In July 1910, it seemed that there was a sudden reconciliation between the Qing royal family and Song Biao.

At this time, Zaifeng still believed that his strength was much stronger than that of Song Biao. After all, eight of the nine governors in the country were Manchus, with new troops from all provinces across the country. He had the strength of twenty-nine towns, and Song Biao was full of plans. But the size of ten towns.

Yinchang and Liangbi have some special relationship networks in the three eastern provinces, and have a certain understanding of the strength of the Northeast New Army. The Japanese also hope that the Qing army and the Northeast New Army will go to war and continue to provide the Qing government with the Northeast New Army. Various spicy information sold a large amount of arms and equipment to the Qing government, and even provided loans and temptations, which played a crucial role in the establishment of a new army by the Qing royal family.

In this case, Zaifeng was not afraid of Song Biao on the one hand, but on the other hand, he really needed to gain more time. When the new army in the 42 towns of the country were fully integrated, the flag soldiers and imperial guards were mainly Manchu and Mongolian. Only when the equipment is more well-equipped will he consider the real Song Biao to take action.

Every person who stands at the peak of this era, even if it is a coincidence, will feel that he is talented and stubborn. A few years ago, Song Biao needed time to stabilize his power and expand his advantages, but now he is the turn. Zaifeng and Liangbi thought so.

This was the main factor in the decision of the Qing royal family and Song Biao to temporarily ease the relationship.

The development of the situation is probably far beyond Zaifeng and Liangbi's expectations. The reason is very simple. When Song Biao intends to fight quickly, this kind of delaying strategy will only numb them, not Song Biao.

In the second year of Xuantong, July 1910 was such a bizarre period.

Shanghai rubber bubble finally burst. Under the control of various strange factors, Cai Naihuang, who originally intended to protect the Shanghai money market, was suddenly dismissed from his post and investigated. More than 6 million official silvers in the Shanghai money market were transferred to China Business Network. At this time, the bank had lost tens of millions of taels of silver inventories, and most of them had already died. After this, the entire army was destroyed, and the official bills and banknote runs spread all the way across the country. Even the Far East Bank It is impossible to avoid it. It is just in May that Far East Bank had suspended its business under the auspices of Zhang Kangren.

The rubber bubble burst, the bankruptcy of Shanghai money shops, and the official ticket run broke out almost at the same time. Just this month, the Qing royal family continued to speed up the preparations for the new army, and various places drew military funds. They really issued an order to give marriage.

The most outrageous thing is the second national petition by the constitutionalists. In Shandong, Zhejiang and the capital, large-scale patrol camps suppressed the petition of students. The incident was very serious, especially several students died in Zhejiang.

Huguang has encountered a rare drought this year, which has been rare in decades. In previous years, I only heard that there were floods in Huguang, but no one expected that it would encounter drought. After the financial turmoil in Shanghai, trade in various places came to a halt, and it could not be like the previous two years. In this way, purchasing grain from the Northeast can stabilize grain prices, and Huguang is the national granary. When Huguang is hungry, the whole country will become faint, and the grain prices in various places will rise accordingly, and the price increase is a bit too outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that Sichuan Railway Company and several other commercial railway companies participated in the rubber stock speculation and suffered heavy losses. They were unable to continue to host the railway. The newly appointed Minister of Posts and Communications of the Ministry of Posts and Communications decided to run the railway official and reclaim the right to go back.

As a result, July 1910 became the most chaotic year in history in the late Qing Dynasty.

Among these messy events, one thing was something Song Biao had never thought of before. This incident was originally very small. The cause was that Hunan suffered from floods and droughts in the first year of Xuantong, and the grain prices in Changsha rose sharply. It was 4th in the second year of Xuantong.

The month encountered another drought, and the grain price in Changsha doubled compared with previous years. In a family in the south gate of Changsha, a man went out to work and earned 80 cents a day, so he asked his wife to go out to buy a kilo of rice.

This wife went to the rice shop because the amount of money was not a standard money, which was not a standard money, which was minted from other provinces. Hunan was not allowed to be used locally, so her wife had to go back and exchange it. When she came back, the rice price had risen to 85 cents per catty.

Because there was no spare money at home, the child was hungry, and the wife jumped into the river and committed suicide due to shame. The two children around her were crying by the river. At night, the husband went to the river to find the child. After hearing about this, the husband was discouraged and cold.

, and also jumped into the river with two children to commit suicide.

On the second day, the neighbors around the family were furious and carried the bodies of four to the rice shop and asked the rice shop owner to invest in buying a coffin. The boss disagreed. As a result, on this day, the rice price was from 85 yuan per month.

The pound rose to 90 liters, and then another woman jumped into the river due to the quarrel between rice prices and shops, which caused the entire Changsha city to fall into riots. The local Taoist station suppressed the matter and claimed that it would be a rebellion if it dared to oppose the court.

, and it turned out to be completely out of control.

Changsha is a place with strong customs and has always been a key place for the spread of the Restoration Association. The local Hunan Army Middle School and primary schools are all organized by members of the Restoration Association. Other new schools are also the focus of the secret activities of the Restoration Association. The fresh army stationed in Changsha

Zhang Xianren, the 25th Mixed Association, and most of the non-commissioned officers, were also members of the Restoration Association and Tongmeng Association.

At first, the students and gentry were organized first, and there were indeed many rioters in various places. The 25th Mixed Association could not defend it and refused to suppress the turmoil in Changsha. Until June, the situation had reached its extreme chaos. Hunan Governor Cen Chunli

Forced to report to the court, I don't know how the Secretary of the Army Department Liangbi and the Governor of Huguang made a decision. I probably considered that the relationship between the 25th Mixed Association and the New Army of Wuchang Eighth Town was special, and the 25th Mercedes did not directly rebel,

The 27th Mixed Association of Jiangnan Nanchang was sent to quell the rebellion. The two places were indeed close to each other. There was a Pingxiang Railway in the middle section of the road, which was roughly the reason.

As a result, this matter was really wrong. Zhu Qian, the 27th Mixed Association, is from Zhejiang and is also a member of the Restoration Association who developed during his period in Japan. He was earlier than Zhang Xianren joined the Restoration Association. The two associations formed a town and came together.

Once connected, it will determine the rebellion.

Zhu Qian had previously received news that Xiao Xingheng, the commander of the 21st town, had agreed to the uprising. With Jiang Zungui's Zhejiang Mixed Association, the three brigades' forces all over Hangzhou and sent an alliance to attack Suzhou.

The 23rd Confederate Uprising.

Zhu Qian's mission is to remain unmoved for the time being. If the Wuchang New Army goes south to suppress the Yangtze River, Zhu Qian will take the opportunity to launch an uprising, arrive all the way through Pingxiangye to Hanyang, and occupy Wuchang.

After years of development, the Restoration Association has become extremely influential among the new army, new school, and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is openly through the new policy to strengthen the national assembly. It is secretly various underground organizations.

This matter is almost certain, but Zhu Qian was temporarily transferred to Hunan and had to discuss it with Zhang Xianren urgently. Because the situation in Changsha was already very chaotic, he would either send troops to suppress it or directly use the situation to revolt. Anyway, the uprising in Zhejiang is about to come, so they simply met.

In the evening, they each persuaded all the non-commissioned officers to hold an uprising together, killing Hunan Governor Cen Chunli and the local Taoist platform, and calling on the people to fight all the way to the capital, eliminate corrupt officials, and abolish the Qing Dynasty.

The people were angry and said that everything was easily believed. Zhang Xianren said that after the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway was notified, all the food in Huguang was transported to the capital to supply people. It would rather starve them to death to the Hunanese people, only by killing all the people, Hunanese people

There is food to eat.

This matter is out of control.

The Qing government initially did not expect the 27th Association and the 25th Association to rebel at the same time. They were worried about too many things and the students were killed. The people in Zhili in the capital were furious, and Yinchang, who had no military power, instead took the rebellion of Liangbi, the Minister of the Army.

After the blame, he could only swallow his teeth and blood. He was removed from the position of the Governor of Zhili. Liang Bi served as the Governor of Zhili. The culprit shook hands and continued to suppress the students' petitions.

Shanghai's financial turmoil has spread all the way to Zhili. Because Northeast Bank and Far East Bank suspended the exchange of Kanto silver dollars in the Guanzhong area in advance, monetary bases in various provinces were tightened on a large scale, copper dollars were flooded again, and silver notes issued in various provinces were frantically squeezed.

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In this case, Hunan actually revolted.

It's a god-killing.

So, no one can predict everything that the situation has developed.

Just before the Hunan Uprising, Song Biao was completely unaware of this. He was secretly arranging the secret service to investigate the rubber stock scammers in the Shanghai securities market. The most powerful scammers were Mai Bianli, Jia Daoli, Bai Kewen and his son.

The secret service bureau had already started to make arrangements for them six months in advance, and kept chasing them to Hong Kong and Singapore and other places, where they were kidnapped and kidnapped.

There are many experts from the secret service department who are from bandits. Bai Kewen and his son were arrested on a freighter fleeing to France. If it is not convenient to hijack, they can only force them to sign a huge bill of exchange and then kill and buried them.

Coal pile.

That night, Song Biao got home without any expectations. After having supper at home, he planned to take a walk in the garden with Shu Xuan because there was a heavy rain in the afternoon and the breeze was rippling at night, which was a good time to go out for a walk.

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As soon as he and Shu Xuan were about to go out, Jiang Fangzhen, Chen Qicai and Shu Fangde all hurriedly ran in, and the expressions of several people were also very panicked.

Song Biao was talking to Shu Xuan about Mrs. Sheng’s birthday gift. He had someone prepare a pair of ruby-inlaid gold bracelets and a pair of jade bracelets. I don’t know which pair Shu Xuan plans to give, but Shu Xuan said it is

I gave the gold bracelet to Mrs. Sheng, and wanted to keep the jade bracelet to my mother.

Song Biao heard Shu Xuan say it, looking at the people who were running in hurriedly. He knew that something big happened at first glance. Shu Xuan stopped talking halfway and said to Song Biao: "You go and do it first,

I'll take Yuanyuan home and have a look."

Song Biao nodded, gave Li Dahan a look, and signaled him to take a few people to the Shu family courtyard with Shu Xuan and his daughter.

Shu Xuan didn't leave. Jiang Fangzhen and the others were very frightened, but they dared not say that until Shu Xuan took her daughter out of the yard, Song Biao and Jiang Fangzhen asked, "What's wrong? Is it necessary for three people to come together?"

Jiang Fangzhen was a little excited, but also said in surprise: "General, the 25th Association in Hunan and the 27th Association in Jiangxi have revolted. They are all brothers from the Restoration Association. Originally, it was said that the new army in Wuchang went over, but they were sent.

Zhu Qian's 27th association went to Changsha. Zhu Qian and Zhang Xianren planned to join forces and revolt. They killed the governor Cen Chunli in the afternoon. Now they occupy the entire Changsha city. They also sent some troops to attack Yueyang and prepare to join Hubei Xin

The army occupied Huguang."

Song Biao was also shocked, because the Hubei New Army was not a key area for the development of the Restoration Association, but attacking Yueyang was not a wrong decision, because Changsha had no danger to defend, and if you conquer Yueyang, you could hold on for a while and wait for the uprising in other places.

They shine together.

This time came too early. In terms of the Hangzhou Uprising, although Xiao Xingheng had been in the Northeast New Army for a period of time in the early days, he also had close contacts with the Restoration Association. It may take some time to make him decide to revolt immediately.

what to do?

Song Biao was a little confused, which was a bit too advanced because his arrangement was to revolt at the end of September. He responded in mid-October, and he had to insist at least half a month in the middle of October.

At this time, the Guangdong-Hankou Railway was in chaos. There was a railway from Wuchang to Yueyang, and there was no railway from Yueyang to Changsha. If the rebel army seized Yueyang and confronted the new army in Yueyang, it would actually be a great loss.

The Qing army's new army towns were generally equipped with relatively complete equipment. The various associations were still in the process of forming the equipment and could only be merged into towns after they were fully equipped.

Because of the long-term efforts of Lan Tianwei and the Tongmenghui, there are many members of the Tongmenghui. They said there was cooperation between them and the Restoration Association, and there have been divisions in recent years. It is really hard to say what the specific situation will be.

Anyway, things came too urgent.

After a brief thought, Song Biao decided to deal with it carefully, so he called Jiang Fangzhen and the others into the study to sit down and discuss the matter together. As a result, after the conversation, Jiang Fangzhen and Shu Fangde both supported responding to the Changsha Uprising immediately, while Chen Qicai suggested waiting for a little more.

Time, or let Zhejiang uprising first.

The arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

When things got to this point, Song Biao was not allowed to play as planned. He carefully weighed the pros and cons in his mind. After thinking for a full ten minutes, he said to Jiang Fangzhen: "Give Tao Chengzhang the power and let him go and persuade him personally.

Xiao Xingheng told Xiao Xingheng that one week after the Zhejiang Uprising, the Northeast New Army would definitely lead the troops south. Changsha, Zhejiang would fight against the Qing Dynasty together. The Qing government had no choice but to deal with the east and west. Even if it was to send the Beiyang New Army to suppress it, it would take more than a week to arrive in Zhejiang.

Stabilizing this week is the first contribution of the liberation revolution."

He paused. He added to Jiang Fangzhen: "Let him not worry about the Beiyang Army. As long as our army leads the troops into the pass, we are sure to wipe out the main force of the Beiyang Army within one week."

Jiang Fangzhen was overjoyed and said, "Master, as long as you say this, Xiao Tongzhi will definitely revolt. Our Northeast New Army is so strong that all new troops are very clear. As long as our army leads its troops south, even if the Beiyang Army is not annihilated.

, the new troops of the other provinces have the strength to defend one side and become bigger."

Song Biao thought for a while and said, "Actually, what we have to worry about now is what if they go to the top. Now we will definitely not be able to take care of so much. Let Xiao Xingheng revolt first. This person has a lot of contact with us, and he is not a greedy person for money and forgetfulness.

People, don’t talk about money, just say it’s a must for a strong country. China is already expected to become a world power. The revival of China is only in his weekly action, let alone other military forces to help.”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded solemnly and went out to do business first.

Song Biao turned around and asked Shu Fangde to take out the entire matter map that the Intelligence Department had only compiled again in April to verify the situation of the new troops in each province. The Restoration Conference is currently mainly centered on Zhejiang, in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui.

, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces develop. Although the remaining provinces have certain members, they do not play a leading role. The Tongmenghui is centered on Guangdong and Guangxi, and the efforts it puts in Hubei are even more powerful than the Restoration Society.

The Restoration Association wins because of its sufficient funding and strict organization, and its ability to secretly develop in various places. The Tongmenghui fights everywhere and is famous. The Restoration Revolution and Mr. Sun's Three Principles of the People's Revolution have their own advantages in theory and absorbs them.

The people are also different.

In general, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the strongest areas of the Restoration Association, followed by Jiangxi, Hui, Hunan, Fujian and Hubei, and the three eastern provinces are mainly the main locations of the Xinhua Association and the Chinese Revolutionary Association. The Restoration Association also secretly has a certain special class here, such as

Cultural people and gentry celebrities are mostly easily absorbed by the Liberation Club.
To be continued...