After thinking about it again and again, Yuan Shikai asked Cheng Wenzhi to invite a boxer mage who was "possessed by divine skills and can avoid bullets".

The old mage has fairy wind bones, white hair and elegant, hands shake dust, and there are fireworks statues that do not eat the world.

Yuan Shikai was in awe, let him sit down, and asked reverently: "Once the master is in the law, he really doesn't avoid guns and bullets?" ”

"Of course, otherwise it's called a miracle worker." The master replied.

Yuan Shikai asked, "But according to my opinion, many Boxers fell in bullets, why is it like this?" ”

"Possession of divine power, how easy it is to say, if you don't have kung fu, it will naturally not work." The master replied.

"Can the master try it live?" Yuan Shikai's curiosity was aroused.

"Why not." The master's face does not change color.

"Master, please do it." Yuan Shikai's demeanor was still respectful.

After the master finished the Fa, Yuan Shikai took the people to the military field.

Teaching the military field, the master left a few zhang.

Yuan Shikai's subordinate Admiral Cheng Wenzhi aimed at the mage with a gun, and fired several shots in a row, but the master did not dodge or dodge, without any damage, and the generals were shocked.

Yuan Shikai was afraid that there would be fraud in it, so he ordered all the generals under Cheng Wenzhi to try.

Thirty muskets, bullets. The master still did not dodge, and he was still unharmed.

Everyone present couldn't help but admire, and Yuan Shikai couldn't help but believe it.

Everyone was about to go back, and Yuan Shikai couldn't help but wonder again when he saw that the master's clothes were also unscathed.

Can people be possessed by divine powers, and can clothes also be attached with divine powers?

Yuan Shikai shouted to everyone, took the pistol from Cheng Wenshan's hand, checked the bullets inside, and raised the gun to the master.

Cheng Wenshan just wanted to stop it, but Yuan Shikai's gun had already sounded, and the master fell to the ground in response.

Yuan Shikai laughed: "The master is joking with us!" ”

After waiting for a while, there was no movement, and a soldier stepped forward to check, and the blood had been shed all over the ground, and the person had died in heaven.

Yuan Shikai stared at his subordinate Admiral Cheng Wenshan, who was embarrassed to avoid Yuan Shikai's aggressive gaze.

On the way back, Cheng Wenshan wanted to explain something to Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai closed his lips tightly and waved his hand.

He took a few more steps forward and whispered, "I don't want a second time." ”

Cheng Wenzhi saw that the new governor had forgiven himself this time, and nodded busily.

Yuan Shikai is digging out his mind to figure out how to enter the boxing bandits? But the Boxers came to the door.

On December 30, a lesson plan occurred at the junction of Pingyin and Feicheng.

When the British missionary Bux was killed, Yuan Shikai felt that the problem was serious, and immediately ordered Pan Minbiao, the prefect of Tai'an, to lead Feicheng and Pingyin counties to arrest the suspects, and telegraphed to the imperial court.

In order to avoid such misfortunes from happening again, Yuan Shikai ordered all state capitals and counties to strictly protect the churches and priests in their territories.

At the same time, the clergy of each church are reminded to live in a concentrated place and reduce going out.

Because this matter was a foreign-related incident, the imperial court asked Yuan Shikai to solve the case as soon as possible and severely punish the murderer.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai was asked to send troops to suppress the high-density people who prevented the Germans from building the railway, so as to prevent Germany from making excuses to make trouble.

When the British Minister Douglas learned of Bukes' death, he immediately sent a note to Prime Minister Yamen.

It is required that practical measures must be taken to ensure the safety of missionaries. At the same time, the vice consul of Shanghai, Gan Bole, was appointed to bring two priests to Jinan to supervise the trial of the murderer.

A few days later, the murderer of Buxes was released. Yuan Shikai ordered Hu Jinggui and Lu Changyi, the prefect of Jinan, to be tried by the procurator, and he himself interrogated several times.

After Gan Bole arrived, he took a tough attitude and was empty-sighted, and put forward four suggestions for dealing with it: First, the murderer should be severely punished, the governor should observe the trial together, and the consular prison sentence. Second, the Tai'an prefect and the two counties of Pingyin Feicheng will be dismissed and never used. Thirdly, according to the drawings drawn by the church, a church was built for Pokes in the place where the crime was committed, and the priests chose the place, the government allocated funds, and the people raised funds to erect the monument. Fourthly, on the 4th day of December of the previous year, the governor issued a notice to inform the governor that such incidents should not occur again.

Yuan Shikai did not act submissively like some Qing court officials, and behaved in a reasonable, modest, humble and arrogant manner. On the basis of reasoning, the governor was immediately dismissed from the governor's meeting, and the two articles of dismissal and eternal use were dismissed from Tai'an Mansion and Erzhi County. Although it was agreed to build a church in the place where the crime was committed and raise funds to build a monument, the place should not be too large, and the investment should not exceed 10,000 taels. Only the fourth one was fully agreed.

When negotiating the sentencing of the prisoners, Gan Bole demanded that this be a vicious murder and that both the principal offender and the accomplice should be beheaded.

Yuan Shikai was afraid of provoking a popular uprising, so he only agreed to behead the two first offenders. He then rejected Gambler's other unreasonable demands.

Gan Bole was poor in reason and words, so he could only go.

At this time, the Qing court's attitude towards the Boxers was ambiguous, and there were great differences.

When he learned that Yuan Shikai was resolutely the enemy of the Boxers, some people proposed that the Qing ** could not let Yuan Shikai easily send troops to clear it, and some people even proposed to replace Yuan Shikai.

The Qing court also did not agree to adopt a simple high-pressure policy, and issued a court message to warn Yuan Shikai: In the event of a case of civil education, it should be handled evenly, turning the big into the small, and turning the existing into nothing, and not holding troops in vain, which will cause panic among the people.

Three days later, a rather sternly worded telegram was issued: "The boxers gather to make trouble, and there is no reason for them to indulge in causing trouble." Only the current method is always to suppress and dissolve as the first priority. If the officers and men who are looking for an attack always resist, they should also investigate the facts of the case in detail and handle it separately, and they should not be bent on attacking them, causing them to take risks and provoke a serious disaster.

"With Yuan Shikai's camera, he was cautious, and he responded to Gu Cansheng and Ma Jinxu strictly, and each case was handled, not to listen to rumors, and let the campers be greedy for merit and happy events, and get involved in a little manipulation. If it is not handled well, it will cause a commotion in the hinterland, but Yuan Shikai is asking. ”

After reading this, Yuan Shikai thought that the imperial court was only worried that the suppression of the Boxer would provoke greater turmoil. These reminders and admonitions did not change his attitude towards the resolute suppression of the Boxers.

It's just that he knows that the attack on the Boxer cannot be done simply. And now, he really doesn't have much energy to take care of the affairs of Yihequan, because there are more urgent matters that need to be dealt with by him right now.

It was the Gaomi people who prevented the Germans from building the Jiaoji Railway.

In 1897, two German missionaries were killed in Zhangjiazhuang, Juye County, Caozhou, Shandong Province, in a dispute with local villagers. This was an accidental incident that occurred against the background of the constant contradictions between the church and the local people at that time, but Germany used this as an excuse to send troops to occupy Jiaozhou Bay.

On November 14, 1897, the German warships easily landed on the trestle bridge without warning, and then forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the "Jiaoao Lease Treaty". In this way, the young Qingdao (then called Jiaoao), which had only been built in 1891, fell into the hands of the Germans.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Germany developed by leaps and bounds to become the world's second capitalist power after the United States. The strength of the economy prompted Germany to expand outward. The occupation of Qingdao took place against this background.

Since the sixties of the nineteenth century, Germany has carried out surveys on the ports of Penghu, Dapeng Bay, Xiamen, Zhoushan, and Jiaozhou Bay on the east coast of China. Among them, the German geologist Richthofen set foot on the land of Qilu in March 1869 and began a three-month investigation.

He made a detailed investigation of Shandong's minerals, products, transportation, ports, etc., especially described the carbon resources in detail, and came to the following conclusions through the investigation: Shandong is extremely rich, with abundant resources and a large number of cheap labor to use, and Jiaozhou Bay, which is strategically located for military and commercial ports.

So the Germans built the Jiaoji Railway.

To build a railway, it is necessary to occupy arable land, and even through cemeteries, and there are often disputes with local people.

This contradiction forms a general outbreak when it reaches high density.

The high-density terrain is high in the south and low in the north. The north is already plagued by disasters.

If another railway is built in the east-west direction, a dam will undoubtedly be built, and the water in the north will be even more difficult to drain.

Local villagers demanded that more bridges be built to allow the flood to be recharged, but Deutsche Bahn refused to accept the increased investment.

The contradictions between the two sides have intensified because of several bloody incidents.

The conflict between the Germans building the Jiaoji Railway and the people of Gaomi in Shandong Province may be called the Gaomi Incident for the sake of simplification.

The high-density incident is very complex, and a variety of contradictions are intertwined.

The Germans' construction of the Jiaoji Railway had a background of military and economic aggression against China, and it was also an act of investment. The construction of this railway has elements of humiliation and humiliation of poor and weak countries, and also benefits aspects. There is no doubt that the completion of the railway will bring convenience to transportation.

Someone has calculated that if two people carry grain on their shoulders from Jinan to Qingdao, 80 percent of them will be eaten by two people after arriving in Qingdao, not to mention the labor and other costs invested.

And with the train, it must be very different.