In the twenty-first year of Guangxu, Jiangning and the capital spent their time in the midst of rumors. The rumors in Jiangning City are more about which governor is ready to pay the two rivers again, and now the name of the governor covers almost the entire Qing Dynasty, and some people even spread the name of Liu Kunyi, swearing that Liu Kunyi is ready to fight with Xu Yifan in Zhili in Jiangning. At the end of the world, suddenly encountered such an earth-shaking change, which made all kinds of people in the city dance excitedly, and the Qing season was lifeless, covering up such a volcano that the world is not changing!

If the Qing court still had the last bit of prestige, it had already sued for peace with Jiawu, and instead ceded the land and threw it away cleanly. Now the Qing Dynasty seems to have fallen into a state of mania, all kinds of people, all kinds of things, have surfaced, lifted off by the storm of the times, everyone is looking at the end of this storm, what kind of scene will it be, is Nirvana reborn? Or this storm that blows everything to ashes!

But everyone knows that in this world, it has reached the point where it can't be changed!

Jiangning Liangjiang Governor's Office -- Now it is privately known as the Liangjiang Palace. Xu Yifan here, there is no tradition of sealing the New Year until the thirtieth day of the first month, and all the yamen are all working. Just after the New Year, the Liangjiang Breeding Industry Certificate was issued, announcing that in the next four years, more than 50 million taels of investment would be invested in the construction of iron and steel, textiles, flour, coal, transportation, chemical industry, and shipbuilding in the land of Liangjiang............ and other undertakings, all within the scope of the two rivers, completely free of charge, and will be fully supported by the Liangjiang Governor's Office. For the merchants of Liangjiang, a large number of commercial stocks are also provided for them to raise. The Liangjiang Supervision Office will not provide a member of the above business committee, but only provide policy support, and the Supervision Office will ensure to the businessmen that the business of colonization and industry will be guaranteed to be free of charge throughout the country as much as possible!

At the same time as the proclamation on the development of the industry, there was also a proclamation on the preparation of the new education in Liangjiang and a proclamation on the preparation of the consultative bureaus in various parts of the Liangjiang.

New education is a must. Xu Yifan has announced that within four years, 20 normal schools will be set up to nurture teachers, and four years later, depending on the financial situation, a graded education system will be implemented. According to well-wishers, the new-style education system in Liangjiang basically copied the education system after the Meiji Restoration, making low-level education compulsory, improving the overall quality of the people, and making middle and higher education elite, and combining it with the tradition of oriental sociology and excellence. From the perspective of the times alone, this kind of education system was the most in line with the social conditions of Asia at that time.

There is nothing to say about the preparation of the advisory bureaus in Liangjiang, it basically just means that Xu Yifan's blow to the gentry of Liangjiang will be stopped, and everyone will be fine. In Xu Yifan's mind, completely defeating this stratum is only harmful and not beneficial, and he only waits for the modern capital storm caused by the policy of breeding and industrial development to completely destroy and dissolve this stratum............ There's no need to push them away now, is there?

Xu Yifan's proclamations not only showed his determination to seek change and refresh, took over the banner of the Westernization faction back then, but also made the middle and upper class of the Qing Dynasty breathe a sigh of relief, this Xu Yifan is not a first-class figure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Everyone understands, this Xu Yifan is really aiming for the world! Not only is he leading troops to fight, he is already invincible in the Qing Dynasty, and he has a set of completely improved and refreshed articles in his chest!

The imperial court was not idle this year, and it was also during the New Year and New Year, Guangxu issued an edict to refresh and improve the truth. Anyone who has an opinion on the current system of the Qing Dynasty, regardless of the scholars, merchants, and people, can play it, and the Beijing Kedao and the Six Ministries and Nine Qing have the responsibility to accept such music and transfer it to the imperial court.

Starting from the fourth day of the lunar month, another series of edicts came down.

In the next world, the priest seized his post and waited for the edict, and Tan Sitong took over as the minister of the peace talks, and presided over the follow-up peace talks in Yanjing.

He trained the troops and prepared the edict, sorted out the existing defense battalions in the north, and trained the new army, relying on Zhang Ben for the follow-up peace talks. Song Qing rewarded the first-class earl title, added the crown prince Taibao, rewarded the three-eyed peacock feathers, and transferred the Yi army to Beijing to listen to it.

Under the edict of Xingxue, under the follow-up edict of Sanhai, under the edict of the ............ The court hurriedly issued a bunch of edicts, which was dazzling. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the role of these edicts is only one, competing with Xu Yifan for people's hearts! The only thing worth paying attention to is that in the name of training troops and preparing for the Japanese, Song Qing was transferred to Beijing and prepared to recruit and train a new army, which was a preparation to deal with Xu Yifan's challenge in terms of force. Song Qing is okay, but this new army needs to be recruited and trained, is there any talent? Do you have money and food? And most importantly, do you have time?

The two sides almost tore off the last layer of skin, and in the imperial edict, Xu Yifan's name was not mentioned, and Xu Yifan's proclamation did not have half of the relationship with the imperial court. Both sides seem to be preparing, and finally a winner is out!

What is the scene at the end of this road?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, "Lord Yuan, do you want to shoot here?" You don't sleep and rush like this, we can't compare to this strong boy! ”

A few fast horses rode on the official road from the capital to the west exit. At the time of the New Year, this official road also seemed to be much deserted, and the endless camel caravans were also much scarcer at this time. On the road, there are few small chicken feather shops that specialize in out-of-mouth business, and the cold wind blows on the open road, piercing into the marrow of people.

The first of these people was short and fat, wearing a large black sheepskin jacket, a red hat and a winter hat, and his face was smeared with grease, just like an old guest who had been walking for a long time, it was Yuan Shikai who had been ordered to contact Song Qing. They disembarked in Tianjin, took a few henchmen from the north and changed to the overland route, and went straight to the mouth. In the past few days, I have traveled more than 100 miles every day! They had just exchanged for strong animals in Kangzhuang, and at this time the wool pieces were wet, as if they had been fished out of the water. Everyone is riding on a horse, they are soft bones, and they are in such a hurry on such a cold day, and the iron man can't stand it!

Yuan Shikai was also a little unable to straighten his waist on the horse, and he was just gritting his teeth and holding on. Xu Yifan's great cause is imminent, and every point of hard work now will be a return in the future! It was so easy for him to squeeze into this circle, how could he let it go gently? Coming all the way, even if it is a sharp stay, the place where the Son of Heaven is directly under his feet, how can he not talk about recent things? poured an ear of news that Lushun was reoccupied by Xu Yifan's Praetorian Guards, and the local governors were detached. The more he listened, the more Yuan Shikai gritted his teeth and hurried away, everyone else had finished their business, and now they looked at him Yuan Shikai!

If there was Da Shengkui, it would not have been necessary for him to work so hard with his surname Yuan. Although it is basically impossible for Yijun to shake, Xu Yifan's strength is the best known to them. Don't look at the fact that there is not much territory, and the number of troops is only tens of thousands, but the most modern forces and the most concentrated capital in the entire Qing Dynasty are in the hands of Xu Yifan! This kind of power that can be mobilized efficiently is enough to crush any opponent!

However, if the Yi army wants to mobilize, march to the northeast, and join Zhang Xuzhou in southern Liaoning, there is still no money. The cost of extraction, food along the way, and the procurement of military supplies all need money. There is Da Shengkui, but it's just a matter of a bill of exchange, and you can also help with the supply of Da Shengkui. But now, I had to work hard in Shanghai and Tianjin to exchange hundreds of thousands of taels of Siheng silver tickets, and when I got to Song Qing, I had to dismantle the Siheng tickets and exchange them for cash, and then purchase and distribute mules and horses, set up a logistics column, and send the promotion fee and settlement fee to everyone, so that the whole army could move out of the camp.

Why did Da Shuai have to push the old man Han of Da Shengkui outward? Yuan Shikai had this question in his heart, and he pressed it down again. Raising his head and following the direction pointed by his subordinates, there was actually a sharp rice shop open on the side of the road, and he smiled: "Cheng, it's time to bend your legs............ Don't call me an adult, call me Boss Xiang! Why did you forget it again? ”

Although he said it kindly, several of his subordinates secretly stuck out their tongues, and Yuan Shikai Anzhou stomped his fingers and fought Katsura Taro, which was already known to the whole group. This time I rushed to the outside of the mouth, and it was also admirable to see his desperate rush that he didn't take his body and bones seriously. Everyone is the elite of the army who has been trained for a long time, and some of them have participated in the battle of Hancheng in the eight hundred miles, they all feel that it is hard, Yuan Shikai is leg is worn out, he tied himself to the horse, and he was desperately rushing the road!

The big guys didn't dare to say anything, and hugged Yuan Shikai to the restaurant, Yuan Shikai struggled off the horse, like a bag of coal, almost fell to the ground heavily, fortunately, his subordinates helped him quickly, and he couldn't even bend his legs!

The guy at the restaurant greeted the door: "Old customer, hard work!" I'm still out on the road this day............ Something to eat? The pigs that were killed during the Chinese New Year are good for the meat and the price is fair. If it weren't for the war last year, the general manager who passed on this road, didn't pay for dinner, and almost ate the shop, you wouldn't have been able to open the door in the New Year's Festival! ”

A subordinate from the north stopped the guy: "Spread the cake, there is pimple soup on it!" Is there pork head? Come on three pounds! For those of us who are in a hurry, the dough should be thicker, not like paste. There are two vegetables to fry, and the salt is the key point, and your little tent is indispensable! ”

The group entered the restaurant, which was dark and gloomy, with the smell of oil smoke and stinky feet. The sorghum poles harvested in autumn pressed around the wall of the restaurant, trapping the wind. Behind the rice shop is the livestock shed, the smell of mule and horse manure comes for a while, the small rice shop on this road is mostly such a scene, people outside the mouth, who cares whether it is clean or not!

The guy was quick with his hands and feet, and there was a crackling sound in the kitchen pot behind him. It didn't take much effort, pancakes, gnocchi soup, stir-fried vegetables, and pig's head meat were all up. The big guys were all hungry people, so they poured the pig's head meat on the dough and were about to roll it up and feast on it, when they saw a sudden darkness at the door of the restaurant, and a group of big men broke in.

In the cold weather, this group of men wore old leather jackets on the outside, and tight coats on the inside, and the braids were all coiled on the top of their heads without hats. Everyone has a red belt around their waists, and yellow spikes float on their belts. Among the big men, one of them is the most surprising, more than forty years old, full of muscles and muscles, the leather jacket is a Taoist robe with yin and yang gossip, his eyes are half-closed and half-open, and his right hand is still holding a magic trick. But he felt so good about himself, and he kept his head up and didn't look at anyone, as if no one was under his eyes.

Seeing this group of people coming in, the guy hurriedly greeted him, and even the shopkeeper in a long padded jacket came out of the counter: "Senior Brother Liu, why do you have time to come to our shop today?" Something to eat? Let's get it! ”

Senior Brother Liu, who was wearing a Taoist robe, didn't speak with his eyes half-closed and half-open, and there was already a big man beside him who scolded: "Senior Brother is now Lu Dongbin and Lu Xian are on his body!" Your rice shop pots and spoons are all meaty, eat a [***] hair! I borrow you here to rest my legs, and when the convoy comes, we will escort the senior brother to the capital! ”

Yuan Shikai and the others watched coldly, and these men were all carrying burdens and wearing spiked shoes, looking like they were going to go a long way. Yuan Shikai has the children of the Northland, he is not a diaphragm from the situation in the Northland, all the way over, I also saw the opening of the village and the appearance of Zhuangzhuang practicing boxing, and the south of Hebei is still very much, but I didn't expect that this is about to go out of the south mouth, and there are still senior brothers who practice boxing and burn incense!

The owner of the restaurant hurriedly moved a long bench for them to sit on, and patted his ass: "In the past few days, several senior brothers from far away have passed here............ Said that the emperor promised that the incense religion is the state religion? Senior Brother Liu is gone, why don't you have to be promoted to a fifth-grade prefect? I heard that there was no old mother in the first month of the year, and she passed on the four-character formula, what is it? Fuqing extinguishes Xu? ”

Those big men sat down on the chairs one after another, and Yuan Shikai heard the four words Fu Qing and destroy Xu, but his heart trembled! The guys were busy sending water over, and a teacup that was the most hurried was handed to Senior Brother Liu, but Senior Brother Liu didn't answer, opened his eyes slightly, and pointed to the foreign oil horse lamp hanging on the wall: "Ermaozi's thing, smashed." ”

The shopkeeper stood up straight, trembling in distress, business was not good last year, and he almost collapsed the store, and now a penny is also expensive! The market price of the glass-faced foreign oil horse lantern has to be hung three or five times, and it is said that it will be smashed if it is smashed?

Seeing that the boss didn't move, Senior Brother Liu frowned slightly, and the big man next to him had already attacked: "You kid, there must be a cross mark on the door of your head!" Needless to say, at least it's a three-haired man! Copy his belongings, see how many foreign hairy things, and after three pieces, burn the house and the shop! ”

The shopkeeper knelt down with a plop: "Senior Brother Liu, folks in the township, we are not Sanmaozi!" In the incense altar, we didn't dare to make a short offering! You Shengming, we are pure Qing people! I'm going to smash the devil lamp, and I'm going to go! ”

Seeing the attitude of the shopkeeper, Senior Brother Liu was quite satisfied, waved his hand to stop the big men around him from rushing up, and looked at Yuan Shikai and them: "Lu Xian is here, don't eat meat, this pig's head meat, fold it clean, be respectful, the childless mother will come to the world, accumulate a point of merit, and there will be a point of retribution!" ”

These subordinates of Yuan Shikai are the backbone of the Praetorian Guard, and they came out of the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood. Coupled with the sentence just now to help Qing and destroy Xu, it made the faces of these Praetorian Guards change their faces, and when they heard that Senior Brother Liu was talking nonsense there, they couldn't help but want to slap the table and stand up, don't look at the dozen or so of them, one beat the three of them, they all take advantage of these guys!

Yuan Shikai grabbed the head and stood up, and hurriedly picked up the pig's head meat and threw it: "Let's break it off, whoever eats meat along the way will be raised by my mother!" ”

His respectful attitude made Senior Brother Liu very satisfied, and he smiled slightly: "...... In front of Lu Xian, it is appropriate to be respectful, if it is the envoy of Zhu Bajie Pure Altar and Huang Tianba to come to the world and eat some meat, it will be a good thing............"

Yuan Shikai's subordinates almost laughed, but Yuan Shikai looked extremely respectful, sincere, and took out his Henan accent: "............ If it weren't for the guidance of the elder brother, how could the villain know this! In our hometown of Henan, there are very few people who burn incense, and this time we have to meet the senior brother, it is also fate, I don't know if the senior brother will open the altar now? We are also willing to be included in the list, and listen to the senior brother to explain reason............"

Senior Brother Liu waved his hand: "No kung fu, no kung fu!" Now let's teach our children to gather at the feet of the Son of Heaven! This is to go to Beijing to assist the emperor to go up, you have to have a heart, you can turn around and go back to the capital, when the time comes, there will be many altars, you only need to mention Senior Brother Liu of Kangzhuang, others will naturally give you guidance............ Seeing that our incense religion is the state religion, if you miss this opportunity, you will have no chance of the law! ”

He was still there and was about to continue his nonsense, when he heard the sound of chariots and horses suddenly coming from outside the restaurant, from far and near, rumbling like thunder. Yuan Shikai sank his face and listened quietly to the movement outside, but Senior Brother Liu threw away the magic stick rack he had been holding and slapped his thigh: "The chariot and horse team is here!" We also have a day to be an official in the capital! Brothers, when the time comes, let's also get a big house to live in! ”

The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and the horse's hooves rose and fell like a storm, and a voice shouted outside: "Kangzhuang Liu's nephew!" Come out and return to the brigade! Outdated does not wait! ”

Senior Brother Liu, the eldest nephew of Liu, had already jumped up, the tea bowl and teacup in the big guy's hand fell to the ground, and rushed out of the door after being crowded, Yuan Shikai and his subordinates glanced at each other, and gently walked to the door to look out.

When they came, the avenue outside Tongkou, which was still quiet and cold, was already full of chariots and horses, and there were countless men with braids and red belts riding horses and riding chariots, mixed in, and the gossip flags were waving in the air, and the hexagram images were different. There is also a huge carriage on the top, set up an incense pavilion of unknown gods, covered with yellow cloth, a long incense burner in front of it, smoke swirling around, making a miasma.

These men are dressed in a messy manner, each with its own characteristics, some of them are still half naked in the cold weather, their skin and flesh are frozen and green and still holding on, and some of them are mixed with women, dressed in red, standing on the pannier chair with a fan in one hand and a basket in the other, screaming I don't know whether they are screaming or singing, and some of the big gongs and drums are blowing and beating all the way. It's really a dance of demons!

If it weren't for some sturdy men in gray robes riding on horses, maintaining order back and forth, I really don't know what the chaos would be!

One of these gray-clothed men recognized Yuan Shikai as the son of Da Sheng Kui, who had entered the Praetorian Guard! Several people shrank inside the door, avoiding the group.

The situation is very clear, and the incense sects from all over the country have converged one after another, and under the support of the Dasheng Quebei trade road system, they have converged in Beijing! This place is already close to the south entrance, it is a very remote place in Zhili, and it can concentrate so many incense sects, in the heart of Zhili, I don't know what the scene is!

Could it be that the imperial court really expects to use these bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods to deal with Xu Yifan? Or is there someone who is trying to set off a storm that no one expected?

Yuan Shikai's mind was spinning rapidly, and his eyes were just looking at the big flag in front of this chaotic team.

The first four large black characters on a white background.

"Fu Qing to destroy Xu!"

Behind him, the shopkeeper was holding the foreign oil horse lantern that he was reluctant to smash, and also looked at the scene in front of him, he just muttered: "If these people can keep the emperor, then God really has no eyes!" ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Old man Han, now the backbone of the Xiangjiao from all over the country has come one after another, but Liu Kunyi, the governor of Zhili, has given a signal, saying that he is not allowed to enter the area of Jizhong and the capital, and his subordinates are guarding the main roads everywhere, are we breaking in?" Or take a step back first? ”

It was Zhang Yu who spoke, he stood straight in front of Han Lao's shopkeeper, and reported the current situation in a low voice with an impassive expression.

Old Man Han still lives in the small courtyard in the capital, but as long as he sends out a handwritten letter, hundreds of fast horses will run for him to pass on the land of Zhili!

Old Man Han also looked much haggard compared to the original rich state. During the New Year's Festival, he stayed in this cold little courtyard, but his eyes were surprisingly bright. Hearing Zhang Yu's report, he sat on the kang and said with a faint smile: "Liu Kunyi can stop it?" Tan Kang and the others in the palace are working hard, and we are not in a hurry outside. Xu Yifan will set off a trend, and so will we!

The left side of the Beijing division is near, let's not break through first, just settle down in the middle of Hebei and the south of Hebei first, and continue to rise the altar! Occupy the place first! Forcing the magistrates to come to the altar, the louder the momentum, the better, and the louder the four-character method of helping Qing to destroy Xu, the better! Look, the bigger Xu Yifan's actions, the sooner or later Yanjing City will have to open the door for us! I've been waiting for thirty years, is there still a year and a half left? ”

Speaking of which, the old shopkeeper Han actually laughed out louder, the louder he laughed, and the more he laughed, the more crazy he became!

Xu Yifan, Xu Yifan, the old man should really thank you, without you, how can I finally wait for the day when I can take revenge?

(To be continued)