"Political Commissar Qin, congratulations, congratulations, your people fought in Shanhaiguan and broke the Russian army, not only raising the prestige of China, but also showing the courage of your army, which is really gratifying. Eight Chinese Net? ≤≠≈．≥８≥”

Qin Zheng also laughed and said: "Zhongtang talks too much, it is still the responsibility of my descendants of Yanhuang to protect the family and defend the country, after we are Yanhuang, we naturally have no responsibility, this is not the place to talk, go inside and talk." ”

As he spoke, Qin Zheng greeted the others again, and asked Li Sanjie to greet and see them off, while he accompanied Li Hongzhang into the house and sat down in a reception room.

On the morning of the day of the victory, the news of the People's Army's defeat of the Russian army at Shanhaiguan was officially announced by the Shanghai Office, and at noon on the same day, 2,000 copies of the [China Times] were sent from Tianjin to officially report that in the early morning of the same day, the People's Army boarded the 6 in the vicinity of Gaoling Town by boat, and attacked the People's Army stationed in Shanhaiguan before and after, and finally defeated the Russian army and won the victory. Although the whole process of the battle was not reported in detail, it was basically clearly explained, and there were also several editorials, some praising the victory of the People's Army, and some most denouncing the aggression of the Russian army.

Although since the arrival of overseas Chinese in Shanghai, it has caused a sensation in Shanghai again and again, but this time it still aroused the excitement of all the people in Shanghai again, after all, this time the opponent is not a rabble like the Eight-Nation Alliance, but a powerful Russian army that is brave and good at fighting, but the victory of overseas Chinese again proves that they are indeed a force to be reckoned with. Although it is still only the overseas Chinese unilateral announcement of the results of the war, the overseas Chinese have announced their victories many times before, and all of them have been confirmed later, so no one suspects that the overseas Chinese are lying.

In the following two days, the personnel who came to congratulate Qin Zheng outside the Shanghai office of the Crossing Group, After all, the existence of the traverser in Shanghai has been for quite a while, and has achieved considerable popularity, and in recent times, the traverser has purchased a large number of materials from Shanghai, and naturally has met a lot of leading figures from all walks of life in Shanghai, in addition, as long as the people who are not too stupid can understand that overseas Chinese have become a force to be reckoned with in China, and also have strong purchasing power, such a force, naturally everyone is willing to make friends, and now at this time, it is to have a relationship with overseas Chinese, set some almost good times, so no matter whether they are familiar or not, or even whether they know each other or not, they all come to congratulate overseas Chinese.

Qin Zheng basically greeted these personnel in person, on the one hand, to maintain the style of overseas Chinese as a humble corporal, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to publicize his own political views. And today, Li Hongzhang also personally rushed to the Shanghai office of the traverser to congratulate Qin Zheng.

After all, Li Hongzhang's identity and status are different from others, and Qin Zheng also knew that Li Hongzhang came in person this time, and he must have something else to discuss with him, so Qin Zheng also left others behind and received Li Hongzhang in person.

After the two of them sat down in the reception room, Qin Zheng said: "Zhongtang came here in person this time, I'm afraid it's not just to congratulate us, I don't know what is going on in Zhongtang, just say it." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, and overseas Chinese have a lot of contact, so the relationship between them should be closer, and he also knows that overseas Chinese speak more directly and don't like to beat around the bush, so he also said: "The battle of Shanhaiguan, the court already knows everything, and if the nobles really have the intention of attaching, they can write a table to play the court, in order to show the meaning of returning, and the old man can submit it to the court on behalf of the nobles, so that the court can also arrange the ministers of the Qincha, appease and canonize the merits of the nobles, and settle the nobles to settle down and work." ”

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Zhongtang, is this to officially recruit us?"

Although he had known for a long time that overseas Chinese spoke directly, after listening to Qin Zheng's words, Li Hongzhang's expression was still a little embarrassed.

It turned out that after the traverser officially announced the news of the victory, Li Hongzhang immediately sent a telegram to the imperial court, reported the news to the Qing court, and once again suggested to the Qing court that he should appease the overseas Chinese as soon as possible, so as to reassure them and return to Beijing as soon as possible; and when Li Hongzhang's telegram arrived in Xi'an, Zheng Caisheng, Fushun, Song Qing, and those stationed at Shanhaiguan Ma Yukun and others also jointly telegraphed to the Qing court, claiming that they fought with overseas Chinese in Shanhaiguan, broke the Russian army, beheaded more than 3oo ranks, captured more than 5oo people, and obtained countless weapons, and the Russian army fled north in panic.

After receiving these two telegrams, Xi'an was also jubilant, after all, it was a great thing to defeat the Russian army, but only the Empress Dowager Ciyu was disappointed, in her heart she had always hoped that the overseas seafarers and the Russian army would lose both, and if they must divide the winner, Lafayette would rather hope that Russia would win, rather than overseas Chinese win, because Russia is a foreign country after all, even if it wins, it is just a matter of ceding land and paying reparations, not to mention that the great powers will not sit idly by and watch Russia's power in China grow, there is always room for maneuver.

After all, the overseas Chinese are after the previous dynasty, not vassals of the Qing court, since the return, although there are many military exploits, but unruly, flying and arrogant, there are many complaints against the court, and even arrogant, self-respecting, known as the meaning of separation, so can not be trusted. It is only on the surface that overseas Chinese have indeed made great contributions to the Qing court, and the court must have a heavy reward, but if the award is light, I am afraid that it will make the overseas Chinese unhappy and give birth to different intentions; and if the reward is heavy, I am afraid that the overseas Chinese will have a great difficulty in getting rid of it, and it will be difficult for the overseas Chinese to grasp the scale and proportion, even if it is a political veteran like the Empress Dowager Cixi, it is difficult to make a decision at the moment.

Of course, if it's just these, it is not difficult for the Empress Dowager Cixi to decide, after all, the top priority now is to return to Beijing first, restore the stability of the Qing Dynasty, and the overseas Chinese may as well be crowned with high-ranking officials, and be more gracious, first stabilize them, and then slowly figure it out.

However, the emperor's attitude towards the overseas Chinese, which made the Empress Dowager Cixi hesitate, since the news of the overseas Chinese was confirmed, Guangxu strongly advocated that the overseas Chinese should be appeased as soon as possible, and entrusted them with important tasks, resisting the invasion of foreign powers, and reforming the law in the internal map, and as the overseas Chinese continued to win victories on the battlefield, Guangxu's attitude was also more resolute, and he was also supported by more and more ministers.

In fact, after fleeing Beijing, Guangxu repeatedly asked Cixi to return to Beijing to negotiate with various countries, just to get out of the control of the Empress Dowager Cixi, after all, the fuse of the Gengzi Kingdom was the great powers to interfere with the Empress Dowager Cixi to abolish the throne of the Empress Dowager, so Guangxu's requests were naturally rejected by the Empress Dowager Cixi.

It's just that although the Empress Dowager Cixi can control Guangxu in her own hands, if the overseas Chinese intervene, it is difficult to say whether the Empress Dowager Cixi can still control the situation. After all, overseas Chinese are different from the great powers, after all, the great powers are all outsiders, and they have all fought the Qing court by force, and forced the Qing court to cede land and pay reparations, whether in the officialdom or in the people, there is a deep hatred of the great powers, so the Empress Dowager Cixi decided to use the Boxers to fight against the powers, because she got quite a lot of support, that is, the people who opposed it, and they did not have a good impression of the powers, and felt that the Boxers were unreliable, and this was the case.

The overseas Chinese are very different, they are under the banner of returning to China under the banner of the Chinese ethnic group, the former dynasty and the future, so that in the officialdom and the people, they will naturally have a greater sense of belonging than the powers, and since the return of the overseas Chinese, they have repeatedly defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance and regained the lost territory, which is indeed a breath of relief to the Qing court, so the overseas Chinese are now basically recognized by most people, if they clearly express their support for Guangxu, it is indeed a considerable threat to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Although so far, overseas Chinese have not clearly expressed their political position, but Guangxu is the emperor after all, even if he is a puppet emperor, he also occupies the moral high ground of the Daimyo, which is also the biggest disadvantage of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and although the overseas Chinese have accused the Qing court many times, they have not pointed the finger at that person, but in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he is the actual head of the Qing court, so the overseas Chinese accuse the Qing court, then they are accusing the Empress Dowager Cixi herself.

In addition, overseas Chinese have also mentioned on many occasions that the Qing court needs to carry out reform of the law, and did Kang Youwei, Liang Qi, and others at the beginning also ask Guangxu to reform the law? And to change the law, the emperor is required to have the power to make decisions independently, and if the emperor is able to make decisions in the government, where would he be in the position? Therefore, if it were not for Kang Youwei and Liang Qi to carry out some reform and innovation, Cixi and Guangxu would not have completely fallen out with each other, so that it would be out of control.

And now the overseas Chinese are also demanding that the Qing court reform the law, so will they also demand that the emperor have the power to make decisions and make decisions, and the overseas Chinese are not comparable to scholars like Kang Youwei and Liang Qi, they are not only a group, but also have great strength, and even the great powers are not opponents, if they are really introduced into the imperial court, will they lead wolves into the house and dig their own graves? It's just that the Empress Dowager Cixi has this heart, and there is no way to explain it to other ministers, including Rong Lu, the Empress Dowager Cixi's most confidant.

However, it is not a way to drag it out like this, because now that the overseas Chinese have established their power and occupied Beijing, the situation is stronger than that of people. Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it, and could only follow Li Hongzhang's suggestion and ordered Li Hongzhang to arrange the above table attachment of overseas Chinese, of course, she also implicitly expressed the Empress Dowager Cixi's worries, and believed that with Li Hongzhang's shrewdness, he should be able to understand his painstaking efforts.

Thanks to the book friend for meowing a red envelope of Mi 36