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Fuzhou.

The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, the governor of Fujian, and the general stationed in Fuzhou of the Eight Banners are the military and political cores of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Three months ago, Sun Jingsui, the prefect of Taiwan, reported to the governor's office that some traitors from the Zhangzhou area had recently crossed the sea to Changhua to form a secret association called brothers and sisters, called Tiandihui.There is another leader, Monk Wan, bluffing and defrauding in various places in Taiwan, wooing believers, intending to commit rebellion.

After receiving the report from the prefect of Taiwan, Yu Wenyi, the governor of Fujian, ordered Sun Jingsui, the governor of Taiwan, Yu Jun, the deputy general He Sheng'e, and the guerrilla Geng Shiwen to arrest the members of the Tiandihui. scourge.

After receiving the reply from the governor's yamen, Sun Jingsui, the prefect of Taiwan, immediately deployed a comprehensive ban on the Tiandihui throughout Taiwan, and ordered the Green Battalion soldiers stationed in Taiwan to go out and arrest the members of the Tiandihui.

He Shenger, deputy general of Taiwan's green camp, was born in Zhenghuangqi, Manchuria. He was greedy, and in the name of arresting Tiandihui, he ordered his subordinates to frame big families and profit from it.They also let the green battalion kill people and set fires everywhere, and the Qing army threatened to burn villages wherever they went, which made people panic all over Taiwan.

Only three months have passed, and Fuzhou has been unable to receive a report from the Taiwan side on whether the leader of the Tiandihui, Monk Wan, has been captured.

Fujian Governor Yu Wenyi was born in the 26th year of Kangxi and became a Jinshi in the second year of Qianlong. Today, he is 88 years old and is the oldest serving official in the Qing Dynasty. Fujian officials and gentry respectfully call him "Old Man Yu".

Yu Futai had been working in the Ministry of Criminal Justice in his early years, and later served as the prefect of Funing, a doctor in the Autumn Trial Division. He came to know Taiwan at the age of 70 years old and served as an official in Taiwan for five years. He is quite familiar with Taiwan's customs and customs.

He is well aware that although Taiwan has been owned by the Qing Dynasty since the Ming and Zheng Dynasties and has established a government, in the eyes of most court officials, Taiwan is still a foreign land, which can be dispensable.

Therefore, the imperial government’s governance of Taiwan for so many years is not very effective. In addition, the Han people along the coast of Fujian have a tradition of going to sea.

Since the beginning of the Republic of China, there have been more than [-] anti-Qing uprisings in Fujian alone. Almost every two years, some bold people will take risks and call on ignorant people to resist the Qing Dynasty.There are many slogans used to confuse people's hearts, but most of them call for "recovering Ming".

Due to the garrison of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the generals of Fuzhou, Fujian province was able to suppress anti-Qing activities in a timely manner. However, Taiwan is separated by a strait, so it can be said that the sky is far away from the emperor. There are as many as one million Han people in Taiwan, and traitors who absconded are everywhere.

Therefore, once a traitor gathers people in Taiwan to make troubles, and the green battalion is too small to suppress it in time, it will definitely lead to great changes. If Taiwan falls into the hands of the traitor again, playing the banner of restoring the Ming Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be another bright Zheng.

At that time, I don't know how much money the Qing Dynasty will consume, how many soldiers, and how many people will suffer.

In view of this, Yu Futai went to the Governor's Yamen yesterday to discuss with the Governor Debao about governing Taiwan. He thought that Fuzhou garrison Chai Daji would lead a battalion of thousands of troops to reinforce Taiwan.

Debao has heard of Chai Daji, who was famous in the village for his "both civil and military skills" when he was young. In the 28th year of Qianlong, he became a military jinshi, and he has been working in the green camp of Fujian since then. He has very rules for catching robbers and bandits. A member of Tiger General.

The Governor-General also did not want Taiwan to be involved with him, so he agreed with Yu Futai's opinion and proposed to the imperial court to set up a town in Taiwan, with Chai Daji as the first general of the Taiwan Town.

In addition, a naval battalion will be built in Taiwan, so that there will be troops and horses stationed in Taiwan. If there is an incident in Taiwan, it can be quickly pacified.

Now let the staff write the memorial according to this agreement, and order someone to express it to Beijing.

After Yu Futai returned to the yamen, he sent a message to Chai Daji, asking him to come to inspect the yamen tomorrow.

The next day, Chai Daji came to the governor's yamen early, and was taken by the concierge to Master Futai's study after a short wait.

Yu Futai went straight to the point, telling Taiwan that there is a world where traitors will cause trouble, fearing that there are few green camp soldiers in Taiwan, it will be difficult to catch thieves, so he has discussed with the governor that Chai will be the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan town, and a thousand soldiers will be allocated to build a town with the green camp stationed in Taiwan.

"It will take some time for the court to reply. You should make some preparations. In addition to your own soldiers, Fubiao will transfer you 200 people."

Originally, the Fujian Green Camp had one town, two battalions and three associations, together with Fubiao, there were nearly [-] soldiers. However, two years ago, the Fujian Green Camp transferred the main force of the Changfu and Luoyuan Second Battalions to Sichuan to help the army wipe out the Jinchuan bandits.

As a result, the strength of the Green Camp in Fujian has been greatly reduced, and there are no more than [-] soldiers available today, and they are scattered all over the place. Therefore, Yu Futai can only give Chai Daji [-] soldiers, and there is really no way to draw any more.

"You are the Taiwan town that I strongly recommend to the governor. Don't let me lose face after you go to Taiwan."

Yu Futai also told Chai Daji some precautions when he came to Taiwan. One is to work together with Sun Jingsui, the prefect of Taiwan, and not to lose harmony in civil and military affairs.

The second is about the supply of money, food, military pay, weapons and ammunition in Taiwan Township.

Taiwan and Xiamen are separated by a strait, so it is inconvenient to travel, so the supply of weapons is very troublesome. Yu Futai plans to let Haitan Town, the Green Camp Navy Division, be responsible for the logistics supply of Taiwan's Green Camp.

Just as I was talking, the concierge came to report that Xiamen was in a hurry, and there was an urgent delivery from Taiwan's military.

When Yu Futai heard this, he hurriedly came to the lobby with Chai Daji. Before he could get close, a general of the green battalion stumbled over, knelt down with a "plop", and broke down in tears: "Master Futai, the world of Taiwan It will be reversed, Changhua, Zhuluo, Fengshan and other places are all trapped by bandits, please send troops across the sea to calm the chaos, Futai Lord!"

"what?!"

Yu Futai was taken aback, "When did it happen?"

Mr. Qian said: "It happened a month ago!"

What happened a month ago, why are you reporting now!
Yu Futai felt dizzy for a while.

Chai Daji said anxiously: "The incident happened a month ago, why didn't you report it earlier!"

Mr. Naqian said that when crossing the sea and passing through Penghu, there was a storm, the ship was damaged, and the boat was delayed for ten days.

Lord Futai collected himself, and asked again, "Where's Sun Jingsui?"

Mr. Qian looked sad: "Master Zhifu has died!"

"died?"

Yu Futai was startled again, the [-]-year-old man could hardly stand upright, Chai Daji hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

The reason why he lost his composure is that Sun Jingsui is the nephew and son-in-law of Mr. Futai.

After a while, Master Futai asked the deputy general of Taiwan's green battalion, He Sheng, where his forehead was.

As a result, Lieutenant He was informed that the Tiandihui rebels shot to death with firecrackers, and officials such as Yu Jun, the magistrate, and Geng Shiwen, the guerrilla, were all killed by the enemy.

The top and bottom of the Taiwan Green Battalion, together with the patrolling soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan government, killed more than [-] people in civil and military battles, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured.

"How many bandits are there?"

Chai Daji was horrified. More than [-] people from Taiwan's green battalion and local township arresters were wiped out. How many rebels from the Tiandihui can do this.

Mr. Qian really didn't know how many bandit soldiers there were, but he only knew that they were very capable of fighting. The generalissimo was a member of the Heaven and Earth Society named Lin Shuangwen.

After a pause, he gritted his teeth again and said: "Among the thieves, there is an elite who fights the black flag every time he comes in and goes out. He is equipped with a lot of firecrackers. He is known as the Yang family army. He is very brave to fight. The leader of the Yang family army is very young. In the past, no one in our army can be a stick."