With Lu Yan's suppressed reading voice, Zhou Huai'an also made corresponding instructions from time to time.

"It's just some opportunists who finally remembered to jump ship and change cars when things came to an end. Is it the prestige of the Taiping Army that they revere and revere, but it is just the survival instinct that they want to save themselves when they see that the future is getting narrower and narrower, and they are about to be cornered."

"However, these opportunists are forced by the situation or cornered; It's better than those stubborn, die-hard people who don't repent when things come to an end. At least on the bright side, we have to give some of them some hope, so that they can set an example. ”

"Then publish a widely advertised editorial entitled "The Principle of Reciprocity of Rights and Obligations and Vigilance against Ulterior Motives to Confuse Right and Wrong."

"There is always a desire to ask why they can't be pardoned and allowed to go a little bit. Here I will ask a basic truth, have they ever paid a penny or a grain of money to the Taiping army, produced a strong man or labor, or made the slightest contribution? ”

"Since they did not have the slightest contribution to paying food and paying taxes and serving in the army, but instead did things that were contrary to the purpose of the Taiping army, and wanted to continue to maintain their authority and fortune under the rule of the Taiping army, the wanton authority and potential rules in the fish and meat township, why should the Taiping army be expected to treat them well and indulge them."

"Once they are given so-called fairness and courtesy, will it not be the greatest unfairness and discrimination against the vast number of good people who have always followed and respected the ideas of the Taiping Army, who have long abided by discipline and law, worked hard and worked hard?"

"Does anyone still expect the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to do such a self-destructive thing so that the enemy will be happy and the relatives will be painful? Either such advocacy and advocacy are stupid enough to be easily instigated and deceived and induced,"

"Either they are stupid and bad or have ulterior motives, they are saboteurs hidden inside, or they are corrupt and degenerate objects bought and lured by external hostile forces, and they must be resolutely cleaned up and eliminated in any case."

After explaining these things in one breath, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but think of some allusions and jokes in later generations, but he deeply felt the truth that history always spirals forward in the dialectical materialist philosophy. and the sense that all history is contemporary history.

Just like the group of "conscientious" capitalists in later generations, they always like to enjoy the potential dividends brought by the generations of industrial workers cultivated by the decades of universal education in New China.

On the one hand, it also confuses the dedication of the older generation to the construction of New China with the 996 work method of squeezing and creating profits for the local emerging capitalists to the greatest extent, and forcibly refers to the deliberate fingering of deer as horse, so as to confuse the public in disguise and even tie up the moral high ground of public opinion.

On the premise of maximizing profits, if there are no laws and rules designated by the regime as the bottom line and boundary, what will the ghost say to you to repay the sense of social responsibility of the people and entrepreneurs who are enthusiastic about public welfare.

In fact, in the process of the development of liberal capitalism to monopoly capitalism, countless examples, such as Rockefeller who burned the opponent's oil well, and the DuPont family who blew up the competitor's factory, can prove that capital without the constraints of public power has no lower limit and no ethics at all.

In the same way, in this era, it is a joke to expect that the "village sages" and "gentry" groups represented by some big families can take the initiative to discover their own conscience or maintain a high moral level in the face of the changes of the times and the general difficulties of natural and man-made disasters.

"By the way, the more than 2,000 scholars sent over by the Northland one after another have been settled? Are there any repetitions and surprises? ”

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but ask again when he thought of this.

"Most of them have been settled, except for more than 100 people who have been selected to actively approach the Governor's Mansion and are participating in the study class, the rest are placed in various tunzhuang villages for reconstruction, study and production labor."

Yuan Jing, the host of the Chengfa Room, replied with a glance:

"Among them, there are about 100 people who refuse to accept the status quo, and 57 people who tried to escape supervision on the spot, all of whom have been recaptured by enthusiastic people along the way; It's just that what to do with it is still instructed. ”

"Then extend their screening/observation period as appropriate, after all, they are not criminals in the real sense, as long as the supervision is appropriately strengthened."

Zhou Huai'an nodded.

"Of course, if you are really stubborn, you will let them go when it is due; The Taiping army does not easily sin people, nor does it miss these heads. But if one of them dares to commit a crime that is actually illegal, then it is better to accept supervision until death. ”

After the half-ring of the intermittent refreshment.

"The division of Wang (Chongba) Youlang of the Western Expedition to the Gorge River Road has broken through the Hao Department of Jingnan Song and attacked the territory of Yuzhou (now Chongqing City)."

Mipo, who was in charge of the army, continued to speak

Then he encountered the Meizhou defense from the Xichuan army, so that Gao Renhou personally took the lead; So in the Fujiang estuary of the Xiamen waterway several battles, more than 1,000 were killed and dozens of ships were sunk, but the land offensive was blocked by the Tieshan Gate. ”

"Because of its many narrow and dense mountains and forests, the firearms in the Western Expeditionary Army could not attack it for a while; Then some officers and soldiers took large wooden rows from Ba County, piled up firewood and fire oil, and chased them down the river with those who dared to die. ”

"It is because the sailors' vehicles and ships are damaged and no longer forward. Now it has retreated to Jiangguandu, Changshou County, at the junction of Fuzhou, and is waiting for the delivery and replenishment of spare parts and firearms. ”

"It seems that this surnamed Gao is not a simple opponent; Let the enemy engineering department collect as much information as possible from the local area; ”

Zhou Huai'an nodded and instructed.

"At present, the governor has not made long-term preparations to fight in the Shu realm. Therefore, let Wang Chongba and them look for danger on the spot to carry out civil engineering operations, and give priority to stabilizing the advance line in front of them as much as possible with this support point. ”

"When the infrastructure of communication and transportation in the Fu, Wan, Zhong, Gui, and Xiajiang Prefectures of Xiajiang Province is completed, as well as the resettlement of tuntian, and the population and land of the coastal areas are cleared out, we will make the next step."

"It's just that after the offensive turned to defense on land, the offensive of containment and harassment on the waterway still could not stop; It is necessary to prevent the enemy army from resting for a moment, and also have the right to train the navy in turn; I can allocate him a new batch of vehicles and ships and their spare parts, as well as a rotating manpower. It was drawn from the sequence of the Dongting water bandits who had just been cleared. ”

"Order."

Among the people who were in charge of recording the records, someone displayed the answer.

He immediately got up and sent the transcript of Zhou Huai'an's dictation to the corresponding staff group accompanied by another companion one-on-one, and then supplemented the details according to the intelligence judgment and research, and compiled and deduced it into a specific plan and statement before it could be retained, transmitted, and issued.

Then a secret letter that had just been received was delivered by Xiao Qi himself. Zhou Huai'an opened the package and looked at it, but Yang Shigu's secret investigation had already had preliminary results and directions. Although the specific direction is not clear, there are clues behind the origin of this incident.

It is suspected that it is related to the competition and secret friction generated by the newly established anti-rebellion association and the original Guangfu Liusi system in the competition for the graduates and trainees of the large training center. If this is the only case, this matter can be brought to an end, but for the sake of long-term peace and stability, Zhou Huaian hopes to get something deeper.

So Zhou Huai'an annotated a few more words on it, and then re-sealed the original way with a tar stamp and sent it out. Then he took the initiative to inquire about another new front that might break out:

"What is the situation on the Jinzhou side, what is the background of the other party, and whether it is a precursor to the intervention of the Shanxi Jiedu envoy."

"The front has stabilized the vicinity of Ankang County. Among them, two regiments of our army occupied the county seat, while about thousands of Tututuan and Zhenjiao troops were entrenched in the suburbs on the south bank of the Han River. ”

Xiao Qi reported back in a low voice.

A few days ago, General Zhong (Yi) Lang's carrier pigeons reported that they had arrived in Hengkou Town, west of the city of Jinzhou, but then there was chaos in the city; Lin Guangfu and Li Fuguan, commanders of the 15th and 17th battalions of the integrated (righteous army) stationed in the local area, were suddenly assassinated and killed, and the rest of the troops mutinied. ”

According to the report of the soldiers who escaped in disguise, Chen Kaixuan, the deputy commander, led his troops to mutiny, and with the support of the gentry in the city, he claimed to be the defense envoy of Jinzhou and closed the city gates. Therefore, Zhong Lang has already turned around and returned to the state capital to quell the rebellion, and he can't take care of Ankang County for the time being. ”

"According to the current news and clues, the background of the enemy should be the local wealthy people, as well as some big surnames and wealthy families from Fangzhou, Shangzhou, Junzhou, and even Dengzhou; Including several targets and potential targets that the Social Research Department focuses on, it has also been confirmed that it is involved. ”

"In addition, according to the last news sent back by Ankang County, the involvement of the Shannan West Road side is limited, and the flags and prisoners obtained so far are only some of the unity soldiers from Yangzhou, which is suspected to be an act taken privately by state officials in order to meet the local fleeing relatives."

"In addition to the reserve force in Xiangzhou, where is the nearest formed group of people from the local area?"

Hearing this, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help asking.

"These are two garrison battalions that are being trained and supplemented in Shangjin County, Shangzhou."

Mi Po replied immediately.

"Let them immediately go south to join up with the Zhong Yi Department who are quelling the rebellion, and then transfer three battalions from the special army of Wuguan Wang Xingkong as follow-up support."

Zhou Huai'an immediately ordered.

"The reserves in Xiangzhou are basically immovable, but a cavalry battalion is sent to escort a regiment of equipment and go to cooperate in the battle."

As a front-line commander, Zhong Yi certainly has his own judgment and trade-offs. And Zhou Huai'an, as the leader of the overall situation, also has to have his own responsibilities and decisions; In particular, this fortuitous battle is likely to turn into a situation where the remnants of the resistance in Sangnam Province are gathered.

"She is in love with pear blossom tears

Wait for the red makeup to return

The empty Ryu'i people are slowly haggard"

After dealing with this round of daily additional official duties, under the guidance of the curling cappella version of the song "Bead Curtain", Zhou Huai'an stretched his body while strolling to a wall, full of late autumn fragrant courtyard;

I saw the colorful chrysanthemum varieties of this era, such as Jiuhua, Nuhua, Rijing, Yanshouke, Jinrui, Zhouying, Huangrui, Zihou, etc., which are blooming and fragrant.

(End of chapter)