Chapter 199 Before the rain in China

"As for the second, I'm afraid it's because of the general's selfishness..." Chen Guangbi seemed cautious in his tone.

Wu Shaoting still maintained a calm face, showed a deep smile, and did not speak.

Chen Guangbi lowered his voice and then said, "The General does not like Wu Xiangda surrender so easily. If the subordinate guesses well, the general sent the request for peace and the telegram sent by the General Banner of the Patrol Army yesterday, the General did not fail to receive it, but deliberately pretended not to receive it..."

Wu Shaoting laughed and finally said, "You really have a chance."

He does have selfishness, but selfishness is not the main one. What's more, for now, his selfishness has not been fully achieved. The reason why he attacked Wu Xiangda so vigorously did not pay attention to Wu Xiangda's surrender at the last moment was to completely eradicate this future warlord and take the six revenues under his command to him. As a result, Wu Xiangda ran away. Except for Qujiang, the six patrol battalions were successfully accepted, but the Shaoguan City was in a mess, so it was not possible to do so.

Chen Guangbi laughed and quickly added: "General, don't be accustomed to the general. The subordinates just follow the general's instructions and speak as they are."

"You are a smart person, and you will do wise things if you are a smart person. Let me ask you again, why are you an official?" Wu Shaoting changed his mind and asked again.

"Of course..." Chen Guangbi was about to throw out a series of long speeches and great wishes without thinking.

"Tell the truth!" Wu Shaoting interrupted him with a reminder.

Chen Guangbi suddenly softened, and his previous swearing look was immediately knocked back to his original form. He smiled awkwardly and said in a stern voice: "General, there is a saying that the Qing magistrate has been said to be 100,000 silver dollars in three years. Although the magistrate of Shaoguan is a regular imperial examination for the imperial examination, it has also suffered a lot of expenses. Those who are officials these days are just seeking the word "profit".

He paused and continued, "Think about it, our small magistrate is called a county's parent official, but if he is prestigious, he may not be as prestigious as a patrol admiral, and if he wants to make money, he may not be as cheap as a wealthy and famous gentry. If he wants to eat this, he must flatter and win over the gentry while trying to win over the bitterness. It is bitter, and outsiders do not know. Alas, hey, hey!" When he said the last sentence, he couldn't help but wave his hand, his expression seemed to be a poor peasant who saw the landlord.

Wu Shaoting looked at Chen Guangbi and suddenly thought of a character, either this boy was Mr. Ge or Ma Bonde. From this, it can be seen that at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, most of China were people with such virtues, which became a status quo.

"You are a honest person, and you have said before that you are a smart person. I like to work with smart honest people the most. County Magistrate Chen, do you understand what I mean?" He said seriously.

"The official understands..." Chen Guangbiyan said insincerely.

"Really understand?" Wu Shaoting asked again.

Chen Guangbi thought about it, then shook his head again, and said in embarrassment: "The official... doesn't understand very much."

Wu Shaoting waved and asked Chen Guangbi to get closer. Then he stretched out his neck and said to him: "I will cooperate with you, and you will continue to be the county magistrate in Shaoguan and make your money. I just need to remember a little, I made you make money. Do you understand?"

Chen Guangbi's eyes lit up, and his face suddenly became excited. Of course he understood what Wu Shaoting meant, and he nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, the lower official understands that the lower official is the subordinate of the general. I can only make money by the general. If the general asks me to make money, I will not take a penny if I don't let me make money."

Wu Shaoting suddenly turned cold and added gloomyly: "The General wants you to die, and you must die too!"

Chen Guangbi suddenly felt a cold wave, and his back suddenly became cold. He was in his forties after all, but in front of this young man in his twenties, he felt so strong pressure. This young man was really not simple. He knew the two words Wu Shaoting had just emphasized, honesty and intelligence. If he was loyal to help the other party do things and had to do big things, he would definitely be glorious in the future. If these two points were missing a little, what would the consequences be?

"Now, I ask you to do something for me. I want you to comfort the military and civilians of Shaoguan City. No matter what method you use, you must not only remember my ruthlessness, but also make them not remember my hatred. Do you understand?" Wu Shaoting said solemnly.

Okay, the magistrate and the county magistrate changed the word, but they were so heartbroken. Will the days ahead be happy? Chen Guangbi was muttering in his heart, but he knew that it was imperative, his future, his wealth and even his life were all here. But he was still very depressed. Wu Shaoting took drastic actions in advance, but later asked himself to clean up the mess. What's the point?

Although Chen Guangbi was very complaining, the subsequent comfort work was still very decisive.

He summoned all the gentry and celebrities in the city, and invited some newspaper reporters standing on the side of the government to exaggerate the greatness of this revolutionary action. In order to weaken the influence of the revolutionary army's out-of-control behavior last night, he and the gentry issued statements one after another, and put all the blame on Wu Xiangda.

Wu Xiangda was soon given a title of military force and stubborn resistance, disregarding the safety of the people of Liming, attempting to counter-revolution and anti-people. Not only that, Chen Chen Guangbi didn't know what method to use, but also invited several surrendered patrol troops to come out, declaring that Wu Xiangda was stubborn in the battle yesterday and resisted to the end. The Revolutionary Army was only forced to launch a tough offensive.

That night, Chen Guangbi issued a notice in the name of the county magistrate of the revolutionary county government. People in the city could exchange a dou of rice with a whip. The families who were damaged in the battle last night could receive compensation according to the degree of damage. As for those who were injured and killed by accident, they would all pay five dou of rice and five taels of silver as a settlement fee.

He decided these things alone. If he had lost money and eliminated disasters in the past, he could still make a name for himself, but now he did it himself, and his reputation would have to be given to Wu Shaoting. He informed the whole province that this series of aftermath measures were all great, upright, and examples of benevolence and righteousness, Wu Shaoting, the president of the Revolutionary Guangdong Army, instructed that the people of the whole city would remember the goodness of the Revolutionary Army.

Fortunately, Chen Guangbi is in his forties and is nonsense. The key is to get benefits, and everything else can be ignored.

After these pacification measures, the resentment in Shaoguan City has dropped significantly.

Wu Shaoting was preparing to convene the surrendered patrol troops and organize the Sixth Regiment of the First Division of the Revolutionary Guangdong Army (the first and second divisions are arranged in order in the regiment-level sequence, and the third regiment is the second division number, so the newly formed infantry regiment number is the Sixth Regiment).

He invited the guards of several prisoners to the headquarters for a meeting to gain an in-depth understanding of the views of these guards on the Revolutionary Army. Originally, there were six guards on the patrol army, two of whom were killed, and the other ran away with Wu Xiangda, with only three people present. These guards still look unkempt and dirt. It would be a torment to ask them to think about the Revolutionary Army.

These old military officers had almost never experienced any big battles. The biggest battle for them was to suppress bandits, search for the association party, etc., but it was equivalent to the situation on the day the Revolutionary Army entered the city, which was simply a small fight. They had never seen such a war, and even fighting foreigners would not be so miserable!

Wu Shaoting could see the shadows in the hearts of these three stewards. He took out a righteous attitude, advised them carefully, and told them that as long as they were willing to accept the adaptation, obey the command of the revolutionary Guangdong army, and abide by the revolutionary will, all treatments were the same as those of the new army soldiers, and the food and salary were kept sufficient.

The Shaoguan Patrol Army has not received the full salary for a long time, and even the battalion and management can only get half of it, and it has been delayed again and again, let alone the grass-headed soldiers below. Now Wu Shaoting has given them a way out and a job, which is a great thing. Although it is a risky thing for revolution, they do not have that far-reaching eyes. Whoever manages the meals and salary will naturally follow whoever is.

So, there were almost no difficulties, so the leaders agreed on the spot, one by one, and they all swear to show their loyalty. Wu Shaoting told them to rectify their respective subordinates after they go back, especially to do a good job of ideological work. Before Shaoguan is revived, everyone is enemies, and after Shaoguan is revived, everyone is their own people, so there must be no gaps.

The Revolutionary Guangdong Army stayed in Shaoguan for two days, and at the same time, it generated a power to report to the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government as early as the morning after the city was broken, and conveyed the news of the revival of Shaoguan. Now, every time the Revolutionary Army restored a county town, Guangzhou will promote it with great fanfare. Not only did it promote it in the city, but it even sent a power nationwide to inform the progress of the revolutionary cause.

Because of this, the undercurrents of domestic revolution became increasingly surging. Finally, on the afternoon of January 13, Zhang Shaozeng, deputy commander of the 20th towns of the New Army in Luanzhou, Hebei, together with his command of the 79th Biao First Battalion, Wang Jinming, the 79th Biao Second Battalion, Shi Congyun, and Feng Yuxiang, the 83th Biao Third Battalion, led his troops to launch Luanzhou troops to rebel. The Luanzhou Uprising Army telegraphed the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government, hoping that the revolutionary government would send reinforcements to the north to meet.

However, although this uprising was successful on the surface, it actually died halfway.

Zhang Shao successfully defeated the 20-square reactionary forces in one day, shot two reactionary leaders, and successfully controlled the entire situation in Luanzhou. The Luanzhou uprising was a great shock to the Qing court, and it was even more worrying than the Guangzhou Uprising. Because Luanzhou is only 300 miles away from Beijing, it takes only three or two days to reach the city.

However, Zhang Shaozeng mistakenly estimated the situation and believed that the overall situation of the revolution had become a decisive situation and the Qing court would be over sooner or later. So he did not send troops to the city, but instead drafted a memorial to advise the Qing court to understand the overall situation, proposing to "abolition of the cabinet and quickly open the parliament", saying that as long as "constitutionalization is implemented", he could "stop the army and not send out."

Empress Longyu ordered the Regent Zaifeng to advocate defense in the capital and quell the Luanzhou rebellion within a specified period of time.

Zaifeng mobilized the first town in Beiyang and moved his troops to set up a guarantee in the northeast of Zhili. At the same time, he sent the third town stationed in Baoding to the north to guard Langfang and Tongzhou to strictly prevent the 20th town from threatening the capital.

However, this series of actions were just active defense, and there was no intention to attack Luanzhou and quell the uprising.

Zaifeng was not a fool. He knew that the establishment of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government was already a huge crisis signal. Although the whole country was still in its original state, it was no longer as peaceful as before. This kind of tranquility that kept it in its original state was just a disguise before. If the problem could not be fundamentally solved, sooner or later it would collapse.

In addition, he also knew that the only troops that the imperial guards could call were the first town of the Imperial Guards. Duan Qirui's third town would not work hard for the imperial court at this time. It would be great to allow him to guard Langfang and Tongzhou. If he really wanted to suppress the rebellion of the Twentieth Town, he could only send the first town to go, but if the Imperial Guards did not station the capital, is this possible?

Zaifeng had his plan. That night he drafted an edict overnight, following the "Twelve Politics" that agreed to Zhang Shaozeng, and changed "severe punishment" to "commendation", saying that Zhang Shaozeng was "loyal and brave in the country" and was awarded the "teacher-in-law". Later, he issued the "Crime Edict" in the name of the emperor, announcing the opening of the party ban, releasing political prisoners, abolishing the royal cabinet, rehabilitating the reform and implementing constitution. He also drafted the constitution based on the "Twelve Politics" of Luanzhou military admonition as a blueprint, called "Nineteen Major Creeds".
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