"Duan Gong, you see that the amount of money seized is very huge, I mean to hand over a part of it first, and the government also has difficulties, so pay two million first, what do you think?"

After Duan Qirui heard this proposal, he was also stunned, how could this little bandit leader be so easy to talk and take the initiative to give himself money. Lao Duan is indeed very short of money now, the area around Beijing and Tianjin is in a mess, and there are so many soldiers who need to be appeased, if you can get a little money, it is indeed good, and two million is not a small amount.

When Lao Duan was about to agree, he suddenly woke up, and he still couldn't take this money. Now Duan Qirui has countless pairs of eyes staring at him, once he accepts this money, it proves that Feng Jun's actions were approved by Duan Qirui, or at least acquiesced.

In the face of the Feng Army, a group of bandits who are not cooked and cooked, the gang of Eight Banners has no way, but in the face of Lao Duan, they have a lot of means, if Duan Qirui takes this money, he will immediately stab the hornet's nest, and all the anger of the old bureaucrats will be directed at him, and the situation will be even worse.

At this time, Lao Duan looked at Zhang Tinglan's sincere expression again, and his heart became even more crooked, this young man was either pretending to be confused, or he was deliberately setting himself up and wanted to drag himself into the water.

Lao Duan weighed it again and again, and could only say: "The recovered funds will be temporarily managed by the Fengjun, and after a period of time, the central government will send special personnel to verify and then decide to stay." ”

Duan Qirui knew very well how rich the nobles of the Eight Banners were, and it was possible to squeeze hundreds of millions of wealth from them, of course Lao Duan couldn't bear to give up, he could only wait for the matter in front of him to end, and then force Feng Jun to take out a little money to appease the children of the Eight Banners, and at the same time make some benefits for himself, this is already Duan Qirui's most Haode method at present.

Zhang Tinglan didn't understand his thoughts. However, since the money was in Zhang Tinglan's hands, there was absolutely no reason to take it out, so he said with a smile: "Duan Gong, the people of Beijing and Tianjin are in trouble and miserable, and the Feng army is now relieving the victims, and the required expenses are out of these stolen money, do you have no opinion?" ”

Zhang Tinglan's meaning is also very clear, and if Lao Duan wants to investigate the whereabouts of this money in the future, he will say that he is helping the victims. Old Duan didn't want to get a penny, Duan Qirui knew it in his heart, but he really didn't know what to say. If you don't agree, you are shielding the children of the Eight Banners, disregarding the lives of the victims, and if you agree, the children of the Eight Banners and the old bureaucrats will desperately besiege him. The best way to do it now is to say nothing.

Seeing Zhang Tinglan leave the Prime Minister's Mansion with a smile, Lao Duan felt depressed in his heart. Good haode an action. The benefits were taken away by Fengjun, which was too deceitful.

"Zhiweng, things are not good, the Feng army has completely controlled Rehe, what do you think should be done?"

Xu Shuzheng hurriedly walked in and sent the telegram to Duan Qirui. When Lao Duan saw it, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. Just when Zhang Xun launched a rebellion, the Feng army dispatched two armies, the north and south armies, and the north route army was led by Guo Songling. Troops were sent from Chifeng, and the south road was sent from Chaoyang in Mukden, and the goal of both armies was Chengde.

Due to Zhang Xun's rebellion, the big guys' energy was concentrated in the Beijing and Tianjin area, and the Feng army was secretly operating, Beiyang did not get a report, and when Zhang Xun was almost defeated, the Feng army suddenly appeared outside Chengde.

The pigtailed army that stayed behind also knew that the situation was not good, so as soon as they saw the Fengjun divine soldiers descending from the sky, they almost did not resist, so they handed Chengde to the Fengjun with both hands, and after taking control of Chengde, the Fengjun sent a report to the outside world, saying that the Fengjun had successfully occupied the pigtailed army's lair.

Seeing this news, of course Lao Duan was angry, where is this lair attacking the pigtail army, it is clearly grabbing credit, that is, expanding the territory, and he does not take Duan Qirui in his eyes at all.

Syllable! A crisp cracking sound was heard, and a teacup was shattered. Lao Duan couldn't help but scold: "These bandits are simply too greedy, it's not enough to take money, and they want to expand their territory, they are simply insatiable, insatiable!" ”

"Again, we can't be patient anymore, we must take measures, if we let Fengjun develop like this, Beiyang will really be finished in the future!"

Lao Duan still has some strategic vision, Rehe is close to the line of the Great Wall, the closest place to Beijing is only one or two hundred kilometers, if the Feng army controls Rehe again, it will be able to surround the Beijing and Tianjin areas from the two directions of Shanhaiguan and Rehe, and now the combat effectiveness of the Feng army is so strong, if it suddenly attacked, it is simply too dangerous.

"Zhi Weng, I just got a piece of news that Feng Jun secretly sold a large number of arms to Zhang Xun, and the bullets, shells, and grenades used by the Braided Army Zuihou were all provided by Feng Jun, for which they extorted Zhang Xun 10 million oceans!"

After Lao Duan heard the news, his eyes were red, and he pushed all the documents on the desktop to the ground, and he was like thunder: "It's too much to deceive people!" It's too much of a deception! Feng Jun dared to take advantage of both ends, didn't he treat us as three-year-old children? They must be let know that they are powerful, otherwise where is the power of the Beiyang Army? ”

Lao Duan walked around twice with his hands behind his back, and asked again: "You Zheng, is the evidence sufficient?" ”

"Zhi Weng, this was revealed by Zhang Xun when he fled, he also hated the actions of the Feng army, so he took the initiative to tell us the information, in addition, when we attacked the pigtail army, we also seized a lot of Feng army's equipment, which was indeed produced by Fengtian, and they used Daosheng Bank to remit money, and they can also find corresponding evidence!"

"Hmm!" Lao Duan nodded: "These bandits are really cunning enough, on the surface, they are better than anyone else, what rate is the first pass, what completely eradicates the Eight Banners, it's all, it's all their high-sounding excuses, these bandits don't have a good thing!" ”

"Zhi Weng, I now also doubt that Feng Jun knew about Zhang Xun's actions in advance, otherwise how could they enter the customs so quickly, maybe they entered the customs to provide Zhang Xun with weapons and pit us!"

"There is this possibility, we must use this matter to turn public opinion around, and expose the ugly face of Fengjun in front of the people of the world.

Xu Shuzheng saw that Lao Duan was completely angry, and he was also very happy, Xiao Xu had long been slow to Fengjun, so he couldn't ask for such a good opportunity.

"Zhiweng, the combat effectiveness of the Feng army is not weak, we must guard against being injured by the tiger to fight the tiger, we should prepare the army in advance, once public opinion is created, we will disarm the Feng army in the name of investigation, dare to resist, and eliminate it on the spot!"

Lao Duan and Xiao Xu finalized Jihua, and the people of Beiyang acted quickly, according to Jihua, they had to first make trouble in public opinion, Beiyang gathered their own royal literati and wrote articles overnight, Xu Shuzheng also ran between various military camps, contacted the army, and was very busy.

"To put it mildly, the atmosphere in Beijing is a little wrong, isn't it?" Sun Liechen said.

"That's right, the Beiyang Army that was originally wandering around the streets has been concentrated, maybe there will be some military action."

"Who do you think they will deal with?"

"Except for us, I'm afraid there won't be a second one!"

Sun Liechen's face changed suddenly, and before he could ask carefully, Zhou Xuexi ran over in a panic, the old man was panting, anxious, and when he saw Zhang Tinglan, he said directly: "Humble words, you guys are too much, how can you earn any money, now Lao Duan has caught the handle!" ”

"Don't worry, just sit down and talk slowly."

"What else are you talking about, Duan Qirui already knows about your sale of weapons to the pigtail army, and is ready to start together in public opinion and military, first make you stink, and then move troops to solve you, although the Feng army has strong combat effectiveness, but Beijing and Tianjin are the territory of Beiyang, and the people have big roots and deep roots, you still don't ask for hardship, this time you have also made a lot of money, hurry up and stop it, withdraw to the Guannei!"

Beiyang's system inherited the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Qing court, there is no secrecy at all, although Lao Duan tried his best to hide his actions, but people with a heart can still detect clues, Zhou Xuexi's connections are so deep, he quickly got the news.

As soon as he heard that his future son-in-law was in danger, the old man also hurriedly came to report that he had already gotten into the chariot of the Feng army, and the Zhou family could not stand idly by.

"Lao Duan has his calculations, and we also have a way to deal with it, things haven't gotten so bad that far, if we run back to the gate in disgrace, then we will be ruined!"

Zhou Xuexi also sat down, his eyes fixed on Zhang Tinglan: "Humble words, you tell me the truth, did you sell Zhang Xun weapons?" ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled noncommittally, Zhou Xuexi immediately knew in his heart, and he couldn't help sighing, don't look at Zhang Tinglan is very mature and sophisticated, but after all, he is young and doesn't know the severity, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and some money cannot be taken.

"Clumsy words, if you want me to say that this is a big deal, but it's not fatal, you withdraw to the outside of the border, Lao Duan can't do anything about you, at most there is a war of words, drag on for a while, and everything will pass."

"Zhou Gong, I understand your kindness, but things really didn't happen like that, since I dare to do this kind of thing, I have a way to deal with it."

"Clumsy words, since that's the case, you can talk about it quickly, my heart is also a little uneasy!" Sun Liechen also interjected.

Zhang Tinglan showed a confident smile on his face: "The truth of this thing depends on who said it, if someone says 10,000 truths, no one necessarily believes it, this is a matter of character." ”

"Clumsy words, you are confused to think so, do you think that the newspapers praise you as a great example of a young soldier, and then you come out to explain what the problem is, and they will listen to it? It's naïve and certainly won't work! ”

"Zhou Gong, you misunderstood, it's not that I believe in my reputation and good character, but that there is a group of people whose character is extremely bad, and no one will believe what they say!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Tinglan wrote a character on the table, and then laughed silently! (To be continued......)