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After the inauguration ceremony of the first town of the newly-built army in Hubei, Jia Liu rushed to Xiangyang to meet the governor of Huguang, Bo Qing'e, who came from Sichuan to take up his post.

It's really a big New Year's day.

According to organizational procedures and leadership levels, Jia Liu's political affairs general king is already at the top of the country, theoretically even higher than the prince and second only to the emperor, and Bo Qing's amount is at most the top of the provincial level.

In addition, the general's royal power takes care of all matters before the army, and controls officials below the first rank.

Then, according to the procedure, it should be Bo Qing'er, the governor, who came to visit the general Wang Cai.

Therefore, Deputy Director Ji was very puzzled by Wang Ye's move to meet Governor Bo in Xiangyang.

Deputy Director Ding, who knew the inside story, quietly revealed: "Old Ji, you don't know that Mr. Bo is not only the governor of Huguang, but also the father-in-law of the prince."

"Oh?"

Deputy Director Ji suddenly realized that the prince and Governor Bo had conspired together when they were in Jinchuan. No wonder Governor Bo was transferred from Sichuan through secret operations.

At first, he was worried that Bo Qing'e would be a hindrance to the prince after he took office, but now it seems that it is simply a rocket to boost the prince's ascension to the throne.

The governor of Huguang, the head of the three giants, is one of his own people. Hubei's pacifier Zheng Dajin is still close to his own people, and the governor of Hunan is vacant.

"National affairs, what kind of nepotism are you talking about? Master Bo and I have always been frank and dedicated to the public. Don't smear our innocence for no reason."

Jia Liu glanced at Ding Qing unhappily, then turned to Deputy Director Ji and said, "By the way, besides being my father-in-law, Mr. Bo is also the executive vice president of our Gongjin Association. In addition, he and this king He is also a brother who has a life-long friendship, and is also a good comrade-in-arms who is closely united on the road of the king's career advancement."

"Oh?"

Deputy Director Ji couldn't hide the surprise on his face: What a fucking mess!

"that whoever,"

Jia Liu turned around and called Wang Chengru, who was in charge of Xingyuan's office affairs, and asked him to go to the street to buy two catties of snacks, four catties of fruit, eight catties of pig skin, and some wine and tea along the way.

"It's Chinese New Year, can a son-in-law meet his father-in-law empty-handed? Why is China called Huaxia? It's probably a country of etiquette!"

After finishing speaking, Jia Liushun took an official document from Deputy Director Ji.

The official document is about the appointment of the chief officers of the new army's "two bureaus and four bureaus".

Recommended by Governor Zheng Dajin of Hubei and approved by General Wang Xingyuan, Bao Guozhong was proposed to be appointed as the chief of the training department and Chang Bingzhong as the chief of the teaching department.

The persons in charge of the following divisions and bureaus are selected from among the best, and non-members of Gongjin are not allowed to serve.

After signing his name with a "shua shua" and affixing the seal of the great general, Jia Liu handed over the official document to Deputy Director Ji, ordering it to be released immediately.

The office locations of the two and four bureaus are tentatively scheduled to be in Xiangyang City, under the jurisdiction of the general Wang Xingyuan. The office staff and funds required by the organization will be temporarily paid in advance by the Governor's Yamen in Hubei, and then reimbursed at the Xingyuan Finance Department with the invoice.

This is to avoid people saying that the general Wang bypassed the court to train private soldiers.

Before leaving for Xiangyang City, Jia Liu told the Finance Office to purchase a batch of pork, mutton, melons, fruits and vegetables near Tianmen to supply to the first town.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, no matter what, let the soldiers have a prosperous New Year.

Tianmen is a little far away from Xiangyang, so if you ride a horse all the time, you will get tired and flustered.

So Jia Liu was riding in a special vehicle that he had never ridden before—three carriages that were identical and equipped with bulletproof equipment.

"My lord, which one are you taking?"

Bao Zhu, who was in charge of security work, came over to inquire.

Jia Liu took a glance and got into the third carriage.

It was the C-size special car with the couplet "Prosperity flowing all over the world, business booming in Kyushu" on it.

The reason is the happy couplets posted on the No. [-] car.

This trip, the unified caliber of the outside world is to go to Xiangyang to host the 42nd year of Qianlong's bandit suppression conference.

The gossip said that General Wang planned to divide the rebellious area into three theaters.

One is the Xiangyang Suppression General; the second is the Jiujiang Suppression General; the third is the Changsha Suppression General.

Fragmentation lump sum, unified command.

Who is in charge of the three suppression operations is temporarily unknown.Whether the imperial court will allow Anhui and Jiangsu in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to be unified under the command of the general king is not yet known.

After the special train was launched, the security along the way had already been heavily guarded, and all the troops of the prince's direct line were in charge of the main checkpoints.

There are also Jehol cavalry patrolling the official roads continuously, detaining people who are idlers and others, and releasing them only after the prince's special train passes.

According to Xingyuan's regulations, the security level is the same special level as the emperor's travel security level.

Four days later, that is, the third day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Liu arrived in Xiangyang and met his close comrade-in-arms Bo Qing'er who had been away for nearly three years again.

"Ama!"

"Brother!"

Two pairs of big hands clasped tightly in front of Xiangyang city gate.

The father-in-law looks at his son-in-law, and the more he looks at it, the happier he is.

Because the son-in-law not only became prosperous, but also became the Prince Heshuo of the Qing Dynasty.

Brother Xian looked at his brother, and the more he looked at him, the happier he was, because his brother looked at him with the same kindness as before.

Weng and his son-in-law immediately started talks at the Yuewang Temple in Xiangyang City.

Under the four majestic and powerful characters of "serve the country with all sincerity", based on the development of the situation, Bo Qing'e, on behalf of all his colleagues in the Gongjinhui, raised the possibility of seizing the Qing regime by force.

"President Li means that if the imperial court is really disobedient, then we should stop carrying the imperial court's tiger skin and just go it alone. As long as we win the capital, there is no need to worry about stationing the Eight Banners in other places."

Governor Bo said that under the dual role of him and Chairman Li, the officers and men of the Eight Banners Garrisoned in Chengdu were basically replaced by their own people. As long as the son-in-law raised the pole, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Garrisoned in Chengdu were the first to respond.

"The feasibility of armed seizure of power has been demonstrated several times on my side, and the results of the demonstrations are all encouraging. However, due to the complex composition of the Eight Banners stationed in various places, the possibility of civil war is much higher than before, so my side still wants to go to the countryside. surrounded by city roads”

Jia Liu told his elder brother and old father-in-law Bo Qing that the so-called encirclement of the city by the countryside means turning the whole city into a city full of joint progress, gathering all the officers and soldiers stationed in the Eight Banners under his command, and further encircling the provinces and generals across the country. The garrison areas have become their own forces.

"In this way, not only can large-scale civil war be avoided, but people's hearts will be more cohesive."

Jia Liu was talking about asking someone to fetch a map, and was about to study with his father-in-law how to use the method of arresting deserters to first pry open the four full cities surrounding Gyeonggi, Xi'an, Tongguan, Kaifeng, and Taiyuan, when an unexpected situation occurred.

Zu Yingyuan, the admiral of Huguang who was stationed at Wushengguan to prevent the Xinghan army from breaking into Henan, came secretly to Xiangyang City.

It brought a piece of news that Jia Liutong's father-in-law did not expect.

Three days ago, without informing the general king, the imperial court directly issued an imperial edict to Zu Yingyuan, the admiral of Huguang, ordering him to be the governor of Hunan and admiral of Huguang, and at the same time he was added as a minister of the Ministry of war.