It turned out that Yuan Shikai refused the persuasion of the British consul in Nanjing with a tough attitude, and all countries realized that the situation had changed. After all, the consuls of all countries were not stupid. Although Yuan Shikai did not accept the persuasion in the past, his attitude was ambiguous and he did not say anything. But now his attitude suddenly changed drastically and he clearly stated that he had no right to the court. There must be a reason for this. Either Yuan Shikai received some kind of commitment and support from the East China Government, or Yuan Shikai made a decision based on the scriptures and turned completely to the East China Government. And no matter which one, it was a situation that countries did not want to see.

All countries believe that after Yuan Shikai's attitude changed, the most important thing now is to evaluate the results of the Second Southern War. First, whether the Deyou court has the possibility of victory; second, if the Deyou court does not have the possibility of victory, the probability of victory may not be high. Then if this persists, how long can the Deyou court last? The Deyou court can win is naturally the result that countries most hope to see. If the Deyou court cannot win, it is also an acceptable result to be consumed with Yuan Shikai for a long time.

In order to support the Deyou court, countries did spend a lot of money, because the Deyou court's weapons and ammunition were all supplied by various countries, and the self-production rate was less than 10%. Although the territory controlled by the Deyou court was far more than Yuan Shikai, its economy was far behind that of the areas controlled by Yuan Shikai, so they could only pay in installments by mortgage tariffs. The repayment time has been delayed until 10 years later. Although once the Deyou court crossed Taiwan, the investment of various countries was wasted, if to support the Deyou court, they had to continue to invest. If the Deyou court crossed Taiwan, the crossing of Taiwan was inevitable, then all countries could only stop losses at extreme times.

The Deyou court also had a military advisory group composed of officers from various countries. It quickly gave an assessment report, believing that if the Yuan army launched an attack at this time, the Deyou army's defense line would not be able to defend at all. Because of the corruption of the Deyou court, almost no soldiers on the front line of the Deyou army could get enough salary, and the quality of food was extremely poor, and the supply was still short of shortage. In this case, the soldiers of the Deyou army could be said to have no morale at all. Therefore, once the Yuan army launched an attack, basically no soldiers would resist.

However, the Yuan army does not understand the actual situation of the Deyou army at present, and the setbacks in the previous attacks made the Yuan army very cautious. Therefore, the Deyou army's defense line can still be maintained, but the actual situation of the Deyou army cannot be concealed for a long time. Once Yuan army finds out, that is, the day of the destruction of the Deyou army, unless the corruption of the Deyou army is quickly reversed before the Yuan army finds out, and regains the morale of the army, then with a strong defense line, it can still be held against the Yuan army for a long time.

After receiving the report from the advisory group, the countries immediately started urgent consultations, believing that the Deyou court could still support it, provided that the consuls of various countries came forward to take over the military and political affairs of the Deyou court. If the Deyou court refused to hand over the military and political power, then the countries could only give up the Deyou court. Therefore, Britain and France issued this diplomatic note of obvious threats to the Deyou court.

Sure enough, after Qishan submitted this diplomatic note to Pu Wei, Pu Wei was furious and immediately tore the diplomatic note to pieces, saying angrily: "Foreigners are hateful, do you think we can't do it if we leave them? If they want to leave, let them go. We can still deal with Yuan Shikai and pass the orders to Liangbi, and let him march immediately and attack Yuan Ni's army immediately. If you can't win, don't come back to see me." The other ministers were also full of indignation and passionate, wishing that they could drive all the foreigners away immediately.

Only Qishan knew that even though these people were so fierce, they were actually very frightened, including Pu Wei, because no matter how angry Pu Wei was, he never asked Qishan to reply to the consuls of various countries, saying that the Deyou court had rejected the requests of various countries. In fact, everyone understood that the Deyou court could not lose the support of various countries at all, otherwise, there would be no other thing, and even the weapons and ammunition of the army were not settled. The Deyou court was not qualified to say no. It was just that the conditions offered by foreigners were too excessive, and it was really unreasonable not to act.

After everyone vented, Qi Shan said: "Emperor, although the foreigners are wild, we still have to rely on foreigners. Our muskets, cannons, and ammunition need to be purchased from foreigners, so we cannot completely break up with foreigners."

Yu Lang said: "Prince Su, what do you mean? Did you agree to these rude requests from foreigners? It would be great to hand over our military, wealth and power."

Qishan said: "You can't say that. Since we can hand over the military and financial power to them, we can take it back. Now we give the military and political power to foreigners, but we just use them to fight against Yuan Shikai. When the foreigners are in power, the countries naturally cannot stand by and support them. After this battle, whether it is victory or defeat, we will take back the military and financial power from the foreigners, that's it."

Zai Ze shook his head repeatedly and said, "Once the military and financial power is handed over, it will probably be a big problem to take it back!"

Pulun said: "That may not be the case. Foreigners are ultimately outsiders. How could the soldiers and the people obey them? I think Prince Su's plan is feasible, and this is still a strategy to drive away tigers and swallow wolves."

Zaixun said: "You think things easy, it is easy to ask God to send them to God. What do soldiers and people know? They are just a group of mobs. How can you expect them? Prince Su's plan is inappropriate, it's inappropriate!"

Qishan said lightly: "Since Bell said that my plan was inappropriate, I wonder what kind of opinions are there!"

Zaixun said: "This..." he couldn't answer immediately.

It is of course easy to make mistakes, but in fact, Qishan doesn't know what to pay for. Once the military and financial power is handed over, it is not easy to take it back from the foreigners, but so what if it doesn't? Can the Deyou court bear the consequences of losing the support of foreigners? Or bet on foreigners that are just short-selling and will not really give up the Deyou court. Therefore, Qishan's statement is just to find a ladder for the Deyou court. Otherwise, who can come up with a better way!

As he was about to say something was going to freeze, Yinchang said, "Let's do this. Since the foreigners have given us 3 days, there is no need to rush for a while. Let's think about it carefully when you go back. What else can you do to discuss it."

After Yinchang said this, Pu Wei nodded and announced his retreat to the court.

In fact, this is just a slowdown to avoid being in a state of stagnation. What else can be done at this time? Therefore, on the third day, Pu Wei issued an order to appoint the French Colonel Rama as the military governor of the Deyou Army and to control the front-line troops; the British Colonel Martinez as the governor of the front-line; Liang Bi was the deputy general military affairs, and at the same time he was granted Tieliang as the governor of Hunan and Yinchang as the governor of Hunan. Although the military power was handed over to foreigners, the Deyou court did not forget to mix sand into it and forced Liang Bi, Tieliang, Yinchang and others into it.

At the same time, the War Materials Administration was established, with British Consul Sheringham and French Consul Giratino in charge. During the war, all the materials of Fu Deyou court had the right to manage and were fully responsible for the material allocation of the front-line troops.

After Rama and Martinez took office, they immediately arrested more than 100 military quarantine officers, executed guns on the position, and paid all the soldiers for two months of military pay. At the same time, they also changed their daily diet and a piece of meat. All of this was carried out under the surveillance of soldiers from various countries, and the money was paid to each soldier. As the rice was served in the soldiers' bowls, it was no different.

This time it really greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Deyou Army. Originally, Liangbi, Tieliang, Yinchang and others planned to incite the lower-level soldiers and officers to cause trouble, oppose foreigners to take charge of military affairs, squeeze foreigners away or undermine them, and in the end they still controlled the military power. However, they did not expect that the foreigners would do this. Not only did the soldiers and officers of the lower-level soldiers and officers not only did not cause trouble, but also were convinced by the foreigners. The plans of several people were completely implemented, so they had to endure temporarily and wait for other opportunities.

On the other hand, the War Materials Administration Bureau, which was responsible for the consuls of various countries, also launched a massacre, killing more than 100 people in a row. They were all concealed in the transaction, transportation, distribution and account process of military supplies, and used the inferior to the superiors to be used as the superiors. All the exploited people were confiscated. At the same time, the treasury of the Deyou court was seized and all the materials in the treasury were used to support the war.

Most of the people who were executed, together with the more than 100 military managers who were shot in the army, were family members or subordinates of Deyou court officials. In fact, they were just white gloves. Of course, while making money for the officials, they did not forget to fatten themselves. Therefore, they killed this group of people, not only found a large amount of money and materials, but also caused a strong shock to others. The successor officials did not dare to have any wrong thoughts, which greatly improved the atmosphere of Deyou court, at least in matters related to the army and war.

But this also caused extreme dissatisfaction among many officials of the Deyou court, because they were all killed, and they were clearly slapped these officials in the face, and at the same time cut off the financial path of these officials. Therefore, the officials complained to Pu Wei that of course they could not say that their own people were corrupt and corruption, but instead claimed that foreigners were charged with crimes, killed innocent people indiscriminately, placed close friends, and plotted against them, etc., and asked Pu Wei to immediately remove his position as a foreigner.
Chapter completed!