"How to show loyalty?" Ruan Shanshu looked at His Majesty the Emperor blankly, but His Majesty the Emperor motioned for him to step back with a look of boredom...
Ruan Shanshu looked at Yuan Shikai as if asking for help. The chief attendant smiled, then invited him out and led him into a room. This was the attendant's office of His Majesty the Emperor. Because the emperor didn't like to use eunuchs, all the eunuchs in the palace used to be free.
I went out and rewarded each person with a sum of money, and arranged to take care of children in royal orphanages in various places, including those who also married palace maids, and arranged work arrangements. Now, in addition to guards, there are a small number of people who come in as employees in the palace.
The maids, the servants, and then the various agencies affiliated with the royal family, including the Attendance Department led by Yuan Shikai, which is said to be the Attendance Department, but is actually the Secretariat or Conspiracy Department.
The people raised here are not good ones. Yang Shixiang, Yang Shiqi, Zhao Fengchang...all of them were carefully selected by His Majesty the Emperor. After the boss brought Ruan Shanshu in, these old and cunning guys immediately surrounded them.
"Mr. Ruan, since your superiors want you to show loyalty, it is nothing more than asking you to settle with the French first. For example, the king of your country issues an order refusing to continue to recognize the treaty with the French, and then orders you*
The * team drives out the French." Yang Shiqi said, waving his fan.
Ruan Shanshu took a breath of air. In less than an hour, the French garrison in Hue would have to arrest Emperor Cheng Thai and throw him in prison. Even if he killed him directly, it would not be impossible. The whole of Hue was actually under the control of the French.
In the hands of the Qi Qin Envoy, the king was abolished and established with just a word from him, including Emperor Chengtai himself, who was taken out of prison by the Zhongqi Qin Envoy.
"This issue does need to be considered." Yang Shiqi listened to his concerns and pretended to be solemn. Zhao Fengchang next to him continued: "In fact, this matter is not difficult. How many people are there in the French army in Hue?"
"Not many, only a few hundred people." Ruan Shanshu said hurriedly. In fact, there are only more than 20,000 French troops in Vietnam. These people are mainly guarding Saigon. In addition, there are some on the front line against Huang Huatan, and some in Hanoi.
There is also a part on the Sino-Vietnamese border. Thuan Khanh is in the middle of Vietnam. There is a railway that can reach directly from Saigon. There is also the French garrison in Da Nang next to it. With these few hundred people, Nguyen Phuc Chao can be controlled. If there is a change, it will not take half a day in Da Nang.
The French army can defeat it.
"Xiao Hu, come here quickly!" After hearing this, Zhao Fengchang reached out and called the youngest major in the aide, who was actually a major sent by the Ministry of War to serve as their military adviser, and asked: "With the combat effectiveness of our soldiers.
How many French troops can a thousand men hold back if they stand firm?"
"If the ammunition supply is sufficient, if we stick to the preset positions, even 10,000 French troops will not be able to break through the defense line." Major Hu said confidently.
"Can a thousand people disguised as merchants enter Hue without telling the French?" Zhao Fengchang asked Ruan Shansu.
"There shouldn't be much of a problem. Brother Zhao wants to use a surprise force to control Hue first, and then His Majesty the King of our country will issue an edict to expel the French?" Ruan Shanshu immediately understood his thinking.
"Yes, if these one thousand people secretly land from the coast at night with a landing ship, they will be able to pass through the land checkpoints. As for the ammunition, it is just a matter of bringing more ammunition. You can have people prepare some in the city in advance and let them go first.
Disguise yourself as a civilian from your country and enter Hue, and then take down the French army in the city. Then change into the uniform of your country's soldiers and be responsible for protecting your king. When the French arrive, they only need to stop them for a day or two. I*
The military will naturally find excuses, such as protecting overseas Chinese, to land in Hue in large numbers," Zhao Fengchang said.
"This, isn't this too risky?" Ruan Shansu said hesitantly, it was more than just an adventure. It was simply making fun of Ruan Phuc Zhao and his ministers. There is nothing to worry about how to sneak into Hue. The French actually don't care at all.
The guards at Hue City Gate are all Vietnam's own troops. Not to mention a thousand men and guns, even cannons can be put in the same. Chinese and Vietnamese are both of yellow race, even if they look different.
It doesn't matter. Firstly, the French can't tell the difference at all. Secondly, there are also many Chinese expatriates in Hue city. A thousand people will not arouse suspicion at all.
The coast of Vietnam is long. With the cooperation of the Vietnamese, you can easily find a secluded place to land, and it is not difficult to land. However, it is just a thousand people who stick to Hue. This is unreliable. If the Chinese fail, it will be nothing more than a thousand
Soldiers, but Vietnam is accompanying them with the lives of the king and countless ministers. One can imagine how irritated the French will be.
"Brother Ruan, you can gain wealth through danger. Besides, this is not considered a risk. Your country also has an army, right? When the time comes and they are included, won't they be able to hold on in Hue for three or two days? As long as you fight, there will definitely be Chinese expatriates.
If there are casualties or casualties, when the consulate sends a telegram, our army in Yazhou can dispatch to protect the overseas Chinese. It can be reached in half a day by sea route of 500 miles. The main force of the French army passes from Saigon. I am afraid it will be difficult to arrive in less than three to five days, so
It seems dangerous, but in fact there is no danger." Yang Shiqi said.
When he said this, Ruan Shanshu also felt that it was true.
"If your country doesn't behave like this, then we will definitely find another excuse to attack. When the army attacks, the French will naturally not be able to withstand it. Speaking of your king, whether he will stay or not depends on the emperor.
I'm in a bad mood, your Majesty doesn't have a good impression of the Ruan Dynasty." Yang Shixiang threatened from the side.
Ruan Shanshu couldn't help but feel inspired.
Seeing this guy say goodbye in a hurry and leave, several guys laughed happily.
"It would be great to send people into Hue first, and then put them in when the French attack becomes tight, and then take advantage of the chaos to let those foreign mercenaries pretend to be French troops and kill the Vietnamese royal family from top to bottom.
, when our army lands and retakes Hue, since there will be no one in the Vietnamese royal family at that time, there will be no more Vietnamese royal family. Turn this country into the direct territory of the emperor, and give the Vietnamese some sweetness at will.
, they have no loyalty to the Ruan family anyway." Zhao Fengchang said with a sinister smile.
Yang Shixiang and others also laughed.
Yang Feng didn't care about the poisonous schemes of these conspirators. He had completely handed over this work to these people. As the emperor, he didn't need to worry about such trivial matters. He was the emperor! If he had nothing to do, he would go around and turn to the people to show the emperor's grace.
That's it. In the next few days, he would visit orphans in orphanages, pay condolences to the elderly in nursing homes, or go to universities to give lectures to young students, and even go to the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Liberal Arts to chat with academicians.
In addition, he also made a big move and brought two more saints to China. One was canonized by himself, because according to convention, the emperor does have the power to canonize saints. Now that he is promoting science in the country, he naturally has to
In order to establish an idol level in science, we simply made Song Yingxing a saint, and erected a bronze statue of Song Sheng more than ten meters high, directly in front of the Royal Academy of Sciences. When it was completed, he would lead the royal family and cabinet
, all members of Congress went to unveil it in person.
Another saint was made a saint by the Vatican because of his behind-the-scenes activities. Xu Guangqi was also made a saint. Anyway, Xu is a Catholic, which the Vatican recognized. As for him not showing any miracles, that's very simple.
Well, the Chinese don't care about this kind of thing, and foreigners don't know the details, so they can just make it up for him casually.
In addition, there was an order to rewrite the history of the Ming Dynasty. The one produced by the Qing Dynasty was so outrageous that the emperor got angry just looking at it.
During this period, under the joint protection of international giants such as JY Company, Bofors Company, and the People's Bank of China, Ruan Shansu, who was in exile in China, quietly returned to Hue, and was secretly taken into the palace by Ruan Phuc Zhao. I don't know how he deceived him in the end.
As His Majesty the King, Ruan Fuzhao actually agreed to Zhao Fengchang's plan. Then Ruan Shanshu was secretly sent back to China, and he brought Ruan Fuzhao's personal letter. Now it was easy to handle.
Later, Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Kunming Military Region in charge of southwest defense, was recalled to Beijing. Originally, this position was held by Liu Mingchuan, but recently Liu Mingchuan's health was a little weak and he had to retire and go home to take care of himself.
Liu Mingchuan did not know that Emperor Yang was planning on Vietnam. Before getting a reply from Ruan Fuchu Zhao, this plan was not even known to the cabinet. It was limited to the internal affairs of the Ministry of Attendants. Commander Liu, who flew to Beijing in an emergency on a small military transport plane, learned that Yang
The emperor was preparing to retake Vietnam and immediately became excited. In fact, the Kunming Military Region Staff had already worked out a combat plan to retake Vietnam, and now that it had a plan to raid Shunqing, it was even easier.
"It's very simple. Just go south along Zhennanguan, meet Huanghuatan at Anshi, and then go straight to Hanoi. The French army only has one division in Hanoi. We don't even need to add troops from other places. The Yunnan Military Region
The two divisions it belongs to are enough. The railway in Hue is cut off in the middle, and the navy blocks the French sea transportation. No matter how hard this one division fights, the final result will be the annihilation of the whole army." Kunming who followed Liu Yongfu came to Kunming.
Duan Qirui, Chief of Staff of the Military Region, said.
"No, no, we can't just let the French be wiped out, do you understand?" Emperor Yang said with a smile.
"What does your Majesty mean?" Duan Qirui said.
"Huanghuatan is a trouble to the French, and it is also a trouble to us. I don't like to have such unruly guys in our land." Emperor Yang said.
"I understand, but in this case, it is best to have a group of foreign soldiers to cooperate, and these people must act secretly." Duan Qirui said, obviously he also thought of the same trick as Zhao Fengchang.
"That's okay. I will transfer 3,000 people from America before the war, but you need to do a good job of cooperating with them. You know the casualties of these mercenaries, I will have to pay a lot of money." Yang Feng
said.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will definitely design the best ambush environment for them when the time comes." Duan Qirui said. (To be continued...)