The reason why Enming is famous in history is very simple, his reputation is closely related to the revolutionary Xu Xilin. There used to be a saying, "Since ancient times, those who have been assassinated have been famous through the ages, even if they have not been assassinated; And the person who carried out the assassination can only leave his name in history because of the success of the assassination. "In the matter of Xu Xilin's assassination of Enming, this is not the case at all. It is precisely because of the assassination of the revolutionary Xu Xilin that Enming, the governor of Anhui, can be frequently mentioned in history. If he hadn't been assassinated, his name would probably have disappeared into history like other governors of the late Qing Dynasty.

Yu Curry 61 Enming (1845-1907.7.6), a Qing Dynasty official, advocated a key role in the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Yu Kuli's, the word Xinfu. Manchuria inlaid with white flags. Prince Qing loves the son-in-law of 61 Yiluo. Enming raised people in the Tongzhi years. Later, he donated money as a magistrate. In 1895, he was promoted to the prefect of Taiyuan, and was later promoted to the post of envoy to Shanxi. In the same year, he was awarded Guisui Dao. During the Boxer Rebellion, he protected foreign religions, suppressed the boxers, and strictly forbade the people's anti-foreign religious struggle. In 1902, he was transferred to Zhilikou North Province, and later reappointed as Zhejiang Salt Transport Envoy. In the following year, he was promoted to Jiangsu as an envoy. In 1905, he served as the political envoy of Jiangning. In 1906, he was ordered to go to Anhui to serve as the governor of Anhui, vigorously implement the new policy, and boldly adopt Yan Fu and other newcomers. Among the political achievements, especially in education, the most significant, such as the establishment of the Anhui Army Surveying and Mapping School, the Anhui Lecture Martial Arts Hall, the Anhui Green Camp Police School, the Anhui General Academy Research Institute, in addition, also introduced Western-style military training in the horse team Benmu, artillery Benmu, infantry Benmu, Gongbei Benmu, etc. In the same year, he brutally suppressed the anti-foreign religious struggle of the Jiande Red Lotus Society and the people of Huoshan. In 1907, he was ordered to implement the "New Deal", rectify the patrol police academy, and open the police department.

The Manchus at the end of the Qing Dynasty were not all conservative, and many Manchu officials in the court were quite supportive of the New Deal. Enming is also one of them. After a series of humiliating wars at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu officials knew that it was only a matter of time before the Manchus would fall, and they also hoped that the new policy would increase their national strength to maintain the crumbling regime. In this regard, Enming is doing his best.

On January 22, 1907, before the People's Party troops attacking Anqing set out, Enming did not know that a war was imminent. I don't know that Pu Guanshui, who is under him, has also become a revolutionary. The Spring Festival is coming soon, and Enming wants to send gifts and congratulatory letters to his elders, relatives and friends, and on the other hand, he has to distribute some gifts to his subordinates. Of course, accepting gifts from subordinates is also a proper part of the rules.

When Feng Xu, the political envoy of Anhui, came to visit, Enming thought that Feng Xu was here to give gifts. politely let this Jiangnan genius into the living room and served tea. But he heard Feng Xu say straightforwardly: "Lord Enming, I heard that something happened in the new army recently. A new soldier named Liu Shicheng beat his boss and absconded in fear of crime. The first two days have been caught. But there was a reason for this. ”

Enming didn't know how Feng Xu cared about a New Army soldier, but the political envoy was an official whose official rank was second only to the governor. Moreover, Feng Xu was born as a genuine jinshi, so he had to listen to Feng Xu finish the matter no matter what. He just sat upright for a moment, and people like Feng Xu talked at length. I can't finish talking about it for a while.

After listening to Feng Xu's introduction to the general situation of this case, Enming also felt a little unbearable. Liu Shicheng's sister was sold to a brothel in Anqing because of the flood, and when Liu Shicheng's boss prostituted Liu Shicheng's sister, it was still Liu Shicheng's door. This gives the tragic story a comical flavor.

The Anhui political envoy was in charge of finance, but he did not care about the military, politics, and justice. Hearing Feng Xu's words, he wanted to interfere in this case, and Enming asked, "Then what does Lord Feng think about this case?" ”

Feng Xu shook his head lightly, "The army has its own rules, and I can't rashly interfere in military affairs." It can be dealt with according to military discipline. It's just that after this year of disaster, the people are struggling to make a living. If we can't give relief, too many people will be hurt. I also hope that the governor will be sympathetic to the people and start giving relief as soon as possible. In particular, Fengyang Prefecture heard that it was quite badly affected this time. I would like to escort some grain to Fengyang Mansion to see it in person. ”

When it comes to relief to the victims, Enming is a little disapproving. Pu Guanshui's main activity area these days is also centered on Fengyang Mansion, and he often sends some news back. According to Pu Guanshui, although the livelihood of the local people is quite miserable, order has been slowly restored. Enming knew that before Feng Xu was promoted to the political envoy of Anhui, he served as the prefect of Fengyang Mansion. It is known as a clean and honest name.

In the twenty-first year of Guangxu (1895), Feng Xu left Kyoto to take up the post of Fengyang Mansion in Anhui Province. Shi Fengyang has been flooded for many years, and the people are miserable. Feng Xu rode a horse to lead the government officials, in-depth investigation of the people, along the way strictly forbidden to invite guests and give gifts, he according to the severity of the disaster, the number of people to give, so that the affected people, households get the corresponding subsidies, everyone to benefit from the benefits. In addition, he repeatedly rehabilitated suspected prisoners, and also donated 20,000 yuan, which won the praise of Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang. Liu Kunyi once recommended him with "good intentions and hard work".

A person like Feng Xu must be involved in the disaster relief of Fengyang Mansion. But Enming knows that Anhui is now short of grain, and Hunan and Hubei, which have always been known as granaries in recent years, have also suffered from disasters, and grain prices have skyrocketed. Although there is some grain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is difficult to transport it into Anhui. Disaster relief is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do. When the grain arrives in Fengyang Mansion, it will have to be the Spring Festival. As long as you can catch up with the sowing.

"Lord Feng, after this flood, I have reported to the imperial court that Fengyang Mansion and other places have been exempted from taxes this year and next year. Lord Feng is in charge of the domain, can he not know the current family background in Anhui? It is not easy to provide relief. It is the best policy to let Fengyang Mansion relieve the disaster on its own and rest with the people. ”

"Lord Governor, Fengyang Mansion has always had frequent floods, and it is very easy to cause chaos after floods. A few days ago, I wrote to the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture and to the general sentence of Fengyang Prefecture in Shouzhou. I haven't replied to the letter so far, which I think is extremely unreasonable. If it had been according to the schedule, there would have been a reply. And I've heard some news recently, a militia called the Insurance Group has suddenly appeared in Fengyang Mansion recently. It is said that the victims of the disaster were gathered in the area and order was maintained. The momentum is huge. I'm worried that if something happens......"

"Lord Feng, I know a thing or two about that insurance group, and the person at the head is a disciple of Yan Fu Yan. A few days ago, Yan Jidao went to Hanyang to buy iron and passed through Anqing. We also talked about it, so don't worry about the insurance group. ”

"Buy iron? What does Yan Daodao do when he buys iron? Feng Xu was taken aback.

Enming said with a smile: "Yan bought a few railways to ship to Shanghai, and I don't know whose way he went, it seems that he is going to make a lot of money." As for Fengyang Mansion, I have already sent Pu Guanshui to lead troops to Fengyang Mansion to assist the local government in preventing the civil uprising. A few days ago, he also wrote to him saying that the disaster area had settled down. It's always been fine. ”

"Settled down in the disaster area?" Feng Xu's eyes widened, "Lord Enming, after this winter, the victims are not only not allowed to eat, but also have no clothes in the sky, how can they settle down?" That Puguan water must have been a false report of the disaster. Please send someone to investigate this matter immediately. ”

Enming actually didn't believe Pu Guanshui's words very much, Pu Guanshui wrote about how miserable the disaster area was at the beginning, and it looked like the truth. In the letter, Pu Guanshui also asked for food to be delivered to the victims. Enming couldn't conjure up food, so he turned a blind eye to Pu Guanshui's letter. Next, in the letter written by Pu Guanshui, the situation in the disaster area gradually improved. In a recent letter, the disaster area has become "civil stability". Enming has been a magistrate, and he knows a little about the people's feelings, this kind of sloppy eye can't frighten him, but if he doesn't have this kind of sloppy eye, it won't work.

Seeing Feng Xu making such a fuss, Enming decided to fool Feng Xu away first. He first pretended to be pensive, then nodded, "I will write to Fengyang Mansion and ask what happened." If you have the news, let Master Feng know. ”

Feng Xu knew that Enming was sending off guests, so he had no choice but to nod and get up to leave. Waiting for Feng Xu to leave, Enming sat on the chair and shook his head helplessly, after encountering natural disasters, the governor's life was very sad. Failure to provide disaster relief will be impeached, but disaster relief will not have the financial resources. Now that the money is being spent like water on the New Deal, the money will be spent like water, and the new army will be built and schools will be run without spending money. And even if it is to provide disaster relief, the roads were impassable before, but now it is about to be the Spring Festival, and not only the price of food has skyrocketed, but also the inability to find labor. Everyone has been working hard for a year, so let's let the workers have a New Year.

The disaster relief will be discussed at the beginning of spring. Eun Ming made up his mind.

After sorting out this matter, Enming suddenly remembered Feng Xu's purpose for finding himself in the first place, and the matter of Liu Shicheng, a soldier of the New Army, was quite pitiful. If such a case is judged in accordance with the military discipline of the New Army, I am afraid that Liu Shicheng will have to shed his skin if he does not die. At present, the revolutionary parties in various localities are making great trouble, and I have heard that some revolutionary parties are infiltrating the new army. You might as well open up the net and buy people's hearts. Thinking of this, Enming called his own soldiers and gave an order. The soldiers took the order and went.

After being busy with official business for a while, in the evening, the soldiers suddenly ran back in a hurry. As soon as he saw Enming, the soldiers immediately knelt on the ground, "My lord, the slave heard the news that the revolutionary party is going to rebel." ”

Enming was taken aback, this pro-soldier was a domestic servant given to him by Enming's father-in-law, Prince Qing, and he had always been extremely loyal, and he would definitely not talk nonsense, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The number of the Anhui New Army is the 31st Mixed Association, and the co-commander is Yu Dahong. Yu Dahong was quite magnanimous when he fell into this case, but he just beat Liu Shicheng with 20 military sticks, and it was over.

After Enming's personal soldiers went to inquire about the matter in person, they felt that they wanted to express the benevolence of the governor to sympathize with the new army, so he simply went to see Liu Shicheng in person. When Liu Shicheng learned that the person in front of him was the governor's personal soldier, he immediately knelt on the ground, claiming that as long as the governor could help redeem his sister, he would inform the governor of the truth that the revolutionary party was going to rebel.

The soldiers personally asked about some content, and in addition to the name, Liu Shicheng said a lot of specific things about the rebellion. The pro-soldier is the domestic slave of Prince Qing, and he has seen some of the world. As soon as he heard it, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately asked Liu Shicheng to return to the governor's yamen together.

After listening to the return of the soldiers, Enming immediately ordered: "Bring Liu Shicheng in!" ”