Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 415
Ning Shaoan and Xiao Guangshan were discussing about dispatching troops this winter, while at Zhu Kaishan's banquet, Chen Zhaochang was about to move his chopsticks, but Lao Zhu kindly grabbed his hand and stopped him.

Chen Zhaochang glanced at Zhu Kaishan angrily, put down his chopsticks embarrassingly, and also mentioned this matter: "Kaishan, the follow-up actions must be accelerated.

This winter, Mr. Xiliang is pressing very hard. The Kanto Plague needs money, and it takes a lot of money to quell it. Now the finances of the imperial court are tight. Although this time they borrowed a sum of money from the Bank of Great Qing, You still have to pay it back. "

To be honest, this is a very miraculous thing. It is possible to say that humans have changed from monkeys. In the face of the time evolution line that begins every ten thousand years, it may start from Xia, Shang and Zhou. Human wisdom is like this, just 5000 years ago .In addition to being subject to technology, human logical thinking has not changed much.

Even the ancients were able to go to the position of Xiliang, and their thoughts were so meticulous that Zhu Chuanwen sometimes tried to figure out his intentions.As for Xiliang, as a minister who presided over the shareholderization of the Sichuan-Han Railway, he has no shortage of means.

Taking advantage of this Kanto plague, sending troops in the name of preventing the plague, and clearing out those Qing gentry who had moved closer to the Japanese, was the follow-up action after the liquidation of the Spring City Black Dragon Club. As for why, it can only be said that it is indeed short of money. Zhu Kaishan handed the knife just right.

When Zhu Kaishan heard the words, there was a hint of cunning in his eyes. Chen Zhao often came to Spring City, and he set up a luxurious "sea, land and air" three delicacies feast, naturally he had a plan: "My lord, you know, these country gentry colluding with the Japanese Beards and beards are hard stubble. Suppressing bandits also requires funds."

The reason why Zhu Kaishan dared to sit on the ground and raise the price was because the No. 20 Town of the New Army, the No. 20 Town of the New Army, and the two Mixed Associations in the three provinces of the Kanto Province sent troops.

After all these comings and goings, the powerful squires in Jilin Province will naturally get the news, so what Xiliang is facing is all kinds of twists and turns, and the troubles are tight.Lao Zhu understands this truth, and now, he can be regarded as talking about the price with Chen Zhaochang.

"I kind of know why your Zhu family can accumulate such a fortune. You Zhu Kaishan is really a master who doesn't suffer. I know that the treatment of the new troops from the two towns is much worse than that of the new troops from the imperial court.

Before I came, Governor Xiliang had ordered that [-]% of the money seized this time should be at your disposal.This should make me eat, right? "Chen Zhaochang set such a share, and asked Zhu Kaishan pretendingly.

"My lord, can I still stop you? Look, this is the Feilong soup from the old forest in the Kanto region." Zhu Kaishan said, pointing to the three main dishes on the table in the shape of a pin, and opened the The heat preservation cover on it paused after speaking, and looked at Chen Zhaochang with burning eyes.

"You, you!" Chen Zhaochang put down the chopsticks he had originally picked up, "Tell me, what else do you want?"

"My lord, look, it's not easy to turn these confiscated things into money, why don't you give them to me and sell them?"

Chen Zhaochang naturally understood what it meant. Giving it to Zhu Kaishan means handing it over to Han Yao, but he was thinking about whether he would deliberately lower the price in the middle. A moment later, when he was about to speak, Zhu Kaishan said first: "My lord, they are all from Kanto." The market, but there is still [-]% of the money, I want to warm up to the adults, the weather in Kanto is really cold!"

"Market price?"

"Market price!" Zhu Kaishan assured.

"Then leave it to you!" Chen Zhaochang also nodded.

"My lord, look, this is Japanese beef (actually Qingshan beef)." Lao Zhu lifted the lid again and paused again.

"Zhu Kaishan, don't go too far and miss Lord Xiliang's affairs!" Chen Zhaochang's voice became louder.

"How could it be, my lord!" Old Zhu pouted, thinking in his heart that this should be Chen Zhaochang's bottom line, and swiftly lifted the last cover again, "My lord, the last one is rare, I sent someone to buy it The big yellow croaker weighs 6 catties. Famous dish, big yellow croaker in soup!" There were 5 exquisite vegetarian dishes on the table, and 8 dishes were collected.

"Zhu Yanwang, Zhu Yanwang, I think it's more appropriate for your Zhu family to be called Caitu!" Chen Zhaochang pretended to be annoyed and said that he hadn't eaten anything, so he asked Zhu Kaishan to introduce him.

"I can't, I can't." Zhu Kaishan quickly waved his hands, and the two of them exchanged cups and drank happily.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were three massacres in the officialdom, namely the human massacre and Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili.Guan Tu, Cen Chunxuan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.Cai Tu, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang.

Yuan Shikai killed people, Koreans, Boxers, etc., and because he killed too many people, it is not a positive evaluation to mention "human massacre".

Cen Chunxuan was the one who also recruited Chen Heng. He liked to kill officials. Of course, Cen Chunxuan did not have the power to kill officials.But he has the right to participate in the impeachment. If a corrupt official is killed because of Cen Chunxuan's participation in the impeachment, is it equivalent to dying at the hands of Cen Chunxuan?Therefore, Cen Chunxuan's "official slaughter" is more precisely the slaughter of corrupt officials.

Talking about Cen Chunxuan's record, when he was the acting governor of Sichuan, he planned to impeach more than 300 officials at one time, but was persuaded by his staff to give up, but more than 40 people were also impeached.When the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi took office, more than 1400 lawless officials were impeached and dereliction of duty, and thousands of officials were impeached or killed.

As for why?Like Xu Shichang and other ministers who were reused after Gengzi, Gengzi was a king who worked thousands of miles in the year of Gengzi.The sentence "The minister Cen Chunxuan came to escort" may have warmed Cixi's heart for many years.

But at this time, Cen Chunxuan was recuperating in Shanghai because he was dismissed from office.This person hated corrupt officials so much, so he naturally couldn't deal with King Qing, the number one corrupt official in the Qing court, and also Yuan Shikai. Yuan No. 1 in the late Qing Dynasty was another title after his official slaughter.

Let's talk about the financial slaughter that Chen Zhao often said, this financial butcher is also a financial slaughterer, but it is not a picture!

Zhang Zhidong is famous for being able to spend a lot of money. During the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong can be said to have worked hard. Daye Iron Mine, Hanyang Iron Factory, Hubei Gun Factory, etc., all came from Zhang Zhidong. .This person's life is not extravagant, but the former governors of Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, and Liangjiang all made real achievements.

Building railways, running iron factories and coal mines, making guns and bullets, running factories, running schools, building ships, repairing wharves, running naval schools, army schools, and schools for learning Westernization, etc., just like Zhu Chuanwen, the money earned by Hanyao, is sold Put it all in again.

As a neighbor of Hei Province, Chen Zhaochang naturally paid attention to Bingcheng, Xiaocaitu, and Zhang Zhidong's legacy. This was his evaluation of the Zhu family.

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On the second day, the new troops in the two towns of Chuncheng had indeed received Zhu Kaishan's order, and began to head east, south, and north in three directions centering on Bingcheng.

Shuangyang County a week later.

Shuangyang County is the nearest county seat on the edge of Chuncheng, Wanjiazhuang on the edge of the county seat, at this time there is an opera troupe singing "Eighteen Guesses" in a ditty duet:
Guess my sister's braided hair,

My sister's hair is braided,

Dark clouds cover the sky,

Where are the seven Longdong and eight Longdong stores?

Guess further down,
I won't let you guess,
I want to guess...

During the Russo-Japanese War, the folks in Fengtian and Kyrgyz provinces were ruined badly, but some of them got rich because of it, like Wan Sishun's family.

Originally a country gentry, he accepted the solicitation of the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War, and even led dozens of long-term workers in his family to form a small team and set up a rural protection team to support the Japanese.

In the Kanto before the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia was not even a thing in the heart of the Qing court.Kanto became Russia's sphere of influence after 1900. Of course, it borrowed from the general trend of the other seven countries. Among them, the "Hailanpao tragedy" and "Jiangdong 64 village tragedy" were created. After the "Xin Chou Treaty" was signed, The armies of various countries retreated one after another, but Tsarist Russia stayed in the Kanto.

So after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, although the Qing government said it was neutral from outside the situation, the folks tacitly agreed to set up a local regiment to help Japan fight. Yuan Shikai also sent 16 young officers to the Northeast to help Japan spy on intelligence, including Wu Peifu .

At that time, it was politically correct to help Japan, but now, the Tsarist Russian army in North Manchuria has begun to shrink towards Vladivostok. When Xiliang was in power, Wanjia was still fighting for Japan.

"Master, the foreign cigarettes from Mitsui Trading Co., Ltd. have arrived!" Wan Sishun was leading the armed long-term worker at home to watch the duo on the stage playing a ditty tune. It was obviously a critical period, but after hearing what the butler said, he immediately got up and walked outside .

Wanjia has three earthen buildings, which form a triangle around the Wanjia compound, and there are men with spears on them.

"That's right, take some time to send it to the western mansion in the county." Wan Sishun unpacked a package from the warehouse at home, rubbed it in his hands, and instructed the housekeeper.

"Yes, master. In addition, Mr. Miura is actually still waiting for you in the main hall, saying that he has something important to discuss." The butler said when he saw that his master was satisfied.

"Understood! I'll go." Wan Sishun thought to himself, why did the Japanese find him?However, I thought to myself that the butler of my house was considerate in handling things, and knew that taking me to see foreign cigarettes first was the top priority of my house. Japanese, it would be okay to wait a while.

Wanjiazhengtang
Wan Sishun met Miura Yosuke, who was dressed as a person from the Qing Dynasty, and the two were old acquaintances.

"Mr. Miura, you are really a rare visitor!"

"Master Wan, how is business doing recently?"

"Okay, why not! The supply of foreign tobacco shops in the county is still in short supply!"

"That's good. I thought Master Wan's foreign tobacco shop was also affected by the Qing government's smoking ban."

"My lord Tongzhi is the son-in-law of my brother-in-law's second uncle's nephew. You have to call me elder brother when you say it, it's okay, it's okay!" Wan Sishun seemed to have said this a thousand times, and there was a awkward relationship in his mouth. It is very smooth.

Obviously, this is not the first time Miura Yangsuke heard such words, but he just waved his hands, and the two sat down, "Master Wan, do you have any clues about what I troubled you earlier?"

"It's really difficult to handle this matter, Mr. Miura, you know that King Zhu Yan is famous in Kyrgyzstan Province, you asked me to investigate his new army..."

"3 yen!" Miura Yosuke obviously didn't want to entangle Wan Sishun any more, so he said directly.

"Zha also checked some clues, but the new army's defense is still a bit..."

"5 yen! Master Wan, this is the last offer from the Mitsui Chamber of Commerce!"

Wan Sishun smiled honestly, fixed his eyes on Miura Yangsuke's hand, and when he saw that he had taken out a bank draft, he shouted outside: "Laifu, go and get the letter from my study back." .”

After a while, when the letter was opened by Miura Yosuke and he showed a satisfied smile, Miura Yosuke said: "I knew that it would be absolutely no problem to entrust Master Wan to do this."

"It's good that Mr. Miura is satisfied, but Zhu Kaishan's new army can't be recruited, and the recruits are also young people from the mud-legged family. This is the news that I sent people into Chuncheng and bribed several Chuncheng officials." Wan Sishun seemed to be talking about the difficulty of obtaining this news, as if he was saying that 5 yen was not expensive, and he did not make any money.

"It's good to have news." Miura Yangsuke put the things in his clothes, and then said to Wan Sishun: "Master Wan, I still have a big deal here, don't you know?"

"Do it! I'm still very interested in Mr. Miura's business."

"Okay! Then I'll talk to Master Wan..."

Just as he was talking, Lai Fu, who had just left, hurried in, "Master, our yard has been surrounded by King Zhu Yan's new army!"

"What, doesn't he know that the son-in-law of my brother-in-law's second uncle's nephew is the Tongzhi of Shuangyang County?"

Outside the Wang Family Courtyard

Xiao Guangshan was riding a horse, looking at the courtyard in the distance. The Wanjia compound in Wanjiazhuang, Shuangyang County, was one of the 17 key targets of Zhu Kaishan’s new army’s winter dispatch. The garrison situation of the new army in the two towns of Chuncheng, when the shift will be handed over, where the team is guarding, these news, what is he paying attention to as a foreign cigarette buyer in Shuangyang County.

But when Xiao Guangshan looked through the binoculars at the Japanese rifles carried by the long-term laborers on the earth building, he suddenly understood everything.Wanjia, just like those Qing people who provided maps of the mountains, rivers, and minerals of Kyrgyzstan Province in the name of Qing Dynasty caravans, has now been completely mixed with the Japanese, perhaps out of ignorance, or perhaps on purpose, constantly moving toward The Japanese provided intelligence and even various resources.

"My lord, who are you?" A voice came from afar.

"Let Wan Sishun come out and answer!" Xiao Guangshan shouted towards the inside.

"My lord, your guns are all set up, how dare our master come out."

"The governor has ordered that Wan Sishun did not obey the imperial court's ban on smoking, and the tobacco shop in the county town is still open, so our department immediately arrested Wan Sishun to the county town!" Xiao Guangshan said solemnly.

"My lord, I am Wan Sishun. Since the smokehouse is not allowed to open, I will close it immediately. You can see if you can withdraw the troops temporarily for the sake of Lord Tongzhi. After that, I will go to the county seat and personally plead guilty to Lord Tongzhi. ?”

"No respect, the governor ordered that the crime be increased! I will give you 10 minutes. If Wan Si doesn't come out, the entire Wanjia compound will not be left behind!" Xiao Guangshan said cruelly, such things as Tumin Son, he can't do it, these people are at most guilty of confiscating family property.People, when the time comes, just let the people in the county government handle it.

Chen Zhaochang's order arrived shortly thereafter. The 17 targets should be captured completely. The more people there are, the better. Except for the part of the Ning Shao'an Brigade stationed in Chuncheng and the troops of the Association, the two towns that Zhu Kaishan belongs to this time can be said to be It's coming out in full force.

On the courtyard wall of the Wan Family Courtyard, Wan Sishun was fighting in his heart at this moment. Didn’t he just sell some foreign cigarettes, why did he suddenly become so wary? There were still many county officials in his foreign tobacco shop. As for the members, why didn't they hear the wind at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Wan Sishun still said to the butler beside him: "Pass the order and stick to it for now. I think Mr. Tongzhi will arrive soon. I will go out when Mr. Zhi arrives!"

After 10 minutes, Xiao Guangshan no longer hesitated, and the mortar team stepped forward and directly attacked the three earth buildings.

"Boom~Bam!"

"Boom~Bam!"

Several mortar shells with whistling sound directly blasted the roof of the gun tower, and then the gate of the Wanjia compound was also blasted open by the blasting team.

(End of this chapter)