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    Mr. Chen, the governor of Guangxi, issued an order. Si'en Mansion and Xunzhou Mansion strengthened their investigations and did not let go of a bandit who escaped from Taiping Mansion and Nanning Mansion.  As long as they are strangers coming from these two mansions, most of them will be detained by the officers and soldiers, and executed on the spot after being confirmed to be bandits.

    Huo Qubing arranged only a few hundred core players in the two mansions, but after development, he recruited tens of thousands of troops. These were all his efforts.  In fact, it is difficult to confirm that these players are all rebels, but Mr. Chen is the governor of Guangxi. Even if he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go, ordinary players have no way.

    After Huo Qubing realized that breaking them into pieces was useless, he simply ordered Meng Huo to gather the players together again and prepare to fight a bloody path.  The success rate of such a breakout is zero, but after death, they are resurrected in a nearby city. At that time, it will be no problem to break into pieces and leave Guangxi.

    Lu Rongting led the imperial court¡¯s last 8,000 patrol battalions to fight a bloody battle with tens of thousands of players. As a result, the 8,000 patrol battalions were wiped out, and the tens of thousands of players under Huo Qubing finally left the encirclement.  At this time, Chen Hao was reluctant to send troops to encircle and suppress. He allowed the players led by Meng Huo to toss. If these people were wise, they would break up into pieces and leave Guangxi. Otherwise, he would mobilize elite players from Cam Ranh Bay to hunt them down.

    Huo Qubing stopped when he was well and did not stay in Guangxi. The average level of players in Guangxi dropped by five levels. If he continued to cause trouble, people would dissipate.  After Huo Qubing's people left, Chen Hao completely controlled the entire Guangxi Mansion, both in terms of official status and actual control, and became the true master of Guangxi.

    The patrol battalions of several prefectures occupied by Liu Zixuan and Yudie were all sent to the front line of Chuxiong Prefecture, euphemistically saying that they would try their best to support Mr. Zhao in suppressing the bandits.  Zhao Erfeng had a good impression of the two female players from Guizhou. The two female players never competed for credit and always silently ensured his logistics.

    "Now the two female generals have sent him more than 10,000 guns to the front line. They are still aboriginal troops with strong discipline. How can Master Zhao not be moved?"  Governor Zhao even felt that if he could not exterminate the bandits, he would not only let down the court, but also let down the two female generals who silently supported him from behind.

    Liu Zixuan and Yudie sent the patrol battalion to the front line at Chen Hao's instruction, for the same reason as the Guangxi patrol battalion.  He has the special skill of Emperor's Mind, and no NPC loyal to him will betray him, so he must ensure that the troops stationed in every place are his confidants.  The second and third divisions cannot always be used as local troops. It would be too troublesome to recruit the imperial patrol battalions one by one. It would be better to send them all to the front line to be loyal to the imperial court, and then recruit soldiers loyal to themselves.

    Zhao Erfeng became more tactically flexible after having more than 10,000 aboriginal troops. If it weren't for Yang Jie's superb command, Long Fei's losses would have been even more severe.  Long Fei saw Chen Baxian's sinister intentions, but he was helpless.  This is a conspiracy. They use the imperial patrol camp to fight against you. No matter you win or lose, you will get the maximum benefit.

    It was impossible for Long Fei to give up on Dali Mansion, so he had to jump into this trap even though he knew that it was Chen Baxian who benefited from the fight with Zhao Erfeng.  However, he learned from Mr. Chen in every way. When the front line of Dali Prefecture was under great pressure, he sent his NPC troops to conquer Lijiang Prefecture, Yongchang Prefecture, Tengyue Hall and Menghua Hall near Dali Prefecture.

    Long Fei also forced patrol battalions from various places to fight on the front line, using the imperial patrol battalions as cannon fodder, and withstood Zhao Erfeng's ferocious offensive.  This war lasted for half a year. As more players received court tasks, Zhao Erfeng gradually gained the upper hand.  Just when he was preparing to launch a large-scale campaign and capture the entire western Yunnan in one fell swoop, the imperial court issued an edict ordering him to return to Sichuan immediately.

    The game time enters 1911, and a man who can change the history of China finally stands in the position he has been waiting for for a long time.  Sheng Xuanhuai, who advocated radical nationalization, became Shangshu of the Ministry of Posts and Communications. His actions aggravated the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.

    Out of financial pressure, and also out of consideration to further crack down on political opponents taking the opportunity to seek comprador gains, Sheng Xuanhuai suggested that the regent Zaifeng nationalize the railway.  The government will come forward to negotiate with the great powers to strive for good loan and management conditions, avoid excessive loss of sovereignty, and strive to put the railway into use as soon as possible.

    Sheng Xuanhuai's rhetoric was very suitable for Zaifeng's taste. He denounced the Han governor and returned power to the central government, which was dominated by the Manchus and the royal family.  It is of course a good thing to be able to build railways "more quickly, more cost-effectively" and to attack enemy officials.

    Zaifeng immediately adopted Sheng Xuanhuai's suggestion. On May 9, 1911, the Qing government issued the "State-owned Railway Trunk Road Policy", announcing that "trunk roads are commercially operated" and "branch roads are still allowed to be operated by merchants and people according to their ability", and ordered the Postal and Communications Department  The Hedu branch formulated detailed rules for nationalization.  Eleven days later, Sheng Xuanhuai signed a treaty with a group of banks from four countries, stipulating that the Qing government borrowed 10 million pounds at an annual interest rate of 5%, using 5.2 million taels of gold from four provinces as collateral to build the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. It stipulated that "the railway will be completed in 3 years, and the loan will be repaid in 40 years."  clear".

    On the surface, the terms of this agreement are relatively generous. After the completion of the railway, the management rights will still belong to the Chinese side, the personnel rights will be taken by the Chinese side, and the construction, repayment, etc.The terms below seem reasonable.  But the agreement has many fatal, principled flaws.

    At that time, the rights of way of several railways were still in the hands of merchants, and nationalization had not yet started. The Qing government actually sold things that did not belong to it.  The "Decided Policy for State-Owning Main Railway Railways" only talks about principles, but leaves the details of nationalization to Sheng Xuanhuai. Out of political strife and comprador desires, the latter proposed different nationalization plans for Hunan, Guangdong, and Sichuan.

    In Hubei and Hunan, due to Zhang Zhidong's proper management, the capital losses were not large. Sheng Xuanhuai proposed to replace the original shares with "national poly stocks" at a face value of 1:1; while in Sichuan, 3 million of the capital losses were due to the "rubber stock disaster". Sheng Xuanhuai believed that  It should not be "generous to the country", so it will not be borne.

    It seems that Sheng Xuanhuai¡¯s words are strict, but in fact he has a lot to say. The equity of the Sichuan-Hankou Railway has always been in the hands of the government, but all the losses have been borne by the private sector.  Sheng Xuanhuai forcefully promoted nationalization within six months of taking office, using methods that were close to "forced buying and selling" to force the gentry and the people to give up their shares at no profit or at a loss. This gave people a strong impression that the country competed with the people for profit, and the managers acted for personal gain.

    The Qing court was at a time when the royal family and the young Manchu faction gained power and launched a liquidation against the Han governors. Sheng Xuanhuai relied on Zaifeng and openly attacked Zhang Zhidong and other Han bureaucrats. He went against the grain in the railway development strategy, which gave people a  A sense of political speculation.  When it came to the specific implementation, Sheng Xuanhuai engaged in favoritism and malpractice and listed several hundred miles of Xiangyang Railway as a "branch road" to allow commercial operation, but listed the adjacent Kuifu Railway as a "trunk road" and took it back to the state.

    Sheng Xuanhuai intensified the conflict. Under such circumstances, a road protection movement that could ruin the Manchu Qing Dynasty began!

    The first person to launch the road protection movement was not Sichuan, but Hunan.  During the game, on May 13, 1911, a player under Xuanyuan Sword received the relevant task and posted a road protection post in Changsha. The next day, tens of thousands of people marched and petitioned in Changsha.

    In Hubei, where the Sichuan-Hankong Line was under construction, Sheng Xuanhuai ordered a shutdown in order to seize equity, triggering a gathering of Yichang businessmen and people to protest.  The Qing court mobilized troops to suppress the situation, and the system generated a two-way regional mission. Players can participate in the people's side or join the court army.  This major conflict resulted in more than 2,000 casualties, and was the first bloody event in the road protection movement.

    On June 16, 1911, Sichuan Consultative Bureau Speaker Pu Dianjun and Deputy Speaker Luo Lun convened an extraordinary meeting of Sichuan-Han shareholders in Chengdu, proposing "civilized road protection" and gathering 2,400 shareholders.  The next day, students and citizens from all walks of life came after hearing the news, bringing the number of participants to more than 4,000.

    In order to strengthen their momentum, Pu Dianjun, Luo Lun and other shareholders formed the "Sichuan Baolu Comrades Association". In less than 10 days, the number of members of the Baolu Comrades Association expanded to 100,000.  The Sichuan railway dispute was originally just a political disagreement between the Governor of Sichuan, Wang Renwen, and the Minister of Posts and Communications, Sheng Xuanhuai. After the establishment of the Comrade Association to Protect the Railway, it turned into a dispute between the interests of the Qing government and the people of Sichuan.

    Wang Renwen and Sheng Xuanhuai did not expect the serious consequences of the qualitative change. The Baolu Comrade Association developed rapidly after its establishment. In less than 20 days, there were more than 200,000 registered members spread across Sichuan.  Moreover, branches in various industries have also developed, such as the Comrade Association of Road Guards in Academic Circles, the Comrades Association of Road Guards in Grocery Stores, the Comrades Association of Road Guards in Dried Vegetables, the Comrades Association of Road Guards in Musical Instrument Stores, the Women¡¯s Association of Road Guards, and even the Comrades¡¯ Association of Road Guards in Beggars.  Association, Deaf-mute Road Protection Comrades Association, etc., social mobilization was extremely extensive and in-depth.

    Many people involved in the road protection movement did not know what the Sichuan-Hankou Railway was about. It was just because under the political system at that time, an opportunity suddenly appeared that was secretly supported and instigated by local politicians to criticize the imperial court. Therefore, those who were  People from all walks of life who had been depressed for a long time suddenly became excited, and there were scenes of tears in almost every road protection speech.

    Some people wrote letters in blood, others cut off their fingers with a knife to complain. The crowd became more and more excited, and the situation was developing out of control.  Sheng Xuanhuai, who was far away in the capital, was not aware of this at all. He thought that Wang Renwen's continuous telegrams were just exaggerations. He not only ignored them, but also continued to make mistakes according to his original way of thinking.

    Game time: In early August 1911, under the repeated urging of Sheng Xuanhuai and Duan Fang, the acting Sichuan Governor Zhao Erfeng, who was dealing with Long Fei in Yunnan, returned to Chengdu.  Wang Renwen was dismissed. Sheng Xuanhuai thought he had achieved his goal, but he didn't know that the moment that would change the fate of China's history was about to come!

    Countless players are rushing to Sichuan. The direct cause of the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising was that the main force of the Hubei New Army entered Sichuan to deal with the Comrade Baolu Army.  After the Wuchang Uprising, the Communist Party came to power. No matter which faith you choose, it's time to cleanse yourself.  Players can either choose to follow Yuan Shikai in the north, or follow the Communist Party NPC before the Wuchang Uprising broke out and change their beliefs.
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