One hundred and seventy-eighth chapter, the whole country grieves
Chapter 178: The whole country is sad
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"Yuze, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, so be mourning and following changes! What you have to do now is to shoulder the important task of western Sichuan!" Cabinet Prime Minister Liang Xingrong patted Wang Yuze on the shoulder and comforted him.
"Uncle Liang, I know." Wang Yuze nodded. Even so, his eyes were still red.
"Yuze, I will arrange for someone to deal with the funeral of the Grand Marshal. You don't have to worry. There are more important things to deal with now!" Wang Quan also said. Wang Xiao passed away, and the grief in his heart was no less than that in Wang Yuze.
However, he knew even more that it was time to help Wang Yuze stabilize the situation, and those who were sad and like could only be put aside for the time being.
"Yes!" Wang Yuze took a few deep breaths and controlled his emotions.
"Uncles, are there anything I need to make a decision now?" Wang Yuze asked. He was a little confused now.
"If there is no problem with Yuze, the news of the death of the Grand Marshal, it will be announced tomorrow! It will be announced in the Western Sichuan Daily, so that the people in western Sichuan will know about this." Liang Xingrong said. Obituaries and other things,
The cabinet office will be ready. At that time, you only need to send it to the newspaper before it is typed.
"Well! Just do it like this!" Wang Yuze felt that there was no problem, so he said.
"Yuze. The most important thing now is to maintain stability in western Sichuan. When the Grand Marshal is there, those who are ill-hearted will not dare to show it. Now that the Grand Marshal is gone, those jumping clowns may jump out immediately.
Well! The good situation in western Sichuan cannot be affected. I have ordered the instructor to make a secret mobilization. If something happens, suppress it immediately!" Xiong Wu said with a stern face. Wang Xiao is dead, and the replacement is obviously Wang Yuze.
He is his son-in-law. If Wang Yuze becomes the emperor in the future, will his grandson be the crown prince? This makes Xiong Wu have to ensure that Wang Yuze succeeds smoothly in any case.
"Well! Not only the instructors, but other troops stationed in Chengdu can also enter the secret mobilization. In addition, all the governors, vice governors, division commanders of each division and mayors of important cities in western Sichuan can be summoned in five days.
Go to Chengdu and see off for your father! Just forget about the remote places like plateau, Qinghai, Gansu, and Xinjiang!” Wang Yuze said. In early August, Xinjiang was already occupied by the Second Cavalry Army of the Western Sichuan Army. The Governor of Xinjiang and the General of Yili.
They were all sent back to the capital, which added a large part of the ruling area in western Sichuan.
"This is a good method! As senior officials and generals in western Sichuan, it is also appropriate for them to come to see the general for the last time. If you don't dare to come, then it proves that they have a ghost in their hearts!" said Deputy Chief of Staff Cai Yun, said.
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"Okay, let's do it this way, let's act separately!" said Cabinet Prime Minister Liang Xingrong.
After arranging these things, Wang Yuze returned to the backyard to guard Wang Xiao. Now, Wang Xiao has been put into the coffin, but the lid of the coffin has not been closed at the end. The mourning hall has also been arranged to inspect the envoy's mansion
The guards guarded the surroundings. Wang Xiao's wives, except for the eldest wife Xiong Menghan, all knelt in front of the mourning hall.
Wang Yuze also came to the mourning hall to kneel and guard Wang Xiao. At the same time, he arranged a few wives to rest. They were all women's houses and were weak in their bodies. If they knelt like this for a night, they would not be able to bear it.
That night, the Prime Minister's Office of the Cabinet drafted an obituary and handed it over to Wang Yuze for reading. After confirming that there was no problem, it immediately sent it to the newspaper. The newspaper of the West Sichuan Daily was originally typing for tomorrow's newspaper, but suddenly it received it from the Prime Minister's Office of the Cabinet.
Come.
The editor-in-chief took over the obituary from the Prime Minister's Office, and after reading it, he burst into tears. The editor-in-chief is a man in his fifties and grew up with western Sichuan. He naturally respected Wang Xiao very much. Originally, he
I only thought that the Prime Minister's Office had sent some notices and orders, so I asked them to be published in the newspaper. I didn't expect that the Prime Minister's Office sent Wang Xiao's obituary.
"Master! How could you just leave like this? What should you do if you let us?" the editor-in-chief cried.
"Editor Li, please put away your sadness and type the newspaper first!" The staff of the Prime Minister's Office urged.
The editor-in-chief then put away his grief and started working. However, this news has spread throughout the newspapers of the Western Sichuan Daily. After hearing that Wang Xiao had actually passed away, the staff members also started to cry. It can be seen that
Wang Xiao has such a lofty position in their hearts. It has almost become everyone's spiritual sustenance.
Kang Le is an ordinary Sichuanese. He works in a bank and has a very decent job. Reading the Sichuan Daily every day and understanding national affairs has become a habit today. However, when he came to the familiar newsstand
But I found something strange. The owner of the newsstand who used to be smiling was actually sitting there wiping his tears and crying silently.
"Boss, come with a Western Sichuan Daily!" Kang Le said.
"Take it yourself!" The boss didn't even raise his head, as if he was still silent in his sadness.
Kang Le had to take a newspaper himself and then threw five cents into the box where the newsstand owner put the money. The price level in western Sichuan was not high. Taking Kang Le as an example, he was just an ordinary bank employee, each
The monthly salary plus the bonus is more than 50 yuan. In western Sichuan, this is already a medium-sized salary.
After buying the newspaper, Kang Le walked and looked at it. When he turned on the front page, he saw a large black font on it that read: Obituary! The following is an introduction to the news of Wang Xiao’s death, the time of his death, and the story of the western Sichuan.
Time for the public to mourn, etc.
Kang Le only felt his brain explode. He was completely shocked by the news.
"How could it be? How could the Grand Marshal die like this? No, this must be a rumor!" Kang Le thought. But then, he thought that this is the Western Sichuan Daily, which has always been the mouthpiece of Western Sichuan, how could he send messages randomly?
Then, there is only one result. The general Wang Xiao really passed away. Suddenly, Kang Le felt sadness coming from it, his nose felt sore, and tears could not stop flowing out.
Such a scene is common on the streets of Chengdu. The whole of Chengdu is in sorrow. Many older people are even crying in the dark, and there are not a few people who faint. The rise of western Sichuan,
It makes everyone live a happy life. In their eyes, Wang Xiao is the god who saves the suffering and wants their faith. How can they not be sad when Wang Xiao’s death?
Moreover, this sadness spread rapidly around the center with Chengdu. Soon, in less than a day, any place where the telegram was sent was in a state of sadness. The people in western Sichuan, regardless of their identity and status
No matter what you are doing, you cry so hard that you are in a dark and dark way.
At the same time, the cabinet and the General Staff also issued an order, requiring the governors and deputy governors of each province, and the commanders and brigade commanders of each division, to hand over the work to the deputy, and to rush to Chengdu to attend the memorial ceremony of the commander of the general. Of course, the plateau and Xinjiang, etc.
In remote places, you don’t have to come and organize a memorial ceremony by yourself.
The governors and vice governors of various provinces, as well as the division commanders and brigade commanders of the army, also put down their work and rushed to Chengdu. Some of the long distances even set off immediately after receiving the order, fearing that
He couldn't catch up. In the hearts of these officials and the army, Wang Xiao's death was a huge blow to them, and at the same time, it also made them fall into sorrow.
However, these people knew that in addition to attending Wang Xiao's memorial ceremony, they probably had the ceremony of Wang Yuze's successor to the Western Sichuan Inspection Envoy. Most of them had no objection to this.
Industry is an eternal truth in China. In addition, Wang Yuze’s performance in the past two years has also allowed them to see Wang Yuze’s ability. In the eyes of most people, it is not a bad thing to have Wang Yuze command western Sichuan.
After the news of Wang Xiao's death was released, there were endless people going to the inspection and mourning mansion. Of course, these were the leading figures in the western Sichuan government, the military and society. As for those people, there was no such opportunity.
Even though they wanted to express their grief for Wang Xiao, the Grand Marshal's Mansion could not be used at will. But even so, many people spontaneously went to the square outside the Grand Marshal's Mansion to Wang Xiao every day.
Kneel down and kowtow, burn incense and paper, etc. The government did not stop this, but just sent police to control it to avoid security issues, etc.
In Wang Xiao’s funeral matters, the day of the funeral will surround Chengdu. At that time, the people in Chengdu and even western Sichuan will naturally have the opportunity to see Wang Xiao off. The inspector’s mansion will temporarily accept only important people.
mourning.
The consuls of various countries in Chengdu also arrived at the first time to convey condolences from various governments to Wang Yuze. Of course, many consuls, on the surface, were sad and regretful, but in fact they were laughing in their hearts. For example, Japanese consul Yuichi Kawaguchi
French Consul Pierre, British Consul Juerdian and others who have suffered under their jurisdiction in western Sichuan. In their opinion, Wang Xiao, the old fox, has passed away. Even if Wang Yuze can successfully take over his full strength, he will probably have to spend time in the future.
Put it on consolidating one's own rule. In this way, there is no time to pose a threat to their interests in the Far East. Of course, there is another point of view, that is, the smaller ones are better than the older ones, right?
The Qing Dynasty also sent people to mourn. However, the journey from Beijing was too long to catch up, so he had to let a prince stationed in Chengdu express his condolences instead of the Qing Dynasty. However, even fools knew that
Wang Xiao passed away, and the happiest thing should be the Qing Dynasty!
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