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After receiving a clear reply from Yuan Shikai, Wu Wenbin immediately asked the accompanying telegraph operator to send a telegram to Hua Guoqiang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He and his entourage first stayed in Yuan Shikai's Yamen, the governor of Zhili, and waited for news from the country.

Since the last time Zhang Wei and Wu Wenbin negotiated and signed an imperfect agreement with the Qing Dynasty, they knew that there was a big gap between their level and these elite-level people, and that they did not consider the problem comprehensively.

After receiving Wu Wenbin's telegram, Hua Guoqiang, Lu Weimin and others did not delay, and came to the palace that night to negotiate how to give Wu Wenbin a reply in Zhang Wei's study.

Lu Weimin meant to directly tell Yuan Shikai that there was now a preliminary agreement with the Qing court, and the Lanfang Kingdom was ready to recover the rights and interests of Japan and Tsarist Russia in Northeast China, the Japanese and Russian concessions in the country, and cancel the indemnity; Let Yuan Shikai operate actively, strive to take down the two positions of frontier administrator and frontier general, and then expand the army in the frontier; Let it select civil and military talents to study in the Lanfang Kingdom, and reserve talents for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in the future; The Lanfang Kingdom sent instructors to train the existing 5 towns first; A large number of civil and military officials were sent from the Lanfang Kingdom, and Yuan Shikai was first installed in all parts of the country to prepare for the future echo of the whole country; Cooperate in running schools, with at least one junior high school and one high school in each province, and increase the selection of students studying in Lanfang Kingdom; For Yuan Shikai to send his eldest son and second son to study in Lanfang, he must make plans for his next generation.

Zhang Wei agreed with Lu Weimin's opinion and had already considered it comprehensively.

Li Zhaoshui hoped that China would not be able to compete for the territory ceded by the Qing Dynasty in the future.

Hua Guoqiang hopes that in addition, the interests of the Lanfang Kingdom must be respected in setting up enterprises and mining and loans; In addition, after the cancellation of reparations from various countries, can we still share a piece of interests, and we can't work in vain; In addition, Chinese mainland cannot restrict immigration to the Lanfang Kingdom at any time, which is particularly important.

Lu Weimin said that the cancellation of foreign indemnities must share a piece of interest and help them recover the rights of concessions, customs, salt taxes, etc., which is already a great credit, how can he not say anything at all, and let Wu Wenbin continue to talk with Yuan Shikai.

Zhang Wei said that there is no shadow yet, how to talk about it? Will it be too early? As for when the Qing Dynasty will be overthrown, is there a plan? Otherwise, Wu Wenbin would not be easy to talk about.

Lu Weimin said that within 10 to 20 days of the death of the Queen Mother, the uprising overthrew the Qing Dynasty, and built 5 towns next year, and 3 towns every year in the future, what do you think?

There was no objection.

Hua Guoqiang quickly sorted out the minutes of the meeting and sorted out the draft of the telegram together, and everyone felt that it was very comprehensive, and then sent it to Wu Wenbin by the palace telegraph room.

Wu Wenbin received the telegram, and after sorting out his thoughts, he went to Yuan Shikai to discuss the signing of the agreement.

Yuan Shikai was shocked by the efficiency of the Lanfang Kingdom, and he got everything done in one night, and conveyed the instructions to Wu Wenbin.

Wu Wenbin explained what happened, hoping to sign a simple written agreement with Yuan Shikai first.

This is exactly what Yuan Shikai can't ask for, signing a written agreement, the Lanfang Kingdom will definitely increase its support for itself, and immediately said that it will fully cooperate with the requirements of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Yuan Shikai has no opinion on all the other terms, that is, how to thank the Lanfang Kingdom after making fun of the compensation, he can't make up his mind, if he gives the Lanfang Kingdom more, won't it be to drive away the jackals and come to the tiger and leopard? If you don't take it out at all, then why should the other person help you? Being able to recover the concessions, customs duties, and salt taxes is already a great advantage, and the reparations for canceling the "Xinchou Treaty" are not ordinarily large, and this is if you rely on your own strength, you will never want to do it in your life.

Seeing that Yuan Shikai couldn't make up his mind, Wu Wenbin said that he had signed an agreement with the Qing Dynasty, and after canceling the reparations between Japan and Tsarist Russia, the Lanfang Kingdom accounted for 3% of the benefits, and the other Japanese and Russian assets Lanfang Kingdom accounted for half of the income.

Yuan Shikai thought about it, if he didn't sign this agreement, the Lanfang Kingdom would definitely support others and sign an agreement with others, besides, the Lanfang Kingdom's request was not excessive, as long as it was thirty percent of the income, he was ruthless, and nodded and agreed: "Okay, just thirty percent of the income, but it's best not to make this matter public." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's open or not, it's up to you to see your opinion when the time comes." Wu Wenbin didn't care about such small things, and the key is to get benefits.

Wu Wenbin also told Yuan Shikai about the time of the uprising and the army building plan specified in the telegram, and the new army should be placed under the command of the frontier general, so the selection of the frontier general is particularly important; In the future, the border areas will be used as a stable base area, and the border administrators must be their own people, and they must be cautious about the selection of this person.

Yuan Shikai expressed his full cooperation. For the frontier generals and frontier administrators, Yuan Shikai said that Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang were competent, and he would fight for them.

Wu Wenbin was also very satisfied with these two people and agreed with Yuan Shikai's opinion.

Regarding the matter of sending his two sons to study in the Lanfang Kingdom, Yuan Shikai thought that this was a hostage, and it was difficult to oppose it now, but fortunately he had many sons, so he agreed to send his eldest son Yuan Keding and his second son Yuan Kewen to study in the Lanfang Kingdom.

Later, when I thought about it, if I didn't fail, the Lanfang Kingdom would not embarrass them; If they fail at home, they may be able to save their lives; As long as he does not oppose the Lanfang Kingdom, the Lanfang Kingdom will definitely not embarrass the two sons; Maybe you can learn a lot in the Lanfang Kingdom, and you can help yourself when you return to China in the future. When I think about it, my mood is much more relaxed.

After thinking about it for a while, the two sides felt that there were no mistakes, and signed a preliminary cooperation agreement. This makes both parties very satisfied, and there is no need to be wary of each other when they work together again. Yuan Shikai felt that the big stone in his heart had finally landed, as long as he did not make mistakes on the issue of principle, the Lanfang Kingdom would generally not change partners, and he would be the head of Chinese mainland in the future.

After signing the agreement, Wu Wenbin first sent it back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom for them to record and see if there was anything missing.

Then the two discussed how to send military students and how to send instructors from the Lanfang Kingdom.

Overseas students should be fast, the military academy will open in September, and there is less than one month to go, and if you miss it, it will be delayed by one year.

As for the matter of sending instructors, Wu Wenbin's opinion was to wait until Japan was defeated before sending instructors, otherwise it would be easy to arouse the suspicion of the imperial court and the Japanese.

What can be done now is to build junior and senior high school halls in Baoding, Jinan, Kaifeng and Luoyang, all three provinces are under Yuan Shikai's control and can be implemented now.

Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen will go to the Lanfang Kingdom with this year's military academy students, and arrange them to study in the military academy, and the Lanfang Kingdom will not give them special care, and they will be treated exactly the same as ordinary military cadets, and even the training will be stricter.

Yuan Shikai said that he had no opinion, as long as the Lanfang Kingdom trained them, it would be for their good, and being with the military academy students could allow them to contact the grassroots officers of the army in advance, which would be conducive to cultivating their future descendants. If the Lanfang Kingdom didn't care about anything, that was what worried Yuan Shikai.

In the end, Wu Wenbin told him to keep it secret and not to disclose this matter to any third party, otherwise it would have little impact on the Lanfang Kingdom, and it would be a catastrophe for Yuan Shikai to destroy his family and clan.