Three, four, six, southeast change

"Peifu, Lord Liu and a few other adults are discussing mutual insurance in Changsha, why don't you wait? What about waiting for the Governor to come back before leaving? ”

"My lord, Peifu really doesn't want to be a soldier anymore, just wants to be able to go back to his hometown and do some small business. ※※※※※I ※ I ※ ※

In the camp of northern Zhejiang, in addition to the 10,000 troops who were lining up on the school field to train according to the methods of foreigners, more than 2,000 Huai troops who had retired from Jiangsu were also temporarily placed here.

Hearing Ye Zhichao's inquiry, Wu Peifu immediately replied.

More than two years ago, he joined the Huai Army, and wanted to make a meritorious deed, but who would have thought that within a few days of putting on the military uniform, tens of thousands of Chinese troops died in the Qing Dynasty and crossed the Bohai Sea, and took the city of Beijing with lightning speed.

Before digesting the news, the Chinese army marched into Jiangsu, and he could only involuntarily follow the Huai army to retreat one after another, until he gave up the entire land of northern Jiangsu and fled to Zhejiang, which was protected by foreigners.

In terms of soldiers' ability, weapons and equipment, none of the southeastern armies can compare with others, but they will not be defeated so badly, and the reason why it is like this is entirely because of the Admiral Ye beside him.

This person lied about the victory when he was in Asan, and then lost the war and lost Korea, but for some reason he used what means he used after returning to the Huai army, and he became the commander again, before the war, he commanded chaos, and waited for the Chinese army to attack but did not know how to adapt the counterattack, and half of the responsibility for losing Jiangsu was attributed to this person.

At this time, although there is mutual protection in the southeast, but Hua has already sat firmly in the country, staying here is just a lingering breath, and the Chinese army frequently goes north along the river, and the posture of entering Sichuan immediately and big again, once Sichuan is captured, there is only one defeat waiting for the southeast

Do you want to stay and die?

Ye Zhichao didn't know that Wu Peifu was leaving because he saw through the overall situation after the loss of Sichuan, but it was a pity, because this person was a rare rising star in the Huai Army, but he didn't insist on retaining, after all, it was already like this, what was the point of blocking the future of others

"Just?" Ye Zhichao glanced at a team stationed outside the camp and sighed.

Although there is a mutual insurance agreement, but now everyone knows that the southeast is in charge of foreigners, guns are bought from foreigners, the training army is also foreigners, and taxes are also controlled by foreigners, officers want to leave, but also have to say hello to foreigners, this is still the Qing Dynasty, it is simply foreigners in charge

Everyone knows that the foreigners are afraid that the southeastern provinces will descend to China, you must know that the people of China are not welcome to the foreigners, the north has already canceled the privileges given to the foreigners in the Qing Dynasty, and bought back all the mines of the foreigners there

So, if you want to go, you have to use some brain meridians. "Peifu, let's go, I'll go with you to see the foreigner, just say that something happened to your family and you want to go back, as for what you do after you go back, I can't care so much."

"Thank you, Lord Admiral." As soon as Wu Peifu thanked him, a lieutenant immediately ran over, and after whispering a few words in Ye Zhichao's ear, the latter's face suddenly changed greatly.

"Sichuan is gone"

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"Ahem......."

In the quiet room, Li Hongzhang coughed violently a few times, and when he took off the handkerchief covering his mouth, and the corner of his eyes swept to the red, he quickly crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Master Li, are you alright?" Seeing this, Pu Xu hurriedly asked.

Li Hongzhang hurriedly rushed to the original general of the Great Qing Dynasty, and after Aijue Luosun shook his hand and said that he was fine, he continued to talk to Zhang Zhidong about what happened in the southeast recently.

Seeing that Li Hongzhang was fine, Pu Xu made up his mind a little, he happened to be not in Beijing at the time of the national change that day, so he and several other Prince Baylor escaped the catastrophe and avoided Jiangsu.

But who would have thought that tens of thousands of Huai troops still failed to stop the footsteps of the Chinese army, and they were defeated again and again in just two months, and finally lost the entire north. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

With Li Mo's implementation of the law in the north, the common people are getting better day by day, and they are also overhauling railways, running industries, and recruiting people from all over the country, and the southeast half of the wall finally began to crumble.

The so-called mutual protection in the southeast seems to be ridiculous at this time, because the southeast coast has no self-protection ability at all, and the Huai army that once relied on it has been defeated, and the Hunan army has given up Hubei without a shot.

But before they could take a breath, now Li Mo began his northern expedition again, not only took Mongolia neatly, arrested the Mongolian princes, and then not only swallowed tens of thousands of Mongolian elite horsemen, but also announced the liberation of those lowly serfs, so that millions of herdsmen on the grassland all fell to China, and those banner owners and tribal leaders had no choice but to accept the exchange of power under the threat of force, and became the acting officials of Li Mo's side.

After settling the Mongols, his army quickly moved westward, and although the troops were currently stationed in Yinchuan, the forward battalion had already pointed directly to Xinjiang, and entering Xinjiang was just around the corner.

What worries people is that Li Mo's infiltration of the southeast has not stopped for a moment, not only sending people to run newspapers in various places, propagandizing studies, and propagating the theory of China, but also encouraging those students to constantly make trouble, especially in Changsha at the moment, which is a mess

He also took the opportunity of forcibly promoting the currency to collect silver on a large scale, and almost got all the silver in the north in his hands, and used this silver as a weapon to hoard a large number of goods in various parts of the southeast, causing prices in various places to soar, food is extremely expensive, and people's hearts are completely confused by him

And the foreigners are not idle, take this opportunity to make a lot of money, cleverly set up a name to blackmail the southeast, and now there are countless foreigners south of the Yangtze River, which has aroused great dissatisfaction among the squires everywhere, if it were not for the fact that everyone is afraid of the land law in the north, and there are concerns, probably they would have been ousted from power long ago.

Officials are not officials, the people are not people, and students have no intention of studying, and the great southeast has become the twilight of the western mountains like Shandong and other places that were eroded a few years ago.

But these are not the key to their concentration in Changsha and continue to talk about how the southeast mutual insurance is maintained, the real reason is Sichuan

Li Mo's infiltration of Sichuan has not been interrupted since the day he established Guohua, especially in the past few months, Liu Guangdi, the former pioneer of emergency maintenance, has frequently entered and exited the governor's palace, and constantly lobbied Liu Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, to withdraw from mutual insurance.

That's a big deal

Sichuan as the northern barrier of the southeastern provinces, the geographical location is extremely important, once there is no Sichuan, the southeast mutual insurance has become a joke, the army of people can start from Sichuan, like a flood down the Yangtze River from the straight down, plus the south of the Yangtze River is many lakes, the canals and waterways are dense, as long as there are enough boats, you can even take the southeast half of the wall without much effort, even can not be blocked

Moreover, although the southeast has abundant financial resources, it is impossible to muster so many troops to defend every river and lake, not to mention that there is also a large water division that can land directly from any place on the southeast coast

Although there are foreigners to rely on, are foreigners really reliable?

In the past, the north was also rampant with foreigners, and there were also British warships stationed in Weihai, Yantai, and everyone thought that Li Mo would not dare to wave his army in Jinggi, but they just beat it, and they were caught off guard, and they pacified Zhili in a few days, saying that the Great Britain of the world's first naval division was not a fart and withdrew from the north without letting go of a single one

Even if foreigners are willing to work hard, but can they afford to make offerings? In recent years alone, in order to garrison Hankou and defend the Yangtze River, it has cost tens of millions of taels of silver, plus the cost of buying foreign guns and cannons, even the wealth of the southeast is a little unbearable, not to mention that the foreigners have arranged for Hurd to supervise the taxes of several provinces, which is equivalent to pumping the blood of the southeast

Pu Xu turned his head and looked at Prince Su Shanqi, who was sitting on the top but didn't say a word, and his heart sank more and more.

The former Iron Hat King of the Great Qing Dynasty, the surviving Sun Zhonggao official of Aijueluo, was immediately enshrined as the leader of the people after coming to the southeast, but now he sat there like a dead man, looking like a withered tree, unhappy or angry, expressionless, and unable to even see his eyes move.

Pu Xu sighed deeply, in fact, everyone here knows that the Great Qing Kingdom is over

But now it is difficult to ride a tiger, on the one hand, the foreigners are forcing them not to make peace with the north, on the other hand, the aggressive posture of the north, and now the southeast is like the fat oil squeezed in two hot iron plates, which is roasted to smoke at the same time, the oil and water are constantly squeezed and sucked away and gradually dried up.

And I can't struggle yet

So what can be done to change this dilemma?

"Da Chong, in your opinion, what should I do now?" After Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong finished chatting, he turned his head to look at Liu Kunyi, who fled from Jiangsu to Zhejiang, who was also at a loss, sighed and said: "For today's plan, I think I can only learn from that Song Gaozong."

"Song Gaozong Zhao Gou?"

"What does Xianzhuang mean, the capital of Hangzhou?" Zhang Zhidong hurriedly looked at him. Liu Kun nodded and swept around the crowd: "Besides, is there anything else you can do?" ”

"The Southern Song Dynasty is partial to the southeast, and it has also been established for more than 100 years, and the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River can ensure the needs of a country, as long as we don't learn from the Zhao family to be greedy for pleasure, reform based on the Western law of foreigners, make great efforts, and strengthen the country as soon as possible, so why not be afraid of Li Mo and others"

"And compared to all of you, it is very clear that there is frequent chaos in the southeast, not because I have no one in the southeast, nor because the common people do not like the Qing Dynasty, but because of the lack of a leader, since the ancient road snake has no head, so if you can ask the emperor to ascend the throne as soon as possible, you will be able to stabilize the southeast and recover the rivers and mountains as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhidong nodded, now that the southeast is erosive, although there are reasons for foreigners and Li Mo to intervene, but the big problem is that there is no leader, although they are all feudal officials, but at the moment people are panicking, how many people below can listen to them?

Therefore, the establishment of a unified regime is the only way out of the predicament at present, only to let the emperor ascend the throne as soon as possible, can stabilize the hearts of the people in the southeast, but the question is, will the foreigners agree? And who should be the emperor?

"What about the foreigners?" Before Zhang Zhidong finished speaking, Liu Kun took a step forward and said: "I went to Shanghai not long ago, and I have already tested the tone of the ministers of Britain and France on this matter, although they did not say that they agreed, but they also did not say that they could not, in my opinion, this is still an old trick, waiting to reap the profits, if it is really done, compared to them, they will not object, for those foreigners, we are better than Li Mo in charge."

Liu Kunyi's words made everyone nod their heads, but who should be appointed emperor?

Everyone looked at Shanqi one after another, he was the iron hat king of the Great Qing Kingdom, the grandson of Aijueluo, and let him be the emperor to serve the public.

But before everyone could speak, Shanqi, who had not spoken, suddenly waved his hand, he had already seen that these people in front of him had already changed from a feudal official who kept a party safe to a villain who made profits for himself, not to mention what does it mean to be this puppet-like aggrieved emperor? In that case, it is better to go to Li Mo, although he killed a lot of people when he entered Beijing, but who are those who died?

Those Aijue Luosun, who have no evil deeds on weekdays, are not living well so far, although they have been confiscated of part of their family property and have fallen a lot, but they have not been killed cleanly, and they still have some left, as long as An An is divided into points, it is enough to live for half a lifetime.

I am not vicious on weekdays, and I donate my family property to be a safe and stable common man

Besides, if there is Sichuan, with the support of foreigners, maybe he can be the emperor of Ansheng for a few years, but who is Liu Bingzhang? He is a righteous pioneer, when the Chongqing teaching case, so many clear streams, the official impeached him, but he didn't just arrest a few bandits, he slaughtered the gentry without blinking an eye, and drove away most of the foreign missionaries, if he didn't want Li Mo, why did he meet Liu Guangdi many times?

He was testing Li Mo's patience

If Li Mo was impatient to move his army into Sichuan, he might be a loyal minister for the Qing Dynasty, but the more Li Mo persuaded him with good words and used the country's righteousness to lobby him, I am afraid that he would have already been thinking about it

It was only a matter of time before Sichuan was occupied, so this emperor might as well not do it, thinking of this, he immediately got up and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Everyone, I can't be this emperor, you better set up another master." After speaking, before everyone could react, he quietly walked out of the room.

Shanqi's departure suddenly surprised and tricky everyone, in terms of qualifications and identity, Shanqi was a good candidate, but now that he is not right, who should he choose?

When everyone's eyes began to turn to Pu Xu, he also suddenly had a numb scalp, if he really sat in this position, what was the difference between it and fire? But before he could shake his head and wave his hand, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the room.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good"

"What's the system of panicking, let's say, what's going on?" Zhang Zhidong stopped the messenger, and as soon as he finished asking, the messenger immediately shouted: "A few adults are not good, Liu Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, has just sent a telegram, announcing his withdrawal from the southeast mutual insurance and accepting the leadership of the emperor, at this moment the officials and soldiers of the whole territory of Sichuan are concentrated in Chengdu, waiting for the reorganization of the Chinese army"

Thump.

This news suddenly made everyone in the room stand up and sit down suddenly, and the thing they were worried about still happened, after Sichuan descended to Li Mo, the southeastern provinces suddenly lost their important northern barriers, and Li Mo's army could directly threaten Yungui and Huguang, and they could go down the river and approach any town in the southeast

Before everyone could digest the news, there was another rush outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Sheng Xuanhuai has just sent a telegram from Shanghai, saying that Li Mo's sailors have defeated the Dutch, and have also obtained the support of the British, and signed an agreement in Hong Kong, whereby the Netherlands will cede the three islands of Borneo to the Chinese army for two million pounds."

Borneo?

The remaining princes of Baylor had never heard of that place at all, only Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang frowned violently, neither of them expected that when Li Mo's army was still suppressing bandits in the northwest, they would quietly go to capture Borneo

What is surprising is that he actually won the support of the United Kingdom this time, why did the two come together? If Britain supports Li Mo instead, then I am afraid that the southeast will change color in the blink of an eye

In silence, Li Hongzhang suddenly stood up tremblingly, and said: "Now there is no other way, you immediately prepare for the establishment of the country, this is the last thing we will do for the emperor and the queen mother, if we can't stabilize the southeastern provinces, then I might as well resign and go home, and hand over this world to Li Mo."

On February 3, 1900, the first day of the first lunar month, at the time when the whole country was celebrating the spring, a shocking news suddenly came out of the southeastern provinces that had been pinched together by a piece of mutual protection

Yan Daqing country.

On the same day, two regiments of the Third Infantry Division of the Chinese Army stationed in Hubei rushed into Sichuan, announcing that this land of abundance, which had gone astrays for nearly two years and had beautiful and magnificent scenery, had returned to the embrace of Greater China.

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Resurgence

Enthroned in Hangzhou? Do you really think you are Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty? I don't open my eyes to see what age this is, and Zhao Gou is a Han Chinese, there is a popular base in the southeast, and it is foreign invasion that resists

Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, these people, they want to be loyal ministers, but they want to pull hundreds of millions of people in the southeast coast to suffer, it seems that they really look down on them

If it weren't for the fact that he had to deal with the Northwest and Russia first, the young master wouldn't mind immediately waving his army across the river, arresting all these people, picking off their eyelids, and letting them see clearly, the world was no longer the same

But since they're going to make trouble, then I'll teach them a lesson

The southeast mutual protection, it should be the end of the time, the young master wants to see if Britain and France and other countries really want to fight to the end Li Mo's cold eyes flashed, and handed the information back to Chen Ping: "Tell Duan Fei that if you kill a businessman with Sheng Xuanhuai for me, you shouldn't participate in politics."

"In addition, Tang Shaoyi should still be in Hong Kong, contact him immediately, ask him to go to Shanghai to contact various countries, and tell them unmistakably that since the emperor has ascended the throne, then they should ...... immediately."

"Withdrawal from the Southeast"

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