Chapter 343: Back to Nanjing
Rao is speed all the way, and the messenger only reported the news to Beijing three days later, at this time Luo Jian couldn't wait, and he was preparing to return to Nanjing.
The inner city of Beijing was still tightly sealed, and a number of Manchu ministers and Han ministers were imprisoned in the inner city, waiting for the Nanjing government to organize an investigation team to investigate them, and those who committed crimes had to set up special courts to try them.
In the past few days, Feng Quan has written a long confession, making countless justifications for his defection to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the article is written in such a way that Luo Jian is not impatient to read it at all, and threw it to Zuo Maodi.
There are still many Hanchen like Feng Quan, and many people still have extravagant hopes, hoping that the Nanjing government can be like the Manchu Qing court to "act on merit", among which there is a "talent" and a celebrity, that is, Gong Dingyu, who is famous for his name and is comparable to Qian Qianyi.
Gong Dingyu is regarded as an "outstanding" representative of the ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, and later generations used "to break in, to break in, and to come to full" to describe him, and his integrity was degraded, as for the extreme.
In the letter written by Gong Dingyu to Luo Jian, he touted Luo Jian's ability to praise Luo Jian at the beginning, what "should be descended by heaven" and "save the people from fire and water", and later compared Luo Jian to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, which made Luo Jian extremely funny.
After reading this letter, Luo Jian felt that Chinese characters were really wonderful, and simple words could be piled up into such gorgeous words.
However, Gong Dingyu's sycophant really didn't shoot in the right place, not to mention that Luo Jian, as a modern person, is only interested in poetry in appreciation and hobby, Luo Jian's mind is still very sober now, and this sycophant can only make Luo Jian look down on Gong Dingyu even more.
And Zuo Maodi really sighed after reading this letter, "He should be a talented person." It's a pity that the character is too bad. ”
Wang Qiang happens to be here today. I heard Zuo Maodi say that Gong Ding is talented. Quite disapproving, "Mr. Zuo, is this called having great talent?" I also write a poem, Mr. Zuo, listen to it, see if I also have great talent? ”
"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow..."
Luo Jian didn't have time to stop it, and Wang Qiang actually began to recite it.
Zuo Maodi looked at Wang Qiang with some playfulness. He thought that Wang Qiang was joking, but after listening to a few words, Zuo Maodi's face changed.
"Mountain Dance Silver Snake, Yuan Chi Wax Elephant, want to be higher than the Heavenly Princess..."
Wang Qiang wanted to continue reciting, but was stopped by Luo Jian's fierce eyes.
"Xiao Wang, why did you stop?" Zuo Maodi urged a little impatiently.
Wang Qiang looked at Luo Jian with innocent eyes, and Zuo Maodi saw that Luo Jian's face was not worried.
This poem is too shocking, especially Xiaque, Luo Jian doesn't want to cause criticism. had to stop Wang Qiang with his eyes.
"Xiao Wang, this 'Qinyuan Spring' is definitely not made by you. Xinghua, did you write it? Zuo Maodi knew that Wang Qiang would definitely not be able to write such words, so he turned to Luo Jian and asked.
"Mr. Zuo, you also know that I look like I have a big head in Gong Dingyu's letter, where can I still make such words?" Luo Jian said with a wry smile.
"What about the second half?" Zuo Maodi saw that Luo Jian also knew this word, and hurriedly asked the second half.
"This word is only the first half of the que, and the second half of the que has not yet been made." Luo Jian had to be sloppy.
"It's a pity, such an eloquent text, it's a pity that I only heard half of it, it's a pity!" Zuo Maodi kept regretting.
The matter of poetry finally passed away, and the focus of the discussion returned to the Ming Dynasty ministers who surrendered to the Manchus.
Gong Dingyu and these Hanchens just hoped that the Nanjing government and the metropolitan governor would not forget them, and they would continue to be officials, and it was these people who gave Luo Jian the most headache.
Great traitors like Feng Quan and Ning Wan I were easy to deal with, and their crimes against the former Ming Dynasty and Han people were clear and clear, and they could be punished according to their crimes.
However, Han ministers such as Gong Dingyu, Shi Min, and Chen Mingxia were just demoralized, and their status in the Manchu court was not obvious, and the Manchu court appointed them but no one was available, and they were just used to make up the number temporarily. These people don't actually do much evil, or they don't have the opportunity to do evil at all.
Of course, these people will not be used by the Nanjing government anymore, not to mention that these people's character is too bad, and it will form an extremely bad orientation in the whole country, and Luo Jian is extremely resolute in this regard.
If they were to be punished for what they had done to the Manchu court, it would seem too abstract in the context of the late Ming Dynasty, and it would be difficult to find a definite corresponding clause in the existing laws of the Nanjing government.
The Metropolitan Governor's Order has been issued, and the effect seems to be quite good, at least the Gyeonggi county government has not refused to accept the Metropolitan Governor's Order, and the law and order in various places is basically maintained quite well.
The 4th and 6th Divisions had already left Beijing and began to maneuver towards Hebei and Shanxi, but their advance was not too fast, and they had to wait for the 10th Division to join them.
Although Liu Dingjun, commander of the Fourth Division, and Liu Xiongwu, commander of the Sixth Division, were very jealous, Luo Jian still decided to reequip all the 10 Divisions first, and then march north, and the 10 th Division will be the backbone of the force, so as to complete their equipment first, so as to lay the foundation for future operations.
With the telegraph, the communication with Nanjing has not been broken, and every time the power is generated, Shi Kefa can quickly call back, Luo Jian wonders if Shi Kefa has set up the telegraph room next to his office.
Luo Jian's request to send officials to Beijing has not yet been resolved, and Organization Minister Lu Zhenfei has been staying in Henan during this time, as the hardest-hit areas in the late Ming Dynasty, these areas will take too much time and energy to rebuild and revitalize after the war.
"Mr. Zuo, if there is no news back tomorrow, I am ready to leave for Nanjing the day after tomorrow, and all the affairs in Beijing will be bothered Mr. to worry a lot, so it seems that we can only maintain the status quo first, and wait for the Nanjing government to draw out manpower and arrange officials to come over soon."
Shi Kefa was urging Luo Jian to return to Nanjing almost every day, the situation in Sichuan was not very good, because Li Chengdong's Second Army was delayed for more than ten days, Hong Chengchou quickly gained a firm foothold after arriving in Sichuan, and now he is confronting the Second Army in Chongqing, and it seems that the Second Army alone cannot solve the Sichuan problem.
Shi Kefa eagerly hoped that Luo Jian would go back, and it was not just a matter of Sichuan, but the Japanese shogunate, which had been relatively honest in recent years, had recently become a little restless.
As for how restless the shogunate of Japan was. And what is the reason? Shi Kefa's telegram was vague. only said that he would wait for Luo Jian to return to Nanjing.
Luo Jian had been very concerned about the news from Japan, and wanted Shi Kefa to explain it in detail in the telegram, and thought that he would have to go back soon, so he had to hold back the urgency in his heart, and said in his heart that he was not in a hurry for anything for the past ten days.
Zuo Maodi set up his temporary office in the former household department of the Manchu court, which was also the location of the household department during the Ming Dynasty. Only then did the household department choose as the office location.
Luo Jian gave Zuo Maodi an official title, called "Director of the Beijing Provisional Affairs Committee", the name is a bit long, but everyone understands the meaning when they hear it.
In addition to some people from Zuo Maodi's original mission to the north, Luo Jian transferred some officers from the army to the provisional committee.
When Luo Jian was about to leave for Nanjing, the temporary working committee had already begun to be put on the list, and the work was slowly unfolding, and Luo Jian felt that it was time to return to Nanjing.
Good news always feels long overdue. On the first day when Luo Jian was about to set off, the messenger sent by Ma Yingkui finally arrived. The news of Duoduo's conferral and the total annihilation of the Qing army made everyone extremely excited, and Luo Jian also reported the news to Nanjing as soon as possible.
There were only three words in Shi Kefa's callback: "Good!" Good! Good! ”
Obviously, Shi Kefa was extremely happy to kill Duoduo, others may not know, but he heard Luo Jian tell him that in another time and space, he was killed by Duoduo.
The arrival of this news delayed Luo Jian for another day, and then the messenger sent by Yan Yingyuan also arrived, and the messenger reported to Luo Jian in detail about the situation in Liaodong.
After thinking for a long time and discussing with Shi Kefa in the telegram, Luo Jian decided to set up another "Northeast Working Committee" to temporarily keep the Marines in the Northeast and wait for the opportunity to expand the Marines into the Third Army on the basis of the Marines.
Luo Jian's inner idea is to at least turn Lake Baikal into an internal lake in China, at this time Tsarist Russia has turned all of Siberia into a colony, and in two years it will invade the territory of Heilongjiang, as for whether the great changes in China will change this period of world history, Luo Jian certainly does not know.
But Luo Jian felt that he had to grasp this opportunity, leaving the Seventh Division in Beijing was actually preparing for the upcoming war with Tsarist Russia, but Luo Jian had never said anything about this idea, even Wang Qiang didn't understand Luo Jian's intentions, Wang Qiang was a little heartless, in case he couldn't control the wind and said things in advance, maybe something would happen, Luo Jian had never talked to him, and he was still in a little mood for Luo Jian to leave him and the Seventh Division in Beijing without a fight.
The day Luo Jian set off to return to Nanjing was already the end of the fifth lunar month, and the weather was already very hot, but fortunately, Luo Jian was going back by boat this time, and he would definitely not be able to stand it if he rode a horse.
There are a large number of urgently needed materials transported by the Nanjing government to Beijing, and many merchants see business opportunities from the Nanjing government's recovery of the capital and are transporting a large number of commodities to the north.
Looking at the busy canal, Luo Jian felt that this transportation hub connecting the north and south might not be able to be replaced in a short time, and some sections of the river had been silted up a lot because of their age, so I am afraid that they would have to be dredged in the near future.
Afraid that there were too many things to forget, Luo Jian wrote down the things to be done in his small notebook, and three stars were marked in front of the dredging of the canal, which means that this matter is very urgent and must be handled as soon as possible.
On the way from Beijing to Nanjing, after the ship passed Jinan, Luo Jian clearly felt the difference between the north and the south, and even the crops in the field looked from the boat, and the southern ones grew much better.
There are also obvious differences between the houses on both sides of the canal, although the villages are mostly thatched houses, but after passing through Jinan, especially in Jiangsu, there are more obvious brick houses.
This made Luo Jian fall into thinking again, in the future, the development of the north, especially the northwest, will inevitably need the strong support of the southern provinces, as for how to operate, Luo Jian was a little confused, but thinking that the computer can be turned on, many questions can continue to be queried, and he is not too worried. (To be continued.) )