Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 227 Military Family of Heroes and Martyrs
On the fifth day of the first lunar month in 1801, the day before the Huaxia Ministry opened its office, Chen Gu once again brought the heads of various ministries to Chaotianmen early in the morning.

After the Song Dynasty moved its capital to Lin'an (now Hangzhou), imperial envoys would occasionally deliver imperial edicts from the Yangtze River through this city gate, so the name Chaotianmen came into being.

After that, whether the capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties was in Peking or Nanjing, imperial envoys would come from up the Yangtze River, and the name Chaotianmen became completely fixed.

As the leader of a separatist faction, it was naturally impossible for Chen Gu to come to Chaotianmen to welcome the imperial edict. The first time he came to Chaotianmen was to welcome the heads of various departments in Jiangjin County. Especially since there was a gentleman named Suan Xiucai, Chen Gu had to come to welcome him.

Today is the second time that Chen Gu has come to Chaotianmen, and those who need to be welcomed are the heroes and martyrs of the Huaxia tribe. The living ones are heroes, and the dead ones are martyrs.

So even though the ship arrived at noon, Chen Gu brought everyone here early in the morning, because both the dead martyrs and the living heroes deserved to be greeted in advance by his leader.

"The Jialing River fleet from East Sichuan will arrive at Chaotianmen in one hour!"

"The Southern Sichuan Yangtze River Fleet will arrive at Chaotianmen in one hour!"

"The Yichang fleet will arrive at Chaotianmen in one hour!"

"~It will take another half an hour to reach Chaotian Gate!"

Scouts in three directions kept reporting back the arrival time of the three fleets.

"We will arrive at Chaotianmen in a quarter of an hour!"

Hearing that there was only a quarter of an hour left, everyone's spirits were shocked. Chen Gu's face showed sadness. Only those who have actually been to the battlefield will understand the horror of war. Life and death are only a matter of thought.

Similarly, only those who have actually been on the battlefield can understand the courage required in that moment of thought. Everyone who dares to fight is worthy of admiration.

"salute!"

As the trackers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River appeared first, the three warships slowly appeared in everyone's sight. Chen Gu shouted, then raised his right hand and saluted solemnly.

"Soul, come back!" The voice of Suan Xiucai was ethereal and desolate.

A stretcher was lifted down first, with Lao Nian, who had a broken leg, sitting on it.

Behind Lao Nian were porters carrying loads, and inside the loads were urns of ashes. One porter carried ten urns, and two porters went up side by side until Lao Nian's sedan chair reached in front of Chen Gu. The porters following behind still had not all gotten off the boat.

There are two hundred steps at the Chaotianmen dock, which means that there are more than four thousand urns this time.

"I am Tang Jiaxing, your subordinate, and I am back!" Lao Nian, who was on the sedan chair, bowed to Chen Gu and said with a smile, "Please forgive my inconvenience in walking, so I won't slide down the sedan chair to salute you!"

Now that the Huaxia tribe has occupied Yichang and has been suppressing the imperial army, the old brothers who were originally from Yichang can also restore their names. Among them, Fu Hang, the scarred man, Liu Guangsheng, the roadblock, Tang Jiaxing, and many others have re-registered their names. In addition to the ashes of martyrs and disabled soldiers, the ships returning from Yichang also brought back their families.

Lao Nian’s family was naturally among them.

Chen Gu raised his hand again and saluted Lao Nian, saying with a smile: "You are worthy of China, and even more worthy of me, so there is no such thing as forgiveness or not. Please send the soldiers back first.

I have arranged a mansion for you on Baixiang Street, and your family will be sent there later. You can go back and spend time with your family first. After the entry ceremony here is over, I will visit you at your mansion!"

These urns will be temporarily stored in the Legislative Assembly Hall. A memorial ceremony will be held tomorrow to place all of them in the Martyrs' Cemetery, which is located in front of the Legislative Assembly Hall. The tombstones will face the main entrance of the Hall, with the two facing each other.

Let the legislative representatives of all ethnic groups, prefectures and counties understand that their power is gained with the blood and lives of countless people, and they must be cautious and prudent with the legislative power in their hands.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave first!" Lao Nian bowed and said with a smile.

Lao Nian is actually not even 30 years old, only 26 to be exact. He started out to make a living when he was a teenager. After messing around for a few years, he met Liu Er who joined the village.

Although he went back to Yichang last time, he was unable to meet his family due to the need for confidentiality. In other words, Lao Nian has not seen his family for more than ten years since he left home.

Lao Nian was grateful to Chen Gu for bringing their families to Chongqing. As for the old brothers from the former mountain stronghold, no matter how badly they were doing now, as long as they were not dead, there would be absolutely no problem in supporting their families with the monthly salary.

As for those who died, their pensions were enough to support their families. After all, Chen Gu had even promised the Green Camp Army, Chengdu Peasant Army, and Zizhou Young Army behind him to help support their families if they died in battle, not to mention the old brothers in the mountain stronghold.

Therefore, a lot of people moved from Yichang to Chongqing this time, and it was a forced move without asking for reasons. After all, it was troublesome to explain, and if the news was known by the court, it would probably cause more trouble.

After all, the people who moved to Chongqing this time were all family members of key military personnel, including family members of high-ranking military officials such as Lao Nian and Dao Ba. If the imperial court knew the news, they would not miss such a good opportunity to strike at the Huaxia Department.

Therefore, those who moved from Yichang to Chongqing were all nervous along the way. They didn't know what kind of outcome they would face. What made them feel a little relieved was that the Huaxia Department's attitude towards them was quite good along the way.

Not only did they not have to pull the oars or do any work along the way, but their food, clothing, housing and transportation were all arranged for them. Their treatment was very good. Each person had two new sets of clothes, and they could eat dry rice for every meal. They would also have meat to eat every time they passed through a town.

This made them somewhat confused and they didn't know what the Huaxia Department was going to do.

After everyone got together to discuss, they found that they all had sons who were working outside. And some of them had sons who had sent them letters back at the beginning of the year.

For example, after Scar's family talked with Lao Nian's family, especially after Scar's father Fu Quan described the appearance of the man who brought back the news about his son Fu Hang, Lao Nian's family immediately knew that the man was their family member Tang Jiaxing.

Now everyone felt a little more relieved, but on second thought they felt that it was not right. After all, what Lao Nian said at the time was that they were on the side of the imperial court, and the Huaxia tribe that now occupied Sichuan was established after the imperial court was driven away.

In other words, the Huaxia tribe and their son's side were in a hostile relationship, but if they were in a hostile relationship, why would they be so nice to them along the way?
(End of this chapter)