Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 216 Secret Huiluan
Guan Xuqing is very aware that the plan he personally directs takes great risks. Even if he tries his best to control the news of death to a very small range, for the German, British, and French spy organizations, the spread of information is nothing more than It's a matter of time. Once they have confirmed the news of China's civil strife and the emperor's assassination, no one can guarantee that they will not take advantage of it.

In two days, Luo Ming captured more than 100 people with suspicious identities in the city of Hangzhou. In order not to attract the attention of others, he secretly executed these people immediately.

When it was almost noon, Feng Xianghua came, "Zhang Yu's army has rushed to Tongzhou, waiting for the emperor's order at any time."

"Is there any reaction from Beijing?" Guan Xuqing was very concerned about the capital, because there was buried his biggest enemy since he took office.

"Without the emperor's consent, the Ministry of War issued a transfer order in the name of slaves. The troops under Wu Guang were transferred to the east and south, saying that they wanted to suppress the rebellion." He didn't know it through the emperor and himself, which was unimaginable in the past.

"This shows that the people behind the scenes will take action and will soon surface. This is good news for us. How is the situation in the Northwest?"

"As soon as Wu Guanggang sent troops, Nie Shicheng and Jiang Chaozong led four divisions under your secret order to gather the Shan'an Bingbei Road and Xining Road, and wrapped up the regiments and reserve soldiers from 9 counties under their jurisdiction in the Huanglaoye Mountain area. Intercepting the 36th Division of the rebel army, they made a beautiful ambush. When Wu Guang led his troops back to pursue, the [-]th Division of the [-]rd Division took advantage of the momentum and marched westward from Taiyuan and Zhengzhou, forming a formation with the [-]nd Division of the [-]st Division in the south. Wu Guang is like a fish trapped in a net, and when the net is tightened, his dream will come to an end." Feng Xianghua has practiced with the emperor for many years, and now he has a very accurate judgment on the battle situation up.

Guan Xuqing nodded in satisfaction, and inadvertently took out his pocket watch to look: "Xianghua, how long have you been out of Beijing?"

"If I remember correctly, it should be 35 days."

"Time is not short, it's time to go back to Luan." Guan Xuqing looked at Feng Xianghua with a questioning look.

"Now that the chaotic party has not been eradicated, there may still be many assassins sent by Wu Guang to Hangzhou. If they leave Hangzhou at this time, just in case," Feng Xianghua said worriedly.

"Wu Guang and the others thought that I was in the sky, and they were fighting in the northwest. How could they have time to inquire about Hangzhou? The other three military regions in the northeast, southeast, and southwest are still firmly in my hands. The rebels are nothing more than Grasshopper after autumn. I am worried about Beijing. The person behind Wu Guang is secretly instigating rebellion. If it takes a long time, I am afraid that it will disrupt the court situation. It will be difficult to clean up at that time, so it is not too late, let's get up immediately." Although Guan Xuqing I am in Hangzhou, but I still have a clear understanding of the political situation of the whole country.

"Should we inform Sun Shixiong and Xu Bangdao to send more troops?" Feng Xianghua knew that the emperor always said one thing, and no one could change his decision.

"No need, this will attract other people's attention. It is enough to have Luo Ming's guard group and Zhen's imperial army. I am tired, so you can go back and rest for a while, and leave in the evening." Guan Xuqing yawned, turned around and returned to the Inner room went.

The late autumn in Beijing is already a bit chilly, Peng Yulin's mood is as solemn as autumn, and the air is still filled with the burnt smell of tissue paper. Sweep and forget.Wu Guang is a trump card in his hand. The success of this plan depends on whether the Northwest Army can smoothly advance eastward to control the heart of China in one fell swoop, and go south to control China's shipyards and arsenals. But the news just received is that Wu Guang According to the situation, the net will be tightened within a few days, and it will depend on Wu Guang's luck whether he can break out of the siege.

Another headache is that the two cavalry divisions in Mongolia and the twenty rifle battalions in Dagu and Weihai have not moved at all.The most irritating thing is that the artillery division that the Russians had personally promised was still in Vladivok, and not a single soldier was sent, obviously just watching their own jokes.

Now, he has to reconsider Guangxu's assassination. He has been with this master for so many years, and he knows his temperament too well.Emperor Guangxu's incongruity with his age and the terrifying city government often made him feel at a loss, and he reminded himself countless times that he must be cautious when dealing with this master.But throughout the ages, who can resist the temptation of power, especially when Guangxu wanted to make a southern tour on a whim, and handed over the power of supervising the country to himself.

"Your Majesty, where are we going? When we return to Beijing, we should go north." As soon as Luanjia left Hangzhou Mansion, Luo Ming inadvertently said something ridiculous.

"It's hard to guarantee that there will be no remnants of the rebel party on the road to the north. There are too many side issues along the way." Feng Xianghua tried to figure out what the emperor meant.

"Xianghua is right, so I want to go all the way south, and sit on our warship of the Qing Dynasty."

"Is the emperor going to abandon the land route and return to Beijing by water without anyone noticing? Or is the emperor considering it carefully." Luo Ming praised sincerely.

More than ten days later, Shengjia secretly came to the foot of Mawei Mountain on the bank of the Minjiang River, where the Fujian Shipping Bureau, which was in charge of the Qing Dynasty's shipbuilding industry, was located.

Liu Mingchuan, Liu Buchan, Shen Baozhen, Yan Fu, Lu Han, Xu Shoushan and other important officials received Feng Xianghua's secret telegram, and they did not dare to stay for a moment, and they were here early to greet the holy driver.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to have peace!"

"I'm safe. I just stopped by to see. Xianghua insisted on notifying you in advance, so as to mobilize the troops." Guan Xuqing was in a very good mood, because the battle in the northwest was going very smoothly, and Wu Guang's team had already been defeated by the rebellious army. It was divided into several groups. Under the heavy siege and pressure of the 10,000+ army, many rebels took the initiative to lay down their weapons. Now only Wu Guang is left leading the 39th Division and still fighting in the Tongguan area. It is only a matter of time before they are wiped out. .The military troubles in the Northwest can now be ruled out of Guan Xuqing's sight.

"Come on, let me go in and have a look." Accompanied by everyone, Guan Xuqing came to Fujian Shipping Bureau with great interest.On the pillars on both sides of the front, there is engraved a couplet written by Shen Baozhen in praise of Guangxu: "With a long shot as the foundation, there have been no difficulties in the world since ancient times; to the new method of Jiuze, there are saints in China today."

"I only know that you are a rare general in command and fighting, and you are not inferior to Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. After I return to Beijing, I may as well transfer you to the Ministry of Education." Guan Xuqing said in a word that Shen Baozhen He and everyone present were amused. Since the establishment of the Fujian Shipping Bureau, Guan Xuqing has attached great importance to it. I don't know how much money has been allocated for it in the past few years.After several years of development, the Fujian Shipping Bureau has undergone several expansions, except for the original hammer iron factory (forging workshop), iron drawing factory (rolling workshop), water cylinder copper casting factory (power workshop), turbine factory (boiler manufacturing workshop) ), closing factory (installation workshop), iron casting factory (sand foundry workshop), watch factory (instrument manufacturing workshop), blacksmithing factory (small forging workshop), sawing factory (sawmill workshop), refractory brick factory ten sub-factories, and built Cutting iron factory, mold factory, sample factory, sail and cable factory, timber factory, gun factory, sampan factory, etc., the entire factory area is connected by narrow grooves, forming an interlocking production line.After expansion, the original 4 berths have been developed to 8, of which berths 1 to 4 can build small gunboats and torpedo ships with a keel length of 100 meters and a displacement of less than 4000 tons; new berths 5 and 6 can build A ship with a keel length of 120 meters and a displacement of less than 8000 tons; while slipways No. 7 and No. 8 can build super-large warships with a displacement of more than 10000 tons.The workers have also grown from 300 people at the beginning to more than 3000 people now.

To put it bluntly, the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau has become the largest, most well-equipped, and most professional machine shipbuilding unit in Asia, while the Yokohama Shipyard employed less than 100 workers during this period.

Many advanced equipments were imported in bulk by Guan Xuqing from Munich and Bremen, Germany at a huge expense, and many technicians were also experts hired from Germany with high salaries.Guan Xuqing almost moved a world-class Munich shipyard here. I am afraid that no other head of state can achieve this kind of courage.

Guan Xuqing came to No. 7 and No. 8 berths, and the shadows cast by the two super giant ships covered almost one-third of the shipyard. These were the Zhonghua No. 1 and No. 2 battleships under construction.

The displacement of the two warships easily exceeded 1 tons. The Zhonghua 2 reached a terrifying 1000 tons, which was exactly twice that of the Dingyuan. The Zhonghua 295 also reached 16 tons. The thickness of the part armor exceeds [-] mm, and the caliber of the four main guns reaches [-] mm. Any ironclad ship has to retreat in front of them. The [-] torpedo tubes are an excellent weapon for medium and short-range battles.

With these two sea giants, Guan Xuqing immediately became more confident. He boarded the deck of Zhonghua No. 1, looked at the blue sky from a distance, pointed to the distance, and said to the ministers behind him: "From this height, the world is surrounded by us. Step on it."

After leaving Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, Guan Xuqing boarded the main cruiser Nanchen, escorted by the Nanyang Fleet, crossed the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, entered the Bohai Bay, and finally chose to land at Weihai Harbor.As soon as they landed, Deng Shichang, Wu Jingrong, Fang Boqian, Qiu Baoren and other major generals of the Beiyang Fleet were all waiting for the holy driver on the shore.

As soon as Guan Xuqing got off the boat, he was warmly welcomed by the students of Shandong Women's Normal University. The students sent flowers one after another to express their sincere admiration for the prosperous emperor.Many female students were vying to witness the emperor's demeanor, but they kept Luo Ming's guards busy.

Guan Xuqing was immersed in the flowers and applause, and looked up at the bright sunshine, feeling extremely proud.

Shengjia stayed in Shandong for a day. Guan Xuqing inspected the Weihai Fleet and Weihai Ship Terminal, which has the second largest annual throughput in Asia (Shanghai Huangpu Ship Terminal has the largest throughput). In the afternoon, he personally unveiled the Qing Dynasty Investment Bank ribbon cutting.The Great Qing Investment Bank was established by Guan Xuqing half a year ago. For the country's rapidly developing economy, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket to simply raise funds from within the country. His ultimate goal in acquiring foreign bonds is to control the capital chains of European and American countries.This ambition is not small, but people believe that Guan Xuqing can do it, just like China was able to defeat the powerful Gauls back then.

(End of this chapter)