Yuan Shikai agreed to exchange immigrants and food for prisoners, and Yang Xingguo was not surprised by this result. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After all, Yuan Shikai had already jumped into the trap he dug for him, except for doing what he said, he Yuan Shikai had no way to get out of the trap.

After the big problem was determined, Yang Xingguo handed over all the remaining transaction details to Zhou Zhongju, who had just arrived in Fengtian City.

Because, the Qin messenger sent by the imperial court has already arrived outside the city of Fengtian.

Compared with a hero like Yuan Shikai, the imperial court is more like a lamb to the slaughter. In addition, he holds a prince of the imperial court in his hand. Yang Xingguo is confident that he will definitely be able to reap a lot of benefits from the hands of the imperial court.

Perhaps it was because of the repeated explanations of the imperial court that the Zhengerpin Qincha who was sent was not as arrogant and unsightly as the Qincha that Yang Xingguo had seen before.

After the two sides reached both sides of the negotiation table successively, Qin Cha did not shirk the blame, and directly stated that the imperial court wanted the Liaodong Army to release Zaitao and all the forbidden army prisoners, and to give up Shanhaiguan.

Yang Xingguo did not refuse, but asked thoughtfully: "What about the conditions?" There is no problem in letting these people go, but the imperial court must give me a condition that satisfies all the officers and men of the Liaodong Army. After all, the troops attacked the three northeastern provinces in four ways, and this battle was initiated by you, and my Liaodong Army also lost a lot of brothers! ”

"But you also occupied the three eastern provinces, and it was the Liaodong Army that took the initiative to attack." Qin Cha couldn't help but say. ”

Yang Xingguo was not only not angry, but also smiled, and then chased and asked: "You mean, the imperial court has recognized the three northeastern provinces as belonging to my Liaodong Army!" ”

Seeing that Yang Xingguo had seen through the bottom line of the negotiation given to him by the imperial court, Qin Cha no longer concealed it, and replied directly: "Yes, the imperial court recognizes the actual control of the Liaodong Army over the three northeastern provinces, and will appoint Commander Yang as the governor of the three eastern provinces." ”

"But the imperial court has conditions, and the Liaodong Army must release all the captured soldiers of the forbidden army and the king of the county. There are also more than a dozen ships of the Beiyang Fleet, all of which must be returned to the imperial court. ”

Yang Xingguo met the other party's gaze and replied: "Joke, without the permission of the imperial court, the three northeastern provinces are still my Liaodong Army." Could it be that the imperial court still has a way to make the fat that the Liaodong army has already eaten in its mouth and spit it out. ”

"As for the position of the governor of the three northeastern provinces, if the imperial court does not give it, I, Yang Xingguo, have my own way to force the imperial court to give it to me. Don't forget, Shanhaiguan is now stationed in the Liaodong Army, as long as I send a division of troops to enter the customs from Shanhaiguan, I believe that everyone in the imperial court will not be able to sleep at night because of this. ”

"You...... Commander Yang, you are forcing the imperial court. Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will gather all the national strength of the Qing Dynasty and fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army. I believe that when that time comes, the Liaodong Army will not be able to stand it! Yang Xingguo's shamelessness at the negotiation table deeply shocked this Qincha from the imperial court, and he asked with a pair of eyes full of anger.

Yang Xingguo replied indifferently: "Gathering all the national strength of the Qing Dynasty, why do I sound so funny." If the imperial court still has this strength, it is not you who are here today, but the troops drawn by the imperial court from all over the country. ”

"Don't say too much about scary words, you know the current situation of the imperial court better than me, if nothing else, the imperial court is still thinking about countermeasures, how to give an explanation to those feudal officials in Jiangnan. The new army that people spent a lot of money and effort to build was ruined by the imperial court on the northeast battlefield before they could use it. ”

"If the imperial court can't give them a satisfactory explanation, it will be even more difficult to let them send troops in the future."

Yang Xingguo's point-to-point answer directly caused the imperial court to be silent for two minutes, and then replied helplessly.

"Commander Yang, what conditions do you need to agree to release all the forbidden army captives and county kings, and return all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division to the imperial court."

"Give me the position of governor of the three northeastern provinces, this is a prerequisite for negotiations."

"As for the captives, it will be necessary for the court to redeem them from me with silver, or equivalent supplies and population. In this war, our Liaodong Army also lost a lot of soldiers, whether it was the disability pension or the consumption of ammunition and materials, it cost silver. ”

Yang Xingguo's idea, the imperial court must have expected it a long time ago. As soon as the words came out, Qin Cha said: "Two hundred thousand taels of silver in exchange for all the prisoners and all the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division captured by your army." ”

Although the price of 200,000 taels of silver was far lower than his expectations, the other party quoted this price as soon as he came up, and he didn't say a word, which directly made Yang Xingguo have a puzzled expression on his face, and began to slander in his heart, when did the imperial court become so generous.

What Yang Xingguo didn't expect was that this was not the generosity of the imperial court, but the generosity of the families of the officers of the forbidden army and the Beiyang Naval Division in the prisoner camp.

Especially the forbidden army, because they are all Manchus, except for Zaitao, the king of the county, there are many remaining standard systems and management belts...... are all relatives of the emperor or important ministers of the court.

When I saw that the imperial court attached so much importance to the forbidden army, they all regarded the forbidden army as a gilded place.

As a result, as long as there was a little power among the Manchus, young people tried every means to get a half-official position in the forbidden army.

I didn't expect that the forbidden army that specialized in protecting the capital would also go out to fight, and the first battle would be annihilated.

In order to rescue these imperial relatives and family children from the hands of the Liaodong Army, as long as there are officials in their families, they have asked the imperial court to stop the war, negotiate with the Liaodong Army, and redeem the family members captured by the Liaodong Army.

In their opinion, as long as they can keep these excellent reserves of the family, the status of the family can be maintained forever.

And having status means that the family can obtain a steady stream of wealth.

Therefore, when they asked the court to negotiate with the Liaodong Army, these people also promised the court that as long as they could redeem their families. No matter how much silver the court pays, let them bear it themselves in the end.

In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, as a person in power, whether it is a relative of the emperor or an important minister of the imperial court, he has made a relatively rich family property, not to mention millions of taels of silver, hundreds of thousands of taels and hundreds of thousands of taels are still available.

The court was very clear about this, so it had the confidence to send people to talk to the Liaodong Army about the redemption of prisoners.

Of course, Yang Xingguo didn't know this, but Qin Cha's abnormal attitude still made him see some clues, and he was more sure that as long as he manipulated it well, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money from the imperial court.

Soon, a solution appeared in Yang Xingguo's mind.

His face sank, and he sneered at Qin Cha: "Two hundred thousand taels of silver, even the pension for the dead and wounded soldiers is not enough, are you calling Huazi?" Since the imperial court has no sincerity in negotiating, then this negotiation will be forgotten. It just so happens that the Liaodong Army lacks young people, so send all of them to the mine to mine, and you can earn me 200,000 taels of silver in half a year at most! ”