Rebirth of the Northern Giants

In addition, the soldiers of the national defense army at this time not only did nothing to the people, but also carried out Ye Zhikui's order to help the people put out fires and repair houses and everything else after the catastrophe.

This move made some scholars see it, and secretly called him a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, so they began to accept Ye Zhikui from the bottom of their hearts.

At noon, there were people in the capital who spontaneously sent tens of thousands of people's letters, shouting long live, asking Ye Zhikui to ascend the throne.

Yang Du, Mr. Wu and Butcher are plotting in a house in the Forbidden City.

Mr. Wu first reported to the butcher: "My lord, there are rumors spreading among the boxers. I believe that at this time, everyone in the capital knows Ye Shuai's great achievements, and everyone thinks that Ye Shuai is the real man."

The butcher said neither happy nor sad: "You have done a good job! If we can promote Ye Shuai to the Ninth Five-Year Honor, everyone will be a servant of the dragon."

It turned out that Mr. Wu's mastermind behind the scenes turned out to be Butcher, the most calm person on weekdays.

Yang Du said with some concern: "Ye Shuai has a great reputation and strength in the capital and Zhili, but he doesn't have much power in the southern provinces. I wonder if those governors can support him?"

Mr. Wu said with a smile: "Don't worry Xizi, we will launch a public opinion offensive in other parts of the country. The governors of the provinces are now refusing to obey anyone, but the National Defense Army is the strongest. Even if they are not willing, they will at least obey on the surface. After all, China cannot be without a master for a day, and other people do not have the strength and prestige, Ye Shuai is the first choice target of all parties, even if one or two voices object, don't worry too much."

The butcher suddenly said: "Besides Ye Shuai, there is also Li Zhongtang who has such prestige!"

Mr. Wu gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want my subordinates to send someone to assassinate him?"

The butcher shook his head and said, "It's really unwise to assassinate at this time. Ye Shuai still needs his prestige to stabilize the situation. Besides, he doesn't have a few years to live."

"What if the provincial governors want to push Li Zhongtang to the throne?"

"I believe Li Hongzhang is a smart man, and the National Defense Army is beyond his control."

"Has the news been passed to newspapers everywhere?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I believe that starting tomorrow, all parts of the country will continue to boil."

Due to timely handling, the Imperial Palace, the Summer Palace and other palaces were not damaged much, and the gold, silver, jewels and rare treasures inside were not lost. Ye Zhikui asked Jianren Shiwu to count these things. Ye Zhikui would not touch some cultural relics and classics. But things like gold and silver turned into capital for his recruitment.

After occupying the capital, what Ye Zhikui thinks the most is recruiting troops. There is no way. The streets are full of important people, if you don't recruit at this time, when will you wait!

Although Ye Zhikui has no intention of proclaiming the emperor, he will not split China. He plans to expand the national defense army to [-] people according to the latest establishment before the provincial governors send representatives to Beijing to discuss state affairs. There will be a big military parade at that time. Whether the governor can stand it or not.

All the generals in the National Defense Army, such as Dong Fuxiang, Xu Shichang, etc., responded positively to Ye Zhikui. After the expansion, they also rose, so the training and recruitment department was eagerly awaited by everyone, and it was established immediately. Ye Zhikui himself became the prime minister. Wang Shizhen was in charge of the meeting, and was in charge of the assessment of military training of civil and military officials of the National Defense Army, the power of rewards and punishments, the right to appoint and remove personnel, and the military training salary, etc.

The National Defense Army carried out a series of relatively large recruitment and training work.

First, the soldiers of the patrol battalion who surrendered were transformed and then absorbed. In addition, they planned to recruit more than 3 new recruits, most of whom were boxers from the Boxer Regiment. With the original [-] people, they would expand into five towns and two mixed groups. It is the highest unit of the new army, equivalent to the division level of later generations.

There are more than 1 people in a town, and each town has 2 infantry associations, 1 cavalry association, 1 artillery team, 1 engineering team, 1 supply team, and 1 military band; 2 battalions of horses and artillery, 3 battalions of infantry, horses, workers, and supplies, 4 teams of artillery, 3 rows of infantry, artillery, workers, and supplies, 3 sheds in each row, 3 rows of horses, 2 in each row There are 2 soldiers in each shed for various teams, and there are 14 officers and soldiers in the town.

In addition, the National Defense Army also has two units, the Special Forces and the Heavenly Soldiers, but these two units only recruit veterans and do not recruit recruits.

Ye Zhikui knew in his heart that until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, there were only more than 16 recruits trained nationwide. What's more, at this time of transition from the old to the new, the governors of various provinces violated Guangxu's edict to train recruits, perfunctory, or dealt with it. As a result, the new army compiled and trained was either transformed from the green battalion, the defense army, or the training army, or was temporarily recruited to make the most of it. As a result, the "new army" had different leadership, poor training, and various equipment. Sheep tricks.

Only last year when Zhang Zhidong appointed the governor of Liangjiang, he responded to the call and organized a new army in Nanjing—the Self-Strengthening Army. The 3000 people were not yet full. decreased.

Ye Zhikui believes that as long as his new army can be organized as soon as possible, although it is impossible for the world to be invincible, it is certain that the Qing Dynasty will be invincible. Of course, world affairs can not be solved only by fighting, but if you have big fists, who can say that? I understand.

In Tianjin, Li Hongzhang was handling official duties in the Governor's Mansion. Since he returned to this position, which is somewhat similar to the Governor of Zhili (only less military power), Li Hongzhang felt that he had a second spring, but he was a little worried about the situation in the Northeast and the capital. After the governors of other provinces passed the telegram, Li Hongzhang felt that it was necessary to remind Ye Zhikui to end the war against rebellion as soon as possible, as long as Lafayette abdicated and the emperor could come out and regain power.

Li Hongzhang was thinking about something, but his staff member Yang Shiqi rushed in.

"Xingcheng, why are you so panicked?" Seeing that Yang Shiqi's face was pale and bloodless, Li Hongzhang was completely panicked.

Yang Shiqi said tremblingly: "Zhongtang, the capital is calling."

"Oh, but the Congyun army has made progress?"

Yang Shiqi's hand holding the telegram was trembling, and he continued to say in a trembling voice: "Last night, there was a turmoil in the Boxer Regiment of the capital, and the banner of anti-Qing and Han was erected, and Ye Shuai took the opportunity to attack the capital."

Li Hongzhang asked strangely: "This is a good thing, why are you panicking?"

"The middle hall, the sky, the sky has fallen, no, anyway, there is no imperial court now, the capital was in turmoil last night, Man and Han clashed, blood flowed like a river, countless casualties, the emperor and queen mother and all members of the royal family were killed in the chaos of war!"

After Yang Shiqi finished speaking in one breath, he didn't know what expression to use to express his current mood.

Li Hongzhang's complexion changed drastically, and he said, "You, you mean that the Qing Dynasty is just gone?"

"you can say it this way!"

Luckily, Yang Shiqi didn't forget the business, and said, "Ye Shuai wants you to return to Beijing to discuss state affairs as soon as possible!"

"The Manchu royal family has been massacred. Will the Manchus let it go? Xingcheng, please pass on the old man's order and ask the generals in Zhili prefectures to be vigilant. Then send a telegram to the Han governors of the provinces to explain the seriousness of the matter."

Yang Shiqi hurriedly took orders to go down.

Ye Zhikui, you are so courageous, just break it!He didn't have the slightest qualms, and he did it like this when he did big things, and he was indeed much better than the old man back then.Of course, Li Hongzhang would not believe the news on the surface. He vaguely guessed that this matter must have something to do with Ye Zhikui. Li Hongzhang had never seen anything in his whole life, and soon he stabilized his emotions.

Alas, it's a pity that I have to come to the capital to wipe your ass. Well, I don't want my great China to be torn apart in my lifetime, so let me give you another helping hand with my old bones.

The second volume of the capital's situation

On the afternoon of May 5th, Ye Zhikui announced the establishment of the Provisional Central Military Government of China in Beijing. Without notice, let them fight the Russian army for a while, and then they will have to rely on the military government except to surrender to Russia.

In Nanjing, Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang, just finished his lunch and was relieved in the toilet.

Suddenly, the shouts of officials from the Governor's Mansion came from outside the door.

"My lord, something terrible happened last night."

Liu Kun couldn't help but smile bitterly, what do you think is going on? Can't we wait until I solve my physical problems?

"My lord, the capital has sent a telegram."

Hearing that it was the news from the capital, Liu Kunyi took it seriously. Ye Zhikui's rebellious army was the center of the whole country's attention. Liu Kunyi stretched out his hand and said, "Pass it to me."

The staff member held his nose and handed the telegram to Liu Kunyi, but thought in his heart: What did you eat for lunch?This stinks.

As soon as Liu Kun took a look at the telegram, Huo Zhi stood up, hurried out, and said, "Hurry up, quickly summon Li Zhanchun, the leader of the Self-Strengthening Army, something is wrong, how could Ye Zhikui let the matter develop to such an extent?" , It’s out of control, the whole city is on alert, and also, monitoring the movements of banner households in the city.”

"My lord, Ye Zhikui said that the Manchu imperial family was slaughtered by the Boxers, and he asked all the localities to take the opportunity to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore China, what should we do about this?"

"What else can we do? Let's look at other provinces first. There are many people in Nanjing Banner. Once Manchu-Han conflicts break out in various places, there will be bloodshed here."

"My lord, Ye Zhikui has formed a central provisional military government in the capital and asked the provinces to send representatives to Beijing to discuss state affairs."

Liu Kunyi thought about it and said: "Nowadays, there is a power vacuum in the capital. Ye Zhikui has a group of generals under him, and there are not many literati. Li Zhongtang's entry into Beijing will not alleviate the shortage of government officials. When the governors of the provinces receive the news, everyone will be moved. Earn a seat in the next central government."

"My lord, the emperor and queen mother are gone, does Ye Zhikui want to be the emperor?"

"Military government? It seems that the name he chose is a bit different, but it seems to have learned from the Western system. In any case, our Liangjiang must occupy a place in the subsequent imperial court."

Kui Jun, the governor of Sichuan, is a Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, Mongolian. Ye Zhikui sent a telegram and told him very sadly that Guangxu and Cixi both hiccupped. No one in the Manchu and Qing royal families could ascend to the Datong. The Qing Dynasty is over. I hope Kuijun Focusing on the overall situation, Ye Zhikui put forward the political proposition of "five races are equal" among Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, and Tibetan, and invited Kui Jun to the capital to discuss major issues.