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Chapter 999

The representatives of the three major frontiers are very important.

Representing Yade, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, is Kuilun, the deputy commander of the Eight Banners Garrisoned in Fuzhou, who was born in the Manchurian Xianglan Banner and was born after Fei Yingdong, the five founding ministers.

Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was represented by Fu Zengge, the deputy governor of the Eight Banners Garrison in Guangzhou, who was born in Zhenghuang Banner, Manchuria, and his great-grandfather was Tuhai, a general of the Kangxi Dynasty.

Representing E Ning, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, is Jiang Lan, who holds the position of inspector and chief executive in Yunnan. He was born as a Jinshi in the 12th year of Qianlong.

However, the spokesman for the three frontiers was Zhao Yi, the prefect of Guangzhou.

To be precise, it was Zhao Yi, the prefect of Guangzhou, who contributed to the alliance of the three frontiers.

Zhao Yi was originally No. 26 in the 1th year of Qianlong's general examination, and should have been the No. 3 scholar. Unfortunately, Qianlong chose No. 1 Wang Jie as No. [-] because Shaanxi had not had a No. [-] since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Therefore, Wang Jie, the No. [-] scholar, belongs to the pie in the sky and is not authentic enough.

Zhao Yi was brooding about this, citing it as a lifelong regret, and every time he used it to express his injustice by writing various poems.

Later, Li Shiyao, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, helped him find the post of prefect of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou was the only port between the Qing Dynasty and Western countries. The magistrate was naturally different from other places. It was a rare official in the Qing Dynasty who opened his eyes to the world. Because of his work, Zhao Yi often dealt with Westerners. He was familiar with the situation of various countries, and because of ten The reason for the three lines is that they are closely related to the Dutch East India Company.

Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong, became an official as a Yinsheng. At the age of 18, he served as the deputy capital commander of the Han army. Later, he served as the deputy capital commander of Rehe, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the general of Guangzhou, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi twice, all because of Qianlong's great love for him. Therefore, Li Shiyao did not accept the claim of the Restoration regime that Qianlong was actually a Han Chinese and not the son of the first emperor.

And prepare to mobilize troops from Guangdong and Guangxi to go north to King Qin to crusade against the puppet reform regime in Xiangyang, but the situation develops too fast, Shandong, Zhili, Henan, Jiangsu, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi and other provinces have telegraphed the national recognition of the reform Political power, and once the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi goes northward to Qinwang, the Hunan Xinghan Army will inevitably take advantage of the vacancy. The combination of various factors makes Li Shiyao dare not go northward to Qinwang.

Zhao Yi made suggestions for him, thinking that he should contact Yade, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and E Ning, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who have not yet expressed their attitudes. They should unite and send troops together. In this way, the military pressure facing Guangdong can be greatly reduced, and the strength of King Qin's army also greatly enhanced.

Li Shiyao agreed to Zhao Yi's plan without hesitation. In order to win the support of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Yunnan and Guizhou, he sent Zhao Yi to Fuzhou and Kunming to lobby, and sacrificed Guangdong's biggest advantage-money.

That is, as long as Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan and Guizhou are willing to jointly crusade against the reformation puppet regime, Guangdong will provide the two with the money, food, and weapons and equipment needed to send troops.

However, it was not Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who paid for the military expenditure, but the Thirteenth Bank and the Dutch East India Company jointly contributed.

The Thirteen Banks and the Dutch East India Company were willing to provide funds for the Southern Army's Northern Expedition because the trade opened by the Restoration regime in the North greatly damaged their interests.

As the thirteen banks that monopolized the foreign import and export trade of the Qing Dynasty, they were naturally unwilling to share their cake with the north.

Because this cake is so big that the treasury revenue of the Qing Dynasty is not as big as this cake.

If the reformation court in the north cannot be overthrown, the reformation army that has integrated the northern forces will inevitably go south to use troops in a short time. At that time, the military and political officials in Guangdong will definitely be replaced, and the single-port trade structure will also be completely changed. This is undoubtedly a dig. The foundation of the thirteen lines.

It is the nature of businessmen to seek profit. When the interest is so high that it is scary, they will naturally choose to be the sponsor of the war.

The Dutch East India Company also did not want Britain, France and other countries to reach a trade agreement with China's new imperial court, form a new trading base in northern China, and take away their exclusive management rights in China.

On a larger level, it is because the Netherlands, the home country of Europe, may have a fourth war with the United Kingdom.

The trigger was the Dutch government's announcement last year to support the American Revolutionary War.

Britain's current naval superiority has surpassed that of the Netherlands, and it has always been dissatisfied with the Dutch's occupation of Eastern trade, so the British also hope to launch a war against the Netherlands again, so as to completely defeat the disarmed Netherlands, plunder their rich caravan supplies and colonies, and make the Britain replaced the sea coachman as the biggest master of ocean trade.

At present, the British East India Company is aggressive towards the Dutch East India Company, and now it is more likely to snatch its own exclusive trading rights. The Dutch East India Company must of course support the local regime in southern China that has been cooperating, otherwise it will wait for the Dutch East India Company. It must be the outcome of withdrawing from trade with China. This loss is unbearable for the company.

Then, the small reform that happened in the east unintentionally affected Britain and the Netherlands thousands of miles away, which was very dramatic.

If Jia Liu outside the pass knew that the Dutch supported Guangdong’s rebellion against him, he would definitely say angrily: “The internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty will never allow foreign forces to interfere!”

Acting as a "broker", Zhao Yiyou achieved remarkable results in his lobbying. Yade, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and E Ning, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, did not believe the rumor that the emperor was a Han.

The reason why Yade has been silent for a long time is that most of the Banner Han troops in Fujian were lost in Taiwan, and Zhejiang did not obey his order as the governor. Therefore, with Fujian's current military strength, it is impossible to point fingers at the puppet imperial court. Feet, it’s all right now, Li Shiyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, came out to carry the flag, and was willing to provide money and food to Fujian, and even purchased Western weapons from Macau to help Fujian upgrade its army equipment. How could Yade hesitate to do such a good thing?
E Ning, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was the son of Ertai, a former university scholar. Although Ertai was attacked by Qianlong after his death, he became the first victim of prison in Manchuria and was withdrawn from the Xianliang Temple, but Qianlong treated E Ning It is still very good. He was promoted from the household department to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and repeatedly issued edicts to praise E Ning, saying that his work was very appropriate, so it is impossible for E Ning to betray Qianlong to the son of the Han army. After becoming the Prince of Great Qingrui, he transformed himself into the self-appointed Emperor of the Restoration, Devil Liu Waggling His Tail.

Yunnan and Guizhou are poor, but like Shaanxi and Gansu, their soldiers and horses are elite.

Thanks to the Conquest of Burma a few years ago, the Green Battalion troops in Yunnan and Guizhou are much stronger than those in other provinces, and there are more than [-] battalions in the two provinces. It is not a big problem to recruit tens of thousands more with sufficient money, food and equipment.

So E Ning readily agreed to respond to Li Shiyao's proposal to go north to King Qin, but before he could organize his troops and horses, news of the fall of the capital came from the north.

It is rumored that Guizi Liu did not kill Lord Qianlong, but treated him kindly.

But E Ning didn't believe it. He thought that Lord Qianlong was probably killed by the devils, and the so-called kind treatment was just a cover to confuse the governor.

Therefore, he decided to send troops immediately, and the Yunnan-Guizhou army attacked Sichuan, which responded to the reform, and then entered Shaanxi from Sichuan, and left Tongguan to attack the capital through Shanxi.

Soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi went out of Shaoguan to attack Hunan, while Fujian discussed with Zhejiang. It would be better if Zhejiang was willing to raise troops.

Such a simultaneous mobilization of three groups of soldiers and horses will surely restore half of the wall in a short period of time, thus calling on more officials to fight against the thief Devil Liu.

Nice plan, very good.

Li Shiyao, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, supported the plan of the three families to act together, planning to mobilize troops on the [-]th day of the first month of the year, but at this time there was good news that the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Le Er, would like to send someone to negotiate with them on the matter of rebellion.

E Ning, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, thinks that Leerjin is not credible, because Leerjin is the third one to issue a telegram in response to the reform after Governor Yang Jingsu of Zhili and Governor Bo Qinger of Sichuan and support the closure of Xinjiang by Devil Six.

Moreover, he sent people to Xiangyang to attend the Puppet Hundred Official Clan Conference held by Guiziliu, but now he sent people to tell them that he and Guiziliu are not the same people, and that he is willing to join hands with all the major territories to rebuild the Qing Dynasty. what medicine.

However, Li Shiyao said in the letter that Le Erjin could win over him, and that both Le Erjin and him were members of the Mutual Aid Society, and that Yu Minzhong, who was forced to retire before, wrote him a secret letter in Zhongtang, in which he stated that if he wanted to To recreate the Qing Dynasty to save the emperor, it is necessary to unite Leerjin who owns the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.

He also said that according to the information he received, Guiziliu and Leerjin were at odds with each other, and Leerjin had colluded with Prince An Sehentu in private, and even sent soldiers and horses to join Shanxi governor Ebao when Guiziliu's puppet army marched into the capital. The battalion soldiers wanted to go to Beijing to prevent Guizi Liu from occupying the capital.

Li Shiyao pointed out the importance of one more friend and one more road, especially Le Erjin has tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers stationed in the northwest, especially the five thousand Eight Banners cavalry in Xi'an Mancheng is really a rare Eight Banners elite. I would like to do something anyway, and add Shaanxi and Gansu provinces besides Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. The governor of Shanxi, Ebao, is also very likely to join in the grand event. I'm sure I'm going to participate too, how can such a grandeur be compared to that little thief and devil.

E Ning and his staff thought over and over again, and agreed to send representatives to Xi'an to talk with Le Erjin.

In order to ensure that Le Erjin can stand on their side, at least not support Guizi Liu, Li Shiyao asked Zhao Yi to accompany Fu Zengge to Xi'an.

Talks to determine the fate of the Qing Dynasty began behind closed doors soon.

Zhao Yi, Fu Zengge, Jiang Lan, and Kui Lun, the representatives of the three major feudal territories, were seated opposite the round table.

Representatives from Shaanxi and Gansu, including Le Erjin, Bi Yuan, Yang Mingyang, and Se Leng E, sat across the round table.

Why a round table?

do not know.

Anyway, since Lao Le came back from a meeting in Beijing last year, his whole body is different from before.

No matter where the meeting is held, he likes to set up a main table at the meeting place just like the National Assembly, and he sits exclusively, holds a tea mug in his hand, and speaks condescendingly to the officials.

The two sides first exchanged views on the current situation, and the atmosphere was very harmonious, because both sides agreed that the devil Liu, who usurped power, was the common enemy of the Qing army and the people, and they had to take advantage of this kid leading the puppet army to exchange mobile phones with Shengjing General Hongshang outside the pass. Jointly sent troops to smash his Huanglong.

"According to the gossip in Beijing, after Devil Six usurped the throne, he had mental problems. He was so stupid that he didn't look like an emperor at all. In order to make his gang of puppet soldiers work hard outside the pass, he said that he wanted to sell the Old Summer Palace. It's not enough. The Forbidden City can be sold, even he can sell himself, listen to me, is this plausible? If such a bastard becomes the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, wouldn’t my Qing Dynasty be laughed to death by friendly people from all over the world!”

Se Leng'e, the admiral of the Northwest Eight Banners Garrison, told such a joke to everyone during the meeting, which caused the representatives of the three major frontiers to shake their heads.

Du Shaanxi governor Bi Yuan's eyes lit up, his buttocks moved slightly, looking very interested.

Shaanxi chief envoy Yang Mingyang coughed lightly, and spoke on behalf of the governor, saying that the Northwest fully agrees with the proposal of the three major frontiers to jointly attack Devil Liu, but there is a problem that needs to be discussed in advance.

Zhao Yi, the prefect of Guangzhou, hurriedly said, "Master Yang, please tell me!"

This is the rule, it is useless to say a thousand good things, you must also say bad things.

Yang Mingyang glanced at the governor who was drinking tea from a tea mug and said: "If the big guys join forces to fight against Devil Six, then Devil Six is ​​doomed to be swept into the dustbin of history, but since ancient times, there must be a leader. As the saying goes, a snake can't do without a head, so we would like to hear your opinions on this matter."

Kui Lun, deputy governor of the Eight Banners Garrison of Fuzhou representing Yade, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Fu Zengge, deputy commander of the Eight Banners Garrison of Guangzhou representing Li Shiyao, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Jiang Lan, deputy governor of Yunnan Province, E Ning, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. After taking a look, they finally nodded to the spokesperson Zhao Yi.

It means you say it.

Zhao Yi did not refuse, and stood up and looked at Le Erjin, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu: "We hope that a strong and powerful person will come out to lead everyone."

"A powerful person?"

Lao Le's eyes lit up. Although it was the first time he had heard this statement, it really felt powerful.

Seeing this, Bi Yuan hurriedly asked the governor the question in his heart: "Then, who is this powerful person?"

"Of course it's Master Taiwan!"

Zhao Yi looked at Le Erjin solemnly: "If the master of Taiwan is willing to come out to lead the provinces to raise troubles, Guangdong and Guangxi are willing to honor the master of Taiwan as His Excellency the President of the Eight-Provincial Allied Forces!"

Which eight provinces?
Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian.

Zhejiang is pending.

"Yungui seconded the proposal!"

On behalf of Yunnan and Guizhou, Jiang Lan, who is in charge of the inspector's power in Yunnan, hurriedly stood up to express Yungui's attitude.

"Fujian and Zhejiang second!"

Fujian representative Kuilun also got up and gave a hearty message.

There is no objection.

Because Tuleer would like to come out to sit in the pavilion, it was a tripartite consensus reached by Governor Li, Governor Ya, and Governor E.

There is no way, who will let Le Erjin have the most soldiers and horses, and who is the closest to the capital.

Of course, according to the understanding of ordinary people, it is to shoot the top bird. As long as you are in the seat, the police department will definitely be the first to sweep your place. Who will let you get closer to the capital.

"Hey, how can I be elected as the president by all the provinces, huh? The president?"

Leer, who was being modest, felt his heart skip a beat, then looked at Zhao Yi with a puzzled face, and asked with some disbelief: "No, you have also read the book "Down with Evil Feudalism"?"

(End of this chapter)