Throughout the night, Yuan Su and his subordinates discussed these preparation plans. As the saying goes, be prepared for any trouble. No matter whether it is their turn to be responsible for the matter or not, the problem happened right at the doorstep of their own house. It would only do good and not bad to be prepared.
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Basically, the preparatory plan is not difficult to plan. The only difficult point is the moral choice faced by the refugees after they lose control. The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat. To a larger extent, if it is not handled well, it will not only bring shame to the Beiyang government, but
This will even make Yuan Su, the newly appointed military envoy, questionable. To put it more simply, we are all Chinese, how can we bear to let our compatriots kill each other?
After a heated discussion, we finally came to a clear bottom line, which is to only target the culprits and appease other refugees as much as possible. The worst we can do is to divert the flood of refugees to various places to make a living, and never allow these people to gather.
Making trouble together. The reason why we target the culprit is that these ordinary people have never had their own opinions. If they lose control, it means that someone must be instigating them. This person or these people may be in difficulty for a while, or they may be malicious, or it may be for other reasons, but
No matter what the reason is, we can only use them for surgery, hoping to kill them as a warning to others.
Yuan Su was still ruthless in exchange for the stability of the overall situation with the death of a small number of people.
The next day was July 19th. Yuan Su didn't sleep for much that night, and he woke up completely before dawn. He was thinking about something, so naturally he couldn't sleep at night. After washing briefly, he randomly found something
Putting on his casual clothes, he didn't even bother to eat breakfast, and immediately ordered Du Yu to prepare to go to Luanzhou Gonghezhengfu. [New]
At this hour, Wang Litong and the officials from various departments of the government were sound asleep. Even the guards on duty at the gate of the government looked drowsy.
However, when Yuan Su and his party came forward to report, the guards immediately cheered up and did not dare to neglect, and quickly ran to the official residence in the backyard to inform Wang Liantong. Wang Liantong got up in a daze, feeling very unhappy.
Dressing and washing carelessly.
After Leng Shuijing woke up, he quickly realized that Yuan Su came to see him at this hour, and there must be something important, so he hurried to the front hall to greet Yuan Su and his party.
After meeting, Yuan Su did not pay any courtesy to Wang Huaiqing, and did not have to do anything like serving tea or water. He went straight to the point and talked about the situation of Shanhaiguan being besieged by the victims.
After listening to Yuan Su's words, Wang Litong's face was startled, and then he frowned and said anxiously: "How come there is such a big situation and I haven't heard anything about it?"
Yuan Su said lukewarmly: "I just received the telegram the day before yesterday. Now I have sent a battalion of troops to Shanhaiguan to investigate the situation. In short, no matter what, this matter will not come out of nowhere."
Wang Litong was worried that Yuan Su would misunderstand what he meant, so he quickly added: "Speaking of which, I am quite familiar with Wu Chenglu, the garrison commander of Shanhaiguan. He was the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan before, and originally had more than 20,000 troops under his command. Later.
In order to train the new army and suppress uprisings around Kinki, we have deployed seven or eight troops. Today, we only have thousands of subordinates to guard the pass. [Thanks for supporting the novel]"
Yuan Su nodded slightly and said: "Shanhaiguan was originally an important town, but it's a pity that foreigners are building railways and dividing circles of influence. This place is no longer as important as before."
Wang Litong continued: "As far as I know Wu Chenglu, this person is a stubborn person, so he will allow his superiors to gradually reduce military power. Not only that, it is precisely because he cannot turn around. Whenever something happens, unless
It is extremely critical, otherwise we would never report it to the superiors."
Yuan Su's expression changed slightly, and he immediately asked: "What do you mean, Shanhaiguan has reached a critical moment?"
Wang Lantong nodded helplessly and said in a tone of relying on his elders: "According to my many years of friendship with Wu Chenglu, I'm afraid we are inseparable."
Yuan Su pondered for a while, and he had no intention of scolding Wu Chenglu. Firstly, he could not control the Shanhaiguan garrison, and secondly, strictly speaking, he did not know the situation at Shanhaiguan right now.
"Never mind this for now, Shanhaiguan is the throat to the north of Zhili Province. If trouble occurs there, our side will soon be affected. I came to you at this time to discuss disaster relief arrangements with you."
"How do you plan to arrange it, Mr. Yuan?"
"Wu Chenglu said in the cable that there are tens of thousands of refugees trapped at the pass, but this number may not be completely accurate. When it comes to relieving so many refugees, it is ultimately necessary for the fu to assist the Shanhaiguan garrison to stabilize the refugee situation before preparing relief materials."
Yuan Su said solemnly.
Seek some profits from fu's relief materials.
"The best way to support the victims is to give them food and a place to live. So I plan to first collect a batch of disaster relief materials within the jurisdiction, and then bring them to Shanhaiguan with the team. Naturally, I need you, Mr. Wang, in this regard
Come and preside over, whether it is Luanzhou, Changli, Tanghai, or Leting, those with money will pay, and those with food will provide food. Of course, the latter is the best." Yuan Su explained, while looking at Wang Lantong's face.
He knew very well that Wang Potong would be more or less embarrassed whenever he encountered something related to money and food.
"This... is certainly good, and I will do my best to call on big households to donate food. However... Mr. Yuan, you are a sensible person, so I won't beat around the bush with you. It would be fine if there were other natural disasters, but...
If there is a famine, many large families will join together to hoard food. This hoarding of food is either to ensure that their families have food and drink, or to drive up food prices and take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune." Wang Pantong said in a solemn tone.
"Of course I know this, and I don't want them to give too much. I can donate as much as I can!" Yuan Su said seriously.
He deeply abhors this method of making money by disaster, but he has just gained a foothold at the moment. If he attacks these big landowners and big bourgeoisie too harshly, sooner or later it will be the result of "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."
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"Lord Yuan doesn't know. If the famine outside the customs is really as bad as this, I'm afraid many big merchants will know the actual situation before we do. After all, they are hoarding grain and raising prices naturally not to sell to ordinary people, because small people
The people are so hungry and obviously have no money to buy food." Wang Litong further said.
"What do you mean?" Yuan Su asked, frowning.
"The purpose of their hoarding of grain is to wait for the government to order relief, and then sell the grain to the government at a high price. Someone in the government must collude with these big merchants. The two parties hit it off and the matter is done. Therefore, at this time, we must let
These wealthy families will no doubt be depriving themselves of money and supplies to provide relief, and I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Wang Lantong said with a sigh.
"According to what you say, we can't raise a penny?" Yuan Su asked with a stern face.
"If Mr. Yuan gives the order, and the county officials allocate public funds, they can still collect a sum of money. As for calling on big families to donate money and materials, let me put it this way, I will do my best. If it is more, it will be a profit, and if it is less, it will be a profit. There's no way." Wang Potong said while hitting the palm of his left hand with the back of his right hand.
Yuan Su stared at Wang Litong coldly. The other party's attitude seemed to be bargaining. The lives of tens of thousands of people were hanging by a thread, but no one took this matter seriously. It was simply unreasonable.
Sensing the change in Yuan Su's expression, Wang Litong felt a little guilty, and quickly said: "Master Yuan, please forgive me for speaking frankly. In the past, famine relief in each province should be managed by the provincial government. Although the victims are now gathered in Shanhaiguan, But after all, we are all ordinary people outside the customs. We have done our best to help maintain order out of good intentions. We should just report the relief matters to the higher authorities for responsibility."