In May of the fourth year of Xianfeng, the edict arrived in Guangzhou, "Tell the Minister of Military Aircraft, etc., the future is auspicious, please practice guns and artillery, and handle it immediately, but firearms soldiers should pay attention to guns and guns, and arrows should also be practiced." He ordered Jingxiang to take elite soldiers and purge all the brave men in Guangdong. Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui selected a number of officers from the Guangdong Green Battalion and the deputy general of the Navy Division, and went to the Jingxiang Military Camp in Guangzhou to listen to the dispatch and help the new army without a slight delay. It is not allowed to use the excuse that there is no one to dial. This will be known by the six hundred miles of intensified decrees. ”

He also said, "There are also people who play, there are no less than 100 Cantonese merchant ships in Guangdong, and the merchants are looking for hired to escort the delivery ships." If the order is hired from Chongming to enter Beijing, it can ward off thieves who are fleeing upstream. However, the boatmen are all Macao nationals, and they are all dressed in Yiyi, so whether they can be hired will not cause trouble, and they are still being prepared as soon as possible. The original fold is presented with an excerpt for reading. ”

Of the two edicts, the first edict readily agreed to Ye Zhao's request to train the army, but he did not forget to add a sentence "guns should be the priority, and arrows should also be practiced." The second edict expressed concern about the gradual appearance of people from Macao, Hong Kong and other places wearing clothes on the ships of the merchants of the Qing Dynasty, but it only ordered "proper preparation" and did not explicitly oppose it.

Sitting in the study room of the mansion, Ye Zhao had a letter from the old master in his hand, which said that more than four or five hundred villagers had been recruited outside the customs, and the money and food donated by the squire were barely available.

The Liao army outside the Guanwai finally started, but I really don't know how to start here, the new three battalions of musketeers, including the purchase of firearms, have no problem, but how to train the troops will inevitably give Ye Zhao a headache, if you want to talk about the military, the deeds of great people who have been familiar since childhood, all kinds of war examples, but they can only be used as stories, but they may be able to inspire natural generals like matchmakers, but if you want to say that you personally command the troops, where do you understand? How to train and how to form an army is even more confusing.

As for whether or not the New Army can become a unit with extremely strong combat effectiveness, it depends on the New Army's own generals, who absorb Western-style military theories without dogma and gradually form their own set of rules on the Eastern battlefield. I'm afraid it will have to be sharpened in actual combat.

And to use the British army advisers, they had to find a way to get the support of Mutten so as not to be impeached in the back.

Thinking about this, there was a gentle knock on the door of the study, and Ruisi's monkey face appeared, "Master, Chen Jiao, the head of the Sanhengtai class, thank you for your disciples." Master, the slave led him to kowtow in the main hall? ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

I looked through a few documents of the "customer" of the Taihe, and more than ten sums of silver had been placed, almost all of the objects were intended to trade with foreign merchants, Ye Zhao also smiled bitterly in his heart, he was clearly cultivating and supporting the comprador group, I only hope that these compradors will not disappoint themselves in the future, and there must be a few people who can contribute to the emergence of national enterprises.

Putting down the paperwork, Shi Shiran walked out of the study, walked through the hall, and came to the Qianqian Yamen compound, where Bakshi and Alhatu followed Ye Zhao closely.

The pines and cypresses in the courtyard of the yamen are verdant, and the green bricks are paved with the ground, which is a solemn scene. It's just that it's a little messy today, and seven or eight theater guys have carried a few loads of gifts, which seem to have cloth and gift boxes, all tightly wrapped in red silk cloth.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, and entered the side hall of the main hall through the side door, with Bakshi and Alhatu guarding the door.

In the side hall, Rui Si and Chen Jiao Chen stood with their hands down, Chen Jiao was in his early forties, tall, and had a heroic spirit, and he was not a singer of martial arts.

Seeing Ye Zhao come in, a hint of discoloration suddenly flashed in Chen Jiao's eyes, Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, but saw that Chen Jiao had already knelt down and kowtowed: "Grass people Chen Jiao greets Lord Dutong!" ”

Ye Zhao had just sat down at the desk, and before he could speak, he heard someone in the courtyard making noise, "What's the matter!" Hold it! "Stop!"

Just as Ye Zhao was about to ask Ruisi to take a look, Bakshi and Alhatu suddenly retreated into the hall, and Bakshi shouted even more: "Master, be careful!" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, and Governor Chen Jiaoqing, who was kneeling on the ground, was defeated, and without hesitation, his body was long, and he threw himself at Ye Zhao with a dagger in his hand.

With a "bang", Chen Qiao staggered a few steps to the right, his right arm was blood-red, and Bakshi was already in front of Ye Zhao, and with two shots, both hit Chen Jiao's chest, and Chen Qiao fell backwards.

"Master, let's go!" Outside the hall, seven or eight thieves were exposed, and the cold steel knife in his hand slashed at Alhatu's body, almost instantly, Alhatu became a bloody man, but his tower-like body was firmly blocked in front of the hall door, preventing the thieves from taking a step forward.

"Let's go!" Bakshi grabbed Ye Zhao's arm and shouted at Rui Si, who was stunned, came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped up to protect Ye Zhao and ran to the left door, from the left door you can enter the lobby and then retreat into the backyard.

The "whoosh" dagger almost flew past Ye Zhao's scalp, and with a "ding" sound, it was nailed to the window lattice, trembling slightly.

Turning his head, he saw Chen Jiao, who was soaked in a large patch of blood on his chest, propping up his body, and his resolute and fierce eyes were full of unwillingness, "Qinggou!" I have no regrets in my death! He said that he turned into a ghost and came to ask for your dog's life! ”

"Bang" Baksh made up another shot, Chen Jiao's body was crooked, and there was no sound.

"Ahh On that side, Alhatu suddenly roared angrily, and his arms, which were tightly grasping the doorposts on both sides, rushed out with several thieves in front of him, and his body was constantly stabbed, and even the tip of the knife came out from behind him, and blood sprayed wildly, but he moved forward desperately, and walked forward five steps in a row, and he couldn't fall down, and several knife-wielding bandits were frightened, and they forgot to rush into the flower hall to kill Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao almost gritted his teeth and held back tears and retreated into the second courtyard under the support of Baksh and Ruisi, and the soldiers were rushing to the front yard in a chaotic manner, Bakshi and Ruisi kept moving, and kept protecting Ye Zhao to retreat to the back house, in front of the crescent moon gate, Ye Zhao broke free of Baksh and Ruisi's arms, and said, "It's right here." ”

Several anti-thieves should be cleared out quickly, and Ye Zhao didn't want to frighten Rong'er.

Bakshi also knew Ye Zhao's thoughts, so he stopped talking, and just silently loaded his bullets.

"You, go see Alkhatu." Ye Zhao was inexplicably sad in his heart, and he knew that Bakshi and Alhatu were lifelong friends, and Bakshi, an iron man, just didn't show it.

Bakshi bit his lip desperately, almost biting blood, but he just shook his head, Ye Zhao sighed and patted Baksh's shoulder gently, "I understand what you mean, I understand, you are thinking about my safety, it's just, it's just Alhatu......" As he spoke, he finally couldn't hold back his tears, "He, how, why did he die?" ”

Although he was reborn in troubled times, Ye Zhao has always been pampered, and has never experienced life and death, not to mention that the attendant who is like a friend was stabbed to death by someone under his nose, and Ye Zhao is almost the first time to cry in two lives.

Seeing Ye Zhao crying, Bakshi fell to his knees and kowtowed: "Master, master, don't be sad, don't hurt your body!" Alhatu can die for his master, he, he died well! Slaves are also willing to die for their masters! When the minions meet the masters, it is a great creation! ”

Rui Si couldn't help but feel excited, knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, Alhatu, Alhatu is still willing to serve his master in the next life!" As he spoke, he couldn't help choking up.

Ye Zhao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and was silent.

Groups of shield soldiers and shotgun teams arrived, and they came to guard the inner house.

After a while, Zuo Ling Gang'an was dressed in military uniform, hurried over, and hit thousands of people from a distance: "My lord, there are sixteen thieves, fifteen were killed on the spot, one was captured, the city was in chaos, humble and bold, with the order of the lord to send the battalions on guard, and ordered the red and blue flag soldiers to enter Guangzhou City to assist the green battalion to suppress." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "You did the right thing." He turned to look at Baksh and said, "Let's go, let's go, go to the front yard and have a look." ”

"Master, don't go!" Baksh and Ruisi both advised.

Ye Zhao shook his head silently and walked towards the front yard.

In front of and behind the side hall, the flag soldiers carried the bloody corpses in and out, while Alhatu leaned over the side of the flower garden, with countless wounds on his body, almost as if he had been stunned.

Ye Zhao felt a pain in his heart, turned around, and closed his eyes slightly.

Gang'an hugged his fists and said: "Lord Dutong, just now the thief confessed that Chen Jiao is the cousin of Chen Kai, the leader of the bandits in Guangzhou, Chen Kai colluded with the bandits, and today it is said that the bandits in Guangzhou will start an incident, and the assassination of the Lord is a plan to attack the west." ”

Will bandits? That's another branch of Hongmen, I'm afraid that the assassination himself is also a whim, just take the opportunity of Sanhengtai to thank him, and he naturally has the heart of death when he comes to assassinate himself, so he doesn't want to go back alive.

It's just that more than a dozen people can hide their weapons and brazenly enter the flag city and enter the deputy capital yamen, even if it is in the name of giving a gift to the deputy capital commander, but it can also be seen that the flag soldiers are lax in military discipline.

Ye Zhao frowned, and after a while, the three assistant leaders and the four assistant leaders arrived in a hurry, but the other three assistant leaders led the flag soldiers into the city to suppress the bandits.

Ye Zhao's mind is not here at all, he has been enjoying the glory and wealth in the capital, even if he is caught by Su Hongniang, he just thinks it is fun, and today, the bloody scene woke Ye Zhao up.

Long-sleeved good dancing? Blessings? I really see the world as simple! Which change of dynasty didn't take countless lives? The so-called success will be ten thousand bones, and the road you take, maybe how many people will lose their heads, how many people will shed their blood for themselves, and how many people will want to eat their own flesh, these are all ready?

And those who are eager to restore the Han Dynasty, before they really show their hole cards, how many people will misunderstand themselves and want to get rid of themselves? Even in the end, for the sake of power, hatred of oneself has gone deep into the bone marrow, but I am afraid that one's enemies will never be in the minority.

I am afraid that the more authority I have, the more enemies I will make.

Are you ready for these?

is still the same sentence, from the moment you are ready to change the world, you should not take personal gains and disgraces to heart.

I hope that Alhatu and even Chen Jiao, the blood of these people will not be shed in vain, and one day, they will all see China become their ideal country, and their children and grandchildren will no longer have to follow the path they once walked.

Ye Zhao silently took the incense from Rui Si's hand, but the words in his heart could only pray to the heavens.

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In the side hall of the Guangzhou General's Yamen, Ye Mingchen, Mu Teen, and Ye Zhao were deliberating.

Although Ye Zhao was only the deputy commander, he had full authority to organize the new army, so as to become one of the most powerful officials in Guangzhou City, and become the third largest man in Guangzhou after Mu Teen and Ye Mingchen.

Yesterday it was said that the rebellion of the bandits in Guangzhou had been quelled, and apart from the burning of many shops, it did not cause much turmoil, and after investigation, it was found that yesterday the rebellion was caused by the bandits and bandits together, and Chen Kai and Li Wenmao were the leaders of the bandits.

Needless to say, Chen Kai has long been wanted by the Guangzhou government as the leader of the bandits, and Li Wenmao, who was originally the leader of the art forest in Guangzhou, secretly formed a society in the Qionghua Hall in Foshan and organized his disciples into the three armies of Wenhu, Fierce Tiger, and Flying Tiger, which had long had the intention of rebelling.

It is no wonder that Ye Mingchen coldly threw out the words "no forgiveness for killing", he was extremely tough on the bandits, and it seemed that he was determined to set off a bloody storm in Guangzhou.

Li Wenmao and Ye Zhao have never heard of it, but it is so big, I think there will be records in the history books, and I am thinking about it, Ye Mingchen has already frowned and said: "Cantonese opera singers, there are a lot of lawbreakers, they should be strictly investigated, and all those who are registered in the Qionghua Hall will be imprisoned and tortured." ”

Ye Zhao knew that this kind of case would only implicate more and more people, so he pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Lord Zhangtai, I think it's better to appease the people, except for the first evil and the habitual offender who committed human life, others can be appeased." Guangzhou, a prosperous commercial place, relied on a lot of food and salary in the Qing Dynasty, and severe torture and interrogation would only endanger everyone, and the gentry would be uneasy under the harassment of soldiers and bravery. What's more, the people of Guangdong are loyal and respectful, but they must not be angry with the people for a while. "Maintaining social stability is the best way to eliminate the party.

Ye Mingchen didn't expect Ye Zhao to talk about it, but nodded silently when he listened.

Mu Teen said with a smile: "The governor's yamen, the general's yamen, and the deputy capital's yamen will work together to post a notice to calm the people, this matter, I'm afraid that ten people will become tigers, and we will not be stable, and when it reaches the capital, it will disturb the emperor even more." ”

There was an incident in the city of Guangzhou, and Ye Mingchen and Mu Teen had something to do with it, and Mu Teen didn't want to make a big fuss and be punished by the emperor.

Seeing that Mu Teen also agreed with Ye Zhao's statement, Ye Mingchen only nodded, he has always been loyal to the monarch, and he has never been afraid of short-term and long-term affairs, that loyalty is really a lesson from heaven, but the two Manchurian magnates do not want to hunt down and kill suspects in a big way, and he is not good at being stubborn.

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When Ye Zhao was discussing with the Taiwan and the general, he couldn't imagine that on the bank of the Pearl River, a young man with a white silk on his head was kneeling down and swearing to the river that one day he would regroup and return to Guangzhou City to kill Jing Xiang to avenge his brother!

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