Chapter 206: Assassination

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The next few days were as calm as ever, as if Zhao Bingjun had never been to Hangzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoGuan Xuqing didn't make any moves on the surface, and he didn't even tell Feng Xianghua and a few other close ministers. Perhaps he would prefer that the conversation with Zhao Bingjun was just a strange dream from his nap after dinner.

"Your Majesty, there has been a large-scale transfer of the military department in the northwest region recently. said that it was a holy decree, and the minister was worried...... "Feng Xianghua didn't know that all this was arranged by Guan Xuqing.

Guan Xuqing was walking in the garden, and suddenly stopped and said to Feng Xianghua: "You know the movement of the elite troops of the Qing Dynasty very clearly, so you can ignore the misdeeds of other troops, right?" ”

Feng Xianghua hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied confusedly: "The minister is derelict in his duties, and he also asks the emperor to condemn him." ”

"Hey......" Guan Xuqing sighed, and his tone softened. Xianghua, as the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Qing Dynasty. You shouldn't just focus on the elite troops, favoritism may make you lose your prestige in the entire army, and gradually lose control over the entire army. You have to know that elite troops will always make up only a small part of the entire force. ”

"What the emperor taught me is that the ministers should keep it in mind." So far, Feng Xianghua has not figured out what mistakes he made.

"Get up." Guan Xuqing pulled Feng Xianghua up and continued: "Wu Guang in the northwest colluded with some divisions that could not be reused by you, and I have already issued an order to quell the rebellion. ”

Guan Xuqing's understatement made Feng Xianghua, who had just stood up and had not yet come back to his senses, fall into panic again.

"What? Wu Guang wants to rebel? ”

"Do you now know why I blame you, why you don't know the random movement of those troops that do not enter the stream, but on the contrary, you are clear about the transfer of divisions from 1 to 10? Aren't those troops the national defense force of the Qing Dynasty? Don't you need to be cared about as a manager? Why did rebellions always occur when the Qing Dynasty was prosperous and the economy and military were thriving? First it was Manchu, and now it is Han. The reason for correcting it is that those people do not get important to go to this point of no return, I reflect on myself, and I must think more about employing people in the future, should you also reflect and reflect? ”

"Minister...... The minister was negligent, and he hoped that the emperor would give him the sin. ”

"I ......" Guan Xuqing hadn't finished speaking, and a rush sounded from outside the wall.

"Escort, escort." Feng Xianghua got up and hurriedly guarded Guan Xuqing's body, and the surrounding Imperial Forest Army immediately surrounded Guan Xuqing's three floors and the outer three floors, and moved towards the main hall.

Guan Xuqing also wondered, according to what Zhao Bingjun said, the assassins shouldn't have arrived so soon. After all, it took at least seven or eight days to get from the northwest to Hangzhou before the railway.

Besides, with just more than 200 people, he dared to storm Hangzhou Mansion, which was defended day and night by more than 5,000 of the most elite troops of the First Division of the Qing Dynasty and more than 200 agile Imperial Forest Army? That's bold, isn't it?

"What's the panic? Spread Luo Ming over. Guan Xuqing didn't panic when he was shocked, he had to figure out what was going on outside.

"Wow."

Guan Xuqing came to the main hall surrounded by everyone, and there were twenty or thirty people guarding the front and back gates, and five machine guns and ten mortars were erected on the roof. It can be said that the main hall where Guan Xuqing is located is surrounded by water.

It didn't take long for Luo Ming to run in out of breath.

"See the emperor."

"What the hell is going on out there? Why is there such a dense rush to the sound. Guan Xu asked straight to the point.

"Back to the emperor, the reconnaissance squad of the guard regiment found a large number of armed men in the southwest of Hangzhou Prefecture. Just as we were about to cross-examine us, they opened fire on us. Fortunately, there are not many people on the other side, and now the situation has been controlled by us. Luo Ming said slowly.

"Do you know who they are? Go and call Sun Shixiong to me, why are there a large number of armed men in Hangzhou under his jurisdiction? Did he give guns to the people? Guan Xuqing scolded, he still didn't believe that these reckless people were the assassins sent by Wu Guang to assassinate him.

"I don't know, but the guard regiment has surrounded the rebels, and the thief leader will be captured alive in less than half an hour. Everything will be clear then! Luo Ming replied.

Guan Xuqing didn't answer, he simply closed his eyes and quietly listened to the sound of the New Year's artillery battle outside. When the sound of the rush is just sounded, such as when the Chinese New Year has just reached 0 o'clock, which dense degree can be said to make people feel creepy indoors, for fear that a bullet without long eyes will fly towards them. And as time went on, the gunfire gradually became less intense. In the end, there were only a few sporadic sounds, and there was not a single gunshot for about a pillar of incense.

"Report to the emperor, all the rebels have been arrested. General Luo personally interrogated, all of them were the remnants of Prince Zheng Duanhua, and after confession, they were all family members and disciples of the former Prince Zheng's mansion. Huo Yuanjia, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, said.

"Oh, it turned out to be them. Faithful minions! It's a pity that I can't spare them, and I assassinate them in the downtown area, and the impact is too bad. Let Luo Ming review it as soon as possible, and then recruit the people to go to the local politics and law. Guan Xuqing said slowly.

"Wow." Huo Yuanjia hurriedly turned around and left.

Sure enough, as Guan Xuqing expected, these people were not assassins sent by Wu Guang at all. But after today's trouble, those assassins will definitely be more careful. And Luo Ming will definitely strengthen his protection, if this is the case, it is really not easy to attract those assassins to appear.

Thousands of miles away, there was a team of two or three hundred people down the Yangtze River to the east, turning at Fuling, the hometown of mustard, and then going south along the clear water of the Wujiang River, until a small wharf called Baitao Town stopped.

"Boss, I heard that something happened in Hangzhou. Those stupid people fought in the nest, and let Guangxu clean it up. A big bearded man said.

"I heard that, hey! This matter has to be said twice, let those Manchurians become cannon fodder to provide us with some help in the assassination, such as how many troops are around Guangxu and how to distribute them, we are indeed clear. But being troubled by them, Guangxu's vigilance can be improved a lot. If he nests in Hangzhou Mansion all day long, we really can't do anything about him. A scholar who looked like a scholar said slowly.

"Hey, should we go yet? Why don't you just wait here, and start when Guangxu returns to Beijing? The bearded man asked again.

"Do you know where Guangxu returned to Beijing from? If he continues south to Guangzhou and Vietnam, he will return to Tianjin by warship. What shall we do? The scholar said in a loud voice.

"Uh...... This ......" bearded man was speechless for a while, not knowing what to do.

"Now we only have to take one step at a time, anyway, let's go to Hangzhou first, let's act when we have the opportunity."

"Yes."