Chapter 242: Interrupted Breakfast

In the process of occupying the county seat of Yuexi, the men of the 3rd Division barely encountered any resistance.

It is not surprising that the soldiers of these militia groups are actually composed of An Zhiye's subordinates in the past, as well as the officials of the county government, etc., and basically they can only rely on the background of the government to bully and bully the common people, and even the bandits can't deal with it.

If it's just a general situation, this time the regular army of two companies came over, not to mention whether they could resist it, it was difficult to say whether they dared to resist or not. In fact, most of the militia soldiers had already voluntarily given up resistance after seeing the uniforms of the revolutionary army, and only a small number of An Zhiye's hardcore henchmen chose to shoot back, but such people were killed almost immediately.

Therefore, the operation of the Third Division to occupy Yuexi County went very smoothly, and there were almost no casualties in the whole operation, except for two soldiers who were grazed by bullets.

He glanced at An Zhiye in disgust, and after showing him the arrest warrant issued by the military government, the officer at the head said to a few soldiers next to him. "Go, tie him up, and then take strict care of him, the governor has ordered that this kind of person should be sent to Anqing for public trial, and he will be killed as an example, but don't let him escape..."

"Don't worry, battalion commander, this guy can't run..."Hearing the officer's words, an ordinary-looking, medium-sized soldier said with a smile, and then tied An Zhiye with a rope with his companions.

During this period, An Zhiye also struggled, but he was not the opponent of these soldiers at all.

As for the words he shouted 'you have no rights', in exchange for a few hard blows from the soldiersβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” before they came, they all knew what An Zhiye had done, if there were still some rich people among those officers (the family had no money and couldn't afford to go to a military school). Then the soldiers in the army are basically made up of ordinary people. How could they have the slightest affection for people like An Zhiye?

And after taking a few beatings, An Zhiye was obviously much more honest.

"I don't know if the actions of the others in the road are going well..."Seeing that An Zhiye had been escorted out of Lu by the soldiers, Zuo Zixuan stretched. Rushing all the way from Anqing, even if he was riding a horse, he was tired enough.

Hearing Zuo Zixuan's words, an officer who followed him on the side said with a smile. "Don't worry, battalion commander, we have a platoon of people from each village, there will be no problems..."

At this time, the scale of the Special Affairs Bureau had developed well, and there were also many members of the Special Affairs Bureau in Yuexi County. If this weren't for this, Zuo Zixuan's actions would not have been so smoothβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” not to mention anything else, they were able to go straight to An Zhiye's room all the way because of the special affairs bureau that arranged for Lu to lead the way.

Also because of this. When Zuo Zixuan and the others arrived with their troops, the people from the Special Affairs Bureau informed him that An Zhiye had sent several teams to various villages to collect taxes.

Zuo Zixuan came this time to punish this group of local scum, so after learning about this situation, he hurriedly separated two companies from the soldiers and horses of his own battalion, and then divided these two companies into six platoons. Under the leadership of the Special Affairs Bureau, I rushed to those villages. And he himself went straight to the county seat with the remaining 2 companies.

In Zuo Zixuan's opinion, it is enough to send a company over for this problem in Yuexi County, and it is purely trivial to send a whole battalion over, so even if half of the troops are divided into the surrounding villages, Zuo Zixuan still does not worry about what problems his mission will encounter, and things do develop as he expected, and he did not encounter any resistance in the process of occupying the county seat...

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After listening to the officer's words, Zuo Zixuan thought about it and felt that it was right.

Half of his battalion could take the county seat. It is impossible for other people to have a platoon of troops but not be able to pack up a few or a dozen miscellaneous soldiers of the militia, so Zuo Zixuan is also relieved.

"Now things are pretty much settled. Send someone out of the city to pick up the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they will have to deal with the aftermath..."

Even if military operations are carried out, this kind of thing cannot always be done by the military.

Therefore, before the operation, Yan Shao had already assigned the task, and the people of the Ministry of Military Affairs were responsible for formulating military operations, and after the army occupied these problematic counties and towns, it was the officials appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs who came forward to carry out the aftermath work.

For this incident, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has prepared more than 200 officials, which is enough to ensure that the original order can be restored in the shortest possible time after the military operation.

Because this is a military operation, it is inevitable that there will be some unnecessary dangers, so Zuo Zixuan sent someone to arrange them outside the city to protect them in advance, and when the matter is over, he will pick them up into the city, and now that the matter is over, it is natural to send someone to pick them up.

"I'll go arrange for someone..."Hearing Zuo Zixuan's words, the officer just now also nodded.

About half an hour later, seven or eight young and middle-aged people, who looked polite and polite, walked into the county office, surrounded by a group of soldiers, and then issued a notice in the name of the military government.

First what to collect taxes, and then added a lot of taxes, An Zhiye was already unpopular in Yuexi County, and after learning that An Zhiye had been arrested and would be sent to Anqing for public trial in the near future, Yuexi County was suddenly jubilant.

From Anqing to Yuexi County, it is more than 70 kilometers to pull a straight line directly on the map, not to mention that they have to go around and around along the way, Zuo Zixuan and they also took two full days to rush from Anqing to Yuexi, so after the matter was almost dealt with, the tiredness was revealed, just listening to the cheers outside the county office, and even the sporadic firecrackers, Zuo Zixuan's face showed a smile.

"Anyway, the effort didn't pay off, didn't it..."

Just as the people of Yuexi began to celebrate, similar things were happening one after another in other counties and towns in Anhui. The militias and militias gathered by the local scum had little resistance in front of the regular army, and when the last place was cleared, it was only a week before the first army had set out from their respective stations.

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The morning sun gradually rises, willingly or unwillingly. People still got out of bedβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” but in general, most of them were still unwilling, such as students who were going to school. Workers who have to go to work or something...

Got up from the middle of several snow-white carcasses, and after touching them a few times with some reluctance, Yan Shao walked down from the bed and put on clothes for himself.

"Master..."A few maids who got up early and were cleaning up outside saw Yan Shao walking out of the room, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Seeing them, Yan Shao also nodded and said. "The three young ladies are sleeping, don't disturb them..."

In fact, even if Yan Shao doesn't say it. They also knew very well that the movement last night was too big. If they hadn't gotten used to it as early as in Wuhu, I'm afraid they would have been red-faced and couldn't sleep. So they didn't say much about what happened last night, just nodded slightly. "It's good..."

Without saying anything more, Yan Shao walked through the middle of them, and then went straight to the outside of the mansion.

I arrived at an open space outside the residence that had been reserved as a lawn. Yan Shao ran slowly. Wait until 10 laps have been completed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and returned to the residence.

In the official residence, Eleno and Caterina had already woken up, and they were sitting in the dining room neatly dressed at this time, when they saw Yan Shao walking in from outside, they all nodded slightly at him.

Yan Shao was not polite, and sat directly on the main seat.

The atmosphere is very nice when the family sits quietly and eats together. Yan Shao has always enjoyed this atmosphere, because for Yan Shao, there is nothing more important than family in this world.

It's just halfway through the meal. There was a commotion outside.

Hearing this voice, Yan Shao frowned slightly, and put down the tableware in his hand. Because this noise actually came from the Governor's Mansion, and Elaline and the others also put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and looked in the direction of the sound...

There was no need for strict instructions, and there were servants who walked outside, wanting to see what was going on.

However, it was not long before the commotion was heard getting closer and closer, and then a servant came back to report that Li Guoyun was walking towards this place with several members of the local council and constitutionalist officials in the military government, and each of them had an angry look on their faces, as if something had made them angry.

"It turned out to be them, no wonder..."Wiping his mouth, Yan Shao looked at Caterina and them. I thought they would be more patient, at least they wouldn't come over until the office, but I didn't expect..."

"It's not polite, I don't know etiquette at all..."Although the personality is a little too tough, in fact, like Yan Shao, Caterina also enjoys this atmosphere of eating quietly together as a family, so it was interrupted, and Katarina's mood became bad.

Not only her, but even Eleno and Lu Ying's faces showed a trace of displeasure.

There are more than 600 soldiers stationed outside the governor's mansion every day, and if Li Guoyun and other powerless literati break in, then they can be hanged en masse. So Li Guoyun and the others broke through for a long time, but they still couldn't break through from the soldiers of the Guards Regiment.

But on the other hand, in addition to blocking them, the soldiers of the Guards Regiment did not dare to be rude to Li Guoyun and them, let alone arrest them. After all, Li Guoyun is also the deputy governor of the military government, if you are rude to others, they only need to throw a few pairs of small shoes, and your next life will be over...

"Governor, what should I do now?" Walking into the cafeteria, the lieutenant colonel of the Guards Regiment, who was in charge of the security of the Governor's Mansion, asked softly.

Now it was his subordinates who were stopping Li Guoyun, so he could only rush over and ask.

"What else can I do..."Yan Shao shook his head helplessly. Everyone is here, you can't really just stop them like that, let them in..."After speaking, Yan Shao glanced at the breakfast on the table with some regret, as well as Elaline and the others sitting around the long table. "It's a pity for this breakfast..."

After receiving Yan Shao's order, the soldiers of the Guards Regiment who were stopping Li Guoyun and the others outside quickly let them in. And perhaps because of the relationship of being stopped, the anger on Li Guoyun's face became heavier and heavier, and as soon as he walked in the door, he heard an unknown parliamentarian shouting loudly.

"Governor, why didn't you notify the council of the local government?!"

"That's right, there is something that even we junta officials don't know. Did the junta take us seriously!! ”

Another official in the junta also asked loudly, and among these people, Li Guojun was obviously the most angry. First, because almost 30 counties and towns have been swept away. Moreover, as the deputy governor of the military government, he would not know how to say such a big thing, and it would be absolutely a lie to say that Li Guoyun would be happy...

So although it was very rude for those two people to shout loudly, Li Guoyun had no intention of stopping it.

Seeing that Li Guoyun and the others had just walked into the restaurant, they shouted loudly, and the faint smile on Yan Shao's face gradually turned cold. For Yan Shao, his family was originally the most important thing to him in this world, and being interrupted from eating with his family had already made his mood a little unhappy. Now they just came in and shouted loudly, which made Yan Shao even more unhappy. His wording also became a little colder.

"What happened locally, I believe you are also very clear, almost all parts of Anhui have bullied the people, so many martyrs shed their blood in exchange for the recovery of Anhui. I can't let a bunch of scum spoil me...". Yan Shao glanced at the few people behind Li Guoyun. "It's just that according to my intelligence, the reason why those local scum are so unscrupulous is because they used the money they squeezed from the common people to honor some officials in the military government, thinking that they had a protective umbrella on their heads, and even if the incident really happened, they could get early warning, and then absconded with the money obtained by squeezing the people, so I decided to secretly carry out this operation. lest anyone leak the news..."

Listening to Yan Shao's words, he noticed Yan Shao's malicious gaze. The faces of the people behind Li Guoyun suddenly turned white.

The so-called people in the court are good officials, and even the officials of the Qing Dynasty know that they should give ice to Shangguan in summer and charcoal in winter, not to mention the current officials? Those magistrates will be so unscrupulous, on the one hand, because they feel that the military government has just been established, and there is nothing they can do about them, and on the other hand, they feel that if they talk to someone inside, even if the military government knows the truth, they will turn a blind eyeβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” it has been like this in the past...

Even if they are more serious and have to clean them up, they can also transfer them first through the news they got from the provincial capital, as long as they can have a year and a half of hard work, it is no problem to squeeze tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even if a considerable part of them have to be honored to others, it is worth it...

In addition, many parliamentarians and officials in the military government are natives of Anhui, and they are inextricably linked with local forces. If they knew about the battle plan this time, it would be almost impossible for them not to reveal it.

It is precisely because of this that this is a secret operation, and even within the military government, only a few people from the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice know about this operation. The garrisons in various places only learned the true purpose after they set off, otherwise, if someone reported the news, so that a few local scum escaped, even if order was restored, this victory would be greatly discounted for Yan Shao...

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Listening to Yan Shao's words, after noticing Yan Shao's cold gaze full of malice, the faces of the people behind Li Guoyun turned pale.

These people are the relationship between An Zhiye's scum in the provincial capital, although Yan Shao has offered a high salary to the officials in the military government, but there will always be some people in this world who do not know how to be satisfied.

So when An Zhiye and the others came to the door, these people didn't even refuse and laughed directly. Because of this, when they learned that An Zhiye and these local scum had been cleaned up by the military government, and those problematic counties and towns had also been taken over by officials sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they were immediately irritated and instigated Li Guoyun to come over to find Yan Shao's trouble...

Unlike these people, Li Guoyun has never received money. But in Anhui for so many years, he has some relationship with those people, plus he is the deputy governor of the military government, but he doesn't even know about such a big thing, those people just instigated it a little, and he has promised to be the leader...

Hearing Yan Shao's words at this time, although Li Guoyun's face became a little ugly, he still said toughly. "So, Governor, are you saying that I took money from those people and will tell them the news?"

"I didn't say that," Yan Shao smiled slightly. To be honest, I was really happy after learning that Feijun didn't have those people's money, but your relationship with those people couldn't help but make me a little worried, and you also knew what those people did in the local area, which was a little worse than the Manchu officials, even if this kind of person ran away, I was sorry for the people, so it's not that I don't want to, but I really can't..."

Li Guoyun was dumbfounded, of course he knew about local affairs, and he had personally written to persuade him, but no one listened. So after listening to Yan Shao's words, he didn't know how to continue speaking.

He didn't know what to say, it didn't mean that others didn't know what to say, seeing that Li Guoyun was dumbfounded, the person behind him opened his mouth to say something. It's just that at this time, Yan Shao glanced at them with a cold gaze, and immediately made them obediently close their mouths...

Not long after, those people followed Li Guoyun and left the Governor's Mansion in a gloomy manner, but before leaving, they had already decided that Yan Shao must be impeached in the parliament, and even informed Li Guoyun of this idea on the way.

However, after listening to their thoughts, Li Guojun shook his head.

"If you want to impeach him, you can't just rely on your mouth, you can give it back to someone and a gun..." (To be continued......)