Chapter Thirty-Second The Chamber of Commerce’s New Charter
"This is unreasonable. They are so audacious. What do these gangsters want to do? Do they still have the imperial court in their eyes? Do they still care about us parents and officials? They dare to pull out a team under our noses. It's really shameful.
No one can be killed!"
Sure enough, as Qiao Yu expected, after he handed this letter of appointment and some captured correspondence to Niu Chuanshan, it immediately caused an earthquake in Chongqing officialdom. Even Zhu Youji, the master of Dongchuan Daodaotai who had been deeply involved in Jian Chuan, showed up.
, the old scholar was now so angry that his face turned blue and his beard was trembling.
"Lord Daotai, you should make an idea. These gangsters and bandits have colluded together. Fortunately, Shun Qing discovered it and destroyed the Tiangang Village. Otherwise, once the inside and outside cooperate, I am afraid that Chongqing will be shaken.
Don't talk about my Wushamao then, even your life will be in danger!"
Zhu Youji managed to calm down, then grabbed the letter of appointment and looked at it: "Shun Qing, it is said to be the third detachment here, is there a first and second detachment?"
"My lord, it looks like this. There are many mountains in Dongchuan but little flat land. Hidden in these mountains are bandits of all sizes. These bandits have colluded with the Hui Party, and the Hui Party has gotten involved with the rebellious parties.
Together, with the power of these people, if prepared properly, no city in Dongchuan except Chongqing can be defended!" Qiao Yu naturally would not let go of the opportunity to intimidate these officials, so his words were full of emotions.
Threatening, Zhu Youji's face was very solemn.
"Master Niu, how many people are available in Chongqing now?"
"Lord Daotai, there are still 2,000 patrol battalions, more than 1,500 water battalions guarding the port, a New Army artillery team, several hundred veteran patrol officers, and some green battalions that have not been disbanded. The only one left is Shun.
Your Majesty has two thousand newly trained patrol officers. To be honest, sir, except for the people in Qing Shun’s hands, all the others are unreliable. Not only do they have low combat effectiveness, but they are also severely infiltrated and cannot be used at all.”
When Zhu Youji heard what Niu Chuanshan said, the two of them stared at each other. There was no use banging the table when the situation came to pass. The key was to come up with a way to deal with it. After a long silence, Zhu Youji was more experienced after all, and said: "In this way, you
I will explain the situation in Chongqing to the Governor and ask him to send some new troops to suppress it. In addition, I will put more burdens on Shunqing. The hundreds of original patrol policemen will also be handed over to Shunqing, and the patrol camp will also be put under his control.
, we will use another two hundred thousand taels of silver to strengthen the patrol police, Shun Qing, what do you think?"
Although Qiao Yu was happy in his heart, he still had a look of fear on his face: "It is my duty to serve the imperial court. I can manage the original patrol police, but the patrol camp is the imperial army. I am not a soldier, and I have no imperial orders.
, it’s really hard to get involved, and there’s nothing you can do to control it!”
"Then the patrol camp will be temporarily released. You can take charge of all patrol officers. Your father and I have been friends before, Shun Qing. Now we have put all our wealth and lives in your hands. Shun Qing, please don't be careless.
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"Sir, don't worry, as long as I, Qiao Shunqing, am here, there will never be any trouble in Chongqing!"
After leaving the government office, Qiao Yu felt full of ambition. Now that most of the power in Chongqing fell into his own hands, it was time to show off his talents. He had to expand his strength as soon as possible, especially the patrol policemen in his hands who had to be thoroughly trained into an army. Only with
Only with sufficient strength can we firmly hold Sichuan in our hands, and can we firmly seize the opportunity in the cruel warlord war in the future.
At this time, several businessmen were gathered in the Bai Mansion, and everyone was discussing matters. It turned out that due to a falling out with Ge Lao Hui, although everyone's shops in Chongqing were guaranteed to be safe, some other counties and even Chengdu were affected.
Everyone wanted to find a countermeasure, but Qiao Yu was not here and Bai Kuan couldn't make the decision. At this moment, Qiao Yu came back from the government office with his people...
"Shun Qing, you are back, have you rescued the boss's wife? Why did you go to the magistrate's office as soon as you came back and didn't go home first to say something!"
"Uncle, don't worry, everything is safe. This time I found some important things in Tiangang Village, and I have to hand them over to the Yamen for processing first! I have made you worry all the time!"
"Shun Qing, I found something, I wonder if you can tell us about it!" Wang Dongcheng asked with a smile.
"What's not allowed is a letter of appointment, a letter of appointment from the revolutionary party to the bandits!"
None of the people present were idiots. They openly appointed officials. This was a blatant rebellion. No wonder Qiao Yu would hand over the things immediately.
Wang Gui is the most clever person. He keenly noticed that there seemed to be a faint smile on the corner of Qiao Yu's mouth: "Shun Qing, what good thing can't be done?"
"What's really good is that Master Daotai has asked me to merge all the original patrol policemen and do my best to maintain public security in Chongqing and prevent rebellion!"
Everyone is happy with the expansion of Qiao Yu's power. Everyone is prospering and losing. They are all grasshoppers on a rope. They hope that Qiao Yu's power will become stronger and protect their safety. Now the court is no longer reliable.
Everyone knows it well.
Xue Shanxin was anxious and said: "Shun Qing, we are here to ask you for an idea. Nowadays, our trade routes are always harassed by the Brother Laohui. Although the loss is not big, it is really a headache. What do you think we should do?"
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Qiao Yu was worried about this after he captured Gu Jinlong again, but Brother Laohui didn't make any moves and he relaxed. Unexpectedly, they started to move again.
"Brother Hui, wasn't he quite honest some time ago? Why do you suddenly dare to come out and disrupt our trade route again?"
Bai Kuan smiled bitterly and said: "Shun Qing, you don't know the situation. Gu Jinlong and others escaped from the prison. The day after you left, Han Yong wanted to pursue him, but he was worried that he would lure the tiger away from the mountain.
This group of people ran too fast and could not be chased back. But once they escaped, the situation became chaotic."
Qiao Yu is really speechless now about this weird Qing government. He can't stand such important prisoners. He really doesn't know what they do for food. No wonder a bunch of rabble can keep them in a hurry. These people are also complete idiots.
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"Everyone, the matter has happened and needs to be solved. I think our chamber of commerce is very strong now. We might as well follow the example of the chambers of commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and form our own armed forces to protect the safety of trade routes with guns. In today's world,
It is getting more and more unsafe, and without any armed force, there is no guarantee that our huge family business will not go into trouble!"
Everyone present was not surprised when they heard that Qiao Yu wanted to form an armed force. Some of them had already had this idea, but they just had to wait and see what Qiao Yu meant. Now everyone thought of one thing, that would be the best.
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"I think everything will be left to Shun Qing. This is because the able ones have more work to do. We can just pay for it!" Xue Shan's proposal was supported by many people, but some people still had doubts in their minds.
Xu Hua was one of them: "Mr. Qiao, if we build armed forces, won't the court interfere?"
The Qing Dynasty's three hundred years of accumulated prestige still had some effect. Although the country was about to be destroyed, the name of a court still weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.
"The imperial court is now in turmoil. Not only will they not interfere, but they will also be eager to let us build a team, just in time for us to deal with the revolutionary party. We can definitely enlarge our ambitions. Now among European and American countries, the strength of the government
They are often not the biggest. Those who really control the Western powers are the powerful financial groups, who control elections and control national policies. We all started in industry. We don’t have to be slaves of the imperial court. We can compete with the imperial court, or even surpass the imperial court!
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This era is the era of capital. In terms of ambition, Chinese businessmen are much worse than their foreign counterparts. At most, they collude with the government. However, they still have to endure the government's gangsterism and are far from controlling the government themselves.
It was the first time that Qiao Yu showed such ambition in front of these businessmen. Qiao Yu was very proud to see everyone in shock.
"Our purpose of overpowering the imperial court is not to rebel like the Revolutionary Party, but to rely on our influence to let the imperial court formulate policies that are in our interests and serve us!"
"Then isn't this constitutionalism?" someone suddenly asked.
"That's right, that's wrong! Constitutional establishment is a petition. To put it bluntly, it's asking for help. We not only have to ask for help, but we also have the strength to force the court to listen to us!"