Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Rong Lu took the initiative to say hello: "It turned out to be Mr. Kang. Mr. Kang is a man of great talents. What do you think of the current situation?"

Kang Youwei was bumped for no reason, and he was upset. Seeing that it was Cixi's loyal running dog Rong Lu who bumped into him, he said angrily, "China cannot be saved without reform."

Rong Lu was noncommittal, and said: "I also know that the only way to catch up with the great powers is to change the law, but the law that has been formed for hundreds of years can be changed just by changing it!"

With a cold face, Kang Youwei replied decisively: "Kill a few first- and second-rank officials, and the new law will work."

Rong Lu shivered all over his body, only felt that his neck was chilly, and he was secretly annoyed that a high-ranking official of the imperial court came to flatter you, a small sesame official, and you didn't know what to do. Really know how to stick garlic in the pig's nose-pretending to be like!Rong Lu snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Before Rong Lu left, Ye Zhikui had already heard the news and figured out the ins and outs of the matter. Ye Zhikui's eyes flashed coldly. Yuan Shikai underestimated Ye Zhikui's strength too much. It's cheap, but everyone knows that Ye Zhikui has many eyeliners in the capital, and Yuan Shikai is a key observer.

Ye Zhikui ordered the butcher to use the thirteen eagles to make him evaporate forever in the world before the cronies sent by Yuan Shikai left the capital. If you are timid, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Although killing you Yuan Shikai is easy to attract the attention of the court, but killing a little man under your command still means that there is no pressure. Yuan Shikai waited for a few days, and even the news of Hu Jinggui's impeachment of Ye Zhikui when he was in court, but he has not waited for himself confidant back.

A few days later, when Yuan Shikai went to a restaurant to eat, he opened the steamed carp dish, but saw that what you steamed was not fish but a human palm. Yuan Shikai was frightened and panicked on the spot. I am afraid that my confidant will never return. Yuan Shikai has been suspicious for the next few days, thinking that he is surrounded by assassins, and his life will be in danger at any time. In the Dingwu army barracks, he dared not go out casually.

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This week Xiaochong is on the new book list, brothers and sisters who have not collected it, hurry up and collect it!

Chapter 59, The Second Volume of Jingshi Fengyun: There is a minister from the capital

On February 1895, 2, Rong Lu led more than 5 people on foot, cavalry and other entourages from the capital to Tianjin to inspect Ye Zhikui's new army and investigate Ye Zhikui's violation of military discipline.At that time, one of Ronglu's staff, Yang, was very important to him, and he went with him. Coincidentally, Yang had a close personal relationship with Yan Dunyuan, the copywriter of Ye Zhikui's military training office. Before Ronglu left the capital, Yan Dunyuan So he wrote a letter to Yang to speak for Ye Zhikui.

On the other hand, Ye Zhikui has also made all kinds of preparations to welcome Rong Lu. Ye Zhikui knows that there are some people in this world who are not enough just to buy them with money. Rong Lu is such a person. Not only do you want him to see your Money, at the same time let him see your ability, so as to prevent him from betraying you while counting your money.

In Tianjin in February, it was freezing cold and the river was frozen. When Ronglu passed the Haihe River in Tianjin, Ye Zhikui had been waiting here with his generals for a long time. When he saw Ronglu's convoy, Ye Zhikui hurried forward. go.

Rong Lu is in his 50s, with a mustache. It may be because he has served as the chief soldier, general of Xi'an, and commander of the infantry. Instead, he lacks the sour feeling of a civil servant in the Qing Dynasty, and has a unique ruggedness of military background Straightforward temperament.

After going forward to salute, Ye Zhikui breathed a sigh of relief, and apologized: "Master Shangshu, in such weather, you were asked to come here from the capital for the sake of being an official. Congyun is really terrified and feels deeply guilty. responsibility." Ye Zhikui saw people talking about people and talking nonsense, so he kept his posture as low as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Rong Lu didn't have a big reaction, and replied coldly: "General Ye, please excuse me. I'd better pass the Haihe River as soon as possible, and go to Lutai to do business."

Ye Zhikui nodded in agreement and said, "Master Shangshu is really quick to speak, straight to the point, and is a role model for my generation of soldiers, but it is difficult for the 600 troops of your lord to pass the small bridge on the river for a while, and the engineering team of Xiaguan Army just developed a A new method of crossing the river, if you are interested, why not try it?"

When Rong Lu heard this, he became interested. Just as he wanted to see the new army's ability, he smiled and said, "If that's the case, then there will be Lao Congyun."

Ye Zhikui even said that he didn't dare, so he made a move, and Wang Shizhen, the commander of the engineering team not far behind, strode forward. Ye Zhikui introduced to Rong Lu: "This person is Wang Shizhen, the commander of the engineering team in my Wuyi Army. .”

Wang Shizhen gave a military salute, and Rong Lu nodded slightly, curiously seeing how capable this sallow and emaciated uniform was, allowing Ye Zhikui to be introduced to him first.

Ye Zhikui told Wang Shizhen, "Pin Qing, let's get started!"

Wang Shizhen turned around and took the order with a blank expression. Not long after, Rong Lu saw the soldiers of Wu Yi's army getting busy quickly, making a special canvas bridge on the ice of the Haihe River, and the whole movement was like flowing clouds and flowing water. It was in perfect order, without any shackles. Wang Shizhen came back soon and made a gesture of invitation: "Master Rong, General Ye, the pontoon bridge has been built, please move it!"

Rong Lu saw Ye Zhikui walking towards the river without hesitation. Although he had some doubts in his heart, thinking that it was too simple, he still took a step forward and walked ahead of Ye Zhikui. He believed that Ye Zhikui would not be so stupid as to make fun of his own life.

When Rong Lu walked on the canvas on the river, he felt that he was walking on flat ground and walking on a smooth road. He stomped hard on the ice, but there was no sign of collapse. pass.

Rong Lu's soldiers were all panicked and cautious, for fear that one of them would accidentally fall into the river and become a popsicle. However, Rong Lu had his life, and each of them had to walk forward with an expression as if he was going to die. When I was in the middle of the river, I realized that I was really making a fuss. There was no abnormal situation on the road, and one by one, I stepped across the bank of the sea and river from being uncertain to being arrogant.

Ye Zhikui watched all Rong Lu's men and horses pass, and then invited: "Master Rong, please!"

Rong Lu smiled slightly and said, "Wu Yi's engineering team is quite interesting."

After Rong Lu and Ye Zhikui led their entourage to the opposite bank, Wang Shizhen ordered the soldiers to put away the canvas bridge. Rong Lu saw that under Wang Shizhen's command, the huge canvas bridge was disassembled and folded in an instant, making it very easy to store. Take it with the army.I was greatly impressed by this, and asked Wang Shizhen to come forward to ask. Wang Shizhen still had the coffin face, but he was able to answer any questions Rong Lu fluently without hesitation. There were often answers in the answers that made Rong Lu's eyes brighten. , Then he praised Ye Zhikui: "This man is talented in governing the country, and he is not the best at military affairs."

Ye Zhikui smiled slightly, and replied: "Everyone in our army knows the talent to hire you."

At the same time, Wang Shizhen was praised by the two superiors. Even if she was not good at flattering her, she still had to squeeze a few smiles on her blunt face, and replied modestly: "Master Rong and General Ye are really flattering you, I am ashamed to be the last general!"

After crossing the river, Rong Lu's image of Ye Zhikui changed, and his conversation was no longer cold and blunt. After a while, Ye Zhikui sighed to Rong Lu: "It's a pity that a talent like Pinqing who is familiar with Chinese and Western military systems is in the army. But it is like a rare and rare beast, rare! Those who came from the imperial court martial arts do not know much about the Western-style military system. If the imperial court can find another way to make talents by referring to Chinese and foreign soldiers, then why worry about my Qing Dynasty not having one? Available people."

After Ye Zhikui said this, Rong Lu was tickled. Rong Lu had this intention a long time ago, and he even talked about it in the zhezi not long ago. I met someone who had the same opinion as me.

It's like in later generations when you post a post on the forum, you don't get the attention of the moderator, and it is about to sink to the bottom of the page, but suddenly there is a person who comes out, madly upvoting your post, and vigorously boasting that It is a god post, and the person who posted it will immediately feel that it is not my post that is bad, but that you people are ignorant. Look, now someone who knows the goods has finally appeared.

Ye Zhikui glanced at Rong Lu secretly, and saw a look of pride on his face, but he quickly covered it up. If Ye Zhikui hadn't been paying attention to him, he really wouldn't have noticed it.

Rong Lu smiled faintly at Ye Zhikui, and said, "I never expected that Congyun would have such foresight. In fact, I have already written a note to His Majesty, imploring the establishment of a special department for military equipment. The province recruits local coaches who are also proficient in Western methods and are proficient in drills, and then the governors of each province will take the exam. Considering that the old system is difficult to change suddenly, the original martial arts test will be carried out as usual, but the number of people will be reduced by half." When you meet someone who knows the goods, of course you have to sell your theory quickly.

After finishing speaking, Rong Lu proudly touched his beard with his hand, his expression was like saying, Xiao Mian, I have already thought of what you thought of, and I have a comprehensive solution, how about it?Praise brother now.

Of course Ye Zhikui would not let him down, he looked at Rong Lu with a surprised expression, and said with admiration: "Master Rong is worthy of being the minister of Lafayette, the pillar of our Qing Dynasty, the pillar of the sky, Considering the problem so deeply, I dare not think about it. With the talents of the world, the boy is simply playing a big ax in front of Lu Ban's door, making people laugh. Shame! Shame, Lord Rong, how dare you dare to stand in front of you again after you are called a boy Yan Bing?"

Rong Lu humbly smiled, took a look at Ye Zhikui, and praised: "Congyun, you can imagine that it is extremely difficult to create talents by referring to Chinese and foreign soldiers, and you can imagine how many people can be found in such a state of the Qing Dynasty, why do you want to belittle yourself? "Grass, Rong Lu is simply praising himself around the corner.

Wang Shizhen was originally following closely behind Ye Zhikui, but when he heard the two in front kept flattering each other like this, and it became more and more disgusting, he couldn't bear to listen anymore, so he had to secretly lag behind a little, not listening or disturbing.

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Chapter 60 Rong Lu Reviewing Wu Yi's Army

Under the leadership of Ye Zhikui, Rong Lu and his party soon arrived at the Lutai Wuyi army camp. Before entering the camp, Rong Lu saw two huge spheres placed in front of the playground at the gate of the camp. The spheres were covered with a large net. Many sandbags are tied on the edge of the lower end to prevent the spheroid from rising.

Rong Lu asked curiously: "Could this be a hydrogen balloon from the Armed Forces Academy?"

Ye Zhikui smiled flatteringly and said: "Master Rong is really well-informed, but after the improvement of the Machine Manufacturing Bureau, this thing has become easier to operate. Please wait a moment and observe carefully."

After Ye Zhikui gave his orders, he went on. Not long after, some soldiers stepped forward to remove the sandbags, and then five people entered the pods of each hydrogen balloon, and then the ropes of the hydrogen balloons were slowly released. Under the watchful eyes of the entourage, the balloon slowly ascended. Rong Lu was watching curiously, but when the balloon rose to about ten feet, it suddenly stopped.

Rong Lu was a little confused, so he looked at Ye Zhikui, and Ye Zhikui made a gesture of calm down, signaling him to turn his eyes to the balloon. Rong Lu was a little curious about what Ye Zhikui was doing, what can he do at such a high distance!

Suddenly something was thrown from the two balloons, but it turned out to be two red banners about ten feet long. The red cloth slowly fell in the air until it was not far from the ground, and then stopped falling with the balloons.Rong Lu took a closer look, and saw a white slogan written on the red cloth: Warmly welcome Mr. Rong, Minister of the Ministry of War, to come to Wu Yijun for inspection. Mr. Rong has worked hard all the way. Wu Yijun expresses his high respect to you.

When Rong Lu saw this, he smiled like a chrysanthemum, and scolded Ye Zhikui softly, "Congyun, what are you? How can I ask the old man to say that you are good?"

Ye Zhikui said with a serious expression: "My lord, this is just to express my respect for you. Otherwise, I can't express my feelings for you."

Then he turned around and said loudly: "Come here! Bring chairs and a pot of hot tea for Mr. Rong and your colleagues from the capital. Do you want our lords from the capital to stand here and watch our Wu Yi army's performance?"

When I saw Renren over there, I had already prepared it. As soon as I heard Ye Zhikui's order, I quickly led a large group of people to greet their relatives, moved chairs and poured hot tea, and everyone was very hot!All Rong Lu's followers who just came from the capital immediately felt a deep sense of warmth, and the cold wind in the air blew away a bit, and each of them secretly sighed in their hearts that Ye Zhikui would be a good man.

When I saw Ren, I personally brought over a flower-carved wooden chair covered with thick sheepskin, brought it to Rong Lu and said, "Master Rong, please take a seat."

I saw Rong Lu looking at me when I saw Renren, and I quickly introduced him briefly: "The villain is originally from Dongying. Because he admired the Qing Dynasty and the Kingdom of Heaven, he specially voted for him as a soldier under General Ye. Today I can see you. You are lucky to be born, and your ancestors accumulate blessings."

Ronglu and Cixi are the same, they care about face. When I heard that Ren Shiwu was a Japanese who surrendered from Japan, I immediately felt self-satisfied. Although the Qing Dynasty fell, it was still a kingdom of heaven. I nodded approvingly and sat down. Going down, when I saw benevolence, I stood obediently behind Ronglu, and as soon as I had any orders, I stepped forward to complete them.

Ye Zhikui personally passed a cup of tea beside him and said, "My lord, please use it slowly! Please enjoy it slowly!"

Rong Lu took a sip in satisfaction, and saw that there was another movement from the balloon. The soldiers in the pod quickly put away the banner, and then continued to ascend. Floating to the sky above a clearing, and on that clearing, many scarecrows were placed at unknown times.

Ye Zhikui stepped forward and handed over a telescope and said, "Please look, my lord, our heavenly soldiers are about to attack from above."