August 28, 1900, the small town of Boketu.

The eating and drinking in the early morning made Yue Weihua have a rare lazy sleep, and he didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning, when the sun was drying his buttocks, and as soon as he went out of the room, he found that Yan Batu was waiting outside the courtyard.

"Brother Wanyan, so early?" Yue Weihua smiled.

Today is the return date, Yue Weihua had long expected that Wanyan Batu would definitely talk to him, not to mention loyalty, at least to be loyal to himself, sure enough, Wanyan Batu did not speak, but walked quickly in front of Yue Weihua, knelt down on one knee, and then arched his hand: "After finishing Yan Batu, my subordinates are willing to follow the commander-in-chief, go to the soup and fire, and never give up." ”

In fact, in the early hours of the morning, when those grassland men knelt down on one knee and expressed their willingness to follow, Wanyan Batu also wanted to do that, but for the sake of face, Wanyan Batu couldn't do it, but when he was lying in bed, he regretted it, so as soon as the morning dawned, Wanyan Batu came to Yue Weihua's courtyard and waited, ready to swear allegiance.

"Wanyan Batu, what are you doing here, our Black Dragon Army is not doing this." Yue Weihua hurriedly helped Wanyan Batu up, and then continued: "Those grassland men last night were too enthusiastic, there were many people, I couldn't help them, I had no choice but to let them go, and in fact, our Black Dragon Army does not have this set of rules, you have also seen that between our superiors and subordinates, at most they salute the subordinates, and the superiors have to salute in return, everyone is equal." ”

"Commander-in-chief, the subordinates of the Black Dragon Army know a little bit about the rules, but, commander-in-chief, the subordinates' hometown is from Outer Mongolia Krulun, and they are also real grassland men." Wanyan Batu said.

"Well, I've heard a few things about you. I heard that all members of your family died at the hands of Tsarist Russia? Yue Weihua asked.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, my father, also the leader of a tribe in Outer Mongolia, also thanks to the Qing court once made a prince, in gratitude for the court's grace. Therefore, he refused to cooperate with Tsarist Russia, and this time Tsarist Russia launched a war, and his subordinate family was bloodbathed by the Tsarist military. Although Wanyan Batu's tone was flat, Yue Weihua could still hear his sadness and hatred.

"Let him pass the past." Yue Weihua explained.

"Thank you for the commander's relief, in fact, the subordinates are not too sad, because the relationship between the subordinates and the family is not harmonious, otherwise, they would not have come to Mergen to mix, and they have been mixed for so many years. It's still just a leader. Wanyan Batu smiled bitterly: "However, as a son of man, it is my responsibility to avenge my father and family. ”

"Well, there are many opportunities to kill Lao Maozi in the future. We must take revenge, but we can't be in a hurry. Gotta take your time. When Yue Weihua said this, he suddenly changed his words and asked, "Wanyan Batu, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Wanyan Batu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly wanted to speak bluntly. What else can he plan, of course, he is to follow the commander-in-chief to fight Lao Maozi, but Yue Weihua obviously doesn't want this answer, otherwise he wouldn't say that revenge has to be taken slowly, and he doesn't need to ask about his plans at all. Wanyan Batu is also a person who is good at observing words and feelings, and his brain turns quickly, so he said: "My subordinates are willing to obey the commander-in-chief's orders." ”

Yue Weihua was still very satisfied with Wanyan Batu's reaction, so he explained his plans and plans.

The Black Dragon Army does not lack a person who can lead the troops, and besides, it is still unknown whether Wanyan Batu can really lead the troops, on the contrary, the Black Dragon Army is now very short of people in the imperial court, and there is a lack of people who can be active in the Qing court, but they are secretly communicating with the Black Dragon Army.

In a word, Yue Weihua just wants to support Wanyan Batu and strive to make Wanyan Batu the boss of Murgen City, although Wanyan Batu is still an assistant leader (that is, the battalion commander) of the fourth grade, and the boss and deputy commander of Murgen City (the second grade) are four levels behind, but Murgen City is a border city, and at the same time in this turbulent era, all this is possible, Fei Qing on the other side of Aihui City is not a living example.

"Commander-in-chief, I'm afraid this thing is not so easy, right?"

Wanyan Batu is obviously also a little moved, although he said that he took refuge in the Black Dragon Army, everything should be based on the position of the Black Dragon Army, but if he can get a high position in the imperial court, he can be more beautiful in front of people, and he can also do more things for the Black Dragon Army, so that when he returns to the Black Dragon Army in the future, he will naturally be able to receive more attention and a higher position.

"Hehe, I don't know much about the affairs of the imperial court, but I think as long as you have money, it shouldn't be difficult to do." Yue Weihua smiled, and then said: "I don't care how this thing works, who should go, I just look at the results, money is not a problem, 100,200,000 taels of silver is not enough, you throw me 1 million into it, I believe that the officials of the Qing Dynasty, no one will have trouble with money." ”

Selling official beards, that is, selling official positions and titles as commodities, which appeared very early in the feudal society of China, is said to have been clearly recorded from Qin, of course, developed to the Qing Dynasty, it is basically developed to the extreme, mainly with the following characteristics.

First, it was opened relatively early, almost from the day the Qing court entered the customs and established political power; Second, the scale is relatively large, a generation of emperors can be more complete than a generation of emperors, and the annual income from selling officials is in the amount of millions of taels; Third, it can be sold for the purpose of raising military spending, it can also be sold for river control, it can be sold in disaster years, and it can be sold in good years; Fourth, bureaucrats can also "resell" for personal gain; Fifth, the variety of official positions sold is complete, both civil and military positions, and the price matters, of course, are mainly based on false titles, which are really lacking; Sixth, the price is getting cheaper and cheaper, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it took 20,000 taels of silver to buy a Taoist, but at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1900), it was only 4,000 or 5,000 taels.

It should be said that from the beginning to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the sale of officials as a major income of the country, of course, most of the grades of selling officials are below the fourth grade, and it is difficult to buy more than three grades, so Wanyan Batu will say that this will be more difficult to do, after all, the deputy capital commander is the same as the governor, and the real military and political master is the second grade.

However, it is difficult to do, it does not mean that it cannot be done, provided that you can afford to pay, and you must be able to find the right person, and you must have some identity yourself, and you must have political achievements that can be handled, just like Fei Qing, he took the path of Shengjing General Zengqi, and has two "great merits", and Aihui can't find a more suitable candidate for a while, if it is transferred from outside, I'm afraid no one is willing to go, so Fei Qing's acting deputy capital will soon be in hand.

And on the side of Murgen, the situation is actually similar to Aihui, the former deputy capital of Murgen Guo Erduohao was wiped out by the "beard", the entire Murgen city is empty and orderly, that is Wanyan Batu is maintaining, and Wanyan Batu also has an identity, that is, the second son of the Mongolian prince, this identity is more than a hundred times higher than the identity of Fei Qingna's Han Banner, plus, with Yue Weihua's silver support, it should not be difficult to do.

"Commander-in-chief, you seem to have overlooked one thing, in fact, the imperial court has appointed a new deputy commander, but he has not yet taken office." Wanyan Batu reminded.

"Well, do you mean that the fiery Ulemu deputy commander who is now fighting with Lao Maozi?" Yue Weihua said with a smile.

"Well, Commander-in-Chief, you know everything, so are you still?" Wanyan Batu was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, Ulemu, you don't have to worry, I'll solve this problem, you just need to clear your mind as soon as possible and see what to do, so that you can get the position of deputy commander as soon as possible, I have a million taels of silver tickets here, just use it as your activity funds, and you can apply if it's not enough."

"Funding for the event? Application? ”

"The activity fund is the money for you to operate, and the application is not enough to ask me again." Yue Weihua explained.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, my subordinates will live up to their high expectations." Wanyan Batu said seriously, it is easy to do things with money, as for connections, he himself is the prince's son-in-law, although the palace is no more, but as long as there is money, those relationships will be there.

"Well, besides, I have a few things to tell you."

"Commander-in-Chief, please command."

"First, after going back, immediately cooperate with the Xigang Army Division to persuade the people to go out of the city, although we have almost reorganized the two brigades of the Lao Maozi West Road Grassland Army in the past two days, but the main force on the Qihar side has gone north, at most two or three days, and may arrive in Morgan City, because we do not plan to have a decisive battle with Lao Maozi so early, so we will not choose to hold on to a certain point, so we need to evacuate the people, so as not to be affected by Lao Maozi."

"Yes, subordinates, I will do it when I go back."

"Well, the second thing is to cooperate closely with the Xigang Military Subdivision and support the military operations of the Xigang Military Subdivision."

"The third thing, it's still a little early to say, but since that's it, I'll explain it to you as well."

"After we have won this victory against Russia, you will have to expand it in the name of the Qing court, at least to six battalions, but the instructors and officers trained are all sent by the Xigang Military Division, and they must be constantly rotated with other troops in the Xigang Military Division.

"My subordinates understand."

"Well, it's good to understand, so let's do it, I see that the four brothers you brought are all good, you let the eldest and the third enter the wolf's tooth special combat team, and the second and fourth follow Vlar into the Xigang Military Division, when the time comes, the four of them will be the bridge between you and me and the Xigang Military Division, of course, the Black Dragon Army will also send people to assist you, and will also equip you with various facilities, such as radio stations and so on." Yue Weihua said.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your thoughtfulness." Wanyan Batu said heartily.

Although Yue Weihua did this a bit to send people to spy on him, and at the same time pull some hostages, but as long as you think about it carefully, in fact, it is not entirety, although the four subordinates and he call them brothers, but in fact, everyone knows that they are just their own minions, and sending people into the mansion to assist him is not only the need to contact him, but also human nature.

"Well, you go, you and Vlaar will ride a motorcycle first, and the matter of war horses will be sent over by those men in the grassland."

"That, commander-in-chief, I can also ride a motorcycle, can you give me one?"

"Don't worry, you're indispensable."

"Haha, that's great, my subordinates thanked me in advance."

…… (To be continued.) )

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