Chapter 18: The Sprout ()

As Ye Zhao expected, on the third day after the Race Hall incident, British Consul Aliguo, French acting Consul Atang, and American Consul Waukot (also translated as Wu Liguo) came to the imperial envoy and demanded the Qing Dynasty's special envoy to restrain the soldiers, otherwise they would never give up.

Two consecutive days of incidents of Qing army attacking foreign merchants, obviously the murder of the village heroes in the Pony Hall caused a chain reaction. Most of the village heroes in the group trained the village heroes from the same place, and the same spirit was connected. The townsmen were killed by foreigners, which would naturally cause their troops to be united. Moreover, the military discipline of the village heroes was not easy to restrain.

Ye Zhao sat firmly on Diaoyutai, but repeatedly expressed his regret. When the three foreign masters were sent away, Ye Zhao immediately wrote a letter to Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao and the Censor Jierhanga, who asked the two to be on guard against foreigners' sneak attacks.

Worried that the two of them would not take them seriously, Ye Zhao's words were extremely harsh, and the warning message had been spread. If he did not perform his duties and would cause military affairs to be incorrect, he would definitely be involved in the crime of dereliction of duty.

After asking the personal soldiers to secretly send Xin to the Qing army camp, Ye Zhao came to the second floor and knocked on Su Hongniang's door.

Su Hongniang changed into a rose-red, double-breasted plum blossom branded slim cheongsam, looking slender and charming. Ye Zhao smiled: "Why are you wearing Tartar costumes? Do you think Tartars have good people too?"

Su Hongniang ignored him and said sideways: "Come in and speak."

Under the red candle, the fragrance of the boudoir is full of colorful colors, silver screens show the pavilion, tassels are used to decorate the account, and the beautiful Western dressing table by the window brings a different style.

Sitting down on the soft dormitory, he took the fragrant tea from Su Hongniang, snorted, and the fragrance remained on his cheeks.

Ye Zhao stopped joking, but said very seriously: "Write a letter to Xiaodao to meet Liu Lichuan. I guess that in less than half a month, foreigners will attack the Qing army camp. I am afraid that Xiaodao will help you, so you will tell Liu Lichuan that you cannot agree." After a pause, he said, "If you don't agree, but when the foreigners attack together, he will take the opportunity to lead the crowd to break through. Xiaodao will survive and die. There is only one opportunity. If you don't make a decision immediately, the entire army will be destroyed."

I thought I would explain to Su Hongniang why Xiaodao could not jointly attack the Qing army with foreigners, but who knew that Su Hongniang frowned and said, "Is this news true? I am also worried. Don't look at foreign merchants selling Brother Liu and their weapons, but in the eyes of the foreign government, we will be a chaotic army after all. Sooner or later, foreigners and the Tartars will join forces to deal with Brother Liu. By then, Brother Liu will have no way out."

Ye Zhao raised his thumb and smiled, "My wife is getting smarter and smarter."

Su Hongniang felt helpless and had only been serious for a while? Then she began to show her true nature again.

"Don't worry, this letter is not wrong, but my wife, if you want to find a good brother, you must convince Liu Lichuan. If he really doesn't listen, there is nothing we can do. We just do our best and leave our will."

Su Hongniang nodded silently, and she didn't feel that her word "wife" was gradually confirmed by Xiao Shutou in the main talk.

"Just ask Ajiu to go." Su Hongniang thought for a while and had a candidate.

Ye Zhao nodded: "Then I will ask my brother to take Ajiu to find Hall tomorrow morning. He will help Ajiu arrange the matter of entering Shanghai County." He interacted with Tiandihui to help Xiaodaohui speak out as long as Su Hongniang and Boss Su knew about it. Like Luo Ajiu, they would definitely not know the details.

Su Hongniang nodded, but looked at Ye Zhao again and said seriously: "I really don't understand. You are the prince. Why are the rebels in the tribe helping us like this?"

Ye Zhao smiled mysteriously: "It's okay to help my wife, but it may not be possible to rebel against the tribe."

In fact, in today's world, the difference between Manchu and Han is far less than that of decades later, and it is not as described on the Internet as later generations. The Qing Dynasty has been in the pass for more than 200 years, and the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army fought desperately with the Taiping Army with the belief of "loyalty to the emperor and respect the emperor". The gentry class has a more common mentality of loyalty to the emperor and has long been at ease to be a people under the rule of Manchus.

Whether it is the Taiping Army or the Tiandihui, most of the people who devoted themselves were farmers who could not afford to eat, or those who were desperate to gain wealth or fortune. Although they put forward the slogan of anti-Qing, they were really unrelated to the dispute between Manchu and Han.

Even after the Revolution of 1911, how many so-called great Han scholars became royalists and refused to cut off their braids?

The fall of the Qing Dynasty was not because of the dispute between Manchu and Han, but decades later, the Sino-Japanese War first defeated Japan in the Sino-Japanese War, and the Westernization Movement failed. Then the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, and the Yihe boxed the world and Cixi passed away. The ruler was suspicious, but the constitutional monarchy that was shy was changed but not changed. The royal family had no intention of giving up power, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the gentry class, and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's ruling foundation no longer existed.

But Ye Zhao knew that no matter from which perspective, he would eventually restore the Han people's names. The change that he could not bring was the eternal solidity of the Qing Dynasty. However, that might be a dozen or even decades later. Now he only accumulates strength. If he has an extremely strong armed force in his hand and can defend the borders in the south and south of the Yangtze River and Guangdong, he can carry out a real Westernization movement, unite the gentry, improve people's livelihood, and communicate equally with the West, so that the territory he guards can be prosperous.

If he really can reach this point, even if he holds the title of Manchurian aristocrat, no one will be troubled by his bloodline. Maybe he will support himself as the first king under the constitutional monarchy. He is just that he is unwilling to be the title of Manchurian aristocrat for the rest of his life.

Of course, now, I only dare to dream about these things. It is too far away. This world will not develop step by step because of its arrival. I can only take one step at a time and work hard towards the dream goal.

As for the Eight Banners, if this country is really changed by itself, it would be their blessing. At least they would live a peaceful and self-reliant life and betray their tribe members, which would be absolutely impossible.

Of course, Ye Zhao would not tell Su Hongniang these words, but just said goodbye with a smile, which was exactly in line with his image of pretending to be mysterious in Su Hongniang's mind.

A typical 19th-century Western-style building, with luxurious colored glass, similar to the church's senna structure, and a green garden, it looks like a concentrated small palace. The flawless white marble girl statue in the front hall is vivid, as if it will be alive at any time.

This is the residence of Lawyer Hall. In the red carpet hall, Ye Zhao met the ten teenagers selected by Lawyer Hall from Shanghai and Hong Kong church schools to be sent to study in the UK. They were all boys, each with braids, and their bright eyes were curiously looking at Ye Zhao.

They were all orphans adopted by church orphanages. Although the Qing Dynasty's description of these orphanages was extremely terrifying. Some said that they were abducted and trafficked children to make medicine, and some said that they were gouging their eyes and making foreign monsters. But no matter how incredible the rumors were, these young children were all in their hearts and had no common dishes on their faces.

"Braid, when you arrive in England, don't keep it if you don't want to keep it!" After lawyer Hall introduced to the children, this is Mr. Ye Zhao who sponsors your study abroad, Ye Zhao's opening remark confused these children.

Ye Zhao asked their names one by one, then smiled and said, "I went abroad to study, and was thousands of miles apart from my hometown. You will encounter many challenges in your future life. I only have one sentence to tell you, that is, study for the rise of China!" He plagiarized the famous saying of a great man, but at this moment he felt that it was appropriate.

"Everyone read it with me, come, raise your hand, this way." Ye Zhao clasped his fist with his right hand and swore a sworn on his chest, and asked the children to learn his posture, and shouted: "Study for the rise of China!"

"Study for the rise of China!" The young children followed Ye Zhao in a scattered manner.

"Speak louder!" Ye Zhao shouted.

"Study for the rise of China!" The children shouted loudly together, in a neat and childish voice. Although their faces were a little confused, Ye Zhao didn't know why, his nose suddenly became sour.

"Okay, that's it. You will understand what this sentence means one day." Ye Zhao smiled and gently patted the shoulder of the tallest boy closest to him. The boy just reported his name, Shen Chenglong, whose name is Wansheng.

"Sir, I will study hard, live up to my expectations, and serve my husband after returning to China!" This young man is the oldest and most sensible, knowing that Mr. Ye Zhao actually changed his destiny.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly and said, "It's not for me to serve you. You will understand this truth in the future."

"Yes, everything is listened to sir!" He did not dare to look at Ye Zhao, and the young man bowed his head respectfully.
Chapter completed!