In Yuqing's room, there was a storm of cigarette smoke. Yuqing knelt before the photo of Cixi, kowtowed and repented, and said while kowtowing: "Old Buddha, slaves are useless and cannot defend your foundation. If you have spirit in heaven, you will spread your energy to the slave. Don't take your anger on my husband, my daughter, don't do their business..."

Zhao Guanhou picked up Yu Qing from behind and carried her up despite the other party's opposition. Yu Qing struggled hard, "Don't put your hands randomly... Lord Lao Fu looked at us..."

"It's just her photo, not her, what are you afraid of? I'll take it off later. You can take it out when you want people. It's okay to hang it on the wall. It's too scary. The fat girl is coming, so scary. He must be scared to cry. Listen to me, state affairs are like this, and one or two people can save it. It's unreasonable for you to blame yourself too hard. The Great Jin Dynasty is not something you can save alone. It's still the same thing, if you love it, who loves you? Instead of being sad,

It’s better to focus on the people around you and make yourself happy. Look at how much money the royal family fund has raised, and how many people have sent money in addition to their father-in-law. The road bureau said that there were two buses driving from Beijing to Shandong, but it was still not enough. A group of his uncles took their families to Shandong and almost smashed the webmaster’s office. It is said that the people in Beijing had to ask for leave from the owner of the banner. Now I don’t think anyone is following this rule.”

"Even the banner owner has run away, why are the rules?" Yu Qing said in a low voice, still not feeling high. "I also received a telegram, which was sent by several royal families in Beijing, asking me if I could invest more. I also said that I wanted to buy a house in Shandong and asked me to find a house for them. We bought a building that built by the land, and this time it was finally useful. These people are not doing their jobs and escaped quickly."

"There is no way. Everyone knows that this time the situation is not as good as the Hongyang Rebellion. Although it was a big deal at that time, the local county governments were fighting desperately to defend the city and resisting. I don't know how many officials died with the city. But this time, as soon as the battle started, the governor of Huguang ran away. The three towns were lost, and there were no officials in the city. Moreover, Ge Ming Dang had three towns, and other parts of Hubei, who remained silent and watched success or failure. No one was like Zeng Zheng, who recruited brave men on the spot and sent troops to suppress the thieves. People's hearts were gone."

"It's all Chengfeng!" Yu Qing said angrily: "There is Longyu! It's this guy who has brought a country to this point. Now he is disagreeable and can never find a loyal minister who is willing to contribute to the country. This time, he sent the generals to Yin Sheng, and I am the master who knows the most. He can draw a lotus, write two calligraphy, sing three Kunqu operas, and beat four circles of horses. The only thing he can't do is lead troops to fight and ask him to lead troops, not to wait for a loss! If... I mean, if the court sends the prince to command, do you go or not?"

Zhao Guanhou was stunned for a moment, looked at Cixi's photo, but did not answer the question, but stood up and said, "I'll take this off first, don't look back and scare the child."

When he came back, Yu Qing turned around and refused to look at him. "I know, you will definitely not be in charge... I don't want to force you, but my heart is still very confused. I am a bannerman. Although I knew that the Great Jin Kingdom was about to end, but when it really came to this point, I still hope that my prince would come out to turn the tide..."

Zhao Guanhou held the beauty's shoulder and kissed her two on the face, "Good wife, listen to me. You have also seen Yuan Gongbao's fate. If I hadn't had soldiers in my hands and had a way in Beijing, I'm afraid the fate would be worse than him. I still have a fortune for Dajin, that is, my mind is not as good as him. I led the troops to fight, and they sent someone to take over my territory. What's the benefit for us? I can swear to the heaven that I will definitely be nice to you, to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and to Brother Zhen. As for the royal family, as long as I escape to Shandong, I will ensure that they are safe. Moreover, there will never be any such thing as slaughtering the flag city in Shandong. I can guarantee it with my life."

He paused for a moment and said, "I'll tell you something else. Yin Sheng's team has entered Shandong. Guess what, he sent two commands to them to occupy Wusheng Pass."

Wusheng Pass is located in Henan, and is the junction of Hubei and Henan provinces. Yu Qing was stunned, "Henan is also lost?"

"No. Not only was there no Henan, but Ge Mingjun established the military official, but his foothold was not stable. He was still worried about how to deal with the siege of the imperial army. How dare he send troops to attack Henan? Wusheng Pass is still in his own hands."

"Then what did he do to let the soldiers occupy Wusheng Pass?"

"He wanted to use Wusheng Pass as the command center, for fear of something happening. When he left Beijing, it was said that Ge Ming Dang was ambushing him at the Beijing Station and threw fried eggs at him, but he failed. Even so, Wulou was still frightened and was always worried about ambushing him, so he started to guard against the ambush from Wusheng Pass. People said that Wuhou was cautious in using troops, and I think Wulou was particularly good. On the train he was riding, there were two fronts of the train in front and back, so that he could move forward and retreat freely and come and go as he pleased. As a result, when passing by our Shandong cotton field, a group of women went to the field to pick cotton. Guess what? After Wulou gave an order, the train immediately retreated twenty miles before he could hold it. I turned around and apologized to him. I didn't take good care of the women under my control and shouldn't go to the field to pick cotton in groups, which scared us Wushang..."

Yu Qing finally turned around and buried his head in Zhao Guanhou's arms. "The country is destroyed, I am not the prince, and I am not the prince. My family has money, but without power, I have to rely on you to protect you. You... will you still be like now, and do whatever you want with my temperament?"

"Yes, no matter whether Dajin has it or not, you will always be my tenth princess and always be my good wife..."

The two of them were warm for a while, and Yu Qing sighed, "It seems that they are really exhausted. When the soldiers are very fast, the leader is such a treasure. The country has completely lost hope. I can only find a way out for the bannermen in Shandong, and I can't control the others. What's your subordinates say?"

"After the military affairs, all the thorns in the army were cleaned up, and the rest were all our own people, and they were loyal. Even Shangquan, all the leaders had arrived in Jinan, and I had a meeting with them. Everyone's opinion was very simple. Shandong should protect itself and not be involved in the troubled waters. As for the suppression of the Ge Ming Party, this is not impossible, but you can't act under the command of Yin Sheng, otherwise you will definitely not do it if you die."

"What do you say about the court?"

Zhao Guanhou smiled. He sent a telegram saying that the salary and equipment were too low. This was a nonsense that anyone could see. However, the court was eager to use people at the moment, and no matter the truth, it could not argue. He immediately sent a truck and brought 500,000 taels of silver as a payment for the excretion fee. In addition, Zhao Guanhou was allowed to marche at Yihe's foreign army, and he brought a batch of Minnis and cannons with the car, urging him to march as soon as possible.

The arms were naturally accepted, but Zhao Guanhou's troops did not drive away. He immediately sent a telegram saying that the child suddenly had scabies and was in chaos and could not go out of the battle. He sent another telegram and said that he followed Pang Lingming's old wisdom and decided to carry a coffin to go out to boost the morale of the army. He asked for a reward of golden nanmu coffin and travel with the army.

Although the governor was not qualified to use a golden nanmu coffin, he could no longer care about these things at this time. Long Yu issued a special order, specifically allowing Zhao Guanhou to use a golden nanmu coffin. Fortunately, the entire coffin was funded by Shandong himself and there was no need to be reimbursed by the branch. Unexpectedly, a telegram arrived the next day, and the coffin was deliberately destroyed by the Ge Mingmen and was killed by a fried egg and could not be used. Without a coffin, he could not fight. Therefore, he specially put a good coffin in the south, and when the new coffin arrived, he would immediately open.

The telegram that came again was not a telegram from the court military advisory office, but a telegram sent by Fuko in his private name. He first mentioned Han Rong's favor to Zhao Guanhou that day, and then mentioned his friendship twice. Finally, he begged Zhao Guanhou to go south for the sake of the friendship between the two families to resolve the crisis of the court.

At this time, the news of the revival of Hunan had already been heard. Governor Yu Chengge and the Seal were sent away. In the Ge Laohui, the younger generation's leading brothers Jiao Da and Chen Xin, the two of them, became the chief governors and deputy governors of the Ge Mingjun in Hunan. The Ge Laohui congregation went to join the crowd, scattered on the streets and recruited congregations. Hunan had a lot of savings and sent funds to the rich gentry and households to force donations. They made a lot of money and made a lot of noise.

The swordsmen in Guanzhong, who announced their liberation at the same time as Hunan, responded to Ge Ming's call and launched a mutiny in Chang'an. The Chang'an Banner City was slaughtered, and more than 15,000 bannermen were almost alive. Similar situations also occurred in the three towns of Wuhan, Changsha and other places. A large number of bannermen were killed, making the royal families in the capital realize that this was not a simple rebellion, but a war between ethnic groups. If it failed, there would be almost no hope of survival.

The hope of saving the situation was that Zhao Guanhou's troops were becoming more and more respectful with the court's attitude, and the conditions offered were getting higher and higher. In addition to Fuzi's sincere telegram, Long Yu also sent a telegram, but it was not a request, but a promise. As long as the accident was settled, he should follow the example of the wisdom of pacifying Hong Yang that day, and the one who first defeated Wuhan will be awarded the hereditary title and the fief is chosen.

The court became more and more respectful, while Shandong became more and more arrogant. Zhao Guanhou thought about the court's promises and requests and recovered only eight words: "Foot disease recurs, and it is difficult to obey the fate."

Seeing this call back, everyone understood that he was venting his anger for Yuan Weiting now.

Just as he comforted Yu Qing, the door was knocked, Feng Xi came in and said, "Guanhou, the second sister-in-law is here..."

Not only was the second sister-in-law Zou Xiurong, but Meng Siyuan waiting in the study. The two seemed to have eliminated the barriers and became a model couple. Standing together, they looked like golden boys and jade girls, born to be a couple.

Zhao Guanhou first greeted the two, and then joked: "I held a banquet for you several times, but it was harder for you to talk to each other. Now you are reconciled as before. It can be seen that this peacemaker cannot do it, so you still have to let you negotiate on your own."

Zou Xiurong smiled, "You are not immoral. Siyuan and I have no remarriage now, nor have any plans for this. Our current relationship is Comrade Ge Ming. This relationship is easier for us than for couples. If we remarry, what should Liu do? She is innocent. Could she be willing to be a concubine or leave the court? This is not fair to her. It is great now. They are husband and wife, we are friends, Siyuan and I are just like you, all confidants."

Meng Siyuan also said: "Yes, Xiurong and I are now staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ge Mingjun, Hubei Province. Of course, Xiurong is still the assistant of Shandong Zhengyuan Bank, and we have not quit this job. Just like me, we are still the chairman of Mengji Textile Company. We are businessmen, not politicians. As long as the world is restored and the Tartars are expelled, we still want to continue to be businessmen and save the country through industry. The officialdom is not suitable for us, so the title and other things... are very chaotic, and we won't show you the business card, so you won't laugh again. The newly formed official palace is like this. Many things are not formal, but this seemingly chaotic organization contains strong vitality. It is still much superior to the corrupt and old organization that lacks vitality like the Dajin court."

Zhao Guanhou nodded and agreed, "Second brother, the scholar has been separated for three days. When he looked at you with admiration, today is very different from when he was in Shandong."

"I have to thank you for telling me that my path is right, but there is a problem with the method. I thought about it for a long time and felt that what you said was right. The correct path must be taken in the right way, otherwise it will not be effective. So, I am studying hard and moving forward in a way that adapts to the road conditions. As long as I can realize my dreams, the means can be avoided. Today, I will walk your path. The correct method may be to prepare a generous gift or a beauty for you. But I think that in that case, it will not be a friend's way."

"That's natural. If you prepare a beauty, your second sister-in-law will beat her out first. Have you seen the old lady? I told the kitchen to prepare a banquet and let our brothers have a good chat."

Zou Xiurong said: "I can't take care of my family. Dayu controls the flood and passes the house three times without entering. This is not that it is unkind, but that it is that it is because of the great things. All the people are in their hearts. You can't take care of the gains and losses of your own households. Siyuan and I are similar now. The fourth brother, you really should go to Wuchang to see it. When you get there, you will find out what is correct and what is the way to go. In Wuchang, each of us is equal, there is no so-called adults, nor is there a so-called master. The superiors and subordinates are equal, officers and soldiers are equal, and a great commoner is not a joke, but a real people. There is a colleague who wants to sit in a sedan chair, but what is the result? As soon as he arrived outside the main palace of Ge Mingjun, he was smashed. This is something that was absolutely unexpected in Dajin."

Zhao Guanhou nodded, but did not respond, but looked at Meng Siyuan, "Second brother, are you here to be lobbyists today and persuade me to surrender?"

"It's not surrender, it's liberation." Meng Siyuan corrected a mistake in his words and then said: "You oppose the army because the army has no fists or courage and cannot achieve great things. Once you raise an army, it will become the target of public criticism and are not tolerated by Dajin. The current situation has turned around and the general trend is on our side. In just a few days, the three provinces have been revived one after another, and this is just the beginning. There will be more and more provinces to be liberated in the future. Continuing to be loyal to Dajin will only make you smash yourself to pieces. Lao Si, if you join Ge Ming, I can guarantee that you are the Grand Governor of Shandong, just like the General Li of Wuhan. As long as you obey Mr. Sun's management, there will be no problems."

Zhao Guanhou did not comment, but asked back: "Where is Yuqing? Where is my father-in-law? And Mr. Zhen? What should we arrange for them?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!