Chapter 188: Difficulty in governing the country

Yang Changjun's luck did not last for a few days. Because there were large-scale bandit chaos in both Shaanxi and Gansu provinces where he served as governor, the cause was that it had a great relationship with his improper handling. After the military reform in Shaanxi Province gradually got on track, the handling of officials among the bandits was also put on the agenda, and Yang Changjun was the first to bear the brunt.

He knew that Mr. Huang from southern Shaanxi was in trouble. He lost the opportunity to fight, which led to the bandits becoming bigger, the committee members were improper, and a town in Hanzhong was in ruins. As soon as Zaifeng's impeachment arrived in Beijing, someone in Beijing would tell him about the news. This time he was afraid that he could not escape. He also knew that he was not from Li Hongzhang's Huai Army system. Now, as the prime minister of the cabinet, it was impossible for Li Hongzhang to rely on someone in the court to speak. So before the ministry could discuss, his apology and begging for return had been submitted to Beijing.

The memorial was a secret memorial. After Liang Qichao received the memorial, he wrote a brief introduction after reading it. The general idea was that he knew his sins and asked for strict punishment to serve as a warning. However, his words also revealed that the court is now under the control of the Huai Army, and the country is worried about the political and political development.

The rise of Li Hongzhang's Huai Army was the result I wanted to get after I decided on the national policy. This is certain, but the reason is that the Chinese bureaucracy that adapted to this era must be from the Hunan and Huai Army. The others were either Qingliu or Manchurian people. The enlightened faction among the Manchurians was also the Westernization faction brought down by Yi Xin. It has been a long time since Li Hongzhang's Huai Army.

"Zhuo Ru." I pressed my heart down and looked at Liang Qichao and briefly talked about Yang Changjun's complaints, and finally asked: "How is Yang Changjun's origin? Do you know?"

Liang Qichao thought for a moment and turned to answer, "Reply to the emperor, Yang was a subordinate of the Chu army's Left Wenxiang Duke in the past. Although Duke Wenxiang made great contributions to the country, he was very sorry that he was a perverse person. Although he was comparable to Mr. Zeng Wenzheng, he succeeded him. After his death, the Chu army was a successor. From the minister's perspective, Yang and his commander, Lei Zhengwan, were the most outstanding figures in the Chu army, and there was almost nothing else to hear about. In this regard, Yang said that the Huai army was exclusion, which seemed to be understandable. However, according to the humble minister, this trend should not rise. The emperor would be more than to refute it sternly, but the truth could be told. In addition, the Shaanxi army reforms, the Hui people riots in the west have not yet been quelled, and there is a new chaos in southern Shaanxi. It seems that the government of the Shaanxi province is not suitable for a big fight."

I walked with my hands behind my back, thinking about the situation in the west. The Russians were making trouble behind the scenes. This time, the turmoil of tens of thousands of people was unreliable. If someone was interested in provoking religious or ethnic conflicts behind me, the situation behind me would be difficult to deal with. It is still necessary to stabilize. Yang Changjun's usual moral integrity and reputation were excellent, and he was also a good counselor in Zuo Zongtang's past in his early years. Logically speaking, there was no big mistake in the civil rebellion in Xinjiang, but he didn't expect any overseas interference.

Recalling Yang Changjun's memorial on the civil war in Xinjiang, it also means that over the years, the government has been involved in conflicts between new and old Islam, and caused by injustice. What are the tricks here? It still needs to be considered carefully. Now, Yang Changjun's memorial on the conflicts between the sects of the Xinjiang that began in the 17th year of Guangxu was transferred to take a closer look at the conflicts between the sects of the Xinjiang region. Li Hongzhang and others were invited to participate in Xiang together in order to be helpful to the civil affairs measures after the rebellion.

It is not just to determine the punishment result for Yang Changjun. How can the Russians take action, what kind of people, means, and strength behind this? This kind of pipeline must be dug up, and the border defense forces must also strengthen education in this area to prevent such incidents from happening again. There are so many ethnic minorities in China. If this aspect is not well-kept, there will be more troubles in the future. Are there fewer people who are willing to make China chaotic? Not only foreigners, but also some Chinese who always say patriotism. The repeated rebellions in Xinjiang are not just because of improper handling by local officials, but also because of the temptation or enlistment of external forces.

Of course, there is another factor that is the difference between hot and cold. Some local officials use ruthless means to suppress the strange plots of these people, while others are afraid of coaxing the people, and the more they make trouble, the more they coax these people, the more they become. It is natural to coax them and give them a promise. Once the policy is a little unsatisfactory, they will rebel immediately. Such people are useless to blindly be gentle. Those who should be suppressed must be suppressed. This is what it means to send Xu Shichang to join the two of the most elite Dragon Banner Army. They gather more than 100,000 people to rebel at any time. What is that?

Another level is to educate. Kang Youwei's Chinese nation theory has also been slapped. After this rebellion is quelled, education will be carried out immediately in places where ethnic minorities live. Equality is that you are the same as others, not that you should be the first-class person higher than others. The country has no obligation to coax you and treat you as a god. After all, this is also for the sake of the good of these nations themselves, and always treat themselves as treasures. If you feel a little wronged, you will rebel. Isn't it a dead end?

It is the same as it is used in Manchus. In another time and space history, although the fate of the streets like grasshoppers after the founding of the Republic of China was sad, wasn’t this bitter fruit planted by them themselves?

Of course, going back, the Hui people in Shaanxi and Gansu have almost never had a peaceful life since the rebellion of the 43rd Su during the Qianlong period. They fled Russia in the fourth year of Guangxu and died in Russia in the seventeenth year. They also took advantage of the Changmao to rebel and raise the anti-bank in Shaanxi and Gansu. How powerful is the 18th camp? Once they were defeated and defected to other countries, who are they? Bandits! Looking back now, are there no Russians behind this?

Therefore, the purpose was decided so that the rebellion was severely punished according to the Qing laws. However, after the rebellion was put under the scrutiny, people's livelihood and education must keep up, and local officials must learn lessons and how to govern and return to the land. In the future, a reasonable constitution should be drawn up, and the past affairs should be used as a teacher to make the future affairs learn.

I asked Li Hongzhang what he meant by Yang Changjun's handling opinions. Li Hongzhang seemed to have received some rumors recently, and he was respectful, but he was not brave enough. When I heard me ask Yang Changjun, my body trembled and said with some trembling words: "The emperor forgives, Yang Changjun is not a subordinate of me, and he is a senior official. I dare not make any comments, so I would like to ask the emperor to decide."

"Of course I decided." I sighed in my heart, and was a little unhappy, and said coldly: "I want you to discuss it. You are the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the responsibility of the Prime Minister, and you are the Earl. What do you think of when you discuss it? What did you hear? Liang Qichao!"

Hearing that I didn't call him, Liang Qichao hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm here."

"You..." I was going to ask him, but after thinking about it, it was still difficult to ask in front of Li Hongzhang, so I waved my hand and said, "Tell me about Li Jue Xiang, you are always by my side, do I have any doubts about Li Jue Xiang?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, the emperor is not the lord of guessing, and our subordinates are obvious to all." Liang Qichao responded very quickly, and wiped his sweat and replied: "I think Li Juexiang is not a lie. It's just that there have been rumors in Japanese dramas recently. Li Juexiang is afraid of being a little worried and afraid of slander..."

"Okay--" I waved my hand, let Liang Qichao get up, turned to Li Hongzhang and said, "Mr. Shaoquan is becoming more and more afraid as he grows older? Isn't that true when he was young? Yang Changjun is not the governor. Even if he is in the throne, you, Li Hongzhang, can't discuss it? You are in Yuan prime minister, so you will definitely discuss the officials of the world. I know some rumors. I know where the cause is. You must tolerate it. I believe in you, and I won't talk about the past achievements. Just talk about the reform of the world's military. I will watch it.

, You, Li Hongzhang, have no selfish intentions. Besides, someone wants to say that you, Li Hongzhang, have two hearts, I don’t believe in a single word. If you, you, have two hearts, have you, have. When Changmao was in chaos and the Huai Army was in the north, if you, Li Hongzhang, had you had a strange intention at that time, how could I love Xinjueluo family today, how could I rule the world today? I told you a few years ago that I didn’t like my subordinates’ views and therefore abolished politics. Today, the same thing is the same. Sometimes I fear slander and cannot hold loyal and upright words to enter the ninth level, which is also the view of the door."

When Li Hongzhang heard me talking about sensitive things, he had already kneeled down. After saying this, I approached him and helped him up and said, "That's what it means. Shaoquan still has to hold on to the country. I am very lucky to be the Qing Dynasty. I am very lucky. Okay, let's talk about Yang Changjun."

"I am so nervous." After receiving this preaching, Li Hongzhang had some emotional fluctuations. He finally calmed down and said, "I am in the midst of rumors and dare not slacke in one day. Therefore, I have been a little lazy recently. The emperor clearly sees Wanli, so why are I very lucky?" After saying a few words, he said to the point: "If you want to talk about Yang Changjun, I will still understand the punishment of the canon. If the official is guilty and does not correct it, I will be afraid that there will be trouble in the future. However, as a minister, how can I not have any selfishness? The emperor asked me, my intention was to demote him and keep him and cure Shaanxi and Gansu."

I was stunned and smiled and said, "Others have to make up for their selfishness. Your selfishness is a bit new. Tell me, why should I keep him?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, Shaanxi and Gansu are poor, and Han people return to miscellaneous places, which is a place that is prone to chaos. Yang Changjun's moral integrity is very good, but he can't bear to punish him. In addition, if he rashly changes people, it will be a problem to get familiar with the place, and it is afraid that it will be difficult to learn lessons. Over time, one move is inappropriate and the chaos comes out again. The court will send a large army to suppress it, which is costly. According to the minister's wishes, it is still to keep the Governor Yang Changjun as the governor, and Lei Zhengwan can be transferred to the Governor of Gansu. Dong Fuxiang is from a Hui people and can also take advantage of this and allow him to be the governor of Qinghai, Gansu. The former admiral is still in charge.

Cao Kezhong also quelled the Hui Rebellion in Ningxia. With the cooperation of the three martial arts, Yang Changjun suffered such a great loss and would not be afraid of another big trouble in the future." At the end, he thought for a while and said, "Of course, these are all skills in treating the symptoms and the root cause, and they still need to rely on education and education. In addition to the food and clothing, the people are willing to rebel, except for the natural bandits, I have never seen good people willing to follow the thief. The sects of the Xinjiang region are different from those in the mainland, so I still need to rely on education and education. Please send additional personnel from the Ministry of Education and Change, and after one or two generations, I can still treat the root cause."

Yes, the key is education and propaganda. This is the correct strategy to calm people's hearts. Looking at the cause of the rebellion in this return to the land, it was caused by religious conflicts. The Protestant Islamic religion was introduced into the land, and the conflict between the new and old sects was taken by Yang Changjun as a rebellion because of the time of heaven. He sent a concealer, Chen Jiaji, the Xining Daotai, to return, and hunted the new and old sects together, which finally led to the unity of the new and old sects of Islamic religions and the great trouble for more than 100,000 people. This is because the old officials have no experience and art of rule, and it is also the result of the support of overseas forces behind it. Therefore, strengthening education and education between the two religions and the integration of officials and the civilian education is the right way.

Thinking of this, my heart gradually calmed down and said to Li Hongzhang: "The second batch of civil and military officials who went to Britain and Germany to study abroad. Li Hongzhang, you plan to plan. I will go abroad to visit the barbarians in summer and autumn. Let these people go with me. This is the kindness and reward I give you, and it is also the meaning of favor. The ministers and workers in the court should understand what I mean, and also-" paused and said: "You should always go to Prince Gong's place, and Prince Gong has devoted his life to it, and you are the ones you pick up.

You have a lot of experience in governing the country. Okay, please kneel down and ignore military affairs from now on. You have to do with each military post. From now on, you will be transferred to Zai Wen and Nie Shicheng from now on. It is your duty to concentrate on civil affairs. I am also giving you some external words. You are old, and this is a consideration for you to train newcomers. I also want you to be the prime minister of peace for a few more years and achieve my righteousness as a monarch and minister."

"My memory - take your leave." Li Hongzhang was stunned for a moment and knelt out.

Liang Qichao saw it in his eyes, and his mouth moved as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped and stood silently.

I smiled and said, "Do you think I am still guarding against Li Hongzhang?" I lowered my smile and sighed, "You don't understand. I trust him and favor him, so I will exempt him from his military position. I am standing in the wind. If I live like this, I will be defeated even if I am not defeated. Li Hongzhang has been favored for decades. How many people have offended him? I can block him once, twice, and ten times and twenty times? Zhuo Ru, you don't know that the Qing government office has made a memorial to impeach him for 40 to 50 million yuan. Where did it come from? Hey, national military, world soldiers, where did it come from?

Someone has long said that it was his general, Li Hongzhang's family, and why did Teacher Weng stop him from getting a navy for him? If the navy had not been for my efforts to strengthen, it would have been his navy for him. Although I believe in him, how many people in the world can have my public aspirations? Alas—I really want to have a good end to him. It would be fine if he knew that it would be restrained, but what behind him? It is also difficult for me. If the country is not civilized, I am afraid that I will not be the emperor for a few years. Once the country is civilized, the cancer will be everywhere!"

Liang Qichao looked at me and couldn't speak. The atmosphere became a little sad for a moment. I hesitated for a while and patted the case and said, "You have just taken Yang Changjun's secret note? Have you seen it? I dared to guarantee 120,000 yuan. Li Hongzhang must know what Yang Changjun's secret note was written. Secret note, secret note, Qing Dynasty has been in this system for decades. Is it not that the secret note in my hands? Absurd! You can check it out for me to find it out for me to find it out!" He punched the case and stared at the outsider and said, "If you can't find it out, you don't have to read the note as you go, and you can resign from the missing person. I don't have anyone around me to report it to the god!"

"Yes-" Liang Qichao knelt down and received the order, "Your Majesty, please calm down, I will find these people out and hand them over to the Ministry, and I will punish you with the official."

In an instant, my anger stopped again. What was the words that came out? Sighing and shook his hand and said, "Just find out and report it to me. Just find an opportunity to transfer him to another post. Just have a clear idea in your heart. It would be bad for the city to be stormy. It's hard for me-"

Liang Qichao nodded as an answer to the order, but he couldn't say anything. After a pause, he took out a memorial and said, "Liu Kunyi's memorial has come in. I haven't had time to copy the brief. The emperor was concerned about this matter a few days ago, so I dare not delay it."

I nodded and followed it up, stretched thousands of words, and after reading it, I sighed again. "It seems that it should be a false accusation. I just say that no matter how arrogant Lu Chuanlin is, he is not that good at doing things."

Lu Chuanlin's affairs were very strange. The impeachment seal of Jiangsu's envoy Qu Hongji accused him of greed for education funds. The governor of a province without the cooperation of the vassal department would not be able to greed for the deposit of the vassal treasury. Nearly one-quarter of the country's annual income came from Jiangnan. In Jiangsu, he became a chief official in Jiangsu and did not need to make some money. Liu Kunyi's investigation notes also clearly prove this. The education funds in that year were fully allocated to the governor and the vassal treasury. Without the common approval notes between the two, no one could make a penny from it. This is the financial system. Unless he risked losing his head, he dared to fake signatures and receive them. Even so, Lu Chuanlin had to conspire with the vassal treasury.

Therefore, Liu Kunyi's conclusion was that the conflict between Lu Chuanlin and Qu Hongji led to the occurrence of this impeachment incident. The Qing Dynasty's law was not proven to impeachment officials, and he was punished for his crimes. So why did Qu Hongji take the risk of corruption and extravagance to falsely accuse Lu Chuanlin? Liu Kunyi's investigation result was that the two people had different conclusions on the use of education funds. It seemed that Qu Hongji would not sign and recognize a considerable part of the education funds, so more than one million taels of silver in the educational funds were unknown in the account books of Xuetai Yamen. Since the two had not yet been removed from the charge, the governor was also in military and political terms, and the aforementioned decree did not explicitly ask him to investigate, so Liu Kunyi's secret investigation could only end here. Finally, it was suggested that the court directly send personnel to Jiangsu for investigation, which was more legitimate.

"Your Majesty, do you want the Qingzhengyamen to send a member to investigate?" Liang Qichao saw that I had not spoken for a long time and thought I was waiting for his suggestion. He carefully said: "The Qingzhengyamen has recently incorporated new blood, which is also an opportunity to experience."

I originally wanted to do this, but I calmed down a lot when I heard him say this. I shook my head and said, "No, a second-rank official, a rank official, a Qing government office cannot withstand such storms. Although Liu Guangdi is a model minister, he has been promoted many times in recent years. He is responsible for the Ministry of Justice, the Qing government office, Dali Temple, and the deputy prime minister of the cabinet. He has never let the examination go. Let the Qing government office below show this. Will he still do things in the future?" He looked at Liang Qichao and said, "It's better for Zhuo Ru, you have finished handling the affairs of the inner court secretariat and go to Nanjing. You are doing business by the emperor. If you are not afraid of you, the people below Liu Guangdi don't have such a face. In this way, you take Tan Sitong and Cen Chunxuan to go with you, and say hello to Liu Guangdi and ask him how many people he wants. I will give you the identity of an imperial envoy."

"I am afraid-" Liang Qichao knelt down and thanked him: "I have no experience in anti-corruption and bribery, and I am afraid that I will miss the emperor's major affairs. Please think twice."

"Heart--" I looked into his eyes and said expressionlessly: "As long as you have a heart, Zhuo Ru, you are still a pure heart now. As long as you are not invaded by external evil, I believe that you can do this job well. I am also a training for you. Cen Chunxuan and Tan Sitong have experience. Both of them are from wealthy families. They don't need to collect money. If you ask Liu Guangdi more about this job, I believe you can do it well. But Zhuo Ru--" I looked at his eyes and raised my head and said: "Anti-corruption must be based on the right heart. According to you, how can people's hearts be upright?"

"Reply to the emperor." Liang Qichao looked up without thinking, and seemed to have thought about this question, and replied calmly: "I must do this job well and ask for an order from the beginning of my life and the Qing government office to publicize all my wealth and property. From now on, when I die, I will have more money from unknown origin in my account, which is the income from bribery. In this way, I think that it is a law to restrain later generations, and I think that it can ensure that the Qing government office and the Qing government office can be clean and clean."

Property disclosure is a good way. It is not easy for Liang Qichao to have such a good report. I smiled and said, "It's too much to start. I still said that things about the Qing Dynasty should be slow or not. It's time to start with you and Tan Sitong and Cen Chunxuan. Tomorrow you will find someone from the China Times, and when will you announce it? Wait for my decree?"

At this moment, Kou Lian trotted over and bowed to greet him: "Emperor! Military newspaper on the Western Front!"

My heart couldn't help but feel nervous, and I quickly went out and walked straight to the telegram room in the Xier Room.

The latest urgent report is that the war is not going well. Just when Xu Shichang led the two Longqi Army and quickly met the Shaanxi New Army, which had caught up from southern Shaanxi, arrived in Lanzhou Prefecture, the war on the western front suffered a major defeat. Deng Zeng, the general of Xining Town, was ordered to attack the Xunhua Hall of the Hui tribe with Dong Fuxiang and Cao Kezhong's troops in three directions, and was ambushed by the Hui bandit gangs. General Deng Zeng was buried and killed. The official army was killed and injured. Deputy General Liu Yitong conquered the defeated troops to resist to the death. Fortunately, the army of the north and south, Dong Fuxiang, who was born in the Hui bandit, and Cao Kezhong, who had only suffered one defeat in his life, had surrounded the city of Xunhua Hall, so he returned troops to help. This made Liu Yitong's troops breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, Dong Fuxiang and Cao Kezhong's troops failed to conquer the city and each withdrew their troops.

Xu Shichang's telegram bluntly accused the green camps of Gansu and Qinghai provinces of making the same mistake as those of Shaanxi green camps. They always wanted to show off before the new army came, but they suffered a big loss, which caused the situation to be unfavorable.

In addition to being angry, this also made me firmly determined that no matter how much resistance this military system reform is, it must be changed!
Chapter completed!