"Brother, do we really want to obey Governor Xu's order to kill Du Lisan?"
When Zhu Chuanwu said this, his expression was obviously not quite right. The Governor Xu he spoke of was none other than Xu Shichang, the current Governor of the three eastern provinces.
The Northeast was the land of Longxing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, a special administrative system was implemented. The Northeast region did not establish a provincial system like the Central Plains region.
Instead, a special administrative system was established with the three generals Shengjing, Jining, and Heijiang ruling over various places. At the same time, a strict ban system was implemented to prohibit Han people from entering the Longxing land.
But today, this policy has long existed in name only. The Han people have become the main body of social life in the Northeast, and the ratio of Han to Manchu has reached a disparity of twenty to one.
However, even so, the Qing government had no intention of changing the administrative system until the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and the Northeast region was devastated and turned into a de facto colony.
Not only that, the chaos in the Northeast also affected the security of the Gyeonggi region. In order to restore the situation, the Qing government had to implement the New Deal, hoping to change the chaos in the Northeast.
Last year, Xu Shichang, a close friend of Yuan Datou, was sent to the Northeast by the Qing government for a two-month inspection. After returning to Beijing, Xu Shichang continuously submitted a petition to transform Northeast into a province.
After more than half a year of discussion, the Qing government finally came up with the results and ordered that General Shengjing be changed to the governor of the three eastern provinces, supervising the affairs of the generals of the three provinces and stationed in the three provinces at any time. Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang each have one vacancy to serve as governor.
manage.
Since then, the three eastern provinces, like the provinces within the Guan pass, have implemented the provincial system, and Xu Shichang, as the initiator, was also appointed as the first governor of the three eastern provinces.
After Xu Shichang took office, he did not disappoint the Qing government. He immediately carried out drastic reforms and temporarily stabilized the declining situation in Northeast China.
However, three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day. It is obviously an impossible task to end the chaos in the Northeast in a short period of time. Xu Shichang, as a feudal official, naturally cannot fail to understand this.
While reforming the official system, Xu Shichang also forgot about another hidden danger in the Northeast, that is, banditry.
As the saying goes, to shoot a man first, shoot a horse, and to capture a thief first, capture the king. As the most famous bandit leader in the Northeast, Du Lisan came into Xu Shichang's field of vision.
It's just that Du Lisan has been running rampant in the Northeast for many years, and neither Maozi nor the Qing government has been able to successfully eliminate him. Moreover, the three northeastern provinces coincided with restructuring, and the government was simply unable to send troops to encircle and suppress Du Lisan.
In desperation, Xu Shichang had no choice but to turn his attention to civil forces. In this way, the patrol battalion led by Li Jie attracted Xu Shichang's attention.
If we talk about who is the best at suppressing bandits in the Northeast, Zhu Chuanwen, who was born in Yuanbao Town, is definitely the most famous one, followed closely by Zhang Yuting, commander of the fifth patrol battalion of Xinmin Prefecture.
At first, Xu Shichang was going to ask Zhang Yuting to kill Du Lisan. After all, Xinmin Mansion was closer to Fengtian and he knew Zhang Yuting better. However, just when he was about to issue the transfer order, his staff told him that Zhang Yuting and Du Lisan had a personal relationship.
Very shallow.
After learning this "inside story", Xu Shichang immediately changed his mind.
The annihilation of Du Lisan was his first shot in suppressing bandits in the Northeast. He would never allow failure in this campaign!
Therefore, Xu Shichang assigned this task to Li Jie, who was famous in Liaodong.
Looking at Zhu Chuanwu with a reluctant face, Li Jie glanced at him sideways and said calmly.
"What? Do you have any different opinions?"
"No."
Zhu Chuanwu hesitated for a moment and shook his head. Two years later, he was no longer Wu Xia Amen. Although his eldest brother did not tell him the reason, he could still do it after more than two years of exposure and simple analysis of the situation.
The first two fires of Xu Shichang have been burned out when a new official takes office. The third fire is to suppress bandits. Faced with this situation, anyone who opposes him will definitely not get good results.
Although the Qing government was already declining at this time, an emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. Xu Shichang was the current governor of Northeast China and had great military and political power. Offending him also meant offending the government.
If you offend the government, the consequences are self-evident.
"only……"
Seeing that Chuanwu was hesitant to speak, Li Jie asked with a smile.
"Just what?"
Zhu Chuanwu hesitated for a moment and expressed his judgment.
"Sanjie Valley not only has high mountains and dense forests, but also complex terrain. Du Laosan also built many bunkers and tunnels at the base and is extremely well-guarded. It may not be that easy to capture this place."
"Unless we send out a special operations battalion, I really can't think of any other way."
"But if we send out a special operations battalion, wouldn't that expose our background?"
Li Jie nodded slightly when he heard this. Chuanwu's analysis was not unreasonable, but due to the situation of the times, the pattern was indeed a little smaller.
However, this is not Chuanwu's fault. After all, who would have thought that Guozuo's empire, which had lasted for more than two hundred years, would collapse in a few years.
On this occasion, even if the special operations battalion is exposed, what will happen?
The special operations camp was just one of the many trump cards he had prepared, and it would be harmless if it was exposed.
"You are right, but this is not important. Compared with exposing part of your strength, it is more important to capture Du Lisan."
Hearing these words, Zhu Chuanwu couldn't help but be a little confused. Li Jie smiled slightly and explained.
"This battle was personally ordered by Xu Shichang, and Du Lisan is the most famous bandit leader. Doesn't Xu Shichang know how difficult Du Lisan's bones are?"
Before Chuanwu could react, Li Jie said in a determined tone.
"He must know!"
"Xu Shichang wants to use Du Lisan as a target. He wants to use Du Lisan's head to warn the bandits that the Northeast is still the Northeast of the Qing Dynasty. Even if it is stronger than Du Lisan, it is just a scabies disease."
"In addition, annihilating Du Lisan is also a 'letter of surrender'."
"Xu Shichang will never be stingy with rewards for whoever can complete this task. He not only treats us as 'guns', but also as a 'horse bone'."
After listening to Li Jie's explanation, Chuanwu suddenly realized that Xu Shichang, the old thief, was really very smart. By asking them to destroy Du Lisan, he could achieve his goal without spending a penny from the court.
It's good if it succeeds, not only can it warn the bandits, but it can also motivate subordinates.
If this operation fails, there will be no loss for Xu Shichang at all, because apart from an appointment document, the imperial court has not spent even a single ocean on them.
After thinking about this, Zhu Chuanwu couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart.