Cutting 1719

Chapter 146 Initiating Group Training
Just when Huguang became a mess, the people in Guangzhou were in panic. Many people rumored that Chu Ni's soldiers had arrived in Ganzhou, which was just a line away from Guangdong, and they might come to Guangzhou at some point.

It wasn't just the ordinary people who panicked, some petty officials were also looking around for news, thinking of avoiding the chaos of the war, not only the ordinary people, but when the whole city was in chaos, the general's office in Guangzhou was also brightly lit.

Guangzhou General’s Yamen is very famous in Guangzhou City, and it is a very large-scale palace. The reason why it is called a palace is that this place was originally a palace.As early as the seventh year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi, king of Pingnan, and Geng Jimao, king of Jingnan, led the Qing soldiers to invade Guangzhou, and then built a large-scale construction project on the original site of the administrative office of the admiral's mansion in the Ming Dynasty to build the palace.

After the San Francisco Rebellion, Kangxi garrisoned the Eight Banners in Guangzhou and set up the commander of the Eight Banners stationed in Guangdong, who is now the Guangzhou General. The Jingnan Palace was changed into the General’s Yamen.

Now 40 years have passed, the entire General's Mansion is still lush with trees and flowers and plants everywhere, but things are different and people are different.The current Guangzhou General Guan Yuanzhong was born in the Yellow Banner of the Han Army. He has been a Guangzhou General since the 41st year of Kangxi, and it has been a full 20 years now. He has deeply rooted in the entire city of Guangzhou.

Guan Yuanzhong was a little panicked when he got the news that the Fu Han army was going south. He really didn't want to go through such storms in the last few years of his tenure. Yes, I don't want to grab this hot potato.

However, he never expected that Guan Yuanzhong would regret this support, that is, the 4 Liang Guang Qing army was gone, the First World War was completely defeated, and even Yang Lin was taken into Beijing. The terrible thing is that Chu Ni took advantage of this gap to take Hunan, and now he is starting to plot Jiangxi again, and he Guan Yuanzhong is in Guangzhou City, except for the 6000 and Eight Banners under his command, there are only more than [-] green battalion soldiers.

Seeing that Chu Ni took Ganzhou, Guan Yuanzhong hated Yang Lin's incompetence deeply, and felt that Gao Qiwei was too old to look down on the rebels, so he put him directly in Ganzhou. If he came to attack Guangzhou next, How should the Manchus in the city of Guangzhou deal with themselves?

Guan Yuanzhong has heard about the fate of the Jingzhou Eight Banners. Tens of thousands of people were driven into the mines like cattle and sheep, and there were countless miles of hard labor every day. If he were to surrender to the Han army, it would be worse than killing him. To be uncomfortable.

Of course, he is not the only one who is anxious, there is also Yang Zongren, the governor of Guangzhou, who is in a slightly complicated mood. Some of this is unknown, and it is naturally related to the Huguang battlefield.

When Yang Lin was locked up, Yang Zongren hoped that he could get the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but he was worried that under the pressure of soldiers, he would be asked to shoulder the responsibility of defending the land and fighting against the enemy, so when he heard that Chu Ni had reached Ganzhou So he came to the general's yamen, wanting to talk about what happened.

"General Guan, I have heard that Chu Ni, who went south, is now fighting with Gao Junmen. Why did another Chu Ni appear and occupy Ganzhou Mansion?"

Yang Zongren is also from the Eight Banners, but he is from the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. He does not belong to the same banner as Guan Yuanzhong, and his background is also very rich. Going to encircle and suppress, as a result, some generals wantonly withheld military pay, so that there was a mutiny.

At that time, Yang Zongren was young and energetic, so he ran alone to persuade those rebels to surrender, so he was also appreciated by Zhao Shenqiao. Later, the official became bigger and bigger. A few years ago, he was promoted from the position of inspector in Guangxi to Guangdong. The governor is also an official under Yang Lin. Now that Yang Lin is not around, he covets the throne of the governor of the two provinces.

Guan Yuanzhong is naturally aware of the small things in Yang Zongren's heart, but he doesn't care. No matter who is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he can only respect Guan Yuanzhong. Also a bit greasy.

"Brother Tianjue, I have been a Guangzhou general in Guangzhou for 20 years. What kind of accidents have I never encountered? This Chu Ni is nothing more than taking advantage of the guns to run amok. Now my sage is personally recruiting, and the imperial army has gathered Huguang, it only takes a few months to wipe out Chu Ni in one fell swoop, no need to worry!" Tianjue is Yang Zongren's word.

Although this is what he said, it was just a prevarication after all. Guan Yuanzhong also wanted to see if this supernatural young brother Tianjue had any tricks, so he tentatively said: "But now you and I need to deal with the current situation. Think of a way, if you wait until the emperor puts down Chu Ni, and then turn around and find that Guangzhou is in chaos, then we will both be negligent of our duties!"

There was a slight smile on Yang Zongren's face, and then stopped, and he seemed to be smiling a bit, "Brother Guan, since the imperial court handed over Guangdong and Guangxi to Mr. It's not that the lower officials commented casually, but now that Mr. Yang is in prison, he has some ideas about his lowly position."

Guan Yuanzhong smiled, waved his hands very calmly and said: "If Master Yang has a clever plan, you might as well talk about it. If it is beneficial to the court, Guan will recommend it to the court."

Yang Zongren was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Guan Yuanzhong's words were not true or false, but he also knew that it is rare for Guan Yuanzhong to make such a statement, so he no longer kept it secret, saying: " Looking at Chu’s rebellious actions, they are so rampant, every time they go to the city, they will be divided into the land of the gentry and the big clan, and the sky has long been angry and people have resentment, and everyone wants to get rid of it quickly."

"Now that Huguang is completely occupied, there are only a handful of gentry who escaped. Everyone scolds, but there is nothing they can do. And our two provinces are also under the knife of Chu Ni. In order to protect our hometown from being harmed by Chu Ni, it is better to use the power of the people."

"What is the power of the people?"

"Guangdong people are strong and courageous, and it is time to initiate group training to eliminate rebels and bandits."

Yang Zongren's words seemed plain, but Guan Yuanzhong was taken aback. Seeing that the green battalion is useless now, there are many people who want to train new troops, like Yang Lin, Gao Qiwei and others. However, no one has the courage to use local people to hold group training. This is testing the determination of the imperial court!
"Brother Tianjue, do you know that advocating group training is extraordinary, if it's just the court's accountability, it's fine, but if the emperor sees it, do you know what a catastrophe it will be?"

Yang Zongren remained silent, of course he understood what Guan Yuanzhong wanted, and the problem came back to the original point, that is the difference between Man and Han.

In the Qing Dynasty, no matter how open the court was, it could not be changed in essence. The Manchu and Qing emperors never lessened their guard against the Han people, especially after the San Francisco Rebellion, they became more and more wary.

The reason why the current Green Camp is so weak and the military discipline is chaotic is that there is no reason why the imperial court is fueling the flames behind it. It is not unimaginable to intentionally weaken the Green Camp and even the military force of the Han people.

Under such circumstances, Yang Zongren’s real meaning of advocating group training is to let go of the use of Han Chinese force. This is intolerable to the Qing Dynasty, and he is even afraid of seeing a scene. What if a few powerful squires and landlords come out?
(End of this chapter)