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Chapter 804 The Qing Army Without Braids

In order to connect with Prince Rui, the middle and senior generals of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion collectively went to braids. Formally, they were closely connected with the imperial court represented by Prince Rui.

New problems soon emerged.

If the prince's braid is loyal, then the governor's braid is not loyal?

The same braid, the same broken, which one is more faithful than the other?
Also, the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion has collectively pledged allegiance to Prince Rui. Will the next step be to secretly drive back to Xi'an and capture Le Erjin alive?
The answer comes from the new Shaanxi-Gansu Admiral Bao Ning.

"The prince is loyal, but Leer is false loyal!"

This sentence answers the first question.

All passed unanimously.

"Prince Weirui of the Shanganluying camp obeys the order, and the others, the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not recognize them even when they come!"

This sentence answers the second question.

Prolonged applause resounded in the air above the venue.

After the applause stopped, unexpectedly, Prince Rui said that now is not the time to capture Le Erjin alive.

There are two reasons.

One is that the imperial court has not yet made a formal decree;

Second, for the purpose of curing diseases and saving lives, the prince wanted to give Le Erjin a chance to turn around.

Privately, he said: "As long as Lao Le doesn't have the intention to compete with the king, he can still listen to his words, watch his actions, and give him a chance. After all, he helped us get rid of Fu Liang, and there will be hardships without credit." labor."

"My lord told us to be loyal to the court, so we will be loyal to the court; my lord told us to be loyal to Le Erjin, so we will be loyal to Le Erjin! My lord told us to cooperate with the enemy, so we will cooperate with the enemy, and my lord told us to betray our country, so we will... huh?"

Cao Dahua had previously received Deputy Director Ji's suggestions on the main content of the meeting and what the prince hoped for the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, so he once again summed up everyone's doubts into one concise sentence.

"That's what it means, whoever opposes is in favor!"

Baoning held his head high and looked around at his subordinates.

Since there is no objection.

The meeting ended successfully.

In addition to unifying the thinking of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, this Dangyang meeting included two major personnel adjustments.

First, Baoning, the commander-in-chief of Shan'an Town, replaced Wang Deyong, who had died of illness, as the admiral of Shaanxi-Gansu;
The second is Cao Dahua, the deputy general of Xinghan Town, who replaced Baoning as the commander-in-chief of Shan'an Town.

In addition, regarding the rotation training of officers in the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion and specific personnel adjustments, we need to proceed in three steps, and there is no rush.

After the meeting, Prince Rui arranged for the participating officials to have a meal.

Qi and Deputy Director Ji went through the minutes of the meeting in detail.

Found something wrong with it.

That is, braids are a symbol of the Qing Dynasty, so just go if you can?
You must know that in order to force the Han people to wear braids, it was slaughtered city by city.

As the old saying goes, "Keep your hair but not your hair, and keep your hair but not your head." The braid that everyone in the Qing Dynasty wears on the back of their heads is preserved for our descendants with the blood of tens of millions of Han people.

It is also the proof of martial arts of our ancestors in the Qing Dynasty!

It's only been a hundred years, so why don't we talk about national policy?
Don't mention the martial arts of the ancestors?

A man without a beard is an incomplete man. Is a Qing without braids still a Qing?
This is another thought-provoking philosophical question.

It involves politics, military, humanities, economy, ethics, family, childbirth, etc.

Systematic and complex.

If this problem is not solved, there will be a big problem!
Jia Liu also realized this, so he threw this question to Lao Ji.

The reason is that Lao Ji has read a lot of books, has a lively mind, and has solid theoretical knowledge.

Ever since Master Shuan Zhu went to Yongping to become the magistrate, and the dog-headed fan military commander took charge of Zhili, in a certain way, Deputy Director Ji, who was forced to go to Liangshan, took over the roles of the two and acted as the only policy advisor next to the general king.

"Actually, with the status of the prince today and the unanimous support and support of the army and the people, it doesn't matter whether he keeps his braids or not, and whether he talks about national policies."

Deputy Director Ji said frankly that the prince has now controlled the ace army of the Qing Dynasty, the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion, and Huguang, Zhili, Sichuan and other troops. Dare to say no.

Anyway, the son of heaven, the one with the strongest soldiers and the strongest horses.

According to the tradition, Deputy Director Ji still wants the prince to take the old-fashioned path of armed seizure of power, instead of the peaceful path of sneaking into the village and shooting guns.

Because the former corrects the Great Brightness, the latter is a bit out of the question.

This is the limitation of thinking.

As a traditional bureaucrat, Deputy Director Ji more or less does not regard the lives of ordinary people as human lives.

When the muskets are fired and the flag of rebellion is raised, no matter how you control it, if tens of millions of people die for it, how can it be called armed seizure of power?

Given the reality that most of the country is full of cities, a civil war spreading across the country is inevitable.

On the prince's side, whether it's a beggar on the street or a girl in an alley, they are all his darlings and guests.

Seriously, one less death is one, and one more life is one.

The long-term interests of the country and the immediate interests of the people will always be Jia Liu's most important thing.

This is the pattern, the pattern that determines the status.

"Sure enough, the surrender faction has been the most terrifying since ancient times."

As a high-ranking person, Jia Liu's eyes were focused on the national chess game, unlike Lao Ji who was always staring at the Forbidden City.

I always think that climbing the dragon chair is a victory, and ignore everything other than the dragon chair, including the lives of the people.

He believes that the national policy still needs to be discussed, but the braids must also be done in a fair manner.

Because, he planned to take advantage of the unhealthy wind and evil spirit blowing up in Baoning, and take advantage of the trend to build the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp into the country's first braidless army.

I still remember that after the Republic of China, Zhang Xun and Zhang Braided Commander led a gang of braided soldiers into Beijing to protect the little emperor from restoration.

Then, there must be a braidless army going to Beijing to help Prince Rui usurp the throne.

This is in line with history.

Otherwise, it would be too boring.

For things to be interesting, you have to create a legitimate reason for the braiding.

At least, there must be an explanation to the court.

"explain?"

Deputy Director Ji thought that you were shameless and embarrassed to say this word.

explain?

Who the hell are you going to explain to?

Give yourself.

Photo taken by the prince Huwei, still racking his brains to find the answer to the situation from the history of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the development situation and the current predicament.

After a while, he slapped his head: "Yes!"

Jia Liu was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Lao Ji what good idea he had thought of.

Deputy Director Ji asked: "My lord, did the emperor's fourth devil cut his braid during the national funeral?"

"Ok?"

Jia Liu shook the braid in his hand, "There is such a thing, there was a lot of turmoil because of this incident, and in the end it was the king who turned the tide and led the troops to rescue him, otherwise the Qing Dynasty does not know how bad it will be."

After hearing this, Deputy Director Ji muttered three words in a low voice, then raised his head and asked, "Is the fourth devil Han Chinese?"

"Don't ask knowingly."

Jia Liu pulled it violently with both hands, and the soft braid immediately turned into a braid that could strangle people.

Very hard.

"Yes Yes."

Deputy Director Ji hurriedly apologized and said what he meant.

It is the prince who incited the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners who went south to fight back to the capital through "The Song of Death in the Waves of Wuxiang Huguang" to fight against the evil old four devils. So, in order to cooperate with this massive homecoming operation, is it necessary for an army to go north to serve the king? Woolen cloth.

You can't just watch the Eight Banners return to the north like this, can you?
"Those with braids oppose the fourth devil, and those without braids of course support the fourth devil."

Jia Liu's eyes showed suspicion: "You mean I am a human, and I am a ghost?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

The admiration on Deputy Director Ji's face cannot be expressed by ordinary people.

Jia Liu fell into deep thought.

Lao Ji's logic is based on the fact that Qianlong was a Han Chinese.

Because Qianlong was a Han Chinese, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners wanted to overthrow him.

Also because Qianlong was a Han Chinese, the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion wanted to support him.

They are intertwined and closely related to each other.

And the link of all this is him, the general king.

"Return to Xingyuan and tell Xingyuan that another 500 people will be recruited from all prefectures and counties to enrich the cultural and propaganda agencies. The fact that the emperor is a Han Chinese must go deep into the fields. In my Qing Dynasty, from an 80-year-old man to an eight-year-old child, everyone must know about it."

"Your Majesty, don't worry about handling the affairs of the lower officials."

Deputy Director Ji fully agreed, and then asked another fatal question.

The Great General Wang of the Qing Dynasty instigated the mutiny of the army, and then took advantage of this opportunity to transfer the troops directly under him to the north one after another, and concentrated his efforts to cleanse the opposition, including the Central Eight Banners Army of the 20 regiments, thus completing the strategic plan of encircling the capital and emptying the imperial court the last ring.

The idea is very good, but will the Xinghan Army agree?
If the Xinghan army also took advantage of this opportunity to attack aggressively, the prince's strategic plan would go bankrupt.

"One mistake, the prince may become Cao Mengde on Huarong Road, Napoleon on Waterloo."

After finishing speaking, Deputy Director Ji clicked: Who is Napoleon?What is Waterloo?How could these strange things appear in my mind?

heck!
"You only need to carry out what this king has told you. You don't need to ask about other matters. This king has his own arrangements."

Jia Liu subconsciously looked at his wrist, wanting to know what time it was, but there was no watch on his wrist, so he turned to look at the big western clock that Lao Fu gave him.

This bell is a testimony of his friendship and brotherhood with Laofu.

As a last resort, Jia Liu really didn't want to draw a line with Lao Fu.

But the affairs of the world often cannot be controlled by him. According to various news from the capital, Lao Fu may really be colluding secretly to give the six virtuous brothers a surprise attack.

Ugh.

Jia Liu deeply realized how uneven the road to power and profit is.

There is no one who is sincere.

The needle watch showed that it was eleven forty-eight.

A staff member came outside to invite the prince to have a meal.

"understood."

After a morning meeting, Jia Liu was also a little hungry, so he went to eat after tidying up a little. When he walked to the door and thought about it, he stopped and said to Lao Ji who was following: "It doesn't matter if you know something. Madam Wang took my son to Wuchang three days ago."

Hearing this, Deputy Director Ji was taken aback: "My lord is so ruthless!"

"ruthless?"

Jia Liu didn't understand, so why was it so cruel when his wife took her son to pay New Year's greetings to grandpa and uncle?
Deputy Director Ji looked around, and then said in a low voice: "Is the prince planning to let the princess and the son stay there as hostages?"

(End of this chapter)