Chapter 200: Mukden (Remembering Victory Day)
In the early years of Tongzhi, in the face of continuous encroachment by Russia, the Manchu court successively opened the wicker side walls of the "Land of Longxing" and began to allow Han Chinese to immigrate to Kwantung, in order to increase the population of Manchuria and resist the threat of territorial encroachment by Russians from the north. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info immigrants with Han people in Shandong as the mainstream, crossed the Bohai Bay, moved to the Kanto region in a big way, and established their own homes on uncultivated land.
With the influx of millions of immigrants, the imperial court sent officials to set up yamen throughout the Kanto region to administer the subjects there. By the 15th year of Guangxu, the Kanto region, especially the Fengtian region, had become a large-scale and flourishing land with millions of people, reproducing the prosperity of the Liaodong region that was destroyed by the Manchu butcher's knife in history.
Since the Manchurians came to dominate the Central Plains, hundreds of millions of Han Chinese have been slaughtered under the butcher's knives of foreign races, and even the Han people as a whole have been classified as a low-status race, shaved their hair and changed to subduit, and enslaved and fooled. As a result, in the past few decades, the Han people have been in extreme contradictions. In their view of the country, the British and the French were the same as the Manchurians, but they were all foreign races who invaded the Central Plains, and no matter who ruled the land, it was the same, and the people only wanted a stable and stable life.
And these people, who have been accustomed to obedience and slavery under the butcher's knife for more than 200 years, showed amazing paralysis in the face of war, and completely lacked the enthusiasm to defend the Qing Dynasty to the death. Even if a small number of ordinary people organize a militia group, what the presiding officer seeks is only an opportunity to advance, and what the participants ask for is only a salary, and so on.
The non-resistance of the common people is undoubtedly extremely beneficial to the troops stationed in the DPRK. Almost as soon as the war began. At the first time of the capture of the city. With the advance of the troops and the expansion of the occupied areas, hundreds of civil affairs officials who were no older than 20 years old rushed from Korea to Mukden and Jilin to carry out local civil affairs one after another, and maintained law and order in the occupied areas, one of the purposes of which was to calm the hearts of the people and win the favor of the people, thus facilitating the offensive of the troops. The second purpose is to explore the long-term strategic intentions outside the border in the future. For the Unified Supervision Office, this is the purpose of this "Qingjun side".
However, in just a few days, the people in various parts of Mukden quickly accepted the propaganda of the garrison and adapted to the administration of civil affairs officials in the occupied areas. Whenever he occupied a land, the governor issued a proclamation to exempt the local people from paying taxes for the current year, and to appease the residents who had fled the war to return home. In addition, the public notice encouraged the people to voluntarily serve in the army, and many banners with the words "Shun Min" and "Good People" were posted on the doors of many people's homes, and similar situations could be seen on the battlefields of almost every theater of war.
At the same time that the civil affairs officials brought modern civil affairs to various parts of the Kanto region, thousands of spies. It is also active in various occupied areas, and out of caution, it is both the public notice and the propaganda of the local civil affairs office. did not mention "anti-Qing", at most just said the last sentence "Qingjun side". However, on the other hand, those intelligence officers who had been lurking in various places earlier openly advocated against the Manchus, stirred up the national sentiments of the common people, and successfully took advantage of the ethnic contradictions between the Han and Manchus in the complex nationalist feelings of China, and led some Qing court officials and people to be willing to dedicate themselves to the new government, and the root cause of this came from the old grudge of the Han people against the brutal rule of the Qing Dynasty since the Qing Dynasty invaded and occupied the Central Plains.
Moreover, the administration carried out by the civil affairs officials was more fair and honest than that of the Qing officials, which catered to the psychology of the people. Far from destroying the economic environment in the war zone, the civil affairs measures implemented by the military and political authorities stabilized the local social situation and promoted economic recovery.
Fengtian City, the old capital of the "I Great Qing Dynasty", after the notice of Anmin was posted, but only a few days, the people who fled from the city rushed back to the city, and Guan quickly restored the prosperity of yesterday, and even to some extent, it was more prosperous and lively than yesterday - after all, at this time, Fengtian City gathered tens of thousands of refugees from all over the country who fled here, and the arrival of refugees brought many problems, which also made the city more prosperous than in the past.
It was nearly noon, when the weather was dry, Turhai was drinking tea in the teahouse with a few friends, although now this Shengjing has changed the sky, but in his opinion, this world is still the world of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the surname Tang, it is just the "Qing Jun side", what is there to be afraid of, when the situation is stable, the court will always make up for their landing silver.
Just as a few people were talking, they heard someone at the next table stand up and shout:
"Ladies and gentlemen, in Xia Li Qiancheng, is a native of Jining Prefecture, Shandong Province, and is now studying at the Incheon East Asian Tongwen College, this time our Korean army attacked the Kanto region with 100,000 strong soldiers, among which there are many alumni of the college, but what they did was to save the people from fire and ......water."
The young man who was wearing a black uniform, with only an inch of short hair on his head, spoke with full confidence, and explained his intention in a few words, they were students, not civil affairs officials, and the reason why they came here was to comfort the soldiers on the front line, and secondly, to carry out battlefield propaganda, and the so-called propaganda was anti-Manchu propaganda, in fact, it has always been these young people who have borne the burden of anti-Manchu propaganda.
"The Manchus have stolen our Chinese artifacts for more than 248 years, and for the benefit of one clan, they have killed all the blood and blood of our Han people......
When the young man preached, he even shed tears because he was too excited, and when everyone in the teahouse listened to his words, they had different expressions, some were sad and indignant, and some were silent, as for the flag man like Tuerhai, his face changed slightly after listening to it, and he looked left and right, and saw that his friends around him were all pale, and several people looked at each other, and they all read the fear in their hearts from each other's eyes.
"Let's go!"
Just as Turhai and the others were about to leave, they heard a loud yell.
"Turhai, don't go, you kid is a yellow flag!"
This shout and the gazes cast around him only made Turhai's heart chill, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then kept defending.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm a little bit of a loss on my mouth, but I haven't done anything to be sorry for you. Again. Again. When I entered the customs that year, my ancestors did not enter the customs from the dragon...... No,"
Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Turhai hurriedly shook his head and defended himself again.
"I didn't enter the customs, so naturally I didn't kill the Han people......"
"Ladies and gentlemen, you just let the little one out as a fart......
At this time, Tuerhai and the few friends around him, how could they still have a trace of the consciousness of the children of the Eight Banners, and some were just humble prayers. All they asked for was that these helpless people would spare them, as if they were afraid that the other party would take revenge on themselves for the sins created by their ancestors.
"In this way, you are a Shunmin, and you are willing to be a Shunmin of my Han!"
Li Qiancheng walked up to Tuerhai and the others, stared at him and asked loudly.
"Shunmin! Li Ye, the little one is really Shunmin, the serious Shunmin, you ask the big guy, when the king entered the city, the small one took the lead in pasting yellow paper in the alley. Write down the good people who are obedient to the people......"
When Turhai defended, he couldn't stop praying to the people on the side.
"Ladies and gentlemen. You have to be honest, I haven't done anything bad in Turhai......"
His plea was immediately answered, and it was obvious that he had dealt with many people in his usual life, and that he had only been momentarily agitated before, but this would calm down, and seeing him so pitiful, he would naturally not be as excited as before.
"Since you're a Shunmin, why don't you cut your braids!"
When this question sounded in the teahouse, not only Tuerhai's face changed, but also the faces of the other people in the teahouse changed slightly.
This braid is a tool to distinguish obedience and rebellion, and those who keep braids are obedient to the Qing Dynasty, but for these "Chinese" dressed as foreign devils, they are "against the people", although this civil affairs department did not let the big guys cut their braids, but if the surname Li asked the big guys to cut off the braids, it would be cut or not.
"Ah......h
Turhei's eyes widened, and he muttered a defense after a moment.
"This, this, little, master, this Civil Affairs Department didn't say it, saying that you have to cut your braids, if, if it is, if it's ......"
Suddenly, when mentioning the Civil Affairs Department, Turhey's courage in his heart was strong, and he looked at the person in front of him and said.
"If the Civil Affairs Department has a notice to cut the braids, the small ones will naturally be cut by the people, but the Civil Affairs Department has neither notices nor rules, isn't it all a personal matter for the villain to cut the braids?"
The reason why Tulhai summoned this courage was because he remembered that this civil affairs department was extremely fair in its administration, and would never harm himself because he was a banner man, let alone give preferential treatment to the other party because he was a "Chinese."
Thinking of this, he was naturally no longer as scared as before, what could the person in front of him be a student from the East Asian Tongwen Academy, and he could still eat himself?
"In addition, the civil government has also announced in advance, no matter that as long as the Han Banner abides by the law and discipline and does not attempt to cause chaos, it can be protected by the Civil Affairs Department, although the villain is a banner person, but he is a submissive citizen under the rule of the government, and he should be protected by the Civil Affairs Department......"
When he said this, Tuerhai's heart was pinched into a small group, for fear that the other party would be angry and do something, looking at the sudden change in the face of the foreign student in front of him, this would just be a strong support Tuerhai, trying to find a reason to give this person a step.
"Mr. is from the same Faculty of Letters, and I want to come from ...... who knows this very well."
If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would have already descended the donkey down this step, but for the fledgling Li Qiancheng, in addition to being good at arguing in the moot court, those who study law are better at finding terms in the law that are beneficial to themselves or unfavorable to others, and this is naturally the case now.
"Shunmin?"
After a cold snort, I saw Li Qiancheng immediately ask rhetorically.
"Then I want to ask, before our army conquers Mukden, whether Mr. Tu will receive the imperial court's silver salary, and what yamen is under the jurisdiction of this banner people, whether Mr. Tu is a citizen or a soldier, I have to make it clear today!"
This rhetorical question only made Turhai's face turn pale instantly, and then the words of the young man in front of him almost made him kneel and beg for mercy.
"I would like to ask the affairs officer of Mukden, since Mr. Tu is a military salary and an enemy soldier, why is he not captured by the enemy!"
Many things that are not noticed by people will always be infinitely magnified, for the people who have just captured Fengtian and are planning to attack Keshang Dequan in the Guannei, a small petition or question, but he was forced into a corner. So much so that he had to temporarily put aside his plans for the Guannai and put his mind on a small "captive affair".
If you are an enemy soldier, why not be a prisoner of the enemy!
It's a trivial issue, but at this time, it's like a braid, and it's directly related to whether a person's position is correct, and at this time, the position determines a lot of things.
"Sir, although these people have received a flag salary, how many of the flag people do not receive a soldier salary? If they are arrested, it will not violate the "Land Transfer Regulations" signed with Yulu at the beginning, according to the provisions of the regulations, we must protect their ......"
The words of the chief of staff made Shang Dequan's brows furrow tighter, the "Statute of Handing over the Land" did play a certain role, with the order of General Sheng Jing, whether it was surrender or handover to the city, it became a matter of course, it was thanks to that charter that the militia in Fengtian was successfully disbanded, and then the killing of ordinary people was avoided, but on the other hand, according to the agreement in the charter, the military and civil chief of the field not only ordered the protection of the imperial tomb, but even the protection of the flag people from harm, in other words, It doesn't matter if you capture the flag soldiers on the battlefield, but the flag people everywhere need to be protected, and recapture is undoubtedly to tear up the original agreement.
"Since the charter is now in the way, let's tear him up!"
What he said was that he was the second staff officer in the division, and he was also the operational staff officer of the First Army Corps, which had just been formed.
"The signing of the agreement is to keep it and tear it up, sir, I don't think there's anything wrong with tearing up the charter, not to mention that now the affairs of Fengtian have been almost disposed of, the land that should be handed over has been handed over, and if it shouldn't be handed over, it has to be knocked down, since this is the case, the charter is useless, useless things, why do you have to guard him?"
His questioning was met with a rhetorical question from the chief of staff.
"Fengtian's land transfer charter is useless, but what about Jilin? What about Heilongjiang? Don't they need a land transfer charter? Still? If we tear up a charter today, who will dare to believe us tomorrow? Sir......"
His words only made Shang Dequan's expression more serious, indeed just as he said, after tearing up this charter, who would dare to believe the adult? His mind sank, thinking of the questions of those young students, he still smiled helplessly, sometimes, playing ball is undoubtedly the best choice.
"This matter involves hundreds of thousands of banner people, and the stakes are very high, I think, it is better to leave it to the government to decide!"
(Today...... It is Victory Day, remember this day, remember the more than 300,000 soldiers who sacrificed for the survival of this nation, and it is the sacrifice of the martyrs who supports the backbone of this nation! Remember the pain that war brought to China. (To be continued.) )