Chapter 186 Strong Enemy

At dusk, the sky in Baoding suddenly deepened, and a thunderstorm fell in an instant. The six gates of the Zhili Governor's Office, with a touch of black, walked forward through the Yimen. There was an arch called "Ringshifang" on the corridor, with the words "Gongshengming" written on it, which was written by Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty. Public life is bright", as an official rule, which means that justice can be clearly observed, that is, "public life is bright, but dark".

"At the door of the government office, facing south, don't come in if you have no money" - Gong Shengming is just a joke!

In the pavilion of the back garden of Zhili Governor's Mansion, although it was raining, there were still several people sitting. There was a person sitting in the first seat, dressed in plain clothes and hairy temples, looking like a farmer in the countryside, and this person was Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili.

"Today's politics is wrong, and chaos is coming. In the past, Li, Liu and Dukes died one after another. The incense master was trapped in Hubei, facing Hunan's rebel army in the south, and there was no help from Sichuan in the west. There were two strong enemies in the east. Only one person was left to protect the palace. If there was no more mountain, the crisis was imminent." While Xu Shichang was speaking, Yuan Shikai made a gesture to invite tea, and then shook his head again.

"If the overall situation is not rotten, even Shi Kai may be powerless. The current situation is rotten, and it is not easy to clean up."

"If the Empress Dowager has an order, what if the commander-in-chief of the Beiyang army goes south to the rebellion, what about the commander-in-chief?"

Yang Shiqi asked when tasting tea. As the chief of staff after the governor of Zhili, Yuan Shikai has played Yuan's text in the past few years, mostly by Yang Shiqi. And Yuan recommended him as Sipin Jingtang, and his words undoubtedly alerted Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai closed his eyes and sighed back after a little meditation.

"If the Empress Dowager has an order, Shi Kai may only go south to rebel!"

Yang Shiqi, who is clever and shrewd, has felt the helplessness in Yuan Shikai's attitude from these words. He is not willing to send troops south.

"In the general's opinion, if you lead the Beiyang army to the south, what are the odds of winning?"

Yang Shiqi asked that he didn't know much about Chen stle. He just heard the general and Bu Wu mention that this person's ability to help the world, and then he knew that the financial resources were within his reach.

Yuan Shikai stretched out his four fingers.

"Forty?"

The commander's answer only surprised Yang Shiqi.

"Marshal...this..."

"Do you think that this is the prosperity of the North Foreign Army, why do I only have a 40% chance of winning?"

Yuan Shikai half squinted at Yang Shiqi.

"People only say that the Beiyang Army has been practicing for two years, but who knows how many years the Guangfu Army has been practicing?"

"Marshal? Can Chen squeid also train soldiers?

"He can't train troops, but some people will. In recent years, most of the military personnel sent to study in Japan have joined the Guangfu Army. Last year, the anti-Russian army flourished, and hundreds of military personnel who stayed in Xi interrupted their studies and joined the anti-Russian Volunteer Army. People like Cai E and Jiang Fangzhen have all joined the anti-Russian army, and now they are in the rebel party and army in the south. As an important member, Weiting can't help but doubt that the name of the anti-Russian army is anti-Russian, which is actually a restoration. The combat power of the anti-Russian army is more than that of the Beiyang. Although Chen Ranzhi is a merchant, he has long been rebellious. He has been training for many years. The court only gave me millions of soldiers, but Chen Ranzhi can get 100 million yuan to help students! With his financial resources, how many soldiers have he trained over the years? As early as last year, Yuan Shikai installed his own spies among the students in Liuyu. Naturally, he knew that Liuyu students were on the list of anti-Russian soldiers. When the two were connected, Yuan Shikai had no chance of winning.

"Chen Ranzhi!"

Listening to the commander-in-chief's words, Xu Shichang smiled bitterly in his heart. He thought that when the empress dowager wanted to attack him, he still pleaded for Hanlin's position. Now... Thinking about this, he looked at the commander-in-in-chief, the commander-chief, Zhang Nanpi and even Cen Chunxuan, who was trapped in Guangzhou, but they had also He begged for mercy. If the court pursued him, he couldn't help but feel a little numb when he thought of Xu Shichang.

But in his heart, he couldn't figure out that Chen Ranzhi, who seemed to have no scheming, was quietly plotting against each other for several years without being known.

"Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong, including Hunan, the main forces of the rebellion in these five provinces are those schools, Xiangtan in Hunan, southeast of Fujian, Ganliang in Jiangxi, Dezheng in Guangdong, and West Lake in Zhejiang. Most of the teachers of these five schools come from Huangpu Sports School. Now it seems that Huangpu Sports School is clearly a physical education. It's a military academy, but it's a pity that we don't know. In the past, it was the place where Liu Liyi and Zhang Zhidong were. Liu Li's pair of Chen Ranzhi favored each other, and they would not investigate. His military academy has been running for two years. Today, in March, there are 3,000 people who graduated in the first phase. In the past two years, it's only Huangpu Sports School, nearly 10,000 people have graduated, supplemented by various places. The branch school can be said to have gathered a lot of people..."

Yuan Shikai closed his eyes and smiled bitterly again, looking at the rain outside the pavilion.

"Either than the Baoding Lianchi School, which was established last year, is also from Huangpu. You said that there are many branches in Huangpu in the country. We have trained tens of thousands of soldiers, but Chen Ranzhi has trained tens of thousands of officers, and tens of thousands of officers can serve as millions of troops! What are the odds of winning in the north of the ocean?

"Big...Marshal, that is, the general is known, why not..."

"Why don't you send troops to suppress the lotus pond?"

After taking Xu Shichang's words, Yuan Shikai touched the thick beard on his lips and sighed.

"Bu Wu, Yifu, you two are the most trusted people in Shikai. You think that in the current situation, the Guangfu army is in the south, and the volunteer army is hidden outside the gate. When the Guangfu army in the south recruits and trains troops, gathers millions of divisions, and the 20 regiments of the Heyi brave army is nearly 50,000 people. What is the chance for the court to win?"

Yuan Shikai's words only shocked Yang Shiqi and Xu Shichang. Their faces turned pale in an instant. They may not know anything else, but if it is true as the commander said, I'm afraid that the time of this dynasty change will really come. With such a general trend, the commander marched to suppress the lotus pond, only afraid that he would say that the new dynasty would settle the old accounts, and it would fall down.

It's a human! You have to leave a way out for yourself!

"It's a pity..."

Yuan Shikai frowned and sighed.

"Duan Fang is actually the first sinner of the Qing Dynasty!"

When he said this, Yuan Shikai was so angry that he patted the stone coffee table hard, and the old farmer-like face showed hatred to the bone.

"Since he became the governor of Liangjiang, he has been thinking all day long to deal with Chen Ranzhi than the Empress Dowager, but he didn't expect that when the rabbit was anxious and biting people. He thought he was just a small businessman, taking his policeman's gun and checking his taxes. In the past more than half a year, he has made Chen Ran's headache. It can be said that today's Chen Ran's opposite, compared with It's because it has been planned for a long time, but it's more like Duanfang's persecution! Otherwise, with Chen Ran's stability, how can he rebel at this time!"

It shows such anger that neither Yang Shiqi nor Xu Shichang is surprised. After all, the general was only one step away from the governor of the two rivers. If the general could go to the two rivers in those years, he may at least train a new army of five or six towns now, and the new army of five or six towns threaten the two rivers. , even if Chen Moran is rebellious, what should he do?

But this is just if, now the Beiyang army is far away in Hebei, gathering troops and raising pay. When the Beiyang army goes to the two rivers, I'm afraid that Chen Ranzhi has established all the provinces and gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers. At that time, even if the combat strength is not as good as others, it can break up and drag down the Beiyang army.

"Marshal, in that case..."

After half of the silence, Yang Shiqi suddenly lowered his voice.

"Or the general trend of the world has been determined, and the commander should respect and follow the will of the people!"

A thunder of "k" only shocked the pavilion, and the three people in the room were pale. Yuan Shikai, who was hanging in the air with a teacup, was so shocked that he forgot to drink tea. He just sat there with the teacup. After a while, he came to his senses. Looking at Yang Shiqi, his lips moved and mured slightly.

"Yifu, don't hurt me! Don't hurt me..."

For the Empress Dowager, Yuan Shikai was afraid to the bone. At that time, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were in charge of half of the world, and they did not dare to do this rebellion, not to mention his Yuan Shikai.

"The commander-in-chief, you should break constantly and suffer from the chaos. If the general trend, the commander-in-chief may not even be able to do it!"

On the contrary, Yang Shiqi continued to enter the words of the nine clans, regardless of this, but Yuan Shikai's face was pale. On his simple face like an old farmer, there was only fear from the heart.

It's one thing to say that there is no victory, but if you really do another thing, it's another thing. Yuan Shikai knows that he has the ability to take charge of the army, but the empress dowager in the palace also has the ability to disperse his military power.

"Yifu, although the situation is like this, the situation is not clear now, and it is not the time to break!"

Xu Shichang's words were not loud enough. He saw an official of the Governor's Office in the corridor holding a yellow fold in his left hand and running over in a hurry. The three of them stopped talking. As soon as the official arrived, he immediately knelt down and presented the yellow fold.

"Your excellency, urgent mail in the capital!"

When he took the fold and opened it, Yuan Shikai's wide forehead suddenly sweated out. Yang Shiqi, who also stood up, took the fold from the commander's hand, and his face was also white.

On the morning of May 27 of the Western calendar, the Xiaguan wharf has set up an unusual farewell guard according to the arrangement of Jiangning's temporary governor's axe and captain. At this time, the colorful flags were fluttering, and drums and music were ready. The temporary books tied with Maozhu wrote "Long live the Restoration", "Celebrating the Restoration of the Han Dynasty", "Welcome the Marshal" and other archways one after another along the Xiaguan to Jiangning.

Last night, the guard arrived in Jiangning in advance. At this time, he held the people's liberation rifle. The guard in black diagonal striped military uniform stood on the shoulder of the side of the road. The flag bearer stood on the left palm of the flagpole on the bank of the river, holding the flag under his right hand under his neck, and the blood flag with black edges and the blue, yellow and red tricolor flags fluttered against the river wind.

The serious expressions of the officers and soldiers of the guard not only shocked the citizens of Jiangning who came to watch, but also stunned the people from all over the world who came to the dock. Among these people, there were not only ordinary foreign businessmen, foreigners, but also diplomatic officials from various countries, and even many officers stationed in China. The appearance of this Western-style honor guard, In an instant, the officers realized that this army was completely different from the Ren Qing army, and they were closer to the Western army.

"I dare to assure you that if all the restoration forces are like them, then we must face the fact that there is an imminent regime change in the Qing Dynasty!"

In the crowd, a foreigner in a casual suit said solemnly to the people beside him.

At this time, some people in the crowd stared at the dozens of cannons placed by the river. The three-finger gun type seemed to be a little different, and the muzzle pointed to the river, and behind the gun position was also a group of well-trained artillery soldiers kneeling.

Finally, when the ordinary river boat was close to the dock.

Boom...Boom... Under the rumbling salute, the dock sounded, accompanied by the sound of the gunfire was also the military music of the military band. The gunfire was about to break through the blue sky, and the thunderous gunfire seemed to roll over the Yangtze River. The onlookers on the shore applauded excitedly and even shouted at such spectacular scenes.

Such a spectacular scene for most of them, but for the first time in their lives! Listening to the cheers, the famous Shikuns from Jiang Province were scared and pale when they listened to the sound of the cannons. When did they see this scene? Although those Jiangning's Shikuns were used to the two-day cannons, and the explosion that shook Jiang Ning's anger, there were still some Not used to it.

Standing in this group of gentry, Wu Renhe stroked the little sleeves that he was not used to wearing, and smiled charmingly at Yan Wenyuan beside him.

"Mr. Yan, you still have a vision. Who doesn't know in Jiangning City? When Marshal Chen was in trouble at the beginning, it was difficult and urgent for you to solve it."

When Yan Wenyuan said that, he looked at the majestic guard, but his eyes showed some admiration. From this generation, he really didn't expect that those Qiu Ba could be so energetic and majestic.

"With the military power of the restoration army, it is a matter of waiting to clean up the captives and restore the country. Isn't today's commander-in-chief the founding emperor of our Greater China? Maybe, when the new dynasty builds a reward for meritorious deeds, Master Yan, you will still be awarded a title or something!"

As soon as Wu Renhe said this, it was not only Jiang Ning's gentry, but also the gentry from Jiangsu and Anhui all of them turned their eyes to Mr. Yan. They really didn't expect that this old gentleman in a black straight dandan would have such an intersection with Chen Marshal.

The envious eyes around him only made Yan Wenyuan smile awkwardly. The bitterness in his heart is not known to others. At the beginning, the "friendly" between the two was not as simple as they said. Chen Moran let himself scold him. In the past, he was nothing more than rich, but now it is different, just as Wu Renhe said. In that case, today's general, the founding king of the country, if... Yan Wenyuan muttered in his heart, his face also became extremely unnatural, and he would only look forward to this Chen lame... No! Mr. Chen, don't remember the villain.

"My daughter! Daughter! [daughter] Or do you have a vision..."

Thinking that the daughter had been thinking about this Marshal Chen at the beginning, if she had gave up this old face at that time... Hey! There is only one chance.

"Today's commander, tomorrow's emperor!"

Zhang Jian in the crowd looked at the honor guard who had taken a spiritual step and walked towards the springboard of the boat, but he was thinking about this sentence in his heart. The reason why he came to Jiang Ning was not his original wish. Although he had abandoned his officialdom for a long time and did not want to be a loyal minister and adopted son of the Qing Dynasty, he stood today. Here, he is taking risks. He is not afraid of risks, but afraid that this risk will lead to the Dasheng yarn factory he has painstakingly managed.

What's more, when Dasheng Yarn Factory expanded last year, it got a loan of 1 million yuan from the Industrial Bank with shares. Zhang Jian, who knew that the officialdom was sinister, of course, understood how much trouble he would bring to Dasheng if he was defeated by the restoration of the army and stood here today.

He looked at Zhu Baosan and others beside him, with some pride on their faces. After all, they were more or less involved in this change. Chen Ranzhi was from Shanghai and had close contact with the gentry of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui. There were more shares of gentry in Pudong and Ma'anshan in two provinces. Perhaps they were more looking forward to the restoration. Let's win!

Can you win?

Thinking about this question, he turned his eyes to the group of foreigners opposite. If the great powers interfered... It seemed that the scene of the powerful army entering China appeared in front of him again.

In the rumble of gunfire, Chen Moran, dressed in a marshal's military uniform, walked down the passenger ship along the springboard, followed by a group of officers who moved from Ma'anshan to Jiangning's General Staff. Compared with civil affairs, there are undoubtedly more military officials around him now. Just like the governor's axes everywhere at this time, most of them are officers. Be the master.

Take a step forward and tap the heel of the boots. Xiao Qiren made a military salute first.

"Marshal! The last general will no longer have a mission, and he defeated Jiang Ning last night!"

When he returned to the military salute, Chen Moran smiled.

"Unyang, thank you for your hard work! Thank you for your hard work!"

Although the welcoming ceremony on the dock was grand, it was very short. After meeting with the Guangfu army officers and then the temporarily appointed officials and the gentry of Jiangwan provinces, Chen Moran took a Mustang car and drove along the road from Xiaguan Pier to Jiangning Inner City. The 16-mile road was full on both sides of the road. The people and the Guangfu Army to maintain order, the officers and soldiers of the First Division and the Guard carried out the guard task. There was a blue, yellow and red tricolor flag on both sides of the road every ten meters. When the car drove into Jiangning Street, he looked at the flags hanging on both sides of the street and smiled. Xiao Yijin was really good at it.

Unimagined that all the people cheered during the restoration, and most of the people on both sides of the road were watching the lively. This scene was in Chen Moran's expectation, just like a telegram from Hunan, and some gentry even gathered "the rebellion of the King Qin's army".

When the car was driving towards the governor's mansion of Liangjiang, the people along the way were shielding the faces of all sentient beings on the roadside, either happy, calm, or numb people. From the moment they stepped on Jiangning, Chen Moran, who had been smiling all the time, raised his face for the first time. What kind of country he was he was going to face! What kind of people!

"For them, the change of any dynasty will not change a fact. They are just donating sheep. No matter who is in the world, there is one thing that can't be changed. They always have to pay taxes! That's all!"

All sentient beings on the roadside poured a bucket of cold water to Chen Moran at the head. Isn't this sentient beings what they have been worried about all the time? It's easy to recover, but it's hard to strengthen the country! The braids on the head are easy to cut, but the braids in the heart are difficult to remove!

To change! Be sure to change them!

My compatriots are my biggest enemies! Looking at the most of the insensitive expressions, Chen Moran sighed helplessly in his heart. Compatriots are the biggest enemies! This kind of helplessness can't be experienced by others!

(to be continued)