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"Students are also readers, and the people I admire most in my heart are people like Mr. Qian and other knowledgeable people. It's just that at the beginning of the year, the students suffered a blow to their brains, and their heads were extremely swollen and painful after studying for a long time. The doctor said that students need to practice martial arts to activate their qi and blood, so students abandon literature and follow martial arts. Originally, the students liked the military book and war strategy, but they didn't expect that the training was also relatively smooth, and they achieved today's achievements under the initial results, which really deserve to be praised by your predecessors! ”

The beautiful bearded man Qu Tong waved his hand and said: "Hey, Lord Zhang is too modest, throughout history, there are many celebrities who have abandoned literature and military service to serve the country, and finally achieved great achievements." Looking at what Lord Zhang has done, he does have the demeanor of a general, and a few words of praise are still worth it. Qu Tongju is also from Huai'an Mansion, and he is very appreciative of Zhang Renjie's behavior of exterminating the bandits, and he praised him the most after eating this meal.

"Qu Tongju is right, in this eventful season, the imperial court needs a fierce general like you who can fight on the battlefield. Di Bao, who just arrived two days ago, said that half a month ago, the French provoked our Qing Dynasty in Vietnam, and took the lead in attacking Vietnam, a subject country of our Qing Dynasty, and the Black Flag Army was defeated, and the French army had already occupied the entire territory of Shanxi in Vietnam! Hey, these foreigners are like hungry wolves, and I don't know if the Black Flag Army can repel the attack of the French ** team. Liu Tongzhi also said with emotion. Although they were far away from Vietnam, they all hoped that the Black Flag Army would defeat the French army.

When Zhang Renjie heard this, he chuckled in his heart. It seems that what he is planning in his head is indeed correct, and history still happens as usual. Half a month ago, it was the 14th day of December in the Gregorian calendar, and it was on this day in history that the French army raided Shanxi, Vietnam, officially opening the prelude to the Sino-French war. "Lord Liu is sure that the French army has attacked the Black Flag Army?" Zhang Renjie confirmed again.

"This matter is true, and I have seen it in the Di newspaper, but Vietnam is nearly 10,000 miles away from our Jiangsu, and the war is only in Vietnam, and it has nothing to do with us. Those things have their own court and the princes to worry about, I still have to do our duty" Qu Tongju nodded and agreed, and then he no longer cared about this matter, but turned to Qian Rongfeng to raise a glass: "Lord Qian, I salute you with a glass!" ”

The topic of the French invasion of Vietnam was passed by like this, and several people didn't care about the distant war at all, after all, this matter was too far away from them, and it was not a war that happened on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, so they didn't care even more. At most, the warring side is the Black Flag Army, and when talking about this topic, it is already good to think that in the end it will be the Black Flag Army that wins.

The suppression of bandits was originally an order issued by Qian Rongfeng, and the follow-up matters were also handled by the prefect's yamen, Zhang Renjie's side handed over the bandits to the prison, and then handed over the merit request documents to the prefect's yamen, and he couldn't control the rest of the things. Fortunately, Qian Rongfeng is a student of the political envoy Chu Wanli, and the two want to be in the same camp and will not do anything about it. It's just that I don't know if Zhou Daotai, Zhou Rui's father of Funing Zhixian County, has anything to do with Lord Chu, whether they are familiar with each other or not, but as long as it is not an antagonistic relationship, then Zhou Rui's side will be easy to explain. Providing information to exterminate the bandits is also a great credit.

Nine days have passed since I left for Funing, and I don't know if my father Zhang Youde has come back at this time. He clearly remembered that his father Zhang Youde said that he once worked as a secretary under Liu Mingchuan of the Huaijun Mingjun, and he also became friends with Liu Mingfang by chance. Liu Mingfang and Liu Mingchuan are cousins, and Liu Mingchuan will soon recover, go out of the mountain to serve as the governor of Fujian, and then become the first governor of Taiwan.

And even if he didn't have this relationship, he would have to spend more money and be transferred to Taiwan. Taiwan is a wild place in the eyes of officials in various ministries in the capital, and ordinary officials are transferred from Jiangsu to Taiwan, which can be regarded as a complete denunciation, and what Zhang Renjie wants is the so-called derogatory.

However, it is now the 29th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar, and the 26th day of December 1883 in the Gregorian calendar, and in a few days it will be the Western New Year, and the Chinese New Year will be a month away. In another half a year, Liu Mingchuan will rush to Taiwan, and there is indeed not much time left for Zhang Renjie, and he must contact Liu Mingchuan before he enters Taiwan. According to his memory, Liu Mingchuan was equivalent to a bare-bones commander when he first arrived in Taiwan, and Liu Xuan, Taiwan's military commander, belonged to the Chu army faction and was a close confidant of Zuo Zongtang, the marshal of the Chu army, and Zuo Zongtang and Liu Mingchuan happened to be mortal enemies.

I remember that what is recorded in the book is that Liu Mingchuan also thought about mobilizing his old department, and personally sent a letter to Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Liangjiang, wanting to transfer troops to Taiwan from the Jiangnan Ming army stationed in Yangzhou and who had participated in the counterattack against the Japanese invasion of Taiwan ten years ago. After Li Hongzhang's discussion, dozens of veteran generals of the Ming Army, a pitiful 150 so-called backbone officers and soldiers of guns and mines were transferred from Liu Shengxiu's department of the Ming Army in Zhili, plus 3,000 Mauser rifles to accompany Liu Mingchuan to Taiwan.

Zhang Renjie thought that his Renzi battalion could strengthen training for a few months, and then if he contacted Liu Mingchuan, Liu Mingchuan should not let go of his elite army. It has always been less charcoal in the snow and more flowers on the scene, if he appeared when Liu Mingchuan was at a loss, he would definitely be reused! Moreover, Zhang Renjie also knew that there were only a few battles in the official Sino-French war, and the time for fighting on land was very short, especially on the coastal territory of China, and he must not miss these excellent opportunities for development.

On the way back to the Yamen of the Andong Metropolitan Division, Zhang Renjie crossed his fingers and began to count the series of things that would happen next. Look at what you should do during this time, and you have to plan it well to be prepared.

Knowing that the team had returned from Shanyang, Hua Liangfu had already been waiting at the yamen. "My lord, congratulations on your success in suppressing the bandits! The whole Anton's people have heard about your extermination of the old hammer head of the bandits, and the streets and alleys have greatly praised the adults and our Renzi battalion. ”

"Hehe, it's not that you don't know the strength of our Renzi Battalion, and it's not easy to deal with some bandits. Don't talk about that, I have something to talk to you about when I go in. Zhang Renjie waved his hand to let Zhang Qishi and the soldiers of the guard squad go back, and the other soldiers of the Tongrenzi battalion went back to the barracks to tidy up, and then strode into the inside of the yamen.

Hua Liangfu also realized that Zhang Renjie must have something important to discuss, and immediately followed into the conference hall. "The Qing Dynasty and the French ** team have already handed over, do you know?" Before he sat down, Zhang Renjie asked.

"This?" Hua Liangfu was stunned, he really didn't know about this situation. It has only been half a month since the Sino-French dispute in Vietnam, and it is already very good that the news has reached the capital and then to the provincial and government levels below, but there is no news from Anton's side. After all, the imperial court did not collect money and grain from below, and there was no intention of transferring troops to the south, so it is normal not to know here. "No news at all!"

Zhang Renjie pulled out the map from the long bamboo tube hanging on the wall, which was a map of the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the annotations on it were very detailed, better than the maps printed by foreigners. In the area around the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty, the locations of the subject states of the Great Qing Dynasty are also marked in detail. Zhang Renjie pointed to the area of Vietnam and said: "Right here, the French attacked the Black Flag Army stationed here half a month ago, and the Black Flag Army suffered heavy losses, and the French army immediately occupied the entire territory of Shanxi in Vietnam. ”

"But what does this have to do with us?" Hua Liangfu was a little puzzled: "My lord, do you want to apply for a transfer to the front line to fight the French?!" ”

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