The Rise of Manjianghong

Chapter 187 Marshal's Mansion

In Jiangning City, the smoke of gunpowder has dissipated. The wall of the city with a gap of more than ten feet showed the destruction of the city by the Battle of Guangfu. Last night, the prison's luminous restoration army blew up the wall and attacked the city. When it entered the city, the flag palace in the city was either killed in a bloody battle or committed suicide. The sound of gunfire had already dissipated on this night. At this time, in Jiangning City, which is full of tricolor flags, people intentionally or unintentionally forget the city in this city, but look at the former governor's mansion of the two rivers.

At this time, the gate of the governor's mansion of the two rivers was full of guards in black military uniforms, and even the plaque of the governor's mansion of the two rivers became the word "general's mansion". This plaque made by the craftsmen in Jiangning City overnight. The commander's mansion, as the name implies, is the governor's mansion of the two rivers, is the current commander-in-chief's mansion of the Guangfu army.

After being taken out of the dungeon of the marshal's mansion, Duanfang was scared for a whole day and night. As soon as he entered the familiar study, he saw Chen Moran sitting on the desk, he knelt to the ground tremblingly and kowtowed one after another.

"Marshal!"

As he spoke, Duan Fang even squeezed out some tears. After being taken down by the Guangfu Army and listening to the song of "holding a steel knife ninety-nine, killing all Hu'er, he knew in his heart that his little life was dangerous. When he heard that the commander of the Guangfu Army was actually Chen Moran, he was almost scared to dissipate. I almost got hanged so as not to end up in the first two places.

This is a meeting with the general, where there is no reason to kneel.

"Marshal, the slave targeted the general at the beginning, that... that's also no way. Being forced to be helpless, it's really not the intention of the slave!"

Crying and crying, Duan Fang said how Li Lianying forced him to take the general when he took office, and how Cixi hated the general. In short, she wanted to get rid of herself.

And Chen Moran just listened to him with a straight face. Chen Moran was already very clear about what he said, but he would look at the Duanfang who had let himself sleep and practice kneeling there, but he was proud in his heart. Once upon a time, he had kneeled against him, but now he is kneeling in front of himself and crying here. Cry and beg for mercy!

"... The slave was originally a Han Chinese, surnamed Tao, originally from Zhejiang. The ancestors entered the flag when they entered the customs in Manqing, and the slave was by no means a captive! Please forgive a lot of the bad life of the slaves!"

At this time, Duan Fang was crying, looking at his work, Chen Moran sneered, and then looked at him coldly.

"Duan Fang, the person who suffered this disaster today is the root of the disaster planted by your ancestors. Your ancestors should be full of customs, put in the flag, flatter the enemy, and harm your compatriots. You just want your children and grandchildren to be senior officials forever. It is a cycle of heavenly law to be reported today. You know that when Manchu people enter the customs, the massacres of Yangzhou and Jiading, and the poisonous means of maimed compatriots such as nafa and text prisons, they can do everything. A scholar writes a word by mistake. If it is light, he will go to prison, and if it is heavy, he will kill the nine ethnic groups; if a commoner doesn't want to shave his head, he will be killed. Now is the time to pay off this blood debt. It's a personal grudge against me and the property. It's not a person who seeks personal revenge, but... public revenge can't be revenged.

In a word, the soul of several kneeling on the ground was not possessed. Knowing that he would die, he just bowed his head and was speechless and knelt in his mouth and muttered.

"Marshal, spare me, marshal, spare me..."

Although his words were sharp, Chen Moran sneered and did not mean to push him out to behead or shoot him. If he stood up to be "arrogant", he would definitely kill him, but he knelt here and begged for mercy. On the contrary, Chen Moran felt that it was meaningless and looked at him coldly.

According to the information of the second investigation office, this end is of course not a Han person surnamed "Tao", but a flag man with the root of Miao Hong. He was born in the right way of the imperial examination and was listed as one of the "three talents under the company". The so-called "Da Rong, Xiaona and Duan Lao Si" are all the objects of cultivation by the Qing court.

"I hope there are many people, and I don't want to see Yao Shun. There are saints in Manchuria, and it is difficult to recover.

As Zhang Taiyan said earlier in his house, "Ji Zhou" is the ally of Guangfu, and "Yao Shun" is the enemy, and the end in front of him is the enemy, which belongs to the object of killing. Although Duanfang is greedy, especially political talent, it is also rare among the Manchu people. Duanfang is not very harmonious with Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, in his tenure as governor of Hunan. Duanfang's reform steps and strength far exceed Zhang Zhidong, and even shows great liberalization in politics, including subsidizing the newspaper of students in Hubei under Zhang's pressure. . Of course, because of his flagman status, no one will question his political motives. When he was the governor of Liangjiang, he set up a school, run a policeman, built a warship, trained the army, set the regulations for the Yangtze River to patrol, and subsidize international students, and all this "idle governor" had already doomed his fate.

"I want to forgive you! You say, how can you atone for your sins!"

As soon as he heard this, he felt that he had walked through the ghost door and suddenly became lively in his mind.

"I... I am willing to give my family to help the Han Dynasty restore military supplies!"

The first thought that came to his mind was to follow the old example to make the atonement money.

"It's not appropriate. All the property in your family is the income of the fish and meat of the people. After the restoration, the proceeds of slavery are the enemy's property, and they should be collected!"

When he shook his head and enjoyed the pleasure of cat-and-mouse, Chen Moran decided to dispose of the flag man's property. In fact, this was also a strategy that had already been agreed upon.

"Ah!"

Duan Fang's eyes stared, but in an instant, he was dark again. How could he not know that when the imperial examination changed, those princes and ministers were blessed by God to save their lives, not to mention protecting their families.

"I'm a slave...I'm a slave..."

Kneeling on the ground, Duan Fang began to think about what chips he had. It was impossible to atone for his sins with silver. What other ways were there? Kneeling on the ground, Duan Fang, who was thinking about it, knew whether he could save his life. It only depends on the time. If he can't give Chen Ranzhi a satisfactory answer, I'm afraid... his life is hard to save!

"Don't be a slave!"

Seeing that he stammered and couldn't speak, Chen Moran waved his hand. As soon as he waved his hand, he almost scared the soul of Duanfang. He lay down on the ground.

"I, I am willing to send an envoy to the capital for the commander-in-chief, and surrender to the country for the commander-in-chief!"

The end of the ground almost cried out this sentence. When this sentence was said, he knew that even if his life was not left here, it might be lost in the capital.

"Oh!"

Chen Moran, who was about to leave the study to meet those gentry, was interested in staring at the end of the ground. It was a little incredible whether he wanted to live or die.

He went to the capital and said that he would surrender to the Yehenara family! Even if she didn't cut off his head, how could Cixi not cut off his head when she saw him?

"You are sure to say that you can lower the Yehenara clan!"

Chen Moran's answer only made Duanfang, who knew that he would die, see a glimmer of life. He quickly kowtowed a few times.

"I...I'm sure of it!"

Listening to Duan Fang's answer, Chen Moran was silent instead. He looked at Duan Fang. What was in this person's mind? It's hard to take the opportunity to escape back to Yanjing, and then run to the Dongnuan Pavilion to cry about his experience to find a chance.

"Master, I'm not a delusion!"

Knelt on the ground and saw Chen Moran silent, as if he was meditating there, and quickly added.

"As long as the slave borrows the military power of the general, he will be sure that the Yehenara family can surrender the whole country!"

The whole country surrendered until half an hour later, when he walked towards the lobby of the "Marshal's Mansion", Chen Moran had been thinking about what Duan had said. After thinking about it, with a "Marshal's arrival" order, Chen Moran came to his senses, and there were nearly a hundred Shanghai, Jiangsu and An in three rows on the left and right sides of the hall. Hui, and even the gentry who came far away from him, stood up in a hurry.

As soon as he stepped into the room, looking at the acquaintances and strangers of the gentry standing on both sides, Chen Moran was full of smiles on his face, and even bowed to these people.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I'm really entangled in military affairs. I hope you are virtuous...!"

When Chen Moran arched his hand, the people in the room couldn't stand. When Sun Jingnan in the crowd bowed his hand to Chen Moran, he was stunned for a moment and hurriedly knelt down.

"I'll see the general!"

Everyone's kneeling words stunned Chen Moran. In the past period of time, he was first used to being called "Mr.", and then he was used to being called "Marshal". He even specially designed a military uniform for himself in line with the status of "Marshal", just like the military uniform with a golden ribbon at this time. He is doing his best to complete his transformation from a businessman to a general, and he is trying to adapt to the intersection of power and wealth.

Now, the hundreds of gentry and virtuous people kneeling on the ground made Chen Moran feel a little surprised, especially when he saw one of them kneeling, Liang Qichao, who rushed to Jiangning from Shanghai last night and deliberately sent someone to tell him in advance.

"If you don't say that China will change, please come and discuss the big plan!"

The signature is a crutch. In the past year, I have exchanged dozens of letters with him. From the improvement to the nation, from the restoration to the future, dozens of letters have made the two become friends. Compared with Kang Youwei, Chen Moran appreciates Liang Qichao more. Kang Youwei is full of things. Liang Qichao is engaged in full of things, and the important thing is to improve. Pie.

China needs a change, but this change is by no means a revolution, but the Chinese people like the "revolutionary" mentality. "The emperor takes turns to do it and come to my house next year." The core of the political game is to seize power, which can be done by any means. In terms of the beautiful and pleasant slogans, the rulers are never as good as the wild ones, because they don't carry burdens and don't have back pain when standing and talking.

In the past period of time, when the staff of the Restoration Army looked at the Qing Dynasty, Chen Moran aimed at his future enemies, from countless enemies, from the overthrowing Manchu Qing Dynasty and compatriots to liberation, to the revolutionary party and ambitious people.

Chen Moran found that what he was most afraid of was not the enemy in the light, but his compatriots in the dark. He needed allies and supporters who needed to support him to improve the country and the nation. Liang Qichao, who was kneeling on the ground, was also one of the potential supporters.

Now he kneels in front of himself like everyone else, which is different from the joy of Duan Fang kneeling in front of him. When Liang Qichao and Sun Jingnan kneel in front of him, Chen Moran suddenly became powerless. They know that these people who kneel on the ground are actually his enemies to some extent. !

There is no "free gift" that can be accepted safely, and there is no "dismissing me" of humility at the beginning.

Some are just silence!

Chen Moran stood there, receiving their salute, Liang Qichao, Sun Jingnan, Zhang Jian, Zhu Baosan, Yan Wenyuan and others who knelt on the ground and looked up at Chen Moran slightly, but saw his seemingly calm face with some sadness and indignation.

The tingling when he bit his tongue hard made Chen Moran's face show some heartache. He looked around at these people in front of him, many of whom he didn't know. Suddenly, he looked up and sighed.

"Kneeling to me!"

When Chen Moran opened his mouth to speak, he did not let them get up, but spoke in a sad tone.

"I accept it, I feel ashamed! I hate it!"

The words only shocked everyone's heart trembling, and at the same time felt a little confused. Of course, this grass-hearted people worshipped the official ceremony. What's more, although they knew that "the future of the nation will be decided by hundreds of millions of Chinese people!", they knew in their hearts that the commander-in-chief in front of them, once it was done, he would be the future emperor, let alone today. Seeing the dragon's face, even if the grass people can kneel to the emperor, that's also a blessing.

When Liang Qichao heard this sentence, he was happy in his heart. Chen Ranzhi was still the conceited "crutch", at least now... But he was still kneeling, kneeling and waiting for Chen Moran's words.

"A shame! I'm ashamed of my incompetence, but you all knelt down in silence! Hate! I hate that the Manchu Dynasty has enslaved our compatriots for 260 years. Now, although you are dressed in Han clothes, you kneel in front of silence. I only remember that when I was founded the Han Dynasty, I was a minister and sat down. You are all virtuous and famous in society. He said that he was the restoration of the country, and he is also a politician on behalf of the people. How can he kneel down and worship me as a servant? People!"

Another sigh, Chen Moranyi did not mean to make everyone up.

"I, Chen Moran, am the commander of the restoration army, the rule of the temporary political axe, the salary, and the support of all the people, that is, for the sake of support, but also for the people's servants and servants. Today, it is said that all the kings are silent and the parents of the restoration of the political axe. Kneeling here, where is the justice? When you kneel in the room, you are all older than in silence. Where is the etiquette?

Lalian asked two questions. The people who had been kneeling there for nearly two minutes suddenly had a good impression on the commander-in-chief in front of them. The commander-in-chief had seen a lot, but it was the first time he had seen a commander-in-chief like this. This was true or false. They always said that they were comfortable to listen to and comfortable. Originally, some of them were The governor ordered Jiang Ning to come to change his clothes. The dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated in Chen Moran's teaching, and he had an unprecedented good impression on the general.

"The commander is surprised by this!"

Qichao straightened up his waist, but he opened his mouth to refute Chen Moran.

"Today, we worship and kneel, we are by no means the commander!"

At this time, Liang Qichao began to speak for the people in this room and himself, and also continued to speak to Chen Moran's words.

"Kneeling is the hundreds of thousands of Guangfu soldiers behind the commander-in-chief. The worship is the feat of the commander-in-chief to restore the nation. It is by no means kneeling to the commander-in-chief!"

When he spoke, Liang Qichao had already stood up, and the people in the room also stood up with him.

"What Mr. Liang said is very true!"

For a moment, everyone in the room nodded along Liang Qichao's words. Mr. Liang was worthy of being a college questioner, and one sentence saved everyone's embarrassment.

Looking at Liang Qichao who stood up, Chen Moran understood the meaning of his words in an instant. He held his fists in his hands, raised them to the top of his head first, and respectfully gave a 90-degree gift to these people.

"The soldiers of the Guangfu Army recovered with blood, and they received it safely and silently. It's really a shame to suffer!"

"The commander-in-chief needs to accept it safely! If there is no commander-in-chief, how can we Han people raise our eyebrows in the world now!"

A person of more than 50 people said loudly after returning the salute, while bowing.

"Marshal, please sit down!"

This small episode revitalized the atmosphere in the original room, especially those gentry who sighed and thought that the governor came here with them, which was nothing more than "pulling wool". They were a little relieved, especially some of them listened to the sentence, "He said that he was the restoration of the country, and he was also a politician on behalf of the people." At that time, there is a little expectation in my heart. After all, now the Guangfu army is big, that is the Mr. Cane.

"When he says that when the nation is restored, he should restore the "Zhou Li", restore the power of the villagers and the villagers, set up a consultative council in the local and the central government, and the social sages gather in the consultative council to decide on national affairs. National affairs can not be dominated by one person, gather the wisdom of the world, and seek the rise of China!"

What is social sage?

The people in the room glanced around. In the previous conversation between them, they were either well-known academics or famous gentrys from all over the world. These are social sages! At this time, many of them even had an illusion. At this time, the commander was just at the beginning of the south of the Yangtze River. When he had not yet settled down, he invited them to come here to discuss state affairs together!

Chen Moran, who sat at the head, smiled again. He knew that at least half of the people in front of him were not willing to come here. They were all "invited" by the governor's axe. Those governor's axes were okay. They were repeatedly invited, but those county magistrates turned to the governor's "county guards" were After receiving the order, he hurriedly coaxed them to "invitate" them.

The previous performance can definitely add a lot of points to myself, that is, if you want to perform, you should continue to work harder.

"You are all virtuous people from all provinces. At present, the restoration is in a hurry. I will invite you to Jiangning. If you are not good, please forgive me! It's really a national affairs, and I have no choice but to do it!"

Another sentence, but it made more than a hundred people in the room involuntarily straighten their chests. For the first time, for the first time in their lives, they felt that they had received an unprecedented respect. This change in language and attitude made most of them treat the present. I have an unprecedented good impression with this restoration axe.

The smile on everyone's face and the change of posture only made Chen Moran smile in his heart. He knew that he had at least half of it today.

(to be continued)