In March 1893 (February of the 19th year of Guangxu), although it was just after the spring equinox, Fuzhou in the southeast could already feel a strong sense of spring, and even felt the slightest hint of spring dryness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the stability of Bian Baodi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Fujian's new deal is different from Beiyang's enterprising and all-round implementation of the new deal, and it is also different from Huguang's new deal with financial resources as the core, Bian Baodi's implementation of the new deal in addition to encouraging industry and commerce, that is, following Beiyang's example of the harsh taxes to ensure the source of taxes, in addition, I am afraid that only the police and the new army can be part of the new deal, perhaps it is the reason that there is no intention to compete for the world, so that Fujian's new deal is more dependent on the people's independent promotion.

Since the implementation of the New Deal, Chinese businessmen who have returned from Nanyang have set up factories in Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places, and it is these factories of different sizes and factories such as machine rice factories and silk reeling factories that make Fujian show some vitality.

In March, when the city of Fuzhou is in the warm spring, street lamps are being installed on the streets of the city, and the police patrolling the streets to ensure the security of the city, but behind this seemingly stable is an undercurrent - the news of the Governor's illness first came a year ago, and now the news of the Governor's serious illness has come out.

In the past, whether it was a governor or a governor, he was just an official of the imperial court, and when a person died like a lamp going out, it was nothing more than a decree to praise the merits of the deceased, and in the local area. It's nothing more than a reinforcing official. But after all, it was in the past, and now under the "Nine Governors' Discussion", the power of the world belongs to the Nine Governors, and the court has long become an ornament, if the Governor dies, who will take over as the Governor?

Is it the eldest prince? Or is it a new appointment from the imperial court?

From the "occasional wind chill" before the year to the new year, people from all walks of life have visited. At this time, the city of Fuzhou attracted the eyes of the whole of China, after all, the future position of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang was directly related to the interests of the nine governors.

As one of the "Nine Governors", Bian Baodi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was born in this local governor and can be regarded as a corrected person - the first year of Xianfeng, from the head of the criminal department all the way to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. And now that he is very likely to be the first "subordinate" governor, how can he not attract attention?

And in the midst of all the attention, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is about to expire, and a good news came out from the governor's palace - the lord's health is gradually healing, and even on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a banquet was held for the staff officials of the palace. People were happy that Bian Baodi had survived this difficult time, but after a month, his condition suddenly took a turn for the worse, and even worsened than before.

Today, as soon as he got out of bed, Bian Baodi suddenly felt in good spirits, and he asked his family to bring him a few newspapers to read. As his eldest son, Bian Xuchang found a few and sent them over, if it is said that after the implementation of the new policy, what is the freshest is probably this newsprint. The New Deal lifted the ban on newspapers and allowed the people to run the newspapers. Not to mention other places, there are as many as ten newspapers in Fuzhou City alone, but now they have closed four or five.

After taking the newspaper from his son's hand, Bian Baodi put on reading glasses and slowly flipped through it. As usual, he tried to find articles related to the government and officials in the newspapers, but he did not realize the importance of newspapers in the past. In the past eight months or so, it was through the newspaper that he removed the top of those officials who had deceived and concealed his superiors, and the supervision of this newspaper was really beneficial to a person in a high position like him, and even this newspaper has now won the name of "Qingtian" because the people have redressed their grievances.

Of course. No one knows that last year, Bian Baodi only took the opportunity of newspaper supervision to rectify the officialdom in Fujian and Taiwan, and replaced a large number of officials with his own people, so as to achieve the goal of taking power from the governor's palace, but all this is just the beginning, but now all this seems to have been delayed because of his body.

"If only you could give me two more years......"

Thinking so in his heart, Bian Baodi glanced at the eldest son standing next to him, although his son served him in Hunan, Fujian and other provinces when he was young, although he was extremely filial but tried repeatedly, it was Bian Baodi's regret in his heart. Can he control the world of Fujian and Zhejiang?

This question made Bian Baodi's brows furrow suddenly, although deep down, he still regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, but this did not prevent him from marrying Li Hongzhang as a son and daughter, marrying his daughter to his third son, as for the sixth son is Zhang Zhidong's eldest son-in-law, he seems to be one with Beiyang, and he is also planning for himself, and these two bets are one of them.

But now?

If he leaves his hands and returns to the West, can his sons afford the façade of Fujian and Zhejiang?

Based on the understanding of the other eight governors, Bian Baodi knew very well that for those governors, they naturally hoped that Fujian and Zhejiang could be returned to the Bian family, which would create a precedent! But can the Bian family, who set this precedent, keep this foundation?

Thinking of the foundation of Fujian and Zhejiang, Bian Baodi thought of Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhejiang, although nominally Zhejiang belongs to Fujian and Zhejiang, but now it is only in name, with the support of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai is drastically implementing the new policy in Zhejiang, with Yuan Shikai's talent, how can Xu Chang suppress it, if he is ...... The bloody scenes in the history books surfaced in Bian Baodi's heart from time to time, so that his back was all wet.

But what to do?

Do you want to hand over Fujian and Zhejiang? To whom?

Give it to Yuan Shikai?

That is undoubtedly equivalent to handing over to his sons and daughters, Li Hongzhang, once Li Hongzhang obtains Fujian and Zhejiang, the southeast will be all under the control of Beiyang, and at that time...... How will Zhang Zhidong explain it? As far as Zhang Zhidong is concerned, he doesn't want to get Fujian and Zhejiang, and try to strengthen himself.

Thinking like this, Bian Baodi regretted his original two-headed bet, if there was no two-headed bet, how could this situation be like this now, whether it is to hand over Fujian and Zhejiang to Zhang Zhidong or Li Hongzhang, for both of them, it is a great help, and even this will determine the future of the world.

In-laws!

Bian Baodi's mind sank slightly. He realized that his biggest disadvantage was to bet on both sides, and the biggest advantage was also to bet on both sides, whether it was Li Hongzhang or Zhang Zhidong in the end, they would not be disadvantaged to the Bian family, but if they gave one of them, they ignored the other. Wouldn't that offend the other?

Look at the eldest son standing beside him, hey...... Thinking of his sons, none of whom could inherit the family business, Bian Baodi's mood became more and more heavy, in the future, what will happen in the future?

At this moment, suddenly, a piece of news in the newspaper caught Bian Baodi's attention. The news said that recently, the Queen Mother, the emperor and ministers of various countries, military attachés and journalists visited the first town of the Eight Banners New Army in Nanyuan, a suburb of Beijing, to hold a spring exercise. The power of the new army shook the whole audience and attracted the attention of all countries, and the news also said that the imperial court trained the second town of the Eight Banners New Army in the capital, and at present, there are two towns of new army stationed in Xiyuan and Nanyuan, with a strength of up to 25,000 people.

"Eight Banners New Army, Eight Banners New Army ......"

Repeating this sentence in his heart, Bian Baodi didn't know that the so-called Eight Banners New Army was the silver that King Gong had deducted. The new army of the young and strong soldiers of the flag soldiers was selected, perhaps because this new army was related to the life and death of the imperial court. Therefore, King Gong and others paid great attention to the new army, and fully supported Rong Lu to reorganize the children of the Eight Banners with strong methods, so as to create today's world-renowned achievements.

"If the new army of these two towns is trained to ......"

Seeing this, Bian Baodi's heart suddenly became frightened, he had been accustomed to being a courtier for decades, at least last year, he never thought that one day he would break with the court. If it weren't for Tang Haoran's move of "Eight Governors to Discuss Politics", coupled with the imperial court's distrust of Han Chen, how could he be in collusion with the governors, not so much that he supported the "Eight Governors to discuss politics", but that he supported "Eight Governors to protect themselves".

Now I look at the court side of the new army. Although he knew that the imperial court was training the new army, and it was the big guy who forced it to have no way out, but he had to admit that if the imperial court was so enterprising, he was afraid that the future would ......

To whom will the world belong in the future?

Li? Zhang Zhidong? Tang Ziran? Thinking about the changes in the imperial court, Bian Baodi's heart is bottomless, if he redefines the world in the imperial court, will he be held accountable for the "Eight Governors Discuss Politics"? Although this court is said to be the court of the Manchurians, in the eyes of the common people, it is the court after all, thinking of this, Bian Baodi thought of the article posted by the sergeant in Fuzhou City last year.

As a reader, Bian Baodi felt that the article was written in his heart that made sense, this court is the court after all, "Di Yi enters China, and China enters Di Yi then Di Yi", how many years have this been, how can you still pull the "Han and Manchu divisions", not to mention that everyone is a courtier of the court, and they have been favored by the court for generations.

Traitors!

That word made a little cold sweat break out on his forehead, and his heart suddenly became even more entangled, on the one hand, he knew that his family had no power to compete, and even if his son took over the position of governor, it would be extremely difficult to protect himself, and on the other hand, it was the reality of the difficulties and the uncertainty of the future, which really made Bian Baodi embarrassed, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

This national situation is like this, how to choose?

Thinking about it in his heart, Bian Baodi's expression became more and more solemn, whether it was Zhang Zhidong or Li Hongzhang, he had already made arrangements, and even Tang Haoran in the Northeast, he sent his third son to the Northeast to enter the university, in order to make friends in the future, but, this, is this safe?

Is it proper?

Wang Minyun, who came to Fuzhou City for the first time, although he still had a bitter look on his face, but he was extremely excited, not to mention that his suggestion was adopted by Zhang Xiangshuai, just the distance from success was enough to make Wang Minyun, who thought that he had done nothing all his life, excited, and it was this excitement in his heart that made him leave Wuchang by boat after getting Zhang Zhidong's consent, and boarded the ship to Fuzhou from Shanghai.

Although the ship did not have the speed of thousands of miles a day, it was hundreds of miles a day, and it came to Fuzhou from Wuchang, which was thousands of miles away, in just a few days, which really made him excited.

"Shuqiao, now the old man finally knows, why Xiangshuai insists on majoring in railways, with the convenience of this ship and railway, how can there be a distance of thousands of miles?"

"What the teacher said is that Xiang Shuai majored in railways and his intention was to connect the north and the south, and the speed of this steamer was far beyond the speed of wooden ships......

Compared with the teacher who has been living in the mainland, although the teacher now seems to have accepted Western skills, Yang Rui has already had a deep understanding of the convenience of railway ships due to many boat and train rides, and naturally there is no sigh of Wang Minyun.

"Hey, it's a pity ......"

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the bustle of Fuzhou outside the car, Wang Minyun turned the conversation around again.

"It's a pity this place!"

In the midst of the sigh, Wang Minyun's voice was slightly lowered, and he said to Yang Rui in official dialect with a Hunan accent.

"If Xiangshuai can be connected to Fuzhou by railway, then Huguang can become one of Fujian and Zhejiang, and it is a ......pity that it can be enriched with strength and the convenience of the port."

It's a pity that he not only came this trip not to include this place of Fujian and Zhejiang into Huguang, but even to give this treasure land to others, when it came to the day when he mentioned "breaking the trend", Zhang Xiangshuai's face was confused, and the corners of Wang Minyun's lips couldn't help but raise slightly, who in this world can know, now Beiyang is the general trend, and how can anyone understand that those who want to compete with Beiyang must first break its momentum, and then they may have something to do, but ......

groaning in his heart, Wang Minyun's brows furrowed from time to time, breaking the momentum of the Beiyang is one thing, but on the other hand, this matter is dangerous, if this momentum is broken, what will happen to those parties who were originally pressed by the general trend of the Beiyang?

There are pros and cons to everything, just like this trend of breaking the Beiyang, it has become, or it can break the current trend of the Beiyang, but on the other hand, it may invert the collapse of the cooperation between several parties that Zhang Xiangshuai finally caged.

"I just hope those people won't be so short-sighted!"

Silently thinking in the bottom of his heart, the carriage happened to drive past the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion, looking at the new army wearing new military uniforms outside the Governor's Mansion, and even the braids were cut short to the neck, Wang Minyun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he commanded the apprentices beside him.

"Shuqiao, let's go back and rest today, these days, you go and investigate, and find out about the body of the recent minister, as well as ......"

The voice was slightly pressed, and the eyes that seemed to be a little faint flashed.

"If we want to spread the word, let people spread it in the city, and try to publish those few articles in all the newspapers, those people are always uneasy, and we still have to do some things in person......

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