Chapter 8: Duke Zhou fears rumors

In May of the fourth year of Xianfeng, the imperial edict arrived in Guangzhou, "I ordered the military ministers and other officials to report to Jingxiang, and asked for guns and artillery training to handle the firearms quickly. Only firearms and weapons should be the most important, and arrow shooting should be used. I ordered Jingxiang to pick up elite soldiers and purify all brave men in Guangdong. Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui were among the Green Camp in Guangdong, and the officials below the deputy general of the Navy were selected. Several personnel were ordered to go to the Jingxiang military camp in Guangzhou to wait for dispatch and help the new army to lead the new army without delay. There must be no personnel to be assigned and shirk their responsibilities. This will be accelerated from 600 miles to inform them."

Another instructed, "Someone also reported that there are currently Guangdong merchant boats in Guangdong, with no less than a hundred. The merchants are looking for hire, specifically for escorting cargo ships. If they are hired from Chongming to the entrance of Beijing, they can defend against the thieves who are rushing upstream and downstream. However, the boatmen are all from Macau and are equipped with barbarians. Can they be hired? They will not cause any trouble, and they will still be prepared quickly. The original copy was submitted for reading."

The two edicts, the first edict readily agreed to Ye Zhao's request for training troops, but did not forget to add a sentence, "Guns and cannons should be the most important, and arrow shooting should be used at the same time." The second edict expressed concern about the gradual appearance of civilians in Macau, Hong Kong and other places on the ships of merchants in the Qing Dynasty, and the number of people wearing barbarians was wearing barbarians, but they only ordered "to prepare for it quickly" and did not explicitly object.

Sitting in the study of the mansion, Ye Zhao had a letter from the old master in his hand. In the letter, he said that he had raised more than four or five hundred village warriors outside the pass, and the money and grain donated by the gentry were barely available. When he wrote this letter, the old master was bringing silver to Shanghai to buy arms.

The Liao army finally started outside the pass, but I really didn't know how to start. There was no problem with the newly compiled third battalion of musketeers, including purchasing firearms, but how to train troops was a headache for Ye Zhao. When it comes to military affairs, the deeds of great men and various war examples that were familiar to me since childhood can only be used as stories, but it may inspire the natural talent of Matchmaker, but if you want to personally lead the army, how can you understand it? How to train and form an army is even more confused.

For the sake of the present, it seems that only by consulting with the British and selecting an officer from the British army stationed in Hong Kong as an adviser to help him train troops is not superstitious about Western dogmas. There is no way to do so. Moreover, the new army is a reorganized firearm battalion, which is naturally suitable for the Western military system and training methods. It is best to be selected by British officers. As for whether the new army can become a highly combat-capable force, it depends on the new army's own generals. They absorb Western military theories but do not have dogmas, and gradually form their own set of rules on the eastern battlefield. This is probably necessary to be tempered in actual combat.

But when he appointed British military consultants, he had to find a way to get Mutern's support so that he would not be flicked from behind.

Thinking about this, the door of the study was gently knocked, and Rui Si's monkey face appeared, "Master, Chen Jiao, the headmaster of Sanhengtai, led his disciples to Xie Shang. Master, the servant, to kowtow in the side hall?"

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

After reading a few documents of the Taihe "customer", he had already given more than ten pieces of silver. Almost all of them were interested in trade with foreign merchants. Ye Zhao also smiled bitterly in his heart. He was obviously cultivating and supporting comprador groups. He just hoped that these compradors would not disappoint him in the future. There must be several people who could contribute to the emerging national enterprises.

Putting down the documents, Shi Shiran went out of the study room, passed through the hall, and came to the courtyard of Qianjinya. Bakesh and Alhatu followed Ye Zhao closely.

The pine and cypress in the yamen courtyard were green and green bricks were paved with solemn scenes. But today it was a bit messy. Seven or eight troupes carried a few loads of gifts, which looked like they had cloth and gift boxes, and were all tightly wrapped in red silk cloth.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly and entered the side hall through the side door. Bakesh and Alhatu were guarding outside the door.

The headmaster of Ruisi and Chen Jiao stood with their hands down. Chen Jiao was in his early forties, tall and handsome, and he was not bad at singing martial artists.

Seeing Ye Zhao come in, a strange look suddenly flashed in Chen Jiao's eyes. Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, but saw that Chen Jiao had knelt down and kowtow: "Caomin Chen Jiao pays homage to Lord General!"

Ye Zhao had just sat down at the desk table, and before he could speak, he heard someone in the yard making noise, "What! Stop!" "Stop!"

Just as Ye Zhao was about to ask Rui Si to see what happened, Bakesh and Alhatu suddenly retreated into the hall, and Bakesh shouted even more: "Master, be careful!"

Ye Zhao was stunned, and Chen Xiuqing, who was kneeling on the ground, knew that he had failed. Without hesitation, he rushed towards Ye Zhao as he grew tall and had a dagger in his hand.

With a "bang", Chen Qiao staggered to the right a few steps, his right arm was blood red, and Bakesh had already blocked Ye Zhao. He shot two bangs and shots, and Chen Qiao fell backwards.

"Master, go!" Alhatu was blocking the hall porch for some time, "Puff puff puff". Almost every time he spitted a word, he was stabbed. Outside the hall, seven or eight thieves were exposed, and the cold steel knife in his hand slashed Alhatu. Alhatu became a blood man. His tower-like body was tightly blocked in front of the hall, so that the thieves would not move forward.

"Let's go!" Bakesh grabbed Ye Zhao's arm and shouted at Rui Sida. Rui Si, who was stunned, came back to protect Ye Zhao and ran to the left door. From the left door, you can enter the lobby and then retreat into the backyard.

"Swoosh" the dagger almost flew over Ye Zhao's scalp. With a "ding", it nailed to the window frame and trembled slightly.

Turning his head, Chen Jiao, whose chest was soaked with a large piece of blood, supported himself, and his firm and fierce eyes were full of resolute and fierceness, "Qing dog! I will die without regrets! I will become a ghost in the future and ask for your life!"

"Bang" Bakesh made another shot, and Chen Jiao's body tilted and no longer sounded.

"Ah!" On that side, Alhatu suddenly roared. His arms, who were originally holding the door posts on both sides, rushed out with the bandits in front of him, and they were constantly being stabbed. Even the tip of the knife came out from behind him, and blood spurted wildly. But he walked forward desperately, and walked forward for five steps in a row, and he still couldn't fall down. In fear, several sword-holding bandits forgot to rush into the flower hall to kill Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao almost gritted his teeth and held back tears, retreating into the second courtyard under the protection of Bakish and Ruisi. The soldiers were running towards the front yard in chaos. Bakish and Ruisi kept protecting Ye Zhao and retreating to the back house. In front of the crescent gate, Ye Zhao broke free from Bakish and Ruisi's arms and said, "Let's be here."

Several thieves should have been cleared soon, and Ye Zhao didn't want to scare Rong'er.

Baksh thought that he knew Ye Zhao's mind, and he stopped talking, but just silently loaded.

"You, go and see Alhatu." Ye Zhao felt sad inexplicably, and knew that Bakesh and Alhatu had a life-long friendship. Bakesh, the iron man, just didn't reveal it.

Bakesh bit his lips desperately, almost biting bleeding, but just shook his head. Ye Zhao sighed and gently patted Bakesh on the shoulder, "I understand what you mean, I understand, you are thinking about my safety, but, just Alhatu..." As he spoke, he couldn't help but cry, "He, why did he die?"

Although he was reborn in a chaotic world, Ye Zhao has always been pampered and has never experienced separation from life and death. Not to mention that it is like a friend who was stabbed to death by someone under his nose. It was almost the first time Ye Zhao was crying when he was a human being in two lives.

Seeing Ye Zhao crying, Bakesh suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, don't be sad, don't hurt your body! Alhatu can die for his master, he will die well! The slave is also willing to die for his master! It is a great fortune for the slaves to meet his master!"

Rui Si couldn't help but feel excited and knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, Alhatu, Alhatu is willing to serve his master in the next life!" As he said that, he couldn't help but choke up.

Ye Zhao wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes and said nothing.

Teams of shield soldiers and bird gun teams arrived and came to protect the inner house.

After a while, Zuo Ling Gang'an was wearing military uniforms and rushed over, and he was far away and beaten thousands of people: "Mr., there are 16 thieves, 15 were killed on the spot, one was captured, and the city was in chaos. He was bold and ordered the battalions to be on guard, and ordered the soldiers of Zhenghong and Zhenglan flags to enter Guangzhou City to assist the green camp to suppress the bullets."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "You did the right thing." He turned to look at Baksh and said, "Let's go, let's go and go to the front yard to take a look."

"Master, don't go!" Bakish and Ruisi both persuaded.

Ye Zhao shook his head silently and walked towards the front yard.

In front and behind the side hall, flag soldiers carried bloody bodies in and out, while Alhatu leaned over beside the flowerbed, with countless wounds of all sizes and sizes on his body, almost like he was slapped.

Ye Zhao felt ache in his heart, twisted his body, and closed his eyes slightly.

Gang'an clasped his fists and said, "Mr. The thief just admitted that Chen Jiao is the cousin of Chen Kaizhi, the leader of the Guangzhou bandits. Chen Kai colluded with the bandits. Today he agreed that the bandits in Guangzhou will uprising, and assassinating the Lord is a plan to attack the west."

The bandit? That's another Hongmen branch. I was afraid that I would have a sudden idea when I assassinate myself. I just took the opportunity of Sanhengtai to give me a reward. Naturally, I had to die when I came to assassinate myself, so I didn't want to go back alive.

But more than a dozen people could hide their equipment and blatantly enter the flag city and enter the deputy chief yamen. Even if they were given gifts to the deputy chief yamen, they could also show that the flag soldiers and military disciplines were lax.

Ye Zhao frowned, but after a while, the three assistant leaders and four assistant leaders rushed to the city, but the other three assistant leaders led flag soldiers into the city to suppress the bandits.

Ye Zhao was not at all thinking here, and he had been enjoying wealth and prosperity in the capital. Even if he was caught by Su Hongniang, he just thought it was fun. Today, the bloody scene suddenly woke Ye Zhao up.

I am good at dancing with my sleeves? I am very blessed with all the blessings? I really take things in the world simply! Which dynasty changes have not been accumulated with countless lives? The so-called success of a general has been undone, and the path I have taken may be lost in the future, how many people will lose their heads, how many people will sacrifice their heads and shed their blood, and how many people will wish to eat their own flesh alive. Are all these ready?

And how many people who are eager to restore the Han Dynasty will misunderstand that they want to get rid of themselves before they truly show their trump card? Even in the end, whether it is for the sake of power or hating themselves, they are afraid that their enemies will never be in the minority.

I am afraid that the more powerful you have, the more enemies you have.

Are you ready for these?

It’s the same sentence. From the moment you are ready to change this world, don’t take personal honor, disgrace, gains and losses to your heart.

I hope that Alhatu and even Chen Jiao will not have their blood flowing in vain. One day, they will see China becoming their ideal country and that their descendants will no longer have to follow the path they once walked.

Ye Zhao silently took the incense from Rui Si's hands, but he could only pray to God if he said in his heart.

In the side hall of the Guangzhou General's Office, Ye Mingchen, Muten and Ye Zhao were discussing the matter.

Although Ye Zhao was only the deputy governor, he was fully in charge of the new army, so he became one of the most powerful officials in Guangzhou City and became the third giant in Guangzhou after Muten and Ye Mingchen.

Yesterday, the rebellion of the gangsters in Guangzhou had been quelled. Except for the burning of many shops, it did not cause much turmoil. After investigation, yesterday's rebellion was caused by the bandits and bandits, and Chen Kai and Li Wenmao were the bandit leaders.

Needless to say, the leader of the bandits in Guangzhou Prefecture had long been wanted, and Li Wenmao, who was originally the leader of the art forest in Guangzhou, secretly formed a association at the Qionghua Association in Foshan, and organized his disciples into Wenhu, fierce tiger, and flying tiger army, which had long been inclined to rebel.

It’s no wonder Ye Mingchen Lengbingbing said the word “kill without mercy”. He was very tough on the bandits, and it seemed that he was determined to cause bloody storms all over Guangzhou.

Li Wenmao and Ye Zhao have never heard of it, but it was so big that it was recorded in history books. Just as he was thinking, Ye Mingchen had already frowned and said, "There are many illegal actors in Cantonese opera, and they should be investigated strictly. Anyone who is registered in the Qionghua Hall will be sentenced to prison and questioned."

Ye Zhao knew that torture and torture would only involve more and more people. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Master Jiantai, I think it's better to appease me. Except for the main evil and the habitual offenders who committed human lives, others can be comforted. In the prosperous commercial land of Guangzhou, our Qing Dynasty relies on a lot of food and wages. Severe punishment will only cause people to be in danger, and the soldiers are nuisance, and the gentry is uneasy. Moreover, the people in Guangdong are loyal to the emperor and respect the emperor, but they should not be angry for a moment to disrupt the hearts of the people." Maintaining social stability is the best way to eliminate the Communist Party.

Ye Mingchen did not expect Ye Zhao to make a big statement, so he nodded silently after hearing this.

Muten smiled and said, "The Governor's Office, General's Office, and Deputy Chief Executive's Office jointly posted a notice of peace. If this matter is, I am afraid that ten people will become tigers and we will not be stable. If it is reported to the capital, it will even disturb the emperor."

The thief party in Guangzhou City has aroused the incident. Speaking of which, Ye Mingchen and Muten have some relationships. Muten doesn't want to make a big deal and is scolded by the emperor.

Seeing that Muten also agreed with Ye Zhao's statement, Ye Mingchen had nodded. He had always been loyal to the emperor and was never afraid of flirting with the rumor. His loyalty was really a testament to the sky. However, the two Manchu powerful men did not want to pursue and kill the suspects with great fanfare, and he was not willing to be stubborn.
Chapter completed!