Of course, East China ** does not mind establishing a communication channel with the Qing court, after all, Yuan Shikai is not the agent of East China**, and there is naturally no need for East China ** to stick to Yuan Shikai's line. Moreover, liaising with the Qing court, this was originally one of the functions of the Beijing Office of East China, but the Qing court itself gave up this channel, and East China could only focus on using Yuan Shikai's line. Now that the Qing court wants to pick up this channel again, East China will certainly not refuse. Zhang Zhidong is not wrong about this, it is absolutely necessary to maintain the channels of communication before the start of the war.

So Zhang Zhidong, Zaifeng and the Beijing office of East China ** established a liaison relationship, and not long after, East China ** entered Anhui and Jiangsu for disaster relief, so this contact channel immediately played a role.

Zhang Zhidong and Zaifeng came to the Beijing office of Huadong ** and demanded that Huadong ** stop the disaster relief operation and withdraw the personnel, of course, the Qing court could compensate Huadong ** for the losses. This request was naturally rejected by East China**, saying that the disaster relief operation would never stop, and also talked about the people-oriented, disaster relief is a major event that surpasses all political manipulation, etc., so that Zhang Zhidong and Zaifeng have nothing to say, after all, in this matter, the Qing court is really unreasonable. Therefore, Zhang Zhidong and Zaifeng could only reply to the Qing court and find another way.

In fact, Cixi and Guangxu also understand that it is impossible to just rely on their mouths to say that East China will give up disaster relief, this time it is just to test the attitude of East China, or think of other ways. However, the Qing court thought that this matter was over, but Huadong ** did not want to end like this, and just three days later, the news that "the Qing court asked Huadong ** to stop disaster relief" was published in major newspapers in Shanghai, and it was also accompanied by photos of Zhang Zhidong and Zaifeng talking at Huadong**'s Beijing office.

This news quickly spread in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and suddenly public opinion was in an uproar, and the people said that the court really didn't care about the lives of the people, and the governors all shook their heads and sighed after reading it.

But the Qing court did not realize that he had done another stupid thing at this time, although some people reported this matter to the court, but after all, it is difficult for the north and south of the Qing court to pass, so the Qing court could not feel this surging public opinion in Beijing, and thought that it was just "there are always people who want to harm me", so they didn't care at all, but they came up with a way, and ordered the governor of Huguang, the governor of Liangjiang, and the governors of Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other provinces to ask them to stop East China** Disaster relief operations in their respective jurisdictions, and those that have already occurred in their jurisdictions, should also try to expel the people in East China.

Of course, the Qing court knew that it was impossible to stop East China only by relying on these governors, and the reason why such an order was issued was that it was hoped that the governors would prevent the disaster relief operation and conflict with East China, which would eventually lead to a war, but the imperial court did not directly send troops, so it could exclude itself, and it could also sabotage the disaster relief operation in East China. And even if it is the worst plan, lose several provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but at the same time, it can contain the experience of East China ** in the south, so that the Qing court can delay a few more years of respite.

However, Zhao Erxun, the governor of Huguang, Duanfang, the governor of Liangjiang, Yang Wending, the governor of Hunan, Chen Qitai, the governor of Jiangsu, Wu Chongxi, the governor of Jiangxi, Ke Fengshi, the governor of Zhejiang, and others, that one is not a smart person, the Qing court is careful to think about it, and they have a deeper understanding of the current trend of public opinion than the imperial court, and the flood occurred on their own territory, and they are unable to provide disaster relief, and if they drag on, something will inevitably happen.

Of course, they understand that East China's ** is by no means as lofty and bright as they say, but under the guise of disaster relief, buying people's hearts and seeking places. However, it will take time for East China to find a place, at least until the flood is over, which is at least in September and October, and the flood is already a burning eyebrow, so you can only look at the present.

What's more, it is absolutely unwise to offend East China at this time, because the six provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are not the opponents of East China, so to go against East China at this time is definitely to find death. And with the buffer of this period of time, I have a lot of room to operate, I can change places for myself, or simply quit my job, go home and endure it for a few years, and then come back after the situation is calmer, anyway, the people who can become governors and governors have at least been rolling in officialdom for more than 20 years, and they have already saved a huge amount of family property, even if they don't do anything from now on, they can be a rich man for a prosperous life. It's really not good, it's a big deal to go to East China, anyway, the governors have already formed the same understanding, even the Qing court has a few days to live.

So after receiving the order of the Qing court, almost all of these governors and governors played Tai Chi to the Qing court, humming and agreeing on the surface, but in fact they did nothing. Anyway, now the imperial court can't control this, it can be delayed, and it can be mixed.

Only Anhui Governor Enming, he was originally a Manchurian, but also a royalist family, loyal to the Qing court, so extremely hostile to East China, after receiving the order of the Qing court, he did not consider whether he had the ability to block East China, so he immediately gave an order to the following prefectures, ordering the officials of the prefectures to expel East China**. And the officials at the bottom didn't think about it at first, thinking that the boss was just going through the motions this time, so they were all perfunctory, so Enming didn't want to be perfunctory this time, and after receiving the reply from the prefecture officials, Enming also realized his mistake, so he ordered to the prefectures again, and the wording and attitude were much stricter than last time.

Of course, although the undercurrent is surging at this time, the disaster relief operation in East China is still steadily advancing, and now 8 resettlement camps have been established, namely 3 in Anhui, 2 in Jiangsu, 2 in Hubei, and 1 in Hunan, and the camp with the most victims is the Luzhou resettlement camp in Anhui, which has more than 90,000 people, and the least is 50,000 people, and at the same time, there is also 1 resettlement camp in Jiangxi and Zhejiang.

At the same time, due to extensive publicity, but also let East China ** in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River provinces of the fame greatly increased, all said that East China ** is the love of the people like a son, benevolent and righteous people, but also attracted a large number of businessmen at home and abroad donations, charity performances for disaster relief, at the same time in Shandong also have enterprises, individuals to the flood donations, and now has received a huge donation worth up to 10 million silver dollars.

Of course, although this donation is a lot, but it is far from enough for disaster relief, it is such a disaster relief method in East China, so it is mainly a special disaster relief fund pulled out by East China, and East China ** pulled out 30 million silver dollars as the first special fund for disaster relief.

However, disaster relief funds are often the hardest hit areas of corruption, and like the Qing government, half of the money can be spent on disaster relief, which is already a good result. Moreover, this is the first large-scale disaster relief operation in East China, and at the same time, there are huge political goals, so it is also quite important, and there must be no problems in the use of funds. The supervision of the use of funds for this disaster relief is also quite strict, and the Finance Department of the Shanghai Disaster Relief Command Headquarters is composed of personnel drawn from the Finance Commission in East China. At the same time, it also requires the Shanghai Disaster Relief Command Headquarters to make financial disclosure, and every account must be clearly displayed.

Of course, the Shanghai Disaster Relief Command Headquarters also strictly abides by this regulation, and has made detailed records of the number of disaster victims sheltered in each camp, the number of sick and dead people, the number of management personnel, the equipment used, such as tents, beds, tables and chairs, and the materials consumed each month, and so on, and has made them public to the whole society. In this way, you can spend money by converting it to the market price. This practice has won a lot of praise for East China, and Bi Jing is popular no matter in that era. And those who donate also feel that they can rest assured that they will hand over the donations to East China**.

However, the figures of each camp are reported by the camp itself, and although each camp has supervisors, it cannot be completely abandoned, and as the two commanders of the Shanghai Disaster Relief Command Headquarters, it is impossible to pay for it without personally visiting each camp. However, now Li Songchen not only has to deal with the construction and operation of the camp, but also has the government affairs of Shanghai that he needs to deal with, although after serving as the commander-in-chief of disaster relief, he handed over most of the Shanghai government affairs to other personnel to handle, but he cannot completely let it go, especially major affairs also have to be asked, so now Li Songchen really can't get out of the way; although Luo Yue is the deputy commander-in-chief, he is mainly in charge of the security and security of the camp, and his work is much easier than Li Songchen's, and he has enough time to inspect the various camps.

On the other hand, Shanghai's news media also need new and richer content to report and publicize the disaster relief. Although the editorial article can also give a relatively comprehensive introduction to the disaster situation and the disaster relief situation, the content is too monotonous and lacks intuitive content, so after discussion, the disaster relief command headquarters decided to organize the news media in Shanghai to set up a reporter interview group to go to various camps to conduct interviews and take pictures, so that they can not only obtain first-hand information, but also obtain a large number of pictures, which is more conducive to the propaganda work in the future.

And after this suggestion was reported, it was quickly approved by East China. As a result, the Disaster Relief Command Headquarters decided to combine the patrol and press teams to operate together.

The news media in Shanghai are also very interested in this proposal, because this kind of large-scale natural disaster is of great news value, and some media, which are foreign-funded newspapers, want to go to the camps to see the disaster relief situation in East China, so almost all the news media have signed up for this press group.