Yuan Chonghuan looked up and saw that the concierge had returned, followed by an old man who looked very well-dressed and looked like a wealthy member of the Communist Party of China.
"It's time for you, the manager," Yuan Chonghuan quickly said with his hands.
This is Qian Li, Qian Longxi's chief steward. Qian Longxi asked him to personally take Yuan Chonghuan there, which also shows that Qian Longxi, or Donglin, attaches great importance to Yuan Chonghuan.
Yuan Chonghuan followed the old housekeeper and walked all the way to the courtyard of Qian's Mansion. Yuan Chonghuan looked at the people coming out of the house in a steady stream and said in a low voice: "I didn't know Prime Minister Qian was so busy. It's really annoying."
"No matter what Mr. Yuan said, we are a family. Even if we don't have time, I will definitely see you when you come." Qian Li said with a smile.
The two of them were chatting and laughing, and had already arrived in front of Qian Longxi's study.
It is a small house with blue bricks and gray tiles, and a clump of purple bamboo swaying in the wind in front of the bed, which is very elegant.
There is a plaque hanging on the door with the words "Nostalgic Yuxuan" written on it, written vigorously and with great momentum.
"Hahaha, Yuan Yuan, why did you come back just after you left the capital? Haha, are you reluctant to leave your newly married concubine?" Before Yuan Chonghuan entered the house, Qian Longxi's joking voice came out .
"Zhiwen, you guessed it right. I just couldn't let go of that little beauty, so I came back." Yuan Chonghuan also laughed and said.
Governor Yuan always calms down when big events happen. Even though his heart is already on fire, he still has the ability to nourish his energy without expressing his joy and anger even before the collapse of Mount Tai.
Real big shots are very safe in everything they do.
Yuan Chonghuan knew that Qian Longxi was making fun of his new sixteen-year-old concubine to show his intimacy. This showed that the relationship between the two was very good.
Yuan Chonghuan's first wife, Mrs. Huang, had no children.
So as usual he took a concubine in his thirties.
According to the "Yuan Clan Genealogy" compiled by Yuan Chonghuan's grandson Yuan Bing: Yuan Chonghuan adopted Yuan Zhaoji (the father of Yuan Bing), the son of his elder brother Yuan Chongyu.
Yuan Chonghuan's mother is He, his wife is Huang (who lives in Dongguan), and his concubine is Ruan. They have a daughter.
Yuan Chonghuan's daughter was 8 years old when he was killed. After Yuan Chonghuan was killed, his concubine Ruan moved three thousand miles away, and other relatives were also exiled.
Yuan Chonghuan's daughter lost her support and wandered on the streets in the capital.
Yuan Chonghuan's subordinate She (She Xin) stole his body and buried it in Guangdong Jiuyi Garden in the capital, and adopted Yuan Chonghuan's daughter. (It is said that the mother and daughter surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the city of Ningyuan was destroyed, and their posthumous son joined the Zhengbai Banner Han Army. This daughter was later adopted as Fu Jin by Hauge)
Many of Yuan Chonghuan's tribe were exiled to other places during the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, some of them returned to Guangdong, while the rest were scattered throughout the country.
Because he only gave birth to a daughter after taking concubines, Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to take concubines again.
This time, it finally came to fruition.
The real name of this concubine is ominous. There are two theories. Let’s take a look.
One theory is that this concubine gave birth to a son and two daughters to Yuan Chonghuan. When Ningyuan was finally occupied by the Qing Dynasty, his children were incorporated into the Han Army Banner Zhengbai Banner by Huang Taiji. (Zhengbai Banner is very strange. It contains many descendants of the great enemies of the Qing Dynasty, including Geerdan, Xiaohezhuo, Zhang Geer, Jinchuan chieftain, descendants of the chieftains who rebelled in front and rear Tibetan areas, etc. The author does not understand their thoughts either. But It cannot be concluded that Yuan Chonghuan colluded with the Manchus.)
The descendants of Governor Yuan have been serving as officials in the Qing Dynasty, and their official career has been prosperous.
His grandson Yuan Erhan made meritorious service against Tsarist Russia in the Battle of Yaksa and became a senior general. After that, the Yuan family became Manchu. The largest officials in later generations are Jiangning general Fu Ming'a who suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Heilongjiang general Shoushan in the late Qing Dynasty.
Another theory is that his concubine Ruan had an adopted daughter named Zhao Wenjun who was a woman in distress. The Ruan family did not have a son, so they married Zhao Wenjun on the recommendation of the Ruan family.
She is from Laizhou Bay, Shandong Province. After Yuan Chonghuan was killed, she was protected by Yuan Chonghuan's former personal bodyguard Yuan Jing. She carried ten thousand taels of silver notes and led her two children, Yuan Hao and Yuan Gao, who were less than 2 years old with Yuan Chonghuan. , quietly left Beijing, changed names and fled back to his hometown in Shandong.
In Fengmao Village next to Hutou Cliff in Laizhou Bay, he bought three stone-walled huts and lived in secret seclusion. His descendants multiplied here for more than 140 years.
It was not until the Qianlong period that Yuan Chonghuan's descendants crossed the sea again and settled in a place no one could have imagined. It is a village less than ten miles away from the place where Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong (Lushunkou). The descendants have multiplied and now number in the hundreds.
And there is a family tree as evidence.
After the two chatted and laughed, the guest and host sat down.
After sipping the fragrant tea, we started talking about business.
"Has Prime Minister Qian gotten any news from Ning Yuan?" Yuan Chonghuan asked solemnly.
Qian Longxi no longer smiled when he heard this, and nodded with a heavy expression. "I only found out the news in the morning. I guess you will rush back when you hear the news."
"I heard that the rebels took the governor and the commander-in-chief hostage. They haven't been paid for six months. No wonder the soldiers are making trouble and are getting anxious." Yuan Chonghuan said.
Qian Longxi said: "In the past six months, the imperial court has been busy fighting among itself, whether it is Wei Wei or other forces. No one cares about Liaodong's affairs at all. The situation is more serious than you think."
"After I was forced to dismiss from office, Ning Yuancheng became a child without a mother. He was allowed to be bullied by them. I was afraid that they would become a slave in despair."
"It hasn't reached this level yet, but the governor committed suicide after delivering a memorial to the court."
Yuan Chonghuan was shocked. He did not expect such a commotion to occur.
Qian Longxi showed Yuan Chonghuan the emergency military report from the Ningyuan front line.
Yuan Chonghuan took a look and found that the situation was very difficult.
The rebels arrested the governor Bi Zisu and the commander-in-chief Zhu Mei, tied them up and carried them to the Qiao Tower (the Drum Tower in the center of Ningyuan City).
Then tell him that you will pay the arrears of military pay immediately.
Bi Zisu said that I didn’t have any money either. I asked the court, but the court didn’t pay.
Asked Zhu Mei, Zhu Mei said that I am a general soldier and I have no money.
The soldier was very angry at this time. After beating him, he restrained himself and then beat Zhu Mei.
The two were beaten and punched by the mutinous soldiers.
Bi Zisu's body was covered in bruises and blood flowed from his face.
Guo Guang, deputy envoy of military preparation, first went to the governor's yamen but could not find anyone, and then went to the general yamen to continue looking. When he saw that the ground was full of flags and papers, it was a mess, and papers were everywhere.
At this time, someone said he was at the Drum Tower, so he hurried to the Drum Tower.
When we arrived here, we saw that the governor Bi Zisu and the commander-in-chief Zhu Mei had been beaten severely and their faces were covered in blood.
Guo Guang used his body to block Bi Zisu. He told the mutinous officers and soldiers to stop first and stop fighting. You can make conditions.
The soldier said: "We have no conditions. They just give us the money they owe us."
Guo Guang saw that this was not the solution and he had to stabilize their emotions first. I can only bite the bullet and say, okay, please give me some time, and I will raise funds for you.
The rebels were in a fuss, shouting that they couldn't do it and that they would attack soon. You civil servants have always deceived us. None of us believe it.
Guo Guang tried to raise 20,000 taels of silver and distributed it to these rebels first.
These rebels saw that there was too little money and could not divide it.
They all said, no, these are far from enough.
Guo Guang hurriedly asked wealthy local shops and merchants to borrow money. The merchants were unwilling to lend money, but they were afraid of rebels looting shops and wanted to settle things down as soon as possible, so they agreed to borrow money.
A total of 30,000 taels of silver were borrowed, and a total of 50,000 taels of silver were collected.
Guo Guang quickly distributed money to the rebels.
Although it is not enough to compensate for all the arrears of military pay, it can still sustain a living for two or three months. Only then could the soldiers be calmed down.
The mutinous officers and soldiers released the governor Bi Zisu and the commander-in-chief Zhu Mei. After taking the money, they left the Qiao Tower and scattered back to the camp.
Bi Zisu felt deeply humiliated when such a big thing happened. At the same time, he felt that he could not explain it to the court, so he wrote down the cause and effect clearly. After the memorial was issued, he hanged himself.
Yuan Chonghuan closed the military newspaper and lowered his head to think about how to deal with this matter. Mutiny and forcing the governor to death was no different from rebellion.
"Although these soldiers are all my old subordinates, even if I go there in person, they still have to be paid. It is absolutely impossible without salary money." Yuan Chonghuan said.
"But the key point is that now the Ministry of Revenue has no money and can't get out even a tael of silver. We just defeated Wei Yi in a fight and everything is in chaos. This mutiny comes at the wrong time." Qian Longxi said.
Yuan Chonghuan knew in his heart that without money, no matter how great his prestige was, he could not suppress it.
