At dusk, the sky in Baoding suddenly deepened, and a torrential thundershower fell in an instant. The six gates of the Governor's Office of Zhili, a touch of black, walk forward through the instrument gate, there is a memorial arch named "Jieshi Fang" on the road, and the three words of "Gongshengming" are written on it, which is the handwriting of Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty. "Gongsheng Ming", as an officialdom rule, means that justice can be discerning, that is, "the public is bright, and the bias is dark".

"Yamen, open to the south, don't come in if you have no money" - Gong Shengming is just a joke!

In the pavilion in the back garden of the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, although it is raining, there are still a few people sitting, and sitting in the first seat is a person, dressed in plain clothes, hair and sideburns, looking like a farmer in the countryside, and this person is Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili.

"Today's politics is not, the chaos is coming, the previous discussion on the chaos of talents, Li, Liu, Zhugong passed away one after another, Xiangshi is trapped in Hubei, south of Hunan rebel army, there is no help from Sichuan in the west, there are two strong enemies in the east, only one person in the palace is left, if you don't go out of the mountain, the crisis is imminent." When Xu Shichang spoke, Yuan Shikai made a gesture to invite tea, and then shook his head.

"If the overall situation is not corrosive, even Shikai is afraid that there is nothing to be done, and the situation is erosive, even if it is fearful, it is not easy to clean up."

"If the Queen Mother has an order, and the commander of the Beiyang Army goes south to quell the rebellion, what should the commander do?"

Yang Shiqi opened his mouth and asked when he was serving tea, this Yuan Shikai was the chief of staff after the governor of Zhili, and most of the Yuan's literary and electronic recitals in the past few years were made by Yang Shiqi. And Yuan even recommended him as the Sipin Jingtang, and his words were undoubtedly a wake-up call for Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and then sighed back.

"If the Queen Mother has an order, Shikai may only go south to quell the rebellion!"

Yang Shiqi, who was clever and shrewd, had already felt the helplessness in Yuan Shikai's attitude from these words, and he was not willing to send troops south.

"From the point of view of the marshal, if you lead the Beiyang Army south, what are the odds?"

Yang Shiqi asked, he didn't know much about the cripple Chen, but he had heard Dashuai and Bu Wu mention this person's ability to help the world, and then he knew that the financial resources were very accessible.

Yuan Shikai stretched out four fingers.

"Forty percent?"

Dashuai's answer only surprised Yang Shiqi.

"Dashuai...... This ......"

"Do you think that with the strength of the Beiyang Army, why does this commander only have a forty percent chance of winning?"

Yuan Shikai looked at Yang Shiqi with half-squinted eyes.

"People only say, the Beiyang Army has been training for two years, but who knows how many years the Guangfu Army has been training?"

"Handsome? Chen Cripple can also train soldiers? ”

"He can't train soldiers, but some people will, in recent years, most of the military people sent by the provinces to study in this country have entered the Guangfu Army, last year's anti-Russian army was revived, hundreds of people who stayed in the military to study in the military, and joined the anti-Russian volunteers, like Cai Yi and Jiang Fangzhen, who have entered the anti-Russian army, and now they are in the anti-party government and army in the south, and they are in the position of important members, Wei Ting can not help but suspect that the name of the anti-Russian army is anti-Russian, it is really the liberation, and the combat power of the anti-Russian army is more than that of Beiyang, although Chen Ranzhi is a businessman, but he has already been mindful, and he has been training for many years. The imperial court only gave me a few million taels of military training, but Chen Ranzhi was able to get 100 million yuan to help students! With his financial resources, how many soldiers have he trained over the years? As early as last year, Yuan Shikai installed his own spies among the students, and naturally knew that the students were on the list of those who resisted the Russian army, and as soon as the two were linked, Yuan Shikai had no chance of winning.

"Chen Ranzhi!"

Listening to the words of the big handsome, Xu Shichang smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that when the queen mother wanted to attack her, he still pleaded for him with the position of Hanlin, and now, ...... Thinking of this, he looked at the handsome man who smiled bitterly, the handsome, Zhang Nanpi and even Cen Chunxuan, who was caught in the backhand in Guangzhou, had they all interceded for him, if the court pursued it, thinking of this Xu Shichang couldn't help but feel a little numb.

But in his heart, no matter what he thought, he couldn't understand that Chen Ranzhi, who seemed to have no scheming, had quietly plotted against him for several years without anyone knowing.

"Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong including Hunan, the main force of the rebellion in these five provinces is those schools, Xiangtan in Hunan, southeast Fujian, Ganliang in Jiangxi, Dezheng in Guangdong, West Lake in Zhejiang, most of the teachers of these five schools came from the Huangpu Sports School, now it seems that the Huangpu Sports School, Ming is a military school for sports, but unfortunately we don't know, in the past it was Liu Arsenic, Zhang Zhidong's place, Liu Arsenic is partial to Chen Ranzhi, he will not check, he this military school, run for two years, today in March, There are 3,000 people graduating in the first phase, and in the past two years, nearly 10,000 people have graduated from Huangpu Sports School alone......

Yuan Shikai's eyes closed, and he smiled bitterly again, looking at the rain outside the pavilion.

"Even the Baoding Lianchi School established last year, the principal is also from Huangpu, you say how many Huangpu branches in the country, we have trained tens of thousands of soldiers, but Chen Ranzhi has trained tens of thousands of officers, tens of thousands of officers can be filled with millions of troops! What are the odds of winning with Beiyang? ”

"Big ...... The handsome, even if the handsome is known, why not ......"

"Why don't you send troops into the lotus pond?"

After Xu Shichang's words, Yuan Shikai touched the thick beard on his lips before sighing lightly.

"Bu Wu, Yifu, you two are the most trusted people in Shikai, do you think that the current situation, the Liberation Army is in the south, and the Volunteer Army is hidden outside the pass, and when the Southern Liberation Army recruits and trains the soldiers, gathers millions of troops, and the 20th Regiment of the Volunteer Army has nearly 50,000 people, what chance does the imperial court still have?"

Yuan Shikai's words only surprised Yang Shiqi and Xu Shichang, and their faces instantly turned pale, and they may not know what is going on, but if it is really as the marshal said, I am afraid that the time for the change of dynasty will really come. With such a general trend, the handsome man marched to suppress the lotus pond, just afraid that he would say that the new dynasty would settle the old accounts, wouldn't it be left behind.

It's people! You have to leave yourself a way out!

"It's a pity ......"

Yuan Shikai frowned and sighed.

"Duan Fang, he is really the first sinner in the Qing Dynasty!"

When he said this, Yuan Shikai was so angry that he slapped the stone coffee table hard, and his face like an old farmer actually showed a look of hatred.

"Since he served as the governor of Liangjiang, all he wanted to do was to clean up Chen Ranzhi than the Queen Mother, but he didn't expect that the rabbit was in a hurry and there was a time when he bited, he thought he was just a small businessman, collecting his police guns, checking his taxes, this half a year of hard work, no less headache for Chen Ranzhi, it can be said that today's Chen Ranzhi is the opposite, not so much that he has been planning for a long time, but that he is persecuted in every way! Otherwise, with Chen Ran's stability, how could he rebel at this time! ”

Such anger was evident, neither Yang Shiqi nor Xu Shichang was surprised, after all, the marshal was only one step away from the governor of the two rivers, if the marshal could go out of the two rivers back then, maybe at least the new army of five or six towns could be trained now, and the new army of five or six towns was threatened in the two rivers, so what if Chen Moran acted against him.

But this is only if, now the Beiyang Army is far away in Hebei, gathering troops and raising salaries, and when the Beiyang Army goes to Liangjiang, I am afraid that Chen Ranzhi has already established the provinces and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Dashuai, since that's the case......"

Yang Shiqi suddenly lowered his voice after being silent for a while.

"Or the general trend of the world has been decided, and the handsome man should respect and act according to the will of the people!"

The thunder of "click" only shook the pavilion, and the three people in the market who flashed turned pale, and Yuan Shikai, who was holding a teacup hanging in the air, was even more shocked and forgot to drink tea, just sat there with a teacup, and only came back to his senses after a while, looking at Yang Shiqi, his lips moved and muttered slightly.

"Wingfu, don't hurt me! Don't hurt me......"

For the Queen Mother, Yuan Shikai was afraid to the bones, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were in charge of half of the world, and they did not dare to do such a retrogression, let alone him Yuan Shikai.

"Dashuai, when the judgment continues, he is in turmoil, if the general trend is the trend, Dashuai is afraid that even the loyal ministers of Liufang will not be able to do it!"

On the contrary, Yang Shiqi continued to enter the words of the Nine Clans, regardless of this, but Yuan Shikai was pale, and on his simple face like an old peasant, only fear from his heart remained.

It's one thing to say that there is no chance of winning, but if you really do another thing, it's another thing, Yuan Shikai understands that he has the ability to run the army, but the queen mother in the palace also has the ability to disperse his military power.

"Wingman, although the situation is so, but now the situation is not clear, and it is not the time to decide!"

Xu Shichang's words didn't fall squarely, and he saw an official of the Governor's Office in the corridor with a yellow fold in his left hand, and he was running over in a hurry, and the three of them stopped talking.

"My lord, the capital is urgent!"

After taking the fold and opening it, Yuan Shikai's wide forehead suddenly burst into some sweat, and Yang Shiqi, who also stood up, took the fold from the handsome handsome, and his face was also white.

On the morning of May 27 in the foreign calendar, Xiaguan Wharf had set up an unusual guard of honor to see off the ship according to the arrangement of the Jiangning Provisional Governor's Axe Guard. At this time, the colorful flags fluttering, the drum music is complete, and the archways such as "Long live the liberation", "Celebrate the recovery of the Han Dynasty", "Welcome the handsome" and so on are written one after another along the Xiaguan to Jiangning.

The guards who arrived in Jiangning ahead of schedule last night, at this time, they were holding the rifles of the People's Liberation Army, and the guards in black oblique striped military uniforms were standing on the side of the road, and the flag bearers on the riverside were holding the flagpole with their left palm, holding the flag with their right hand across their necks, and the blood flag with black borders and the blue, yellow and red tricolor flag fluttering in the river breeze.

The solemnity of the expressions of the officers and men of the guards, and the awe-inspiring majesty revealed in their bones, not only shocked the citizens of Jiangning who came to watch, but also shocked the people from all over the world who came to the wharf, among these people there were not only ordinary foreign businessmen and foreigners, but also diplomats from various countries, and even many officers stationed in China.

"I dare to assure you that if all the Liberation Army is like them, then we will have to face the fact that there is an imminent regime change in the Qing Kingdom!"

In the crowd, a foreigner in civilian clothes swore to the people next to him.

At this time, some people in the crowd stared at the dozens of cannons placed on the riverside, the three-fingered cannon type looked a little different, and the muzzle of the cannon pointed to the river, and behind the gun emplacement was also a group of well-trained artillerymen.

Finally, when the average riverboat approached the pier.

Rumble...... Rumble...... The rumbling salute sounded on the dock, accompanied by the sound of the military band's military music, the sound of the cannon, which was about to break through the blue sky, and the thunderous cannon sound seemed to roll over the Yangtze River. The onlookers on the shore applauded excitedly and even shouted at such a spectacular scene.

For most of them, this is the first time in their lives! Listening to the cheers, the famous Shikun who came from Jiang Province turned pale with fright when they listened to the sound of the cannon, when had they seen this meeting, although those Jiangning Shikun were used to the sound of the cannon for two days in a row, and the explosion that shook Jiangning's atmosphere seemed to be shaken, everyone would still be a little uncomfortable.

Standing in this group of gentry, Wu Renhe stroked the small sleeves that he was not very accustomed to wearing, and showed some flattering smiles at Yan Wenyuan beside him.

"Mr. Yan, you still have a vision, no one in Jiangning City doesn't know, when Chen Dashuai was in trouble, it was the difficulty you gave and the solution was urgent,"

As he spoke, Yan Wenyuan looked at the majestic guards, but there was some admiration in his eyes, since this generation, he really didn't expect those Qiu Ba to be so energetic and majestic.

"With the military strength of this Guangfu Army, sweeping away the Suo Lu and recovering the country, that is a matter that can be waited, this today's marshal is not the founding emperor of our Great China! Perhaps, when the new dynasty is built to reward meritorious deeds, Master Yan, you will still be awarded a knighthood or something! ”

As soon as Wu Renhe's words came out, not only the gentry from Jiangning but also the gentry who came from all over Jiangsu and Anhui all set their eyes on this Mr. Yan, and they really didn't expect that this old gentleman dressed in a black straight jacket would have such an intersection with Chen Dashuai.

The envious eyes cast around him only made Yan Wenyuan smile awkwardly, how can the bitterness in his heart be known to others, the "friendship" between the two at the beginning was not as simple as they said, this Chen Moran let himself be scolded, in the past he was nothing more than rich, but now it is different, just like this Wu Renhe said, today's handsome, tomorrow's founding king, if it is...... Yan Wenyuan muttered in his heart, and his face became extremely unnatural, he would only look forward to this Chen lame...... Wrong! Chen Dashuai can be an adult, don't remember the villain.

"Girl! Girl! Or do you have vision......"

Thinking that the girl had put her mind on this Chen Dashuai, if she had given up this old face at that time...... Ay! You only get a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

"Today's handsome, tomorrow's emperor!"

Zhang Jian in the crowd looked at the honor guard who had already stepped on the spiritual steps and walked towards the gangplank of the boat, but he was thinking about this sentence in his heart, the reason why he came to Jiangning was not his original wish, although he had already abandoned the officialdom, and he did not want to be a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but standing here today, he was taking risks, he was not afraid of risks, but he was afraid that this risk would lead to the Dasheng Yarn Factory that he had worked so hard to operate.

What's more, when Dasheng Yarn Factory expanded last year, it obtained a loan of one million yuan from the Industrial Bank with shares, and Zhang Jian, who knew the sinister officialdom, certainly understood that if he said that the army was defeated, how much trouble would he bring to Dasheng if he was standing here today.

He looked at Zhu Baosan and the others beside him, their faces were a little proud, after all, they were more or less involved in this incident, Chen Ran started in Shanghai, and Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui gentry can be said to have close contacts, Pudong, Ma'anshan have more shares of the gentry of two provinces, maybe they are more looking forward to the victory of the army!

Can it win?

Thinking about this question, he turned his gaze to the group of foreigners on the other side, if those powers interfered...... It seemed that the scene of the powerful army entering China appeared before his eyes again.

In the rumbling cannon, Chen Moran, who was wearing a marshal's military uniform, stepped off the passenger ship along the gangplank, followed by a group of officers from the General Staff of the Liberation Army who moved from Ma'anshan to Jiangning.

Taking a step forward, the heel of his boot tapped lightly, and Xiao Xinren first gave a military salute.

"Handsome! The end will no longer be in the mission, and Jiangning will be restored last night! ”

When returning to the military salute, Chen Moran smiled slightly.

"Weiyang, hard work! Great work, everyone! ”

Although the greeting ceremony on the wharf was solemn, but it was very brief, first with the officers of the Liberation Army and then with the temporarily appointed officials and the gentry of the two provinces of Jiang and Anhui, Chen Moran took a wild horse car, along the road leading to the inner city of Jiangning from the Xiaguan Wharf, the sixteen-mile-long road was full of people and the Liberation Army maintaining order, the officers and soldiers of the First Division and the Guard Corps were on guard, and a blue, yellow, and red tricolor flag was planted every ten meters on both sides of the road. Looking at the flags hanging on both sides of the street, Chen Moran smiled knowingly, this Xiao Xinren really knows how to do things.

There was no imaginary cheers of the people at the time of the restoration of Zhongguang, and most of the people on both sides of the road were watching the excitement, this scene was expected by Chen Moran, just like the telegram sent from Hunan, and even some gentry gathered "Qinwang's army rebelled".

When the car drove towards the Liangjiang Governor's Palace, the faces of the people on the side of the road along the way, or happy, or free, or numb, from the moment he stepped on Jiangning, Chen Moran, who had been smiling on his face, raised his face for the first time, what kind of country he was going to face! What kind of people!

"For them, any change of dynasty will not change the fact that they are just sheep donated, no matter whose world they have, there is one thing that cannot be changed, they always have to pay taxes! So much for! ”

The appearance of the beings on the side of the road poured a bucket of cold water for Chen Moran on the spot, isn't this appearance exactly what he has been worried about? It is easy to recover, but it is difficult to strengthen the country! The braid on the head is easy to cut, but the braid in the heart is hard to remove!

To change! Be sure to change them!

My countrymen are my worst enemies! Looking at the insensitive expressions of the vast majority, Chen Moran let out a sigh helplessly in his heart, compatriots are the biggest enemy! This kind of helplessness can not be experienced by others!

(To be continued)