In this troubled era, food was also a strategic resource and was monitored by the imperial court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

If the imperial court knew that the Liaodong army was hoarding grain on a large scale, even if the Liaodong army did not have any intention of rebellion, it would be suspicious of the imperial court.

Therefore, in the grain deal with several governors in the south of the Yangtze River, the Liaodong Army did not come forward directly, but rented a German freighter and hired a few Germans to come forward. After transporting the grain out to sea and avoiding the eyes and ears of the imperial court, it turned north and sent it to the Yingkou wharf controlled by the Liaodong Army.

Therefore, in the entire Great Qing Kingdom, except for a few people who knew about this transaction, no one else, including the imperial court, knew about it.

Even if people know something, they think that the governors of Jiangnan will trade grain with Germany again, and they will not think about the Liaodong Army.

So, as soon as the staff's opinion was raised, Yuan Shikai agreed.

At the beginning of the court meeting the next day, an imperial historian instructed by Yuan Shikai stood up and told the facts of how the Liaodong army deceived the emperor and blackmailed the court.

After finishing, he said with a face full of righteous indignation: "Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that the intention of the Liaodong Army to do this is already obvious. They want to accumulate strength and plot a rebellion. The imperial court should immediately declare the Liaodong Army to the outside world that it is a rebel army, and use the elite of the official army to eliminate the rebels. ”

"Chen seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal, hoping that the imperial court would do its best to destroy the Liaodong Army and set an example for you!" Several important ministers came forward to agree to Yushi's proposal.

Of course, there are some ministers who hesitate and do not speak.

They recognized the Liaodong Army from the bottom of their hearts, after all, the Liaodong Army had defeated the Japanese army and the Russian army more than once, and such a strong combat force was unique to all the imperial court officers and soldiers.

If the Great Qing State has such an army, then if the great powers want to invade the Great Qing State in the future, then they must think about it.

But when Yuan Shikai announced the evidence of the Liaodong army's bullying of the monarch in the imperial court, and Cixi's face became gloomy little by little. They immediately realized that the Liaodong Army could not be saved.

As a ruler, Cixi was a very conceited person.

She would rather betray the country and watch foreign enemies invade the Great Qing Kingdom, and never allow her subordinates to betray herself and betray the Great Qing Kingdom.

Therefore, when she heard that she had been tricked by the Liaodong Army for more than a month, and that the Liaodong Army still had the idea of plotting to rebel, Cixi's first thought was to be angry, and then she thought of sending troops immediately to eliminate the Liaodong Army.

Similarly, as a ruler, and a ruler who has controlled the government for decades, Cixi's psychological endurance must be stronger than that of most people in the court.

In less than half a minute, Cixi slowly calmed down and began to think about the cost of sending troops to Liaodong.

I don't want to know, I want to be scared.

Although Cixi had never fought, Cixi knew that the imperial court officers and troops would be a little weaker in front of the armies of the two great powers of Japan and Russia before they started fighting, let alone fighting.

However, the Liaodong Army was the elite that defeated 100,000 Russian troops and 100,000 Japanese troops.

To deal with an army with such strong combat effectiveness, how many troops does the official army have to send to destroy the Liaodong Army.

100,000, 200,000, or even 500,000?

With so many troops going out to fight, how much military expenditure will it cost the imperial court? 100,000 taels, 500,000 taels, or even 1,000,000 taels, or more......

Thinking of this, Cixi, who regarded silver as important as face, immediately vetoed the idea of sending troops to Liaodong and destroying the Liaodong army in her heart.

In this case, if you want to solve the rebel army of the Liaodong Army, then Cixi can only think of other ways.

After a pair of clever eyes quickly swept over the court, Cixi, who was not confused, immediately discovered that many of the courtiers who first proposed to eliminate the Liaodong Army were Yuan Shikai's gang.

From this, it can be judged that what happened in the court today must have been organized by Yuan Shikai.

Since it was brought up by Yuan Shikai's organization, with Yuan Shikai's character of never fighting a battle without certainty, there must have been a solution.

"Yuan Aiqing, what do you think the imperial court should do with the rebel army of the Liaodong Army. First of all, the mourning family must tell everyone that this road will definitely not work if heavy troops are dispatched to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army. The Liaodong Army was strong in combat, and the imperial court did not have the strength or the money to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression battle for the time being. ”

After Yuan Shikai gave Cixi a salute, he immediately told the method he had discussed with his staff.

"Blockading Liaodong and letting the Liaodong army collapse without fighting because of lack of food, this is a good way," Cixi said with a happy face.

After finishing, he looked at Yuan Shikai with a look of appreciation and said: "Yuan Aiqing, if this method is completed, you will be the first merit, and the mourning family will definitely reward Aiqing!" ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly shook his head and replied: "Don't reward the minister, I just hope that the queen mother can promise the minister a little early bed." ”

"Once the Liaodong Army collapses without a fight, the minister implores the Queen Mother to agree, and the minister personally leads the Beiyang New Army in the two towns to go out of the customs and enter Liaodong, and personally cut off Yang Xingguo's head and send it to the Queen Mother!"

As long as Cixi is not allowed to spend money, Cixi may agree to anything. Therefore, the happy Cixi agreed without thinking about it.

At this time, many important officials of the court who did not deal with Yuan Shikai much scolded Yuan Shikai for being cunning in their hearts.

After the Liaodong Army was trapped, if it really collapsed without a fight, the sophisticated equipment of the Liaodong Army would definitely fall into the first imperial army to enter Liaodong. Yuan Shikai is now making this request, obviously because Yuan Shikai has taken a fancy to the sophisticated equipment of the Liaodong Army.

Sure enough, Yuan Shikai at this moment still had a serious face on the surface, with an attitude of worrying about the king. But his heart is already happy at the moment.

According to his understanding of the Liaodong Army, in addition to the various weapons equipped by the Beiyang New Army, the Liaodong Army was also equipped with more than 100 heavy artillery that the Beiyang New Army had never seen before, plus a large number of mountain artillery, field artillery, and light and heavy machine guns that could not be bought with silver.

If all these weapons can fall into his own hands, then the Beiyang New Army pulled up by Yuan Shikai will definitely be able to use the weapons and equipment captured from the Liaodong Army to double the army.

Such a good thing and such a good opportunity, of course Yuan Shikai will not let it go, so there was a conversation just now.

At this time, Yang Xingguo did not know that he had been listed as the most important wanted criminal in the imperial court, and the entire Liaodong Army was identified as a rebel by the imperial court, and began to dispatch troops to eliminate the Liaodong Army.

With more and more grain stocks in the hands of the Liaodong Army, and with millions of immigrants with indispensable food, the Liaodong Army can use the millions of immigrants who have almost nothing to do except land reclamation to develop the infrastructure of Liaodong on a large scale.

Huang Xing, who has just been in charge of all government affairs in Liaodong, is worthy of being a celebrity who has left a prestigious name in history, and in just two months, he has sorted out all government affairs in Liaodong through his own means, and began to carry out his duties. (To be continued.) )