After consultations between Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng and others, it is believed that it is best to control Shandong to use the two methods from top to bottom and from bottom to top, but mainly from bottom to top, and assist from top to bottom. After all, controlling the grassroots and land reform is the most important thing, which is related to the rule of the grassroots of the Time Travel Group.

However, due to the lack of relevant professional staff in the Time Travel Group, the bottom-to-top control action should not be fully carried out, but should be carried out in steps, with the goal of controlling Laizhou Prefecture as the goal.

Laizhou Prefecture is located in the connecting area between the Shandong Peninsula and the mainland, facing the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. It divides the entire Shandong into two, divided into the peninsula area and the mainland area. It is also the area where Jiaozhou Bay was used to control the central area of ​​Shandong. Moreover, Laizhou Prefecture has 6 counties and one scattered prefecture. Currently, the crossing group has controlled three counties. With the current crossing group's human and material resources, it is not difficult to control Laizhou Prefecture. Then, with Laizhou Prefecture as a base, it is down to the top to control and expand to other areas in Shandong. The same method is the same as Jiaozhou, Gaomi and Jimo counties. It first starts from the countryside, then develops into the county town, and finally gains control of the prefecture and prefecture. Before that, the prefecture, prefecture and county officials of the Qing court could be temporarily retained.

On the other hand, you cannot give up the high-end official positions in Shandong Province. You can first get all the provincial-level official positions, so that you can have the highest power in the province, and you can issue commanders to officials of prefectures, prefectures and counties at all levels, and cooperate with grassroots actions. This way, the best plan is to combine the upper and lower levels and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses. This is the best plan at present. Yuan Shikai's suggestions for showing goodwill is very important, because Jinan is the capital, administrative management center of Shandong, and the location of the Shandong Governor's residence, so Jinan must be fully controlled.

The ultimate goal of the Travel Group is to strive to fully control the Shandong region, or control most areas of Shandong in the next year, and complete the land reform work in most areas.

At this time, the Qing court's call was sent to Qingdao. The Qing court finally confirmed that it fully accepted the three major principles proposed by the time traveler, so the negotiations between the two sides were fully launched. Li Hongzhang also proposed to Qin Zheng that this time, separate negotiations would be conducted on Shandong (with Beijing), Tianjin and Shanghai, and that Yuan Shikai, Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang would be assigned to conduct detailed negotiations with the time traveler, and he would just grasp the general direction.

This not only speeds up the efficiency of negotiations, but also makes Li Hongzhang's burden easier. After all, Li Hongzhang is an old man who is almost 80 years old. In the past six months, he has been working around for the fate of the Qing court and trying his best to protect the interests of the Qing court. Although he is not exhausted in negotiations like the old time and space, he eventually dies, but it is also a very energy-consuming task. Therefore, Li Hongzhang is indeed exhausted physically and mentally. After all, the following negotiations are not negotiations with various countries, and there is no need to be so nervous. He can let the younger generation do it.

Qin Zheng had no objection to Li Hongzhang's suggestion, which was also an opportunity for other time travelers to train. After all, Qin Zheng is not a professional diplomat. Unless encountering major problems in the future, Qin Zheng should also appear less and leave it to the diplomats to deal with it.

After the negotiations were reopened, the detailed agreement on the delivery of Shandong (with Beijing) was first confirmed. After all, both sides were fully prepared for the handling of Shandong, and the Qing court did not want to worry about this issue.

The final conditions reached by both parties were that the Qing court would be appointed as provincial-level officials such as the governor of Shandong, governor, chief inspector, Taoist, admiral, general, etc., and all officials of other prefectures, Zhili Prefectures, Sanzhou, and county ranks remained until the end of their term of office. Then the time traveler sent someone to take over or asked the Qing court to remain in office. If there were any incompetent officials in other prefectures, Zhili Prefectures, Sanzhou, and county ranks during their term of office, the time traveler could also ask the Qing court to remove or remove officials. The Qing court promised to entrust or remove officials of Shandong, Zhili Prefectures, Sanzhou, and county ranks according to the proposal of the time traveler.

Such terms are equivalent to giving the Time Travel Group the power to appoint and remove all local officials in Shandong, which is also conducive to the Time Travel Group issuing orders to local officials in Shandong to ensure smooth government orders; this is a very important power in the early days when the Time Travel Group took over Shandong. However, for the Qing court, although Shandong was handed over to the Time Travel Group for jurisdiction, the appointment and removal of local officials in Shandong still required the Qing court to order. In this way, the Qing court still had the power to govern Shandong.

In addition, the Qing court also had a wishful thinking, that if there is a power conflict with the Time Travel Group in the future, obstacles can be set up in personnel appointments as bargaining chips for playing with the Time Travel Group. Time Travelers are also aware of this, but they don’t care.

The Crossing Group also promised again that when Shandong began handing over, it would withdraw its troops from Beijing in two batches and make a handover with the Qing government's takeover army. In addition, the People's Army's materials, property, and the families of the People's Army recruited soldiers in Beijing could be taken away with the army.

The agreement on renting a land in Shanghai did not take much time. After all, this is not a big deal. The area finally assigned to the Crossing Group starts from the north of the East District of the Shanghai Public Concession, extending northward to the estuary of the Huangpu River into the Yangtze River, with an area of ​​about 20,000 mu, which is 2/3 of the public concession. Although the location of this area is relatively remote, it is open to defend the estuary of the Huangpu River, which belongs to the important place for the demolition and rushing of the Huangpu River waterway, and its geographical location is very important.

The Time Travel Group has the same power as the Concession on this land, but it cannot be called the Concession. In the end, the Time Travel Group came up with a name called the Shanghai Special Economic Zone. The Supreme Chief Executive was called the Shanghai Special Economic Zone Taoist. From the third rank, of course, the Time Travel Group sent someone to serve as the Qing court and was conferred by the Shanghai Taoist Platform in famous discussions.

Only in terms of the scope of responsibility and power in Tianjin, both sides fell into repeated plays. Although the Qing court had agreed to only take back the old city of Tianjin, the original concession area was under the jurisdiction of the Crossing Group, and the area with the Haihe River as the boundary, south of the Haihe River, east of the Old Town of Tianjin, and north of the Tanggu area were all owned by the Crossing Group, which was roughly equivalent to the scope of the Jinnan District and Binhai New District of the old time and space. In addition, the Qing court also agreed to hand over the railway management rights of Tianjin Customs, as well as the shipping rights of Haihe River from Dagukou to Tianjin Old Town to the Crossing Group for jurisdiction, and the name is still imitated by Shanghai, called the Tianjin Special Economic Zone, and the special zone Taoist officer was appointed as the highest official.

However, the Qing court also put forward several requirements for the time travelers: First, to ensure the transportation of money, taxes and grain from the southern provinces of the Qing court to Beijing; second, to ensure the supply of materials from the southern provinces to the north; third, to require the time travelers not to garrison troops in the Tianjin Special Zone. The first two are to ensure the material support in Beijing, and the third is to ensure the installation of Beijing. The Qing court's consideration was that even if the two sides eventually had a bad relationship, the time travelers launched an attack from Tianjin to Beijing, it would take at least 5-8 days to transfer troops from Shandong to land in Tianjin to launch an attack. This period of time was enough for the Qing court to dispatch troops to defend themselves, so it would be possible to take the lead in capturing the Tianjin Special Zone before the time travelers attacked.

After consultation, the traveler replied to the Qing court and could agree to these three items, but several conditions were also put forward. The first is that the operation rights of the waterway from Tianjin to Shanghai were fully controlled by the traveler, and all traveling Qing courts and foreign ships were required to be managed by the traveler group; the second is that the Qing court was not allowed to station troops in Tianjin; the forts, military camps and military warehouses along Tianjin to Beijing were removed at one time. The third is to demolish the walls of the old city of Tianjin, and personnel from both sides could travel on their own and not set up obstacles.

These three are naturally tit-for-tat conditions proposed by the Qing court. First, it is to monopolize the management rights of the waterway from Tianjin to Shanghai, because the economic value of this waterway is extremely valuable; secondly, it is to ensure the safety of the Tianjin Special Administrative Region. No one is stationed in Tianjin, so that there will be room for maneuver in wartime. The demand for demolishing the walls of the old city of Tianjin is, first to achieve a defensive balance between the two sides. Tianjin Special Administrative Region has no city walls, and time travelers do not plan to build walls here; secondly, it is also for personnel exchanges between the two sides. Tianjin is a region dominated by circulation economy. Once the circulation is lost, Tianjin will become a dead land. This is naturally not the situation that time travelers want to see. Therefore, opening up the circulation between the Tianjin Special Administrative Region and the old district is very important for the development of Tianjin.

The two sides started a verbal battle over their respective conditions, so that after the negotiations in Shandong and Shanghai were over, all personnel from both sides were also involved in the negotiations on Tianjin.

In the end, the two sides finally reached an agreement that the Crossing Group agreed to guarantee the supply of materials from Beijing and gave up monopolizing the management rights of the waterway from Tianjin to Shanghai. However, as compensation, they will obtain the operating qualifications of other waterways. The situation of the Crossing Group will be negotiated in detail by the Crossing Group, Shanghai Shipbuilding Corporation, and Pacific Foreign Company. Both parties are not allowed to station troops in Shanghai, but police personnel can manage the public security of their respective areas. Police can only be equipped with pistols, but not rifles and other weapons. The Qing court agreed to station only 1,000 troops in Yangcun between Beijing and Tianjin, and not equipped with all weapons except pistols and rifles. They also guarantee that the construction of forts, military camps, military warehouses, etc. will not be built between Beijing and Tianjin. The Qing court agreed to demolish the Tianjin walls and ensure the free circulation of personnel, but necessary inspections must be carried out between entering and leaving, and the inspection content of the Mainland will be decided by the two parties.

The negotiations lasted 12 days and finally settled all the details and clauses. Li Hongzhang sent the clauses to Xi'an and asked the Qing court to conduct final approval before the final signing of the contract.

Two days later, the Qing court replied, agreeing to Li Hongzhang sign the agreement and requested the Time Travel Group to report the list of officials who were banned as soon as possible, so that the Qing court can formally enfeoff and complete the last step of pacification.
Chapter completed!