Liu Kunyi was furious, and said angrily: "Weiting, what you said is easy, those are two training camps known as 'elite'!" was beaten to the ground by dozens of people! If it's like this for your Beiyang New Army, what will you do? ”

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly, what should I do, what can I do? Lao Tzu immediately beat the leading officer into a sieve! But now is not the time to compete for this, Li Hongzhang has been snatched away, where to find someone now?

Sheng Xuanhuai said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I think that now that the war is raging in the north, they will definitely not dare to take the land route, it is definitely from the sea to Fengtian, since they take the sea route, then Shanghai may be their only way, we can only use dead horses as live horse doctors, I will arrange heavy troops in Shanghai, check all key passes, and hope to have news of them." [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]。 The update is so fast.

Now, it seems that you can only take one step, say one step, all the governors are sighing when they hear that they have not been able to leave Li Hongzhang, it seems that the plan of southeast autonomy is about to be aborted, without Li Hongzhang, no one can deter the governors of the southeast provinces, even if it is Zhang Zhi's 'hole'!

Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "Everyone, now, we can only act according to the original plan, we immediately sent a joint telegram to declare that King Qin's will is a false edict under the Prime Minister's Ya'men', and we will not obey it!" Then, make an appointment with the consulates of various countries in Shanghai to discuss peace matters! ”

Zhang Zhi'dong nodded and sighed: "Now it can only be like this." ”

Soon, the power was sent out from Shanghai!

Telegram statement - now the state is declining, the political situation is 'swinging', the invasion of foreign powers, there are 'traitors' in the court, controlling the authority, and there are Boxers 'chaos' people outside, "forced" and persecuted, carried out false edicts, declared war on the world, and ordered the world to supervise and appease the king of Qin, which is really a disaster for the country, and the political situation in the provinces is "mixed" and "chaotic", and the political situation in the provinces should be stabilized first.

As soon as the power came out, there was an uproar in the sea.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhi'dong, Yuan Shikai, Liu Kunyi and other governors began to urgently meet with the consuls of the consulates of various countries in Shanghai to discuss the signing of the contract.

The consuls of various countries originally thought that once the governors of the southern provinces went to the north to the king of Qin, there would be several 'fierce' battles, and they would pay a certain price to be able to subdue the Qing Dynasty, but they did not expect that the governors of the provinces would refuse to obey the edict, which was something that the ball could not ask for, after all, some people who could die less were some people, and the lives of soldiers in various countries were very valuable.

After two days of intensive meetings, the "Southeast Mutual Insurance Charter" was finally agreed upon under the joint efforts of the governors of the provinces and at the request of the great powers.

The treaty recognizes:

1. The Shanghai Concession is under the joint protection of all countries, and the Yangtze River and the interior of Suzhou and Hangzhou are under the protection of the governors, and the two are not disturbed by each other, and the industry is mainly to protect the lives of Chinese and foreign businessmen and people.

2. The industries of the merchants, people, and priests of the Yangtze River and the inland countries of Suzhou and Hangzhou shall be under the control of Liu, the Minister of Nanyang, and Zhang, the Governor of the Two Lakes, who shall conscientiously and effectively protect them, and shall be transferred to the governors of the provinces and strictly ensured that all the civil and military officials shall be earnestly guaranteed. Rumors have been banned and bandits have been punished.

3. The Chinese forces in the interior of the Yangtze River are sufficient to maintain peace and order in the territory, and the warships of the foreign countries at all ports can berth as usual, but they must restrain sailors and other sailors not to go ashore.

Fourth, if the countries did not wait for the permission of the Chinese governor and the Chinese governor, they would at most send troops and ships into the Yangtze River and other places, so that the people would be suspicious and use the excuse to provoke and destroy the lives and industries of foreign merchants and clergymen, and China would not admit compensation afterwards.

5. In Wusong and the Yangtze River forts, the warships of various countries are not allowed to anchor near the forts, and the sailors of the warships are not allowed to practice 'drills' in the vicinity of the forts, so as to avoid mistakes by each other.

6. In the vicinity of the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau and the Explosives Bureau, all countries allowed their troops not to go to the parade and station, and sent foreign soldiers to patrol and arrest each other, so as not to disturb each other. This munition is specially designed to prevent and suppress bandits in the interior of the Yangtze River and protect Chinese and foreign businessmen.

7. If there are foreign clergy and foreigners traveling in the mainland, do not venture to remote and unfortified places.

8. All matters in the concession that are tried to protect must be handled quietly, and must not be exaggerated in order to shake people's hearts.

The regulations on mutual insurance in the southeast have been promulgated, and the governors of the southeastern provinces have completely put down, at least they no longer have to worry about the war spreading to the south of the Huai River, and if there is only a war in Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, it will at least not hurt their vitality, nor will it damage the military strength of the provinces.

The governors of the provinces signed the treaty and returned to their respective districts.

Yuan Shikai was sullen all the way, after all, the safest plan failed, and now he can only hope that Chen Qimei will invite the two palaces to the south safely. Now Zhang Yi of Fengtian has begun to deploy troops, and his intelligence personnel are sending a steady stream of information to his eyes, he has just received the news that Zhang Yi is going to lead 100,000 troops into the customs!

It's easy to please God, it's hard to send God, and once Zhang Yi enters Shanhaiguan, if you want to drive him out, it's even harder than climbing to the sky!

Xu Shichang persuaded: "Brother Weiting, don't worry, things haven't developed to the point of being out of control, even if Zhang Yi occupies Shandong and other places in Zhili, the Republic of China is now a Western political system, and the capitalists who support it, those big landlords, wealthy 'family' aristocrats, can they obey him, when the time comes, we only need to use a little means to muddy the waters in the north, he wants to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, but it is not so easy, if it is not good, it will be disgraced, after all, the Qing Dynasty has not yet destroyed the country, and the Qing Dynasty is orthodox!" ”

Yuan Shikai sighed and said: "Brother Juren, you have too little contact with Zhang Jianzhi, I know him too well, I only gave him a Fengtian, and he tossed in the northeast, in a few years, there are faint signs of surpassing the Qing Dynasty, if the Central Plains is occupied by him again, I am afraid that in a few years, it will be able to run North China like half of the copper gang, this person, not simple, too simple!" Xu Shichang replied: "Brother Weiting, the soldiers are coming to block, the water is coming to cover the earth, there is no need to worry so much, Zhang Jianzhi's interior is not monolithic, didn't Jianshan break away from Fengtian and join you?" As long as we use some money to toss around in Zhang Yi's lair, he will want to be at peace, and the most important thing is ourselves, we must speed up the integration of our military forces, only when our guns are hard, our waists will be hard! Yuan Shikai nodded and said: "What Brother Juren said makes sense, the matter of making 'chaos' for Zhang Jianzhi will be 'handed over' to Brother Juren, and I will do the rest of the integration of our forces, and the Beiyang New Army in the north should also be gradually withdrawn, otherwise, under the dual threat of the coalition forces and Zhang Yi in the future, no one can say what will happen." ”