Chapter 9 Chapter 8

If Li Yuanhong is the key to the upcoming 1911 Revolution, then Wu Zhaolin is the key to the 1911 Revolution. If it is said that Li Yuanhong successfully transformed a military chaos into a revolution with his military ability and finally succeeded, then Wu Zhaolin used his military ability to successfully transform a riot into a military chaos, thus relaying with Li Yuanhong Cooperate, eventually contributed to the victory of the Revolution of 1911. Having said so much, who is this Wu Zhaolin? Wu Zhaolin, he is a fruitful result of Zhang Zhidong's military school system, one of nearly 20,000 students in the three towns of Wuhan, a disciple of Li Yuanhong himself, and he once worshiped the Japanese instructor Zhu Fang Dazuo as his teacher, and devoted himself to cultivating Study staff science.Although he was only a middle-level officer in the 21st Mixed Association of the Eighth Town of the New Army—it was just an officer of the left team of the Engineering Battalion.But his military talents are well known in Eighth Town, and even Mr. Huang Yanpei praised him as "always a little bit of faith".

High-quality soldiers, high-quality mid-level officers, and talented military generals were finally assembled by Zhang Zhidong.And this means: once there is an incident in Wuchang, there will be a mature and practical military system that will play its effective role in the first time. And these will constitute the basic guarantee for the success of the upcoming 1911 Revolution. But only military strength is not enough. The Revolution of 1911 also meant a large-scale political revolution. A politician was required to transform a military operation into a social revolution with his superb political skills.Therefore, Zhang Zhidong and his brother must also prepare the most intelligent politicians for the future era.

It is said that there is a small grocery store in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. In the grocery store, there is a young guy. This guy has quick eyes, hard feet, and is sincere and loyal, so he is trusted by the owner of the grocery store.One day, a customer came to the store to buy things, and accidentally lost a bag of silver, which was picked up by a young man. Instead of swallowing his parcel, the boy was afraid that the owner would commit suicide if he could not find the money. When he was waiting on the road, the customer was moved and praised the boy repeatedly, and told the grocery store owner about it.

When the owner of the grocery store found out about this, he called the boy over and said, "My child, you are kind-hearted and extremely smart. It's a pity to be a boy who runs errands."How about this, I will pay for you, and you go to Beijing to catch up with the exam, I thought, with your kindness and intelligence, if you are lucky, you might get the champion. The little guy smiled and said: Boss, I can't read a few words, and I can't write poems. If you ask me to write stereotyped essays, it would be better to kill me.Boss, if you are really willing to help me, you can just donate an official for me. After all, isn’t it just to become an official if you win the first prize in the imperial examination?

Donate an official?It costs a lot of money to donate an official.The boss frowned: Wait for me to inquire and see if there is any good way. Soon the boss came again and said: Our grocery store is a small business, and we can't get the money to donate to the official. How about I donate a small official for you?Don't you hear that officials with iron-clad subordinates, no matter how capable they are, have to rely on officials to do their jobs, okay? The young man thought for a while and said, "Is it okay to be a petty official?"I don't believe that when I meet a discerning official, he will not recognize me.

So the boss donated a county magistrate for the boy in the Guangzhou government office, and the boy packed up his luggage and went to the post excitedly.Not long after arriving, it happened that Zhang Zhidong was transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi. After examining the officials of the government office, he discovered this young man, and then deliberately gave him a few things to handle, and the young man handled them properly.At that time, Zhang Zhidong thought to himself: Although this person is only a small official, his ability to handle affairs is difficult to find in the Qing Dynasty. I have to keep such a capable person by my side, and let him work in the future. He does it for me.

Later, when Zhang Zhidong came to Hubei, he brought the little official with him. But the little official had some advice, and Zhang Zhidong obeyed.At first, he was just obedient, but later on, Zhang Zhidong simply became a shopkeeper, and he didn't care about any political affairs. He just listened to the yelling of this little official, and Zhang Zhidong would do whatever the little official told him.People in the officialdom have heard about this a lot, so there is a saying that spread like wildfire in the officialdom: Zhang Zhidong, the governor of the two lakes, and Zhao Fengchang, the first-rank wife.

Zhao Fengchang is the name of this little official and county magistrate.Although he is a big man, because he hides behind the scenes of Zhang Zhidong and gives Zhang Zhidong his orders, he is jokingly called Zhang Zhidong's first-class wife. And the meaning of this sentence is to say: Zhang Zhidong's thoughts and ideas all come from Zhao Fengchang's head.Everything he did was done by Zhao Fengchang. It is said that the Qing Empire originally had an official system, similar to today's Disciplinary Inspection Commission, but it did not have the power to enforce the law. It was just some officials who specially kept an eye on the leaders at all levels. If there was any unhealthy trend, they immediately reported it.After the outbreak of Mrs. Yipin Zhao Fengchang's incident, all the officials were filled with righteous indignation, and they all said: Queen Mother Qizuo, I can't be trusted, I can't be relied on, Zhang Zhidong, let's not do business, and have a good relationship with a waiter named Zhao Fengchang .

The officials impeached one after another, and the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Liu Kunyi, the veteran governor of Liangjiang, to lead a team to solve Zhang Zhidong's problem.As soon as Liu Kun arrived, he took a closer look at what Zhao Fengchang had done on behalf of Zhang Zhidong's idea, and couldn't help being angry and evil. Look at the good things Zhao Fengchang has done. For Zhang Zhidong, he established the Army Surveying and Mapping School, the Army Middle School, the Army Primary School, the General Middle School, Industry, Agriculture, Commerce, Mining, Railway, Dialect, Physics and Chemistry, Provincial Normal School, and Taoist Normal School and other schools, as well as Wuchang Road Wulu Primary School, as well as the blog, literature, and Wenhua universities run by the church.Feelings Zhao Fengchang, a little guy, can do more than the entire court of the Qing Empire. He can do all the work that tens of thousands of officials could not do in two hundred years.

How can this person be so capable? It's really outrageous, Zhao Fengchang is so capable, how can those mediocre officials mess around?Doesn't his way of doing things cut off the livelihood of mediocre officials and deprive everyone of the sacred right to dawdle and eat? Knowing that Zhao Fengchang was too capable, he dared to smash the entire imperial court's jobs with his own strength, which had already caused public outrage. After thinking about it, Liu Kun decided to give up his commander and protect his soldiers, kill Zhao Fengchang, and protect Zhang Zhidong.So he made a suggestion: depose Zhao Fengchang, expelled from the officialdom, and never be allowed to enter the court - he alone is more capable than the entire court, so he is determined not to be allowed to toss in the officialdom again.

Because of this, Zhao Fengchang left Wuchang with Zhang Zhidong's support and moved to Shanghai. He lived at No. 10 Nanyang Road, Shanghai, and his residence was called Xiyintang.