Seeing the expressions of Li Xingyuan and the others, Yi Zhizhi casually took out a box of cigarettes, took out one and put it in his mouth, slowly drew a match and lit it, and then threw the cigarette on the coffee table, "If Xuzhou is not happy with these 5,000 recruits stationed, I can consider moving to Taiping Mansion or Guazhou Town." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Hearing this, Li Xingyuan couldn't help but be confused, and wondered: "What does Zhenhai Gong mean, Xuzhou's defense needs to be strengthened?" ”

"Watch a leaf fall, and know that autumn is coming." Yi Zhixiang looked old-fashioned, and said in a tone that was not polite at all: "Is Li Zhitai too dull?" ”

Is Xuzhou in danger? Li Xingyuan is a little unbelievable about this, Xuzhou is not south or north, but it is known as the key to the north, the important town in the south, and it has important strategic significance in the military.

Although Yi Zhicontent has always been known for his long-term vision in the Qing Dynasty officialdom, who knows if the other party is alarmist and takes this opportunity to expand Yuanqi's power? The Taiping Army is still far away in Hunan, and it can't fight with Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu, where is the danger? After a slight sigh, he said, "Can Zhenhai Gong explain it in detail." ”

"Nanruguang Road, Henan stationed in Xinyang Prefecture -- Zheng Dunjin and Tutab, the chief soldier of Nanyang Town, supervised Nanyang, encircled and suppressed Qiao Jiande, a bandit who occupied Jiaozi Mountain, and Li Da and Li Er of Nanzhao gathered people to make trouble, Li Zhengtai should have an impression of this?" Yi Zhixiang said slowly: "In addition, this year, the area of Fengyang and Yingzhou in Anhui Province does not seem to be peaceful, right?" ”

Twisters? Li Xingyuan smacked it and said, "Nanyang and Nanzhao are also twisting bandits?" ”

"Can be collectively referred to as twist bandits." Yi Zhi said with a full jaw: "It is not surprising that large-scale turmoil will soon break out in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Shandong, and a force no less than the Taiping Army will be formed - twisted bandits!" This time, Benjue came to Xuzhou in person, which was a ...... to take precautions. ”

A twist of bandits no less than the Taiping Army? And still in Jiangsu, Anhui? As the governor of Liangjiang, Li Xingyuan couldn't help but be dumbfounded, if this is really the case, whether it is for Liangjiang or for the imperial court, it is tantamount to a thunderbolt in the clear sky, for a long time, he looked straight at Yi Zhicontent, and said with difficulty: "Zhenhai Gong is not joking? ”

"Over the years, natural and man-made disasters have continued, and the people are miserable, so there is no need for this lord to say more, right?" Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "Figuratively speaking, now the north and south of the river are already full of dry firewood, and a little spark will soon form a prairie fire, the Taiping Army is a good example, if the Mars in the south of the Yangtze River is the Taiping Army, then, the Mars in the north of the Yangtze River is the twist bandits." ”

Listening to these words, Li Xingyuan's face turned pale, although he is in the high position of the governor of Liangjiang, but he is still quite concerned about the people's livelihood and suffering, he knows very well, Yi Zhixiang is telling the truth, in recent years, natural and man-made disasters have been one after another, it can be said that there is no year that can make people worry.

As for the twist bandits, he also has a little understanding, twist bandits, also known as twist party, twist son, originated in the early Qing Dynasty, originally a secret group of poor people on both sides of the Huai River to resist feudal oppression, and then gradually expanded to Shandong, Henan, Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other places, members are mostly farmers, craftsmen, salt dealers, fishermen, nomads and the like.

In the early days of twisting bandits, they mainly took the main activities of resisting grain, resisting differences, eating large households, robbing the rich and helping the poor, generally dozens to hundreds of people as a share, saying that one twist, out of the twist, the residence is for the people, each twist is not subordinate to each other, the leader is called "twist head", "trip master". In recent years, disasters and famines have continued, and bandits have also become active.

Once there are bandits who pull flags and set off cannons and erect flags to rebel, I am afraid that bandits in various places will respond one after another, and it is not impossible that there will be a situation where sparks will set the prairie on fire, and this is not alarmism, nor is it false words and intimidation.

Yuan Chengping, the prefect of Xuzhou, thought that the official was humble, and he had no chance to speak in front of the two, so he never dared to speak, hearing this, he was also shocked, seeing Li Xingyuan silent, he couldn't help but say: "The lower officials are bold, why did Zhenhai Gong choose to recruit troops and garrison troops in Xuzhou?" ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said, "The railway, the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway was built by Yuan Qi with funds raised, and Benjue does not want the process of railway construction to be affected, nor does he want the operation of the railway to be affected." After a pause, he continued: "Benjue will not enter the city, just live at the station, the matter of recruiting recruits in Xuzhou will start tomorrow, whether Xuzhou welcomes recruits to station, I hope to reply as soon as possible." ”

Yi Zhi was content not to enter the city, Li Xingyuan had already expected it, otherwise he would not have come to the station in person, but the Xuzhou garrison was really too big, how dare he decide without authorization, and even said: "I hope that the Duke of Zhenhai will forgive me, this matter must be reported to the court as soon as possible." ”

The next morning, the genius was bright, Zhao Ergou got up early, hungry rushed to the nearest porridge shed, he was not at ease, he had to see if the porridge shed today is still the same as yesterday, although yesterday there was news that the food for the imperial court disaster relief has arrived, will be porridge every day, but he is still not at ease, a family of seven or eight, he dare not be cautious.

Approaching the porridge shed, seeing that there were already people busy inside and out, Zhao Ergou secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, wondering if he could come forward to find some work to do, even if he gave more bowls of porridge, but he was soon disappointed, he was ragged and unkempt, he didn't accept him at all, and he was scolded and warned before he got close, telling him to go away.

Just when he was full of loss and ready to leave, a small group of soldiers with muskets and strange coats arrived at the porridge shed, and immediately posted a notice nearby, although Zhao Ergou didn't know how to read, he still stepped forward and said with a shy face: "Master Jun, what is written on this?" ”

The soldier was kind, and smiled and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "Listen to the accent from Peixian?" ”

Zhao Ergou became happy, "The military master is also from Pei County?" ”

"It's a sign to recruit immigrants and a sign to recruit new soldiers." The soldier was busy as he spoke, "Have you heard of Yuan Qi?" Has the Nanyang Navy heard of it? ”

"Who doesn't know Yuanqi?" Zhao Ergou nodded again and again and said: "The navy has also heard that there are still people in Pei County who are officers in the navy and send money to ..... family every year." ”

There are indeed many in the navy from the northern part of Jiangsu, the soldier smiled, and then said: "The immigration to Nanyang is arranged by Yuanqi, as long as you are selected, from Xuzhou to Nanyang, all the way by car and boat, food on the road, Yuanqi is all covered, and when you arrive in Nanyang, you don't have to worry." As for recruitment, it is the ...... recruiting recruits of the Nanyang Navy. ”

For the victims, they have only one goal at the moment - to survive, whether it is to immigrate to Nanyang or to serve as a soldier to eat food, there is no doubt that they can survive, Zhao Ergou hurriedly asked: "Master Jun, how can I be selected by Yuan Qi?" ”

"There are conditions for immigrating to Nanyang." The soldier said unhurriedly: "Take the household as a unit, that is, you want to go from household to household, you don't want to be single, but you can be a single woman, and you have to be ...... not sick." ”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Zhao Ergou said excitedly: "Our family has a family of eight, two old and four small, two of which are half-sized, okay?" ”

"Yes." The soldier said: "Bring them, sign up first, and maybe you can leave by train today." ”

Yuan Qi was recruiting people to go to the South Seas Luzon Java reclamation, and the navy was recruiting new soldiers, these two news quickly spread, and there was a commotion outside Xuzhou City, and a group of disaster victims rushed to the nearest porridge shack, scrambling to sign up, and everyone just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

The Yellow River bursts, the Yellow River floods, the breach is not blocked for a day, they can't go home in a day, even when the imperial court has sufficient financial resources, it takes a year and a half to block such a big breach, such as today is not peaceful, the court has no silver, it may not be able to return to the homeland for three or five years or even seven or eight years, and the Yellow River is flooding, even if the Yellow River is flooded, even the fertile land in the Yellow River will become sandy, even if the water recedes, the homeland is gone, for them, immigration, is the best choice.

However, the idea of the local government is different, it takes people's power to block the breach, the river recedes, and the Yellow Flood Area cannot be left barren, and the people are organized to govern, and agricultural production is also restored, and the people are allowed to emigrate, and no one can use it in the future.

On the city wall, Yuan Chengping, the prefect of Xuzhou, looked at the victims who lined up in a long line to sign up for voluntary immigration, and couldn't help but be worried, glanced at Li Xingyuan, and he said cautiously: "Lord of Taiwan, you have to leave some people for Xuzhou Mansion." ”

"What are you anxious about?" Li Xingyuan said softly: "It's not easy to immigrate to Nanyang, open up and let Yuanqi transfer, how much can you transfer in a year?" Besides, in this world, the victims of disasters and displaced people are all sources of chaos...... Saying that, he turned around and looked north, Yi Zhishu can be said to be unscrupulous now, I don't know if Lin Zexu is here, whether it can make him restrain himself.

Lin Zexu came quickly, and arrived in Xuzhou five days later, and at the beginning of getting off the bus, he summoned a group of officials in Xuzhou to understand the disaster, but Yi Zhizhi put down everything at hand, and accompanied the mother and son to Yunlong Mountain to relax, after many years, he wanted to make up for her mother and son.

Only one day later, Lin Zexu found Yunlong Mountain, and blocked Yi Zhizu and his party in the Qianlong Palace at the northern foothills, and when he heard the news that Lin Zexu was coming, Yi Zhishu felt disappointed, but he hurriedly greeted him, and he was still more than a dozen steps away, and he smiled again and again: "Why did Lin Zhongtang also come to Yunlong Mountain?" ”

Lin Zexu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yunlong Mountain has beautiful scenery and many historic sites, the old man has been admiring it for a long time, and he is worried that the national city will not want to return, so he simply rushed over." ”

"Why don't you linger." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "It is estimated that it will take some time to understand the disaster situation in the middle hall. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Zhongtang, please." ”

Lin Zexu was not humble, walked forward, and said with emotion: "After a few years, the national city has been promoted to a third-class duke, and Yuanqi is also ......thriving. ”

Yi Zhizhi knew Lin Zexu's intention, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "It is true that Yuanqi has been thriving over the years, but in the past few years, the construction of railways, the migration of Nanyang, the expansion of the army in the northwest, and the disaster relief in the south of the Yangtze River have been ..... like flowing water." ”

"I knew that Guocheng would cry poor with the old man." Lin Zexu smiled: "What's the matter, I'm afraid that the old man will open his mouth?" ”

Yi Zhishu hurriedly shouted: "What I said below is the truth, and Zhongtang is not ignorant. ”

Lin Zexu naturally knew the truth about what he said, but if he wanted to say that Yuan Qi couldn't get the silver, he didn't believe it, sighed slightly, and said: "What is the situation in the imperial court, the national city should also be clear, right?" Fengbei Yellow River burst, can't you just let it go and don't block it? ”

"That's what Zhongtang said." Yi Zhi's jaw said: "The break is to be blocked, but Yuanqi also has Yuanqi's difficulties, do not hide from Zhongtang, now the silver is really difficult to turnover, Zhongtang is both Qincha, responsible for disaster relief and river control, how can Yuanqi not let Zhongtang do no rice cooking, however, can only be provided one after another, first allocate one million yuan to Zhongtang, how?" ”

"Okay." Lin Zexu said, he believed that Yi Zhizhi was content, since he expressed his attitude, it would not make him unable to get off the stage, and after a few steps, he continued: "It's autumn now, blocking the breach, it is not appropriate to delay, the country has said so, the old man began to recruit people to build the breach, as for the disaster relief matters, it is still in charge of Yuanqi, the food is not enough, and a batch of grain ......can be intercepted." ”

The two of them talked and entered the room, and came out to serve tea for the two of them in person, she knew very well that she was able to go out of Beijing this time, thanks to Lin Zexu.

After all, Zaitong is a clan identity, seeing that she personally served tea, Lin Zexu didn't dare to be rude, and hurriedly got up to thank him, Zaitong didn't say much, and after a blessing, he slowly retreated, and after sitting down, Lin Zexu continued: "There are so many disaster victims, Yuan Qi doesn't plan to immigrate to Nanyang all, right?" ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said, "Even if they resist natural disasters, they can't resist war, and immigrating to Nanyang or Northwest is a good thing for the people." ”

Lin Zexu said in a deep voice: "Is it really possible to break out on a large scale? ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhishu asked rhetorically: "The imperial court is not allowed to station 5,000 recruits in Xuzhou?" ”

"No." Lin Zexu said solemnly: "Li Zixiang's secret fold has been returned, just two words, not allowed." ”

"Expected." Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly: "Stationed in Xuzhou, because Xuzhou's geographical location is good, and it is also suitable for training cavalry, it is not allowed, so it can only be stationed in Taiping Mansion and Guazhou." ”

"Training cavalry?" Lin Zexu said, this kid is too bold, he even said in front of him that he wanted to train cavalry.

"The twist bandits in Jiangbei will inevitably be dominated by cavalry in the future." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "If you don't train cavalry, how can you protect the railway line in the future." ”

Lin Zexu stared at him for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway goes directly to Beijing, shouldn't the national city be planned to protect it all the way to Beijing?" ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and said, "Or, take Xuzhou or Jinan as the boundary?" One south and one north, demarcation and protection? ”

This proposal is not bad, Lin Zexu was also a little puzzled by the other party's thoughts for a while, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "There are no outsiders here, and the national city doesn't have to be hidden, talk about it openly, how about it?" ”

Open? After a slight groan, Yi Zhizhi said, "I just don't want the world to be in chaos." ”