Chapter 0120 Kill the Eight Banners
Li Weiguo intended to control the military, political and financial power of Zhejiang Province, so He Guiqing naturally quit and immediately objected.
But He Guiqing suddenly discovered that he had already led the wolf into the house because Li Weiguo had entered the Zhejiang Governor's Office, and the Shanghai Army then controlled the entire office.
Officials of all sizes and big and small in the yamen are now counting on Li Weiguo to help them defend Zhejiang, so when they hear that Li Weiguo wants to integrate all the manpower, material resources and financial resources in Zhejiang, they feel like a mirror, and this is to seize He Guiqing's rights. If it were a peace year, if these officials saw Li Weiguo do this and they decided to oppose it, it would be no different from rebellion. But now in the war years, Li Weiguo is an imperial envoy, responsible for extermination of the Taiping Army and has the right to do so. As long as Li Weiguo does not openly rebel, no one dares to accuse him. After all, there is a precedent, just like Nian Gengyao dominated the northwest during the Yongzheng period, everyone understands what Nian Gengyao was doing.
Nowadays, these Zhejiang officials are all local natives, so they naturally have to consider their own personal interests, so they cannot follow He Guiqing to oppose Li Weiguo. Anyway, the power struggle between Li Weiguo and He Guiqing has nothing to do with these officials, so they all surrendered to Li Weiguo.
Before coming to Hangzhou, Li Weiguo thought he would encounter great resistance. Now, seeing these officials hand over the power they are in their hands with great sensibility, it saves a lot of trouble.
He Guiqing was alone and couldn't roar, so he immediately left with his sleeves.
Li Weiguo sneered and immediately winked at Zhang Xiaoliu. The latter followed He Guiqing and quickly put He Guiqing under house arrest. He Guiqing's confidant Yu either died unexpectedly or was detained as a random name and was controlled.
Because the agents of SHIELD in China did a great job, He Guiqing's dangyu were arrested in time and no one escaped.
Hangzhou quickly entered the state of military control. The Shanghai army successively controlled key departments such as the barracks, money warehouses, and granaries of various yamen, and martial law was imposed on the streets to prevent civil chaos. Since the Shanghai army often did such things in recent years, the officers and soldiers were very experienced and quickly took control of Hangzhou City.
Afterwards, Li Weiguo found a master of calligraphy and copied He Guiqing's notes to issue the order of the governor of Zhejiang. At the same time, he obtained the official seal and private seal from He Guiqing. After stamping it, he quickly sent it to various prefectures and counties in Zhejiang, ordering local officials of each prefecture and county to obey the Hu army's dispatch and arrangements unconditionally.
In this way, in less than five days, the Shanghai Army controlled the entire Zhejiang Province except Hengzhou Prefecture.
It turned out that the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Zhejiang, as well as the regiment training armed forces from all over the country, were concentrated in the temporary camp outside Hangzhou city and accepted reorganization.
For Li Weiguo, he naturally looked down on these Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers. As for the armed forces in various places, it is still valuable. These regiment trainings were recently selected, and most of them were poor farmers with strong strength. They were highly malleable and could choose young, strong and healthy people to join the Shanghai Army.
Wu Yong came with the army. He was responsible for appeaseing officials from all over the country, and arranged members of Li Weiguo's staff to the county government offices to grasp the secrets and cooperated with Li Weiguo to take complete control of Zhejiang.
In the Governor's Office, Wu Yong reported the situation in various places to Li Weiguo.
Li Weiguo was still very relieved about Wu Yong's talent. After reading it roughly, he asked him about other things.
"Just just now, Zhang Xiaoliu came to report that it was the Eight Banners men in the camp outside the city who caused trouble. I was also very troubled. Do you have any good ideas?"
This was the first time that Li Weiguo had a headache with the Eight Banners soldiers. In the past, no matter which city Li Weiguo occupied, basically the Eight Banners soldiers in the city were either killed by Xiaodao or killed by the Taiping Army. Therefore, Li Weiguo had never encountered the problem of rectifying the Eight Banners soldiers.
These Eight Banners soldiers are used to being arrogant and doing good deeds. They smoke smoke and gambling, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil. It is definitely not possible to ask these people to fight, but it is even more impossible to lay off them on the spot. It is not Li Weiguo's style to support them for nothing.
Wu Yong thought for a while and said, "Since you are in a dilemma, why not let them die on the battlefield with the Taiping Army, and everything will be solved."
Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up. It was indeed the best way to send these Eight Banners soldiers to the battlefield as cannon fodder.
"Just do it like this"
Li Weiguo immediately made the decision that the more than 7,000 Eight Banners soldiers and more than 6,000 Green Camp soldiers in the camp outside Hangzhou were found to be in compliance with the recruitment standards of the Shanghai army, so he gave them the excrement fee and ordered them to go to the battlefield of Hengzhou Prefecture.
However, Li Weiguo still underestimated the power of these Eight Banners soldiers. Although they had no combat power, they had high vision and scheming. They were either fools, and they went to Hengzhou Prefecture to fight or die. The bannermen and generals led by the leaders stopped in half.
When the news came back to Hangzhou, Li Weiguo frowned and wanted to deal with the banner generals led by him strictly.
Wu Yong smiled and said, "Why should you be angry? You should not strictly control the flag."
Li Weiguo was puzzled and asked, "What is this meant by sir? I will not strictly handle the flag. How can I send these masters to the battlefield as cannon fodder?"
Wu Yong was calm and the old god smiled and said, "If the adults strictly handle the bannermen and generals, it will inevitably make Zhejiang officials suspect that with their sophistication, they will soon guess that these bannermen were sent to the battlefield by the adults as cannon fodder to die."
Li Weiguo pondered that what Wu Yong said was not without reason, so he asked, "What do you mean by sir?"
Wu Yong replied: "No matter who these bannermen died at the hands of the people or where they died, it doesn't matter. As long as the officials of Zhejiang all over the world know that these bannermen died on the battlefield."
Li Weiguo's eyes tightened, and he immediately understood what Wu Yong meant and asked, "You are letting us do it ourselves."
Wu Yong nodded and said, "With the intention of calculating without intention, and with the intention of calculating without preparation, the bannermen and soldiers have no ability to fight back, and there is no need to lie to the Taiping Army."
Li Weiguo glanced at Wu Yong, and a look of surprise flashed through his eyes. He had never seen Wu Yong so cruel on weekdays, which shocked him. However, Li Weiguo hid it very well. He knew that a real adviser was to use any means, which was inevitable.
However, Li Weiguo was still a little more vigilant, because controlling such a strategist would be a double-edged sword, and if he was not in good command, he would hurt himself.
Thinking of this, Li Weiguo took a deep breath and made a decision.
"This plan is very good. I agree. I hope Mr. will take a trip. I will give Zhang Xiaoliu a face-to-face explanation and handle this matter properly."
Wu Yong smiled bitterly in his heart. He was a smart person, how could he not understand what Li Weiguo meant. He thought that his master was indeed extremely smart and did nothing. This matter was shameless. Li Weiguo didn't even give Wu Yong a handwritten order, but just asked him to give him a face-to-face message to discuss with Zhang Xiaoliu. This was clearly a clear connection and let Wu Yong be this bad guy.
"It is Wu Yong's duty to share worries for the main person. Don't worry, Wu Yong will definitely do this."
Li Weiguo nodded and stopped talking. Wu Yong took a tactful look and said a word.
After Wu Yong left, Li Weiguo immediately ordered someone to call Li Yang, a special agent from SHIELD in China.
Li Yang was originally an orphan, a member of Li Weiguo's orphanage adoption program. Although he was only twelve years old, he was very smart. He was a senior agent carefully trained by Li Weiguo. He was trained for more than three years and had excellent grades.
"Brother, you're looking for me"
After Li Yang came in, he respectfully saluted Li Weiguo.
All the orphans adopted by Li Weiguo, regardless of age, gender, will call Li Weiguo the elder brother. For orphans, elder brother is like father, and anyone with a little human touch will be used by Li Weiguo in the future. They are loyal to him.
Li Weiguo smiled slightly, asked Li Yang to sit down, and asked, "How are you doing lately?"
Li Yang bowed and said, "If you are tired, your brother will care, everything will be fine. Brothers and sisters will love each other and make rapid progress."
Li Weiguo nodded and added tea to Li Yang.
Li Yang has been practicing skills in SHIELD for more than three years, so he will naturally observe his expression and immediately said, "Does your brother ask me to come?"
Li Weiguo signaled Li Yang to taste the tea first, and after Li Yang had a drink, he said: "From tomorrow, every gentleman in the staff group will arrange servants and maids."
"Does your brothers and sisters want your brothers to monitor these people?" Li Yang asked in surprise, a little strange because Li Weiguo had never monitored his staff members before.
Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Some strategists are becoming more and more ruthless. They have gradually lost their bottom line when doing things. They are like a double-edged sword. If they are used well, they can kill enemies, but if they are not used well, they will hurt themselves. You don't have to monitor them too much, just do things around them with peace of mind. If there is really a day when they lose their humanity..."
Li Weiguo didn't continue, but Li Yang already understood, so he said: "Don't worry, brother, if anyone dares to step on the red line, he will report to his brother as soon as possible."
Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Go down and prepare, remember that aides like Wu Yong must be extra cautious when staying with them. They should be very regular within three to five years, or even more than ten years, so you don't have to worry. Just gradually integrate into it. Don't be impatient. You don't need any action without my call. Unless you are concerned about life and death, you must not expose yourself."
"Brother, don't worry, we know." Li Yang took the order and immediately went down to prepare.
Seeing Li Yang leave, Li Weiguo sighed. He didn't want to do this, but as his capital and life were pressed on the road to hegemony, he would not be careless, because any carelessness could cause Li Weiguo to die and his family to suffer. That was the disaster that Li Weiguo was most reluctant to see. Looking at the founding stories of all dynasties, whether Xiao He succeeded or failed or Xiao He was still not involved in Xiao He's defeat? The previous situation can be learned, so Li Weiguo had to be vigilant.
But he started to plan for the future so quickly. Looking at the emperors of all dynasties in the world, it was unique. The only thing that can be mentioned is Mao Taizu of modern times who had this ability. As a time traveler, Li Weiguo knew his power well, and it was understandable to do so.
China SHIELD is the weapon of the country and the sword of the king.
And its owner can only be Li Weiguo himself.
Before he knew it, Li Weiguo's thoughts were gone, and when he woke up, it was already dark outside.
Three days later, Wu Yong and Zhang Xiaoliu returned to Hangzhou and brought back the news of the Meiling Battle. The Shanghai army was defeated by the Taiping Army and suffered heavy casualties.
In Hangzhou, people were suddenly in panic.
Ordinary people began to sell their property and fled to Shanghai. Only some wise men discovered the problem. The so-called defeat and casualties of the Shanghai army were actually the only ones in the original Qing army's Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers of Zhejiang Province were wiped out.
What this means, a discerning person will understand as soon as he hears it. This is Li Weiguo who deliberately used the Taiping Army to destroy the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers. However, now they are all under the control of the Shanghai Army, so how dare they say more?
However, the Eight Banners soldiers were very sensitive. They all had family members and most of them had family backgrounds. This time, the army was wiped out and the bodies were gone, so they naturally had to make trouble.
Outside the governor's yamen, tens of thousands of bannermen came to ask for explanations. They were all very domineering, forcing them to break into the yamen and beat the yamen runners.
Li Weiguo had a headache and had dealt with the Eight Banners Army, but his family would even smash the door.
However, Li Weiguo quickly found Wu Yong. Since it was Wu Yong's plan, let Wu Yong handle the funeral.
Wu Yong smiled bitterly. He could only bear this evil man, and it would never be possible for Li Weiguo to bear it. This is the responsibility of being a minister. He took the initiative and took action again.
Wu Yong made up his mind to be a villain when dealing with these bannermen, because he knew that as long as he showed weakness, these bannermen would be arrogant and even more presumptuous.
So Wu Yong refused to give in and only gave the family the pension they deserved, and did not give any extra pensions. Those who relied on their own power to continue causing trouble. Wu Yong directly arrested them and imprisoned them.
Faced with Wu Yong's strength, the turmoil quickly subsided.
However, some bannermen's families still did not give up. They soon spread the news and asked their relatives in the capital to intervene.
Li Weiguo knew very well that such a large-scale murder of bannermen would definitely cause shock to the court. Li Weiguo did not want to avoid it. As long as the court could not catch his handle, there would be no way to deal with Li Weiguo.
However, soon a piece of news came, which made Li Weiguo nervous.
The news suddenly came from the noble Lan in the palace that the Taiping Army failed in the Northern Expedition, Lin Fèng Xiang, Li Kaifang and others were captured and taken to the capital for execution. This was a destined thing. Li Weiguo was not surprised, but what made him nervous was that Hong Xuanjiao, who was supposed to die in the Northern Expedition, was not captured and returned to Tianjing safely.
Li Weiguo and Hong Xuanjiao had a marriage, and he hoped that Hong Xuanjiao would be defeated in the Northern Expedition. However, news from Concubine Lan showed that Hong Xuanjiao was once captured, but for some reason was released by Sushun's people. Then Sushun submitted a secret letter to Xianfeng, and participated in Li Weiguo's secretly collusion with the Taiping Army, privately traded arms, and acted for the court to show. Xianfeng was furious and ordered people to go south to investigate. Once confirmed, it would be a disaster for Li Weiguo. To be continued.
ps: The national network cleaning operation has been launched recently. Several books have been blocked by cruisers. Yesterday was "Only My Dictator" and "Qing Dynasty Demolition Workers", today is "Supernatural Technology Power". I am very nervous about what will happen tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to everyone.
Chapter completed!