"There was an uprising, an uprising, the Wuchang New Army mutinied, the Hubei provincial capital fell into the hands of the revolutionary army overnight, the governor of Huguang Ruicheng abandoned the city and fled, and the governor's office was in ashes. The revolutionary uprising was huge, and in just a few days, it had already occupied Wuhan, Hankow, and Hanyang, and had the potential to sweep through China. ”

It was an ordinary day in the early morning, however, when most people were about to go to work, the newsboy running on the road came with an explosive surname.

"What, an uprising? This rebellion actually succeeded? ”

The Pingyue newspaper can be regarded as a heavyweight newspaper in Pingyue, and with this newspaper, the people of Pingyue basically know what is happening in the country every day. This is regarded as some pastime of the people of Pingyue after tea and dinner. Therefore, the major events of the whole country are basically known here in Pingyue, and they also know that Sichuan is currently in the midst of an uprising.

It's just that this time the news came, but it made most people feel different.

"Let me see, the provincial capital has actually fallen into the hands of the revolutionary army, is the rebel army really so powerful this time?" The newspaper in the hands of the newsboy was snatched up by some people almost immediately.

Wuhan is a provincial capital, and although the revolutionary army in the past was powerful, it did not succeed in the uprising, let alone break through a provincial capital and occupy the provincial capital. Therefore, when this news came, many people felt that this time it was different. I want to know about it. Now, it is October 17th, and the Wuchang Uprising has been happening for seven days.

Chen.

"Brother Shoucheng, this time the group of revolutionaries actually succeeded, you say, how should the top deal with it next?" Liu Yu got the news and came to Chen Mingren early in the morning to deal with and discuss.

The uprising actually succeeded, and Liu Yu immediately thought that if the uprising really succeeded, would he still be able to keep his official position? Therefore, he immediately wanted to come to the well-informed Chen Mingren for analysis and analysis.

However, Chen Mingren has never been interested in this group of revolutionary troops, he frowned and looked at the newspaper: "This group of people who love to toss have also successfully captured the three towns, in my opinion, the imperial court will definitely send troops to suppress it as soon as possible." This time, they should still be suppressed by the imperial court as always, and you don't have to worry about that, Lord Liu. ”

Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

However, Chen Liqing, who was passing by the living room, heard his father's conclusion, but he couldn't help but shake his head. This time, I'm afraid Chen Mingren will think wrong, the last straw that crushed the camel has arrived.

Sure enough, the development of the current situation in the next place is exactly the same as the development in history.

Although the Wuchang Uprising successfully captured and occupied three cities in one fell swoop, the Qing Zheng Axe was shocked and thought it was an ordinary uprising after reacting.

On October 12, Zaifeng and the others first found someone to take responsibility, which is a consistent Chinese tradition. Therefore, Ruicheng, who abandoned the city and fled, was ordered to be removed from his post, but still let him temporarily act as the governor of Huguang and let him make meritorious contributions. However, before the edict of the Qing political axe arrived, the rebel army had already captured Hanyang and Xiakou, and in the face of this situation, where did Ruicheng dare to go up, retreat again and again, and retreat to Shanghai. He then reported that his ship was out of coal, could not walk, and needed to be replenished. Qing Zheng Axe was so angry that he immediately ordered people to arrest Ruicheng. However, the order has just arrived in Shanghai, and Shanghai has also been successfully recovered under the operation of Chen Qimei, and it is naturally impossible to arrest Ruicheng.

Of course, at that time, they naturally did not know such a situation, and after appointing Ruicheng, they ordered the Minister of War Yin Chang to rush to Hubei, and all the armies in Hubei and the troops that went to the aid were under their control. Then, he ordered the Navy Admiral Sa Zhenbing to lead the Navy and the Yangtze River Naval Division to quickly rush to the Wuhan River to help.

Next, the rebel army was like history, although the Qing Zheng axe ordered it to be suppressed, but when it came to the local level, Yin Chang commanded Feng Guozhang and other Yuan Shikai's old troops, and after they conquered Hankou, Feng Guozhang and they did not move.

However, in the process of suppressing the Wuhan uprising, the situation in the country suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.

When Feng Guozhang and them attacked Hankou, Hunan also announced reading power on the 22nd.

Immediately afterwards, Shaanxi also announced the reading power almost on the same day, the 29th Shanxi reading power, the 30th, Yunnan reading power.

In just one month, a total of five provinces have announced their reading power.

Qing Zheng axe saw that the form of this uprising was completely different from the previous ones, and it seemed that it was a big trouble, and at this time, they realized how serious their judgment was this time.

As a result, martial law was imposed in the capital, and the military and police raided railway stations, guild halls, hotels, and all kinds of public places, banned night theaters and evening movies, and notified newspapers that if they published news about Hubei, they were not allowed to fabricate or spread rumors.

For a while, under these policies, Yanjing was panicked for a while.

Everyone knows that the previous Wuchang Uprising may have been bigger, and through the deliberate propaganda of some people, people panicked.

On this day, before dawn, the door of a certain money bank in Yanjing was banged.

"Open the door, open the door for me, we have to redeem the money, redeem the money!" The dazed Xiao Er and the shopkeeper were woken up by the loud knock on the door, and when they opened the door, they found that there was actually a group of familiar people outside.

"Oh, Steward Wang, what are you doing so early?" However, as soon as the shopkeeper said such a sentence, the steward Wang snapped and slapped some banknotes on his face.

"Quick, I don't have time to grind with you, our prince wants to exchange silver, we need silver, and we will exchange all this money into silver!"

"Silver?" At this time, the shopkeeper gradually sobered up, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly exchanged silver for the king's housekeeper, but they were the prince, and they could afford to offend there.

So, under the leadership of this group of people, some princes and nobles began to exchange silver, and after these princes and nobles exchanged silver, some people in Yanjing finally smelled a trace of unusualness, so some people also ran to exchange silver.

For a time, in just a few days, several money banks were in a hurry.

At the same time, a group of princes and nobles appeared in some foreign banks.

"Mr. Lauder, let's deposit the money, and we need to deposit all this money in your bank." A jade-faced man in a fur suit waved his hand in front of foreigners, and suddenly his subordinates carried out more than a dozen loads of silver.

"Save money, Your Royal Highness, our bank can't accept so much silver, and we don't have so much interest to give you?" A glint flashed in the foreigner's eyes, and he hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, we don't need interest, as long as your bank can help me save money. Also, if Mr. Lauder can find us a house in the concession, the king will definitely give Mr. Lauder a satisfactory reward. ”

When a big event comes, it is generally these princes and nobles who get the news first, transfer their money first, and get the guarantee.

So, under the leadership of this group of people, Yanjing, which was originally panicked, was even more chaotic, and many ordinary people even heard that the Manchus had fallen into Yanjing in order to protect themselves, and wanted to kill the traitors hiding in the Han people.

For a time, Yanjing's train station was overcrowded and almost crowded, and people wanted to escape from Yanjing.

On November 23, Zhangde, Henan, Hengshang Village.

Compared to the chaos of Yanjing, this small mountain village is much quieter, and on the riverbank at the edge of the village, there is an old man in a robe and hat holding a fishing rod leisurely fishing.

However, at this time, on the bank of the river, two people suddenly came.

"Mr. Xu, my lord is fishing over there." Seeing the fisherman fishing by the river from a distance, one of the two people who came suddenly pointed forward: "I won't go, so as not to disturb the master." ”

"Okay, you go back first, I'll go." This man almost looked like an old man, and after nodding his head, he glanced at the angler in the distance, took a deep breath, and walked over.

Slowly approaching, the old man saw that the fisherman was still waiting quietly, he did not disturb, but stood quietly aside and waited for the fisherman.

After a long time, the fisherman seemed to be unable to bear the silence, and suddenly pulled up the rod, Xu Shichang took a closer look, and the hook on the fishing rod was actually straight.

"Kikuto, you can keep me waiting." The fisherman turned his head and looked at Xu Shichang, a ray of depth flashed in his dark eyes.

"Wei Ting, the time you have been waiting for has come." Looking at the man in front of him who was slightly younger than himself, Xu Shichang said slowly.

Yuan Shikai, the word Weiting, the number Rong'an.

The old man in front of him who used a straight hook to learn Jiang Taigong's fishing was Yuan Shikai, who had already put down his military power.

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