Chapter 83 Hangzhou 3
Regardless of the differences in opinions, the action to control Hangzhou has begun. Zhang Chengyue’s request for the work of the government affairs group is to arouse hatred by the people while maintaining a stable city. The people are not Yue Fei, and they will not sing “The shame of Jingkang is not yet abolished; when will the hatred of the ministers be destroyed”. What they want is survival, to eat, to mobilize the masses, and not to inspire shame, but to stimulate them with hatred. They must understand that if they don’t have enough food, they are harmed by corrupt officials who obey orders, and they are harmed by unscrupulous rice dealers who collude with the government. Therefore, if they want to live a good life in the future and be able to eat enough, they must fight. Struggle is the source of all power.
With such thoughts, the governors, relatives and nobles in the city, corrupt officials, cruel officials in the yamen, and unscrupulous merchants in the rice shop were all taken out to the school for public trial. At this time, the people had been organized by the poor people organized by the chief of security, chief of the academy, and chief of the charity, and chief of the charity, all went to watch.
Zhejiang was the most unstable in the early Qing Dynasty, so the Qing Dynasty set up Mancheng in Hangzhou. It was located in Hangzhou for more than two hundred years and occupied the best position (now the Hubin area in Hangzhou). The Manchus were self-reliant as rulers, acted as a blessing, and naturally there were no shortages of killing and robbing women. After half a day of sorting, a yellow belt that had just killed someone a while ago was the first to go to the public trial. Amid the sound of the judge's gavel, this person was sentenced to beheading. Then, in the martial arts hall at the school, in a nervous but expectant gaze, the yellow belt, which had already trembled all over and could not beg for mercy, was pressed by Yizi's hand and knelt on the ground. Yizi's hand shouted: "Please return to his position." Before he finished speaking, he lifted his braid with his left hand and a knife that was crossed to his chest with his right hand. The yellow belt's head was lifted up.
Hangzhou people have seen a lot of murder scenes, but this is the first time they have killed yellow belts. This is a royal relative! In addition to rebellion, when have they been killed? But now, they still kneel on the ground, their braids raised, and their swords fell to the ground. Thousands of people in the entire schoolyard looked at this scene and reacted differently: the poor men were happy, they had long wanted to kill the Tartars, but when they finally saw them today, they couldn't help but cheer; the gentry vendors
Sorrow. Killing yellow belts is no better than killing officials. At that time, there will be a big battle in Hangzhou. Only the parents of the victims suddenly burst into tears when they see this. The crying sounds throughout the city under the amplification of the radio. At this time, an arranged voice shouted in Hangzhou dialect: "Brothers, the Manchu Tartars bullied us for more than two hundred years. Drive them out! Restore my China!" As soon as the radio shouted, some poor men who bought them in advance also shouted in unison, and for a while, the school grounds were full of killings.
The people were mobilized in the schoolyard, and the soldiers were sporting soldiers in the army. The patrol team was the best exercise, compared with the New Army's monthly salary of more than four taels. Their monthly infantry was only one taels and five taels, and the horse soldiers were only two taels. As for the three dou of monthly rice, let's not talk about it. Basically, the rice was often not enough. And there was only such a small amount of money, and it had to be deducted before it could be distributed. In addition, those who beat people at will and were nepotist, all the officers were caught and criticized. After the criticism and struggle, they held a complaint meeting. A few soldiers with sharp mouths and deep revenge stood on the complaint platform and cried while talking. After crying, they said. The Green Camp was different from the New Army. Being a soldier was also in a difficult family and desperate situation. Who was not sad? The atmosphere in the venue soon reached a critical point, just waiting for a loud soldier who heard that his family was starved to death and howled wildly, everyone cried.
When everyone cried, Zhang Chengyue left with confidence. In fact, compared with the new army, he cared more about the patrol team. After all, the patrol team was the most captured. Although Zhou Zhaoxian did not capture all the patrol teams in Mantou Mountain, there were more than 1,700 old troops, which was twice as many as the 900 New Army.
The old army was full of hardships, and every soldier was full of misery. Although the New Army was well-fed, there were still many hardships for ordinary soldiers. The new army was not so easy to advance. They were bought for fifty or sixty taels, and they were beaten and scolded by officers. In particular, Zhang Zengqing sent his incompetent confidant Li Yizhi to be the leader of the new army. This person knew nothing about military affairs and was very good at beating people. After this person was caught and criticized, the soldiers also began to complain. The political commissar who presided over the complaint meeting was considered to be skillful, but Zhang Chengyue could still cry as if he was not as miserable as the old army.
The people and the new army were in the movement, but Zhang Chengyue still had a clear idea of how many people he could pull out. When he returned to the Mansion Office, he was about to inform Zhong Mei and the others, there was even worse news on Zhong Mei.
"The arms ships coming from Ningbo were stopped." As soon as Zhong Mei spoke, it was bad news, but this was not surprising. If the arms ships were to arrive in Zhejiang, they would naturally have to enter Zhenhai and enter Hangzhou Bay. This is not like smuggling to Shanghai to pick them up, nor is it like going straight to Andong to go directly to overseas overseas. There are many naval troops in Hangzhou Bay and patrol battalions, and it is common to be stopped.
"Are you stopped and refused to come, or were you arrested?" Zhang Chengyue asked. He had just estimated how many people could surrender, but he didn't expect the guns and ammunition to be cut off.
"If we were stopped, if we were not wearing the American flag, we would probably have been arrested. Or if we didn't have warships, we would have to drag a few cannons to attack Shaoxing even if we crossed the Qiantang River, otherwise we would not be able to get through." Zhong Mei shook her head. There were many things we could not do without a fleet in the Hangzhou-Jiahu area.
"How many things are there? Can we remove them to Ningbo and then we will take them?" Zhong Guanggao had been thinking about this question before.
"Two thousand rifles, one million and a half million bullets, more than seventy tons, and more than one hundred cars are loaded on a carriage." Zhong Mei said, "Besides, there are 700 miles to Ningbo, and it will take about ten days to walk alone. Unless someone escorted him there."
"Zhoushan, there are many Qing soldiers in Zhenhai, and there are not hundreds of people escorting them. I'm afraid I can't get through." Zhong Guanggao was a native of Zhenhai. He was so worried that he would give up when he heard that there were more than 70 tons.
"Then let's see if you can stop the boat in Shaoxing tonight." Zhang Chengyue said. "Are you not a few Maxiqins? Carry them to the coast. If there are Qing army patrol ships, they will be beaten up."
Zhong Mei and Zhong Guanggao looked at each other, and thought that there was only one way, so they nodded and asked the correspondents to arrange it.
After talking about the arms, Zhang Chengyue began to talk about the Qing army anyway. "Two thousand seven hundred Qing soldiers. I guess half of them can be brought over..."
"I cried so badly, only half of it?" Zhong Mei heard the cry of the complaint. It was strange why Zhang Chengyue only said half of it.
"At most half of the new army will come, and the patrol team will be able to rule out those who smoke big smokers and are thin and thin, and it is difficult to find half of the qualified soldiers. It is too weak. If you really want to take them in, it will drag us back." Zhang Chengyue asked the platoon leader of the army company who went to see people before coming in. Everyone said that these soldiers were not sent over, and it was a waste of rice. Only the new army made all officers jealous. Although the Independent Brigade is a brigade, according to the military system of the Revival Army, it is actually not fully organized and is just a brigade.
"What should I do?" Zhong Guanggao shouted. He felt that he had no money to make any money by shooting Hangzhou. The guns were no more than 4,000 guns and ammunition. Each gun was less than 200 rounds; as for those single guns and black powder bullets, it was better not to use them. Although the artillery was seized in Mancheng and Huancuilou, the four Krupp 57mm mountain cannons are really suitable for use in Zhejiang. As for those 75mm field cannons, you can defend the city, and you really have to take them out to fight. They are not matched with the troops' tactics.
"Isn't there any money in the vassal warehouse? There are good soldiers in Haining, Shengxian, and Yiwu. Just hold flags and call them." What Zhong Mei is most afraid of is that there is no ammunition, so people are not worried. In this era, if there is money, there will be soldiers.
"But we don't have time to practice." Zhong Guanggao said. "When will the Qing Dynasty send troops here?"
The problem he mentioned is actually the problem that everyone has been thinking about since receiving the order to capture Hangzhou. Unless it is a chaotic era, Zhejiang is really not a good place for separatist rule, and the strategic location of any nearby province is better than here. Moreover, the Fuxing Army has no navy yet, which means that any Qing army can land in Hangzhou Bay. Everyone has no other good plans except waiting for the Qing army.
"Occupy Hangzhou was a shocking world. I guess the Qing army in Jiangsu will be around ten days or half a month later. Time is not the key, but if we are given a month, what can we do? I have no guns, no soldiers, no officers, and now I am already arranging some supplies to Yanzhou (now Tonglu, Jiande, Chun'an). It is like this that it cannot be kept secret. This problem is really a headache."
"Yanzhou?" Zhang Chengyue asked. "Ningbo, isn't there in Wenzhou good? Why not go where?"
"Yes, we can only go west to Yanzhou. If we go to Ningwentai in the east, we will have no room for reversal. For our army, we can only have a glimmer of life by going to Yanzhou. According to Gu Zuyu, 'The situation in Zhejiang is all in the Jianghuai. The Jianghuai is not good, and Zhejiang cannot be protected in one day.' This important place that Zhejiang does not rely on the navy to occupy, except Quzhou is Yanzhou. Jiande is closer to Quzhou, so if we want to establish a base, we should be here." Zhong Mei pointed to the map and said: "The north is connected to Xuancheng Ningguo, the east is Tonglu, the south is Quzhou, and the west is Huizhou. This place may be able to defend. If it really doesn't work, then we can only go west and occupy Huizhou."
Zhong Mei's idea was not to go east but to the west and go to the mountains. Zhang Chengyue thought of the current situation and shook his head and said, "Bu Jin, your idea may be inconsistent with the current situation. From a political perspective, retreating to Yanzhou or Huizhou will be a great disadvantage for the revolution, and some people still hope that we will make the Northern Expedition."
"Politics is nothing! Living is a great benefit to the revolution." As soon as Zhong Mei said, Zhong Guanggao and Zhang Chengyue were silent. They said this in private, but if it really spread, they would not know what the outside world would say.
"Actually, these Qing soldiers are really useless. What if the Qing soldiers transferred cannot defeat us?" After thinking for a while, Zhong Guanggao said that the impression left by the patrol teams on him was that they were vulnerable. The new army was slightly better, but they also collapsed as soon as they approached. "Can you open the door to recruit soldiers, and then fire the Lin Mingden guns with black gunpowder, so that the army can be expanded to more than 14,000. With these 14,000 people, if you can compete with the Qing Dynasty, then you can retreat westward."
"I won't talk about ammunition for now. What should the officer do?" Zhong Mei said: "Would it be transferred from the Northeast? There are only less than one hundred students in the martial arts school in the city."
"You can only transfer people from the Northeast. At least two hundred experienced grassroots officers must come. The terrain of Zhejiang is actually similar to that of Liaodong. They are all mountainous. The tactics of the two places are similar." Zhong Guanggao said: "I just don't know if Xiao Lei wants it."
Xiao Lei is Lei Yi Town. Chief of Staff Leo everyone calls him Lao Lei, so his name is Xiao Lei. Lao Lei last year and Chen Qubing, who is from the education department, went to Russia with a large ruble. After the negotiations were made by Harbin University, Chen Qubing came back, but Leo was still moving around in Russia. He wanted to use Russia to train army and naval officers for the Revival Army. After the Russian affairs were over, he went to Germany. In addition to returning home, he went to find his teacher Baron Golds, hoping that the German Army could help train some Revival Army officers. Lao Lei was not there, and according to Yang Rui's previous order, the first leader of the army was Lei Yi Town. Now Zhong Guanggao has two hundred officers as soon as he spoke, which is a waste to Lei Yi Town. The combat effectiveness of the army is actually reflected in the experienced company platoon leader. At the beginning, it took countless efforts to train these experienced grassroots officers.
"Xiao Lei will not disagree. Even if we borrow it, we will borrow two hundred now and return four hundred in the future." Zhong Guanggao fought like doing business, showing his true nature of a businessman in Ningbo. "If it really doesn't work, let Mr. Shanghai give him an order."
When he heard that Zhong Guanggao talked about sir, Zhong Mei's expression darkened. Only he and Zhang Chengyue knew about the matter in Shanghai for the time being. Zhong Guanggao and Wei Lan and Zhang Gong from the Third Jinhua Regiment did not report it. When he was about to tell this, Zhang Chengyue on the opposite side shook his head gently and signaled that he would not say it for the time being. After all, this was just missing.
Zhong Guanggao's suggestion was approved. Although using single-shot rifles that use black gunpowder and have only half of the bullet fire rate is just a life-than-life situation, this can only be done in the current situation. At least these are guns, which are more powerful than holding spears in your hands. Besides, it is much easier to eliminate new recruits than to train new recruits, and once they bleed, the hatred between the Qing Dynasty and the people cannot be easily resolved. Just as Wu Yue said before, "Using revenge as reinforcements, the more you kill, the more you hate, the more you kill. The enemy will be killed, and the more you kill, the more you kill. The enemy will follow each other, and there will be no end." Only when the blood flows and the hatred accumulates deep enough can the revolution succeed.
In addition to recruiting troops, Zhuji, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, Anji and Huzhou also sent troops to occupy them to consolidate the important areas on all sides of Hangzhou and connect with the three regiments in Jinhua. In addition to Jiaxing and Huzhou, if you hear that Hangzhou has been sent, you will be forced to make an order and don’t spend too much effort.
The military affairs were decided, but the political ones were in a dilemma. The telegram that captured Hangzhou was sent to Cai Yuanpei at five o'clock in the morning. At first, he looked the telegram over and over again with his blood-covered eyes. The ecstasy in his heart could not stop, and he just wanted to climb to a high place and shout loudly. However, after the government affairs team sent Hangzhou for details at noon, he had to calm down a little.
There are more than 450,000 taels of silver in each warehouse in Hangzhou City (it is said that the money was borrowed from the money house), more than 2,000 grain, and more than 18,000 rifles, but if the rust is removed, it can only be counted as 12,000 poles. Among them, the continuous shots can be used are more than 3,800 poles, and the remaining are single shots, and more are single shots, and there are only 550,000 smokeless gunpowder bullets. The number of black gunpowder bullets is huge, with nearly 6 million rounds. However, Zhejiang has more rain and less sunny, and in addition to the inventory of a long time, only about half of the ammunition can fire. There are very few cannons. Apart from the various artillery, there are no artillery battalions in the new army. The old army has several cannons or bore cannons, and only four mountain cannons and two field cannons in the full camp, but there are not enough shells. In addition, the captured new army has more than 2,700,700 people, but how many people will surrender, maybe.
Zhejiang is not as good as Jiangsu, Hubei, and Shanghai, even Fujian. At least Fujian has a Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, which can make its own ammunition. Although Hangzhou has an Ordnance Bureau, it can only repair guns. With this foundation, it is difficult to occupy all Zhejiang, not to mention the Northern Expedition.
It was noon, and while Cai Yuanpei was thinking deeply, Shao Lizi came over and said, "Sir, the power supply in Hangzhou has been modified. Do you see if it is..."
Since ancient times, when a war was launched, there was always a manifesto. This time, the Hangzhou incident was not spared. However, the manifesto proposed by Shao Lizi and others was too elegant. I thought that the righteousness was not the business of scholars, so Cai Yuanpei asked them to make a new copy. As a result, he turned out to be the manifesto, and he only saw it:
Since ancient times, it has been said that Yan and Zhao are many generous and tragic people, and Wu and Yue are a place of revenge. Now that Yue has been restored, Yan and Zhao are still there?! I also heard that "Even if Chu has three households, Qin will be destroyed, Chu will be destroyed!" Now Chu has a household, so where can the Tartars survive?!
In the past, the Song Dynasty was not in charge, and the Liao and Yuan Dynasty took advantage of the fortune to disturb Zhongxia, and the gods and men were angry. Later, the heroes rose up to eliminate evil and evil spirits and restore the old things, but in a short time. Now, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty was abolished and self-reliance. According to our China, we steal our magical artifacts, beautify the powers outside and slave compatriots inside, and even use the pseudo-constitution to win the hearts of the people. All the people of our China are heartbroken and vow to attack them.
I remember that Zhang Zeng painted a plan in his private room, Lin Qingyan rose in the capital. Zhang Li promoted his education in Sichuan and Long, and Hong Yang made his fortune in Jintian. Although the Yiqiu could not help but ended, he still shook the foundation of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty. Now that the Hangzhou army is rising, the Tartars all surrender, and the new army of the Eight Banners is all weak, the Han people are improvised, and the Manchu fortune has been eliminated. Our emperor, the 400 million compatriots of the Han people should hold up the Yiqiu flag high. Clear the Huaxia, expel the Tartars from the country, establish a new country in the old country, save the China in danger, and prosper the nation in the future. This history has given me the natural duty of the Han people!
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Cai Yuanpei started reading, but later he couldn't help but read it. He just stopped after the end of "notifying the world and the envoys heard it." "Okay, that's it. Send it to Hangzhou immediately and let them call the whole country."
Shao Lizi said, "Yes, sir!" But after saying that, he said, "What government should be established in Hangzhou? Is it a military government or a national government?"
I had been thinking about whether Hangzhou could be captured, but Cai Yuanpei did not consider the subsequent matters. The Hangzhou business was not within the established plan of the Revival Association, and Yang Rui and others had never discussed what to do after conquering Hangzhou. It is okay to establish a military government now. If it were the government, what should this country be called, the Republic of China or the Republic of China?
Cai Yuanpei thought for a moment and felt that Hangzhou was only a subordinate area of the Fuxing Society. He said, "Let's establish the Zhejiang Military Government first."
"Where is the appointment of the official?" Shao Lizi asked quickly.
"Zhong Mei is the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade, so we will appoint Zhong Mei as the governor of the military government. Also, they should not just think about how to fight. The government affairs team should operate the military government. Moreover, in order to provoke the gentry's dissatisfaction with the pseudo-constitutionalization of the Qing Dynasty, they should prepare the provincial parliament as soon as possible. Those well-known gentry must invite them and then discuss the compilation of the constitution. In terms of constitutionalism, we must be ahead of the Qing Dynasty." Cai Yuanpei beat his head, which was still confused, and came up with a clever plan. He believed that as soon as the Constitution and the Provincial Parliament came out, the Revival Society seized the banner of constitutionalism. The Qing Dynasty carried out constitutional monarchy, and the Revival Society made democratic constitutionalism, which was a tit-for-tat confrontation.
Shao Lizi knew that constitutionalization is actually decentralization, and decentralization is extremely unfavorable to the Fuxing Army. He reminded him now: "Sir, once constitutionalization is established, the gentry will have to listen. What if they want us to surrender?"
"At present, during the liberation period, all orders are obeyed by the military government! If there is a person who proposes to surrender, he will be the detectives of the Qing Dynasty, and he will be killed without any hesitation!" Between Paiman and Lixian, Cai Yuanpei still believes that Paiman is the first.
After hearing this, Shao Lizi understood what Cai Yuanpei thought and immediately went out to arrange it. The military and government affairs team had no objection to the uprising manifesto. It was just that constitutionalism really made everyone a headache. Zhong Mei, who had just been appointed as the governor of Zhejiang, asked the Minister of Government, Cai Guoqing, "Brother Guoqing, what is the constitution and parliament? This can't be done in a short period of time, right?"
"The Constitution is not a problem. One can be drafted tomorrow. For the sake of revisions in the future, we can call it a temporary constitution. As for parliament, it is not a problem. In fact, all the gentry of Zhejiang are in the Zhejiang Railway Company. As long as he visits the general manager of the railway company, Tang Shouqian, if he nods, the parliament can be opened." It is not Cai Guoqing's hobby to always do trivial things. He prefers to talk more about military and national affairs, establish a constitution, and hold a parliament. This is unprecedented in China in thousands of years. Cai Guoqing likes this.
"Then we will come out to be the speaker?" After all, he is a new student, so Zhong Mei is clear about the things in the parliament.
"If you want to hold a parliament, you must invite some famous people to participate." Cai Guoqing explained. "Aren't you worried that you can't defend Hangzhou? As long as the parliament is opened and the constitution is promulgated, we will be invincible."
Cai Guoqing was excited when he said that, but Zhong Mei smiled and said, "In other words, once the parliament is opened, we will all listen to the parliament in the future?"
"No." Cai Guoqing said: "The headquarters telegram said that during the liberation period, all orders were obeyed by the military government."
"When fighting, military is always the first priority, which is normal." Zhong Mei said: "What I asked is, after the war, should we obey this parliament?"
"Ah!" Cai Guoqing didn't expect that Zhong Mei was asking after the war. He was stunned and said, "This, all the countries in the world have opened parliament. Bu Jin, you can't resist the world's great evil!" In the chaotic times, soldiers were the king. Cai Guoqing looked at Zhong Mei with some concern, worried that he would act recklessly.
"I know to obey the parliament, but it depends on what kind of parliament. Our revolution is not only for the gentry, but for the 400 million people. As soon as the parliament is opened, the power of state will be transferred to the parliament, and the parliamentarians are those masters. Which common people can enter this place? This constitution is not a constitution of 400 million people, but a constitution of 2 million people." Zhong Mei smiled.
"Bu Jin, I understand what you said, but now this is just a plan of rights and interests. Let us first bring the gentry and masters over, and then all provinces will inevitably have civil turmoil due to constitutionalism. Even if the Qing Dynasty wants to encircle us, we cannot. At that time, all provinces are constitutional, and we can convene a coalition force, and fight the Central Plains in the north, and stay in Beijing. At that time, will the rules be changed again?" Cai Guoqing did not disagree with centralization, but constitutionalism was the same as the platoon. It is really unwise to bring out the concept of revival and centralization under this situation.
Chapter completed!