After receiving the report from the government of the base area, the Qingdao Executive Yuan was also very happy, after all, it was a good thing that the victory had been achieved; although the strength of the Qing army was not strong, the conditions in the base area were far from being comparable with those of the East China government, so it was indeed very commendable that the base area was able to defeat the Qing army completely by its own strength this time, and this also shows that the base area has now undergone a climate and basically has the ability to protect itself.

The Executive Yuan has also made a serious study and discussion of the suggestions put forward by the base areas, and the first article is certainly feasible, but some people have pointed out that with the dick nature of the Qing court, it may not be possible to pay money to ransom people, and it is estimated that it is more likely that the family members of the captives will pay for ransom, and most of the ordinary soldiers are poor families, and they may not have money to ransom people, and it is more likely that the officers will be ransomed, so it is better to identify the prisoners, find out the officers first, and offer a ransom.

The Military Commission proposed that it could do its best to develop its own soldiers from among the prisoners, because after this war, the army in the base area would definitely expand, and after all, the soldiers were all people who had served as soldiers, and their quality and habits were much stronger than those of ordinary civilians. In the old time and space, this is how the ancestors of the time-travelers fought more and more, and became stronger and stronger.

It also agreed to the Central Military Commission's proposal, but put forward only two demands: First, the target of development should be limited to ordinary soldiers and not officers; second, ideological and political education should first be strengthened for soldiers who have surrendered.

And the two, However, at this time and at that time, the main reason for formulating such a principle was not to excessively stimulate the Qing court and to gain time for the development of the base areas, but after this war, the base areas could no longer be concealed, and they would certainly attract the attention of the Qing court, and now the base areas already have enough armed forces to fight against the Qing court, and with the support of the East China government, they are fully capable of confronting the Qing court, so there is no need to have any scruples, and they can completely let go of the big cities。

After serious discussions and consultations, the Executive Yuan finally issued a formal directive to the governments of the base areas: First, the armed forces of the base areas should be expanded, and two to three divisions should be organized, one of which should be organized according to the standard of ordinary divisions, and all weapons would be provided by the East China Government, and preparations would be made to meet the Qing army's further attack; second, the base areas should be required to fully occupy the four regions of Guidefu, Chenzhoufu, Xuzhou, and Weihuifu, and control Nanyangfu, Runingfu, and Third, the next expansion direction of the base area is Hubei in the south of the base area, Anhui and northern Jiangsu in the east, and the two key targets are Xiangyang Province in Hubei Province and Xuzhou Province in northern Jiangsu.

At the same time, the Executive Yuan also officially issued a commendation order to the local government in recognition of the outstanding performance of the local government and the army in this battle.

After receiving the instructions of the executive government, the government of the base area immediately began to take action, first demanding ransom from the captured Qing army officers in accordance with the requirements of the Military Commission, and recruiting soldiers among the captured Qing soldiers. Two months later, about 1,700 officers and soldiers were ransomed, and a total of about 50,000 taels of silver were obtained, which also eased the financial pressure on the base area to a certain extent. Moreover, there were about 1,200 Qing soldiers who voluntarily joined the volunteers after listening to the mobilization of the volunteers, plus the new soldiers recruited, and formed two regiments, and then the volunteers began to implement the expansion orders of the East China government.

The joint conquest of Henan and Hubei provinces suffered a fiasco, a total of about 17,000 troops were dispatched, and less than 5,000 people fled back, Xie Baosheng, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, Henan, was killed, and Zhang Renjun, the governor of Henan, and Zhao Erxun, the governor of Huguang, also knew that they could not hide it, so both of them could only report to the court to ask for guilt.

After the Qing court received the report, it couldn't help but be shocked, since it was Cixi, it was planned to be out of sight and out of mind, and the overseas Chinese in Shandong could dismantle as much as they liked, regardless of them, but they did not expect that the overseas Chinese were unwilling to stay only in Shandong Province, and actually stretched out their hands to Henan Province, and had already occupied such a large piece of land.

Although the overseas Chinese have cleared up their relationship with the Henan bandits, what kind of person is Cixi, naturally understand that it is just to hide people's eyes and ears and pretend to be herself, and Dan Henan is still the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the Chinese dynasties have the saying that those who win the Central Plains will win the world, so this hand of the overseas Chinese is quite terrible, if it continues to indulge and let the Hainan Chinese occupy the whole province of Henan, it will cut off the communication between the north and the south, which is quite unfavorable to the Chunting.

Although Cixi didn't want to pay attention to the affairs of overseas Chinese, at this time, she couldn't ignore it, so Cixi immediately discussed in the name of Guangxu to recruit the Minister of Military Aircraft and negotiate countermeasures.

At this time, Li Hongzhang still couldn't get sick, Prince Qing still didn't say a word, Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Shuqiao didn't dare to speak lightly, until the two young Manchu military machines Rongqing and Tieliang seemed very active, and they were impassioned, and they insisted that they must no longer be polite to overseas Chinese, and the imperial court should immediately issue an order to declare overseas Chinese rebellious, and then send troops to recruit and suppress.

Zhang Zhidong didn't want to say much, and at this time he couldn't help but speak out against it, thinking that the military might of overseas Chinese was too strong, and now the new army of the imperial court has not yet been trained, and it is probably not good for the imperial court to start a war with overseas Chinese at this time.

Zhang Zhidong is also regarded as an old minister of the Qing court, second only to Li Hongzhang in prestige, generally after he speaks, even if he has different views, he will not say it directly, but a more tactful expression, but Rongqing unceremoniously rebuked Zhang Zhidong for being in trouble, and the overseas Chinese are so big, it is because the court has been indulgent, so that now it has become the climate, and it has become a big problem for the court, and now the ambitions of the overseas Chinese are complete, how can they indulge again, they can only go all out to suppress it, so that they can eliminate this problem and ensure the safety of the court.

And Tie Liang offered another plan, you might as well follow the example of the year to quell the Changmao Rebellion, ask the countries to send troops to help the court quell the chaos, it is best to let the countries and overseas Chinese fight for both sides, the court just took advantage of the fisherman, this is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

After listening to Tie Liang's words, Zhang Zhidong couldn't help but be shocked, asking foreigners to send troops to fight overseas Chinese, is this a fun thing? Although it is said that when the Changmao Rebellion was quelled, the Qing court did invite foreign troops, the most famous of which was the foreign gun team formed by the American Hua Yu, but these troops were actually mercenaries in nature, and had nothing to do with the governments of various countries, and even their members were not all foreigners, and a considerable part of them were Chinese, and in the overall situation of quelling the Changmao Rebellion, they were actually insignificant, and the main force still relied on the Xiang army of Zeng Guofan. But the current Qing court, where to find the second Zeng Guofan, where to find the second Hunan army?

If the governments of the world are invited to send troops to help, it is far from being comparable to mercenaries, all countries are insatiable, after the first day of the three countries to intervene in Liao, although the Qing court kept the Liaodong Peninsula, but Russia, France and Germany all on the grounds of returning Liao, Russia forcibly leased Lushun, Germany forcibly leased Jiaoao, France and France forced the Qing court to sign the Sino-French Treaty on Renewal of Boundary Affairs, and ceded Yunnan's Mengwu, Wude, Boding, Mobe, Moxing and other places to French Indochina (equivalent to present-day Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Three Kingdoms), if other countries are asked to send troops to recruit overseas Chinese, how much benefit will they need to come up with to fill the desires of all countries? Therefore, Zhang Zhidong also refused to argue and insisted that he could not invite other countries to send troops.

And Rongqing and Tieliang were not to be outdone, and unceremoniously gave Zhang Zhidong a big hat such as raising his own self-respect and arsoning with the tiger, which even implied that Zhang Zhidong had collusion with overseas Chinese, and also made Zhang Zhidong tremble.

In fact, there is a reason for Rong Qing and Tie Liang's assertion, although most of the Manchus are still living in a muddy life at this time, but there are still some sober-minded and full of a sense of real crisis, Rong Qing and Tie Liang are among the representatives, in the eyes of these Manchus, the biggest crisis of the Qing court is not the European and American countries, but the domestic Han power, because the European and American countries want only business power, at most is to cut a few small places, while the Han people want the entire Qing Dynasty, after the landing of its overseas Chinese, this sense of crisis is even stronger。

Of course, in the eyes of the Manchus, the overseas Chinese are the Han people of the previous dynasty, and naturally there is a little more suspicion, not to mention that the overseas Chinese after landing, first divided Shandong, and then squeezed out the Manchus in Shandong. Yuan Shikai and others were protective of overseas Chinese in many ways, which made many Manchus doubt their motives.

Not long ago, there was a rumor circulating in Manchu circles that many Han ministers had colluded with overseas Chinese in an attempt to overthrow the Qing court and restore the Han people. Rong Qing and Tie Liang and others were convinced of this rumor, although there was no name of the Han minister in the rumor, but in the hearts of Rong Qing and Tie Liang, many Han ministers had been seated, and Zhang Zhidong was naturally on the list, so at this time, the two were also unceremoniously angry at Zhang Zhidong.

And seeing that the ministers of military aircraft were either silent or attacked each other, Cixi couldn't help but feel upset, slapped the armrest of the chair, and said, "That's enough." ”

Hearing Cixi's words, Rongqing, Tieliang, and Zhang Zhidong stopped talking, and stood with their hands bowed. Cixi angrily rebelled: "Look at what you have become, the emperor came to you to let you have an idea, not to let you come to the party to fight against differences." ”

The weight of the word "the party is the same and the party is different" is quite heavy, because all dynasties and dynasties have been quite taboo for ministers to form a party, so all the ministers of military aircraft, including a few people who did not participate in the quarrel, could not help but shudder.

Although it shocked everyone, Cixi's heart was not comfortable, none of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty could give the court a good idea, and after a while, Cixi said: "Forget it, you all kneel down." ”