Chapter 437: Entering Beijing (4)
Wait until Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying say goodbye and leave, and go back to their respective dormitories to rest. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 After the two left, Zhou Ping said, "Old Qin, do you think there is something wrong with that Li Zhuangyong?"
Qin Zheng and Zhou Ping grew up together since childhood, they are childhood sweethearts, the two have been together for more than 40 years, and they can be said to know each other very well, with only one look, a small movement, they all know what the other party thinks, so Zhou Ping has long seen Qin Zheng's thoughts, but Qin Zheng didn't say it, he has his own reason. Zhou Ping didn't say much, and now there are only two of them left, so Zhou Ping asked.
Qin Zheng nodded, he is a person who is familiar with history, of course he knows that in the old time and space, the ancestors' ability to ideological education and transformation is indeed very strong, often a few days ago they were still cowardly and incompetent enemies, and after a few days they became our brave warriors, but even in the old time and space, ideological education and transformation is not 100% effective, generally speaking, ideological work has a good effect on people at the bottom of society, people who are not much educated, and young people; and it has a much worse effect on people with higher social levels, more education, and older people, and there is another category of bandits, local gangs, and people who wander on the fringes of society are even less effective.
Although the members of the Boxers basically belonged to the bottom of the society, the leaders of the Boxers, the elder brothers and others were basically ruffians, local gangs, and people who wandered on the fringes of society, such as Yan Shuqin, Zhao Sanduo, and Zhu Honglan, the leaders of the early Boxers, were all members of local gangs, and the leaders after entering Beijing, Cao Futian, were born in Youyong, Zhang Decheng was born in the boat gang, and Lin Heier was born in the boat prostitute, in short, they were not ordinary people. Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to launch uprisings and regiments, and only in this way can people who have a certain degree of social status, have a certain degree of mobilization, have seen some of the world, and have a certain degree of organizational ability.
However, although this type of people does not have much knowledge, they are very rich in social experience, because they often survive at the bottom of the society, and to unite the people around them, they mainly rely on the old-fashioned righteousness of the rivers and lakes, and even superstition, and have formed their own set of principles and ideas for dealing with the world, so the thoughts of such people are often extremely difficult to reform.
Li Zhuangyong's status in the Boxer Rebellion naturally cannot be compared with Cao Futian and Zhang Decheng, but he has experienced the first period of the Boxer Rebellion, and once improved his social status.
This incident of disobedience to military discipline is only an inevitability of chance. Of course, this is not to say that Li Zhuangyong's thinking cannot be reformed, but it takes time and environment, but the current People's Army does not have these two conditions. Therefore, Li Zhuangyong is likely to have trouble in the future, if something really happens, if there are casualties among the traversers, it may affect Luo Yue.
After listening to Qin Zheng's explanation, Zhou Ping not only became worried, but said: "Why didn't you tell Xiao Luo about these things just now? ”
Qin Zheng said: "Looking at his appearance, he is full of confidence in being able to transform Li Zhuangyong, even if I say it, he may not be able to listen to it, even if he fires Li Zhuangyong according to my suggestion, or transfers him, but he still doesn't think so, and he is likely to make mistakes in the future." So this time I'll let him do it, if he really does it well, it's a good thing, it means that he really has a set of royal means, and it's not a bad thing if he doesn't do it well, young people are not frustrated, it's difficult to mature, and so far, Xiao Luo's experience has been too smooth, which is not a good thing for him. And now our plate is not big, and his position is not high, so even if he is out of the basket, I can still help him press it, even if he is temporarily frustrated, there will be a chance in the future, and when our scale is large in the future, and Xiao Luo is also in a high position, I am afraid that even I will not have a way to help him. ”
After listening to Qin Zheng's words, Zhou Ping didn't say anything, in the old time and space, Qin Zheng's promotion path was also fast, in addition to his personal ability, there was also a struggle for power, Qin Zheng had deep experience in this regard, in fact, not only Qin Zheng, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun also came over like this. Therefore, with Qin Zheng's support behind him, I believe that Luo Yue will be fine.
Early the next morning, everyone began their work according to yesterday's plan, Luo Yue led a company to protect the medical personnel in the location where the hospital was chosen in Beijing; Li Songchen also led the main personnel of the administrative department to investigate the streets and alleys of Beijing; after all, in order to manage Beijing well, it is first necessary to understand the actual situation in Beijing; all kinds of measures and delays are not come up with sitting in the office and patting their heads, of course, they are also protected by the army; and the other troops will either change their guards and transfer their stations, or they will patrol the streets to maintain order.
Qin Zheng's work arranged two meetings in the palace, the first to meet with foreign ministers in the Qing court, and the second to meet with the responsible personnel of various churches in Beijing.
After the People's Army occupied Beijing, it immediately sent troops to Dongjiaomin Lane, and although it did not restrict the freedom of movement of the embassies, it completely blocked Dongjiaomin Lane, and the activities of the embassies were limited to Dongjiaomin Lane, and no outsiders could enter. In addition, the telegraph line was cut off, and the embassies of various countries were unable to transmit messages to the country.
In the face of the guns and bayonets of the KPA soldiers, the ministers of various countries also chose restraint very wisely. Because at this time, the ministers of various countries already knew a lot about the affairs of overseas Chinese, although overseas Chinese were not as blindly xenophobic as the Boxers. Hatred of foreigners, on the contrary, it is extremely open and civilized, but its attitude towards other countries is much tougher than that of the Qing court, as soon as they landed in Tianjin, they forcibly closed the Russian consulate in Tianjin, until now the Russian consuls in Tianjin can only live in the French consulate, and during the negotiations in Shanghai, they also did not give an inch, when the Qing court decided to unilaterally compromise with the countries, they categorically withdrew from the negotiations, and the next day, launched the Battle of Beijing.
These various examples make the ministers of various countries very clear that Beijing is now the territory of overseas Chinese, no matter how strong the power of the country is, it will not be able to protect itself at this time, and everyone knows that it is impossible for all countries to organize an eight-nation coalition army, at this time absolutely do not provoke overseas Chinese, otherwise it is asking for hardship, so they all stay in the legation honestly, and try their best to restrain the staff of the legation, at this time must not be stabbed, even the gathering between the ministers has not been held, Bi Jing at this time, there is no intention to hold a meeting。
After receiving the summons from the People's Army, the ministers of various countries did not dare to slack off, and they also wanted to test the attitude of overseas Chinese, so they all came to the palace early in the morning. At present, there are 11 legations in Chunting, and the ministers of each country are: British Minister Dounaile, Russian Minister Gerth, American Minister Conger, French Minister Bisheng, Italian Minister Marquis Savago, Japanese Minister Komura Shotaro, Belgian Minister Yao Shiden, Dutch Minister Jobeel, Spanish Minister Duke Carlogcan, and Austro-Hungarian Minister Count Zikan.
The People's Army has set up several tables on the Taihe Hall to form a long table, Qin Zheng is seated at one end, and the ministers of the 11 countries are seated on both sides. Qin Zheng said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the war that was going on in the evening has frightened you, and I invite you here today, first of all, to tell you that although we are enemies of the Eight-Nation Alliance, we will respect international conventions and the consensus reached by various countries, respect the rights of the legations of various countries, and ensure the safety of the embassies of various countries, so please rest assured that the ministers can rest assured." ”
After listening to Qin Zheng's words, the ministers of various countries also breathed a sigh of relief, although they also estimated that with the previous style of overseas Chinese, it should not endanger the embassies of various countries, but this was their own idea after all, and only after hearing Qin Zheng's promise, all the ministers were relieved.
British Minister Dou Nale said: "Political Commissar Qin, we are all grateful for your attitude. ”
Qin Zheng continued: "This time the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Coalition has brought great disasters to our country, of course, you may have objections to my statement, thinking that this war is not aggression, but to protect the safety of the personnel of various countries in China, here I don't want to discuss the nature of this war with you, and it is not too late to quarrel when we formally negotiate, now, there will be no quarrel for the time being." ”
After hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but smile a little, it seems that overseas Chinese are indeed civilized people, and they are indeed very different from the officials of the Qing Dynasty.
After a pause, Qin Zheng said: "However, it is always a fact that the Eight-Nation Alliance has looted a lot of treasures and wealth in China, and we have found a lot of treasures and wealth in the headquarters of various countries, I think you will not deny this." ”
Originally, the atmosphere eased a lot, but Qin Zheng's words suddenly became tense again, and they all vaguely understood Qin Zheng's intention of finding them today.
Qin Zheng said: "According to the confession of the captives, a considerable part of the treasures and wealth looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance are stored in the embassies of various countries, and during the Boxer Rebellion, the embassies of various countries have prepared a large number of weapons in order to protect themselves, but now we can ensure the safety of the embassies of various countries, so I hope that the embassies can take the initiative to loot the treasures looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance and store them in the embassies. Of course, it is also an international practice for embassies to keep weapons, and each embassy must also have a certain ability to protect itself, so we can allow the embassies of various countries to keep 20 rifles, 20 pistols, and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and all other firearms and bullets are handed over, and I give each embassy 24 hours, and at this time tomorrow, we will send troops to the embassies to accept, and at the same time we must also inspect the embassies of various countries, hoping that the embassies will hand over them truthfully and do not hide them privately. ”