Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 201: Letter to All Ethnic Groups and Families in China
Although he did not claim to be an emperor, it did not prevent him from establishing a country.

If one wants to establish a country, one must first choose a big city as the capital. In fact, other people's opinions are not important. Chen Gu has his own ideas. The reason he brought them up for discussion is just to show his fairness.

Chen Gu mentioned five places, but in fact there are only two options: Chengdu and Chongqing. The others are either in unsuitable locations or too small.

As for Chengdu and Chongqing, Chen Gu prefers Chongqing. Chengdu is too comfortable a place. If one chooses Chengdu, it will easily make people lose their enterprising spirit. On the contrary, Chongqing, with its ups and downs, always trains a person's physical and mental strength.

Moreover, if the attack is launched from Chongqing, the distance will be closer, and we can respond more promptly to what is happening on the front line.

Of course, such a major event will definitely be finalized after everyone’s discussion and even various bargaining sessions.

Chen asked all the senior officials to gather in Chongqing not only to discuss the location of the capital. Since they wanted to establish a country, there were many things to do.

Things like the political structure and laws all need to be discussed, and Chen Gu doesn't just want high-level officials to come to Chongqing. Chen Gu needs more people to participate in the establishment of the country in order to increase the legitimacy of the Huaxia Ministry.

So Chen the assassin wrote on a piece of paper, "A letter to all ethnic groups and thousands of households in China."

"China has a history of 5,000 years, from Pangu creating the world, the Three Sovereigns ruling the country, and the Five Emperors establishing order.

Over the past five thousand years, dynasties have risen and fallen, but the people have always been like leeks, always being exploited by corrupt officials and wealthy families.

Even with the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, the good days of ordinary people only lasted a hundred years.

Please do not talk about becoming a marquis, for one general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of men. Peace is created by heroes, but heroes do not enjoy it.

Looking through history books, all they see is the word cannibalism.

I, Chen Gu, was born in a humble family and I know the sufferings of the common people. Therefore, I wish to use my life to overthrow the corrupt Qing Dynasty and build a China that is people-oriented, with equal land distribution and low taxes.

All Chinese people, regardless of their ethnicity, family, surname or household, who share the same wish, can come to Chongqing to join us in this great event. Together we will discuss the political system, laws, culture, education and other regulations of China.

We strive to be as fair and just as possible to everyone, of every ethnic group, family, surname, and household.

The conference was named the Chinese Legislative Conference.

In a word, we can talk about anything as long as you are willing to come.

If you are unwilling to come to Chongqing for talks, then you can only wait for me to bring the army to talk to you.

After Chen Gu finished writing, he checked it over several times. He didn't know whether it was well written or not, but he thought the meaning should be clearly expressed. So he called Han Yuanxiao over and asked him to find someone to carve the blocks and then print as many copies as possible.

Han Yuanxiao looked at the straightforward letter to all Chinese people, thought for a moment and asked, "How many copies does the leader need to print?"

"The more the better. Let's print 10,000 copies first. We need them within one day, and then print 10,000 copies every day." Chen Gu said.

After the printing was completed on the first day, Chen Gu sent people to various places in Sichuan. The copies had to be delivered to every county in Sichuan, and each county had to send at least three people to Chongqing.

Then every ethnic minority gathering place must also be sent, and at least three people must be sent to Chongqing.

As for other places, they would need to be delivered by the various guild halls in Chongqing. For this reason, Chen Gu specially took time out to meet with the heads of various guild halls.

"Sichuan needs to exchange what it has with other provinces, so your interests and personal safety can definitely be guaranteed, please rest assured.

In fact, even within Sichuan, I only demanded equal distribution of land, and would not threaten the properties, workshops, and other businesses of officials and gentry. I think you all know this.

During the war, the army did make some irrational moves, but they all had their reasons, and I hope everyone can understand that.”

Chen first gave everyone a reassurance, and then said: "I hope that you can send this letter to all the Chinese people back to your province and notify the people in your province to attend this legislative meeting.

I can assure you that I will never reveal the list of participants easily. I hope you can understand that this is an opportunity to fight for the interests of your provinces.

If you don’t participate, you may have to wait until the world is stable before you have a second chance. Of course, there may not be a second legislative assembly, so it doesn’t matter whether you come to the first legislative assembly or not.”

Everyone smiled, understanding what Chen Gui meant, that if he lost in the end, there would naturally be no second legislative assembly.

However, Chen Gu was able to occupy the entire Sichuan in more than half a year with a group of bandits. After that, Fu Cha Mingliang, one of the most famous generals in the Qing Dynasty, had to avoid his attack. In the end, without any main force deployed, he only relied on some ragtag troops to wipe out Fu Cha Mingliang in Chongqing.

This shows how powerful Chen's army was.

Although the Qing Dynasty still holds absolute advantage and controls the entire world, it is hard to predict what the final outcome will be.

Since Chen Ke has agreed not to disclose the list of attendees, it seems harmless to participate in this legislative conference.

After all, this is a legislative assembly, which is bound to involve all aspects of laws, including matters related to business, which is very important to those who do business.

Of course, as to whether or not to attend this legislative assembly, these people cannot actually do it, but they can send this letter back to all the ethnic groups and households in China.

It will be fine as long as the legislation is arranged. As for the convening of the Legislative Assembly, it will take a long time. It will take more than half a month to wait until all the people are present.

If we want to wait for people from all provinces to arrive, I'm afraid even a month may not be enough.

During this period, Chen Gu made many military arrangements. The first was to send troops to attack Nanchong and other places in eastern Sichuan. The entire Sichuan region must be cleared as soon as possible.

Then he sent troops down the river to attack the prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River in order to achieve the goal of pushing the main battlefield to Hubei.

Guizhou and western Sichuan cannot be abandoned either.

Although Guizhou was poor, it had a large territory and was also the gateway from Sichuan to Yunnan and Guangxi. In addition, there were not many troops stationed in Guizhou, so the Governor Changlin was captured again.

Since it won’t take much effort, we might as well just take Guizhou. At that time, at least the strategic depth will be longer.

As for the western Sichuan direction, the two thousand Qing soldiers in Dajianlu must be wiped out, and the other ethnic minorities can be negotiated first. No matter what their demands are, they can send people to Chongqing first, and everyone can sit down and talk first.

(End of this chapter)