"My lord, don't be impatient, perhaps, we haven't reached the point of exhaustion." Master Fan Wei on the side looked at Shen Yuqing like this, and couldn't help but speak.

"Why hasn't it reached the point of exhaustion, now it's not just Hunan Reading Force, Yunnan is also Reading Force, Sichuan has long been in chaos, although Guangxi has no movement, but who knows if those revolutionary parties are also preparing to rebel, if Guangxi is reading strength, I will be completely isolated." Shen Yuqing stopped to look at Fan Wei, and the anxious look on his face did not disappear at all.

Fan Wei was asked for a while, and he didn't have anything to do in the face of this situation.

"Report to my lord, Yuan Baoyi, the first standard commander of the South Factory of the New Army, has an urgent matter to see."

While the two were silent, suddenly, a voice came from outside.

"Yuan Baoyi." Shen Yuqing and Fan Wei were both surprised.

"It's so late, what is Yuan Baoyi doing here?" Shen Yuqing's face couldn't help but sink again, it was almost twelve o'clock in the middle of the night at this time, what good thing could there be at such a late night.

Shen Yuqing's face was even more ugly, but when Yuan Baoyi came, he couldn't help but see: "Call him in!"

"Yes." The voice outside the door was far away, and Shen Yuqing inside the house looked at Fan Wei.

"Master, it's so late, what is the matter with Yuan Baoyi, can you know?" Shen Yuqing looked at Fan Wei with a longing look, as if he wanted to get a comforting answer from Fan Wei's mouth.

Fan Wei was embarrassed, but he knew that it was useless to shoot horses and the like at this time, so he could only smile bitterly: "Perhaps, something will happen to the new army." ”

"Damn it!" Shen Yuqing couldn't help but slap it on the table.

Fan Wei didn't say much at this time, he was silent for a moment, and finally a voice sounded outside: "See Lord Governor, Yuan Baoyi, the commander of the first battalion of the Nanchang New Army, has something important to see." ”

"Come in!" Hearing Yuan Baoyi's voice, Shen Yuqing could only barely lift his spirits. Fan Wei followed and ran to open the door.

"See my lord, I've seen my master!" Yuan Baoyi came in all of a sudden, and saluted the two with an extremely serious face.

Yuan Baoyi, who was in such a serious state, made Shen Yuqing's heart sink even more.

"No need to be polite." Shen Yuqing waved his hand weakly, and then said directly: "Is there something wrong with the new army?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Baoyi was not surprised that Shen Yuqing asked this, and immediately nodded and said: "My lord Mingjian, the new army is in chaos again, just before, there were new army officers Zhao Dequan, Zhengmu Chen Qishun, Lan Xin and others came to try to persuade me, wanting me to respond to their actions in three days, promising that after I succeeded, I could be elected as the governor of Guizhou like Cai Yi!" ”

"What?"

As soon as the words fell, Shen Yuqing's hand couldn't help but tremble, and then hurriedly said, "Did you promise them?" ”

After asking, Shen Yuqing realized that this question was a bit vain, and asked Yuan Baoyi to promise those people, would they still come here?

Yuan Baoyi didn't mind Shen Yuqing being so flustered, he said with a serious face: "My lord Mingjian, I naturally wouldn't agree to such a bold rebellious action by a few people, but instead scolded a few people, and asked people to strictly guard a few people, so as to prevent these people from making trouble!" ”

"That's good, that's good." Shen Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief, this was the only good news he heard today.

"Baoyi, it's not in vain that I trust you so much, and now in the whole of Guiyang, I only have you to trust." After breathing a sigh of relief, Shen Yuqing couldn't help but be full of gratitude when he looked at Yuan Baoyi.

"That's what a lowly job should do!" Yuan Baoyi is a person who can still keep his heart during this period, although his little principle may be despised by Zhang Bailin and others, but if he wants to oppose Shen Yuqing, who is so good to him, he can't do it either.

"Three days later, my lord, it seems that Zhang Bailin and the others will be ready to act in three days." Fan Wei also glanced at Yuan Baoyi, but after calming down, he analyzed Yuan Baoyi's words and immediately felt that the matter was serious.

"Action—"

Shen Yuqing's face froze, and then he took a deep breath: "Are they still ready to act?" ”

"I'm afraid, my lord, at present, I have already felt that the people in the army are unstable, and I have arrested Zhao Dequan and those people, I am afraid that it will cause alarm in the army." Yuan Baoyi nodded.

"Also, I have already investigated that coach Wu Bangping may have become the operational leader of the new army." Yuan Baoyi's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice.

"Damn! How can these people think about rebellion, rebellion, rebellion all day long! Am I not good enough for them? Shen Yuqing couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped the table again.

Fan Wei and Yuan Baoyi were silent, waiting for Shen Yuqing to make an idea.

At this point, only Shen Yuqing can take a way.

And after getting angry, Shen Yuqing looked at the two of them and knew that the current was the most urgent time, and looked up at Yuan Baoyi: "Baoyi, the next new army in Nanchang is up to you, no matter what method you use, you must not let them mess up." ”

"Tomorrow, I will go to the barracks again tomorrow to parade the military again, and take the opportunity to have another target shooting competition to consume their ammunition."

"Yes." Yuan Baoyi hurriedly responded.

"As for the master, you prepare, and send a telegram to the second battalion of the Xingyi West Road Patrol later, and ask Liu Xianshi to bring people to help quickly." Shen Yuqing looked at Fan Wei again.

The people in the new army and the army primary school are no longer reliable, and now Shen Yuqing has no choice but to call for foreign aid.

"Yes!" Fan Wei nodded, then hesitated, wanting to say something, but seeing Shen Yuqing's frowning appearance, he hesitated to swallow the words in his chest for the time being.

After this arrangement continued, Shen Yuqing watched Yuan Baoyi and his master go to do things, and the hanging heart was barely put down a little.

"Hunan Reading Power ...... Yunnan Reading Power ...... What's next? It's just that in the current situation, how can Shen Yuqing let go, thinking of the situation in Hunan, the situation in Yunnan, he can't sleep.

And just when Shen Yuqing had a difficult night, and in the morning when he was in a daze, someone outside came to report: "My lord, Zhang Bailin and others are asking to see you outside!" ”

"Zhang Bailin, what is he doing here?" Shen Yuqing, who was in a daze on the bed, heard the name Zhang Bailin, and woke up suddenly, thinking that Zhang Bailin's guy was starting to call.

"My lord, I don't know what Zhang Bailin is doing, he brought a few key members of his autonomous society." Fan Wei approached the study and told Shen Yuqing.

The panic in Shen Yuqing's heart eased slightly, but soon, while getting dressed, he began to question again, what Zhang Bailin was doing.

"What? Reading power? ”

And half an hour later, Shen Yuqing finally knew what Zhang Bailin and they were doing, and Zhang Bailin said their intentions under his gaze.

"Yes, my lord, now that the whole country has risen, the Manchu political axe is no longer good, it is the opportunity for our new China to rise, my lord, I will risk death to admonish, ask the adults to read, let us Guizhou eight million people out of the sea of suffering!" Zhang Bailin knelt directly in front of Shen Yuqing, and the few people who followed him also knelt.

"I'm going to risk death and ask my lord to announce Guizhou Reading Power!"

In this formation, Shen Yuqing, who rushed all of a sudden, couldn't help but stand up from the first place, he looked at Zhang Bailin in surprise, looking at the group of people behind Zhang Bailin, he never imagined that Zhang Bailin would come to him to directly admonish him.

"I, I, Reading Power-" This formation was something that Shen Yuqing never expected, he looked at Zhang Bailin as the leader, and looked at Zhang Bailin's eyes that looked at death as if he were at home, and he was faintly touched.

"Yes, my lord, if you declare your reading power, we will also serve you as our governor of Guizhou, as long as we can overthrow the Manchu political axe, we are willing to continue to work under your lordship!" Zhang Bailin met Shen Yuqing's gaze and cut the railway again. Of course, there is a second half of this sentence - if Shen Yuqing disagrees, then they are not to blame for using violent means.

It's just that in the face of this situation, Shen Yuqing still doesn't know how to choose.

When the regent Zaifeng came to power, Yuan Shikai was obviously better than Zaifeng, but Yuan Shikai was also afraid of a bad reputation for rebellion, so he was driven out of power by Zaifeng. Shen Yuqing naturally did not have Yuan Shikai, and he was naturally deeply poisoned by the Manchu system, so he did not have the courage to rebel.

"You, you-" Shen Yuqing's heart was in a mess, reason told him that he naturally couldn't rebel, but in the face of Zhang Bailin's request for death, he was a little moved.

"This, this thing is too big, too big, you, can you tolerate it, let me think about it, think about it for a day or two." After thinking for a while, Shen Yuqing seemed to finally have an answer, he still wanted to wait, wait for an opportunity to reconcile several aspects appeared, and even now that he saw Zhang Bailin and them so earnestly petitioning, the resentment in his heart towards the Autonomous Society and others was much less.

However, when Zhang Bailin heard Shen Yuqing's words, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes was completely annihilated.

"Alright, my lord, we'll give you time to think about it, and we'll leave." Zhang Bailin knelt down deeply, and when he stood up again, he already had an answer in his heart, this petition was not only a chance for Shen Yuqing, but also an attempt for him to finally make up his mind, and the result of the attempt was very clear, and he became more and more determined to the incompetence of the Qing government officials.

"My lord, they're gone."

"Their proposal-" Fan Wei watched Zhang Bailin and the others leave, and when he looked back at Shen Yuqing, he found that Shen Yuqing was still a little difficult to choose, and he couldn't help but want to see Shen Yuqing's reaction.

In fact, he quite accepted Zhang Bailin's approach in his heart, as long as Shen Yuqing announced his reading power, it would basically be fine. It's just that now in this situation where only a few provinces in the country have announced their reading power, Shen Yuqing, a person who has no courage, still doesn't dare to bet.

"Their proposal, I need to consider it......" Looking up at the master, Shen Yuqing also said this.

However, before he could think about it clearly, Ren Kecheng and several representatives of the constitutionalist faction also arrived, and they came for the same purpose, asking him to announce his reading power.

This time, Shen Yuqing was even more shocked, and he still had some understanding when the Autonomous Society asked him to read, but Ren Kecheng, a constitutionalist who had always pursued moderate reform, also made this kind of suggestion, which surprised Shen Yuqing and even shocked.

However, after being shocked and surprised, in the face of Ren Kecheng's words, Shen Yuqing still sent them away, he needed to think about it.

It also needs to be considered, at least for this period of time, until Liu Xianshi and the others arrive with their troops, and when the situation in the whole country is really obvious, he may make heavy bets.

As Shen Yuqing, who has been in the Chinese officialdom for many years, he has long practiced the ability not to stand in line until the end. This is an essential quality of an official.

It's just that this time Shenzhou has changed dramatically, it is not a simple officialdom to stand in line, and when he really sees the situation clearly, I am afraid he will no longer have the opportunity to choose.

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