Yuan Shikai's main reason was that he had been in the DPRK for three years, that he had solved some of the problems in the DPRK, and that various relations had been straightened out through his efforts. The situation in North Korea is also stable at the moment, and it is an easy errand to send someone to replace him.

And his problem is mainly that he has been in the court for too long, and everyone is too dependent on him, which is not conducive to giving full play to the subjective initiative in all aspects.

And the most important thing is that his mother is not in good health, and his time is short, so he wants to be filial to the son of man before bed.

In addition, he himself had a very bad leg disease and wanted to return to China to recuperate.

What does Li Hongzhang think? On the one hand, he always has to trust Yuan Shikai more. believes that there is a relatively stable situation in Korea, Japan and Russia have been restrained, and the Min Concubine group does not dare to be too rampant, that is, Yuan Shikai has become the Dinghai Shenzhu there.

He insisted that North Korea could not do without Yuan Shikai. And Li Xi wants to replace Yuan Shikai, which just proves his inference. Why did Li Xi change Yuan Shikai? It was because Yuan Shikai was restricting him there, so that he didn't dare and couldn't find another backer.

What did you do when you sent Yuan Shikai to North Korea, that is, to restrict Li Xi, you Li Xi feel uncomfortable, and you just feel that you are restricted. It shows that Yuan Shikai has done a good job, and it shows that Yuan Shikai is competent.

If you Li Xi want to change Yuan Shikai, you can change it? No, the more you want to change Yuan Shikai, the more you can't change it.

Li Hongzhang saw that Yuan Shikai's desire to leave North Korea was not a pretense gesture, but a sincere intention.

To realize your ideas, you have to do Yuan Shikai's work, but this is not the main thing. The main thing is that there is a group of people in the imperial court who are dissatisfied with themselves and have a lot of opinions. has been looking for another opportunity to find trouble for himself, specifically contradicting himself, and is pulling a posture to talk about Yuan Shikai's position.

They didn't care whether Yuan Shikai stayed in office or not. The reason why they oppose Yuan Shikai's retention is because this is Li Hongzhang's proposition, they are here for Li Hongzhang, and they oppose it for the sake of opposition; Yuan Shikai's appointment is nothing more than an excuse and a starting point.

At that time, because of several things that Li Hongzhang did, Lafayette was not very satisfied. His opponents took the opportunity to fall into the trap and speak ill of him in front of Galeries Lafayette.

One by two, Lafayette didn't take it to heart. But the so-called three people become tigers, and there are many people talking about it, so Lafayette can't take it seriously.

Li Hongzhang knew that if he was above the court and directly guaranteed Yuan Shikai to stay in office, he would definitely be opposed by these people immediately. Many of Yuan Shikai's excesses in the DPRK have become a handle in the hands of these opponents, and it is difficult for them to distinguish their own words.

all know that Yuan Shikai was pulled by himself, and others regard Yuan Shikai as their own person. Some people are falsely accusing themselves of pulling mountains, forming gangs, and cultivating their own power in front of Lafayette. Some people blame this aspect, and Yuan Shikai's stay in office must be in vain.

Actually, Yuan Shikai doesn't want to do it anyway, so it stands to reason that it doesn't matter if he stays in office or not? But what Li Hongzhang thinks is: This piece is under the management of the subordinates, and a person who is nothing is sent to make a mess of things, isn't it himself who worries? Isn't the responsibility still on yourself? Isn't it still yourself who is unlucky?

What to do? Li Hongzhang didn't use his brains for this matter, and finally came up with a solution.

As for whether this solution will work? There is only one way to stop. Isn't there such a saying? Man can only do what he can.

So above the court, when discussing whether Yuan Shikai would stay in office, Li Hongzhang did not express his position. Instead, he first exaggerated the hardships and hardships that Yuan Shikai has experienced in office and the harsh environment he has faced in the past three years. Next, the conversation changed and told how Yuan Shikai used the courage and wisdom that ordinary people did not have to overcome one difficulty after another, and broke through one difficulty after another.

Next, he talked about the current situation in North Korea. As for the situation in North Korea, he said that it was not as Yuan Shikai said, and the situation was very good, better than ever. No, but very bad, much worse than Yuan Shikai in those three years.

Japan and Russia were eyeing each other, sending personnel to do all kinds of bad things, and they all regarded China's envoys as mortal enemies, and organized assassination activities on many occasions. There are also pro-Japanese and pro-Russian forces in the DPRK and the opposition, which are also looking for trouble with Chinese envoys everywhere.

This business day in the DPRK is not ordinarily difficult, but very difficult.

When Li Hongzhang said this, the opponents seemed to listen very carefully, and nodded in agreement on the surface.

But they were all sneering in their hearts: You Li Zhongtang said it wildly, didn't you just want to say that the affairs of North Korea are particularly difficult, and it must be Yuan Shikai?

They knew that Li Hongzhang was going to protect Yuan Shikai next. They had already prepared the shells, and when Li Hongzhang said that he recommended Yuan Shikai, everyone would run together.

However, they were wrong, and Li Hongzhang's next words were exactly the opposite of what they expected. Li Hongzhang first talked about Yuan Shikai's thoughts and requirements, on the one hand, he was physically and mentally damaged, and it was difficult to continue working in North Korea. On the other hand, Yuan's mother is seriously ill, and Yuan Shikai is a dutiful son, so he has to be taken care of in bedfront for his son. Note that Yuan Shikai and Li Hongzhang said that his mother was sick, and when he came to Li Hongzhang, his mother became seriously ill.

In addition, Yuan Shikai said that he had a leg disease, that is, arthritis or old cold legs, and now it has become a gunshot wound left by an assassination in Li Hongzhang's place.

In the end, he put forward his opinion, the so-called unlucky things can't be done alone, and his initial idea was to send someone to replace Yuan Shikai.

Galeries Lafayette asked for whom? Li Hongzhang said that he could not find a suitable candidate, and asked the ministers to recommend it.

When the people who were ready to oppose heard it, it turned out that Yuan Shikai wanted to jump out of the fire pit in a hurry? It turns out that Li Hongzhang is trying to find an unlucky guy to replace his people? If you want to be beautiful, how can there be such a good thing in the world? There are such good things that cannot fall on the heads of Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai. As a result, those who were ready to oppose made a 180-degree turn. played one after another, Yuan Shikai is rare, and North Korea is the only one he has.

Li Hongzhang also played a fork at this time, saying that it was really difficult for him to agree to this matter for Yuan Shikai, but he could do Yuan Shikai's work well.

Galeries Lafayette said: What do you do? No matter how big the family affairs are, they are small things, and no matter how small the affairs of the country are, they are also big things.

However, Lafayette still asked Yuan Shikai about the "gunshot wound" on his leg with concern, and Li Hongzhang said that it was no big deal. In this way, Yuan Shikai's stay in office was decided.

When Li Hongzhang went down to the court, he made a worried appearance, and he couldn't stop sighing, which was really pitiful. Those who hate him, not to mention how happy.

For Li Hongzhang, the next thing is to do Yuan Shikai's work.

How to do Yuan Shikai's work? If you say Lafayette's words directly to Yuan Shikai, things will be simple, give Yuan Shikai a hundred dares, will he dare to resist and disobey? Don't say it's a complaint, don't dare to put a fart? However, in this way, won't all the hard work he has paid for him be in vain? Why do you have to let Yuan Shikai accept his love? Why do you have to tie Yuan Shikai firmly to your carriage!

When Yuan Shikai returned to Tianjin to report on his work, Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai had a long talk.

He first introduced the situation of the imperial court to Yuan Shikai and the struggle between the Westernists and the conservative faction he represented.

Tell Yuan Shikai that whether he can stay in North Korea this time is not his personal issue, but a focus of the struggle between the two factions.

If the other side succeeds, the Westernists will be defeated on all fronts. He Li Hongzhang, a high and powerful position, has a lot of achievements, no one can do anything to him! However, people like Yuan Shikai who are regarded as him will definitely not have good results.

Second, Li Hongzhang enumerated Yuan Shikai's misconduct in North Korea. said how the old school seized these things to make a big fuss, and how he spoke and defended Yuan Shikai.

Let Yuan Shikai know how hard-won it was for him to stay in North Korea. It must be cherished.

Then, Li Hongzhang hinted to Yuan Shikai that he would not go back to North Korea in vain this time. He already had a plan in his heart, but there was too much resistance in the court, and he wanted to find the right opportunity. However, he reassured Yuan Shikai that he must do this thing.

In the end, Li Hongzhang repeated Lafayette's words, meaning that if he resisted the decree, he would be punished. Because this matter has been cleared to heaven, and there is no room for negotiation.

The so-called grace and power are combined. In this way, what else can Yuan Shikai say except for gratitude?

At this time, all he thought about was the grace of Lord Zhongtang, which was really higher than the sky and deeper than the sea. I can't repay myself for being a cow and a horse in my second life.

Li Hongzhang is a person who does what he says, and what he promised Yuan Shikai must be done, but he is looking for an opportunity, but in his opinion, if he wants to do it, he must get it done.

Soon after, the opportunity came.