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For a dynasty, the biggest crime is rebellion, and the biggest rebellion is to call the king the founding of the country and the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty. Once you do, it shows that you are at odds with the old dynasty and intend to replace it; The old dynasty will not rest on its laurels, and will surely concentrate all its efforts on launching a deadly attack on you. This is why Zhu Sheng's nine-character strategy to Zhu Yuanzhang has "slow reign".

This group of stunned young people don't know the height of the sky, and they rashly call the name of "Republic of China" and "Yellow Emperor Era", isn't it self-defeating? It's just a matter of seeking death by yourself, and the key is to pull yourself up. When others see this notice, they will definitely say: "I can't imagine that Commander Li is also a revolutionary party!" "In this case, do you still have a life?

However, no matter how frightened Li Yuanhong was in Wuchang City, the notice had already reached Beijing as quickly as possible with the news that "on the night of the 18th, the revolutionary bandits had created chaos."

Since the proclamation of unification, the greatest gain of the Manchu aristocracy was the seizure of the military power of the Han bureaucracy. When a responsible cabinet is established, it is natural that the fat caught in the bowl will not be taken out again, so Article 14 of the "Cabinet Official System" promulgated by the Qing court clearly stipulates:

"In the case of military orders related to military aircraft, in addition to special orders submitted to the Cabinet, the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy will perform them on their own, and after the decree is handled, they will be reported to the Prime Minister."

In the cabinet at that time, the Minister of War was Yin Chang, the Minister of the Navy was Zaixun, and the Prime Minister was Yi Xuan, that is, military affairs could be handled by these three Manchus, and all other people, including all four Han cabinet ministers, could not intervene.

The Manchu nobles felt that this was not safe, and on the day of the establishment of the responsible cabinet, they set up the Military Advisory Office in charge of military affairs throughout the country, with the rank of county prince Beile Zaitao and Beile Yulang as military advisory ministers, completely getting rid of the interference of the Han people. Major military events such as "revolution and bandits creating chaos" must first pass through the Military Advisory Office, which is controlled by the imperial family.

Coincidentally. At this time, Zaitao, as the minister of the autumn parade, was in Yongping, Zhili, hundreds of miles away, supervising the military exercises held by the New Army and the Praetorian Guard. Only Yu Lang remained alone in the capital. On the morning of the second day of the Wuchang Uprising, the Military Advisory Office received a telegram from Hubei, and Yu Lang was at a loss and hesitated for a long time before saying: "This should be a matter for the cabinet." Let's leave it to the cabinet! In this way, the matter was thrown to the cabinet by him with a word.

Yixuan didn't dare to slack off, and immediately found Yinchang and Zaixun to hold an emergency meeting to discuss how to fight the chaos. Yi Xuan is the prime minister of the cabinet, so it is naturally impossible to lead the army; Zaixun is the Minister of the Navy, but Hubei is an inland province. Only rely on the river, not the sea; In this way, the Minister of War Yin Chang could only supervise the division to the south.

As the commander-in-chief, Yin Chang is also reasonable, and it is not the key to the problem, the key is where to transfer troops. Yin Chang is not the Monkey King, he can sweep the world with just a golden hoop stick, and he can conjure thousands of monkeys and monkeys by pulling out a single hair. So he needs a lot of troops.

Yin Chang got this drudgery, it was a belly complaint. Chong Yixuan complained: "Lord Qing, the cabinet asked me to quell the chaos, but I don't have a single soldier in my hands. What can I do about it? It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! ”

Yixuan just stroked his beard and didn't speak.

However, Zaixun said: "The new army and the Praetorian Guard have been ordered to go to Yongping in Zhili to participate in the Luanzhou Autumn Exercise. Luanping is too far away from Hubei, and they have been exhausted, so I am afraid it will not be easy to turn around. In my opinion, it is better to send troops from Henan, Jiangsu, and Gyeonggi to Hubei to deal with the situation. Later, according to the development of the situation, it will be decided whether to transfer the new army to the south. What does King Qing think? ”

Although Yixuan is a royal family with Zaifeng, Zaitao, and Zaixun brothers, he is good friends with Yuan Shikai, but Zaifeng and others hate Yuan Shikai to the core, so it is inevitable that the two will not deal with each other. It's been a long time. The gap is getting deeper and deeper, and Yixuan has been wary of them for a long time, seeing Zaixun say this, for fear that their brothers will take the opportunity to mobilize troops against themselves, they snorted coldly: "Xun Beile, Henan belongs to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Jiangsu is the foundation of financial endowment, and Gyeonggi is the first good district, how can the armies of these three places be mobilized at will? In case of another disturbance of bandits in these three places, I am afraid that the world will be out of control. ”

Zaixun asked rhetorically, "What does King Qing mean?" ”

Yixuan looked at Yin Chang: "Wulou, if the old man is not mistaken, it should be the responsibility of the Military Advisory Office to organize and transfer the army, right?" In that case, why should the cabinet overstep its bounds? ”

In this way, the matter was thrown back to the Military Advisory Office.

Yin Chang, dressed in a robe and a riding coat and with long military leather boots on his feet, soon came to the Military Advisory Office. As soon as he saw Yu Lang, Yin Chang posed as a three-flower face in Peking Opera, and said in a white tone: "Lang Belle, a certain family is here!" ”

Yu Lang hurriedly clenched his fists: "Brother Wulou, which gust of wind blew you here today?" ”

Yin Chang immediately wilted: "Which gust of wind?" That gust of wind in the south! The imperial court has a decree and orders me to go to Hubei to supervise the teacher. ”

Yu Lang smiled: "That's really congratulations!" ”

Yin Chang lay down on the Taishi chair: "Congratulations! There is no one in the horse, let me go to Hubei to supervise the teacher, do I use punches, or kicks? So I had to put on a shy old face and come to trouble Lambele you. ”

Yu Lang spread his hands: "Brother Wulou, you don't know, the Military Advisory Mansion listens to my uncle up and down, and I don't use what I say!" ”

"Then please ask Lambelle to use the telegraph room of your military advisory office to send a telegram to Taubelle, and let him give us an idea."

Zaitao originally wanted to transfer Jiang Gui's Wuwei army to the south, but the telegram came to ask, Yiliang had just transferred the Wuwei army into the city a few hours ago, and stationed around Jiumen Yaochong and Qingwangfu. He said that he was preventing the revolutionary party in the city from making trouble, but in fact, the blind man also understood that he was on guard against himself! The telegram tossed back and forth for most of the day, and finally decided to draw troops from the team of Luanzhou Autumn Exercise:

The fourth town, under the command of Wu Fengling (now represented by Wang Yujia), under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Association (Assistant Chen Guangyuan), the Eighth Association (Wang Yujia) and the fourth standard of the horse team and the fourth standard of the artillery team;

the third mixed association, co-leader Wang Zhanyuan;

The eleventh mixed association, co-leader Li Chun.

They are all Beiyang Old Six Town troops, and they are also the elite of the Beiyang Army. This group of troops was temporarily organized into the First Army, commanded by Yin Chang, and quickly moved south to quell the rebellion. He also ordered Admiral Sa Zhenbing to lead the fleet up the river and attack by water.

In addition, the troops that had originally left for Yongping to participate in the autumn exercises also immediately stopped advancing and prepared to march south after receiving the order. He ordered Feng Guozhang to quickly form a second army and wait for dispatch. Under the jurisdiction of the Second Army:

The fifth town, led by Jin Yunpeng. Under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Association of the Infantry Team (Co-President Ma Liang), the Tenth Association (Co-President Jia Binqing) and the fifth standard of the horse team and the fifth standard of the artillery team;

The Fifth Association of the Third Town, Lu Yongxiang;

The 39th Mixed Association (now based in Xi'an, Shaanxi), co-commander Liu Hongen;

By the time these orders were officially issued, it was already October 12. Although Yin Chang studied in Germany and studied the army. After returning to China, he has always held a high-ranking position in the military, but he has never directly led troops, let alone gone through battle formations, and seriously lacks the experience and ability to command the army. Suddenly handing over a team of more than 20,000 people from one town and two mixed associations into his hands, Yin Chang suddenly panicked, and he didn't know what to do with it at all.

Moreover, more than 20,000 people are Yuan Shikai's old Beiyang department. Chen Guangyuan, Wang Yujia, Wang Zhanyuan, Li Chun, etc. are Yuan Shikai's henchmen. From the commander to the soldier, he has never known that there is "Yuan Gongbao" in his mind, but he does not know that there is a Qing Dynasty, how can Yin Chang command the movement? Therefore, despite the constant shouting of "speed" and "speed" by the imperial court, the movement of the First Army was still very slow.

In this case, Yuan Shikai's comeback is inevitable.

The Xinhai Revolution was like a spring thunder, shaking all living beings in the world and beginning to sprout. So this time. What is Sun Yuanqi doing?

Sun Yuanqi does not have Yuan Shikai's spies all over the world, but he is the second largest shareholder of the Far East Broadcasting Group — if Lilith is also counted, it is the largest shareholder — and the Far East Broadcasting Group has reporters all over China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The tentacles are widely involved in all corners of society such as politics, economy, and culture. After Sun Yuanqi became the secretary of the school, Tony gave full play to the nature of the Jewish people to control politics with economy, and began to provide all kinds of news and information to Sun Yuanqi and his staff, and the entire Far East Broadcasting Group became Sun Yuanqi's private intelligence bureau. This intelligence bureau has its own information channels, and the transmission speed is not even much slower than that of the Qing government's secret telegrams.

Within a few hours after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yuanqi received a secret report, and then all kinds of news poured in. In the morning light, the conference room in the Houhai Sun Mansion was brightly lit, Sun Yuanqi sat on the sofa in his cloak and read a piece of information, and Yang Du sat on the Taishi chair. Discuss and confer with other staff members from time to time.

In Sun Yuanqi's view, the biggest disadvantage of being a scholar and entering the cabinet is that various affairs are constantly carried out every day, which delays a lot of his business. Yang Du also complained bitterly: "Baixi, I really can't do it with you!" ”

Sun Yuan was taken aback: Most of the miscellaneous matters at hand now were handled by Yang Du. If he resigns, he will probably be too busy to touch the ground. Immediately hurriedly asked: "Huizi." Why? Are you not satisfied with the salary? Or what is the reason? ”

Yang Du said angrily: "I still have seven or eight staff members to help in a poor county in the Qing Dynasty, you are a dignified cabinet minister, but only me, Xingyan (Zhang Shizhao), Uncle Shen (Liu Shipei) and Weilu (Lin Shu) are four people to work!" Tell me, can you still do it here? ”

"Uh......" Sun Yuanqi felt that he was indeed a little unreasonable, rubbed his hands and smiled: "Then I'll go find a few helpers for you." ”

"Where can I find it?" Yang Du asked.

"School, many students in the Faculty of Arts and the Academy of Chinese Studies are very knowledgeable!" Sun Yuanqi has a lot of confidence in the students at the school.

Yang Du held his forehead with his hand: "You are causing trouble, right?" ”

Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to ask tentatively: "Then you will go out in person?" It's up to you to decide the salary or whatever. ”

Yang Du nodded helplessly: "Okay!" ”

After a while, Yang Duzhen helped Sun Yuanqi find several staff, one named Yang Yongtai, the word Changqing, in his early thirties, from Guangdong; One is named Shen Xiangyun, whose name is Qiu Zhai, only in his twenties, from Zhejiang; There is also a man named Chen Xunen, whose name is Yanji, who is also from Zhejiang, and is younger, only twenty years old. Although Sun Yuanqi had never heard their names from the past to the present, their arrival did make everyone's shoulders a lot lighter.

But in Yang Du's opinion, these are far from enough, according to his assumption, the cabinet ministers should always have more than ten or twenty staff, right? Sun Yuanqi was speechless, so he could only let him toss: Anyway, we have a bank, not bad money! Can't more than 10 or 20 people still pay their salaries?

At this moment, Sun Yuanqi frowned deeply while looking at the information. As the chief of staff in everyone's hearts, Yang Du asked, "Baixi, what's the problem?" ”

Sun Yuanqi was worried, and shook the telegram in his hand: "According to the news, many students of Hubei Higher Industrial School and Lianghu Normal School participated in this uprising. After a night of fierce fighting, I don't know if there were many student casualties! ”

Yang Du shook the folding fan: "The battlefield is ruthless, the guns have no eyes, and the war is originally you killing me and I killing you." Even if there are casualties, who can blame them? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Then what should we do?" ”

Yang Du waved his hand: "Now that the situation in Wuchang has been temporarily calm, the next step depends on how the imperial court goes." There will be no large-scale fighting in Hubei for at least the next ten days. All we have to do is wait. ”

"Wait?" Sun Yuanqi was a little puzzled.

Yang Yongtai accosted on the side: "Yes, just wait!" Wait to see what troops the imperial court will send south to quell the chaos, and who will be sent out of Beijing to supervise the division. If the 9th Town, the 13th Mixed Association, and the 23rd Mixed Association in Jiangsu, the 29th Mixed Association in Henan, and the 31st Mixed Association in Anhui are transferred, it will take at least 10 days to form the army. If the Beiyang New Army is transferred, I am afraid that Tao Beile, Lang Beile, and Yin Wulou will not be able to command, and then it will be a good opportunity for Yuan Xiangcheng to go out of the mountain, and it will inevitably be another struggle for power and profit. In short, we just have to wait and see what happens. ”

Since everyone meant to wait, Sun Yuanqi had to wait, and he didn't have any tricks anyway.

Just a day later, I learned that the imperial court was going to transfer the Beiyang New Army to the south, and according to Yang Yongtai, Yuan Shikai was about to jump out. In this way, there seems to be no deviation in history.

In the evening of that day, a rare guest came to Sun's house: Mr. Illiams, the U.S. chargé d'affaires in China. (To be continued.) )