, it was naturally needed to be more than ordinary police. Outside the Yuanmen of the Huguang Governor's House, the German-equipped Huguang Governor's team with live ammunition stood outside the Yuanmen.

In the luxurious and grand signing room of the Governor of Huguang, the "Great Wall Map of the Ancient North Exit" hung by Zhang Zhidong when he was the former governor of Huguang for more than ten years was hung on the main wall in the north. This magnificent Danqing, from Taiyuan to Guangzhou, now comes to Wuchang Yamen with its owner.

In the land of Huguang, officials and the people all know that the winding Great Wall and the towering tower on the Great Wall Map of the Ancient North Mouth are Xiang Shuai's favorite. Huguang's decrees are all in this big signing room, but the atmosphere in the big signing room at this time seems a little strange.

Silence, dead silence!

In the big signing room, the officials sat respectfully, and the big sweat flowed down from their foreheads. The sweat did not flow out of the sudden heat of the weather, but because of the ominous war report on the front line.

Zhang Zhidong, who was sitting on the first seat, thought quietly, staring at the front. Although the officials saw that it was not summer, Xiang Shuai's forehead was also sweating.

At this time, a soldier said, "Report!" He hurriedly ran into the lobby. First, he knelt down on one knee and presented a telegram with both hands. The calligrapher quickly took the telegram and opened it out and suddenly changed his face.

"Brother Jingzhou will do something and kill the government in the government office! The general led the troops out of the inner city to disperse the brother's congregation..."

"Report!"

"...County, the party will do something..."

"Report"

... The reports one by one did not bring any good news, not only in Hunan, but also in many counties in Hubei.

"... Recently, the Party of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang have contacted frequently, and it is suspected that they will not rebel..."

The white beard trembled slightly, and Zhang Zhidong still looked ahead. This was another bad news.

"Your Excellency, please be transferred to the standing army to return to Wuchang, so as to protect Wuchang!"

"Xiang Shuai, Yuezhou is in chaos and powerful, and we still need to take a long-term plan!"

"Your Excellency, after the Beiyang Marine Division fleet enters the Han Dynasty, it will be decided..."

"Xiang Shuai..."

The continuous construction of officials and staff echoes in the lobby.

Shang glanced at the large desk in the middle of the room. A book with a height of more than a foot has been folded on the desk. He picked up the one on the top, which was an urgent telegram from the military aircraft. The telegram had been received for several days.

As soon as Zhang Zhidong opened it, those lines jumped into his eyes.

"The elites of the standing army will win the two rivers and suppress the rebellion of Hunan Province!"

Alas!

After putting down the telegram, Zhang Zhidong sighed in his heart, he thought to himself that the court only let the army advance quickly, but... When Xiang Province was in chaos, he transferred the fourth battalion of the left wing and right flag of the standing army, and the 14th battalion of the auxiliary defense battalion, but this hit a nail in Yuezhou.

"One day, I'm hurting my three battalions..."

Thinking that the telegram mentioned that under Yueyang City, there were one battalion of the standing army and eight battalions of the defense battalion, and 2,500 people died on the battlefield in a moment. How could this not make him feel extremely sad, but there was more fear in addition to heartache.

The Hubei Standing Army has only 28-step battalions. Although there are more than 100 battalions in the defense battalions, they have been Xiyang, but only half of the defense camps for a long time have been used for a long time. If it is damaged again... "The whole country is strict with Sona to rebel against the Party! All local defense camps are on alert.

With a wave of hands, Zhang Zhidong interrupted the Jin words of the people. As for the other ships waiting for the standing army of the two rivers and the Beiyang navy Haiqi, let's talk about it later!

Zhang Zhidong, who was upset, raised his foot and walked out of the big signing room from the side door.

Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan, who left the Self-improvement School of the Three Buddha Pavilion, each wore a thin bamboo cloth shirt. After many inspections all the way, they came to the gate of the Governor of Huguang, and the two of them said to the doorman.

"The two of us are lecturers of the Self-improvement School. We pay special respects to Lord Zhang for the matter of the Self-improvement School. Please inform us on your behalf."

When speaking, when paying homage, Zhao Juexian did not forget to take out a few silver dollars from his sleeves. The porter took the silver and squeezed out a smile on his face.

It is well known in both lakes that adults have high expectations for the students of the Self-improvement School. All students who visit the Self-improvement School are given time to receive them. What's more, they are also lecturers of the Self-improvement School. I think Lord Zhang must be more willing to receive them. The concierge thought of this and said to the two people with a smile:

"Wait a minute, you two. I'll report it to my lord."

After a while, the concierge came out and said politely.

"The two gentlemen will come with me, and the adults will receive you in the living room."

Entering the Huguang Governor's Mansion, Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan just sat firmly in the living room for a while, Zhang Zhidong came. Although they were upset about Hunan, they heard that the two lecturers of the Self-improvement School had important things to do. I thought that there was no trouble in the Self-improvement School, and they agreed to see them.

And Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw Zhang Zhidong. Today's old man wears a gray-white wide-sleeved summer cloth jacket and a semi-long wide-legged black old silk trousers. It's amazing that he doesn't wear a long shirt, and there is a pair of slippers woven with a mixture of linen and cloth under his feet. If we hadn't met in the living room of the governor's office, if we hadn't known each other before, Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan would never have believed that he was the prestigious governor of Huguang. He was clearly an old man with no status. At most, he was just a poor old calligrapher in three villages! I have heard that Zhang Zhidong is easy to take off. It seems that the legend has its own basis!

When the two saw Zhang Zhidong crossing the threshold, they immediately got up, bent down and bowed deeply to him, and then reported themselves.

"Zhao Juexian, a lecturer in the dialect of the self-improvement school, pays homage to the adult" "Li Tielan, a German lecturer in the dialect school, pays a visit to the adult!"

"Sitting down, sit down."

Zhang Zhidong said kindly to the two children, and he also sat down as he spoke.

"You two, I look at you a little familiar with each other, but if we meet on the road, I can't recognize you."

This is the truth. Zhang Zhidong only went to the Ziqiang School six or seven times a year, and Zhao and Li were not famous teachers in the Ziqiang School. Of course, it was impossible to leave a deep impression on him.

After ordering the maid to pour tea, Zhang Zhidong said.

"There has been some trouble in Xiangdi recently. You come to the supervision office to see me. Is there anything else? Since we are the lecturer of the Self-improvement School, we are not polite to talk about. If you have anything, just say it directly!"

Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan looked at each other. Zhao Jue stood up first, spoke Hunan's extremely loud official words, and said in a loud voice.

"Your Excellency, now the two of us come to supervise, one to pay homage to you; on the other hand, we do have a big event to report to the adult and ask for your support."

Zhang Zhidong's eyes flashed. From the bright eyes this time, Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan can see that although Zhang Zhidong's appearance is old, the inner god is not old, and he is still as full and healthy as a few years ago.

"Teacher, students, tell the truth!"

Zhao Juexian looked at Zhang Zhidong with a solemn face. Obviously, he lowered his voice, and the official words with Hunan sound became thick and low.

"I don't know what the adults think of the things in Hunan Province!"

"The party in Hunan Province plots chaos, and the imperial army is not coming, and it will be calmed down in an instant!"

Zhang Zhidong, who was half-closed his eyes, opened his mouth and replied. At the same time, he looked at the two lecturers of the Self-improvement School. Why did they mention the matter of Hunan Province?

"Your Excellency, if all the Han people in the world are the opposite, I don't know if the chaos in Hunan Province can be calmed down in an instant!"

With that, Zhao Jue straightened his chest first and took another step forward.

"The ropes have lived in China for 260 years. At present, the world is shocked by the first justice of Xiang Province. The Chinese people are all angry about it. The Chinese people who are not in the hearts of all ethnic groups want to rise up, and so do our generation, in order to seek the restoration of the nation and save Shenzhou from the sinking of the land."

Unexpectedly, when Zhao Juexian said this rebellious word, Zhang Zhidong stared at Zhao Juexian with a tense face, listening to his endless speech like running water, without interrupting him.

And Zhang Zhidong's attitude encouraged Zhao Juexian. He seized this rare opportunity and said firmly.

"Master, on the occasion of the restoration of the nation! Please come forward to announce the reading ability of Huguang.

"Reading!"

Zhang Zhidong opened his eyes wide and raised his face at the same time.

"Huguang is the Huguang of the imperial court. How can you read it?"

Zhao Jue said in a hurry.

"The court is the court of the Manchu people, and it is not the court of my Han people!"

For a scholar who grew up under the influence of Confucianism, and for a court official who has been deeply favored by the country for generations and has held important positions, although Zhang Zhidong knew the division of Han and Manchu, he looked at the two people in front of him with a solemn expression.

"My Zhang family has been deeply favored by the country for generations, how can we do such a disloyalty!"

But Zhao Juexian smiled.

"Your Excellency, we can understand that you think so, but adults need to know that now the general trend is to restore the nation and irreversible. I feel that I only advise adults first, and don't move against the tide. At that time, once you make a mistake, it will become the hatred of the ages!"

Those who come are not good!

As soon as he heard this, these four words suddenly appeared in Zhang Zhidong's mind, and his voice immediately became powerful.

"Bold! You and the rats dare to talk about treason before the imperial court orders. Don't be afraid that I will detain you and wait for the two!"

"Don't be afraid!"

Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan were not surprised by the change in the conversation atmosphere. They not only did not have fear because of Zhang Zhidong's reprimand, but also showed such generosity. Zhao Juexian said calmly.

"If we die for the restoration of the nation, we will be famous for thousands of years! You can enjoy the four sacrifices of the ancestral temple behind you. How can such glory be reached by others!"

The generosity of the two made Zhang Zhidong calm down. He looked at the two people in front of him.

"Do you think that those bandits who gather in the world can become a rebellion?"

Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan smiled, but Li Tielan, who had been silent, answered quite complariously.

"I don't know what the adults think of the fighting power of the bandits in Hunan Province. The standing army has lost thousands of soldiers under Yuezhou City. How can it be the work of the ordinary party!"

Zhang Zhidong smelled a strange smell from this sentence. Since the rebellion in Hunan Province, all parts of Hunan Province have cut telegrams and investigated officials, and even the chaos has arisen for five days. Except that the court knows that the temporary prime minister of Hunan governor's axe is Liu Kuiyi, the principal of Xiangtan School, who had asked the court for praise. The captain is Huangpo people and the blue sky, and he knows almost nothing about it.

On the contrary, he didn't mean to interrupt them, so as to get some news about Hunan Province from the two people's words. The two people immediately went to the governor's mansion to lobby themselves regardless of life and death, so they naturally understood the affairs of the Guangfu Association and Hunan Province.

"The adults only know that most of the soldiers in the Guangfu Army of Hunan Province are party disciples, but they know how to listen to military law and how to practice tactics!"

With a flash of light in his eyes, Zhang Zhidong heard some unheard secrets from these two people. Could it be... Zhang Zhidong, who wanted to continue to listen to some information, heard Li Tielan say there again.

"Your Excellency, now the situation is recovering. Please make a decision as soon as possible!"

Seeing that Zhang Zhidong did not make a sound, Li Tielan and Zhao Juexian made clear again.

"When things happen in the world, at that time, it is advisable for adults to have three strategies!"

"What are the three strategies?"

"The best policy, the adult announces the reading ability of Huguang, and he can be the meritorious minister of the restoration of the Han Dynasty. What is the matter in front of him and the name behind him! The middle policy is waiting for silence, and the next policy is to resist stubbornly and be a loyal minister of the captives!"

Listen to their words, Zhang Zhidong completely understood that the person sitting opposite was no longer a simple and weak teacher. They were probably members of the Guangfu Rebel Party.

They should have been taken down immediately, but it's not appropriate to think about it. This will undoubtedly make what you said just now, which is not good for you. It's better to keep quiet for the time being. Thinking about it, Zhang Zhidong got up and said.

"I still have a lot of official business to do. Go back!"

Before Zhao Juexian and Li Tielan could speak, Zhang Zhidong shouted outside.

"Detending guests!"

After the two left, Zhang Zhidong alone took the meeting in the living room from beginning to end, recalling carefully. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it was. The more he thought about it, the more terrible it was. He called a cronies and whispered.

"I'll give you an urgent errand. You go to Zhang Biao to select 200 elite soldiers, divide them into two battalions, patrol at night, strengthen vigilance, and pay special attention to the dynamics of the customs dock and the population of Hankou concessions. These two battalions will be handed over to you, and they will be set up in three days.

At this moment, a soldier ran over in a hurry, holding a telegram in his hand, took the telegram, and Zhang Zhidong's face showed some joy.

Jiangning wharf has never been as lively as today. There have been a series of warships parked on the Yangtze River. The wharf is crowded against the steel-bone river wheels of large and small tonnage. In the roar of the river wheel diesel engine, a team of new troops and defense officers stepped on the springboard with foreign guns on their backs and boarded the river wheels and returned at the dock. It is the appearance of gongs and drums. This is the son of the army's expedition. In the eyes of everyone, only the four large cruisers in the river can lighten the chaos in Hunan Province. The military and political officials of the two rivers gathered at the dock, and some officials even wrote poems to wish the victory of the army to be launched in advance.

"...In addition to the cruiser Haiqi, there are still three cruisers, Hairong, Haichou and Haichen, and five large and small gunboats..."

In the conference room of the Jianghuai Road Mining Company Building, young people in suits constantly introduced the Qing army and navy troops gathered in Jiangning to the people sitting in the conference room.

"In terms of the army, except for the main force of the standing left and right troops from Jiangning, in the 63rd battalion of the defense army, the 21st battalion attacked Hunan by land and water routes."

The report of the trainee staff only made Chen Moran, Xiao Yiren, Cai E and Jiang Fangzhen sitting in the conference room feel much more relaxed, and Chen Moran's face showed a smile. Yesterday, the Guangfu Army headquarters moved from Goji Island to Ma'anshan Mountain. This new building of Jianghuai Road Mining Company will become the finger of the whole restoration campaign. Wave the part.

"The five-way defense army in Jiangxi moved its three ways, with the standing army of the Chinese army and two battalions of the new army, the left and right armies, the seventeenth battalions of the army, the first battalion of the new army, the ten battalions of the defense and training army in Anhui gathered with Anqing and Wuhu, Guangdong with two battalions of the new army, and the twelve battalions of the brave battalions..."

The green camp didn't even move!

The report of the staff only made Chen Moran shake his head and sigh. He has seen those green battalion soldiers. Typical beggar soldiers pointed out that they can't fight at all. The combat effectiveness of the Qing army is the most with the new army, the brave battalion, the defense, the training, and the last is the green camp. The battle of the green battalion can't even catch up with the patrolmen. At the beginning, the end was even adjusted to green. They can't fight in Ma'anshan and Shanghai, but they can't kill and set fire.

"What about Hubei?"

"After the defeat of the Hubei Foreign Reserve Army in Yuezhou, there was no further movement. The Second Investigation Office reported that Zhang Zhidong intended to wait for the Liangjiang and the sailboats to arrive in Han Dynasty before making preparations. This is the information we have at present!"

"Marshal!"

Jiang Fangzhen stood up and walked to the map.

"At present, the headquarters reconnaissance battalion has been mixed into Jiangning City. The first regiment of the first division has entered Ma'anshan, and the eleventh battalion of the third regiment of the second division has disassembled and taken 22 merchant ships and sailed to Guangdong and Fujian provinces. The first division is in Shanghai and Zhejiang. The Ma'anshan mining police, the third division of the construction team, and the Huainan mining police and the railway police are supplement workers. The fourth division, all the equipment and pay are ready! ... Now except for the 126,000 green battalions in the provinces that have not been moved, the new troops, bravery, defense and training in the provinces are seven out of ten! The purpose of mobilizing the Qing army with the Hunan Uprising has been achieved, and the time for a large-scale uprising is ripe!"

Thinking of the shock brought by the battle of Yuezhou to the government and the public, Jiang Fangzhen just raised the corners of his lips gently, relying on a company of light restoration army, six hundred student troops, 13,000 meeting parties and 4,000 new recruits. Yuezhou not only defended it, but also hurt the Qing army, so that in order to quickly suppress the Hunan uprising, Liangjiang, Huguang, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang all transferred their elites to go. Xiang will suppress, 70,000 troops... At this time, the troops of the nine provinces of the two rivers, Huguang, Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang are empty.

"However, the troops of the provinces are mobilized, and the student army and the party need to face only the old and weak green battalions and a small number of defense and training troops. They lock the enemy in the Yangtze River and sink the army in the two lakes. At that time, the land of the south of the Yangtze River can be restored!"

When Jiang Baili said these things and listened to the word "everyone can be a day of restoration", Chen Moran was thinking about another problem there. As the countdown time approached, he was about to face one. There was no "cold window" for ten years, no "school entrance examination" for ten years, and some just jumped the dragon gate. After this dragon gate skipped over. What about it?

When Jiang Baili was making the final report, Chen Moran suddenly fell into an unprecedented uneasiness. He even had a little fear. Why was he afraid? Chen Moran was a little confused. He knew that if he couldn't write a suitable answer paper, what he would be waiting for... (The protagonist of this exam is also nervous. After all, everyone knows what this exam means. I'm afraid the protagonist is most worried about whether he can get a good score in the exam! Ha ha! Ask for a monthly ticket!)

(to be continued)