Taiyuan, the office of the governor's yamen.

Looking at the telegram he had just received in front of him, Shanxi Governor E Bao frowned.

The telegram was sent by President Leer, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu of the Qing Dynasty, who believed that the Qianlong legal system had been lost, and therefore the Qing Dynasty had lost the need for its existence.

Therefore, the establishment of the Restoration Imperial Court by the Sixth Devil is even more stealing and stealing, which is really "unheard of", so the position of the Emperor of the Restoration and the Sixth Emperor of the Sixth Devil is illegal and should be banned, that is, the North-South peace talks must be built on the basis of the abdication of the Sixth Devil, otherwise the peace talks have no possibility of success.

In the telegram, Leer sent a call to the governors, generals, commanders, and ministers of affairs in all provinces to abolish the imperial system immediately, adopt a republic as the form of government in the country, and establish a provisional government in Xi'an.

"The provisional government is a government shared by the Manchurian, Han, Mongolian, Hui, and Xue ethnic groups."

It is said to be a republic of five tribes.

This formulation is very different from the constitutional monarchy proposed by the Restoration officials to unite the five ethnic groups into one person (the five ethnic groups entered the Han Dynasty), and the root cause of this is that three of the four governors who telegraphed against Jia were from Manchuria and one from the Han army. The generals, commanders, and ministers of the Yubian District, the Snow District, and Outer Mongolia were also Manchuria.

So this revolution was, to some extent, a revolution of the Manchurians themselves.

In order to win the support of the powerful faction of the flag officers in various places, Leer blatantly claimed: "The Eight Banners are the Eight Banners of the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han armies, not the Eight Banners of the Aixin Jueluo family. ”

In this way, the possibility of the restoration of Aixin Jueluo is fundamentally denied.

Based on the Eight Banners, it will occupy the leading force of the country in the new republican form of government.

This claim gave Lehr a great prestige in the hearts of the flag-bearers everywhere.

They don't care whether Aixin Jueluo is the emperor or not, they only care about whether the political treatment of the banner people will continue to be retained after the change of dynasty or be completely deprived.

As we all know, the Eight Banners of Jingying have existed in name only under the various perverse actions of the Devil Six, so the last strength of the Eight Banners is concentrated on the side of Leerjin.

Therefore, Leer would like to release a political signal that the Eight Banners are still important, which can not only unite the forces of the Eight Banners in the non-occupied areas of the Restoration, but also have a great confusing effect on the Eight Banners officials within the Imperial Court of the Restoration.

I have to say that Leerjin's telegram is quite well written and quite wonderful, and it is 99% similar to a draft in Jia Liu's office.

The overall power-on content, Ebao is also quite satisfied.

Because he doesn't want the emperor either.

There is no feeling of heaven on your head, and once you taste it, you really don't want to lose it.

That is, Ebao is a little aggrieved.

Because, Leer is too beautiful.

If the republic is really established, the leading brother will undoubtedly be the first president, which makes Ebao feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

After all, in the past, he and Lehr were on an equal footing in the mutual aid society.

Although one is the governor and the other is the governor, the governors are all feudal territory, and the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu cannot control him as the governor of Shanxi.

Now, Leer is about to become the president, and he is still the governor of Shanxi, and his political treatment is obviously much worse.

Not to mention that not long ago, Devil Six asked him to go to Xi'an to be the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and asked Leer to go to Sichuan.

If he is sitting on the seat of the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, is it possible that this president is him?

So, more or less uncomfortable.

Some aggrieved people picked up cigarette pouches and just lit a pot, and the porter came to report that it was Funihan, the prefect of Taiyuan, who asked to see him.

Fu Nihan was originally a Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and later he was transferred to Taiyuan to be the prefect of Taiyuan without knowing who he went, and he was also from Manchuria, but he was not close to Ebao, the governor of Shanxi.

Ebao also suspected that Fourteen Han might be one of the Devil Six, and the major affairs in the province were generally not known to Fouryhan.

I don't have much to do on weekdays and don't see Fouryhan, so I feel strange in my heart, I don't know why Fouryhan wants to see him.

Ponder for a moment, and the order will bring the man.

"Xiaguan Funihan has asked Lord Futai to say goodbye!"

After Fournihan was introduced into the office, he hurriedly gave the governor a thousand, respectfully, and the courtesy was in place.

"Excuse me, come on, take a seat for the rich man."

Ebao motioned for Funihan to sit down, but he didn't want Funihan to sit down, but instead bowed and said, "The lower official dares to ask Lord Futai if he really wants to be an enemy of the imperial court?" ”

Hearing this, a fine light suddenly flashed in E Bao's eyes, he had long suspected that Funihan was the person of Devil Six, and sure enough, he said quietly at the moment: "Devil Six asked you to be a lobbyist?" ”

"Wrong!"

Fournihan shook his head, "The lower official is here to talk to the lord on behalf of the host. ”

"Presiding?"

Ebao was stunned, his eyes full of doubts.

"Yes, it's the host of the mutual aid association."

Fournihan presents his membership card.

The certificate is Jin A002.

No. 001 is Ebao's own.

As a member of the first phase of the Mutual Aid Association, Ebao certainly knew that the membership card in Fourteenhan's hand was not fake, and he couldn't help but feel ripples in his heart.

Although the emperor and the presiding officer are the same person, different identities represent different meanings.

If Fournihan came on behalf of the puppet king of Devil Six, Ebao would definitely not talk nonsense with him.

However, Fournihan represents the general presiding officer of the Mutual Aid Association, and Ebao, as a member, is inconvenient to drive people out directly.

So what does the devil six intend?

E Bao's eyes flashed, he pondered for a moment, and said, "The host asked you to bring a message to this official?" ”

Fournihan nodded and said: "Yes, the host asked me to bring a word to the adults, I hope that the adults can rein in the precipice, wake up as soon as possible, and never continue on the wrong path, otherwise the court will ask the teacher for the crime, and the adult's life will be lost."

Before Fouryhan finished speaking, Ebao slapped the table angrily and scolded: "Daydreaming! What do the devils think of me! I'm the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! Then he pointed at Fouryhan and shouted: "Come, drag Fouryhan, a Manchurian traitor, down to me!" ”

"Wait!"

"Dog traitor, what else do you have to say!"

Fu Nihan was not afraid of Ebao's angry eyes, and asked calmly: "Dare to ask Lord Futai, if the imperial court really sends a large army to fight, can Taiyuan be defended!" ”

Ebao didn't answer, only snorted slightly.

Fu Nihan asked again: "Dare to ask your lordship, Taiyuan cannot be guarded, Xi'an can be guarded!" ”

Ebao still didn't answer.

Fournihan further said: "In the current situation, if the imperial court wins, the end of the lord is not allowed to be reminded by the officials. If Leer is determined to win, the lower officials think that the adults may not be able to gain much benefit, and I am afraid that in the end, it will be just a wedding dress for others. ”

"What do you mean?"

Ebao's eyes narrowed slightly.

"As far as the lower officials know, Lord Wu of the Fan Tai has a close personal relationship with Na Ler, and the previous time he went behind Futai's back to detain the envoy of the imperial court without authorization, Na R Jin has really become a temperament, does Lord Futai think that this Shanxi land can still be owned by you?"

Fournihan sneered.

Ebao's face was cloudy.

Funihan took advantage of the situation and said: "Xia Guan has just received a notice from the imperial court that in order to avoid a civil war between the north and the south, the emperor wants to exchange the post of prime minister for a truce. ”

"What?"

Ebao was taken aback, "Is this news reliable?" ”

"Pretty reliable."

Fournihan replied in the affirmative.

Ebao couldn't help but be suspicious: "Leer would like to take the lead against Devil Six, how could Devil Six make him prime minister?" ”

The implication is that this approach is not at all in line with the personality of Devil Six.

"The emperor said that Leerjin is still patriotic in his bones, so he can be saved."

Hearing this, Ebao couldn't help but snort: "Isn't my Ebao patriotic!" ”

Fu Nihan hurriedly shook his head: "Of course Lord Futai is patriotic, but the key is that Leer is still a speaker of the eight provinces, so the emperor is willing to compromise with him." ”

Ebao snorted again and remained silent.

"The status of my Shanxi is between the two wars, if the peace talks break down, the imperial court will send a large army to the west, then my Shanxi will bear the brunt, with all due respect, with the strength of my Shanxi army is difficult to be the opponent of the imperial army, at that time, I am afraid that Na Le will most likely sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, whether I can hold Shanxi or not, it is extremely unfavorable for adults.

As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, and now Leer is cautious, is Futai really willing to sacrifice everything for him, the so-called president? ”

In order to wake up Ebao, Funihan analyzed the current comparison between the Restoration Army and the coalition army, although the total number of armies on both sides is about the same, but do not forget that if the imperial court really wants to suppress the rebellion, it must focus on attacking the northwest.

In that case, even if Shanxi is added, the strength of the Northwest Army is still far inferior to that of the Restoration Army.

"Do you think Leerjin can really win? The previous Shengjing general Hongsheng was also very powerful outside the pass, and the result was pacified in less than a month, which shows that the strength of the Restoration Army is to protect the adults and protect the tens of millions of people in Shanxi. ”

As he spoke, Fournihan knelt down and bowed down in front of Ebao.

Ebao in front of him was silent, only uncertain, obviously suffering in his heart, for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Fournihan who was kneeling there: "Is it that if I become the speaker, the emperor will also let me be the prime minister?" ”

(End of chapter)