Suddenly, everyone's eyes were on Wang Yongan, the auditorium was silent, the officers stood up first, the officials followed, and the gentry reacted the slowest, but they also had to get up and salute after seeing others get up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click......"

Leather shoes made a loud sound when they stepped on the red brick floor.

"Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! Click......"

Everyone's eyes looked at Wang Yongan with expectation, or fear, or doubt, excitement, or confusion, and their ears stretched out, for fear of missing any word news. No one made any more noise, no one made any movement, everyone sat cautiously in their chairs, only the flames in the stoves around the Great Hall, crackling as they burned, telling everyone that this was the most important critical moment, and you should all listen to it.

Wang Yongan sat in the center of the rostrum, took out the manuscript from the adjutant's briefcase, looked at it, and then put it on the table. He glanced at everyone, with a confident smile on his face, tried the microphone, his voice was very loud, and then announced: "Presumably you are all Jiangbei elites, you should understand the purpose of my convening of the meeting in Yangzhou this time!" You guessed it right, now I declare on behalf of the 240,000 Jiangbei New Army, on behalf of the Jiangbei Protectorate, on behalf of the Jiangbei Yamen, and on behalf of the 30 million Jiangbei people, Jiangbei will be restored, and from now on, Jiangbei will no longer be loyal to the Manchu court! ”

"Buzz!"

The big conference room exploded, almost everyone jumped up, this news shocked them to the extreme, maybe someone has guessed, but even if they guess, what can they do, suddenly hearing the news of the recovery, it is tantamount to a thunderclap.

Recovery!

Great, Jiangbei has finally recovered, and we have finally gotten rid of the Manchu government - this is the voice of the revolutionaries.

The time has finally come for the decaying Manchu Qing to understand, and it is time for us to welcome everything new - this is the voice of the elite who have returned from studying abroad.

Jiangbei is recovered, what will happen to my business, what will happen to my family - this is the voice of many bosses.

The people are suffering, the people are suffering—this is the voice of the gentry and the old men.

There is going to be a war, there must be a war, I want to take the opportunity to be a big official, I want to be a hero - this is the voice of the speculators.

What should we do, what should we do with the officials of the Qing Dynasty, will they kill us, and whether we will not be able to get out today -- this is the voice of officials at all levels in the former Qing Dynasty.

Recovery? Isn't this a rebellion, we are in danger, we are in danger—this is the voice of those who are afraid of things.

Is there a tradition of rebellion in Jiangbei? No! At the time of the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Jiangbei region was even one of the main forces of the anti-Taiping army. The Jiangbei region is the Jianghuai region, and Li Hongzhang's Huai army is the Jiangbei army, and the Huai army has always been loyal to the imperial court, so there is no tradition of rebellion in the Jiangbei region!

Who is Wang Yongan, the Zhiyong Baturu of the Qing Dynasty, his grandfather Wang Jia'an and even one of the emperors of the Guangxu Emperor, supported the reform of the law together with Weng Tonggong scholars, but was attacked by the conservatives and exterminated by the enemy. And Yangzhou Wang is a descendant of Langya Wang, Langya Wang has no precedent for rebellion, this kid is not a shot, and he will kill the Manchu court as soon as he makes a move.

Wang Yongan quietly waited for the people below to discuss, for them to discuss, for them to think, and he gave everyone time to accept this fact.

So Wang Yongan actually drank tea leisurely, and his henchmen hurriedly looked at him, Wang Yongan smiled at everyone, not caring at all, everyone saw that Wang Yongan was so calm and relaxed, so they settled down. Wang Yong sat quietly, there was no tea in the teacup in his hand, but today it was extraordinarily sweet, his eyes were always looking at everyone below, observing everyone, but his eyes were staring at the world, so that everyone did not dare to look at each other.

Wang Yongan's heart was extremely firm in the idea of recovery, although recovery was a means of survival, but Jiangbei recovery against the Manchu Qing was imperative. Wang Yongan was not loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, let alone the revolution, he was an out-and-out egoist, and when Anqing was regained by his army, it was not because the revolutionary party's uprising in Anqing was wrong, but because the Anqing uprising was out of his control.

Everyone who knows Wang Yongan has to admit one thing, Wang Yongan is a person with a very strong desire to control, and in his dictionary, only absolute control is a necessary condition for success.

Wang Yongan has completely evolved from a small otaku six years ago to a black-bellied politician, maybe he has no military attainments, maybe he still doesn't understand many rules of officialdom. But Wang Yongan knows one thing, the person who formulates the game will always control everyone, and since he can't play the circle of officialdom, he will create a circle for everyone to play with him.

The recovery of Jiangbei is the beginning of becoming a game maker by himself.

As Wang Yongan's gaze swept over, everyone gradually stopped talking and looked at the young commander cautiously, and the more than two hundred people gradually became silent again.

Wang Yongan slapped his face, with a confident smile on his face, and he said loudly: "Everyone! Be quiet, please! The Jiangbei region, that is, the land of Jianghuai, will be recovered from now on! Below - who is against? Who supports? ”

Everyone continued to be silent, and at this moment, no one dared to oppose it, dare to argue, dare to support the imperial court, and even the Manchu officials who participated in the meeting, even the Manchu officials, did not dare to jump out against Wang Yongan's announcement of the liberation of Jiangbei.

Huo Diange and the other pro-soldiers slowly straightened their waists, pressed one hand on the big knife at their waists, looked at everyone vigilantly, and looked for the person who opposed Wang Yongan at any time - it was a pity that they were busy in vain, no one opposed Wang Yongan, and no one dared to stand up.

Although Wang Yongan's personal soldiers were equipped with Mauser pistols, it was not appropriate to use guns on such occasions today, so at the suggestion of Huo Diange, all the personal soldiers carried a one-meter-long cavalry knife on their waists. The reason for this lies in two aspects, on the one hand, the length of the cavalry knife is moderate, and it is not too conspicuous to hang around the waist, which makes the people in the meeting feel afraid, but on the other hand, if there is a disturbance or opposition in the meeting, the soldiers will use the knife to directly execute the opponents, and its killing effect is more obvious, giving people a more shocking deterrent.

Although the cavalry knife is not long, it is still easy to cut off the head.

Wang Yongan looked around again, and no one objected, so he slapped his face and laughed: "I declare that Jiangbei is recovered!" ”