For Huang Chengyong, although it has only been half a year, he has fallen deeply in love with the job of the Navy.

Yes, compared to the steel giant beasts that control more than 7,000 tons to conquer the ocean, the army's rifles and 75mm cannons were simply a kid's house. With the second batch of training troops stationed in Weihai Guard under the leadership of Meng Enyuan, Huang Chengyong ignored the defense work of Weihai Base and threw it all to Meng Enyuan, and he directly threw it on the naval ship. Now, his biggest hope is when the navy's latest 4,000-ton cruiser will be delivered.

The training of the Northeast New Army has also entered the second stage.

At the beginning, the New Army of Northeast China was carried out smoothly because Muller was supported by his father. Shengjing Officers School was also cultivating new army command talents step by step according to the curriculum arrangement of German coaches. However, when Mutushan died in the 15th year of Guangxu, the new training minister Ding'an quickly controlled everything in the new army. By the 16th year of Guangxu, the New Army of Northeast China had already been Fengsheng's world.

Duan Qirui is twenty-six years old this year, just when he was in full swing. He was directly under the command of the Guards and came to assist in the rectification of the new Northeast Army, so he directly attacked the Shengjun, the most problematic one.

Following the lessons of Ding'an, Ke Tang A firmly supported Duan Qirui's rectification. The man in Manchuria was not without men, but was influenced by the general environment and gave up. Now he started to train from top to bottom, and naturally he was eliminated and preserved. By the Qingming Festival in the 17th year of Guangxu, the new army in the Northeast was also completely renewed.

Everything in the Qing Dynasty, from workers to farmers, from sea to roads, seemed to be thriving, and the situation was very good.

On the third day of the fourth lunar month of the 17th year of the Guangxu period, citizens of Wuhu, Anhui discovered that two women dressed as female monks in Catholic churches abducted two young children, so they detained them to the Baojia Bureau, who sent them to the county office. Afterwards, French priests heard the news and went to the county office to bail him.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, a woman asked the church for a return of a young child, but the church refused to return it. The news came out, and for a time, there were crowds of people. Wang Guangquan and Fu Youshun led 5,000 people to surround the church and set fire to the fire. The British consul in Wuhu asked Wuhu to send troops to suppress the church. The masses were not afraid, and gathered nearly 10,000 people to besiege the British Consular Office and burn the residences of foreigners at the customs. The struggle began in the afternoon until dawn the next day. The prefect Shen Bingcheng ordered the Yangtze River Navy to fire the ships at the masses and disperse them. Afterwards, the envoys of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, Biography, Western, Russia and other countries jointly "protested" to the Qing government. The governor of the Liangjiang River Liu Kun and Fu Youshun executed the Taoist officer and the magistrate of Wuhu, and the case was settled by the compensation of 126,000 taels of silver.

However, this is just the beginning.

On April 25, the people of Danyang County, Jiangsu Province found that more than 70 children were buried in the church cemetery, and there was no living baby in the fertility hall. So they became angry and burned the church. The government quickly sent troops to suppress it. Wuxi, Jinkui, Yanghu, Jiangyin, Rugao and other counties also launched an anti-foreign religion struggle. Liu Kun, the governor of Liangjiang, punished six magistrates, arrested and sentenced 21 people, and closed the case with compensation of 120,000 yuan.

On the 29th, Catholic Ouyang Liran brought four young children to the French Catholic Church in Jiujiang. When passing by the wharf of Wuxue Town, Guangji County, Hubei, a young child died. The local people had been angry with the church for a long time, and they were even more angry when they saw this. They immediately gathered more than a thousand people, burned the Wuxue Church, and shot dead British priest Jin and customs inspector Colin. After hearing the news, the British warship anchored in Jiujiang quickly drove to Wuxue to demonstrate, and together with the British consul in Hankou, demanded "punishment". Zhang Zhidong then executed two people in charge, eight of them were exiled to the army or beating them, and the compensation was 65,000 yuan.

‘Bang!’

Zai Tian threw several of the folds in his hand to the ground.

He was angry not because of imperialist bullying, but because of the obvious loopholes in these three cases that local officials turned a blind eye to the malfeasance that further worsened the situation.

As a weak country that has just embarked on the path of industrial development, the unequal treaties and oppression imposed by the imperialist powers on the Chinese nation are naturally unacceptable to every Chinese son and daughter, but the oppression of imperialism is not an excuse for local officials to act inaction.

"These cases are so concentrated, and the reasons for the incident are so close, and they can quickly gather a large number of people to siege the church at the first time. Even a lesson plan appears in a county, and the surrounding counties can respond immediately. This must be behind the scenes. With such an obvious common case, Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong closed the case only after dealing with the local officials and the two leaders. It's really a pig-like IQ!"

Now is a critical period for China's industrial development. The court and various countries have signed many contracts to develop industry and commerce. Zai Tian is really worried that the cooperation will stop due to the occurrence of these lesson plans or that the originally equal and mutually beneficial cooperation contracts will become new unequal treaties.

"If the emperor thinks there is a problem behind these cases, will he arrange for the people from the Ministry of Justice to investigate?"

Now Yihuan has not been to court for a long time due to physical reasons. In the face of the emperor's rage, only Yixuan can speak.

"Ministry of Justice? No. I am worried that such a case will happen. If there are one or two more cases, it will be really hard to deal with. I sent people from the Ministry of Justice, they are not familiar with the place, and the time of the journey is too late."

Yi Xin thought for a while, "Then I will teach Liu Kunyi or Zhang Zhidong? These two are both capable ministers, and they must have been anxious for a while and did not think clearly. As long as the emperor raises a little, they may be able to see the sun."

Zai Tian has calmed down now, paced back and forth for two steps, and said: "It's not appropriate. From these three cases, the three provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu and Hubei, it shows that the people behind this scene are not manipulated in one place, and their strength is very wide. Whether it is Liu Kunyi or Zhang Zhidong, they are all subject to geographical restrictions, and it is probably difficult to control the entire situation."

At this time, seeing that the emperor was in a better mood, Zhang Zhiwan interrupted: "Your Majesty, I recommend one person, maybe I can share the worries of the emperor."

Zai Tian immediately said, "Who?"

"I ordered the new army to train ministers and provide some suggestions for the rectification of military affairs in the five provinces. This person is now in charge of military affairs in Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. This case happens to be in these provinces. It is better to let the General Office of Ronglu, Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong and other local governors co-organized, and they can ensure completeness."

"Well, that's a solution." Zai Tian pondered for a moment. He also knew that Zhang Zhiwan's main purpose of recommending Ronglu was to pick out his younger brother, but it is undeniable that this was indeed a way. He immediately said: "Send a report immediately to Ronglu and Liu Kunyi, etc.: There are many suspicious lesson plans in the three provinces, and it is suspected that someone was manipulating them behind the scenes. Ronglu temporarily led the inspectors and censors of the five provinces to handle lesson plans in each province!"

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather in the south began to become stuffy. Although Anhui is north of the Yangtze River, you can feel a slight heat. On this day, a fleet of cars and horses were rushing on the path under the coolness of the evening.

Judging from the appearance, these dozen people seem to be businessmen, carrying large bags of papers and pushing wheelbarrows. I guess there is an urgent matter, otherwise most people rarely take this remote path. Although many bandits have been wiped out in the nearby town in the past two years because of the new army stationed in nearby towns, no one can guarantee that there will be no fish that misses the net, and walking on the main road is more comfortable and safe.

"There is a small wood in front of me. I'll walk for a dozen miles before I reach the town. This time I've been out for half a month, so I have to take a good rest after I go back."

The two people walking in front of the team, namely Zhao Er and Chi San, are the leaders of this team's business.

In fact, this team was disguised as a guard, and Zhao Er and Chi San were their chief and deputy squad leaders.

At the beginning of the 16th year of the Guangxu period, Jiang Chaozong led the 18th Guard Regiment to Hubei by the emperor's order. Their original task was to reorganize local troops, expand new troops, and at the same time eliminate local public security. However, when passing through Anhui, by chance, he wiped out a local bandits by chance. The Anhui Governor gave the emperor a letter to ask the emperor for the merits. As a result, Li Hongzhang took the opportunity to ask the emperor to stay in Anhui temporarily and assist the local bandits in northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southwestern Shandong, and southeastern Henan to clear up many bandits in northern Henan, and then head to Hubei.

These places were affected by years of natural disasters and the corruption of local governments, which led to rampant bandit troubles. So Guangxu agreed to Li Hongzhang's request.

Jiang Chaozong had more than 1,000 infantry regiments, and in addition to the three infantry battalions, there was also an artillery company. It was well-equipped and well-trained. The largest bandit nest in the four provinces was only a thousand stubborn bandits. How could they be the opponent of the Guards? In half a year, Jiang Chaozong commanded the 18th Regiment to fight thousands of miles and basically eliminated the larger bandit groups in the four places. After that, Jiang Chaozong learned and used Liu Shaoqing's guerrilla tactics to break the soldiers of a regiment into pieces. Nine companies were stationed in nine counties including Haozhou, Suzhou, Suqian, Fuyang, etc., and then radiated to surrounding towns in the form of squads. In this way, even those small groups of bandits could not accommodate them.

Disguising himself as a merchant is a means of the Guards to suppress bandits.

"Second brother, this is the third time we have come out and haven't met a bandit. Now the court is vigorously developing industry and commerce. In the past, the people were forced to go up the mountain to get married. Now every family has food to eat, who can do this business of licking blood on the head? You said, are we going to start soon?"

Zhao Eryi smiled and said, "Do you think I want to waste here? Isn't this order yet? But I heard that the court has sent the principal to the south. It seems that we will be able to make it happen in no time."

As the two were talking, suddenly there was a "bang!" and more than 20 people rushed out of the woods.

These people are not dressed badly, not like ordinary small bandits of gangsters. And half of them are holding guys in their hands. Although there are few foreign guns, there are also many bird guns and bore guns. The sound just now was that one of the bird guns fired a shot.

‘Oh, I’m lucky today, it’s open!’
Chapter completed!