In the palace of the alcohol king, Fu Niu looked at her husband with a mocking smile: the current de facto supreme ruler of this empire. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Huguang's inexplicable mutiny, and inexplicable success. Let Chengfeng, who was in his prime, actually have a few more gray hairs on his head. Chengfeng, whose body had just recovered, turned his face like earth again, and his expression was gloomy.

"Lord Wang, I heard that you ordered Yin Wulou to be in charge? It's really the right person, I just don't quite understand it. You said, when he arrived at the place, did he compete with Ge Mingdang in mahjong or pai gow, or was it a stall? No matter which one he compares, he is sure to win. No more, I'll recommend a few people to you. Let King Su hang the assistant, Uncle Zhen will be the grain station, the owner of the Red Bean Pavilion will be the current director, and the four of them will start the show, why can't you sell a ticket for a hundred gold oceans? ”

"Fujin, just say a few words, I'm annoying. What is the quality of Yin Wulou, I also know in my heart, but there is a section, aren't we nobody? I don't mention my father-in-law, Lao Taishan, even if there is a general like the monk king or Shengbao, I will not be in such a hurry. Today's faction, guess what he said? Said that when he arrived at the place, did he punch or kick him? Isn't this disgusting to me? But there is no way, for such a big matter, how can you rest assured that you don't need a flag person. Liang Benchen is a fierce general, but he has to guard the capital and can't leave. Tie Baochen also has the means, but he has no prestige, and he can't control so many soldiers. You have also seen that the newspapers are published every day, and there are people who want to fry me with fried eggs, what else do you think I can do? ”

Fuzi said: "Then you don't want to think about it, such a person, he went to the former enemy, can he win the battle?" ”

"It's going to be a little weaker, but you can make up for it with soldiers. I sent the fourth town, and the second and sixth towns each to help him, and formed the first army. Fortunately, the method that Zhao Guanhou thought of before for the autumn exercise was very good, and the cannons and fast guns in the south were all in our hands. Bring more guns and medicines to Yin Sheng, and bring more money. After all, the Beiyang soldiers are elite, and in the first two exercises, even the foreigners praised them, and when the new army in the south could do the exercises, they could not defeat the Beiyang, and they were definitely not opponents on the battlefield. I don't believe it, this time with military pay and grain and grass, I still can't win. ”

Fuzi shook his head: "Lord Wang, you are wrong to think so. I've heard my Amma say that the generals are not brave in planning, and the soldiers are not expensive. The common people also have a saying, one soldier will be a nest of bears. If you send a general like Yin Wulou, no matter how good the soldiers are for him, you will definitely suffer a loss. ”

Han Rong is famous, and Cheng Feng naturally won't question what he said, he sighed: "I also know that the person who is sent is not human, but isn't he someone to send?" There is no general in Shu, Liao Hua does the first, there is no way. ”

"Liao Hua can be a pioneer, but Ma Jian can't be the main general, or is it the prince who has saved the heart of borrowing teachers to help suppress and borrowing Pulu soldiers to suppress Ge Ming's army?"

Chengfeng denied: "What did you say? No matter how unscrupulous I am, I will not go to the point of betraying my ancestors. Foreigners have wolf ambitions, and there has never been a good thing. Using them to help you kill them is tantamount to luring wolves into the house, and I would rather die on the battlefield than borrow Prussian soldiers. Although Yin Wulou is useless, he has finally studied military affairs in Prussia and worked as an instructor in Beiyang for many years, and he is very familiar with the generals below. If you tie the knot with kindness and righteousness, you will be able to trust each other with life and death, and I just hope that he can inspire the loyalty of the generals and win at that time. ”

Seeing that it didn't make sense, Fuzi simply changed direction: "Is the money, food, soldiers and horses enough?" The military situation is like fire, but it can't afford to delay, and if you have to raise food and salary, you will have to delay things. ”

"Fortunately, there is such a thing as Yongping Autumn Exercise, among the six towns, except for the fifth town, all the other towns are near Gyeonggi, and the twentieth town outside the town guard pass is also about to arrive. The money was raised for the autumn exercises, which amounted to several million taels. The opening fee and the reward silver are enough. ”

"Oh, then that's it, people say **************, how did you get to the prince, when you order the troops, you think of the benefits of autumn exercises, and when you send generals, you forget about this benefit, what kind of idea is this, I don't understand."

Cheng Feng only then knew that his daughter-in-law was going around the bend, and he shook his head and said: "No, everything else can depend on you, just this one." Zhao Guanhou: I won't talk about his age first, just talk about his personality, I can't use it. I know that he saved you, and I also know that Xiaoqing was sent abroad by him. But...... But the matter here is not so simple, he is in Shandong, and he is already a big tail, and the arms coming to Beijing from the south, he said that he will detain them. And the queen mother was on him, and she was allowed to do so, and she urged him to enter Beijing twice in three days, I don't know what it means. But he, the governor of the province, has become a feudal town, and if he is given authority again, he must be Dong Zhuo. ”

"Whether it's Dong Zhuo or Yue Fei, it depends on how you treat others, people's hearts for hearts, eight taels for half a catty." Fuzi snorted, "It's right that you say that he doesn't have enough qualifications, but if you have enough qualifications, you have to use them." There are ready-made generals in Henan, and the soldiers of the six towns are all trained by others, as long as he comes out of the mountain, the lake can be determined, you don't need to let such a person go, I don't have anything to say. Others are blind and coaxing, you have to care, this is our son's country, let's be the old man who doesn't worry about it. ”

Chengfeng's face was straight: "Fujin, Yuan Si is making money with you?" ”

"Make money? What you say is rare, I have never seen him, I am speaking fairly. Ama said when he was alive that Yuan Weiting was a great talent for leading troops, and besides, the Kangliang Rebellion, Gengzi's national disaster, which one is not the driver of Yuan Gongbao, how did you come here, you have to get rid of him? Except for him, with Yin Sheng, I don't have anything good to say about you. ”

Cheng Feng shook his head and said: "Who killed the first emperor, we all know in our hearts, the saint is gone, and the old things of the past are not good to mention again, but I definitely can't use Yuan Weiting." Of course, what you said is also reasonable, Yin Wulou is not good, and a soldier may not be able to use it, so I will send another army to give him a wing. ”

Shandong, inside the governor's yamen.

When Zhao Guanhou received the telegram from the Military Advisory Office, he was holding his second son Tian Fu and teasing, when the first three children were born, they were all in other places, and only Tian Fu was born by his side, so it was extremely rare. As for the telegram, he only glanced at it and threw it aside.

Cuiyu took the telegram and saw that the above content was that Zhao Guanhou was appointed as the commander of the Second Army, under the command of Yin Sheng, the commander of the First Army, with the Fifth Town as the basic army, and the Second Mixed Association of Shandong and the 39th Association of the Twentieth Town were mixed into an army. After seeing the telegram order, he immediately set off with his troops and went south to exterminate Ge Ming's army.

"Guanhou, you ...... You're going on another expedition? ”

Seeing that Cuiyu's eyes were full of reluctance, Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "What? My good jade has always been knowledgeable and takes care of the overall situation, and this time I have to be an ignorant little woman. ”

"I ...... I just don't want to be sensible, and I can't let you go. My son and I ...... I miss you all. Jade's face flushed slightly, but she took his hand and refused to relax at all

"In the past, when you went to war, I would not stop you, and it is your duty to be this official and perform this salute. But this expedition, let you be Yin Sheng's deputy, there have been no success, and there is hard work, this kind of thing, I don't want you to go. Besides, we in Shandong are inseparable from people now. Although the previous self-made army was not successful, but under the influence of Wuchang, there was quite instability in Shandong Province, and even Sister Meiyao took the cavalry out, ready to press the ground, you, the governor, left the province at this time, and who in the family will call the shots. Even if I'm sorry Gege, I'm going to say this, Dakin's qi is not long, and we should plan for ourselves more than for it...... For me, and for our blessings. ”

Zhao Guanhou took another sip on her face, "What you said, I know it in my heart." This telegram took me as a three-year-old baby, I took all my basic troops to fight the Geming Party, and the imperial court sent other troops into Shandong to take over, and when the time came, I was changed from the governor of Shandong to the governor of Huguang. Nominally, it seems that I was promoted, but why should I give the foundation of Shandong that I worked so hard to lay to outsiders? I have long said that Shandong is mine, no one should want to put their hands in, and my soldiers, of course, will not leave Shandong to do this fire-fighting thing. If you send me a telegram and send it back, you will say that the fifth town has no money and no weapons. It is hoped that the imperial court will pay the military salary as soon as possible, otherwise the fifth town and the second association may have the possibility of mutiny and rebellion. ”

Cuiyu heard him say this, and let out a sigh of relief, "It's okay if you don't go to the army, I want you to sleep next to our mother tonight, and if you sleep here, I will sleep sweetly." I don't want to interfere too much in this telegram, so I should let the staff and masters do it. ”

"I believe in your clever pen, so I will let you come, I have mastered the attitude of the masters, and everyone almost has the same idea as me, to keep their inheritance, and not to ask about anything. Let the Yellow Dragon Flag be hung, the Yellow Dragon Flag will be hung, let the five-color flag be hung, the five-color flag will be hung, as long as the financial, military, and human power remain unchanged, everything else is easy to discuss. You write the same as they write, and I love to see you write, it's very beautiful. Tim Fu, right? ”

Although Cuiyu hurt a little bit of vitality when she gave birth, she was nutritious and nourishing, and cut off a large piece of the nine-rank lotus platform for her to replenish her body, and her body had recovered at this time. The weak appearance was just a means of inviting pets, and when he saw that his husband had spoken, he immediately got up and waved, and it didn't take long for a telegram to be prepared.

Zhao Guanhou looked at it, and saw that the above repeatedly emphasized that the Fifth Town and the Second Association had serious arrears of military salaries, the shortage of equipment in the troops, and the instability of the army's morale, etc., nodded again and again: "Great! I'll send the telegram and see what the court has to say. ”

As soon as he came out of the jade room, Feng Xi came over, "Guanhou, Consul Kang Erxia of Albion, has already arrived outside the yamen to hand over the sticker, saying that he is in a hurry to see you." ”

"Okay, you have someone arrange for him to go to the signing room, take this telegram and send it to the capital, and I will see him."

When he came to the place, Kang Erxia's face was very serious, "Gong Bao, I have come this time to receive orders from His Excellency Zhu Erdian, our minister, to convey to you a little opinion on the side of my Albiang Empire. With regard to the war between the Ge Ming Army established in Wuchang and your country, I, the Albion Government, have decided to strictly maintain neutrality and not participate in the military operations of either side. I hope that you will understand his suffering, Your Excellency, and that you will understand the views of the Albiang side on this war. ”

"Of course I understand that you regard each other as equal belligerents, and in fact, you have recognized the legitimacy of the Hubei army and the Ming army, haven't you? When Changmao was in turmoil, although there was a lot of trouble, and there were many so-called foreign brothers to help, your country never recognized them as legitimate rights. Therefore, later, only then did your army help Shun attack the rebellion and assist our Dajin officers and soldiers in exterminating the Taiping Army. Although it is said that you are strictly neutral this time, in reality, you have already become inclined to do so. ”

Kang Erxia spread his hands: "I'm sorry. ”

"Don't regret it, you are such a familiar friend, if you have something to say, you come to visit me, what do you want to say."

"I hope that your army will take the maintenance of law and order in Shandong as the first priority, and this is not only me, but also His Excellency Zhu Erdian. The Albiang Empire has a large amount of investment in Shandong, and if the security in Shandong deteriorates, Albiang's interests will inevitably be greatly affected. I think your court can also understand our suffering. ”

Zhao Guanhou knew that this was Albiang's deliberate attempt to pull the sidelines, not wanting the Fifth Town and the Second Mixed Association of the Jin Kingdom to go south to suppress the Three Towns of Wuhan. Moreover, the people of Albion obviously also saw that the regent and others were using a strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, and it was easy to appease them. This, too, is not in the interests of the people of Albion, and it is for this reason to intervene.

He was happy in his heart, and his face was sad, "We are old friends, I won't hide this from you." Now at this time in the imperial court, it can be said that the national disaster is at the head, if I don't send troops, in case they do a crime against me, this is ......"

"Don't worry, my friend, your court doesn't have the courage to force a real governor again." Kang Erxia smiled: "I will reveal a secret to you, in fact, this is not a secret, the lake and the vast are one." Since Hubei has already risen to Geming, how can Hunan be far away. It won't be long before Hunan will be like Hubei, replacing the Yellow Dragon Banner. And that's just the beginning. According to the telegram of the Chinese consul in Hankow, this Ge Ming is not like an explosion in the past, but a nationwide uprising, and the speed of development and the scope of influence will exceed people's imagination. Your court will face unprecedented challenges, and at this time, he needs the strength of every governor and does not dare to offend anyone. What's more, your subordinates will not support sending troops, Your Excellency Yin Sheng is an artist who disguises himself as a general. Your subordinates will not be willing to obey orders from his subordinates. ”

Zhao Guanhou nodded, "I also want to talk to my subordinates to see what everyone's opinions are, of course, the friendship between you and me should be put in the first place." Albiang's interests in Shandong should also be put first. I can give an explanation, as long as I am in this position, I will not harm your country's rights and interests in Shandong. ”

"That's exactly what we want to see." Kang Erxia took the initiative to extend his hand, "We have the same idea, so it's the best." I know you can't take off the Yellow Dragon Banner and replace it with the five-color flag, but you can be as neutral as we are. ”

Zhao Guanhou also nodded, this proposal is very correct, he should indeed be strictly neutral. At least when Yin Sheng was in charge, he couldn't make any moves. He couldn't help but think of the couplet given by Yuan Weiting, the deer in the Central Plains is fat, but he doesn't know who can finally chase the deer. (To be continued.) )