Yuan Shikai left Qingdao first. However, after he returned to Jinan, Xu Shichang, who stayed in Jinan, met him for the first time, and asked Yuan Shikai to send a large stack of greetings, asking the people he met with were local gentry, celebrities, merchants and wealthy people from Jinan, as well as representatives sent by local officials from other prefectures and prefectures, as well as business representatives from various countries in Jinan. Judging from the time of posting, it was the last three or four days.

Yuan Shikai was very surprised and smiled and said, "Brother Ju Ren, why are so many people visiting me all at once?"

Xu Shichang laughed and said, "Master Futai, Shandong will change its owners and replace it, and overseas Chinese are the ones who are not good at it. How can the gentry in these places be safe? Therefore, they can only come to see Master Futai and find out the whim."

Yuan Shikai then suddenly realized that Yuan Shikai was going to leave Shandong, and the news that overseas Chinese were serving as governors of Shandong had already spread to Jinan, and it caused great uneasiness among local tyrants and gentry celebrities in Jinan. Because everyone knew that this time, the replacement of Shandong Governor was not a simple rotation of officials, but a transaction made by the court and overseas Chinese. For Shandong to exchange for Beijing, to put it bluntly, it was to hand Shandong over to

Overseas Chinese came to manage, and from then on, Shandong was actually like separatist autonomy, and overseas Chinese had the final say. Moreover, the style of overseas Chinese was obviously different from that of the imperial court. Because their land reforms in Jiaoao area obviously damaged the vital interests of the powerful forces and gentry celebrities, because from ancient times to the present, the homes of that local forces did not take advantage of a few acres of land, and now overseas Chinese have to take over all the land, so who is not panicked?

Local officials are concerned about their future. Although the governor does not have the power to appoint and remove local officials, they can directly report to the court or recommend it. Generally speaking, the court will respond to the request of the governor. Even if some local officials do not have any problems, in order to ensure the authority of the governor, the court will also use a equilibrium to transfer local officials who requested the governor to be in other places. Therefore, will overseas Chinese replace all the officials in Shandong with their people? Fortunately, one or two officials are transferred to the adjustment, but it is impossible for all ten prefectures and three prefectures in Shandong to be transferred. Therefore, local officials in Shandong are also uneasy and do not know what their fate is.

As for the merchants of various countries, they are not very nervous. They have no land in China, so the land reform of time travelers will not harm their interests. Moreover, through the situation learned from Tianjin, Qingdao and Shanghai, overseas Chinese attach great importance to commercial trade and industrial development, and the business operations of various countries will not be affected by any major impact. However, overseas Chinese are not the Qing court after all, and some countries have signed many commercial treaties operating in Shandong with Yuan Shikai. Merchants of various countries also hope to understand the attitudes of overseas Chinese and whether they recognize these treaties.

After listening to Xu Shichang's introduction, Yuan Shikai couldn't help laughing because these things had nothing to do with him, and Yuan Shikai did not forget how the local forces in Jinan threatened themselves to clean up Shandong officers in the Beiyang New Army. Now, seeing them being fed up, Yuan Shikai felt very happy.

At this time, Xu Shichang said: "It will probably not take long before someone will come to ask for a meeting with the adults. I wonder if the adults will meet them."

Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "I want to see you, of course, I have to see you. Anyway, we are leaving, and we have to explain it clearly when we come and go. But..." Yuan Shikai pointed to the post and said, "There are too many people to meet. I want to see you one by one. I can see you there. I will find them all tomorrow morning. After I meet you one by one, I will explain it clearly in front of everyone if you have any questions. I also want to see what they are like."

After hearing this, Xu Shichang also understood that Yuan Shikai wanted to see the jokes of these local forces, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."

The next morning, Yuan Shikai met all the local gentry in Jinan in the Governor's Office. Since Jinan is the capital of Shandong, the local gentry in Jinan can basically represent the local gentry in Shandong.

Yuan Shikai's attitude was very gentle, and he did not seem to be displeased by the frictions with Shandong gentry before. First, he told all the gentry that he had received the appointment of the court and served as the governor of Zhili. Moreover, the court had appointed Qin Zheng, the leader of overseas Chinese, to take over as the governor of Shandong. At the same time, he appointed Wang Sheng, a member of overseas Chinese, to serve as the governor of Jinan. Qin Zheng had gone to Xi'an to meet the court formally and officially took office after returning from Xi'an. The overseas Chinese army and the new Jinan prefect entered Jinan Prefecture soon. Then he expressed his gratitude to him for his support during his tenure in Shandong, and hoped that they could cooperate sincerely with the new governor and prefect to govern Shandong together.

Since he was promoted to serve as the governor of Zhili, Yuan Shikai seemed very energetic at this time, while the gentry in Shandong looked at each other. It turned out that although he heard the news, it was not official news after all. Many gentry still had a hint of happiness in their hearts. However, now Yuan Shikai announced this, and said that the matter had been confirmed and there was no reason to change, which completely broke the fantasies of many people.

Some people also asked Yuan Shikai whether overseas Chinese would also implement their land reform in Jinan Prefecture. Yuan Shikai said that it was an internal affairs of overseas Chinese and he did not know it. However, this time he went to Qingdao and passed through Gaomi and Jiaozhou counties along the way. He found that the land reform work in these two places had been basically completed. Overseas Chinese seem to be interested in developing in Pingdu Prefecture and continue to implement their land reform. At the same time, the Xiangkun of Gaomi County also formed an alliance to attack overseas Chinese, but was defeated by overseas Chinese. All 16 landlords participating in the alliance were executed, their families were exiled, and their family property was confiscated.

Pingdu Prefecture is a Zhili Prefecture under Laizhou Prefecture, which also means that the land reform of overseas Chinese is not limited to Gaomi, Jiaozhou and Jimo. It seems that it is to be implemented in the entire Laizhou Prefecture. The next step is to be promoted to the entire Shandong Province. Many people have heard of the gentry of Gaomi County forming an alliance to fight against overseas Chinese. Now, after hearing what Yuan Shikai said, I realized that overseas Chinese are not ruthless when they kill people. Therefore, many people now have green faces. There were many people who had similar ideas and planned to form an alliance to fight against overseas Chinese. Of course, it was not to use force, but to adopt a soft confrontation that was not uncooperative, such as refusing to pay taxes, or striking the market, inciting the people to cause trouble, etc., but now they have basically given up this plan. After all, their own life is still important.

But the land reform of overseas Chinese is also fatal and cannot be recognized like this. So some people are also in a hurry to seek medical treatment and begged Yuan Shikai to help the gentry in Shandong to make peace with them. If overseas Chinese have any conditions, they can just speak out, and they can ask for money and land. Everyone must make up all of them, but they must leave some of them for them.

However, Yuan Shikai spread his hands and said that he had no friendship with overseas Chinese, so he could not speak anything, so he naturally could not be able to adapt. The gentry in Shandong was like grabbing a life-saving straw, begging Yuan Shikai for help and made a promise of thanking him. Only then did Yuan Shikai avoid being embarrassed that he could only arrange for them to meet with the gentry in Shandong after the overseas Chinese army entered Jinan. The two sides would discuss the friendship conditions. As for the outcome of the negotiation, he was not responsible.

After hearing Yuan Shikai's promise, the gentry had no other choice. Although they knew that Yuan Shikai was ruling, the first thing Yuan Shikai said was not unreasonable, and he really couldn't make things easier in this matter; secondly, it was already very good that Yuan Shikai could provide a chance for Shandong gentry to sit together with overseas Chinese to discuss. After all, there was still a glimmer of hope for the negotiation. Therefore, the gentry raised 50,000 taels of silver to express their gratitude to Yuan Shikai, and then began to discuss how to convince overseas Chinese to not collect land.

Next, Yuan Shikai met with representatives sent by local officials and told them that overseas Chinese did not intend to replace all local officials in Shandong, and most local officials could remain in office, which also made all local officials relieved.

The next day, Yuan Shikai met with business representatives from various countries again. Of course, he had no substantive statements to them, but just comforted them. Fortunately, the business representatives from various countries were not as panicked as Shandong gentry, so he just asked Yuan Shikai to arrange for them to meet with overseas Chinese as soon as possible, and Yuan Shikai agreed.

However, when the business representatives of various countries left, Japan's business representative Kaita Suzuki asked Yuan Shikai for a separate meeting. Yuan Shikai did not refuse his request, and led Kaita Suzuki to his study, and left the servants, only the two of them.

After talking for more than two hours, noon had passed, and Keita Suzuki came out of Yuan Shikai's study. Although Yuan Shikai enthusiastically tried to keep him after lunch in the Governor's Office before leaving, Keita Suzuki was very resolutely refused and left the Governor's Office, and then got in the car and went back to the Japanese trading company. However, the soldiers on duty at the Governor's Office found that Keita Suzuki's face was very gloomy.

After Suzuki Kaita left, Yuan Shikai's smiley face disappeared immediately, his face was as dark as a piece of iron, and he murmured: "Little Japan, I still want to fool me, but it's no longer so easy." He turned around and said to Zhao Bingjun beside him: "Have you handled the matter between Yamaki Ichiro and Takeo Honda?"
Chapter completed!