More than 5,000 soldiers carrying rifles with bayonets poured into the small village in front of them. By this time, the flag soldiers had been so overwhelmed by Yi Mi that they didn't know their personnel. They just opened the tents and kicked open the doors, and just went in and stabbed them.
The people chosen to do this job were all Fuzhou natives and veterans of the Japanese war. One had long hated the bannermen, and the other was used to killing and was really ruthless. Seven thousand bannermen died silently in this small town.
In the village, all the corpses were then thrown into piles and lit on fire, while a telegram was sent to Yang Feng to complete the work.
Of course, after this telegram reached Yang Feng's hands, it turned out that the banner army participating in the counter-rebellion was ambushed and wiped out late at night. As soon as this news came out, the whole banner street burst into tears.
"Well, they have been loyal to the country, and they will definitely be favored in terms of pensions. You can rest assured about this. How much pensions does the court usually give to your bannermen who die in battle?" Yang Feng asked the deputy commander in front of him, this guy is now
But he had no courage at all. He was kneeling on the ground with his head almost swollen, for fear that the traitor in front of him would drag him out and chop him again.
He is not a fool. How could he have encountered an ambush of 7,000 people and wiped out all the troops without even one person running away? After all, he also comes from a military family, and it is not unheard of that his ancestors deceived others. It is estimated that this time the situation will be basically the same.
of.
"My lord, one, one hundred taels," he said bravely.
"Fuck!" Then he heard Yang Feng curse, and he was so frightened that he just wanted to say fifty taels would be fine, but before he could speak, he heard Yang Feng say again: "I will give you double, two hundred taels!"
The Vice-Capital was almost dumbfounded. One hundred taels was from the old almanac many years ago. Now I can only have fifty taels and it is already burning incense. After all the deductions are made, I don’t know how much is left!
"Besides, your life is not easy now. I know this too. Especially after this war, there are still some orphans and widowed mothers. The situation is really pitiful. Although I also know that you
There are rules, you can't do this or that, but now this old and bad custom should be changed. When I go back, I will tear down the wall at the street corner. You can do whatever you want. I will bear the responsibility of the governor if there is anything to blame from the court.
Just like those dead men who can't support their children, if there is someone you like outside, just remarry, I remember you are not so particular about this aspect." Yang Feng said pleasantly.
The deputy commander was really grateful at this time. He never expected that Yang Feng was so kind to them. He lay there and kowtowed to thank the Lord for his kindness. Looking at him, Yang Feng suddenly remembered the famous safety warning in later generations.
Phrase: Once an accident occurs, someone else will sleep with your wife, beat your children, and spend your pension.
Since it is not appropriate to kill all these bannermen, they can only be used as waste. In fact, these bannermen still have some use. Especially women do not bind their feet, which gives them a great advantage. Now he is advocating emancipation in Fujian and Zhejiang
As for the feet, arranging some jobs for women who do not have their feet bound can also mobilize the enthusiasm of the Han people in this area.
He discovered that the history of the decline of the Han people began with large-scale foot binding of women. Before the Five Dynasties, Chinese women rarely had their feet bound. As a result, the Han Dynasty prospered in the Tang Dynasty. When foot binding began on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, the history of being turned around by foreign races began.
When a man is followed by a bunch of women who have no ability to escape, you can imagine how much courage he still has to fight. After the Mongolian Tatars discovered that this was very beneficial to maintaining their rule and advocated it with all their strength, this nation also
Things got worse and worse. In the final analysis, it was the caterpillars who were responsible for this. If it weren’t for their biantai-like aesthetics, how could such a weird custom have appeared? When I thought of those caterpillars surrounding a "jinv" and using her shoes as
Wine glass, this guy can’t help but feel creepy. Damn, it’s scary enough to be able to read this kind of taste when reading the books of sages. Now this guy is increasingly discovering that the caterpillar class seems to have always been doing it intentionally or unintentionally in Chinese history.
Traitor.
Of course, it is not advisable to imitate the rich and noble public in collecting footbinding taxes. Now is the time for him to win the hearts and minds of the people. He has just waived a lot of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes and now he has come up with a new trick, which is very detrimental to his own image. This kind of thing is very popular among the Han people.
China is too deeply entrenched, so it can only be solved slowly through publicity.
In order to show his reward for the glorious sacrifice of the flag army, this guy even personally took charge of the payment of pensions the next day. He took a table to the street, asked several officers to sit behind him, and even asked someone to send him a special gift from Shanghai.
Ye Zi, who came from the money, was wearing a military uniform and sitting in the middle. Now this girl is the financial director of the Yang Group in Asia. Her big feet in riding boots look like a female Kuomintang agent in a TV series. There are a bunch of blind people next to her.
Stacks of money, whoever died in the war came out with their certificates to collect the money.
The scene was truly unprecedented. The pension of two hundred taels was not worth this much even when I entered the customs. What's more, with the outflow of silver in recent years, the value of silver has become more and more valuable. The family members of the bannermen actually didn't listen.
Instead of expressing hatred towards Governor Yang, he was filled with gratitude from the bottom of his heart.
Surrounded by a group of bodyguards, this guy sat there contentedly drinking tea. There was even a bannerman widow with her children running over to kowtow to him. Although she didn't go over to give him a hand due to safety issues to show her closeness to the people, she still let him
It feels good.
After the pensions were paid, the gates at the intersections of Qizhi Street were demolished. As these obstacles fell down, the privileges that the bannermen had enjoyed in this city for hundreds of years also collapsed, and the same scene happened.
In Hangzhou, although the Hangzhou general stood by with a rope and claimed to fight to the death, Hangzhou citizens, with the support of the army, blew up the gates of the garrison city. Yuan Shikai also ordered the demolition of the walls of the garrison city and the removal of city bricks and other items.
All were transported to the university construction site outside the city for waste recycling. Everyone who participated in this work was paid. As a result, after watching in silence for a while, even some poor people among the bannermen began to participate, and only Hangzhou was left.
The general stood there dejectedly like a fool, holding on to the heel rope and feeling helpless.
"This traitor is really going to piss off the Ai family to death!" Cixi in Beijing threw the memorial in her hand to the ground angrily. She was not angry at Yang Ni for being cruel and domineering. To be honest, even if it were her, she would probably have to throw those memorials away.
The banner army killed her, she was so angry that the banner people really failed to live up to expectations, even a Han slave knew how to be loyal to the court, how could you be so easy to regard a thief as your father!
Of course, she also understood the difficulties of those banner people. After all, her father was just a Taoist priest until his death. He was not from a wealthy family. He could even be said to be relatively poor. At that time, the life of the banner people was no longer so easy.
What's more, it's been so many years. It's not that she doesn't want to improve the treatment of the bannermen, but she has to have money. Now that the life of the court is deteriorating, plus she needs to buy warships and train new troops, where can she get money?
The imperial court's annual tax revenue was so little, and there were so many places to spend money, that even she felt stretched.
She has no additional income except for being a sales officer. Now she is quite envious of Yang Feng and Li Hongzhang. It is good to have money! During this period, she even started a large-scale anti-corruption campaign, but this is not a problem. Just swat the fly.
You can't get much, but you can make a fortune by killing a tiger, but tigers can't be killed casually? It has to be the right time, place, and people, otherwise the remaining tigers will come and bite her to death.
"Queen Mother, I'm afraid this ancestral law will not work unless it is changed." Ronglu also said with a sigh.
"The Ai family also knows, but how can we change this? We are not Yang Ni, a naked white man who can do whatever he wants. We are carrying countless baggage behind us. If any of these baggage is moved, our world will be possible.
Shocked." Cixi was a sensible person. The reason why she was supported was, to put it bluntly, because she was the defender of the old order. If she turned into a destroyer at this time, I am afraid that the princes and ministers would have to remove her from power without the Han people taking action.
"How about we take it slow and start with the bannermen first. The bannermen in the northeast have been tortured by the Japanese pirates, and there are not many left. Even if we choose, we can't pick out many soldiers. In the opinion of the humble minister, we might as well put the garrison in Beijing.
Those who are strong and brave enough to fight in each battalion are selected to join the new army, which can solve part of the problem. As for those who have been eliminated, they can learn from the foreigners and form policemen. They can be used not only in Beijing, but also in surrounding places such as Tianjin and Baoding.
, This can not only reduce the burden on the court, but also control the local people's sentiments, which can be said to be the best of both worlds." Rong Lu said.
It should be said that his suggestion was very reasonable. At this time, there were only about 5 million bannermen in the country. After deducting the Han military banners and Mongolian banners, there were only 3 million Manchus at most. Shanxian Youpeng killed more than 150,000 in the northeast.
After subtracting the old, weak, women and children, there are half a million young and middle-aged people who can burn high incense. Excluding those princes and ministers who cannot be soldiers, those who smoke big cigarettes until they are completely broken, those who are stationed in various places, who want to realize the emperor
The goal of the Sixth Army is indeed very unrealistic. It would be meaningless if Han people were mixed in, so we can only find a solution from the flag army stationed in Beijing.
"Just do it if you think it's appropriate!" Cixi sighed and said. She was really exhausted mentally and physically. Ever since that rebellious minister appeared, she found that she had never had a comfortable life. After sending Ronglu away, she was about to close her eyes and take a rest.
Where is the son? Suddenly the eunuch informed the Minister of War, Gang Yi, that he had arrived, and she let him in impatiently.
"Lafayette, it's not good!" Gang Yi walked in and kowtowed while lying on the ground and shouted.
Cixi was irritable, and when she looked at his face without ears and nose, she felt angry.
"The Ai family is not dead yet, why are you crying in mourning?"
Gangyi was so frightened by this angry shout that Cixi looked at his face that had been repaired by a friend from Shan County. She couldn't help but feel a little pity. She sighed and said, "Tell me, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, the Beiyang Navy's pay dispute has blocked the entrance to Daku." Gangyi said with a sad face.
"This old guy is really bad at learning!" Cixi stood up from the couch and said through gritted teeth.