Meng Siyuan seemed to have expected this problem, so he was not panicked at all. "The fourth brother, I still remember you told me that I am doing things, you are a human being. When I do things, I think about whether this matter is good or bad, and what is the future of the future; when you do things, you think about whether it is good or bad for those who do things, and what will happen to them? So I have the right way, you win the hearts of the people, this is the difference between us. I have remembered all these words, and I have actually expected this question. Did you think about the flag city of Chang'an and Wuchang?"

"It's almost the case. As far as I know, this is not a slander. Albion's missionaries in Chang'an also reported to Albion's Embassy."

"The situation of Ge Mingjun... or composition is very complicated. They include new troops, citizens, and associations. Without exception, they are all done by civilian troops composed of associations. They do not understand ideology, have a relatively primitive way of thinking, and also advocate a barbaric and cruel way. Because the flag city resisted, such a massacre was caused, which was also the inducement of the massacre. Mr. Sun himself was opposed to such massacres. The telegram he sent to Yankee clearly stated that my Ge Mingjun's program was a joint alliance of the five races, including the bannermen. As long as they did not resist to the end, the Ge Mingjun would give them a way out. As for those members of the association, they did not obey Mr. Sun's orders, it would be difficult for us to restrain those behaviors for the time being."

He explained again, "I am not taking off my shoulders, but talking about the facts. I feel very sorry for what happened in Chang'an and Wuchang. But please think about how many Han people were killed when the bannermen seized the Central Plains. These people are also avenging their ancestors and not being able to blame them. As for the Ten Princess, King Qing and others, I was considering national justice before, and it was the defense of the flag and Han. Think about it, there was a bannerman sleeping beside you, always thinking about restoring the country, and they would not be friendly to Ge Mingzhe. Although you are the Grand Governor in Shandong, you are not yourself.

In the small kingdom, Comrade Ge Ming will definitely come here to work. If they are not compatible with each other, it will lead to tragedy. But now, my idea has changed. Since Mr. Sun said that the five tribes are united together, we should act according to the instructions of our teacher. Ten princesses and King Qing, they are all within the scope of unity. In Songjiang, Xiurong and I learned a word about Bai Xiangren, and a gossip. Today I will talk to Lao Si. As long as you announce the restoration of Shandong and remove the Huanglong Banner, you will be responsible for all the bannermen in your territory. Ge Ming’s official residence will not interfere with it."

Zhao Guanhou smiled, "My teacher has been separated for three days, and I look at him with admiration. My second brother is indeed more capable than before. My second sister-in-law knows my attitude towards Ge Ming. My attitude has not changed until now."

Zou Xiurong took a step forward, "The fourth sister-in-law, you are like my younger brother. I will refuse to agree to anyone who wants to harm you. But I will say what you are wrong. Your idea is wrong. Shandong is the Shandong of Chinese, not your Shandong. You cannot regard this as your pocket. You do the Grand Governor, but there will definitely be other colleagues to jointly manage Shandong's civil affairs and finances with you. If all the power is given to you and no outsiders are allowed to come in, Shandong will become a country in the middle of the country. Think about it, is there such a reason?"

Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are right, but I have built this foundation. Of course, I don't want outsiders to share it. To put it another word, you know the relationship between Jason and I. If someone else is in charge of finance, will Jason buy it? Will the consulars of several countries nod? If there is a dispute at that time, you will suffer a loss, right? Of course, this matter is not something I decided by one thing. You can do this. I will ask the people from the consultation bureau to discuss it and make a decision based on everyone's opinions. Before the conclusion is made, my subordinates and I will strictly adhere to neutrality and not participate in the war."

After the last self-controlled military storm, the entire Shandong Advisory Bureau has actually been in name only, and has no right to consult or discuss it. It is actually a puppet in the hands of the Shandong Governor, and he can do whatever he wants.

The speaker is also served by Wang Hexuan. He is a playboy and a friend of Zhao Guanhou. He is the advisory bureau of the speaker. He can tell if he is not asked about his position. Zhao Guanhou's statement is an excuse, but a strict and neutral attitude is also a great gain. For Meng Siyuan and his wife, as long as the fifth town does not participate in the southward battle, the overall situation can be stabilized.

Once this matter was agreed, the atmosphere between each other became more harmonious. Zhao Guanhou asked about the military affairs of Huguang again. Zou Xiurong did not conceal it from him.

"In Hubei, it is expected to recruit new troops from the Five Associations. As a result, it was recruited in less than two days. The soldiers were not hungry people who lost their land and were desperate, but citizens, small merchants and apprentices from factories and workshops. They all had a bite of food, worked with peace of mind and could live, but they devoted themselves to Ge Ming and were ready to sacrifice their lives at any time. Why do you think? Because they wanted to live like individuals and did not want to be controlled by foreign races anymore. The first thing everyone did was to cut off their braids and put their feet on them."

She has a foreign style. When it comes to women putting their feet, she doesn’t feel shy. Instead, she talks a lot about the harm of foot binding to women. Meng Siyuan is not surprised. She then said:

"In terms of clothing, there is no decision to restore any kind of clothes, but the robes and jackets are definitely not worn anymore. But the suit... is too Westernized, without our own characteristics, and is not advocated."

Zhao Guanhou smiled bitterly and said, "This is troublesome. I don't have to wear my clothes except robes and suits. What should I wear?"

"Don't interrupt! Who is not like this? Then there will naturally be new clothes to design, and there will always be new clothes to wear. In fact, Siyuan and I are all suits, and it doesn't matter. It's not recommended or opposed. Ge Mingzheng's mansion will not leave his head and not leave his hair like the barbaric Dajin. At most, it's like those stubborn people who are forced to cut off their braids, which is also for their own good. Didn't Shandong implement the health law very early and collect sanitation taxes? Many people have no braids, which is not a problem for you."

Zhao Guanhou had adjusted the tax in Shandong as early as before Ge Ming. Anyone with braids would have to pay extra health taxes to encourage people to take the initiative to cut braids. Of course, there are also some people who insisted on not cutting, and Shandong would not force them.

He smiled and said, "I understand that as long as life is still the same, Ge Ming, who does not commit murder and set fire, I welcome it. We can discuss the details slowly. The second brother and sister-in-law should go home and see the old lady. On the Zou house, Zhai Weng is looking at the house for her second sister-in-law, and there is nothing to do. If Ze Weng is not used to living in Songjiang, he can also come back to Shandong to live."

Zou Xiurong said: "I don't thank you, so I'll see you. Dad lived a good life in Songjiang. He runs a charity hall with your father-in-law. His life is fulfilling and he may not come back in a short period of time. You also know that once the war begins, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees in Songjiang. These people need to be resettled, and they cannot live without people at this time."

"Then it's Lao Zeweng. He can talk to my father-in-law, and everything is fine. I originally thought that a person from Shandong and a person from Songjiang could not communicate, but now it seems that I am not thinking. My second sister-in-law went to see a few little boys in my house. Cuiyu gave birth to a son for me. Her name was Tianfu, and she also wanted to call you as her godmother."

Meng Siyuan understood that Zhao Guanhou intended to mobilize Zou Xiurong so that he could go home to visit his mother and see Liu's family. Otherwise, the two of them would be embarrassed when they went home together and they would face the case three times.

There were more and more Beiyang soldiers passing through. Due to the delay in moving the Second Army, Chengfeng had to change his course and appointed Feng Yuzhang as the commander of the Second Army, leading the third town to merge with the first mixed association in Henan, and the 39th association in the 20th town to attack the main palace of Huguang Army.

The main force of the army traveled to Huguang through Henan, which had little to do with Shandong, but Yin Sheng wanted to take a detour to Shandong. In order to see Zhao Guanhou, he sent a telegram to order his subordinates to enter Shandong, and hereby take care of him.

As soon as this telegram came, it first aroused Ryanstein's suspicion. He touched his beard and frowned slightly, "Does our great emperor's best friend want to perform a traditional Chinese drama, Hongmen Banquet? A unit of association enters Shandong... If we do it, how much time can we take to disarm them all?"

"It's about ten minutes." Zhao Guanhou smiled and said, "This association is the 11th association under the Sixth Town. The association is my sworn brother Li Xiushan. In Baicheng, we rescued him from the siege of Rouran, otherwise he would die in his country. This person is his own person, and even his association was also done by me. In my words, he might have helped me capture Yin Sheng more than to help me capture him. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

"But it is also very dangerous to board the train rashly, after all, it is not our sphere of influence."

"If the fifth town loses me, there is still a chief of staff who can command it. With your talent, you will not take much effort to deal with Yin Sheng. On the other hand, Yin Sheng will use himself as bait and arrest me? With his courage, he will not do that. He just wants to come and discuss friendship with me. Although their two armies seem to be very well organized, they are not confident enough. After all, there are not many troops with practical experience, and I still fight more soldiers. With the guidance of you, the chief of staff, if you fight, I will be more than enough to fight him. Just go there, there is no obstacle."

Having said that, Shandong's attitude towards the court before was too arrogant, and Yu Qing was still worried. When he got on the bus, he specially asked Chengzhen to accompany Zhao Guanhou.

After the news of the liberation of Shaanxi came, Cheng Zhen had already entered Shandong indirectly, and it was only a difference between him and Li Lianying. His identity as Beile was enough to suppress Yin Sheng, and he would be foolproof.

Yin Sheng was riding on a blue steel train. When he entered the car door, he could see twenty long-faced guards with double guns on his waist and machetes on his back lined up in two rows. They were wearing new sky blue military uniforms, but their heads were covered with gold-style official hats, all of which were red tops. They actually used twenty second-rank military officers as guards for themselves.

As soon as the person got into the car, someone shouted "Standing attentive!" The twenty second-rank officials knocked their heels together and gave a neat military salute.

Yin Sheng walked out of the carriage with a smile on his face, and bowed to him when he met, "Zhengbeile, you are here too? What did you say? You never thought of it. Come and sit on. Guanhou, it's really hard for you to invite me. If I don't come here in person, I'm afraid I won't see you yet. How about it, what about my foot disease?"

Zhao Guanhou saw him smiling and knew it was harmless. He also smiled and replied with a smile, "The foot disease is very bad, and most of the time it is necessary to return to his hometown if he is missing."

"You... your mouth is really unforgivable." Yin Sheng smiled and pulled him, "I want me to say, you can marry a few concubines and you will be fine. Come on, come and sit down, and see who I have invited."

It turned out that a hardwood Eight Immortals had already been placed in the carriage, a pair of mahjong was placed on it, and a large smoke couch was placed on the other side. Cheng Zhen saw it, and first went up, "I have to come here to try it." Yin Sheng clapped his hands, and two beautiful maids turned out and served Cheng Zhen to make cigarette bubbles.

At the mahjong table, the two guests were all wearing military uniforms and wearing treasure stars on their chests. They were Cao Zhongkun and Li Xiushan.

After Cao Zhongkun returned from the three eastern provinces, he was promoted all the way. Chengzhen went north to take office, and Cao Zhongkun was also in charge of the whole process. Even when Chengzhen was plundering outside the pass, Cao Zhongkun's troops also made great efforts, often smearing his face as a black and gray, pretending to be a strong beam of scissors, and all the money he earned was in Chengzhen's private pocket. Therefore, Chengzhen and King Qing protected him. Now Cao Zhongkun is the commander of the third town of the army, and he also made a fortune outside the pass.

When the three met, they greeted each other and Yin Sheng said, "Guanhou, I knew you were getting angry at home. There was no way, so I invited your two sworn brothers to persuade you. You are not right, how could you delay business for your own temper? If you have any feet, you are accustomed to Rong'an. But if you have to talk to each other, don't you like to listen to me. Rong'an and I knew each other much earlier than you. When the fifth master wanted to kill him, I was also in the capital. At that time, I almost got the slapped with the fifth master, and finally saved Rong'an. Otherwise, he would not be as simple as opening up. Now when the imperial court is employed, we have great grievances, and we will let go first and then. It is not too late to make a mistake when the rebellion is destroyed, right?"

Zhao Guanhou did not answer, but came to the mahjong table, "Mahjong, foreign medicine, beauty, if there is a good wine and a good cook, Wu Weng will be fully prepared this time."

Yin Sheng smiled proudly, "You said this, I have it all. Just say what you want to eat, some people make it. Good wine, foreign wine, brandy whiskey, and our Chinese Shaoxing wine, Maotai, are all available. Come on, sit down and play cards. I was looking for Mr. Zhen in Beijing, thinking that we have to come together and persuade your brother-in-law together, but I didn't expect you to come earlier than me."

Cheng Zhen smoked the big smoke and wandered in Taixu until he took a few shots and said, "Don't look for me in this matter, I don't care about this. You know, I'm idle, idiot, i have no intention of doing ordinary things, I'm annoyed, don't ask me, I don't know anything. What should you do? I'm Xu Shu and Cao's camp without saying a word."
Chapter completed!