Chapter 92: Does the Emperor Still Want It?

A large number of soldiers of the original military army, dressed in blue-gray military uniforms and carrying large bags and small bags, poured down from the troop carriers that arrived at the Zaozhuang Railway Station, and formed a team on the platform. More than 1,000 officers and men of the 31st Brigade were on guard with loaded guns and live ammunition, and dozens of men dressed up and carrying baskets of white-flour steamed buns and buckets of pork stewed vermicelli were handing out the officers and men of the original armed forces who had already formed their formations. Zaozhuang Railway Station has almost become a sea of military uniforms.

Several staff officers of the mixed brigade headquarters were sweating profusely to give points to these soldiers of the Dingwu Army who were "sold" to Chang Ruiqing. The original three battalions of the model regiment have been expanded into three regiments, and the three regiment commanders have also taken their subordinate battalion commanders and company commanders to the railway station to pick people. Any soldier who counted and ate steamed pork would immediately be picked up by various units and become part of the 31st Mixed Brigade. Chang Ruiqing's order to the following is that all the more than 4,100 "recruits" must be distributed today! Training with the team starts early tomorrow morning!

Chang Ruiqing himself was in a large warehouse in the other corner of the train station, and his deputy Wu Shi was walking around a room of boxes with seals, and from time to time he opened a box, which turned out to be golden gold bars! Chang Ruiqing took out a ten-tael "big yellow croaker", put it to his mouth and bit it gently, nodded and smiled at Wu Shi with satisfaction: "The color is good!" The affairs of the internal affairs department of the world are still a bit reliable...... It's just that the children of the Eight Banners who were escorted were too unsuccessful, so Wu Yan'er took a few sisters to hook their souls. ”

Speaking of this, he and Wu Shi both laughed out loud. There were 251,000 taels of gold, and the extra 1,000 taels were for fear that the other party would find something wrong with the lack of quality. So much gold was packed in a hundred boxes, all of which were affixed with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a wagon was loaded, and a few Eight Banners uncles were escorted with the car, and they were all surnamed Aixin Jueluo! Along the way, I suffered a lot of hardships, and finally got to Zaozhuang, and I thought that I would continue to be loyal to my duties, but I couldn't stand the Zaozhuang Railway Station, and there were warblers who did skin and meat trading, all of them were stunning, and they were not worse than the girls in the eight alleys of Beijing...... Of course, these were arranged by Chang Ruiqing and his baby brother Chang Ruiyuan, all of them were girls from Huaixiang Pavilion in Xuzhou City, and the leader was Wu Yan'er's little goblin, which naturally fascinated those Eight Banners disciples who had been holding back for several days and couldn't find the southeast and northwest. These guys who escorted the gold left their posts without permission, and Chang Ruiqing's men arrived on the back foot, replacing the boxes with gold with a hundred identical boxes filled with lead......

The next two people opened the boxes in the room one by one, and after confirming that they were correct, Wu Shi smiled and said to Chang Ruiqing: "Brother Yaoru, the gold is in hand, our goal has been achieved, should we end this matter as soon as possible." So as not to have too many dreams at night? ”

Chang Ruiqing shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "I also want to settle the matter earlier, but who made Xu Youzheng suspicious of us?" If you don't muddy the water, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out! Two hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold, I'm afraid it's a crime! ”

Wu Shi thought about it and felt that it made sense, and now Duan Qirui had issued an order to suppress the capitals of Suzhou, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui! It is said that it is to suppress bandits, but everyone knows that the real target is the red bandits who are "entrenched" in Yimeng Mountain! Or rather, the 250,000 taels of gold that the red bandits are about to get their hands on!

But the problem is that this gold is still under Chang Ruiqing's control! Thinking of this, Wu Shi's eyebrows couldn't help but twist up: "Yaoru, how are you going to deal with Zhang Wensheng and Zhang Huaizhi next?" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly and said to Wu Shi: "It's not to deal with it, but to do things wholeheartedly, didn't the War Department order us to be temporarily restrained by Zhang Wensheng?" Then we have to be this subordinate. At this time, the door of the warehouse was pushed open with a creak, and the newly appointed adjutant next to Chang Ruiqing, Zhong Zhijie, a classmate of the original Wuhan Army Preparatory School, walked in quickly: "Brigade commander, Zhang Wensheng's staff Ye Quan, and Dingwu Army's staff officer Zhang Wuyang have arrived at the brigade headquarters, do you want to see him immediately?" ”

Chang Ruiqing and Wu Shi looked at each other and smiled, Chang Ruiqing said: "Zhang Wenzheng sold it to our ten battalions this time, the price is fair, and we only need 500,000 yuan with guns...... He's on the road, so we can't lose face at all, right? Yu Xun, let's go and meet this Mr. Ye together. ”

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Ye Quan and Zhang Wuyang had been waiting in the living room of the 31st Mixed Brigade Department next to Zaozhuang Railway Station for a while. As soon as the War Department's order to suppress bandits came, Ye Quan and others rushed back and forth between Jinan, Kaifeng, and Anqing non-stop. It was easy to negotiate the terms with a few overseers, and Chang Ruiqing was the last stop.

As for how much oil and water to give Chang Ruiqing, Zhang Wensheng and Ye Quan also discussed it repeatedly for a while. Chang Ruiqing's strength is of course insignificant, how can a mere brigade commander be compared to three overseers and a commander and town guard? But considering that the 250,000 taels of gold were still in his hands, Zhang Wensheng had no choice but to pinch his nose and promise to give him 10,000 taels...... The bid is indeed less, it seems that if you want to persuade Chang Ruiqing to cooperate, you have to take a lot of words, right?

Just when Ye Quan was thinking about how to use his three-inch tongue, the door of the living room was pushed open, and he saw Chang Ruiyuan walking in with a smile on his face: "Mr. Ye, Staff Officer Zhang, my eldest brother is coming over, and he will come to see the two of you soon." ”

Ye Quan and Zhang Wuyang didn't dare to sit and wait, and they both stood up and waited in the living room. Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the meeting room, followed by the adjutant's roll call: "Major General Chang Ruiqing, commander of the 31st Mixed Brigade, has arrived!" Then I saw a tower-like man walking in with a smile.

Ye Quan hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Ye Quan, the counselor of the Wujun Army, has long admired the name of a general, and it is a blessing to see him today." ”

Chang Ruiqing returned the salute with a smile: "Sansheng is fortunate to be the younger generation, the younger generation is also from Xuzhou, and the name of Mr. Ye, the genius of Tongshan, has long been like thunder!" Saying that, he greeted Ye Quan and Zhang Wuyang very warmly to sit down, and instructed the adjutant to serve the best tea.

After some greetings, Ye Quan saw that the atmosphere was good, so he said tentatively: "Our commander Zhang asked the old man to contact General Yaoru, just to ask the general to cooperate with our plan to suppress the red!" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and nodded, waiting for Ye Quan's next words.

Ye Quan continued: "The red bandits acted violently and had no taboos, which had long been tolerated by the Eastern and Western powers. I don't want to fall into the grass in Lunan and do all kinds of evil for the sake of the place...... General Zhang Wenzheng, as the superintendent of the suppression of bandits in Sulu, received military orders from General Wang and Vice Minister Xu of the Ministry of War this time, and together with the three provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Anhui, the Red Bandits were exterminated within a period of three months, and General Yaoru was also restrained by General Wenzheng. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said lightly: "Brother has received an order from the War Department, so he should fully cooperate." However, another order from the War Department to his brother has not been revoked, so Mr. Ye must know what is going on...... I wonder if the ransom of 250,000 taels of gold will be paid? Can Pu Yi's life be saved? ”

His words fell, and before Ye Quan could answer, he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door. Then came the voice of adjutant Zhong Zhijie: "Lord Shi, the brigade commander is meeting guests, please ......"

"The old man knows that it is Mr. Ye, the senator of Zhang Wenzheng, who came, right? The old man was about to see Mr. Ye, please let me in! The old man wants to ask him, Zhang Wen just wants to put the emperor to death! ”

The person who came turned out to be Shixu, and in the past two days, I heard that Duan Qirui had ordered to suppress the bandits in Shandong, and he was probably the most anxious. This time the bandits are clearly going to deal with the Red Brigade, and Emperor Xuantong is still under the control of the Red Brigade!

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