On April 8, as soon as the ancestor worship and tomb sweeping, Wang Longzhong appointed Wang Zhenyu as the commander of the Jingzhou Prefecture and the commander of the 9th Brigade in the name of Baojing's garrison, and led the 9th Brigade to take office. Wang Longzhong was also careful in this matter. He knew that most of his officers had been dealt with by Tan Yankai. Therefore, sending his only trusted nephew to Jingzhou Prefecture and thus staying away from Changsha was also his step of chess in response to the current situation, although he himself did not have hope for how much role this move could play.

Jingzhou was the Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty was the Qianzhong County, the Han Dynasty was the Wuling County, the Wuyang County, the Sui Dynasty was the Longbiao County, and the Sui Dynasty was the Longbiao County. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Dong people living here were named Chengzhou. At the end of the weekend after the Five Dynasties, the "Singdong Chief" Yang Zaisi was the governor of Chengzhou. In the early Song Dynasty, it was officially established in the fourth year of Yuanfeng in the Song Dynasty (1081). In the fifth year of Yuanfeng in Yuanzhou, the Quyang County of Guanbaozhai in Yuanzhou was analyzed. In the second year of Chongning in Song Dynasty (1103), Chengzhou was changed to Jingzhou. The name of Jingzhou originated from this, and Quyang County was changed to Yongping County. In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1370), it was promoted to Jingzhou Prefecture. In the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it was demoted to the prefecture and was relegated to Yongping. In the Zhili period of Huguang Administration and was used by the Qing Dynasty.

Jingzhou at this time was not today's Jingxian County. In fact, it included today's Jingzhou, Huitong, Tongtong and Suining in Shaoyang. In history, large-scale plague occurred in Jingzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, and the population was almost extinct. A large number of Shaoyang people moved from Baoqing Prefecture to Jingzhou.

However, these have little to do with Wang Zhenyu. What he cares most about is the current situation in Jingzhou. The little policeman named He Jian he accepted in Changsha had brought people into Jingzhou Prefecture half a month ago and sent him very valuable first-hand information back.

Speaking of He Jian, it was also an adventure. When he came back from Nanjing to Changsha.

At that time, He Jian was still a small policeman in the Police Department of the Changsha Civil Affairs Department. He had always been eager to make a name for himself, but although his family was wealthy, he lacked a strong backer. He had no choice but to enter the Army Primary School several times, so he had to apply for the Law and Political School and become a small policeman. As a result, when he was 25 years old, he was still wasting his time. He Jian was very unwilling to accept this.

So when he saw Wang Zhenyu's all-round scenery when he entered the city at Xiaowu Gate, he not only envied but also had the idea of ​​scaring himself. The young general in front of him might be worth following him. Although He Jian did not like to study, he even left a famous limerick in history: What is the spring and autumn? What is the life of life? Is it worth the poor and humble? Is it worth the wealth?

But in fact, this person is quite smart, and he graduated from the School of Law and Political Science and Technology and has strong analytical skills in matters. He came to an amazing conclusion through the experience of Wang Zhenyu that he could get. This man named Wang Zhenyu is in a period of rapid rise. What's even better is that according to He Jian's judgment, there will be no many people around this young general in a short period of time, let alone negative talents. And this is exactly the opportunity for him to devote himself.

Therefore, he was very bold and went to see Wang Zhenyu that night.

He Jian was also confused. He, a small policeman, went to ask for a major general in the army, how could he see it? But the most difficult thing to explain clearly in life is the word luck. Zhao Dongsheng, the captain of the officer guard team on duty in the brigade department that night, happened to be from Liling, and was not far from He Jian's village.

Although it was very difficult, the importance of the face of the fellow villagers made Zhao Dongsheng, who was prone to fever, informed He Jian.

It was originally a matter of doing his job, but he didn't expect that when Wang Zhenyu heard the name of the visitor, he actually agreed to summon him. Just kidding, if Wang Zhenyu didn't even know the name of King He Jian of Hunan, his history would be in vain. In this way, He Jian actually met Wang Zhenyu.

He Jian calmed down after seeing Wang Zhenyu, knowing that he was rash, and at the same time, he was extremely grateful that a big man like Wang Zhenyu was willing to see him as a small character.

Wang Zhenyu has now begun to show the temperament of a superior. He has not been excited when he first arrived in this era when he saw historical figures. He has already determined to become the greatest figure of this era. The plot of worshiping celebrities has naturally faded. Who would have nothing to worship his opponents or subordinates?

Therefore, after hearing that He Jian wanted to follow him, he was not ecstatic, but calmly analyzed it, thinking that this should not be a trap. Does anyone use a small policeman as bait? So he asked He Jin to introduce himself like an interviewer in later generations.

It is probably the first time that He Jin has faced this situation, but when Wang Zhenyu was amazed, it was true that extraordinary people did extraordinary things. He Jian was not nervous at all. He calmly followed his resume one by one.

Wang Zhenyu looked at this celebrity who was as tall as Zhao Dongsheng and thought for a while: "You stay by my side and serve as a lieutenant staff officer first."

He Jian became a formal officer of the Ninth Brigade and played a very critical role in the subsequent Changsha mutiny.

After learning that the entire army was going to Jingzhou, Wang Zhenyu sent He Jian the first task and organized a group of personnel to enter Jingzhou Prefecture before the army to understand the local situation.

Now Wang Zhenyu is holding the information sent back by He Jian:

Jingzhou Prefecture governed the four parts of Zhili Prefecture (Jingxian), Huitong, Tongtong, and Suining. After the outbreak of the revolution, Su Zhaokui, the last magistrate of Jingzhou in the Qing Dynasty, abandoned his post and fled, and the Baojing area was under the control of the Baojing Army and Government Branch established by Jiao Dafeng.

However, the subsequent Baojing Military and Political Branch was tricked by Tan Yankai on November 3, 1911 by Xie Jieseng and Zou Yongcheng, the "Military and Political Branch Governor" to Changsha and imprisoned, and appointed Tongmeng member Tan Xinxiu as the "Baojing Punishment Envoy", and ordered him to lead a battalion of troops from Mei Xin to Baoqing, and Jingzhou was all under the "Punishment" of Jingzhou. Zou Dailie, a radical activist of the Tongmenghui, was killed, and Baoqing fell into the hands of Tan Yankai.

As for Jingzhou Prefecture, due to geographical reasons, Tan Xinxiu was eager to lead the army back to Changsha, so he appointed Wang Dezhi, a local gentry in Jingzhou, as the acting governor.

It is worth mentioning that although He Jian had only been infiltrated into Jingzhou for only half a month, he accurately sent an important information, which played a very critical role in Wang Zhenyu's future development.

This news is about Xiangxi: Jingzhou, Chenzhou, and Yuanzhou all belong to Xiangxi. The forces here are very complex, with military armed forces such as Miao villages, bandits, Phoenix Rod Army, and Divine Soldiers. Politically, the actual control of the officials in the Qing Dynasty did not exceed the county town, clans and villages. More importantly, the current coordination and buffering role of many forces is not the government, but the four major merchant families of Hongjiang, Zhang, Zhu, Liang and Liu.

What surprised Wang Zhenyu the most was that He Jian clearly told Wang Zhenyu that the number of local troops was very small and the most powerful force was in the hands of merchants. The Chamber of Commerce's own arms were still worth seeing in terms of equipment.

He suggested that Wang Zhenyu stabilize the market through Chen Hongji, a well-known timber businessman in Jingzhou, in order to achieve a normal transition of power.

He Jian himself planned to wait for Wang Zhenyu to take office in Jingzhou and take people to Hongjiang to understand the actual situation. He is worthy of graduating from the School of Law and Political Science and Technology, and his intelligence analysis is very organized and very good.

On April 10, Wang Zhenyu led three infantry regiments from the 9th Brigade of the Hunan Army, directly under the brigade, the teaching team, the spy company, the reconnaissance company, and the engineering battalion, a total of more than 4,300 people were transported into Quyang, where Jingzhou Prefecture was located. The gentry, officials and businessmen below the acting governor of Jingzhou, all of whom were from the city to welcome the new security commander.

Wang Zhenyu first comforted Wang Dezhi, and still gave him the prefect of Jingzhou Prefecture, and presided over the government affairs of all major and small provinces. In this way, all walks of life in Jingzhou were relieved. Then, naturally, they killed pigs and gave wine to reward Wang Zhenyu's troops.

The first thing Wang Zhenyu did after the reception that night was to ask He Jianmi to invite Chen Hongji to see him.

Chen Hongji is also a figure in Jingzhou Prefecture. He is not a native of Jingzhou. His ancestral home is Baoqing Prefecture. In order to survive, he had to leave Baoqing, who had a large population and a small land, to come to Jingzhou for survival. As a result, he went from a young man in a tung oil shop to the big boss today. In the whole of Jingzhou, this boss Chen accounts for almost 20%. He is kind and generous, builds bridges and paves roads, has a very good reputation in the local area and is highly respected.

Of course, if we follow the red education in later generations, people who have influence in the local area should be shot directly as ***. Not to mention the many, the local people will definitely be shocked, and the authority of the new regime will be established in the same shot.

But Wang Zhenyu didn't have this interest. Although he also grew up with red education, he had a view that was spontaneously formed. They are all Chinese. They always have to say that the love between compatriots is. Is it honorable to kill our own people?

Chen Hongji is in his forties and is not tall. He is dressed like a former dynasty and behaves like an old-school businessman. He is very polite when he saw Wang Zhenyu. Because He Jian did a good job in his previous work, Chen Hongji answered Wang Zhenyu all questions and answers.

The focus of Wang Zhenyu's desire to know was not Jingzhou, but the four major families of Hongjiang that He Jian focused on in the information. This history textbook in later generations was not covered at all.

According to Chen Hongji, the specialty of Jingzhou Prefecture is wood. This transaction is basically done by Baoqing people. The annual transaction volume exceeds one million. However, in Hongjiang, wood only accounts for a small proportion. There are two most profitable businesses, one is tung oil and the other is opium. The annual transaction volume of tung oil is about 10 million. However, it is not clear that opium will only be more or less.

The tung oil business is currently the four major families of Zhang, Zhu, Liang and Liu. Among them, the Zhang family and the Zhu family are from Jiangxi and Anhui respectively, and are not locals. However, they have been rooted in Hongjiang for decades and have become large families that can influence the entire Xiangxi.

The two companies each account for 30% of the transactions of tung oil, and the two companies have a tacit understanding of the expansion. The Zhang family expands northward, heading towards Yuanzhou and Xuzhou, and the Zhu family is heading towards the same direction. Zhang Jichang, the first generation of the Zhang family, is already dead, and now the third generation of Zhang Jingkun is the helm of the Zhang Jichang Oil. Although it is no longer the number one among the eight major oil companies in Hongjiang, it is still of great importance.

Zhu Zhida, the first generation of the Zhu family, is still alive, but he is over 70 years old and is already old. It is not necessary to say much about his wealth. Chen Hongji told Wang Zhenyu a common interesting story between these two families:

A fortune teller told Zhang Jichang that Zhang's family wealth would not last for three generations, and his descendants would starve to death on the streets in the future. Zhang Jichang went out to the street and found 30 people and gave them money to let these people do business. The only condition was that his descendants would give alms when they beg for food in the future. That's not all. When he arrived at Zhu Zhida, another fortune teller told Zhu Zhida that Zhu's family wealth would not last for three generations. In order to leave a way out for his descendants, Zhu Zhida took out a large amount of funds.
Chapter completed!