Chapter 100: Assassination
"The sand has a wish to rise and fall Chu, and Bolang has no cone to attack Qin!"
Armed insurrection and political assassination were the established policies of the revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The INFO political assassination, in turn, seems to be the precursor to the revolution, the way to arouse the people, the means to overthrow the autocracy.
Although Chen Wenqiang believed that the passion of political assassination alone could not achieve the victory of the revolution. However, he believed that assassination could have a certain effect of deterring and disrupting the enemy, and that it would have a positive effect more than a negative effect on the revolution.
After making the illusion of leaving Shanghai for Qiong, Chen Wen strengthened his disguise and sneaked to the vicinity of Xiaguan with Ah Mao, Feng Yi and others to carry out his first assassination operation. The target was to go south as a minister to inspect the military finances of the provinces and loot for money.
In the 170 years since Aixinjue Luo's entry into the customs, his descendants have become worse and worse, and the wine bag and rice bag are considered to be promising, and the mediocre people are not a problem. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was all up to the Han people to pull the cart for the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for several decades. There were Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang in the front, Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhidong in the back, if there were no these Han ministers, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may have collapsed.
Tie Liangqi is really a genetically mutated species in the Manchu royal family. In terms of ability, it seems that he is not under Yuan Shikai, and is called "the one who has died of the Han people" by the revolutionary party, which means that the person who wants to destroy the Han people in the future must be him, because this guy may revive the Aixinjue Luo clan, and maybe he will continue the rule of the Qing court for another one or two hundred years.
Whether it is trade, taxation, or the establishment and training of the army and navy, Tie Liang "has studied it deeply and followed its mysteries." According to Gracey, the U.S. vice consul in Nanjing, Tie Liang was a strong official who was "capable, clear-headed, intelligent, sharp, and decisive."
Moreover, Tie Liang hated and suspected Han officials, and was still a diehard who firmly maintained the old system of the imperial court. In order to train the flag soldiers, Tie Liang's gang almost looted the southeast finance and taxes. He took 800,000 yuan from the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau, 780,000 yuan from the Jianghai Customs, and 100,000 yuan from other places. When training troops at the small station, Tie Liang was in charge of Xiang, nominally to assist Yuan Shikai in handling various training matters, but in fact, he was secretly surveilling.
In a word. Tie Liang is a very good, very capable, and diehard, if you kill this guy, the process of the revolution will be smoother.
At the same time, Chen Wenqiang's choice to carry out the assassination at this time is also related to the establishment of the Tokyo Alliance. Although they were all revolutionary parties, they competed for membership and expanded their power. and occupy the leading role of the revolution, but the Renaissance Society and the League still have a competitive relationship.
It's just that the Revival Society is deliberately hiding its strength, but the newly established Alliance is in the limelight. Unspeakably, the revival will have to do several great things to raise its prestige and expand its influence. At the same time, the assassination was a reassurance of the impatience within the Renaissance. So, the target of the assassination is not one. There are several, and Chen Wenqiang is responsible for the largest and most difficult one.
Xiaguan is located in the northwest of Nanjing. Bordering the river and the city, it is an important land and water wharf, known as the "North Gate of Jinling". At that time, the governor of Liangjiang was no longer Li Xingrui, and the Fuxing Society had no scruples.
The difficulty of the assassination is obvious, which is why Chen Wenqiang wants to go out himself. Of course. If it were to follow the assassination pattern of ordinary revolutionaries, it would be easier to succeed and not care about the aftermath. But in Chen Wenqiang's opinion, it was a dead man. Some belittle the professional qualities of the killer.
Professionals usually have a weakness, that is, once they encounter the time when they can exert their professional ability, they will not be able to hold back, eager to try, the palm of the hand is itchy and the index finger is moving. For example, professional revolutionaries are excited when they hear about the revolution; A professional military strategist, on the other hand, trembled with excitement when he heard about the war.
Therefore, the more challenging it is, the more Chen Wenqiang has to try, and the resulting impact will naturally be greater and more sensational.
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Turning over a small hill overgrown with weeds, a clearing appeared in front of me, and a clear river flowed in from the side, and several large trees grew on the bank of the river. Chen Wenqiang motioned for everyone to stop and rest, and sat alone under the big tree thinking about the details of the action.
Ah Mao and Feng Yi were so hot that after getting Chen Wenqiang's permission, they went down to the river to bathe. The two of them almost stripped naked, picked up a handful of water and splashed it on their bodies, amusing each other.
Roden was also infected by their emotions and gently slipped down the riverbank. He stripped naked, and felt a little embarrassed, so he put on his trousers and went into the water, and like everyone else, he squatted in the rapids and stroked the water on his body, sometimes diving in the cool water. The river washed over his hot skin, making him feel extra comfortable.
He loves the water, and he loves the crystal clear lakes of Connecticut; He loves the waves of the sea crashing on the shore, and he also loves the beach. Looking at the speckled spots on the slightly shaking water, Roden enjoyed the pleasant moment in the water.
It wasn't until a hazy feeling of uneasiness woke Luo Deng from his contemplation that he found Cat and Feng Yi staring at him. Following their gaze, Rhoden looked at his wet body. Are they looking at his shorts, or are they admiring the blonde hair that stretches from his chest to the base of his thighs? Roden was a little nervous, walked quickly to the shore, and without bothering to wipe the water droplets all over his body, he put on his clothes, spread out his limbs and lay down.
The blue sky and white clouds seem to be frozen in the field of vision, like a still canvas. Roden's mind was churning, he felt like he was going through a sea change, and while he couldn't say exactly what it was, he knew that a new page in his life had begun. And this new beginning, after divorcing and breaking up with Lina, and witnessing a scene of execution of robbers and murderers.
…… The executioner's body tensed, and the large knife with an arc edge in his hand shook a little, but now it became calm and solemn. Roden felt the blood rush in his ears, and a suffocating sensation welled up in his throat. Immediately after, the broadsword slashed down, sending a whistling through the air. With a crisp slicing sound, the prisoner was in a different position. All this happened so quickly that after the blade cut off the head and neck, for a short time, the head was still on the neck.
In sight, the body lay motionless, the severed head falling several feet away, blood gurgling onto the solid ground. Roden couldn't believe it had ever been a living thing, but he couldn't help but keep watching......
Strangely enough, it is not pity for the dead that arises in Roden's heart, which is rare for a person who has been raised under the spirit of Christ since childhood. What is even more strange is that what Roden feels is the execution itself, which makes him feel the same intimacy with the executioner with the big knife as the deceased, which is really strange.
Just like the deceased, his life gradually flowed with the gushing blood, and his life seemed to gush out of his original body, flowing into a strange new world of beheading and killing. When the fear had vanished, Roden had never felt as energetic as he was now, so eager to gain knowledge. Moreover, he felt that the essence hidden in his heart had been suddenly revealed and changed from then on, which couldn't help but make him feel a little creepy.
"My friend!" Luo Deng turned his head to look at Chen Wenqiang under the trees on the riverbank, savoring the word. If he also wanted to make friends with Chen Wenqiang before, then now he wants to do it very much. He didn't know exactly what Chen Wenqiang was doing, but he knew that Chen Wenqiang was a very ambitious and courageous person. Perhaps Chen Wenqiang is no different from the strong, stubborn Hebrew mythological characters that Roden grew up in.
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"There is so much hair on foreigners." Zhao Dayi pouted, he was a key member of Longxingtang, and as a native of Nanjing, he also knew the nearby terrain better, so he took on the role of guide.
Chen Wenqiang smiled faintly and said, "This guy seems to be eager to kill, and if he is properly guided, he may be a good fighter." ”
Luo Deng was a cover, and his identity was that of an exploration engineer, while Chen Wenqiang and others disguised themselves as his followers and employees. Along the way, there were very few interrogations, and the weapons they were carrying were less worried about being discovered. Of course, Luo Deng did not know the specific plan of action, and just listened to Chen Wenqiang's arrangement.
Zhao Dayi no longer mentioned Luo Deng, but instead talked about the news he heard through friends on the Jianghu Road.
"This place has been assigned to the Jiangnan Patrol Battalion to maintain law and order. And their gang leader is called Xu Baoshan, who turned out to be a figure in the rivers and lakes, who crossed the Qinghong Gang and was the mountain master of Chunbao Mountain. At the beginning, there were hundreds of private salt ships under the banner of Chunbaotang in the north and south of the canal, up and down the Yangtze River. Later, Xu Baoshan returned to the imperial court, willingly acted as an eagle dog, trying his best to help the Qing government control local security, and was ruthless to his former friends in the rivers and lakes, and showed no mercy to ......"
Chen Wenqiang listened quietly, unlike Zhao Dayi's indignation and contempt, he didn't have much disgust for Xu Baoshan. It was precisely because Xu Baoshan worked hard for the Qing court and was ruthless to his friends in the rivers and lakes that the Jianghuai area, which was originally full of salt lords, gangs, and bandits, was in order. At the same time, the salt monopoly has been guaranteed, social security has been greatly improved, the folk gentry and salt merchants are also praised, and Xu Laohu's prestige is known to women and children.
In order to establish a normal social order, it is inevitable to clean up the civil gangs. At present, these party organizations are certainly a new force against the Manchus, but they are also an obstacle to the establishment of normal social order. It is of course also a way to use it without regard to make it stronger, and then purge it after the success of the revolution. But if the party is shut out from the outset and not provided with weapons and funds, they will not have the ability to undermine the new order.
…………… (To be continued.) )