Three days later, the Qing court appointed Yuan Shikai as the minister of the Imperial Mission, and went to Shandong to commend and reward overseas Chinese on behalf of the imperial court.

However, after receiving the holy decree, Yuan Shikai was as big as a fight. Among the officials of the Qing court, the official who had the most contact with the East China government and had the best personal relationship was naturally Li Hongzhang, and the second was Yuan Shikai. Because when the overseas Chinese entered Shandong, Yuan Shikai was the governor of Shandong at that time, and it was he who went through the handover procedures with the overseas Chinese, and later Yuan Shikai became the governor of Zhili, and the station was in Tianjin, adjacent to the Tianjin New Area of the East China Government, and there was contact almost every day, and Yuan Shikai also deliberately made friends with the overseas Chinese, so the two sides have been at peace with each other, and often meet, which is considered to have established a good personal relationship.

But this time the public opinion turmoil, Yuan Shikai knows, the imperial court is indeed not authentic, overseas Chinese this time is indeed a long face for China, and the imperial court only now thought of rewarding them, it is really undeserved, and Yuan Shikai knows that if it is another official, they may give the imperial court a step, and overseas Chinese are not very respectful to the imperial court, and even many people openly speak disrespectfully, and now they naturally will not buy the imperial court's account. Then the imperial court sent to him this messenger is not so easy to do.

Because it was Yuan Shikai, he learned that Li Hongzhang recommended himself like the imperial court, and even wondered if Li Hongzhang was digging a hole for himself. However, Yuan Shikai calmed down and thought about it, thinking that Li Hongzhang should not be such a person, and there must be another reason for doing so. So Yuan Shikai hurriedly wrote a letter and sent his henchmen to Beijing on a fast horse overnight to Li Hongzhang to ask him for advice.

Li Hongzhang's reply was only eight words: "endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, and think about the long term." Although Lao Yuan didn't read much, his mind was absolutely good, and he immediately opened his mouth. Because the imperial court must have a personal relationship with overseas Chinese and a person who can speak, although Li Hongzhang is now here, Li Hongzhang is already 80 years old after all, and he can support it for a few more days, and after Li Hongzhang, only Yuan Shikai can be used. Li Hongzhang's recommendation of Yuan Shikai to the imperial court was actually to tell the imperial court that apart from him, only Yuan Shikai could speak to overseas Chinese, and at the same time, it was also for Yuan Shikai to communicate with overseas Chinese, and Yuan Shikai would be invincible in the imperial court with this relationship in the future. This is what it means to think in the long run.

And it is better to understand the burden of enduring humiliation, which is nothing more than asking Yuan Shikai to pretend to be a grandson. In fact, Li Hongzhang knows very well in his heart that overseas Chinese will definitely not be loyal to the Qing court, but Li Hongzhang estimates that at least within 10 years, overseas Chinese will not turn against the imperial court, unless the imperial court is the first to make trouble, so this time the overseas Chinese will not really rebel, they make such a fuss, just to dress themselves up as the orthodox representatives of China, to win the hearts of the people, and to make trouble so far, in fact, it has almost achieved the goal. And Yuan Shikai has some friendship with overseas Chinese, if the imperial court lowers his stature again, overseas Chinese will also go down the ladder to the wall, and most of them will not embarrass Yuan Shikai.

After figuring out this reasoning, Yuan Shikai immediately came to the spirit, hurriedly contacted Li Songchen in Tianjin, informed the East China government that he had been appointed as a messenger and wanted to go to Qingdao to reward them, and at the same time, he sent a telegram to Qin Zheng in his personal name, first praising the East China government's action to protect overseas Chinese, and also said a few words about the imperial court was wrong, and then said that he was appointed by the imperial court, and he could not help himself, and begged overseas Chinese not to embarrass themselves, and his words were very humble. Then we departed from Tianjin.

After arriving in Qingdao, Yuan Shikai was also very low-key, humble everywhere, and did not put on the shelf of the minister, and the East China government did not embarrass Yuan Shikai, after all, the main goal of the East China government in the next step is the Russo-Japanese War, so he does not want to officially tear his face with the Qing court, and the effect that Javanese needs to achieve to protect overseas Chinese has basically been achieved, and it is just right to take this step down.

However, this time the Qing court's reward for the traverser is indeed a bloody capital, first of all, it is officially given to Shandong to establish a domain, and the traverser can open a council and appoint officials at all levels in the province, which is also a formal recognition of Shandong's secession, and Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, and Xu Jichao were all named first-class dukes. For more than 260 years after the Qing court entered the country, in addition to the three feudatories set up at the beginning of the dynasty, there were only 4 people with foreign surnames who were awarded the title of first-class dukes. Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang were all considered to be dedicated to the Qing court, worked hard, and were in the position of ministers, but the title was only a first-class earl during his lifetime, and he was posthumously awarded a first-class marquis after his death. Therefore, it can be regarded as a special honor.

In addition, the Qing court also issued 2 second-class dukes, 4 third-class dukes, 16 marquises, and 35 counts, as if the titles were sold wholesale as if they didn't need money. In addition, 166 pieces of yellow horse hangings were also rewarded, and 67 were given the title of Huyong Baturu, and a total of more than 300 people were entitled, including 62 female traversers or local female naturalized people, all of whom were ordained, which was due to the fact that the traversers did not marry much. And also rewarded everyone who was awarded a lot of gifts, in addition to an additional 1 million taels of silver to the East China government, as well as Guangxu, Cixi personally gave 6 words.

Although the sealed ones are all virtual streets, and the Qing court does not intend to pay Fenglu, after all, there is a formal edict of appointment, not to mention that in the Qing Dynasty, there has never been such a big title in all dynasties.

Of course, Yuan Shikai didn't dare to let the traverser kneel to welcome the holy decree, and even the procedure of reading it out in public was exempted, and he directly handed over the holy decree and all the letters of appointment to Qin Zheng, and the canonized traverser did not fold his thanks, so he dealt with the past.

And Yuan Shikai finally breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, he can go back and have an explanation, and after all, he has completed the task of the imperial court, which should be regarded as a meritorious achievement. In addition, he has also confirmed his status of being able to communicate with overseas Chinese, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future, but thanks to Li Hongzhang, it seems that Jiang is still old and spicy, and he still has to respect Li Hongzhang.

It should be said that the Qing court's hand still has a certain effect, this batch of awards regardless of the cost, but also let public opinion stop a lot, although there are still people who accuse the Qing court of too slow rewards, and all of them are fictitious, but the momentum is much smaller, and there are some Qing court diehards, or people who still have a certain feeling for the Qing court even sympathize with the Qing court, overseas Chinese This is also too unreasonable, even if it is a great achievement, but forced the court to issue more than 60 titles at once, and let Shandong officially establish a domain, isn't this a rebellion? As a result, the voices accusing overseas Chinese have gradually risen again. However, this tearing is coming to an end after all, and it can no longer have a big impact.

This time once again showed the role of Li Hongzhang, and because Rong Lu had died, so the Qing court also made a major adjustment to the military aircraft department, Prince Qing Yixuan still served as the military aircraft foreman, and Li Hongzhang rose to the second place, the Manchu military aircraft, and added the world to enter the military aircraft, the Han military aircraft was greatly adjusted, exempted Wang Wenshao, Zhao Shuqiao from the post of military aircraft minister, and Lu Chuanlin, Qu Hongzhen two people into the military aircraft, so that still maintain the balance of 4 full and 4 Han.

Rong Lu's death made the Manchu military aircraft less of the most important one, although it made up for a lifetime to continue in, but whether it is qualifications, ability, prestige is far inferior to the Han military aircraft, although the number of people is the same, but the balance is to the side of the Han military aircraft, so the Han military aircraft must be adjusted, Li Hongzhang is the first can not move, Zhang Zhidong is not only an important minister of the imperial court, but also has the role of restraining Li Hongzhang, can not move, had to take Wang Wenshao, Zhao Shuqiao, and make up for Lu Chuanlin, Qu Hongzhen, two people with less qualifications, without strong can also maintain balance.

It can be said that Cixi's action is indeed well-intentioned, and Li Hongzhang also smiled bitterly, anyway, at this time, Zhang Peilun and his wife, with the help of Sheng Xuanhuai, officially invested 500,000 silver in Qingdao and established a textile factory, which can be regarded as tied to overseas Chinese, and on the side of the Qing court, there is also Yuan Shikai, so as long as he survives for a few more years, he will not be okay as soon as he closes his eyes.

The Chun court was able to survive this time, but the Javanese action to protect overseas Chinese was by no means only affected by the Qing court, and the countries in the Far East also assessed the consequences of this incident and their own actions.

First of all, Russia believed that the East China Government's action to protect overseas Chinese was beneficial to itself, because in this incident, Britain was obviously on the side of the Netherlands and opposed the East China Government, and judging from the results, it ended with the Dutch concessions, and Britain's intervention seemed to have no effect, but Russia saw an opportunity from it, believing that this was a good time to divide the anti-Russian cooperation between the East China Government, Japan, and Britain.

Through the consulate in Qingdao, Russia expressed to the East China Government that on the Java issue, Russia supports the position of the East China Government and can help the East China Government confront Britain, and hopes to renegotiate with the East China Government and the Qing court to resolve the issue of the withdrawal of troops from Northeast China; it has also repeatedly stressed that Russia has no ambitions for China's territory, but only needs to resolve some details of the withdrawal, as well as the security interests of Russian businessmen in Northeast China, and as long as these problems are resolved, Russia will immediately withdraw its troops from Northeast China.

Russia's calculation is that as long as the negotiations begin, it will be able to divide the cooperative relations between the East China Government and Japan and Britain, and even if the cooperative relations between the East China Government, Japan, and Britain do not break down, the talks will last at least six or seven months, and at most more than a year, and the East China Government will not participate in Japan's military operations during this period, and this will give Russia enough time to prepare.

However, the response of the East China Government was that the Java issue had been satisfactorily resolved, that there was no contradiction between the East China Government and the British Government, that the two sides still maintained good relations of cooperation, and that they rejected Russia's demand for renegotiation, insisting that Russia respect the provisions of the [Treaty on the Settlement of the Three Eastern Provinces], unconditionally withdraw its troops from Northeast China, and would never reopen negotiations with Russia. However, the East China government demanded commercial negotiations with Russia in Lushun.