Xu Yifan's return to Shanghai this time is no longer the weather when he first came. When he went south from the Northeast Zhenlu, the officials of the two sides of Shanghai Road and Shangguan Road, although they greeted him the same, they were always a little lukewarm. Shanghai is a place in the Liangjiang system, relatively detached, and Xu Yifan didn't know if he could sit firmly in Jiangning at that time, at that time, the two Taoist platforms in Shanghai were exhausted, and the rest was to maintain a cold and onlooker mentality.

But this time it is absolutely different, Xu Yifan has firmly held the authority of Liangjiang, and in a month or two, he has even revealed the atmosphere of Dingge. The situation has dizzled everyone's eyes! Now he has two divisions in southern Liaoning and North Korea, which has become a horn, and no one can beat him anymore. More according to the heavy troops in the two rivers to stabilize the fundamentals. In the name of the whole dynasty, he won over the southern governor to strengthen his momentum, and weakened the Zhili garrison. What is to fight is to watch and provocate, and subvert the idea of the world in one fell swoop!

This time they came to Shanghai by boat, and the two local Taoists knew in their hearts that they had come to negotiate with the British Minister in China and even a special envoy of the British Prime Minister. As soon as the support of foreigners is won over again, Xu Yifan is really no longer restrained, and the next step is to go north to seize the world!

During this time, Beijing officials continued to take a boat from Tianjin to the south to play a trick in the Shanghai Concession, while avoiding the limelight, while seeing if they could camp here in Xu Yifan. The movement of the north also spread from their mouths. As soon as Liu Kun died, Jingshi was in a panic, and he relied on Tan Si and several others to support the overall situation. While rectifying the situation of the DPRK, he tried to organize and train a new army.

Who doesn't know the disadvantages of the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, if it can be refreshed, it will not be able to wait for today. What's more, there is the burden of millions of banner people, and their privileges have been moved, and Tan Sitong is not optimistic about what will happen to him.

This training of the new army also makes people shake their heads. Seeing that Tan Si was fighting with them, he turned out to be in Zhili to form a regiment, preparing to choose the idea of elite army! I thought that this was the Hongyang Rebellion back then, and I could choose the rise of the Hunan Army to prosper the world? The Hunan army is all from the mountains and farmers, and Zhili wants to start a regiment, what are those things! Now in addition to the army around Yanjing City, it is also more stable, and there are incense altars everywhere in Zhili, and the senior brother with a red belt is showing off his power in the township, and he keeps saying that he wants to punish Ermaozi and help protect the Qing Dynasty. If these guys can still crush Xu Yifan's Hundred Battles Praetorian Guards after training, Xu Yifan should find a piece of tofu and kill him.

And it's not just a matter of whether the new army has been trained to be used or not, it's not that there are no people in the Beijing who don't understand, and the mob has gained a name and is overflowing, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe!

The momentum of that head is in full swing, which one is dying and struggling, and now you can count it clearly with your fingers. As long as Xu Yifan doesn't make any big mistakes, he is conservative in his estimation, and he is seventy percent sure of the great cause of Dingge.

At this time, Xu Yifan came to Shanghai, and now if he doesn't pat himself, when will he wait until he slaps his ass?

The China Merchants River steamer that Xu Yifan took went straight to the Gaochang Temple Wharf. At this time, the two Shanghai Dao on the wharf, are dressed and tidy, sincerely waiting in the official pavilion, on the wharf, the archway has been tied, the blowing team is waiting in the river breeze, outside the wharf, full of Shanghai military camps, the manufacturing bureau is on guard. Xu Yifan came secretly, not many people know, there are few people around Gaochang Temple, and the selected hundreds of brave men are standing in the outer circle with their chests and belly protruding, this Xuanhe scene is also filming Xu Dashuai's fart.

greeted Xu Yifan, in addition to the two Daotai, there were also a few officials who went south to Beijing with background, I don't know how many doors they drilled, and how many red envelopes they sent to the two Daotai, so that they could come to welcome Xu Yifan. One by one, they didn't speak in the official pavilion, but they were just wondering in their hearts, what should they do to move Xu Yifan in a word, and seek a background in his team?

The big guy has been looking forward to the west countless times, coming over early in the morning, Jiang Feng drank a stomach, Xu Yifan's boat, when will it come?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ China Merchants Bureau's "Jiangshun" paddle steamer small fireboat is whining down the river. In order to support the operation in southern Liaoning, in addition to maintaining the normal operation of China Merchants, almost all other good ships that can be dispatched have been used. Xu Yifan is going to Shanghai, and it stands to reason that he will draw a good boat over anyway, but Xu Yifan fell in love with this old paddle wheel, watching this small boat bulging the paddle wheel, steam spitting, and struggling to move forward in the river, Xu Yifan spit out a few words at that time: "How riveting and steaming, the royal road!" ”

What other boat better embodies the beauty of steampunk culture than the paddle wheel?

For Xu Yifan's bad taste, this small boat was hastily renovated and became his official ship. Now it is heading straight for Shanghai at a speed of eight knots along the water. Xu Yifan doesn't care about the speed or slowness, there is no harm in letting a few foreign devils and local officialdom in Shanghai and so on.

He had no hope of coming out of the negotiations in Shanghai this time. The British Empire, now is the time to say that it is like the middle of the sky, and the prestige that does not fall is at its peak. The whole world is setting up their chess game and taking on the responsibility of the whole world. He is a small warlord in the Far East, and to be honest, it is better not to overestimate how much weight he has in the chess game of the British Empire. Even if there is a special envoy of the Prime Minister, and now all kinds of British envoys are flying all over the sky, mediating in this place and fanning the flames in that place, it is not too uncommon. A telegram about the negotiation of the meeting, he sneered when he saw it, and the reserve and arrogance of the Anglo-Saxon global empire were all on paper.

He could almost guess the intention of the prime minister's envoy to the Far East, the Qing Empire seemed to be slipping away, and the book was crippled, and the blockade of the Russian Far East was vacated. The main power of the British was not in the Far East, where they needed to rearrange themselves and maintain a stable situation. He Xu Yifan wants to rise to replace the Qing State, yes, the British Empire can be happy to see it, but he Xu Yifan must take out more things, give up more interests, and firmly tie it to the global interests chariot of the British Empire............ But will he be able to say yes?

Crossing over here, there is a bottom limit to everything he has done, that is, history cannot be worse than when he did not arrive. It's a bit pretentious to say, but it's also a basic insistence. The conditions are suitable, it is not impossible to talk about it, after all, now these Anglo-Saxons have the absolute upper hand, and the future development of this country also needs a good international environment. It doesn't hurt to hug the thick thighs of the UK for the time being.

If those guys' conditions are too much, he Xu Yifan can only thank you. Anyway, as long as the negotiations are very early, it proves that the British Empire, at least in the Far East, has regarded him as an important pole in the chess game, and this time the negotiations will not be fruitful, and there will be a next time. As events unfolded, he did not believe that the British Empire would not make concessions in the Far East!

In the final analysis, overthrowing the current Qing Dynasty, which has gone to half of his surname, no longer needs the help of external forces, and negotiating with Britain is also another thing he is worried about. At present, the situation is developing and there is a tendency to slide rapidly in another dangerous direction! In this negotiation, the most important thing he actually has to do is to prove to these white devils that he, Xu Yifan, has the ability to clean up any chaos in this land!

The first comprehensive information of the Northland, when he was about to board the ship, had been delivered to him by Sheng Xuanhuai's Pegasus. No one bothered him on the ship, and for more than a day, he was repeatedly weighing and figuring out the comprehensive information at hand!

The situation in the Northland has developed to such a point............ The hurricane instigated by Xu Yifan has made everything in this last world very different.

He stood beside the bright wheel, watching the iron-clad water wheel seem to roll up the river endlessly, with huge noises and rolling waves, which seemed to indicate how the new era is coming. Standing quietly on the side of the gunwale, Xu Yifan had unconsciously stood for more than an hour, and the river wind blew him cold, but it didn't stop his rapidly spinning brain for a moment.

The atmosphere of Zhili, since the death of Liu Kun, has changed greatly, and the Xiangjiao boxing scene has been in the territory of Zhili, becoming a trend of burning the plain, Shandong and Henan, and also quite a climate. Tan Sitong is now the head of the ministers, and while he is struggling to maintain the situation around Yanjing, he is trying to select these elite boxers and train them into a new army! Brother Tan, Brother Tan, since you have chosen the boat of Yanjing, you should row hard, but do you know what kind of monster you have released?

Xiangjiao, Yihequan, Red Lantern, Gengzi Change, Cixi declared war on the Eleven Kingdoms, and the Eight-Nation Alliance............ The words windmill seemed to be churning in his mind. Historically, this incident came from a combination of domestic factors. The internal cause of the secret society's power in the north, such as Naoli, and the contradiction between the people of the north and the people, was not much different from that in 1895 and 1900. All the ingredients for a popular uprising are in place.

But on the side of the center of the Yanjing Imperial Court, the Gengzi Incident was set off, and there was such a gorgeous and stupid event as declaring war on the Eleven Kingdoms, but none of them have happened?

Wuxu coup, Tan Si and Brother Tan are now working hard, struggling to support the Qing Dynasty, he is much more mature than Tan Sitong in history, and his foundation is much more stable, although Xu Yifan is not optimistic about his current change of law, but it is far from the time of failure. Historically, because of the failure of the Wuxu Incident, the most conservative and corrupt forces of the Qing Dynasty were fully restored, and they redoubled their hostility to all progressive factors, believing that this was the root cause of corrupting the hearts of the people in the world and shaking the Qing Dynasty. These conservative forces have just hit it off with a non-governmental organization like the Boxer Xiangjiao with a very obscurantist surname.

————But now is the time when Tan Si and Brother Tan are in the upper hand, and these conservative ministers are sitting and waiting! These new parties should not be so stupid as to think that they can control such a force with great obscurantism!

The Gengzi incident was so out of control, and the incident of Cixi wanting to set up a big brother also played a great role. After the Wuxu Incident in history, Cixi wanted to oust Guangxu once and for all, and established King Duan's son Pu Jun as the eldest brother, trying to abolish Guangxu. And in order to ensure the political stability of China, the more stable and incompetent the Qing Dynasty, the more suitable it is for their slaughter. At that time, the Western powers attached great importance to all the unstable factors that affected the political stability of the Qing Dynasty, and they wished that China would have trouble every day.

The Western powers oppose Cixi's establishment of the eldest brother, this matter can be stored in the old lady's scales, her power, her own people can't move, and outsiders can't move it! The old lady has been engaged in a subtle balance of power all her life, and she is also confused about the real strength of the Western powers. Listening to a few conservative and well-doing ministers boasting that there are millions of loyal and brave fighters, the number is many times more than the soldiers raised by the Great Qing Dynasty, maybe not as wasted as those soldiers raised. As soon as the brain is hot, in order to keep the position of power and teach the Western white devils a lesson, the old lady will fight with you with the boxers!

————But now, Guangxu is still sitting firmly in his position, because of the threat of Xu Yifan, Cixi has doubled down on the banner of Guangxu, the holy monarch. The mother and son look a lot less knotted, and outsiders see that there is still some sympathy and sympathy in it, not to mention that the mother and son may be fighting now is to use the power of the white devil to restrain him Xu Yifan's idea, how could they use the boxers to fight against the Western powers?

But now, the rebellion of the boxers, which should have appeared five years later, has become in full swing! Could it be that because of his appearance, history changed to the point where the Qing court was cornered, and it was necessary to borrow boxers to deal with him Xu Yifan?

Speaking of the strength of this boxer, he has nothing to be afraid of, dozens of foreign devil guards in the eastern suburbs, plus a little amateur cameo armed personnel, actually resisted the siege of hundreds of thousands of boxers for hundreds of days. Even if it is a cold weapon against a hot weapon, the boxers have a little organization and combat effectiveness, and the eastern suburbs will not last a week at all. When the Eight-Nation Coalition Army landed, the only ones who effectively resisted them for a while were not the boxers, but the students of Nie Shicheng's department and the Beiyang Military Academy.

Now Nie Shicheng is already his younger brother, and the students of the Beiyang Martial Arts Academy have been collected by him. Under his painstaking arrangement, the soldiers of Zhili were almost wiped out by him. Militarily, he has already occupied an absolute advantage, and the so-called provocation by waiting for the opportunity is nothing more than waiting for Tan Si and them to fail in changing the law and reforming, and the center of the Qing Dynasty will take the last road, and then he can officially conquer the world.

He scolded Kang Youwei, so he didn't have any good intentions, he just wanted to help this guy who was enthusiastic and undisciplined, and finally incompetent to get to the top - in fact, there was no Kang Youwei, and Tan Sitong's ability skyrocketed ten times compared to history, and there was nothing to be afraid of. The center of the Great Qing Dynasty is really corrupt and incompetent to the extreme, and the burden of these millions of banner people is even more insurmountable, except for the uprooting of the Qing Dynasty, there is absolutely no possibility of refreshing and improving the success of the system at all!

This foot of water, as long as the time comes, you can jump over!

But what he didn't expect was that this doomed Wuxu coup d'état, somehow, was involved in the Gengzi incident caused by the Xiangjiao boxers! This is also the last thing he wants to see!

Together with the boxers, these forces, which had already gathered together because of the contradictions with the people of the Northland, and even flourished, would inevitably set off actions against the forces of the great powers. Xu Yifan is not afraid of others saying that he is a Han annihilation, at this time, such a trend is the most unbearable for this country now! If the boxers together suddenly become uncontrollable as they have done in history, and there is a diplomatic mission such as besieging the eastern suburbs, the Western powers, who control all the rules of the current world, will inevitably retaliate and maintain their authority in this world. In history, in order to make up for the embarrassment of the Qing Dynasty and the lack of its own army strength, Britain even attracted Germany, the great enemy of Europe, and Russia, which Britain tried to restrict and guard against in the Far East!

Even if it is only five years later, Britain will have to support the Russian forces that have penetrated deep into the northeast to fight back, but in this matter of maintaining the authority of the whites, the dirty things between them and the whites are not worth mentioning.

This world is so bloody, if he Xu Yifan wants to deal with foreign devils, he also has to pull one faction to fight another, and go against the sky to overthrow the combined forces of the Western powers, and it is more realistic to give him a star destroyer when he crosses.

Once the historical events of the Eight-Nation Alliance happened, the choice he Xu Yifan faced was very realistic. Does he fight, or does he not fight? If there is no war, he Xu Yifan has reached his current position by mustering up the nationalist trend of this old empire. In the face of the Eight-Nation Alliance, he only has the heart of self-preservation, so what is the difference between him and the ordinary self-supporting governor?

Historically, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded, and the five southeastern provinces protected themselves. At that time, among the governors of the southeast, it was not that no one wanted to replace the Qing Dynasty. But the big guys looked at each other, they were all cowards who didn't dare to confront foreign devils, and no one looked like they could conform to the destiny of heaven. It's better to make do with it under the Qing system. Once he, Xu Yifan, chooses to protect himself, the southern governors who finally got on the boat will be centrifuged immediately. He Xu Yifan is just an ordinary person, and he is not the best choice in this last world. Once the prestige of the tide of the times is lost, and then it is recovered, I don't know when the time comes!

War, that's the easiest option. It's also a decision that can be made with a rush of blood. To maintain the reputation of the standard-bearer of his time, even if the battle is exhausted, as long as the banner does not fall, there will always be the expectation of winning the world.

But the time was no longer the time for China to change its own dynasty, and he rose up to fight, fighting with his weak strength relative to the great powers. Russia went deep into the northeast, in order to restrain them, then he could have taken this opportunity to recover from a desperate situation, and his painstaking efforts in the First Sino-Japanese War were tantamount to fighting in vain. The last train of this wave of industrialization was irretrievably missed in a melee on the land of China. I don't know how much the vitality of this nation will be damaged!

If you can't get to this point, you have to do your best not to get to this situation!

It's a bit out of control............ The variables of the road ahead have unconsciously increased so much. This road, even if the end is in sight, is still so difficult and dangerous............ He, Xu Yifan, does he think too highly of himself and think that everything is under control?

Thinking of this, Xu Yifan couldn't help but smile to himself. Just as he was turning the situation in the north over and thinking about it, he heard Zhang Peilun's voice ringing in his ears: "Dashuai, I have been reading for a long time in the winter river breeze, but I don't know why Dashuai's heart is so important?" ”

Xu Yifan looked back, Zhang Peilun was standing behind him calmly, also looking at Jiang Jing. His subordinates are basically a radish and a pit now, and Zhang Peilun is not in the name, he can follow him around, and he can also be a counselor at any time. Xu Yifan had been standing outside for so long, he thought that Xu Yifan had been thinking about negotiating with the British.

"Dashuai, there is no need to think too much about talking with the British, there is no need to talk about things in the world at one time, they all change with the times, and there can be a result in the end. If the commander is afraid that the plate they open is too big, this time it will be a general listening, anyway, as long as we manage our own strength well, we can be enough to overwhelm the center, and then the British can only deal with us, what else can not be discussed? ”

Xu Yifan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "............ I'm worried about the current situation in the Northland............" He was thinking too deeply just now, and he couldn't help but blurt out these words.

Zhang Peilun looked at Xu Yifan, the summary of information from the north, he naturally saw it, he was so worried about Xu Yifan, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Dashuai, this is a good thing!" Since ancient times, those who have used this to scatter the power of the folk club have rarely been undefeated. The imperial court is also sick and rushed to the doctor, Tan Sitong, a scholar! The more chaotic the Northland, wouldn't there be more opportunities for the handsome? What do they do, let's just see, and then the world doesn't expect the big marshal to clean up the situation? Now I'm afraid they're not sinking deep enough, not fast enough! If the marshal is worried about this, there is no need. What we have to do now is just sit on the sidelines! ”

In a general sense, you, Zhang Youqiao, are right. But times are different now............ You don't know what the result will be if they make a big fuss!

Xu Yifan smiled bitterly in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Youqiao, you said that we should raise troops to the north now and clean up the chaos in the north, can you?" ”

Zhang Peilun was stunned and said strangely: "Dashuai, why did you think of this?" According to the provocation, this provocation has not yet started, how can it be moved lightly? The layout of the world is to force the court into a desperate situation, so that they can go to the last road in a hurry, and now everything is going on as the layout of the handsome, why is the handsome in a hurry? ”

He looked at Xu Yifan with a straight face: "I, Zhang Youqiao, was also a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, but in the last days, I had to turn my back on the court and find a way out!" All the things that the marshal did were heaven and man, and I, Zhang Youqiao, did not hesitate to be the second minister and the counselor of the marshal. Seeing that it is the last step, Dashuai has done so many things right before, why can't he hold back this last leap now? Now the last breath of the imperial court has not been extinguished, the southern governor has not yet been integrated, although the Praetorian Guard is said to be six towns, but it has not yet been finally organized, this is not waiting for the time to be ripe, rashly go north, once there is a setback, I don't know how many variables will be added! ”

This is because Lao Tzu expected Wuxu, but he didn't expect that this Gengzi incident would probably happen in advance! Xu Yifan thought viciously in his heart, his eyebrows furrowed.

Hey, along the way, I should have expected that there is nothing easy in this world. Now that the situation is out of control, it is nothing more than a way to take the situation back into our hands! Yuan Shikai, this kid, seems to have a natural sense of smell for the overall situation, and he actually didn't go north with the Yi army, but telegraphed himself to infiltrate Zhili Zuojin to find out in what direction the chaos in the north is developing. It seems that this kid is about to make a big contribution again, and the famous heroes in history really can't be underestimated............ You must act in advance to control this unexpected variable! Alas, I've been busy for a while, and I don't know how many brain cells will die............ Xu Yifan gritted his teeth and thought fiercely, and suddenly he slapped the railing of the ship's side and shouted at the sky: "Ahhh~~~~~~~~hh ”

After shouting, he shook his hand and walked towards the cabin: "Youqiao, when will you arrive in Shanghai?" The two Taoist platforms in Shanghai were originally going to disturb them for a feast and give Shanghai officialdom a little face, but now Lao Tzu has no time! There are some things that I have to sort out now! Tomorrow we will see that envoy of X Mao, return to Jiangning as soon as possible, there are some things, we have to arrange now!

(To be continued)