This is the second question he wants to figure out, what is the purpose of the Australians.
There is no pie in the sky. The Australians have shown so much enthusiasm for the Denglai rebellion, and they obviously have their own purposes.
Please ask others for help. In the final analysis, it is just an exchange of benefits. You may not be able to offer benefits in exchange at the moment. It depends on how much benefits you have in the future.
What do the Australians want? Sun Yuanhua is very puzzled.
There was no understanding, and both parties had a tacit understanding of the matter. That night, Lu Yang and Lu Wenyuan hosted a banquet for Sun Yuanhua in the inner hall.
The food and drinks were very simple, and everyone was not thinking about eating and drinking. After three rounds of wine, Lu Wenyuan sent everyone around him out, and the two parties immediately had a serious talk about "in-depth cooperation."
Sun Yuanhua put forward a request to "borrow troops to assist in the suppression", specifically asking them to send a navy to blockade Dengzhou to prevent Dengzhou from colluding with Dongjiang.
As for his plan, it was also very simple. He planned to go straight to Laizhou early the next morning, pick up the remaining troops there, and at the same time ask for help from Yu Dacheng, and hold on to Laizhou and Qingzhou with the support of reinforcements.
Historically, it was the persistence of Xie Lian, the successor governor of Denglai, and Xu Congzhi, the governor of Shandong, in Laizhou that limited the scope of the rebels' activities to the Denglai area, giving the court the opportunity to mobilize reinforcements for the suppression.
Lu Wenyuan also agreed with this point. If Sun Yuanhua did not enter Laizhou, he would not be able to do anything, and he would not be able to explain his whereabouts. From the perspective of taking the initiative, the sooner he arrives in Laizhou, the better.
"It's just that I only have three servants around me now. I have to ask Mr. Lu to send someone to give me a ride."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Lu Wenyuan nodded, "I will send a speedboat to take Mr. to Laizhou tomorrow. As for Mr.," he thought for a while, "it is probably not enough to have only three servants, not even a person to help with the paperwork."
nothing……"
Sun Yuanhua was right: all his staff and servants were trapped in the city, and there was not even anyone to help with paperwork.
Although Laizhou is also within his jurisdiction, his governor and the local county magistrate and prefect do not have a superior-subordinate relationship. After he loses Dengzhou, it is still unknown what these officials will do to him. If he does not bring it with him,
I'm afraid no one in my team will be able to drink a glass of water by then.
Lu Wenyuan immediately said that he had prepared a team of servants, including masters, servants, servants and maids, who would go with him to Laizhou when the time comes.
"They are all Catholics, and most of them are local people in Shandong." In order to weaken Sun Yuanhua's wariness, he said specifically.
It is true that most of these people are local people in Shandong. After all, Sun Yuanhua went to Laizhou to go deep into a dangerous area, so there was no need to send too many naturalized people. People like servants and servants were recruited from local refugees. Only a few were naturalized.
Among them, the assistant clerk was a naturalized citizen from Zhejiang Province. He was originally a scholar, but he was thrown out by his master and took the blame for his failure in "learning". He was deprived of his reputation as a scholar and was exiled to Leizhou.
This man was sent to prison in Leizhou because he had no money for management, and was almost tortured to death. At the beginning, Leizhou Station specifically searched for him in the prisons at the prefecture and county levels in Leizhou in order to recruit naturalized people who had "suffering great hatred".
So he rescued this unfortunate guy who was dying. This time he was specially sent to Shandong and arranged to be with Sun Yuanhua.
As for the blockade of Dengzhou, Lu Wenyuan fully agreed - first of all, this is not a problem, and secondly, whether to blockade depends on the need - they will not blockade Dengzhou until Kong Youde is fattened up. Historically, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang.
The people defected to Kong's men in Dengzhou. Seven or eight thousand people came from Chen Shi's army alone.
As for the reward, Lu Wenyuan set out the terms of the Senate:
First, Sun Yuanhua tacitly allowed them to do things for their own convenience in the Denglai area, including buying land under false pretexts, hiring workers, and taking in refugees. He allowed them to freely transport people out of Shandong and provided them with all conveniences.
Second, Australian ships can enter and leave freely at all ports in the Denglai area.
Third, allow Australians to freely train local warriors in the Denglaiqing area and give them a name.
Fourth, Sun Yuanhua was not allowed to mobilize the Australian troops at will. He could only communicate with Lu Wenyuan through his contacts.
5. Sun Yuanhua established a certain amount of food and salary subsidies for the rural braves of the Australians.
Regarding the last item, Lu Wenyuan said generously that considering his current situation, he would not stipulate a specific number, but would only need to supply a little as appropriate.
At the same time, Lu Wenyuan also expressed his position: The navy will not use the Australian flag for all Australian local braves, but use the name of local local braves.
Sun Yuanhua thought about it again and again and thought that these five conditions were not excessive. He immediately agreed to them all.
The two parties reached an agreement and immediately started drinking and chatting. Lu Wenyuan reminded:
"Sir, before you go to Laizhou, please write a letter to Xiangguo Xu and Xiangguo Zhou - the student will arrange a ship to Tianjin Wei."
"Yes, yes. I'm confused!" Sun Yuanhua said repeatedly. He secretly blamed himself for forgetting this important matter in his excitement.
Xu Guangqi was his mentor and in-law, and Zhou Yanru was the person he stuffed with money. They were his biggest helpers in the court. They had to inform the situation as soon as possible so that they could speak for themselves in the court.
Of course, I can't talk about my capture, nor can I talk about my private discussions with the Australians. But I might as well explain my next move and plan in more detail.
Sun Yuanhua deliberated and wrote letters to Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru, Xiong Mingyu, Secretary of the Ministry of War, and about a dozen other officials who had connections with the court and could be used as aid, and sealed them before giving them to Lu Wenyuan.
"I will arrange for special personnel to go to each house to deliver letters." Lu Wenyuan said, "If there is any reply, I will also bring it with me."
"I'm afraid the reply won't be so soon..."
"It's okay. Sir, just add a sentence on the cover of the letter: Ask them to give the reply to Qiweizhan in the capital for delivery. It will be delivered in just three to five days."
"Okay." Sun Yuanhua nodded repeatedly. Australians are indeed meticulous in their work!
Lu Wenyuan asked people to pack Sun Yuanhua's luggage, prepare a fast boat, and send him to Laizhou early the next morning. He also called his master, pointed at him and said.
"If you have any news from now on, you can ask this gentleman to tell you. If the students have any news, they will be reported to you through him."
Because he knew that Sun Yuanhua could not completely trust this master, it would be better to simply give him the status of a "liaison person" so that Sun would not dare to underestimate him.
At this time, Cheng Lingsu came over with a package and presented it. Sun Yuanhua glanced at it doubtfully.
"My lord, please take a look." Lu Wenyuan said with a smile.
When he opened it, he saw that it was the guanfang of his governor Denglai. Sun Yuanhua couldn't help being surprised. His guanfang was lost after the fall. He was probably kidnapped by the rebels. Unexpectedly, he saw it again here - where did they come from?
Got it?
However, if he looked carefully, he saw that this shield was not the original one. Although the entire shield was made perfectly, even the numbers were exactly the same when it was cast by the Ministry of Industry - there were even gaps and strokes on the edges of the numbers, but he could still feel it.
It turns out that this is a fake seal.
"this……"
He looked at Lu Wenyuan - although losing the big seal brings many inconveniences and is also one of the "crimes", it would be unsightly to use a fake seal rashly once it is discovered.
Lu Wenyuan asked someone to bring the rice paper and put a big seal on it. The cinnabar-colored red seal was printed on the snow-white rice paper. Sun Yuanhua was once again surprised - the fake seal's strokes were light and heavy, regardless of wear and tear.
No matter how skilled a seal craftsman is, he cannot make it exactly the same. However, the handwriting printed on this seal is almost exactly the same as his original one.
Considering that it was unlikely that Sun Yuanhua's governor's seal would be found at the same time when he was rescued, intelligence personnel in Dengzhou City began to collect various notices and documents from Sun Yuanhua a few months ago and sent them to Qimu Island. The documents were on
After the seal was scanned with high precision, it was stored as a digital file and sent to Lingao by speed ship. It was processed by computer in Zhou Dongtian's printing factory and then engraved using the joint processing center. As for the big seal itself, it was found from historical data.
As for the various details on the seal, Huang Ande managed to photograph it with a digital camera once. Therefore, all the details were ready after production. Finally, the photos were aged according to the photos.
Lu Wenyuan just smiled slightly. He believed that Sun Yuanhua would not object to this. Now that he was out of trouble, he had the defense of Governor Denglai in his hands, which was like adding more power to a tiger.
In the end, Sun Yuanhua just handed it over and thanked him - with the relevant precautions in hand, no matter what he did, it was much more convenient.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Sun Yuanhua, escorted by Qimudao Xiangyong, arrived in Laizhou by boat. The prefect of Laizhou was originally in panic. There were many rumors outside, some said that Sun Yuanhua was dead, and some said that Sun Yuanhua had been taken prisoner. He sent
People asked Yu Dacheng for help. Unexpectedly, Yu Dacheng was helpless after receiving the news of the fall of Dengzhou. He hid in Fuyuan and chanted sutras. The servants and officials secretly called him "Bailianduyuan". People sent by Laizhou Prefecture
No instructions were given, let alone reinforcements.
Just as he had no choice, Sun Yuanhua suddenly arrived. The prefect of Laizhou was surprised and happy. He was so happy that he finally had a backbone. He was so shocked that he didn't know where Sun Yuanhua came from. Fortunately, he had met Sun Yuanhua many times, and there were many people around Sun Yuanhua.
There were dozens of servants, so they immediately opened the city to let Sun Yuanhua enter Laizhou, and immediately ordered people to arrange to clean up the mansion and serve as Sun Yuanhua's governor's headquarters.
As soon as Sun Yuanhua settled down, he immediately revised a letter to Yu Dacheng and sent Sun Yuan to deliver it immediately. He knew very well that with this rebellion, Yu Dacheng and he would "share the same destiny". The two of them must maintain a coordinated stance on how to deal with it.
Just fine.
Yu Dacheng is at best indirectly responsible for Kong Youde's rebellion. As long as he handles the situation well, he is very likely to be punished and continue to serve. With him in Shandong, he will have more room for maneuver in his future response.
Afterwards, he immediately started writing the memorial.
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