Chapter 41 Official Position
On March 27, 1894, Kim Yujun, the leader of the Kaihua Party of North Korea, was lured to Shanghai by the North Korean Hong Jong-woo, and then killed him in the Donghe Foreign Company... Originally, the assassination on the beach in Shanghai was a small matter. Kim Yujun was simply an irrelevant North Korean in the Qing Dynasty. This guy was just 10 years ago in North Korea. He directed a Shenjia coup that only lasted three days, but was suppressed by Yuan Shikai, the current Minister of Trade in North Korea.
But when the news was delivered to Weng Tonghe, he immediately thought of a few days ago that Lu Hong mentioned that Japan might have been planning to invade North Korea and confront China head-on. The only thing that was missing was a small introduction... and now, this introduction was placed in front of him.
Jin Yujun was under the protection of the Japanese for 10 years, and even changed his name to Yantian Zhou Zuo. When he came to the Qing Dynasty this time, he originally wanted to visit Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and tried to use the Qing Dynasty as the sovereign state of Korea to change the North Korean system... Of course, this was just wishful thinking of this Korean.
However, if the Japanese continue to attack this matter, they must be careful!
However, the next thing was a bit troublesome. The person who was dealing with the assassination of Jin Yujun is Liu Mingchuan, the Huai clan under his old rival Li Hongzhang. Yesterday, he followed the telegram and found Liu Mingchuan's handling plan. Jin Yujun is a wanted criminal in the vassal state of North Korea. He was killed by someone from North Korea. There is no doubt that this matter is sent back for the North Koreans to handle it themselves.
Weng Tonghe now obviously attaches more importance to this case and sends all the criminals back to North Korea. This practice is obviously in line with the normal practice of the current Qing Dynasty and the Korean vassal state. However, this gold and jade are indeed a big trouble. They have been hiding in Japan for ten years and are now killed in Shanghai. It is really strange that the Japanese do not make trouble! However, this old Liu is a famous hard neck. Even if Li Hongzhang wants to make an idea, he has to discuss it with him. If the Military Affairs Office says that he will re-handle the assassination... Thinking of being asked by Liu Mingchuan for the reason, Weng Tonghe felt his scalp numb.
So, on the afternoon of the 29th, Weng Tonghe found Li Hongzao, Huang Tifang and Wang Renkan to discuss the matter again. The three of them thought that the handling of this matter should be very careful. During the discussion, Wang Renkan heard about Lu Hong's predictions on this matter for the first time. The top scholar of Ding Chou was once again surprised. When chatting at Weng's house that day, he did not think that this young man who studied in Thailand had too many good things, but he had a wide range of knowledge.
When Weng Tonghe asked them about suggestions, the three of them had some ideas. Li Hongzao suggested that the matter be directly authorized to the Governor of Zhili and the Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang handled it with full authority. Even if it was handled improperly, it was Li Hongzhang's responsibility. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty's current external affairs are mostly handled by Li Hongzhang, which is in line with the system.
Huang Tifang said worriedly that the criminals should be taken to Beijing for interrogation, and at the same time, he asked the North Korean royal family to make a proper statement on this, so as not to be found by the Japanese to intervene in North Korean affairs. Since Lu Hong explained the so-called Thai-Si military comments to him last time, he has been highly vigilant about North Korean affairs.
The top scholar Wang Inkang said that, with the obligations of the sect leader, protecting the interests of the Korean royal family is naturally the first to be affected. He suggested secretly dealing with Jin Yujun's assassination case!
After careful consideration, Weng Tonghe always felt that these plans were all problems. In fact, he could know without guessing the handling of the Jin Yujun case. According to the charge of rebellion, execution was already the best deal. If he was alive, Lingchi would be the criminal law that deserved. Therefore, the Koreans blindly angered the Japanese and almost no guessing result!
Seeing Weng Tonghe's thoughtful appearance, Huang Tifang suddenly spoke, "Gei Master, before coming, I happened to meet Lu Hong, and asked him what he thought..."
"Oh..." Weng Tonghe raised his eyebrows and looked at Huang Tifang with his head turned, "Shulan, Lu Hong has any unique ideas!"
Huang Tifang paused and looked at Weng Tonghe again, "Georg, Lu Hong's statement is really a bit different. The Donghe Foreign Company is in the British Concession, and this matter is a murder case caused by the two Koreans' personal fight. We don't have to take the dead Jin Yu seriously. It's just a dead North Korean. How to judge and punish them. The British Concession is not a temporary court for the British Concession, and let the British deal with it. Even if there is a problem, can Japan turn against the British? On the other hand, the assassin did not intend to go back alive!"
Weng Tonghe's eyes lit up when he heard Huang Tifang's idea... The whole court regarded the golden jade as an important criminal invader in the North Korean, but no one had considered this method of letting go. When he thought about it carefully, this was indeed a wonderful move. If this arrangement was made, the consequences would be resolved immediately!
After touching his bearded man, Weng Tonghe's slightly closed eyes were quite self-deprecating. He didn't expect such a troublesome thing to be dealt with with such a lightweight means. Lu Hong was really capable. He looked at Wang Renkan on the side, and suddenly remembered another important thing and said, "Kezhuang (Wang Renkan's name) before inspecting military discipline, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had already agreed that the Lu Army would be handled by Zhirui, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites. On the Navy, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager both valued you very much. Do you think you can work hard on this trip?"
The matter of supervising military discipline is now on the verge of arrows, and I have to go out. Zhirui was Zhenfei's cousin. The emperor of the dynasty was naturally satisfied with this candidate. However, there were not many people who could be carried out by Qingliu, but they could be suppressed. Weng Tonghe obviously finally saw the top scholar.
Wang Renkan also submitted a memorial this time, and he tried his best to strictly demand the army to punish corruption. However, he had been walking by the emperor for a long time and his words were quite popular with Guangxu and Cixi in his early years. However, four years ago, taking advantage of the fire in Taihe Gate, he submitted a memorial to recommend that Cixi suspend the construction of the Summer Palace, but was completely neglected in the palace.
Although Emperor Guangxu still valued him quite much, he could not be valued. It was a bit difficult to send him such an errand this time. He had done several positions in various places for academic and political education over the years, but he had never had any connection with the army...
When he heard Weng Tonghe mention this, he naturally understood that he was using the excuse to release himself from the city of Beijing. This offensive job was really hard to do, especially if he had to put his hand into Li Hefei's bag, there was no good result! It was obvious that he was getting further and further away from the center of power.
"Gei Master, since it is the emperor's intention, I will go to the Ministry of Personnel to pay the bill as soon as possible!" He was arrogant, but he did not agree with this situation of a difficult and bleak future. He stood up and bowed to take over the job.
The people in this room are all wise people, so they naturally know the tricks. It is obviously a bit unfair for him. However, the situation of Wang Renkan's release was actually destined when he made an advice. Those who were not happy about the empress dowager would be useless to stay in the capital.
Huang Tifang, who was sitting beside him, suddenly bowed to Weng Tonghe, "Gei, Mr. Zhuang is not in military affairs, and the navy is mainly Western affairs. I dared to recommend Lu Hong. This young man is quite good at military affairs and is proficient in Western affairs. If he helps Kezhuang, he can share some things!"
To be honest, the other people here did not expect that Huang Tifang would recommend Lu Hong on this occasion, but the development of things was as natural as it was. After all, these days, this young man who was proficient in Western Affairs but was willing to invest in Huang Tifang's disciples really surprised them a lot, and the copywriting that caused this was also his hands. It is natural to assign him to assist Wang Renkan now...
"Okay..." Weng Tonghe considered it for a while. He still had a sense of storage for Lu Hong. There were not many young people with real materials now, especially when he finally had the opportunity to get a kick in the army. Although he was just a small hand, he fulfilled his long-cherished wish.
After some secret discussion, after Lu Hong came back from the bearded Anderson that day, he suddenly heard a piece of news that surprised him.
"Nephew Lu, the emperor has issued an imperial edict for military discipline and supervision. The elder of the Pavilion has already agreed to have you as the sixth-rank governor, and he will go out of Beijing to do business with the imperial envoy Wang Renkan. I recommend you to follow Mr. Wang to do business for this purpose. Remember the four words "integrity and justice"... You are now a commoner, and you may have to go to the Ministry of Personnel to collect donations first. Remember to do this matter as soon as possible!" The old man looked like an elder and explained everything.
This result was somewhat beyond Lu Hong's expectations. He had discussed with Qin Tianmin privately before that what he did this time was obviously enough to make Huang Tifang pay attention to. If the military discipline camp was done, the best position to co-organize... However, now it seems that the establishment of a separate military discipline camp did not seem to have been recognized by the palace. However, his official career seemed to have begun to be successful, and he became a sixth-ranked delegation as soon as he started.
Chapter completed!