3442 The Tongzhi Emperor returns to China
It is hard to explain when a scholar meets a soldier. This sentence is too correct. Why does this phenomenon occur? It is because what civil servants have to do is too complicated and brain-burning, and it is difficult for big-headed soldiers to understand.
They did not understand the rules of allocating Lijin in various regions of the Qing Dynasty, nor did they understand the rules of the flow of money and grain between the central and local governments, and could not study the numerous factional struggles in the court.
The idea of the big head soldier is very simple. I am a soldier, you are an official or a civil servant who manages money and food, so I have to find you for dinner!
If you don’t have money, it’s even more impossible for you to be beaten. You can’t do anything to you right now, but this is a matter of being settled.
Shen Baozhen was unwilling to take the blame for the court and he quickly pleaded with him, "Team Commander Ma, the brigade commander... Look at this matter, if I hadn't been a sudden surprise, I wouldn't have had this mess..."
"Brothers have suffered. The court did something wrong. The Ministry of War and Revenue cannot afford to pay for money and food... I am also incompetent, and I can't fight against the big bosses in the court. That's why...hey..."
"Please keep the rest of the whip, stop hitting it, something will happen if you hit it again..."
Ma Ming said with a dark face, "Don't worry, Lord Shen, the Emperor's Imperial Guards still understand the truth. They are not the ancestor soldiers of the Eight Banners, nor the beggar soldiers of the Green Camp... We are learning the method of training the head of state!"
"We have regular meetings based on classes every day, and many principles are discussed at the meeting... We brothers, in fact, all know the twists and turns in it!"
Hiss...Shen Baozhen was stunned at the time, wanted to speak but retreated again, thinking to himself, "She hold meetings every day for the soldiers? Give these mountain people the details of the court?"
"No wonder the army has to spend half an hour every day to organize a literacy class... Is this a soldier who is going to become a scholar?"
Ma Ming looked proudly at the whipped soldiers' army, and looked at their painful but silent tough guy, "Why did the emperor train the new army of the imperial guards? You still want to build the most different iron army in the Qing Dynasty!"
"If Lord Shen still looks at this army with his old eyes, it would be a big mistake. Military rules are military rules. If you make mistakes, you must accept punishment! This is natural, and my brothers have nothing to be dissatisfied!"
"I won't hold grudges on others just because of these whips! The Emperor's Army is not that petty!"
Shen Baozhen blushed a little after saying a few words, "Yes...yes! But the health of the brothers is important. After all, the emperor is coming back soon. Then a group of people are lying on the sickbed... Anyway, these brothers will not see Tianyan by then, which is a pity!"
This plea was considered to have the idea. Ma Ming's face changed and suddenly shouted "Stop!"
"Mr. Shen is right. I can't let my brother wait for Long Live to see in bed! The remaining whip will be kept first... and the matters in confinement will be kept... and wait!"
As soon as Ma Ming and the Sanbao's eyes touched, they suddenly said in unison, "Is it the urgent telegram from Nanhai that was sent by Master Long live? Hurry up, go back to Fuzhou City..."
The Mawei Shipyard is only forty miles away from Fuzhou. It can run back and forth in a short while, but the soldiers can't wait for this time.
The lighthouse of the Mawei Shipyard received the order from the new army, and the flag bearer of the new army of the Imperial Guard ran up the lighthouse and headed towards the flying ship that was flowing upstream at the Minjiang River estuary.
"They are flying the British flag, this is a British merchant ship... They are from Hong Kong..."
"I, I... Damn..." The flag bearer stumbled. He suddenly shouted at the messenger below, "The British cargo ship Victor sent an urgent report..."
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has returned... Long live the emperor is right behind... Half a day!"
People really couldn't help but mutter. The new army was just about to be the emperor. The good news came. When Ma Ming heard the news, the whole army was in an uproar, followed by the sound of long live the mountain.
"Long live! Long live back to China! Long live! Long live! Long live the emperor is here in Fuzhou..."
Shen Baozhen was also frightened. He suddenly became three feet tall. "Come in half a day? Oh... there was no preparation for the welcome ceremony... Let me go back to the city!"
"Call together civil and military officials from all over the province, gather local elders and gentry... to welcome the emperor!"
Ma Ming and the Sanbao were also crazy, "Why are you still standing there? The whole army changed into new military uniforms, wiped their weapons and cleaned the barracks... Waiting for the Long Live Master to parade!"
"We are finally going to set off. Brothers, we are going north and going home... You are also people under the feet of the emperor in the second half of your life!"
"When I, Ma Laosan, go back to the capital, I smashed the gate of the Ministry of Revenue. I think who dares to owe us military funds!"
The army suddenly became panicked. With the express delivery of the fast horse and the newly laid telegram lines, all the 30,000 new imperial guards distributed in the ten camps on the left and right of Fuzhou knew the good news.
Ma Ming, Duncheng, Baimin, Na Sanbao, Doro... These guards and white flag children from Beijing began to gather in Mawei with their soldiers.
The 30,000 troops set off and the entire Fuzhou ground was sensational. Teams of soldiers wearing European-style uniforms gathered towards the ponytail with brand new weapons.
The people surrounded the roadside and watched the majestic army flowing endlessly. These soldiers who strictly regulated military regulations and never disturbed the people were welcomed from the heart.
"I heard that you are leaving with Master Long Sui... will you come back if you kid?"
"See Mr. Long live, what are you saying... Can you speak official words?"
"Follow the Lord Long Live, don't lose the majesty of our Fujian people! Don't be afraid of bullying when you go out, and be beaten back!"
Everyone in Fujian knows that the 30,000 troops outside Fuzhou City cannot be stationed here forever, they are just waiting for His Majesty to return.
It is not obvious at ordinary times, but once you know that these soldiers from hometown are about to leave, people really feel a little unbearable!
Many women, children and elderly people all shed tears. These are all soldiers from their hometowns. God knows how many people can come back alive after going out?
Even if I come back alive, I will always leave my home and my eldest son. My hometown accent has not changed and my hair has faded!
These young men are destined to see this last time in their lives. When they get old and leave the army and return to their hometown, they don’t know how many of these sent-offs can survive.
The platoon leaders in the new army were all native mountain people. Seeing more and more people seeing off, their eyes suddenly turned red and tears fell down.
"Everyone has... salutes to the fellow villagers!"
With a loud bang, the moving team saluted all the people, and the iron stream still rolled forward!
Thirty thousand people were mobilized and started to move together, which was indeed a very spectacular thing. They pushed out all the equipment they could take.
Jianma pulled the field gun and ran forward. The four men walked away with heavy machine guns on their shoulders, and the white smoke was everywhere. Yishui's Mauser rifle was bought from Prussia because of the relationship between the head of state.
The limited war horses were given to the messengers, and these cavalry galloped back and forth on the official road outside Fuzhou City, passing the latest orders one by one.
"At 4:30 p.m., the entire army must assemble in the ponytail... No matter whenever the emperor arrives, he must stand up and wait..."
"Order the Logistics Department to immediately recruit people to make field military rations and distribute all the canned food in the warehouse..."
"A fishermen reported the message in advance, and the British fleet where the Lord was riding in had already seen a shadow... It must have reached the ponytail in two hours..."
"The whole army runs...go forward! Get up and move forward!"
Chapter completed!