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In the Huguang Governor's Palace, drums were played early, and the subordinates and maids were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, and they all hated the "big hero" who had not met to death.

"Yo, isn't this Lord Guo? I heard you're going to upgrade your standard? Hey, don't pull me, what are you doing? ”

"Stupid, you know that you drink flower wine all day long, don't you see that Lord Guo is unhappy today?"

"What's wrong?"

", it's not the standard errand to make trouble ()! Yang Qiu is now 42 standard. ”

"What, that's the dog's leg?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's Baturu."

"it, isn't it just a baggage groom pulling a cart, and when it comes, I'll see Lao Tzu spit on his face."

The good deeds on the street are in groups, pointing at the officials and gentry who come in and out, and there is not much envy in their eyes, but more curiosity and hatred, because since this Ruicheng came, the Huguang Governor's Mansion has become a gathering place for banner officials, and he also changed the idea of his predecessor Zhang Zhidong, and set up a name to raise taxes without authorization, in order to supply the Qing Dynasty that was about to fall, and exploited the two places together with the foreigners in the concession.

Suddenly, there was a stirring in the crowd, and I saw two officers in brand new general's uniforms and shiny military boots approaching in the distance, especially the one on the left, who looked to be in his early twenties, with a slender figure and a heroic face, and walked with a straight waist, giving people a sharp sword out of its sheath.

"In the Lower Governor's Mansion, Master Zhang Meisheng has seen Yang Biaotong and Xiao Guandao." Zhang Meisheng was entertaining guests, and when he saw the two of them, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly ran over, and the good deeds next to him also exploded, but he didn't expect that this young man was actually Yang Qiu, the new 42 standard commander of the emperor's newly crowned "Loyal and Brave Baturu".

"Phew! The little white face, no ** eggs, sell your life to the full tartars! The scolder was dripping with joy.

"A table of talents." Likers find only one merit.

"Wow, he's so handsome." This is a nymphomaniac.

As soon as Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo entered the door, they didn't have time to "enjoy" the scenery in the governor's mansion, when they saw Ruicheng with a woman, a large group of gentry and officials walking out of the hall to greet them, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee to salute and say hello.

"Mark Yang Qiu (Xiao Anguo) to see Lord Governor."

"Get up, get up." Rui Cheng hurriedly helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite for the family banquet to celebrate the two of you tonight." ”

"If there is no promotion and recommendation from the Governor, there will be no Yang Qiu and An Guo today." After Xiao Anguo finished speaking, he took out a small brocade box from his arms and handed it to Zhang Meisheng next to him and said with a smile: "This is some of the intentions of the two of them, and I hope the adults will laugh at it." ”

"Hehe, you guys." Rui Cheng pretended to sigh, opened the box and saw that it was a three-inch high-purity gold smiling face Maitreya, and suddenly the smile on his face became even worse, and said: "It's not easy to be a soldier to eat food and save some money, so you won't allow it next time." After speaking, he returned the box to Zhang Meisheng, and deliberately said heavily: "Go, put it on the old man's bookcase." ”

After Zhang Meisheng left, Ruicheng held the two affectionately and began to introduce the guests to the two: "This is the old man's insider, this is." ”

When introducing Ruicheng's wife Liao Keyu, Yang Qiu quietly looked at it more, not because of how beautiful this lady looked, but because many people in later generations said that the success of Wuchang was the credit of this lady, because she persuaded Ruicheng to leave ahead of schedule, which led to the eventual lack of command of the army, and also said that she was a spy planted by the Kuomintang for many years, so I don't know if this is really the case.

"This is." Rui Cheng pulled him to the door of an officer in his forties with a proud face: "Guo Erxing is currently in charge of the 42nd Standard 3rd Battalion, and he will be Chenhua's colleague from tomorrow, and he will be closer and closer to him in a while." ”

"Fruit pipe belt, fortunately, I will be lucky." Yang Qiu saluted and muttered in his heart, because most of the people who came over along the way who had anything to do with the army were people from the patrol camp, which showed that Zhang Biao had strict control over the new army, but he didn't expect to see one in the end, or his own subordinates!

"Lord Biaotong is polite, and I hope to take care of it in the future." This Guo Erxing looked arrogant, and after saying a word, he simply sat down next to him and drank.

"This reckless man, Chenhua don't take it to heart."

"How can it, I don't understand anything when I first come here, and I will have to rely on Lord Guo to help me in the future." Hearing that there was a lot of maintenance in Ruicheng's words, Yang Qiu somewhat understood, this Guoerxing must be the person Ruicheng inserted into the army, if he didn't estimate that he should be the new 42 standard commander.

No wonder people are not welcome and get in the way.

After introducing the guests, Rui Cheng was about to greet everyone to the table, when a hearty laugh suddenly came from the door: "What day is today?" It's so lively. ”

Yang Qiu turned his head to look, only to see a man in his thirties wearing a thin green shirt, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and two mustaches walking in. ”

Zaun? It's him!

The first Huiyuan in Hunan, with a prominent family background, is known as Tan Yanmin, the son of Tan Zhonglin, the former governor of Liangguang of the Yan family! Hearing this name, Yang Qiu immediately remembered the old photos he had seen in the Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall, and remembered this person, no wonder even Ruicheng, who was the governor of Huguang, was polite to him.

Seeing Ruicheng come to greet him in person, Tan Yanmin hurriedly saluted: "Hunan Counselor Tan Yanmin has seen the Governor. ”

"Zuan is polite." Rui Cheng kindly picked up Tan Yanmin and asked, "Zu An is here this time." ”

"Back to the Governor, the lower officials came to Wuchang this time to get the guns ordered by the new army from Hanyang ()." Tan Yanmin arched his hand and said: "Recently, there have been frequent bandits in Hunan, so the new army urgently needs guns to suppress bandits, and I hope that my lord." ”

"This governor has already heard about this, you wait for a few days, and in a few days there will be a batch of guns from Hanyang to leave the warehouse, and you will accept it when the time comes."

"Thank you, Governor." After Tan Yanmin thanked him, he saw Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo face to face, and asked, "These two are." ”

Rui Cheng smiled, pretended to pat his head, and said with a smile: "Looking at the old man's memory, Zu An is better to come early today than to come by chance." Come, let me introduce to you, this is Yang Qiu, who has made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy in Sichuan, has been awarded by the emperor and canonized as "Loyal and Brave Baturu", and the new Hubei Army 21 Mixed Association 42 Standard Commander, you will go to Hanyang to get a gun in a few days, and you still need him to lead the way. ”

Tan Yanmin had also heard of Yang Qiu's "good name" before he came, but he didn't expect it to be such a dignified young man, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "It turned out to be Yang Biaotong, who is famous and has been admired for a long time." ”

Sure enough, it's a bad thing that spreads thousands of miles!

Yang Qiu smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still admired this Tan Yanhong, at least he wrote well, didn't he? Hurriedly said politely: "Lord Tan is too polite, Chen Hua is just a rough man, and Tan Daren is very humanistic, and he can write well." ”

was scratched to the most proud place in his life, Tan Yanmin also looked at Yang Qiu twice, and said with a smile: "In the year of the weak crown, he crisscrossed the battlefield and made great achievements, and he was loyal and brave Baturu, and the emperor also gave him a yellow vest, such feats are really rare, and they really make Yanmin admire." ”

"Hehe, you guys can talk energetically, the old man's wine and food are going to be cold." Rui Cheng smiled and pulled the two back to their seats, and deliberately pulled Tan Yanmin to his side and asked for a few words of calligraphy.

After Tan Yanmin toasted Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo a few glasses, he suddenly smiled and asked, "I heard that Yang Biaotong had been studying in the Shanghai Ocean Academy before, how could he think of going back to Hubei?" ”

Don't talk about other people's questions, even Rui Cheng quietly pricked up his ears, Yang Qiu also knew that his bottom must have been dug up a few times, and his heart turned around twice and said, "Don't Lord Tan know that Chenhua is from Hubei?"

Since he was born in Hubei, no matter where he goes, he can't break the nurturing grace of the Han River water, so he came back to join the new army after studying, and he didn't dare to say anything about serving the country, but he never let go of the obsession of protecting his family (). ”

"Well said." Next to him, Rui Fang slapped the table, nodded and said: "If everyone has Chenhua's heart to protect the country, why bother, my lord, do you say?" ”

Seeing that Rui Cheng didn't answer, Tan Yanmin continued to smile and asked: "Yan Min is a person who has no hands to tie the chicken, but seeing that the situation is unstable, he is anxious, and he thinks about it and thinks that in the end, it is a dispute between Western studies and Chinese studies. ”

This Tan Yanmin didn't mean to fold the face of the adult, right? Wasn't it just in time, but deliberately arranged by Rui Lao Fox? Yang Qiu's stomach was dark, and when he saw Rui Cheng also touching his beard and waiting, he didn't think the two had any hidden feelings.

But this question is really difficult to answer, although Tan Yanmin is a constitutional, but Xinhai was sympathetic to the party before, and Ruicheng is a well-known conservative, so he said after a long period of silence: "At the beginning of Westernization, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong advocated opening the country and learning from the West, and their original intention was to get the essence to supplement our country, but some people used the name of Westernization to not learn the essence of Western machine forging, but they were obsessed with the way of demagogy and wanted to copy the set of things of foreigners.

But they have forgotten that water is sweet and bitter, and countries are different, and blindly copying it can only make people's hearts more chaotic. The people are in turmoil, the country is in turmoil, and the people are even more chaotic, so the foreigners are bullying us more and more, and Yang Qiu can't see it clearly in the long run, and he hopes that Lord Tan will give him some advice. ”

"Haha, if the people are in turmoil, the country is in chaos, the country is in chaos, and the people are even more chaotic! Those chaotic parties are really hateful, and they don't want to repay the results, but they learn the way of Western demagogy and mess with the foundation of our Qing Dynasty, and they should be killed! Rui Cheng laughed, patted the table and said with a smile: "Listening to Chenhua's words today, this governor is also suddenly enlightened, someone is coming." ”

Zhang Meisheng, who was already beside him, heard the call, and hurriedly took out two prepared boxes from his arms and handed them to Yang Qiu and Xiao Anguo: "Two adults, this is a little caution from the gentry, to congratulate the two patriotic and loyal kings." ”

"Bribery? Is there such a good thing? Yang Qiu glanced at Tan Yanmin opposite, and saw that his face was a little displeased, and he seemed to be not very satisfied with Ruicheng's blatant bribery.

Seeing that Yang Qiu didn't speak for a long time, Rui Cheng knew in his heart that he was afraid of Zhang Biao, snorted slightly, and said: "This is everyone's kindness, even if you accept it, Lord Zhang will explain it." ”

Since Rui Cheng said so, Yang Qiu could only grit his teeth and quietly kicked Xiao Anguo, picked up his wine glass and got up and thanked: "Yang Qiu and Lord Xiao are both rough people, and they don't know how to count the courtesies, this money should not be collected, but it is the good intentions of the Governor and you, so I will have the courage to accept it, by the way, I salute Lord and you with a glass, if you have any send, please come to me." ”

Tan Yanmin saw that Yang Qiu had accepted the bribe, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, he still felt that Yang Qiu was worth handing over what he said just now, but he didn't expect to get together with Ruicheng at the beginning of his tenure, so he stopped talking.

Seeing that Yang Qiu had received the silver, Rui Cheng smiled even more happily, and clapped his hands and said, "Go, bring the singer to help everyone." ”

After a while, a group of singers dressed in tulle walked in, and the light song and dance finally eased the atmosphere in the room, Yang Qiu had no interest in these women with their little feet wrapped and their faces as white as cardboard, and after quietly opening the box while no one was paying attention, he was startled by the amount of money inside.

is worthy of being a governor, and he is generous, a full 10,000!

Yang Qiu regretted accepting this money a little, he was just a small standard, why such a big gift, just when he was thinking about what Rui Cheng should pay attention to, Rui Fang next to him suddenly leaned over under the cover of singing and dancing, and said in a low voice: "Lord Yang, now that the people of Wuchang are unstable, the Governor has always been concerned about the safety of Hanyang, and since the 42 standard has the responsibility of protecting Hanyang!" You need to pay more attention to this. ”

"Arsenal!" A cold light suddenly flashed in Yang Qiu's eyes