The south of Yunling is called Yunnan. Yunnan has complex terrain and many mountains. In addition to the vast surrounding area of Dianchi Lake and Erhai Lake, the mountains are dense everywhere, the canyons are vertical and horizontal, and the traffic conditions are very inconvenient, and it can be said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. It was also this high mountain emperor that made Yunnan maintain an ambiguous attitude when the army was rejuvenated, on the one hand, he made a secret telegram to Nanjing, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to change his banner.

The Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou is also one of the nine most senior feudal officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but compared with the other eight governors, the Governor's Mansion of Yunnan and Guizhou is undoubtedly a little undignified, the Governor's Mansion is just a palm-sized place, sitting in the north and facing south, leaning against the slope at the foot of the southern slope of Wuhua Mountain, the feng shui is good, but the place is very small, the distance between north and south is about 200 meters, and the distance between east and west is less than 200 meters.

Although I don't see the dignity of the other eight governors, Li Jingxi, who is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, is still in charge of the affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and the scenery is by no means comparable to that of ordinary governors, but now the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion is a decree that Kunming is not out of Kunming for a hundred miles, and the recovery army is advancing westward in Hunan, and Lin Shaonian, the governor of Guizhou, surrendered without a fight, and it is even more that the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Mansion is in the rain.

“…… The Yehenala clan, which measured the material resources of China and formed a friendship with the country, controlled the Manchu Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties for a total of 43 years, and its crimes of harming the country and misleading the people are too numerous to write about......"

After reading this newspaper, Li Jingxi was silent for a long time, he waved his hand lightly, signaling Zhao Erxin and the others to withdraw. I sat alone, as if I was stunned. I don't know how long it took, Wang Zhuqi said in his ear.

"My lord, it's getting dark, do you want to hold the lamp?"

"What? It's dark, how long have I been sitting? ”

This will be as if Li Jingxi woke up from his sleep.

"It's been an hour."

"Okay, after turning on the lamp, you tell the kitchen not to deliver food tonight, just ask them to cook a bowl of vegetable soup and beat two eggs."

After Wang Zhuqi went out, Li Jingxi's brain began to turn.

The reason why he has been hesitant is not because he is loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the reason why he is dragging it is purely because he wants to sell it at a price, as Li Hongzhang's nephew, how can he not be in the right direction, but now, ...... His hand lit up the tabletop, on which was a cup of already cooled Pu'er tea, and his brow furrowed from time to time. A few months ago, the French Consul General in Kunming, August? François had visited him at the Doge's Palace, and the Chinese name Fang Suya made a tempting suggestion.

Yungui reading power!

France gives protection! Although I don't know if this is the meaning of the French or Indochinese governors, or Fang Suya's own opinion, it is not just quite tempting for anyone to describe, in fact, in the past month, Li Jingxi has been thinking about this Fang Suya's suggestion in his heart.

In order to prevent the rebellion of the rebels in Kunming, the Governor's Mansion transferred troops into the Guard Battalion and the Baggage Battalion.

The merchant gentry in Kunming City said more times "please do the righteous act of glory", and Wang Hongtu of Tongqingfeng said frankly, "If the adult is a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the sword of the world will be invincible, if the adult wants to split Yunnan and shelter the legal person, I am afraid that the people of Yunnan are unwilling", the opposition of the merchant gentry made Li Jingxi's heart beat a drum, he was afraid that if he read on his side, he would be in a different place over there, he was not from Yunnan, if he was from Yunnan, I was afraid that he would have ...... Thinking that the Guangfu Army was about to enter Yunnan, Li Jingxi felt cold and shivering, and the Guangfu Army and Fang Suya ...... The two words in my heart were repeatedly considered in my heart.

"It's hard!"

"My lord, Wang Zhiqiu and Wang Da came to pay a visit."

At this moment, Wang Zhuqi came in to report.

"How did he get here?"

When Li Jingxi was thinking about it, Wang Hongtu had already walked in.

"I've seen the Governor!"

However, the thirty-year-old Wang Hongtu seems to be much more mature and sophisticated than in the past, and the "three generations and one product" in the shadow of his father make him only need to bow in front of Li Jingxi, the first product of the dynasty.

"Zhiqiu, sit!"

"Yesterday, all the provinces of Sichuan were restored, and Hongtu came to congratulate the governor."

As the owner of Tongqingfeng, although Wang Hongtu is much more mature and sophisticated than in the past, as soon as he speaks, he has lost his usual maturity.

"Sichuan has been rebellious, at this time, the rejuvenation of the country has fallen, what to say such as congratulations."

Sitting opposite Wang Hongtu, Li Jingxi looked at him carefully for a while, is this Wang Hongtu here to say this?

"I heard that you and Qingfeng are not preparing for the Southwest Bank? In the past, you have repeatedly failed to recruit you, why do you have time to go to the house today? ”

"Qian Zhuang to change the bank, the trend of the trend, with Qingfeng to follow the trend, fortunately, Shanghai, Nanjing industry quite care, originally Hongtu intended to go to Nanjing."

Wang Hongtu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and suddenly said with a straight face.

"My lord, Tongqingfeng still knows how to go with the trend, is it true that my lord has made up his mind to go against the current?"

"Zhiqiu, what do you mean by that!"

Li Jingxi, who understood that he was confused, asked.

"My lord, Lord Fang Su Yaxu reads power, France gives insurance, it really wants to use Yunnan as a quality to claim more rights and interests, if the ruling is not afraid, and the Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi three roads are used to recover the army, I don't know if the adult thinks that the legal person is willing to take the risk of breaking with the ruling axe for the adult?"

Wang Hongtu said calmly.

"My lord, the ruling is by no means comparable to the Yehnara clan, the British want to take Tibet Province as a hostage, the British still have soldiers in Tibet, and the ruling is not yet half a step, let alone Yunnan? The other ......"

As soon as the words sank, Wang Hongtu put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the governor in front of him.

"Today, it is said that the lord's decree will not be out of Kunming for a hundred miles, in the eyes of the adult, even if the adult reads the power categorically, how can this land of Yunnan allow the adult to be split in China?"

Originally, Wang Hongtu was reluctant to go to this pond of water, but now he had to come to this pond of water, the army of the Guangfu army pressed the border, and the trade route was cut off and the heavy destruction of Qingfeng was what he did not want to see, and on the other hand, he had received an invitation letter from the Ruling Axe Advisory Office, inviting him to go to Nanjing to discuss politics, as a businessman, and he was deeply grateful to the ruling of Nanjing.

Since the restoration of the army, the whole country has been in turmoil, and the "Tongqingfeng", which has a close relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, has incurred huge losses. Affected by the closure of local firms, the Tianshunxiang branches operating money houses in various places suffered heavy losses. The public and private funds lent to Manchu officials at all levels were nowhere to be asked for after the liberation. Moreover, among the persons in charge of the Tianshunxiang branch everywhere, there were people who committed fraud and absconded with money, which made the Wang family even worse.

Originally, the Wang family just had the attitude of trying it out, and asked the ruling axe to help from the Nanjing branch, and within half a month, the newly established National Taxation Bureau immediately sent personnel to intervene to assist in the investigation of the fraud of the local Tianshunxiang branches, and even arrested the absconding with the money, and recovered as many as millions of taels of evasive silver. Later, Tian Shunxiang mentioned that the Ministry of Justice recognized the private arrears of the former Qing officials, but in order to avoid trouble, the names of the Manchu magnates were crossed, and the private arrears of the officials were easy to handle, but it was not easy to handle if it involved the Manchu nobles. The private arrears of officials were confirmed by the judiciary, which made Tianshunxiang and Qingfeng finally get through the crisis after the recovery, although the loss of millions of taels, but it was better than the situation at the beginning of the recovery.

It is precisely because of this that as the owner of Tongqingfeng and Tianshunxiang, Wang Hongtu will wade into this pool of mixed water, risking being killed by Li Jingxi to persuade him to recover. In his opinion, the ruling axe put aside the "loyalty and patriotism" of the Wang family, and gave great favor to the Wang family, even if it puts aside the national righteousness, this love must be repaid.

"Furthermore, whether Mr. Fang's support for the Governor's reading power is favored by Paris is another matter!"

Seeing that Li Jingxi was still a little hesitant, Wang Hongtu ordered a heavy medicine, and Fang Suya, who persuaded Li Jingxi to read, it was the fire that made him know that Fang Suya was just under the influence of the Indochinese governor, and the Indochinese governor just wanted to ask for credit from Paris on this basis.

In one sentence, Li Jingxi's heart had been gloomy and fear slowly turned to despair, and Mu Ran sat on the chair, as if his body was being pushed into the dark abyss.

"My lord, I have here a letter from Nanjing."

As he spoke, Wang Hongtu took out a letter and handed it to Li Jingxi with both hands. This letter is a letter from Liu Nengxian, and what is said in this letter is not someone else, but it is precisely the evaluation of Li Hongzhang by the ruling government three years ago.

After taking the letter and reading it carefully for a while, Li Jingxi was silent for a long time before slowly spitting out a sentence.

"I ...... Now, even if I want to recover, I'm afraid of ....... ”

The reason why Li Jingxi hesitated was precisely because Yunnan had not yet recovered, and although he had successively sent good secret telegrams to Nanjing, he was now a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty who was "looked up to by the whole world." At this time, the ruling party always needs to kill chickens to show monkeys.

"What adults are worried about is really unfounded."

Wang Hongtu smiled and put on a gesture that you didn't know.

"How does the adult compare to Yuan Shikai?"

"Old man, without Yuan Shikai's help, he has no power!"

"How does the adult compare to Sun Yat-sen?"

"The Sun family is really a rebel and a thief, how can he be on an equal footing with his husband!"

"My lord, if you are in power, you can accommodate Yuan Shikai, who is a soldier, and you can accommodate the Sun family, who advocates revolution and republicanism, how can you not tolerate your lord?"

In this regard, Li Jingxi and Wang Hongtu see the same, but he can't be like Wang Hongtu, he can have no scruples, he is just a businessman, Nanjing gives a little favor to him and he can feel Dade, but he is different, in the eyes of the world, he Li Jingxi is a pillar of the south of the Qing Dynasty, "turning the tide and falling!" But he knew that this was by no means a compliment, it was simply to want his life.

People in the world often lament the lonely loyalty of some people who "turn the tide and fall" in the change of dynasty, but in this change of dynasty, if you are not careful, this "lonely loyalty" may cause a miracle.

After thinking for a long time, Li Jingxi said.

"If the ruling is tolerant, won't the old man flow from the good!"

(To be continued)