In the DPRK, in the opposition? Idle job, real shortage?

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The Consultative Bureau is equivalent to a local council, although it has a supervisory role, but it is not an official government and has no real power; And the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway Patrol Police General Office, Guangdong Patrol Police Road, not only has the right, but also someone has a gun, which is naturally what he wants to fight for.

However, the Constitutional Council did not exclude officials from joining, and the Qing court did not have a law prohibiting officials from joining. Therefore, as long as Chen Wenqiang avoids the sensitive titles of member of the Consultative Council and Speaker, there is no obstacle to taking up an official position.

As for part-time jobs and idleness, they are just for the convenience of walking, as well as the rewards and names given by Zhang Zhidong and others in order to make him more money to do things.

It's just that Zhang Zhidong and others would never have dreamed that Chen Wenqiang, who has a bigger and bigger industry and works hard, will be behind him is the revival of the revolutionary party. They would never have thought that as long as Chen Wenqiang was given a little space and a little power, he could also get unexpected benefits from it.

Taking the training of the New Army as an example, Chen Wenqiang not only made it impossible for the New Army to go to the southwest to fight against the revolutionary army, but also enabled a large number of members of the Renaissance Association to infiltrate it. In addition, he controlled the salaries and ammunition supply of the new army in disguise, which made the chance of the new army working hard for the Qing court extremely small.

It was precisely because Chen Wenqiang was willing to contribute money and effort to the formation and training of the new army that it was even more impossible for people to associate him with the revolutionary party. Think about it, what revolutionary party would generously fund the training and arming of its enemies?

Of course, Chen Wenqiang will not contribute all the funds, saying that the gentlemen and businessmen of the Hunan and Hubei Constitutional Affairs Branch will promise them that the new army will not only maintain law and order, but also give special care to the sponsors. For example, ask Zhang Zhidong to give a "support the army" plaque to those who contribute more than 3,000 yuan; For example, in the territory where the new army is stationed, the levy is exempted; For example, the military and police are not allowed to trespass on their homes, and they are not allowed to be held without charge.

The wealthy merchant gentry who had a family business were most worried about public security, that is, the safety of life and property. Chen Wenqiang grasped this mentality, encouraged them to send their own children to serve as soldiers, and frequently hinted that the new army would be the best guarantee. In contrast to the corruption and incompetence of the old army and the corruption of military discipline, this reason is obviously attractive.

Although there are more and more things to do, the good news also keeps coming, making Chen Wenqiang's reputation as "skillful, shrewd and capable" more and more famous. This is undoubtedly on the plus side. It can make more people feel at ease to invest their money in the affairs handled by Chen Wenqiang.

The Wuchang (Wuchang to Changsha) line was the first to be completed, and the industrial products and foreign goods purchased by Changsha wholesalers from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hanzhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other regions could be transported to Changsha by rail, and at the same time, the export of agricultural and sideline products in Changsha was accelerated. The economic partnership between Changsha and Hankou has become closer, forming a virtuous circle of economic and trade interaction between the two places. Changsha goes to the whole country and the world often with the help of Hankou, and in turn, Hankou takes Changsha as the follow-up of the economy, thus promoting the rapid economic development of the two lakes region.

Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, was overjoyed when he heard the news and personally presided over the opening ceremony. And take the train from Wuchang to Changsha, depending on the way, for future development and construction.

Half a month later, the Changsha-Zhuzhou (Changsha to Zhuzhou) line was through, although the railway of more than 100 miles was the first to be built by the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, but a section of the Xiangjiang River bank in the south of Changsha City was close to the big river, and the cliff was steep; There are also Mandarin Duck Wells, Old Dragon Ponds, Yangjia Xiaowei, Nanhu Harbor and other places, deep pools are greatly immersed. A bridge route needs to be constructed. Because the project is very difficult, the long line is shorter. But it was even too late.

The railway construction of Wuchang, Changsha, and then to Zhuzhou means that it has truly entered the hinterland of Hunan, and local local products can be continuously transported north. And Zhuzhou became the largest export commodity - a transit point for livestock, and the newspaper at the time carried an article saying that Zhuzhou. It can be called a "pig" continent.

Before the Wuchang Railway, Hunan had already built the Zhuping section of the railway, which was mainly a special line for transporting coal. The reason why this railway was built was because Pingxiang produced coal. The Pingchuan River dried up and could not be transported by water, so the railway had to be built. The completion of the railway from Wuhan to Changsha and then to Zhuzhou also led to the development of Pingxiang coal mine.

The speed of the connection between Wuchang and Changzhu is amazing, but behind it is the application of new technologies and equipment, the result of the tactics of more than 100,000 people, and the dedication of hard-working Chinese migrant workers.

For example, the engineer sent by Zhan Tianyou, who was building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line, adopted his original medium-distance sinking method, which was adopted during the construction of the Liuyang River Tunnel in Changsha, that is, "a vertical shaft was dug in the center of the tunnel to speed up the progress".

For example, the ventilation sinking machinery purchased by Chen Wenqiang in Germany shows the power of science and technology in the area of Monkey Stone and Leopard Ridge.

For example, in the construction of railway sections in Hubei and Hunan provinces, 120,000 people were building roads at the same time on a single day.

The results on the surface are surprising and admirable, but how many people know the hardships and hardships behind them?

Chen Wenqiang was once again praised by the imperial court, and his official rank was promoted to the second rank and the first rank of Shangxun. However, he once again politely refused the will to take up a post in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Beijing, and deduced that he would wait until the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was fully opened.

In a country that has long adhered to the basic policy of agriculture and commerce, even if those who are rich and wealthy, have always been despised by those who are ashamed to talk about profits. But now it is different, at that time, the status of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry was second only to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which shows the importance of the imperial court. For the first time in Chinese history, the Qing court openly advocated and rewarded industry, and even those court officials were no longer ashamed to talk about business and interests, and they kept pace with the times.

Chen Wenqiang also really regarded the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway as the focus of his work, and transferred the four engineering teams and most of the machinery and equipment on the Wuchang Line and the Changzhu Line to Nanling, at the junction of Hunan and Guangdong, to carry out the all-out construction of the most difficult section of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway.

The Nanling stream is vertical and horizontal, the mountains are rugged, the project is the most arduous, and the stone drilling project is extremely heavy, requiring a lot of money and time-consuming. If it weren't for the undecided survey, if it wasn't for the fact that a section of the railway had to be built first to attract investment, if it wasn't for the skilled process required by the engineering teams, Chen Wenqiang's idea would have been to build this most difficult section of the railway.

Now, the real stage of tackling the problem has really begun. As for Zhuzhou to Hengyang, Hengyang to Chenzhou, and Guangzhou to Shaoguan in the Guangdong section, the construction is relatively easy, and even the standard of road construction can be appropriately lowered.

Chen Wenqiang was so urgent that he did not hesitate to borrow money and invest huge sums of money to build railways. And not just for the realization of the revolutionary vision of his central flowering. There was another point of view that many people did not know at the time, and many revolutionaries did not understand.

All these constructions, whether under the rule of the Qing court or the establishment of a new regime later, were an indispensable foundation for the development of the country. Economic development is cohesive, and even the achievements of the Qing court cannot be ignored or denied the fundamental role it played.

At the same time as this series of events took place. The fighting in the southwest seems to have ceased temporarily due to the onset of the rainy season, and it has entered a state of confrontation, but the impact of the revolutionary army's victory continues.

The first was the compromise of the French, which no longer prevented unarmed men from entering southern Yunnan by rail, including the Singapore Humanitarian Relief Team, which was formed by the Renaissance Society on the loan of overseas Chinese; In this way, in addition to weapons and ammunition, food, medicine, and other materials can also be transported in limited quantities in the name of relief for refugees in war zones.

Although nominally not publicly available, the French had in essence recognized the Revolutionary Army as a belligerent group and treated it as a belligerent group.

Of course. The revolutionary army also made some promises and concessions. For example, armed men withdrew from all areas of Vietnam except Cao Binh, ensured the safety of the lives and property of the French in Yunnan Province, did not interfere with the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, and did not support the violent actions of the anti-French forces in northern Vietnam......

Agreements are secret and may not be long-lasting. This kind of political stuff is faster than turning faces between people, and the key is to look at the development of the situation and the balance of interests between each other.

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It pours down when it's violent. Raindrops are like iron beans; When she rests, she is like a resentful woman, hysterical in an endless time. Cannot help doing something. This is the rainy season in Yunnan, the rainy season in the subtropics.

Qiu J gently brushed the rain falling on his face, and stood under the grass shed to look up. The mountains and wilderness seem to have undergone baptism, and thousands of springs flow together between the stone crevices, splashing the waves and rushing to the road.

As the Western Route Army of the Southern Yunnan Campaign, except for the deputy commander Yang Wenkai who led the army to defend at Gaoligong Mountain. Most of the troops of the Western Yunnan Military Region were dispatched, and Commander Long Jiguang, Deputy Commander Qiu J, and Chief of Staff Zong Shaohua all went out with the army. And north of Mengzi, the army that blocked Yang Kaijia's headquarters of the Hubei New Army was a force led by Qiu J and Zong Shaohua.

Practice is the quickest way to mature. From small battles to big battles, from Guangxi to southwest Yunnan, they attacked and plundered, and then experienced brutal and heroic blocking operations. The officers of the revolutionary army, both large and small, were growing rapidly, including Qiu J.

The so-called growth is not only the progress of military command, but also the improvement of ideology and vision. From impatient radicalism to calm and rational thinking, without personal experience, it is often a hurdle that is difficult to overcome.

Launched an uprising, occupied the city, responded in all directions, smashed the Yellow Dragon, and overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty...... This is a natural revolutionary strategy among radical revolutionaries, and it is carried out without thinking about how many hardships and hardships there will be, or even about the consequences of defeat.

It's already a combat force of thirteen or four thousand, right? In terms of quality, it is far beyond the hastily assembled Jianghu Hui Party; In terms of equipment, it is also quite complete, although the weapons used by the soldiers recruited in the later period are mostly captured and more complicated, and they are far better than earthen guns, earth cannons, broadswords and spears; In terms of financial, manpower, and material resources, the revival will do its best, and it is not comparable to other revolutionary groups.

Now, many people, including Aki, are aware of the naivety of what they had originally envisioned. Taking this uprising as an example, the revolutionary army can be said to be well-prepared, and in terms of personnel and weaponry, it has far exceeded their imagination. But as a result, although it was a continuous victory, it was still impossible to occupy a province, let alone a thousand-mile northern expedition to overthrow the Manchus?

Chief of Staff Zong Shaohua walked up along the mountain road with an oilcloth umbrella and greeted him with a smile, "Commander Qiu, it's so early!" ”

Qiu J smiled and nodded, and said, "Yes, I'm a little anxious!" You've met Mr. Song, but I've admired him for a long time, but I haven't met him. ”

That's right, the Mr. Song mentioned by Qiu J is the great revolutionary Song Fuhua, the leader of the Revival Society. Southern Yunnan won a great victory, and the legal person compromised, so he couldn't wait to come.

"Mr. Song can come, which means that we have done a good job, and the headquarters is very satisfied." Zong Shaohua couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and smiled heartily, "Maybe, Mr. Song won't leave, and the base we established will become the center of the revolution." ”

"I hope so, too." Qiu J pondered for a moment and asked: "Since western Yunnan and southern Yunnan have been connected, should we strive to take all of Yunnan Province." ”

"You mean the establishment of the Yunnan Provincial Military Region, right?" Zong Shaohua thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "The stall is too big, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for our troops to concentrate." According to our original plan, it is to expand in western Yunnan and southwest Yunnan, and Baoshan and Dali will be the goal of recovery. However, if we want to take over the defense of southern Yunnan, we will have to resist the enemy in the direction of Kunming, and we will have to occupy a lot of troops. ”

"The General Staff should send us some troops, right?" Qiu J guessed and said: "Or move the border headquarters to the southwest of Yunnan, so that there is no need for too many troops to protect it." ”

"The headquarters is in a central location, so it's easy to connect." Zong Shaohua shook his head lightly and said, "It depends on the next strategic consideration of the headquarters. In my opinion, migration is unlikely. Because the next enemy is likely to be the Qing army in Guangdong Province, opening the sea is the key to material supply. ”

"Three Occupy the Defense City?" Qiu J said subconsciously, and then said with a smile: "The headquarters has let us be self-reliant and support the war with war, and you still want to take advantage of opportunism?" ”

Zong Shaohua sighed with a wry smile and said, "It's really not easy to be self-reliant and fight to support the war!" Unless we can make guns and cannons, then we have to make steel and iron, and even mine and dig coal, right? You also know the current situation of the troops, if you can replace the Mauser rifles, or Hanyang-made, and replace those old guns, I dare say, the combat effectiveness of the troops can be raised to a higher level. ”

"There is also the issue of ammunition replenishment." Qiu Ji nodded sympathetically, "Although it can produce reloading bullets, the quantity is still not enough. For example, after the end of the Southern Yunnan Campaign, we have to rest for a period of time and wait for the supply of ammunition to be produced and hoarded before we can start the next operation. ”

"If we can replenish hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and bring in a set of machines for producing and manufacturing bullets, I estimate that we will be able to meet the turnover conditions of continuous operations." Zong Shaohua paused and said with a smile: "Look, I guess it's right, if you want to achieve this goal, it is imperative to open up the sea mouth." ”

Qiu J just wanted to praise a few words, but suddenly saw smoke rising in the distance, hurriedly stretched out his hand, and said, "Look, is there a train coming?" ”

............. (To be continued.) )