The "1111" incident fully exposed the ignorance of Tan Shijie, a self-proclaimed graduate of the Armed Forces Academy, who may have some political acumen, but his military judgment is far from good, and he is not worthy of the position he holds at all.

There is a standard battalion of governors in the city of Jinan, and there is also the headquarters of the Mengshan Army that has entered the city, and it is impossible for the headquarters to enter the city without a garrison. Tan Shijie, who was in the same city, had all the means to find out the opponent's troops. Moreover, fifteen miles outside the city is a whole battalion of the 17th standard of the Mengshan Army, and if it is mobilized quickly, it can enter the city within an hour.

In order to meet the imperial court's inspection of the fifth town, Long Qian had already designated the 17th standard as the main force to participate in the exercise, so the 17th standard troops gathered in the suburbs of Jinan to carry out strict training. In fact, after removing one battalion in the town, the troops directly under the 17th Standard and the other two infantry battalions could enter the city for reinforcements within two hours.

The opponent's troops, equipment, and combat effectiveness are so powerful for the patrol battalion, which lacks training and lacks training, is so powerful that unless the opponent does not use force, once it turns around and suppresses it by force, the patrol battalion will definitely not be pleased.

Probably Tan Shijie thinks that neither the Governor Biaoying nor the Mengshan Army will use force?

After being arrested, Tan Shijie faced the interrogation of the Mengshan Military Justice Department, and repeatedly emphasized that he never fired the first shot, but the first shot fired by the Governor Biaoying. This naturally annoyed the interrogator sent by Zhou Fu, but it may be the truth. Because at that time, the patrol battalion was chaotic in front of the Futai Yamen, and the disorderly arrangement can prove this. The officers on duty at the main gate of the Governor's Battalion that night categorically denied that they had fired first.

The truth of the matter may never be ascertained.

The task of arresting was carried out by the troops of the 17th Standard of the National Pillar. After receiving Situ Jun's order, the 3rd Battalion, which was stationed in the town, urgently assembled. The army marched to reinforcements, and entered the city in less than an hour. According to Situ Jun's military order, the city gates were quickly blocked, and when Feng Guozhu led the 17th Standard Guard Company and the first battalion into the city, the situation had been controlled. Because there were many officers and soldiers in the patrol battalion, it was very likely that they would flee home and hide, so Situ Jun asked Feng Guozhu to use persuasion as much as possible to make the rebels surrender. and explained that "the first evil must be done." coercion never asked", but the acting chief of staff, who was deeply trusted by Long Qian, said that if there is resistance, crush it mercilessly!

In fact. This policy, which prompted most of the officers and men of the patrol battalion to surrender voluntarily, came from the hands of Fang Shengyuan, a senator of the Mengshan Army. This approach proved to be appropriate.

A manhunt followed. With the arrival of the third battalion of the 17th standard and two other companies of the headquarters guard battalion. For the search of a provincial capital with an area of less than six square kilometers. Enough is enough. Feng Guozhu commanded the guard battalion and the 17th standard troops, with the cooperation of the patrol battalion, to divide the blocks, search from house to house, and shout loudly. After dawn, all the officers and men of the patrol battalion who had fled were captured.

During this period, there were several exchanges of fire, resulting in casualties, including among civilians. Because of the strict order to seal the country, the troops took a harsh repression of resistance, and even used grenades.

Regarding Feng Guozhu's order, Wu Nian, the deputy standard commander and chief of staff who had just arrived, raised an objection, "Standard commander, will this bring trouble to the commander?" This is in a provincial capital after all. ”

"Trouble? What's the trouble? Wu Nian used to be Feng Guozhu's old subordinate, and in response to Wu Nian's question, Feng Guozhu groaned, "You kid, you have been in the military academy for a long time, and you have just survived back!" ”

After Zhang Yulin, chief of staff of the 17th standard, was transferred to the reserve, Wu Nian, deputy commander of the 20th standard, was transferred to the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 17th standard, and became the deputy of Feng Guozhu. Wu Nian is the leader of Zhou Yi's third team, and he followed Zhou Yi to break through and return to Mengshan, and his qualifications are very old. When Mengshan organized four companies, he served as a platoon commander, and the company commander at that time was Feng Guozhu. But after opening Zhengjiazhuang, he fell seriously ill, rested for three months, and delayed several important battles, which caused him to lag behind in promotion. He became a company commander only when officers of his rank were promoted to the battalion ranks. It was not until the army was reorganized into the right wing of the Weisheng Army and stationed in Yizhou that the military academy was immediately formed, Wu Nian became the first batch of cadets, and stayed in the school as an instructor after graduation. After only staying in the 20th standard for more than a month, he changed his position again and returned to Feng Guozhu.

"The commander pays the most attention to loving the people, which will cause casualties among the people." Wu Nian felt that it was his duty to remind Shangguan.

"You, you've been in the camp military academy for two years, and you've become a nerd. Don't you see that? This is the best opportunity to straighten out the patrol battalion, and it is also a good opportunity to establish our military prestige. Do you think the people of the provincial capital will support us like Zhengjiazhuang? The captured captives were all taken out of the city and taken to the third battalion barracks for careful interrogation, and all those who had committed the rebellion were clarified. Forget it, you can't do this, I'll do it,"

The inhabitants of the provincial capital had a sleepless night of fear. In the early morning of the 12th, the first heavy snow of the winter fell, quickly covering the traces of last night's fierce clashes. After daybreak, some bold residents went out of their houses to find that all the streets were patrolled and guarded by soldiers from the Fifth Town, dressed in khaki cotton uniforms and armed with heavy guns, and the officers and men of the patrol battalion who had been caught and involved in the disturbance were tied up in a string and escorted out of the west gate. Many of them were children of Jinan Prefecture, and new riots broke out, and some family members feared that their children would be taken outside the city to be shot by the Mengshan army, who was born in Xiangma, and that they would get into physical altercations with Mengshan soldiers who had quit smoking. It was not until the Fifth Town Command posted the urgently printed notices on the streets and alleys, telling the whole city to reiterate the basic policy of "the first evil must be dealt with, and no coercion will be asked", that the people's hearts and minds were first decided.

Long Qian returned to the provincial capital on the afternoon of the 12th, met with Situ Jun, Feng Guozhu, and Fang Shengyuan, and learned about the general situation of the last night's rebellion. Feng Guozhu had also just entered the city and brought with him the confession obtained from his interrogation. After Long Qian saw it, he was basically relieved.

didn't have time to meet his wife and children, so he was urgently summoned by Zhou Fu to the governor's yamen.

"Retreat! You're finally back! You know everything, how can this be? How can this be dealt with? Zhou Fu was a little annoyed, his eye bubbles were swollen, and he stared at Long Qian.

"What are you worried about? Where is such an act that brings disaster to the country and the people the force of the imperial court? It's even worse than bandits. Where can we do without rectification? If it weren't for the swift response of the Fifth Town troops yesterday, the consequences would have been unimaginable. "Long Qian already knew about the situation last night and got the confession he wanted.

"The whole city is in chaos! Dozens of people died, including innocent people. How can this be hidden from the imperial court? It was Tian Wenrui, Zhou Fu's chief staff, who spoke.

"It doesn't matter. Which temple does not have unjustly killed ghosts? Besides, how did Mr. Tian know that they were innocent? Now I have obtained the confession that the patrol battalion management band plotted to rebel and attack and kill the officials. There are all human and material evidence, what are you afraid of? "This Tian Wenrui is as thin as a jujube pole, and he always looks like a yin and yang weird, Long Qian doesn't like to see him, and turns to Zhou Fu." I got the message. I'm just worried about the safety of the old man, and I'm relieved that your old man is safe. On the side of the imperial court, of course, we have to tell the truth. I've asked Senator Fang to draft the recital. Take the Queen Mother's Holy Ming. When the candle can be faint. If the court is to blame. The subordinate officials will do their best to bear it, and they will never affect the adults. ”

"It's hard to think about it. The thing at hand is to quickly calm people's hearts. What are your thoughts on retreat? Zhou Fu changed his gentle tone.

"As for the rebellious patrol battalion. The eight-character policy of 'the first evil must be dealt with, and the coercion will never be asked' formulated by Chief of Staff Situ and Senator Fang Shengyuan is very good and is enough to calm people's minds. As the saying goes, a bird has no head and does not fly, and the innocent people who were killed by the rebels will be compensated when the facts are ascertained. However, those who connect with the bandits and criminals must also be punished according to the law. ”

"You!" Tian Wenrui was anxious when he heard this, he had a distant nephew in the patrol camp in front of a small officer in charge of grain and straw procurement, he also participated in the riot last night, and now he is still locked up in the 17th standard barracks. Of course, he was not angry with Long Qian now, "Lord Long, this matter must be calmed down!" How can you be exhausted? Could it be that Lord Long wants to mess up Shandong? He listened to Long Qian's subtext, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.

"Ordinary soldiers, of course, will not be held accountable. However, if the officers who lead the evil deeds are not punished, will they not be playing with the laws of the imperial court? They dare to gather a crowd to attack the Futai Yamen today, will they have breakfast tomorrow? If you don't punish it severely, wouldn't it be a legacy of tiger breeding? ”

Tian Wenrui choked hard. He already knew that the young admiral with a strong army wanted to make a fuss about it, but he couldn't refute it from a moral standpoint. After all, the patrol battalion gathered out of the camp, roaring and clamoring for the governor's yamen to be at fault first. But Long Qian's last sentence made Tian Wenrui secretly scold in his heart, rebellion? Aren't you born in a rebellion? When he dared to start a war with Yuan Shikai's army, what was it not a rebellion? Now he has become a loyal defender of the court!

"Retreat! Your steps in reorganizing the patrol battalion should be steady. There are no less than 20,000 in the province, and in case of turmoil, you and I can't afford to do it! Zhou Fu sat on the Taishi's chair with a gloomy expression. Ignoring Tian Wenrui's changeable demeanor.

"My lord, the matter of the provincial city was secretly instigated by someone. This person is Tan Shijie, the patrol battalion management band. This person was arrested by our department last night, and after interrogation, he confessed to the fact that he had fabricated rumors and made a fuss. Here is a copy of his confession, please take a look at it. As he spoke, Long Qian took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Zhou Fu.

"What a damn thing!" Zhou Fu looked at it at a glance and handed it to Tian Wenrui behind him.

"Lord Admiral," Tian Wenrui said, "This person is full of nonsense, and he is simply mad to bite Zhili Yuan's platform!" But this confession seems inappropriate to be submitted to the imperial court......"

"How to deal with the offender, the boss has to take the general. But this liao fabricated the facts and framed me, but he couldn't let him go. When did I talk about the complete abolition of the patrol battalion? This Tan Shijie made something out of nothing, spreading rumors to confuse the public, which is very hateful. In Wuding, the lower officials had communicated with the local garrison the plan approved by the boss to rectify the patrol battalion, and they basically agreed, thinking that Lord Zhou was very concerned about everyone's livelihood and was quite grateful to Lord Futai. However, without the approval of Lord Zhou, the lower officials did not begin the rectification and reorganization of Wuding Mansion. Now that the lid on Jinan has been lifted, I think that the rectification of the patrol battalion must be launched immediately, otherwise yesterday's incident will spread to the whole province, and we will do nothing about it, but on the contrary, some people with ulterior motives will regard Zhou as weak and deceitful, and will add endless obstacles to the future rectification. The lower officials asked for the permission of the lord, and in accordance with the previously agreed regulations, immediately rectify the patrol battalion under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture. ”

Long Qian's words moved Zhou Fu, "Retreat, can you promise that there will be no more trouble?" ”

"Please rest assured. Xiaguan sits in Jinan, foolproof. ”

"Okay then." Zhou Fu thought that if Long Qian quickly achieved the results of rectifying the patrol battalion, he would be able to block the mouth of the Jingshi, which would be much more powerful than the previous excerpt.

"Lord Admiral, those officers and soldiers who were arrested by your ministry ......" Tian Wenrui was worried that his relatives would be guilty, if Long Qian's subordinates abused lynching and torture, what kind of confession could not be obtained?

"It's being carefully screened, and the results will come out soon." Long Qian didn't want to pay more attention to Tian Wenrui, so he gave Zhou Fu a salute, "Then the lower official will leave." ”

"Thinking about it, most of the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion are the children of Jinan, and they are involved in a wide range of cases, so it is not appropriate to investigate them exhaustively. Also, you have to restrain your subordinates and don't mess around. Zhou Fu stood up and sent him off, and advised, "In addition, the excerpt that your Senator Fang has written should be sent in the name of the governor's yamen." ”

This is the protection of Long Qian, "The adults love each other, and Long Qian has no guilt." But the responsibility lies with me. ”

"This ...... It's okay, "Long Qian is the commander, and the patrol battalion is his subordinate, and Long Qian should be responsible," Ah, Tang Shaochuan is in the sky, and I will set up a banquet to see him off tomorrow. Come along, Mr. Chen. ”

"Yes." Long Qian gave a deep salute. Left the governor's yamen. (To be continued......)