Chapter 109: Opportunity of the Martial Saint
The big house in Qinglong Lane.
Yu Xiao checked his personal information.
The current information on the ancient temple stone tablet is as follows:
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Name: Yu Xiao.
Physiological age: 23 years old.
Real age: 34 years old.
Reputation: 10012/30000 (awesome).
Luck growth: 9 points per year.
Luck: 126
Merit: 5405.
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At this time, more than a month had passed since Morton was killed with a sword and Rui Liancheng was killed with a punch.
Although Yu Xiao's killing of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was handled in a low-key manner, the fact that the Wumeng broke through the British and French Concessions and killed Sir Morton was widely reported!
Da Jinggang signed an unequal and traitorous treaty with the great powers, and everyone in the country who had a bit of blood in his veins denounced it angrily.
at this time.
This man, who held three noble titles and was the most important representative of interests and diplomat of the global hegemon, the British Empire, was killed in Dajing.
One can imagine the shock caused to the government and the public!
This incident sparked heated discussions overseas, made headlines in various countries, and angered the Queen of England.
The name of Yu Xiao from Dajing was known to the heads of state and top forces around the world all of a sudden, and his reputation naturally rose rapidly without any suspense.
a few minutes ago.
Break through the level again.
Now it is "powerful and influential".
The annual luck growth reaches nine points.
Yu Xiao estimated that as the news continued to ferment and spread, the assassination of Morton would bring at least a few thousand reputations.
He picked up the latest newspaper.
The headline is "The Provisional Constitution of Daxia".
It elaborates on the promises made by the Daxia interim government, as well as its organizational form, goals, temporary laws, etc.
"Not bad!"
The end of the dynasty.
Uprisings occurred every other day.
Before the Guangyue Uprising broke out in Daxia.
There were at least twenty uprisings of varying sizes across the country.
Some of them were large in scale and had a huge impact, spreading to several provinces and lasting for fourteen years, causing a profound impact on the landscape.
Some were small in scale but had great impact, such as the outbreak in the heartland of Dajing such as Zhili, which eventually caused a huge impact on the imperial court.
Some uprisings were top-down, initiated by high-ranking military and political officials and local governors; some were bottom-up, spontaneously formed by peasants; and some were carried out in the form of religious uprisings.
Although most of them were put out as soon as they broke out.
But it also dealt a blow to the foundations of the imperial court, sowed more seeds of uprising, and provided experience for future generations to learn from.
It was different from any other uprising.
The Daxia Society was founded overseas fifteen years ago. It was originally formed by a group of passionate young people who went abroad to study and learn advanced political and military ideas from various countries.
More than ten years of dormancy, observation and preparation.
The Daxia Society has a sound ideological structure, a mature organizational management structure, clear revolutionary goals and firmer beliefs.
Over the years, we have recruited and reserved a large number of talents, and made a lot of preparations and plans, so we achieved significant results in just one month.
After the rebel army controlled the entire province of Guangyue.
It began to infiltrate parts of Guangnan, southern Fujian, Hunan and Jiangxi.
Hundreds of high-ranking officials of the Jingting court, their lackeys, and various big businessmen and landlords who exploited the people were killed and their properties were confiscated.
Da Jing suffered from numerous serious illnesses.
Land annexation is the most serious.
Daxia will attach importance to the grassroots, and its approach is from bottom to top.
Therefore, after the Great Xia Association recovered a large amount of land, it put it in the form of public ownership at a price far lower than the previous land rent, or even almost rent-free for a few years, allowing the farmers on the land to continue farming.
This move immediately won the hearts of the grassroots people.
Wherever Daxia officials went, ordinary people lined the streets to welcome them.
Of course, the Daxia Association also took some appeasement measures, such as reducing business taxes, providing various conveniences, and giving some buffer and running-in opportunities to landlords, prominent families, and wealthy people who were worth winning over.
Take the most acute land issue for example.
Although the Daxia Society did not recognize the private annexation of the Dajing Dynasty, it allowed private individuals to lease on a large scale within the prescribed scope, so it opened a loophole and signed a long-term agreement with these landlords and prominent families.
It will take at least fifty years, or at most seventy years, before these lands are taken back by the Great Xia court, leaving a relatively long buffer period.
Each generation can only do its own work.
The most important goal of the Daxia Society at present is to overthrow Dajing.
But it is not easy to achieve the goal, and we must unite all forces as much as possible.
Other secondary goals or conflicts can only be left to the next generation or resolved when the world is completely pacified.
The Daxia Association still has many immature aspects.
However, compared with other rounds of uprisings, there has been a great improvement in political ability, talent pool, ideological advancement, organizational ability and belief.
the most important is.
Yu Xiao supports the Da Xia Association.
He will not directly participate in military and political activities.
But he will continue to exert influence on Daxia behind the scenes.
At this moment, as a large landowner in Mei County, he had supported the new land policy, and also agreed to Yu Qinghai's request to bring a group of Yu family members to join the Daxia Association.
If everything goes well.
It won’t take ten or eight years.
This land can really be reborn.
A major event occurred, in which the sun and the moon changed into a new world.
Yu Xiaocai didn't care about the ownership of a piece of land in Meixian. After all, he had tens of millions of dollars and pounds in his account.
"Brother Xiao!"
"The children from Meixian were sent here!"
A dozen children came to the yard.
When they saw Yu Xiao coming out, everyone looked excited.
"Father!"
"Yeah, that's good, you've all grown up!"
Yu Xiao glanced at everyone and nodded with satisfaction.
These dozen or so children all come from Meixian Yiguan. Each of them is a talented and well-qualified young person, and is good at both literature and martial arts.
The representatives among them are naturally Yu Daniu and Tang Yue.
Yu Daniu is about to turn fourteen. This kid who was dark, thin and short back then has now grown to be about meters tall.
"Sixth rank? Not bad!"
Yu Xiao patted Yu Daniu on the shoulder, and the latter's eyes suddenly filled with tears of excitement.
He held it in for a long time and said, "Daniu will definitely continue to work hard, and I hope to serve my godfather!"
Yu Daniu is a very sincere and honest person by nature. He knows that his life was given by his adoptive father and that his current situation is all due to his cultivation. He would never let him down even if he had to give up everything.
Yu Xiao is never vague about the cultivation of the people around him.
Among the two personal bodyguards currently around him, Wang Zhong has already broken through to the second rank, Lei Changfeng is about to reach the second rank, and even Bai Yajie entered the upper third rank half a month ago.
but
These people are a little older after all.
His qualifications are not as good as Yu Daniu's.
Yu Xiao expected that it would be no problem to train him to the first grade, and it would be possible to break through to the Grandmaster level, but it would be very difficult to go any further.
Daniu entered the Yiguan when he was just over ten years old.
At the age of fourteen, he has already reached the sixth level of martial arts.
His body has not yet fully developed, and in order to avoid forcing things to grow, Yu Xiao is relatively restrained in the use of various blood-energy medicines.
With the resources in his hands, it is not difficult to cultivate a grandmaster.
If there is enough time, he can even strive for the realm of Martial Saint, and can do a lot for Yu Xiao in this world.
Yu Xiao's gaze fell on another person.
This person is none other than Tang Yang's daughter Tang Yue, who is now twelve years old.
"Tang Yue greets the master!"
Only twelve years old.
The blood and energy have reached the eighth level.
Although his martial arts talent is slightly inferior to Yu Daniu's, he can still be said to be outstanding among thousands.
Different from the simple and honest Yu Daniu.
Tang Yue seemed to be very precocious. She showed extraordinary leadership at a young age and almost became the king of the children in Yiguan.
In addition, he has shown extraordinary talent in mathematics and languages. He is definitely a child prodigy. In the future, he may replace his father Tang Yang and manage an important force like the Wumeng for Yu Xiao.
Except for the two representatives Daniu and Tang Yue.
The other children sent here were also good.
These people will receive more advanced education in Yangcheng, and some of them will be selected to send to Western universities such as Oxford and Harvard for further studies in the future.
and this.
Just the beginning.
Currently, Yujiayi Halls are spread all over Guangdong and Yue.
The number of adopted children exceeds one thousand.
Yu Xiao believes that within ten or eight years, a group of talents can be trained among this group of people.
These people are reliable and loyal enough to be used in managing various businesses, careers or other affairs.
First send to Guangyue University to continue studying.
This is a new institution of higher learning formed by the merger of five major academies.
Its principal, Xu Guanglin, is a member of the Daxia Association. He has met Yu Xiao several times and is relatively familiar with him. He can arrange the best educational environment for them.
When Yu Daniu and others are settled.
Yu Ruqian brought Yu Xiao an important news.
"Brother Xiao, we just received news that the Dajing court has made a big move."
Yu Xiao didn't find it strange: "Who is Emperor Qian going to send out to lead the rebellion this time?"
Yu Ruqian's expression was solemn and even a little awed: "It's... it's Zhang Hongtian, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, the Governor-General of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang!"
"It's actually him?"
Yu Xiao was slightly surprised when he heard this.
There were a total of nine provincial governors in the Dajing Dynasty.
The status of these nine governors-general varied. Among them, the one with the highest recognized status was the Governor-General of Zhili, followed by the Governor-General of Liangjiang and the Governor-General of Huguang.
The Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi is usually ranked only fourth.
The commander in chief of this rebellion was Zhang Hongtian, one of the most important officials in the Dajing court. He had suppressed many large-scale uprisings before.
As the prime minister of Dajing.
The current Beiyang Minister.
Zhang Hongtian had represented Dajing on diplomatic missions to various countries many times, and was considered one of the first ministers in this country to open his eyes to the world.
Rui Liancheng was a local governor.
But when facing the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, Emperor Qian’s most trusted confidant.
He also has to show the necessary respect because there is still a huge disparity in the importance of the two.
The fact that Emperor Qian sent Zhang Hongtian to suppress the Daxia Army was enough to show that Emperor Qian had realized the threat posed by the Daxia Association, and so wanted to suppress it as quickly as possible and with the most powerful means!
no doubt.
This is a formidable enemy.
And the Daxia Association will face a huge test.
In fact, if it was just a suppression army from the imperial court, Daxia might not be unprepared mentally, and might even guess that they would face Zhang Hongtian.
however.
Other than that.
There are other variables.
And this variable is even more tricky.
That night.
Alice came to Yu Xiao's room.
She also brought a very important piece of information.
"Yu, I just received news that the Queen of England has just passed a decision. They plan to transfer the Governor of India, George Nathaniel, to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Garrison."
"Nathaniel will leave Tianzhu and come to Hongcheng. It is very likely that he will intervene on behalf of England."
George Nathaniel?
Yu Ruqian and others have not heard much about it.
But anyone who knows something about the English power structure and colonial system will not underestimate him.
England was known as the empire on which the sun never set, and at its peak it owned fifty-six colonies or countries, large and small, which meant that it was enough to establish fifty-six colonial governors!
of course.
It has declined significantly in recent years.
Even so, there are still thirty or forty of them!
Among these many governors-general, such as the Governor-General of the Maple Leaf Country and the Governor-General of Australia, they are all relatively important, rather than selecting the one with the highest status and importance from all the governors-general.
It is undoubtedly the Governor of India!
Nathaniel was the youngest governor-general of India in the British Empire, and one of the top three in influence.
He holds five peerages.
He became the Governor-General of India at the age of 39.
At that time, Morton was also working in India, serving as Under-Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Under-Secretary of State for Indian Foreign Affairs. Later, he was transferred to Dajing, responsible for the management of the British Far East Company and Dajing's business and trade.
In other words.
Morton in the past.
He once worked under Nathaniel and was his confidant.
After Nathaniel stepped down as Governor-General of India, he was likely to return to London to become the new Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor of the House of Representatives.
Its high status.
It's understandable!
But for foreigners like Alice and Zack, it was the same as the people of Daxia hearing the arrival of the Governor-General of Zhili and the Governor-General of Liangjiang.
The sense of oppression is even stronger!
After all, Dajing is a weak empire.
But England remains the world's dominant power.
In particular, Nathaniel had resigned as Governor of India and came to Hong Kong as the highest military commander in the entire Far East.
What does he want to do?
You don’t have to think about it!
It's definitely nothing good.
Most likely it was related to the attack on Dajingying Pavilion.
It was related to the murder of his confidant Morton.
The English used Morton as an excuse to launch an invasion, which was enough to pose a huge threat to Guangyue from the sea.
Under this situation.
The newly established Daxia regime.
It may face a situation of being attacked from both sides.
Yu Xiao couldn't help but sigh that it was not easy to turn things around under the current situation.
If Daxia only relied on its own strength, no matter how firm their faith and how strong their fighting spirit were, they would not be able to fight against Zhang Hongtian and Nathaniel at the same time!
Because of human will.
Unable to change the overwhelming power gap!
However, Yu Xiao obviously would not stand idly by in this matter.
Morton is already very powerful, and as his boss and patron, he is one of the most shining nobles in Britain.
This Nathaniel...
It is possible that he is a prince-level vampire.
Yu Xiao wants to break through to the Martial Saint level as soon as possible, and the opportunity may lie in this person!
(End of this chapter)
