"President, Guangzhou City is the most important economic center in our country, since taking up the post of mayor, I have been trembling and trembling, for fear that a mistake will cause damage to the country and become a sinner, and now because of my old age and ability, I hereby ask the president to resign, and ask the president to approve it." In front of Lu Liang, Li Jingxi, who was only forty-six, said that he was old, and his originally straight body seemed a little crooked, and his depressed face was full of helplessness and horror.

Yes, it is precisely frightened that from serving as the mayor of Guangzhou to the present, Li Jingxi has been conscientious and conscientious, not only carefully managing this economic center city, but also vigorously learning new culture, new ideas and new management methods, sleeping no more than six hours a day, and strictly demanding that his family must keep a low profile.

As an official who changed from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Jingxi did hear a lot of gossip at work, including the evaluation of his uncle Li Hongzhang, which made Li Jingxi feel more pressured, and once wanted to give up being an official and live an ordinary life, but at the age of forty, he did feel old.

"No, Nakayama, I know your concerns, and I understand your pressure, do you also belong to the 'detox action' ********? Can I afford to spend so much effort if I need to? Lu Liang immediately responded that it was normal for former Manchu officials to have such concerns, and he had received many resignation requests from former Manchu officials in the past few days, but they were all rejected. Lu Liang can see who is who is very clear, and this is not a ********, it is impossible to expand the area of attack.

Li Jingxi was in tears, and no one could understand the pressure he had endured since he took refuge, from his family, society, work and himself, and all aspects overwhelmed him.

After the family decided to let Li Jingxi defect to the Zhenguo Party, the Li family in the north was immediately suppressed and squeezed out almost harshly, and first Li Jingfang, Li Jingmai and others, who were in charge of diplomatic work, were removed from public office. Then the originally huge subordinate forces of the Li family openly announced the severance of relations, Sheng Xuanhuai took refuge in Yuan Shikai, and the family's business was also taken away by the Beiyang Group under the suppression, and even the Li family returned to their hometown in Hefei, which was also troubled by the local government.

Li Hongzhang has only been dead for a few years, and the Li family has suffered such a great change! This made the Li family heartbroken. But the reality is grim, and I can only swallow my anger. The current patriarch Li Jingmai even felt that once the Chinese army attacked the north, it would be the time when the Li family was destroyed, and now the Li family has been controlled by Beiyang soldiers, and there is even a company of soldiers guarding the compound. The Li family had already prepared for that moment, and the wealth accumulated by the family had been plundered away by the Beiyang Group, which was tens of millions of taels of silver, which was the most distressing.

Fortunately, the Li family in the south still has a glimmer of life. Li Jingxi took dozens of clansmen to take root in China, and after serving as the mayor of Guangzhou, the family has the meaning of re-emerging. In this way, the Li family will not be severed, otherwise Li Hongzhang under Jiuquan will not be blind.

It's just that Li Jingxi, who has high hopes, saw that Huaguo carried out "detoxification pairs", and all of them were officials of the old dynasty, how could this not make Li Jingxi tremble! Hence the resignation. Mingzhe protects his life, retreats bravely from the rapids, and maybe the family still has a glimmer of life.

Looking at the sad Li Jingxi. Lu Liang sighed helplessly. For these officialdom veterans, they can change their faces at any time, cry when they cry, laugh when they laugh, and they are magical, which is really more powerful than Sichuan's face. I sometimes really admire these kaleidoscopic characters.

"Mayor Li, I don't believe that with your talents, you will not be able to see the true purpose of this operation. There are also people who are targeted, and there is no need for you to do this. I can give you a reassurance, your position will not be lowered, and your family will not be implicated. Even, I can help your Li family's family members in Hefei come to the south without being in danger of soldiers, now you can rest assured! ”

Li Jingxi's eyes widened, he did have the idea of testing Lu Liang's attitude, but more of them really wanted to resign, but he didn't expect to get such an answer, and he couldn't react for a while.

"Don't be surprised, your Li family is full of talents, Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang are known as the 'Four Famous Ministers of Zhongxing' together with Zhang Zhidong, Zeng Guofan, and Zuo Zongtang at home, and the 'Three Great Men of the World in the Nineteenth Century' together with Bismarck and Grant abroad. Mr. Li Jingfang and Mr. Li Jingmai of the Li family are both important diplomatic talents of the country, and the imperial court has no eyes, but our Chinese country is only able to use talents, and such excellent diplomatic talents are exactly what our Chinese country needs. ”

Lu Liangyue said that Li Jingxi became more and more frightened, and when he said that Li Jingxi would be transferred from the post of mayor of Guangzhou City to serve as mayor of Ryukyu City, which was preparing to open up, Li Jingxi was speechless.

Everyone knows what kind of place Ryukyu City is, it is poor and white, but it is extremely important, it is a place of key construction in the next stage, and the level is also half a level higher than that of the mayor of Guangzhou, which is the easiest for officials to achieve, but it is more difficult for a relatively mature area like Guangzhou to shine.

In addition, the transfer to the Ryukyus can also allow Li Jingxi to temporarily avoid the domestic political whirlpool, although Lu Liang does not plan to do anything to himself and others, but the society has formed an environment hostile to the old and the young, and even in the officialdom there are many people who are not used to Li Jingxi and others, it must be very inconvenient to work and live in such an environment, and it is the best way to leave temporarily. And Lu Liang's next words verify this point.

"As the mayor of Ryukyu City, you also serve as the vice governor of Taiwan Province, working with another vice governor, Chang Renquan. The two of you should be familiar with each other, and it will be easier for you to carry out your work. Both Taiwan and the Ryukyus are newly developed lands, and the most important point is the combination of civil and military affairs, after all, the military role there is stronger. ”

Yes, Zhang Renquan also went there, and I believe that many officials, including Ke Fengshi, will concentrate on Taiwan, Ryukyu, Jeju Island and other places, and then return to the mainland after the limelight has passed, which is a wise choice, and Li Jingxi is very satisfied with this.

Anhui Hefei Dongxiang, the Li family's old house, covering a vast area of the old house in Dongxiang is the premier compound, once upon a time, here is the most high-profile place, Li Hongzhang's family location. Since Li Jingxi's rebellion, there have been people who poke the backbone of the Li family, from literati to civilians, and even threw bricks and stones and smashed glass in the compound.

The Li family struggled to survive in this environment, and their subordinates who went out to buy supplies were even beaten. It's not that Huaguo's reputation in the north is so bad, on the contrary, most of the common people's hearts are to the south, but in traditional culture, there is a lot of hatred for the literati to betray the country, especially the Li family has a great hero and loyal minister like Li Hongzhang, how can the descendants not be despised for making such a move? Some people have already called Li Jingxi "modern Qin juni".

"Big brother, there is not much silver in the house, and the fields, real estate, and shops outside have been taken away by the people of Beiyang, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that if we can't support Huaguo, we will starve to death." Li Jingfang complained. Li Jingmai is Li Hongzhang's adopted son, originally the son of Li Hongzhang's sixth brother Li Zhaoqing, and later passed on to Li Hongzhang. He is more than 20 years older than Li Jingmai, and even older than Li Jingxi, although Li Jingmai serves as the patriarch, he still discusses with his eldest brother when he encounters problems.

"Hey, it's just that it's hard to follow our family, it's not a pity for me to die, my family shouldn't follow me and wait for this catastrophe!" Li Jingfang sighed. The people in the family compound were almost the same, and only three loyal housekeepers remained, and there were more than forty mouths waiting to eat, all of them women and children.

The Beiyang soldiers guarding outside the compound were loyal to their duties, patrolling outside the Li family's compound day and night, and there was no chance to escape. Yuan Shikai has already sent someone to spread the word, unless Li Jingxi can persuade Lu Liang not to send troops to the Northern Expedition, otherwise it will be the time when the Li family will be destroyed! Li Jingfang estimated that if it weren't for the fact that the Li family still had a little role now, maybe Yuan Shikai would have wiped it out a long time ago.

Of course, there are many reasons for not starting, one is that Yuan Shikai is still afraid of Li Hongzhang's influence, even within Beiyang, there is still the Li family's remnants, and the Li family is too famous, and it is not easy to start. Second, he was afraid that once he made a move, Li Jingxi would persuade Lu Liang to immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition, wouldn't that be lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot! The third is that Yuan Shikai needs a channel to communicate with the south, and the Li family is the best pawn, so Yuan Shikai allowed the Li family to send a telegram to Li Jingxi in the south, but the content of the telegram must be strictly reviewed, and Yuan Shikai sometimes conveys certain news to the south through this channel.

"I think what a beautiful situation our Li family was at the beginning, and now it has fallen into such a situation, let me wait how to face my father under Jiuquan!" Li Jingmai actually cried as he spoke, and as soon as Li Jingfang wanted to persuade him, he heard a burst of gunfire outside!

After a long high-altitude flight, an airship landed in a hidden open space outside Hefei, and before the huge airship attracted the attention of the government, a group of twenty special forces soldiers quickly left, and then the airship scrambled into the air. Thanks to the backward reaction speed of the imperial army, coupled with the fact that the Beiyang garrison was more than fifty kilometers away from here, the special forces infiltrated the vicinity of the Li family's compound without hindrance.

After a short division of labor, the Beiyang soldiers who flaunted their might in the face of ordinary people had no power to resist under the attack of the special forces, and the accurate point fire and powerful fire suppression made the Beiyang soldiers see the strong strength of the Chinese army. Twenty minutes later, more than 50 members of the Li family took a horse-drawn carriage and went to the nearby temporary airship landing site under the escort of special forces. The entire rescue operation lasted no more than an hour, and after the government and the Beiyang Army reacted, the Li family was already in the air at an altitude of thousands of meters. (To be continued.) )