Although Yuan Shikai felt a little unhappy, this was something that had been determined in the secret agreement in Qingdao. If overseas Chinese do this, they cannot say that they are wrong. At most, they did not say hello to the Qing court, so they did not mention it much.

The two sides immediately held talks. In fact, the principle of Tianjin's division and governance was determined in the secret agreement between Jingdao. Now the two sides are only discussing some details, mainly three aspects: one is how to control the boundaries, regions, and law enforcement management of the two sides, second is how to manage the official transportation of the Qing court; third is the connection between Kaiping Coal Mine controlled by time travelers and the Tianjin New District.

Now the border line and control area of ​​the two sides in Tianjin have been determined in the secret agreement of Jingdao. There is nothing to be disputed, but how to control it requires further negotiation details. First, the control of the border line, whether it is necessary to build a border wall and send soldiers to guard it, making it like a border line; secondly, the personnel were from Tianjin before, but now Tianjin is actually divided into two parts. How to calculate local personnel, whether self-circulation is allowed, and how to calculate outsiders, and whether free circulation is allowed; finally, their respective law enforcement, by how to deal with cross-regional law enforcement.

Li Songchen had already considered this, so he put forward his own point of view. First, he built a road along the border negotiated by both sides to show that he could determine the scope of his respective control areas, but there was no need to send soldiers to guard them. He just needed to send people to inspect regularly; secondly, whether local or foreign personnel could be freely circulated, without restrictions; finally, the soldiers, the police only operated in their own controlled areas, enforced the law, and accidents occurred, and dealt with according to the location of the occurrence. That is, what happened in the old city was handled by the Qing court, and what happened in the new district was handled by the new district. If cross-regional law enforcement, evidence collection, and investigation were required, the other party needed to be notified, and the other party needed to cooperate with the best of its ability; in addition, Li Songchen also suggested that a law enforcement service point be built on the border between both parties, which was jointly managed by law enforcement personnel of both parties, and that events could be communicated and negotiated directly.

Yuan Shikai carefully read Li Songchen's suggestions and generally agreed, but he also put forward some of his own different opinions, building a road along the edge to show distinction. Yuan Shikai agreed, but asked to build another low wall at the wall of the original old city to prevent thieves and ensure that the wall height will not exceed one meter.

After Li Songchen considered it, he agreed to the Qing court to build a low wall outside the old city area, but it was required that brick walls could not be built, but iron grille walls, with the spacing of the grille, that is, 15 cm, and a single layer. This is still a military purpose to prevent the Qing court from using low walls as a cover. After all, a brick wall that is ten feet tall is still a good cover in the war, and iron grille walls cannot be used as bunkers. Yuan Shikai also knew what overseas Chinese were worried about, but it was a good result to be able to achieve this step, so he did not worry about it anymore.

Yuan Shikai had no objection to the free circulation of personnel, but believed that when dealing with residents in Tianjin, they needed to register when applying for household registration and cross-regional activities, and set a time range. If the time range is exceeded, it can be postponed, which will facilitate management on both sides. The same method is also taken for external personnel. Li Songchen thought about it and felt that doing so was acceptable, so he did not object.

Yuan Shikai basically accepted the last two items without any modifications and additions, so the two sides officially signed the Tianjin Public Security Management Agreement as the basis for future management of Tianjin division and governance.

Regarding the Qing court's canal transportation and official transportation materials, Li Songchen proposed two plans. One is to exempt the Qing court from the customs and transit costs of the official transportation, but if the ports, docks, railways, warehouses and other settings that are now owned by Tianjin New District, the Qing court needs to pay the corresponding fees, and the materials, quantity and specifications must be notified to the Tianjin New District 10 days in advance, so that corresponding transportation or storage arrangements can be made here; the second is that the Qing court will build ports, docks, railways, warehouses and other settings in the Tianjin New District, for special purposes, and send people to manage them, and the corresponding management, operation and maintenance costs will be borne by themselves, and the land rent costs must be paid. The Tianjin New District will not interfere, and the customs and transit costs will be exempted.

In addition, whether it is using the facilities of Tianjin New District or the Qing court built and managed by itself, the Tianjin New District needs to conduct strict inspections of the goods from the canal transport and official transportation to prevent private cargo. In the past, when traveling through the canal transport, it was common to carry private cargo, because the fleet of transport is not subject to checking the checkpoints along the way and does not have to pay taxes and fees along the way. Therefore, using the canal transport fleet to carry private cargo has become a normal practice. However, although the crossing can exempt the taxes and fees from the official transport, no one is allowed to use the canal transport and official transport to carry private cargo.

When Yuan Shikai saw two plans, he was a little bit terrible. It should be said that Li Songchen proposed both plans and they were very reasonable. Yuan Shikai could not come up with any better plans. From the perspective of the court, he definitely wanted to choose the second plan, but it would be too unprofitable to build ports, docks, railways, warehouses and other settings for the sake of canal transportation. Moreover, the court has no money now, so rationally speaking, he should choose the first plan, but this is subject to others, and Yuan Shikai could not make up his mind, so he had to say that he would ask the court to make a decision. Li Songchen also expressed his understanding of this.

The last one is the connection between Kaiping Coal Mine and Tianjin New District. Now there is a railway connection between Kaiping Coal Mine and Tianjin New District, but most of them have to pass through the Qing Dynasty controlled area. Li Songchen proposed to Yuan Shikai that the Qing court should maintain the safety of railways and trains, and at the same time, soldiers would be sent to accompany them on the train, but it would ensure that the soldiers would never get off the train without being attacked. Yuan Shikai thought about it for a moment and agreed.

It took only half a day for the two sides to complete the negotiation. Yuan Shikai returned the results of the negotiation to the Qing court, asking the court to determine the plan for the grain transportation, or come up with a new plan. Three days later, he received a reply from the Qing court and chose the first plan for the grain transportation.

In fact, the Qing court has repeatedly discussed the choice of canal transportation, but the problem is that the Qing court now has no money to build ports, docks, railways, warehouses, etc., and cannot come up with a better plan. It can only choose the first plan proposed by the time traveler with a nose. This item can bring at least one million taels of silver to the East China government every year.

The division of Tianjin was determined so. Li Songchen ordered officials from the Tianjin New District to evacuate the old city of Tianjin; Yuan Shikai ordered Zhao Bingjun to lead 1,000 Beiyang Army to enter the old city of Tianjin and handle the handover affairs with the people's army stationed. It took only one day for the handover procedures of the old city of Tianjin to be completed, and the Qing court finally restored its rule over the old city of Tianjin. Yuan Shikai held a meeting with Li Songchen and asked overseas Chinese to send people to Shanghai as soon as possible to negotiate with Shanghai Daotai Yu Lianyuan to handle the handover of the new district, and also handle navigation affairs with the Shipbuilding Merchants Bureau. Because only by completing these things can the official fortune be restored.

Of course, Li Songchen didn't want to delay. The matter in the Shanghai New District had nothing to do with him, but the shipping business was related to Tianjin's substantial interests. Therefore, he immediately made an appointment with Yang Yuxin, the person in charge of the Shanghai New District that he had determined.

Yang Yuxin is the operation manager on a passenger and roulette boat. He was one of the time travelers who started working earlier. After the time travelers occupied Tianjin, he became the manager of Tianjin Lishunde Hotel. He had been in operation for almost a year, and Yang Yuxin was quite business-minded. On the one hand, he introduced a modern business model at Lishunde Hotel, organized modern singing and dancing performances, and transformed a cinema, which made Lishunde Hotel an external window for the time travelers in Tianjin and received many celebrities.

However, Yang Yuxin was not only satisfied with being the manager of a hotel, because it would be fine if he had arrived in the old time and space, but in this era, opportunities were not only there. Moreover, with the stability of the rule of time travelers, the number of officials increased and more and more factories and enterprises opened. For a considerable period of time, the East China government basically would not vigorously develop the tertiary industry, so the development prospect of Lishunde Hotel seemed relatively limited. So Yang Yuxin also paid attention to the trends of the East China government and found a new development path for himself.

After the East China Government was officially established, the Time Traveler publicly recruited the head of the Shanghai New District. Yang Yuxin immediately realized that the opportunity had come. Although the Shanghai New District is not large, Shanghai's location is very special, it is China's economic center and external window in this era. The Shanghai New District is a stronghold for the Time Traveler in Shanghai. The status of this person in charge is naturally very important. Even if the Time Traveler gains national power in the future, he can at least enter the leadership team of the Shanghai local government. Chinese people in the old time and space know that under the same administrative level, local officials in Shanghai are actually more important.

So Yang Yuxin signed up to participate in the election for the person in charge of the Shanghai New District. As a result, among the six candidates, Yang Yuxin stood out and was elected as the person in charge of the Shanghai New District. Yang Yuxin was able to be elected successfully, on the one hand, because of his achievements in operating the Lishunde Hotel; on the other hand, he also proposed the idea of ​​building the Shanghai New District.

In order to be elected as the head of the Shanghai New District, Yang Yuxin did take some thought to study the current situation of the East China government and the situation in Shanghai. In the election outline he submitted, he focused on putting forward two views. The first is the positioning economic function of the Shanghai New District, which is mainly to assist the East China government in developing the economy and industry and increase fiscal revenue, rather than positioning the debate with the Qing court, the reformists or the revolutionaries, or to organize some anti-Qing propaganda actions; the second is that it also shows the civilization, modern and cultural style of time travelers, and strives for the right to speak for public opinion. Since China in this era is still a closed society, there are only a few open places, and Shanghai is the most open place among them, as long as it wins the right to speak for public opinion in Shanghai, it will actually win the right to speak for public opinion across the country.
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