Although what happened in Qingdao during this period was one after another, the establishment of factories and enterprises, the reorganization of the army, and the tender of warships, which seemed very lively, outside Qingdao, the East China government's comprehensive control of Shandong Province and land reform work had never stopped. After all, this is the foundation of the East China government's rule, so it has always been steadily promoting.

In the past few months, the work of the East China government has been very effective. At this time, the land reform work has been basically completed in Jinan Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou Prefecture. Not only has the grassroots administrative management system been established, but the administrative center of the East China government was established in the cities of Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture, which comprehensively manages administrative, judicial, finance, public security and other affairs. Since most of the farmers have obtained their own land, the burden has been greatly reduced, and with the strong publicity, they have very support for the East China government, and the bureaucratic system of the former Qing court was undermined.

Although the Qing officials and local gentry and powerful people were strongly dissatisfied with the policies of the East China government, the behavior of the East China government in Jinan had long been spread throughout the prefectures and counties in Shandong. Everyone knew that the local forces in Jinan, from officials and servants in the yamen to local gangs, were all severely curbed by overseas Chinese. It is said that only killed people and their blood could float. Many people were destroyed by overseas Chinese. Therefore, officials and powerful people in other places dared to boldly oppose overseas Chinese and could only accept it.

The officials did not dare to compete for power with the East China government, and honestly accepted the fact that they were undermined. The officials and servants also tied their tails and handed over the power at the grassroots level. Some changed careers to other business; some defected to overseas Chinese to receive further education; some officials and servants chose to hide at home and endure and watch the changes in the current situation. These people were basically officials and servants who held certain grassroots power. They were reluctant to give up their power, but they did not dare to offend overseas Chinese, so they had to temporarily restrain themselves, fantasizing that one day the court could rectify the chaos and they had a chance to make a comeback. Local gangs also stopped, and the gentry and powerful people naturally obeyed their heads and obeyed their orders, and they took the initiative to offer their land. Therefore, wherever the land reform working group went, it was invincible, and it was simply unfavorable.

In this way, the land reform work went very smoothly. In addition to attacking the landlords and officials who were angry and resentful, they basically did not have much difficulty in obedience and cooperated with the people. Although the time travelers knew that they were not convinced and were waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, they could not make any big waves.

Subsequently, the East China Government carried out land reform and grassroots administrative construction in Qingzhou Prefecture, Yizhou Prefecture, Wuding Prefecture, Taizhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and other places. However, when Qingzhou Prefecture, some unexpected events occurred.

Qingzhou was one of the areas where the Qing court set up the Eight Banners garrisons in Shandong, and the other was Dezhou. The difference is that the Eight Banners garrisons in Dezhou were set up when the Qing court first entered the pass, and their function was to protect the capital, because Dezhou was the only way to Shandong to Beijing, while the Eight Banners garrisons in Qingzhou were set up during the Yongzheng period, and the purpose was to strengthen local control. After all, the Qing court had been in the pass for nearly a hundred years. After the rule of Shunzhi and Kangxi dynasties, the rule in China had stabilized, and the threat of Beijing had been greatly reduced, and the control of the local control became the main target of the Eight Banners local garrisons. Although the Qing court did not abolish the Eight Banners garrisons in Dezhou, the focus of Shandong's garrisons was the Eight Banners garrisons in Qingzhou.

The difference can also be seen from the positions of the two garrison troops. The highest official of the Eight Banners garrison in Dezhou is the Cheng Guard, the third rank, with 553 garrison troops; while the highest official of the Eight Banners garrison in Qingzhou is the Deputy Chief, the second rank, with 1,830 garrison troops, the difference is quite large.

The local Eight Banners garrisons brought their families and had special servants living in the city. According to the Qing court system, the bannermen were specialized in military combat, and paid monthly salary of rice on a monthly basis. They also had other food when they went to the expedition. This is the so-called "iron-core crops". It is not allowed to leave the city without authorization, to operate industry and commerce, and to intermarry with foreign tribes. When the Eight Banners garrisons of Qingzhou were established, the family members of the military and civilians were about 15,000 people. After hundreds of years of reproduction, the current has exceeded 100,000, and the organization has expanded to more than 3,000, but in fact there are only more than 1,000 people.

Although the Han scholar-official class rose after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Manchus gradually lost power in China, but now it is still ruled by the Qing court, so the Manchus still have considerable power in various places. Moreover, although many Eight Banners have abandoned their academic property, the accumulation of more than 250 years has occurred, and a group of local powers and nobles have appeared. In addition, they have political privileges, so the Manchus are still a force that cannot be ignored in the local areas of the garrison. As long as the Manchus in the local area do not cause big troubles and do not interfere with the governance of local officials, local officials generally do not care about Manchus. In most places, both sides have reached a subtle and tacit understanding of Pingmo.

Moreover, although the Eight Banners Army had been corrupt and degenerate at this time, there were a few exceptions, and the garrison of the Eight Banners of Qingzhou was an exception. Because the people in Shandong have been brave since ancient times, it was still fierce because the residents of Qingzhou area were still fierce. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao selected strong and healthy people from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and organized them into the Qingzhou Army, fought for him in the east and west, expanded his territory, and finally unified the north, achieving great achievements. Since then, the name of the fierceness of the Qingzhou Army has spread, so the garrison of the Eight Banners of Qingzhou was somewhat affected. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, it became one of the few troops in the Eight Banners Army that maintained some bloody troops.

During the First Opium War, the Qing court dispatched more than 400 troops from the Qingzhou garrison to defend Zhenjiang and launched a fierce battle with the attacking British army. Although they had suffered several bloody battles, they were unable to support them and lost Zhenjiang. However, in this battle, 65 soldiers in Qingzhou were killed, more than 70 seriously injured, and more than 100 people were slightly injured and missing. The British army also died 37 people, 127 people were injured, and 3 others were missing. This was the biggest loss of the British army since the Opium War. After the war, the British army also admitted that if they were facing the same resistance in China, we would definitely not be able to reach Nanjing. The following year, in order to commemorate the soldiers who died, the people of Zhenjiang built the "Qingzhou garrison Loyalty and Martyrs' Temple" at the west gate of Zhenjiang City and erected the "Loyalty and Martyrs' Monument".

Subsequently, the Qingzhou Banners were responsible for combat tasks many times, suppressing peasant uprisings such as the Taiping Army and Nian Army. Although they were not as good as the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, they were finally a Eight Banners Army that could still fight. Therefore, while the Qing court organized the new army, they did not forget the Eight Banners garrison and replaced them with weapons and equipment, which was quite high hope. When Yuan Shikai was in charge of Shandong, he suppressed the Boxer Regiment in Shandong, and the Qingzhou Banners also made great efforts.

The current deputy governor of Qingzhou garrison is Wenrui, the surname Niuhulu, the Manchu Red Banner, and the hereditary baron. Although this man was Manchu, his mind was not conservative. Although the bannermen enjoyed the favorable conditions of the Qing court, the livelihoods of the bannermen have become increasingly severe since the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Because the population is growing and the number of people cannot engage in labor, peasants and merchants. In addition, the children of the Eight Banners are corrupt and degenerate, it is not easy to join the army. It is very common for families to be unable to serve as soldiers for several generations or to be able to eat money and food. Moreover, even if they become soldiers, the food and wages they receive may not be able to support a large population, and the food and wages are still being discounted. Therefore, although some Manchus have accumulated some family business, most Manchus have still had a very difficult life, and of course, it is better than the Han people.

When Wenrui was in Qingzhou, he established a craft bureau and opened a market to solve the livelihood of the bannermen. In fact, at this time, the rules of the bannermen had already been in name only. Some bannermen had already left Mancheng in order to make a living and had already changed their Han surname to engage in various business and production. Some people were still doing well. Of course, many bannermen could not put down their airs and could only live in a daze. However, there were very few people like Wenrui who helped the bannermen make a living with the power of the government. It was thanks to the opening of Wenrui that the overall livelihood of Qingzhou bannermen had improved a little, and at least they could support themselves and support their families. Even a part of them could still buy land and live a well-off life. Of course, the rich family among the people would naturally become richer.

The time travelers promoted land reform in Qingzhou naturally touched the interests of Manchus. Because they not only wanted to confiscate the fields of the rich manchus' homes, but also opened the city and implemented the policy of complete equality of Manchus and Han people. These behaviors of course made Wenrui quite dissatisfied. Although he set up a craft bureau and opened a market to make Manchus support himself, not for the equality of Manchus and Han people. In Wenrui's heart, of course, he believed that Manchus still had the highest level of Han people. In addition to Wenrui, other Manchu officials and the rich were also very unfair and all advised Wenrui, asking Wenrui to come forward to stop overseas Chinese.

However, Wenrui finally had some brains. He knew some things about overseas Chinese and understood that the power of the Manchus is not like the past. Overseas Chinese have made great contributions to rescue the emperor and were granted the title of governor of Shandong. He also had soldiers and guns in his hands. Even the court had to respect them three points, which was not something he could stop. But he couldn't just forget it, let alone Wenrui himself still had thousands of acres of land? So Wenrui came to Feng Ruzhi, the governor of Qingzhou, and asked him to think of a solution.

Feng Ruyi, whose courtesy name was Xingyan, was from Xiangfu, Henan. He passed the imperial examination in the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), and was an old friend of Yuan Shikai. It turned out that in the early years of Guangxu, Yuan Shikai's uncle Yuan Baoheng met Feng Ruyi, who was still a juren at that time, during the disaster relief in Henan. Since then, Feng Ruyi has dated the Yuan family.

After becoming the prefect of Qingzhou, Feng Ruyi advocated the development of industry, art school, craft bureau and other institutions, and established official middle schools, which were mostly beneficial to government. At this time, Yuan Shikai became the governor of Shandong, and the old friends reunite, which naturally complemented each other. Yuan Shikai was trying to expand his team. People like Feng Ruyi who had local governance experience were exactly what Yuan Shikai needed, so he also made friends with hard work. During the Gengzi Rebellion, although Shandong under Yuan Shikai was the birthplace of the Boxer Rebellion, there was no major turmoil. Feng Ruyi also helped Yuan Shikai a lot of efforts and was valued by Yuan Shikai.
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