After reading Li Hongzhang's telegram, Yuan Shikai was speechless for a long time, and the expression on his face was fickle, both joy and excitement, as well as shame and reluctance. When others saw him, they could not guess what the telegram was, which made Yuan Shikai have such an abnormal change.

After a while, Yuan Shikai sighed softly, handed the telegram to Xu Shichang, and said, "Brother Ju Ren, please read it to everyone."

Xu Shichang took the telegram and read it again. It turned out that Li Hongzhang repeatedly warned Yuan Shikai in the telegram that overseas Chinese had made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. Now the court is trying to add overseas Chinese, so it must not conflict with overseas Chinese. Moreover, after the court experienced major changes in the Boxer Reform, it will work hard to govern again in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Yuan Shikai has had political achievements in the local area in recent years and has been widely praised by the government and the opposition. After the court returns to Beijing, it will be reused and its future is limitless. You must not mislead yourself at this moment.

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that the first half of Li Hongzhang's telegram was to warn Yuan Shikai, and he must not go against overseas Chinese, because the court is now relying on overseas Chinese to return to Beijing. Therefore, no matter what happens, as long as overseas Chinese unblatantly raise the flag to rebel, the court will completely stand on the side of overseas Chinese. If Yuan Shikai opposes overseas Chinese at this time, he will undoubtedly seek trouble; and the second half of the time was to comfort Yuan Shikai, which is equivalent to making a promise to Yuan Shikai. After the court settles down, he will inevitably recommend and reuse Yuan Shikai to the court, which will go a step further than now. Never make a wrong choice at this time.

Although the time travelers are not afraid of going to war with Yuan Shikai, and are also ready to go to war, it is best not to go to war without war. After all, Yuan Shikai is not an ordinary county magistrate, but a local official of the Qing court. If he really goes to war with Yuan Shikai, although the time travel group will not turn against the Qing court immediately, the relationship will definitely be more difficult to deal with in the future, and in addition, he will lose points in politics. Therefore, the time travel group is ready to go to war, and on the other hand, it is also actively looking for other ways to solve the problem. Li Hongzhang is of course the most suitable candidate to solve the Shandong issue without war. So Qin Zheng immediately contacted Li Hongzhang, transferred all the process of the matter to Li Hongzhang, and asked Li Hongzhang to restrain Yuan Shikai's actions, otherwise the time travelers would take necessary actions.

After receiving the notice from Qin Zheng, Li Hongzhang was also very surprised. He had repeatedly warned Yuan Shikai, asking him not to offend overseas Chinese, but he did not expect that Yuan Shikai would do such a thing.

Although Li Hongzhang and Russia had a critical moment at this time, he did not dare to underestimate the Shandong issue, because if overseas Chinese and Yuan Shikai really fought, the consequences would be difficult to deal with. If the imperial court wanted to return to Beijing, it would not offend overseas Chinese and could only punish Yuan Shikai. However, this would hurt the hearts of the governors and governors of the world and shake the prestige that the court had not yet experienced. In addition, for Yuan Shikai, it would be a major setback in his life, and he might be unable to recover.

In fact, Li Hongzhang began to pay attention to Yuan Shikai very early. In 1882, the Renwu military rebellion occurred in North Korea. Yuan Shikai followed Wu Changqing's troops to quell the rebellion. In this battle, Yuan Shikai, who was 23 years old at the time, performed very well. Wu Changqing reported to the Qing court that he "manages serious military governance, has good coordination, strives for the first to attack and suppress, and is especially brave." Therefore, after the military rebellion in Korea was quelled, Yuan Shikai even stationed in North Korea as a helper of North Korea's military affairs. In 1884, North Korea's Kaihua Party members

Taking advantage of the time when the Qing court had no time to look east during the Sino-French War, he launched the Jiashen coup, trying to use the power of the Korean army stationed in Korea to seize the power of North Korea and thus get rid of the status of the Qing vassal state. Yuan Shikai indeed ordered the Qing army stationed in Korea to repel the Japanese army and maintain the Qing court's sovereignty and other privileges in Korea. Yuan Shikai was also promoted to the Minister of Negotiation and Commerce of the Prime Minister of Korea, and was a third-rank Taoist. He was in charge of the political situation of North Korea, just like the Supreme Emperor of North Korea.

Yuan Shikai's performance in the two rebellions in North Korea also attracted Li Hongzhang's attention and he deliberately cultivated Yuan Shikai. Although there were many attacks within the Qing court in North Korea and demanding that Yuan Shikai be evacuated from North Korea, Li Hongzhang ignored the opposition and allowed Yuan Shikai to be moved to continue to serve in North Korea.

In 1894, the Dongxue Party Uprising broke out in North Korea, and China and Japan sent troops to quell the rebellion in Korea at the same time. Yuan Shikai repeatedly reminded Li Hongzhang to pay attention to Japan's actions. As a result, Japan took advantage of this opportunity to launch the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Yuan Shikai's main responsibility was to assist Zhou Fu on the Liaodong frontline and coordinate the transfer of grain and wages of the Qing army. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1994, the Qing army was defeated, and the defeat was caused by a large number of soldiers. It was very huge, harassing the people and even looting the transport team of the official army and military supplies. Yuan Shikai transported the two thousand guns to the front to arm the North Korean volunteers, but was also looted. Therefore, Yuan Shikai recruited his own brave men, intercepted and contained the brave men, and used both kindness and power, and even selected several people to kill them to serve as a warning. Most of the rest were given to Sichuan funds or to take back the troops. During the entire Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang was satisfied with Yuan Shikai's work of collecting the brave men.

These things also made Li Hongzhang have a good impression of Yuan Shikai, believing that Yuan Shikai is a capable, courageous, capable of acting and taking responsibility, and will inevitably become a useful material for the court in the future. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi and Wang Wenshao jointly submitted a memorial to support Yuan Shikai, which was very useful. Therefore, Yuan Shikai was able to officially enter the Tianjin Station and began to use Western methods to compile China's first new army. It can be said that without the support of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai would not be as good as Yuan Shikai today.

Li Hongzhang could understand Yuan Shikai's actions. He had been in the officialdom for a long time and knew the importance of holding local power. Seeing that overseas Chinese were coming to seize their territory, no one could swallow this breath. However, the current trend is like this, Yuan Shikai has no chance of winning against overseas Chinese. Moreover, if Yuan Shikai loses power from now on because of a conflict with overseas Chinese, Li Hongzhang also thinks it would be a pity for this talent.

Li Hongzhang was relieved of his ban, and the Gengzi Rebellion was basically over. After the court returned to Beijing, he would definitely take over the military affairs and take charge of the government. The Governor of Zhili, Beiyang Minister and other empty positions that he still holds must be replaced. Therefore, Li Hongzhang planned to elect Yuan Shikai to the court as the Governor of Zhili, Beiyang Minister, or as the Prime Minister's Office.

So Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, on the one hand, he warned Yuan Shikai not to have any further conflicts with overseas Chinese, and on the other hand, he also hinted that Yuan Shikai would recommend him to the court as an official after the court recovered. The Shandong area would be given to overseas Chinese.

Yuan Shikai naturally understood what Li Hongzhang meant. Although Li Hongzhang did not explicitly recommend Yuan Shikai's official position, Yuan Shikai could roughly guess that Yuan Shikai was a governor of a province. If he wanted to go further, he would either be promoted to governor or take over the capital to become an official.

The Governor and the Governor are both local officials, but the scope of power of the Governor is undoubtedly much larger than that of the Governor. In terms of rank, the Governor's rank is the second rank. If the Governor is given the rank of Minister of War or the right censor of the Censorate, he can be assigned to the first rank; while the Governor's rank is the second rank. If the Governor is given the rank of Minister of War, he can be assigned to the second rank. The Governor's rank is always slightly higher than that of the Governor. The Qing court divided the country into 23 provinces, each with one governor. There were only eight permanent governors in the Qing Dynasty, including: the Governor of Zhili, the Governor of Sichuan, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the Governor of Hunan and Hubei, the Governor of Liangjiang and Guangdong and Guangxi, and later the Governor of the Three East Provinces. Except for the Governor of Sichuan, the rest of the Governor of the Governor of Sichuan, the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of Sichuan, the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of

However, 8 of the nine governors are already present, and the court will not change easily. Only the governor of Zhili will be temporarily named by Li Hongzhang. However, although the governor of Zhili is the head of the nine governors, due to his special status, he cannot be considered a local official. Strictly speaking, he should be considered a half-local and half-central position. Therefore, this time, Yuan Shikai was determined to enter the court as an official. Of course, in addition to the governor of Zhili, after entering the court, Yuan Shikai had several different people, either entering the military plane, or serving as the Prime Minister's Office or the Beiyang Minister, and it is not ruled out that he would also hold several of them at the same time.

But no matter which one is, it will be a great leap for Yuan Shikai's Shitu. After all, Yuan Shikai had just been the governor of Shandong for two years and jumped into the court and took over the power. In comparison, giving up Shandong is nothing. With Yuan Shikai's promotion, these aides naturally rose and finally waited for the day to make a comeback. Therefore, after listening to Xu Shichang's telegram, everyone was quite excited. But they didn't understand why Yuan Shikai had an angry expression.

Yuan Shikai was considering a little deeper than everyone else. It was naturally a good thing to be able to be promoted, but he would eventually lose Shandong, which still made Yuan Shikai quite unwilling to accept it, because Yuan Shikai saw very clearly the current situation of the Qing court, and the court's control over the local area was constantly declining. Although there was no situation of separatist vassal states in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the situation of strong branches had already been formed. This time, the Gengzi State Rebellion, the local governors and governors in the southeast dared to openly disobey the court.

The court's orders formed Southeast Mutual Protection, and the court dared not blame him, is a typical proof. Therefore, even if you are an official in the capital, you must ensure that you have a reliable force in the local area. Otherwise, even if you are a military minister, it will be just an empty shell. Li Hongzhang has never entered the military officer, but he is named the central hall. His power at his peak is definitely more than any military officer, because Li Hongzhang has a strong local power.

According to Yuan Shikai's plan, he planned to work hard in Shandong for several years and take root in Shandong completely. Moreover, the Beiyang New Army has become a climate. After entering the country, he should also recommend or arrange his accomplices to take over as the governor of Shandong and build Shandong into his own sphere of influence. Now, although his promotion is ahead of schedule, he is naturally a little unwilling to lose Shandong.

Among the people present, only Xu Shichang understood Yuan Shikai's mood and said, "Mr. Futai, eight or nine out of ten times will be unsatisfactory in life. What's more, it is impossible to lose the east corner and gain the muddle of the earth. Moreover, China is vast. Although Shandong is lost today, after Master Futai enters the center, he should have gains, so there is no need to worry about temporary gains and losses."
Chapter completed!