Yuan Shikai was on the face of the imperial court when he ordered the Liaodong Army to be a rebel for less than half a month. In www.biquge.info of pen and fun and pavilion, the plot is reversed.

The Liaodong Army, which had the identity of a rebel, took the initiative to ask the court to surrender.

The imperial court, which originally thought that the imperial court would definitely make a big move, unexpectedly agreed to the surrender of the Liaodong army.

Not only did it not reduce the strength of the Liaodong Army and compress the living space of the Liaodong Army, but instead increased the territory of the three prefectures to the Liaodong Army, and also crowned the Liaodong Army as the governor of Liaodong. Of course, the imperial court did not publicize the negotiation conditions of the Liaodong Army only being a minister and not listening to the tune or the announcement. After all, this is considered a disgrace to the imperial court, and indirectly admits the wolf ambitions of the Liaodong Army.

If other local governors who hold real power know about it, it is likely that they will follow the example and give the court a big drama to force the palace.

Except for a few people, the entire Qing Kingdom did not understand why there was such a big gap between the front and back of the imperial court.

The war ended temporarily, and Yuan Shikai, who couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, was not idle.

The huge firepower gap between the Beiyang Army and the Liaodong Army made him aware of the danger.

Therefore, he must strengthen the firepower of the Beiyang Army to the standard of the Liaodong Army before the next battle begins.

To strengthen firepower, to put it bluntly, is to equip the Beiyang Army with more light and heavy machine guns and more artillery.

Under the premise that the Beiyang Army could not produce these heavy weapons by itself, Yuan Shikai could only buy these weapons if he wanted to get them. And if you want to buy it, you need a lot of silver.

In the past few days, the staff had already calculated the amount of silver that Yuan Shikai needed to raise.

Three million and eight thousand taels of silver, in addition to the military expenses that the Beiyang Army could use to buy weapons, Yuan Shikai had to raise at least three million eight thousand taels.

After running around the palace for several days, Yuan Shikai finally got Cixi's edict and transferred 800,000 taels of silver from the Hubu Yamen to buy weapons for the Beiyang Army.

But even so, Yuan Shikai was still a full three million taels of silver.

Of course, the Beiyang Army also has its own income channels, otherwise, with only those silver taels allocated by the imperial court, Yuan Shikai is a Beiyang elite who can't feed tens of thousands of people, no matter how powerful he is.

Since the large-scale expansion of the Beiyang Army, Shandong and Tianjin have been the Liaodong Army's own reserves.

All kinds of taxes, in addition to being handed over to the imperial court, were all taken out by Yuan Shikai for the military expenses of the Beiyang Army.

However, there is still nearly half a year before the tax is collected, and far from quenching the thirst. With no choice, Yuan Shikai could only put his hope on all the yamen in the two places.

In order to completely control Tianjin and Shandong, ensure that the Beiyang Army has a solid rear. Almost all the civil and military officials in the two places were former protégés of Yuan Shikai.

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shikai opened his mouth, the civil and military officials who had silver immediately sent silver to Yuan Shikai.

The civil and military officials who did not have silver immediately tried every means to loot the silver from the people in their own jurisdiction, and then sent it to Yuan Shikai.

In just ten days, Yuan Shikai received nearly two million taels of silver.

What Yuan Shikai didn't expect was that behind his two million taels of silver, tens of thousands of people became homeless refugees.

In the face of the decreasing shortage of silver, the staff was happy, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If we can be like the Liaodong Army and not pay taxes to the imperial court, then our Beiyang Army can have at least three million taels of silver more every year, and it will no longer be like now, running around for silver, and even forming a new army in two more towns." ”

The person who proposed it had no intention, and the staff member who put forward this idea mentioned it in passing, but after Yuan Shikai heard this proposal, it was another idea.

Why can a rebel army of the Liaodong Army that is against the imperial court intercept local taxes and feed tens of thousands of elites. And the Beiyang New Army, which obeyed the orders of the imperial court and served the imperial court, had no silver to feed the army, and did not even have the silver to buy weapons at least.

It turned out that he didn't think about it in this way, so Yuan Shikai didn't think much about it. Now that he made a serious comparison, Yuan Shikai's heart immediately became unbalanced.

The Beiyang Army is the foundation of his foothold in the imperial court, as long as the Beiyang Army exists for a day, the imperial court will not be able to do anything to itself, and will not dare to do anything to himself. Since this is the case, why can't he learn from the Liaodong Army, and also force the imperial court, so as to gain more rights.

As soon as this idea appeared in Yuan Shikai's mind, it lingered.

When the staff began to discuss how to use the silver, Yuan Shikai, whose brows suddenly furrowed, walked directly to the side and sat on the chair, and fell into contemplation without saying a word, analyzing the feasibility of this matter.

At this time, a confidant immediately noticed the change in Yuan Shikai, and then walked over and asked: "Now that the silver has been raised, there is one million taels of silver left, as long as there is time, it will definitely be raised." I don't know what other difficulties adults have. ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand and didn't speak, then stood up directly, took this most confidant staff to his study, and then trayed out the ideas that suddenly popped up just now.

From the beginning of following Yuan Shikai, the staff knew that Yuan Shikai's ambition was definitely not as simple as being a minister.

So, after hearing this idea, the staff did not show too shocked expressions.

After thinking about it, he replied to Yuan Shikai very affirmatively: "My lord, this idea is very feasible!" ”

"There are several reasons: first, the current imperial court is no longer the imperial court of a few decades ago, and almost all the local officials who hold military power are Han Chinese, and the imperial court is definitely no longer on the same mind. To describe the imperial court in one word, the four words of external strength and middle cadre could not be more appropriate. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded in affirmation: "This official knows, and the imperial court also knows." Otherwise, when facing the Liaodong Army again, the imperial court would not be so cowardly, compromise and compromise. This is also a very important reason why this official has this idea. ”

The staff continued: "The second reason is our Beiyang Army itself, and it is certain that our Beiyang New Army is the largest and strongest army in the entire north. If the imperial court wants to maintain its dominance in the entire Qing Dynasty, it is already inseparable from the Beiyang Army. As long as we don't rebel directly, the court won't do anything to us? ”

"Third, as the Beiyang Army grows in size, one Shandong can no longer feed so many troops. For the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Beiyang Army, in order to find a better way out for the civil and military officials who support the adults, the adults must also ask the imperial court for greater rights and more territory. ”

After the staff finished speaking, Yuan Shikai fell into deep thought again.

It took a full five minutes for a hint of firmness to emerge

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