On June 18, Yang Changjun, then governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, heard an urgent report from the front that Siqi Province was occupied by bandits and the situation was critical. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hearing the report of his subordinates, Yang Changjun was furious, and while sending people to report the news to the capital, he ordered more than 10,000 Chu troops stationed in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces (Zuo Zongtang's army name is Chu Army, belonging to the branch of the Hunan Army) and more than 30,000 green battalion soldiers to assemble, prepare grain and grass, and prepare to march to Siqi Province to exterminate the bandits.

Yang Changjun didn't understand how long it had been, and Siqi Province was actually occupied by bandits, and scolded Ding Baozhen for being useless.

After the follow-up information about Siqi Province came up, Yang Changjun collapsed on his seat all of a sudden.

"It's actually the Yan family, the enemy of the Yan family, alas!"

Half a month ago, Yang Changjun received an order from the imperial court to seize all Yan's estate, but, nearly a month ago, all the people in Yan's industry suddenly disappeared, and there was not even a penny of silver left, Yang Changjun didn't know what was going on, and the Governor's Mansion ushered in a large number of Manchu magnates, they wanted Yang Changjun to give a word, why did Yan's money village say that it was gone, and they still had a large amount of silver in Yan's money.

Yang Changjun also had no way to solve this problem, and was still looking for Yan's people everywhere, Yang Changjun was so quarreled by the Manchu magnates that he had no choice, so he closed the door and thanked the guests.

Who would have thought that now he would actually get the news that the Yan clan rebelled and occupied Siqi Province.

The word Yan's rebellion appeared in Yang Changjun's mind, Yang Changjun knew that it was bad, Yan's claim to be rich and rivaling the country was not for nothing, Yan's money village alone had hundreds of millions of taels of silver, think about the Yan money village in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces The people went to the empty building, and there was not a penny of silver left, and this is basically the case in other provinces in the country, where did the disappeared silver go, I am afraid that most of it was transported back to Siqi Province by Yan.

With a lot of money in his hands, the Yan clan was able to recruit a large number of troops, and it was not easy to capture the entire Siqi Province, and now even the surrounding areas of Siqi Province were in danger.

Thinking that the imperial court was going to seize the Yan family's industry, and then thinking of the Yan rebellion, Yang Changjun had a headache, and a word "official forced civil rebellion" appeared in Yang Changjun's mind, but Yang Changjun quickly got rid of it, he was a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, of course, he wanted to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

After calming down, Yang Changjun continued to give orders to his subordinates that the bandits must not be allowed to enter Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.

Of course, Yang Changjun would not have thought that after the Yan clan occupied Siqi Province, they had no idea of expanding outward in a short period of time.

Yang Changjun learned that Siqi Province was occupied by bandits, and the surrounding provinces of Siqi Province also quickly learned the news, causing an uproar, and one by one they were sent to the capital in an expedited manner, and at the same time, the green battalion soldiers of various provinces began to mobilize in the direction of Siqi Province, not to exterminate the bandits, but to prevent the bandits from coming, knowing that it was the Yan rebellion, everyone knew that this group of rebels was not easy to provoke, just ask the bandits not to fight first.

Half a month later (the Manchu cable telegraph was under construction), the capital finally got the news, and the scene suddenly became even more chaotic.

Weng Tonggong, who had been ill for more than a month, learned the news of the Yan rebellion and occupation of Siqi Province, the words "official coercion and civil rebellion" appeared in his mind, and then Weng Tonggong's brain buzzed, and he almost fainted.

Weng Tongyi was afraid that the court would send someone to arrest him in the next moment, and he was completely panicked.

After a long time, Weng Tongyi felt that something was wrong, maybe this matter should be looked at the other way around: Yan had long had the idea of rebellion, and he wanted to go to the imperial court many times to send troops to raid Yan, but there were always people who objected, so that Yan became bigger, and now Yan is openly rebelling, and in one fell swoop, he is not the "culprit", but a great hero, exposing the crime of Yan's rebellion in advance, and other people who favor Yan are extremely evil.

Thinking of this, Weng Tonggong thought more and more that he was right, and he didn't pretend to be sick anymore, put on his official uniform, got on a sedan chair and went to the Forbidden City, the Manchu magnates who had been blocking Weng's Mansion earlier also dispersed nearly a month ago, no way, the gate of Weng's Mansion was closed, who would blindly wait to find Weng Tonggong to settle accounts.

Prince Gong knew that something was wrong when he learned that the Yan clan had rebelled and occupied Siqi Province.

You must know that among the Manchu magnates, Prince Gong Yixun is the person who received the most tribute from the Yan family, and after so many years, the Yan family at least spent nearly 10 million taels of silver on Prince Gong Yixun, and all this money went into Prince Gong's own pocket, unlike Li Hongzhang, who used all the silver paid by the Yan family to establish the Beiyang Naval Division.

Even if Prince Gong does not want to rebel, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who has conflicts with Prince Gong Yixun, will also use this opportunity to kick Prince Gong out (kick out of the military aircraft department, or take back all his powers), and may even kill Prince Gong Yixun.

What makes Prince Gong even more sad is that most of his property is stored in Yan's Bank, and now that Yan's Money Village is gone, the mountains and rivers in Prince Gong's hands are like waste paper, and Prince Gong Yixun is also bitter and can't speak.

Zuo Zongtang, who temporarily lives in the capital, learned the news of Yan's rebellion and occupation of Siqi Province, the corners of his mouth were a little bitter, and now the Qing Dynasty is really worried about internal and external troubles, there are Tsarist Russia, France (Vietnam), and the border conflict of this country, internal bandits are frequent, and now there is a rebellion of the Yan family, and the white-haired Zuo Zongtang is already powerless, how can he save this Qing Dynasty that he is loyal to.

After Li Hongzhang knew the news of the Yan rebellion and the occupation of Siqi Province, his head was also a little big, although he said good things for the Yan family, he would definitely be a little implicated, but all the silver that the Yan family paid tribute was used by Li Hongzhang to build the Beiyang Naval Division, which is something that everyone knows, even if it will be dealt with in the end, and the Empress Dowager Cixi values it, there will not be much guilt.

Thinking of the Yan rebellion, in fact, Li Hongzhang had the feeling that the Yan family was going to rebel after knowing that the Yan industrialists in the Yan capital went to the empty building, and the officials forced the people to rebel, what can Li Hongzhang do to stop it, he just needs to run his own Beiyang Naval Division, and establish a strong naval division for the Qing Dynasty, which can resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

There were not many people in the Manchu Qing who knew better than Li Hongzhang that the Western powers were strong and artillery, and even if the Western powers came from thousands of miles away, they could defeat the Manchus several times.

In the case of a strong enemy and a weak one, Li Hongzhang could only retreat again and again in the face of the Western powers, hoping that the Manchu Qing would have a strong force as soon as possible and be able to defeat the Western powers, but those people in the court did not know Li Hongzhang's suffering.

The news that the huge capital occupied Siqi because of the Yan rebellion was chaotic......