Until then. Ma Rong has received an order from Wu Zhaolin. Go to the loess slope to "please" Li Yuanhong. He led a platoon of soldiers. There is a neat line. The loaded gun went to Liu Wenji's house on the loess slope. Surround their homes first. Then he led his troops and rushed in.

Liu Wenji's guards saw these people rushing in. Can't help but be surprised. Busy asked, "You come. For what." Ma Rong said angrily: "Come and invite Li Yuanhong." The guard saw that these people were not good. I want to go into the house and report. I didn't wait for him to go in. So they broke into the house, rummaged through the cabinets, and searched everywhere.

At this time. Li Yuanhong was fidgeting in the house. Anxious. A layer of cold sweat broke out on his head. He saw Ma Rong suddenly burst in. Thinking of your own limit is not far away. I had to settle down. Ask, "What are you looking for from me?" Ma Rong said solemnly: "We are under the orders of the commander-in-chief Wu Zhaolin. Please lead to the Chu Wangtai. I have something important to discuss with you."

Li Yuanhong shook his head. Some sad said: "I led the army for ten years. Say it in good conscience. It's good to treat you guys. Why do you want to hurt me?" Ma Rong said: "We have come with no malice. It's just that you're going to preside over the big things." Li Yuanhong smiled bitterly and said, "The revolutionary party is full of talents. And use me to preside over big things." Ma Rong was anxious. He pointed a gun at him and said, "You still want to die. If you want to die, follow me. Otherwise, we're not going to be kind to you."

Li Yuanhong shuddered. He asked again: "Arrived at Chu Wangtai. Whom to approach." Ma Rong said: "And Wu Zhaolin." Li Yuanhong shook his head again. sighed: "Wu Zhaolin is prestigious. He is also rich in military knowledge. One person is enough. What am I going to do. I'm not going."

This sentence. Angered Ma Rong. The soldiers rushed up. Pulling the arm. Choke the neck. Stabbed with a gun. Bound Li Yuanhong so that he had nothing to say.

Liu Wenji's guards still want to stop it. Where do you still have this ability? Everyone pulled and pulled Li Yuanhong to come to Chu Wangtai. Just arrived at Chuwangtai. Wu Zhaolin gave an order. All the soldiers were lined up in a neat line. Those who have guns salute with guns. The trumpeters also blew the trumpets "toot". to show welcome.

Li Yuanhong was wearing a gray tweed robe at this time. The sleeves are also torn. The clasp also fell off two. Wearing only one shoe. With a sad face. In a dilemma. He met Wu Zhaolin. I was a little more settled. Previously when he was studying at the staff school. Wu Zhaolin also studied at the school. The two have been classmates for four years. Li Yuanhong admired Wu Zhaolin's knowledge very much. So it's a good personal relationship.

Now. Li Yuanhong met Wu Zhaolin. Cautiously whined at him and said, "Why do you want to revolution. It's a thing that will kill the whole family. You're good at learning. The qualifications are also deep. We should never make a revolution with the revolutionary party. If you don't revolutionize. It's easy to rank up in the army. It will certainly have a great future in the future. Tell everyone to go back to the camp. It's a big deal. It's not good for you. You don't have to worry. I'll say good things to you when the time comes."

Ma Rong is on the side. Hearing Li Yuanhong say such things. I couldn't help but be furious. He shouted loudly: "Our comrades exalt you. You are not lifted up. You told us to go back to camp. Could it be that we can't call this old boy Ruizheng to kill us? You just killed Zhou Rongtang yesterday. We have not yet cured your sin. Today you say it again. It's clearly a traitor. I'm going to kill you." Talking. Pulled out his knife and slashed at Li Yuanhong. Wu Zhaolin hurriedly blocked in front of Li Yuanhong. He said to Ma Rong, "No. Cannot. You can't be so reckless."

Wang Anlan, the executive officer who followed Li Yuanhong, said angrily to Ma Rong next to him: "It's too barbaric. It's so barbaric."

Ma Rong knew that this was Li Yuanhong's lackey. Not a good guy either. He raised his knife and slashed at Wang Anlan. was blocked by Wu Zhaolin again. Stop. Wu Zhaolin persuaded Ma Rong and said: "Commander Li has always loved us very much. What I just said was to take care of us. I think. You're too tired. Take a break for a while. I've got my own way of dealing with it."

Ma Rong wanted to intimidate these reactionary officers. Kill their majesty. I didn't expect Wu Zhaolin to speak for them. There is anger in the heart, and there is no place to sprinkle. You can only hide to the side and get angry.

Wu Zhaolin whispered to Li Yuanhong again: "Please bear with it for the time being. They killed too many people last night. It's still on the gas head at this time. Slightly unsatisfactory. I just want to use force. The Commander should also be more understanding." Li Yuanhong listened to this. And he hung his head and stopped talking. Wu Zhaolin said to Li Yuanhong again: "Ruizheng has been the governor of Huguang since he became the governor of Huguang. Behave tyrannically and unfairly. As a result, the revolution of the entire army in Hubei was provoked. I heard that Rui Zheng, Tie Zhong, and Zhang Biao have all fled. Only the unifiers were left in Wuchang City. The Commander has always loved my soldiers. He won the hearts of the army. That's it. Providence. I had to ask the commander to come out and maintain the plan."

Li Yuanhong was speechless when he heard this. I just secretly complained in my heart.

Wu Zhaolin arranged for Li Yuanhong to rest at Chu Wangtai. I immediately went to the Council for a meeting. Let Li Yuanhong be the governor of the city after the proposal is passed. He quickly sent someone to ask Ma Rong to lead a platoon of troops to escort Li Yuanhong to the Advisory Bureau.

Where is this escort? In fact, it was the revolutionary army with guns on the side.

Li Yuanhong's heart at this time is fifteen buckets seven up and eight down. Weakly followed Ma Rong towards the Advisory Bureau. How he wished that a group of Qing soldiers would suddenly rush at this time. Deliver yourself from prison. Suddenly, he saw many revolutionaries coming towards him with a majestic and menacing attitude. It's not good to think about big things. It must have been the revolutionary party's question of him that has changed again. My heart suddenly became nervous.

Xiong Bingkun rushed to Li Yuanhong and passed. Confronted him, "Do you know why we told you to go?"

Li Yuanhong was so frightened that he trembled and said, "I know. Yes." Xiong Bingkun asked, "What do you know?" Li Yuanhong's lips are purple. Stammered, "I'm guilty...... I'm guilty...... I killed one of your soldiers." Ma Rong pulls the bolt. said to Li Yuanhong: "I'll shoot him. So ferocious. What's the use of keeping it?"

Cai Jimin hurriedly stopped Ma Rong. He said to Li Yuanhong: "We are asking you to be the governor." Ma Rong said: "Anyway, I will be tooping everywhere. Forget it here. What are you doing with those tongues?" Talking. Pulled the bolt again.

Gong Ren explained to Ma Rong: "It's not that I'm going there. It's for him to be the governor there." Ma Rong said dissatisfiedly: "It's cheap if you don't shoot him. Why should he be the governor?" Gong Ren also said with a blank face: "Who knows. Here's the thing. I really don't understand."

Li Yuanhong heard two people talking. Muttered quietly, "Don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. I don't deserve to be governor."

Everyone hugged Li Yuanhong to the Advisory Bureau. The meeting continued. After Cai Jimin and Wu Zhaolin exchanged opinions. Cai Jimin stood up. He said to everyone: "After discussing and studying with the Consultative Bureau. It was decided that the governor of Lê would be appointed. Speaker Tong is in charge of civil affairs. Both are the hope of the people of Hubei. Both prestige. Capable again. Believe in the leadership of the two. The revolution will definitely succeed. Everyone passed by acclamation."

Cai Jimin finished speaking. Take the lead in applauding. The vast majority applauded in favor.

Li Yuanhong hurriedly stood up. Waving his hands and saying, "No. No way. This matter is significant. Be cautious. I am not qualified to be the governor. Please, do you have another merit." After speaking. Li Yuanhong waved his hand again.

Listen to Li Yuanhong's words. There was an uproar. Cai Jimin called Li Yuanhong and withdrew from the venue for the time being. The meeting continued its discussions.

Zhang Zhenwu of the Literary Club said fiercely: "Li Yuanhong is so ignorant. Just find someone else to forget it. Why beg him?" Gong Ren said indignantly: "He shouldn't have been elected in the first place. It was not appropriate to choose him. It's better to be shot down." Wu Zhaolin explained: "At this time, it is just to use Li Yuanhong's reputation. It can be used for as long as it can. Wait until our situation improves. It's not too late to let him go down."

The revolutionary party argued. In the end, Tang Hualong said: "First arrange Commander Li in the speaker's room upstairs. Brothers are not talented. Persuade well. I'm not afraid that he won't be the governor."

After someone nodded. Tang Hualong went upstairs to persuade Li Yuanhong to be the governor. I heard that Li Yuanhong was going to be elected as the governor. Some of the former officers of Li Yuanhong. Old subordinates. They all came upstairs to the speaker's room to do Li Yuanhong's work. A man named Du Xijun said to Li Yuanhong: "Let you be the governor. Isn't this a 'yellow robe'? Since they've all decided so. It's providential. Why disobey." Tang Hualong also said: "The general trend of the Qing Dynasty has gone. It is only a matter of time before you perish. Give you all the governors you don't do. Do you want to be martyred for the Qing court? Why bother. Of course being a governor is currently dangerous. But the revolution succeeded. You're also a meritorious man."

This sentence and that sentence. moved Li Yuanhong's heart.

Downstairs is still discussing whether Li Yuanhong should be the governor or not. Suddenly, Jiang Yiwu entered the Advisory Bureau. Not only the representatives of the literary society were happy. Some of the delegates were also happy. They all told Jiang Yiwu about the election of the governor.

Xiong Bingkun said: "Since Commander-in-Chief Jiang is here. I think it's better to let Commander-in-Chief Jiang be the governor." Gong Ren also hurriedly said: "Commander-in-chief Jiang is inappropriate. Do you want Li Yuanhong to be the governor?"

Wu Zhaolin bowed his head and was silent. Cai Jimin looked indifferently at the big trees outside the window.

Jiang Yiwu smiled. Sit down calmly. Unhurriedly, he said, "The position of governor. I think it's better to be from Hubei. If Wu Luzhen. Blue Sky is here. Nature is what everyone wants. It's just a pity that they're not there. If Liu Gong, Sun Wu, and Cai Jimin dang. It's not impossible. It's just that the ability is slightly worse. I think there's only one person who is more suitable."

Everyone turned their eyes to Jiang Yiwu together. Hopefully, he will come up with a heroic figure who will truly stand up to the heavens and the earth to take on such a heavy task.

The appetite of the people is almost gone. Jiang Yiwu said unhurriedly: "This person is Li Yuanhong."

As soon as I heard this. Xiong Bingkun slapped his thigh angrily. Gong Ren lowered his head in pain. Wu Zhaolin's eyes showed a glow of excitement. Cai Jimin turned his head with joy.

"Why?" Jiang Yiwu said. The revolutionary party is either a soldier or a righteous eye. There are not many junior officers. There are fewer mid-level officers. The level is slightly higher than the blue sky. Wu Luzhen is not here again. The knowledge of the revolutionaries is not inferior to that of Li Yuanhong. It's not enough prestige. You can't call on the world. If the Qing court charges traitors and bandits. The provinces do not know the truth. Inevitably respond to difficult ......"

The more he listened, the more angry he became. These fallacies. I don't know how he came up with it. I couldn't help but question Jiang Xuwu and said: "Why Cai Jimin. Xiong Bingkun. Deng Yulin can't be the governor. Why, exactly."

Jiang Yiwu said: "There are too many revolutionary groups. In front of it, there are Wuchang Garden Mountain, Science Tutorial Institute, and Rizhihui. Now there are also the Communist Association and the Literary Society. In addition, there are dozens of small revolutionary groups. Sun Wu, Liu Gong, and Ji Yulin can all be promoted as governors. Why don't you make him the governor? It's because I'm afraid that there will be contradictions in the future."

Gong Ren retorted strongly: "It's just nonsense. The revolutionary party should not be the governor. Wouldn't there be no contradiction in letting Li Yuanhong, who is not a non-revolutionary party, be the governor?"

Jiang Yiwu ignored the public tenacity. Continuing his speech: "There are so many lessons here. There were uprisings of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang of the Qin Dynasty. And not because of internal disunity. The enemy is not destroyed. And the rebels were in chaos first. As a result, the Qin army was able to calmly quell the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. There was a Taiping Rebellion in the near future. It's not because there's turmoil within the kingdom of heaven. Wei Changhui, the king of the north, killed Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east. And the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan killed the Northern King Wei Changhui again. As a result, more than 30,000 veterans were killed in the chaos in two months. forced the Wing King Shi Dakai to flee. There are many contradictions within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Everyone is at risk. This made the Hunan army Zeng Guofan and the Huai army Li Hongzhang take the opportunity to attack on both sides. Broke the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ......"

After listening to Jiang Yiwu's words, Gong Ren said loudly: "According to what you say. Simply Hong Xiuquan don't be this king. This king of heaven was given to Zeng Guo. Isn't it easier for Zeng Guofan to kill the Taiping army?"

Jiang Yiwu said: "I didn't mean that. I mean when none of the people in the revolutionary group are suitable to be governors. You can choose a governor from outside the revolutionary group. It's also expedient. Do we still have the rights?"

Gong Ren said stupidly: "I'm afraid that the time will come. You can't hold the rights."

When everyone is arguing about the choice of governor. Tang Hualong accompanied Li Yuanhong downstairs. He smiled and said to everyone, "Commander Li has agreed to be the governor." Li Yuanhong smiled. Beckoned to everyone. Said, "Since everyone trusts me so much. It's really disrespectful. Well deserved. I'm going to have to make it difficult." He smiled and shook hands with the revolutionaries one by one. While shaking hands, he said some kind words. It's like a governor.

And so the meeting resumed. The participants in the meeting were He Xifan, Du Xijun, Yang Kaijia and several other old officers of the new army. Li Yuanhong stabilized his mood. Ask the people: "Now the superintendent has conquered it. Wuchang although occupied. But Ruizheng and Zhang Biao still didn't catch it. What are you going to do?"

Cai Jimin said: "Since you are the governor of the capital. Please, the Governor." Li Yuanhong asked again: "Where is the foreign aid that your revolutionary party is counting on? How much food is stored?"

Li Chok Dong in order to cheer up the revolutionary army. Li Yuanhong said: "Liu Ying of Jingshan has gathered 100,000 people, and we can reach Wuchang in three days. Now we have occupied all the bureaus of the domain, and the silver stored in the treasury is no less than 600,000 taels."

Li Yuanhong asked again: "If Ruizheng and Zhang Biao borrow troops from the imperial court. Attack us from land and water. What are we going to do. I was in the Navy for many years. Knowing that the Navy is particularly powerful. Those cannons don't last 10 shots. The city of Wuchang was reduced to rubble. Where will you retreat?"

Cai Jimin said: "Then we will retreat to Hunan." Li Yuanhong asked again: "How can Hunan be sure?" Cai Jimin said: "Jiao Dafeng has made an appointment to raise an incident early next month." Li Yuanhong said: "I don't think Hunan is sure. In my opinion. You might as well go back to camp early. I went to convince Ruizheng and Zhang Biao. that they may be saved from your persecution; Let's see how it goes."

The more he listened, the more angry he became. Slam the table. Stood up and shouted: "We revolution. I have long put life and death out of the way. In order to reach us to drive out the Tartars. The purpose of building a republic. Although the liver and brain are smeared on the ground. It is also unrelenting. Listen to the Governor's words. I was going to surrender. Since we are to surrender. What use do we want you as governors?"

Xiong Bingkun said loudly: "If you listen to Li Yuanhong's words. Our uprising was a big mistake." Wu Xinghan also shouted loudly: "You don't understand the revolution at all. You don't sympathize with us ordinary soldiers at all. What mountain are you a monkey? Why should we listen to you?"

Cai Jimin waved his hand downward. Everyone slowly stopped talking. But a lot of people are still sulking.

Li Yuanhong muttered quietly: "I have led the army for so many years. I didn't expect to be in this situation today. A life for the elderly. Played by you young ones." Wu Zhaolin said to Li Yuanhong: "Governor Li. You see what to do now." Li Yuanhong said: "I think the current revolutionary army is quite chaotic. In order to cope with sudden events. It's better to go to the 15 co-set first. Check the number of people."

This remark aroused the opposition of some revolutionaries. Xiong Bingkun said on behalf of everyone: "I don't think so. Even though we have taken the whole city. But law and order is not stable. Chuwangtai is still the lifeblood of the whole army. A lot of hidden bannermen are waiting for an opportunity to seize it. Again. The servicemen return to the camp. I'm afraid of slacking off. How can you just go back to camp?"

Li Yuanhong knew that his prestige in the revolutionary party was not high. The words that come out don't carry any weight at all. And he stopped talking.