Jia Maoqing's control over the Fifth Town has always been average, and although the government and residence are in harmony, in fact, the power to appoint and dismiss the grassroots cadres of the army is not in his hands. www.biquge.info If you can't control human rights or financial power, it's hard to say that you can't control the troops.

During Zhao Guanhou's trip to Songjiang, the infantry standard commander Yuan Baoshan and Yuan Baohe brothers who guarded Jinan became friends with Jia Maoqing. The friendship between the two sides was established very quickly. The Yuan brothers used to be Zhao Guanhou's henchmen, and the two had a firm grasp of the troops. As soon as the friendship between the two sides was established, Jia Maoqing's status was significantly improved.

Regarding the reason why the two of them gave up Zhao and went to Jia, there was a lot of discussion in the barracks, and there was no agreement. The more authoritative statement is that the two have long been dissatisfied with Zhao Guanhou, dissatisfied with their own rank, and even more unbearable for Zhao Guanhou to reuse Huai officers and Shandong Wubei Academy officers, and despise the military officers. So I want to invest in another high branch. With the assistance of the two of them, the meeting was held smoothly, and none of the officers were absent, and the atmosphere of the meeting was tense and a little unspeakably restless.

"Shandong homemade!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Jia Maoqing threw a bombshell first. "According to the news, Dashuai is seriously injured and cannot take care of things, and he is afraid that he will die soon. After his arrest, the Assassin committed suicide and was unable to be identified. However, judging from their underwear, they should be the servants of a certain palace in the capital, so we preliminarily judged that the one who assassinated the marshal was the person in the capital. ”

As soon as the words came out, the venue was in an uproar.

"The **** court actually poisoned the handsome. They are underestimating our fifth town, damn, fight with them! ”

"That's right, let's gather the team now and go to the capital to raise troops to ask for guilt! If the marshal has three longs and two shorts, they will set up artillery to bombard the capital and let them bury the marshal. ”

Jia Maoqing looked at the staff officers around him, and although the following reaction was very enthusiastic, it was obviously not the same direction as he hoped for. He coughed, "Calm down, everyone, handsome body...... There is no room for optimism. If we rush to build a division now, we are not well prepared, not to mention that near the capital, there are the elites of the first and sixth towns waiting for us, and we have not much chance of winning if we rush forward like this. If you want to take revenge, you must also fight steadily and steadily, step by step. Now, what we are most worried about is that the imperial court will send a new governor and take away our military power, so that all our efforts will be in vain. At this difficult opportunity, I think the only solution is to make your own in Shandong."

"Shandong homemade? What is this? ”

"It is we in Shandong that will no longer obey the jurisdiction of Dajin, but will be governed by the Shandong people themselves. We will nominate a representative of the people's will in Shandong, who will be the chief of civil affairs in Shandong and be in charge of Shandong's civil affairs, and another person will be elected as the chief of military administration to manage Shandong's military affairs. In the future, when our forces become stronger, or we have found reliable allies, we can march into Beijing and fight the people. ”

The officers below stopped talking, and all looked up at Jia Maoqing, as if they couldn't understand his words, or couldn't accept them. A staff officer stepped forward and said:

"This is the popular mode of governance in the Taixi powerhouse. Military personnel do not interfere in local civil affairs, and the separation of military and political affairs is realized. The traditional management mode of going on the horse to manage the army and getting off the horse to manage the people has fallen behind and is not suitable for the current era, and should be eliminated. Moreover, we also have an old man in Shandong who is qualified enough to convince the public, and he will definitely be able to quickly stabilize the market and ensure that Shandong does not fall into panic. ”

A pipe band asked: "I don't care if Shandong panics or not, as for whether the times are in the era or not, it has nothing to do with me." I just want to ask, Shandong is self-made, who will pay the military salary? Let's work hard to be soldiers, this military salary, but we can't be in arrears. ”

Jia Maoqing nodded, "I have also thought about this question, so I specially invited a respected old man to come and assist in the military salary." ”

The door of the conference room opened, and Zou Jingze, dressed in a brand-new robe, entered with his head held high. Although he was over fifty years old, he was in good health, in good spirits, and his voice was particularly loud.

"Brothers, Lao Yuxi, as the chairman of the Shandong Consultative Bureau, has failed to serve the local government and the people since he took office, and he is really worthy of everyone's trust. The reason for this is that the inherent decay is inadequate, and it is also that in the imperial court, there is a lot of nonsense, fooling the people, fake constitutional, really poisonous talents, and using the imperial cabinet to carry out constitutional things. As a result, constitutionalism is not working, and the will of the people is not stretched. Today's turmoil, the people are not able to live, and the reason for this is that the Jurchens are perverse, and the Wanyan clan is moving against the trend......"

His eloquence was very good, and he stood on it with a beaming expression, and his speech lasted for more than twenty minutes, but the doubts in the eyes of the officers below became more and more serious. The begging bandman suddenly said:

"Jia Xietong, I don't understand, what does revenge for the marshal have to do with Shandong's self-control? Even if Shandong wants to establish a constitution, it has nothing to do with our soldiers, we just eat the food of the big marshal and listen to the orders of the big marshal. If Dashuai wants to talk about self-control, he only needs to say a word to us, and we will follow Dashuai. Now you have this set, do you know it, approve or disapprove? Besides, to choose a leader, I think it's simple, the wife of the marshal can temporarily act as the chief of civil affairs, and the chief of staff of Reinstein can act as the chief of military affairs. After Dashuai's body recovers, everything will be easy. ”

"That can't be said, constitutional, self-controlled, is the Tessie model of learning. The main point of the Tessie model is that there can be no power inheritance. What qualifications does the handsome's wife have to serve as the chief of civil affairs? As for Reinstein, he is a foreigner, and there is no reason for him to serve as the military and political chief of the Shandong Independent Government. The fate of our Shandong must always be decided by ourselves, and we cannot entrust it to outsiders. ”

He looked at Zou Jingze, and Zou Jingze coughed, "After Shandong makes itself, the Shandong Chamber of Commerce will subsidize the military salary of 100,000 yuan to the brothers as a reward and reward." Please rest assured that in the past, the brothers in Shandong and the Fifth Town were at peace, and in the future, we will continue to do so, and it will not have any impact on you. ”

Outside the conference room, there was the sound of military boots stomping on the ground and shouting and scolding, and someone shouted, "Abolishing the imperial system and constructing a union is the current trend of Taixi." If you look at the world, where is there a country like us that still uses such a backward system, and it is precisely because of the backward system that we are bullied and so weak. Whoever dares to support the emperor now is our enemy, and he is ****! ”

"Lord Jia, what do you mean by that?" When the officers saw the situation, they guessed that today was the Hongmen Banquet. The weapons were confiscated, and there was no strength to resist, but there was no fear on the faces of several officers. One of them defiantly ripped off the buttons of his military uniform, revealing his chest

"Brother, I am outside Xuanhua City, and I have seen the sabers and spears of the Tiele people, but the few people and horses outside are not in my eyes. Why, want to use force? That's good, I have the ability to stab here, I want to see who will do this! My words are placed here, without the order of the marshal, we cannot admit what Shandong has made itself. Moreover, near our barracks, there is a foreign barracks. As soon as the more than 1,000 foreign teachings came, they returned to the people who were piled up, and it was not enough for others to practice. ”

Jia Maoqing put on this scene, but he failed to scare people, but made things stiff, so he had to look at Zou Jingze. The latter smiled awkwardly and hurriedly played the round

"Your Excellency, you misunderstood. The brothers outside are definitely not malicious, but worried about the country, and their emotions are too excited. Martial artists have blood, and anyone who sees their country being bullied will not feel comfortable. All of you here, who doesn't breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, hoping that this country can become rich and strong, and no longer be bullied by foreigners? Zhao Dashuai's injuries...... As far as Lao Yu knows, he is not optimistic, even if he is a foreign doctor, there is no way to guarantee his safety. If Zhao Shuai has three longs and two shorts, and the imperial court sends someone to take over, it will be very difficult for us to make a move at that time. Now, we are self-made in Shandong, in fact, we are avenging Zhao Shuai. When the imperial system is abolished, those princes will have no backers, and then they can naturally send special personnel to investigate the shooting. And that's right. As for the foreigners you are worried about, don't be afraid. They are mercenaries, and when they see money, they borrow money from merchants and pay them, and these foreign soldiers will naturally be used by me, and they will not shoot at us. ”

The officer's face looked a little better, "I see. If it's like what Zou Lao said, then we have nothing to say. But we also have our conditions, once Zhao Shuai recovers his health, he must ask Da Shuai to return to his post unconditionally, what he says, we will listen, and no one can obstruct it. Secondly, we must send troops to protect the family members and mansions of the marshal, and prohibit anyone from harassing and raiding them. Finally, our position is appointed by the Grand Marshal and cannot be changed by anyone. ”

As soon as he mentioned this condition, he was immediately supported by other officers, and since he was a son of heaven and a courtier, they naturally fought for it first and kept their position. Jia Maoqing did have the idea of taking the opportunity to change the military commander, but if he continued to insist on this idea at this time, he would immediately mutiny. Moreover, the Yuan family brothers, the main and deputy leaders of this target, have already promised to defect to Ge Ming, and there is no need to do things absolutely.

He had no choice but to nod and say: "This is a matter of course, you don't have to worry, I promise, our association will not make changes in personnel." However, in the future, this association may be expanded into a standard, and your brother will be promoted to a standard, don't say that I am not trustworthy. ”

He snorted a haha, but the pipe belt smiled and said, "Thank you for cultivating the co-ordination." We know how much pus we have, when a pipe belt is already an exception, when the standard, we are not enough materials, you can keep this standard system and entrust it to others. ”

Jia Maoqing found that Zhao Guanhou's mastery of the troops was stronger than he imagined, and whether he used promotion or intimidation, it was not enough to make the troops for his own use. Then you can only use a procrastination, and as for solving Zhao Guanhou, you can only do it slowly.

In the early morning of the next day, the newspaper offices in Shandong were surprised to find that the Yellow Dragon Flag on the flagpole had been lowered in the yamen of the Shandong governor, the feudal department, and the procuratorate, and was replaced by several flags that had never been seen before. In front of the yamen of the governor of Shandong, the five-color flag is hung, the yamen of the feudal division hangs a tic-tac-toe flag, and in front of the yamen of the division, there is a gourd and axe flag.

When it came to the Jinan Mansion, the flags were even more chaotic, including the iron-blooded eighteen stars, several kinds of flags fluttered over the city at the same time, making the people think in a trance that in one night, Jinan was divided by several forces.

The official newspaper in Jinan did not come out today, and it is said that the newspaper was controlled and the newspaper could not be printed. Some of the people's newspapers were cleaned up by the Cao Gang, and they couldn't open for business in the past few days, and the few Minbao newspapers also opened their skylights, only saying that there was important news and waiting for urgent typesetting.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the newsboy finally ripped his neck on the street and shouted, "Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, Shandong is self-made, cancel the imperial system!" From now on, Shandong belongs to the Shandong people, and no longer belongs to the Wanyan family! Jing Zegong, speaker of the Shandong People's Assembly, delivered an important speech to expel the Tatars and restore China. ”

But at this time, the content of the newspaper was irrelevant, and the citizens of Jinan no longer cared about what Jing Zegong said. Pedestrians stopped, their eyes focused on the middle of the road, hundreds of men in strong suits and short fights, carrying rifles, striding down the street, holding high in their hands a large flag with the words "Shandong's self-made". The leader is the Zou family's nursing home, and most of these young men are also members of the Zou family.

Jinan, as a provincial capital, has enjoyed many years of peace, seeing this kind of scene, most of the citizens have a certain number in their hearts, and there is going to be a big mess.

Zou, Liu, Meng...... The armed guards of the ten large families in Jinan all entered the city, and it was only at this time that they showed their full strength. These big households joined forces, and the force mobilized actually exceeded 2,000 people, which is enough to make two standards.

Although the length of the weapons is uneven, and some of them are equipped with cold weapons such as pike darts, the momentum is already very impressive. What's more, there are a large number of small arms in the warehouses in Jinan, as long as the arsenal is opened, the ordnance can be extracted, and the armed team, and the treasury also have a large amount of silver, which is enough to pay for military salaries.

The first team to arrive at the arsenal was a detachment of the Yanagi Guard. As a local powerhouse in Shandong, the Liu family has a wide area and many people, and there is a large amount of fertile land in the family. When he built a railway in Shandong and received a large amount of land requisition compensation, he became a new businessman in Shandong. The strength in hand is the strongest, and the number of guards has reached 800 people, the vast majority of whom have participated in the militia drills in Shandong and have basic military qualities. The only thing missing is the equipment.

After all, with the financial resources of the Liu family, it is impossible to equip all 800 people with fast guns. Among them, no more than 60 people had foreign guns, and the rest were armed with arquebuses or muskets, and even various kinds of firearms, and many more were armed with broadswords and spears.

As for the arsenal, they attach the most importance to it, as long as they master the arsenal and have munitions, they will have power. In the next competition for Shandong forces, you can gain more power by yourself.

But when they came to the arsenal gate in high spirits, what was waiting for them was more than 100 armed foreign soldiers. These soldiers built barricades, which were extremely well guarded, and in the ranks, there were even two two-pounder guns, which were daunting.

The captain of the Liu family who led the team can speak foreign language, but he is not very proficient, but fortunately, the foreign military officer can speak good Chinese and communicate without hindrance.

"We are employed by Warby Bank and are assigned to protect the bank's property. Shandong Arsenal has long defaulted on loans from Huabi Bank and agreed to use products as collateral. These collaterals, which no one has the right to move until the loan from Warby Bank is repaid, will be considered robbery. ”

Although the strength of the foreigners is not much, the more than 100 foreigners are still a formidable and terrifying force for China that has experienced the fist chaos. The captain of the Liu family's guard did not dare to take on the responsibility of fighting with foreigners, although the strength in his hands was twice that of foreigners, he did not dare to use force, so he had to order his subordinates: "Go quickly, send a letter to the master, and ask the master to take an idea." ”

Outside the domain, it was also the gate of General Tai Xitie, and Ryan Stein personally sat in charge, sneering, "Whoever dares to rob the property of Warby Bank is the enemy of our mercenary group." Salted fish, if you are ready to withstand the wrath of the mercenary group, you can give it a try. ”

Outside the Siheng Bank, the guard was actually a sentry of Jia Maoqing's own standard, and the sentry officer held a pistol and held the head of the captain of the civilian army who came to Siheng to seal the vault, "Siheng helped us to co-organize the grain station in the fifth town and the second mixed group, and we are a lifelong friendship." Today I'm going to see who the hell eats the bear's heart and leopard gall and dares to fight this idea. Whoever dares to come, I will collapse him! ”

The female manager of Siheng, Mrs. Jin. Without hurrying, he took out a deed from the bank safe and threw it out, with the Chinese Capetian characters written on it: Huabi Bank holds 49.5% of the shares of Siheng Bank...... (To be continued.) )