As Wang Jundao expected, Yuan Shikai did know the general situation of Tai'an, and he only heard about the changes in Tai'an Mansion a month ago, but because there was no problem with the report given to him by the officials of Tai'an Mansion, especially the summer tax silver was also presented in advance, which made him extremely relieved in Tai'an Mansion, so he didn't take the changes in Tai'an Mansion to heart at all, but then he heard about what happened in Tai'an Mansion one after another, and he gradually realized: Tai'an Mansion may really have an accident.

Half a month ago, he really paid attention to the affairs of Tai'an Mansion for the first time, and sent people to Tai'an Mansion for the first time to investigate, but because Tai'an Mansion was very tightly blocked, and the "Net" intelligence organization formed by Li Jinghua and Wang Jundao had already begun to operate, it took Yuan Shikai's people half a month to find out the general situation of what happened in Tai'an Mansion.

Knowing the situation in Tai'an Mansion, Yuan Shikai was almost stunned at that time. Since he came to Jinan Mansion to take up the post of governor of Shandong, he has been desperately expanding his troops, training according to the Western military system, and at the same time training his soldiers' combat effectiveness with the Boxers in the northeast of the mountain, which is also the reason why he has always violated Cixi's will and did not let the Boxers develop.

This made him not pay special attention to the people's livelihood in Shandong and the situation in other parts of Shandong, he never expected that his army expansion operation was just on the right track, the Boxers in the northeast of Shandong had not been resolved, and there was a more terrifying tiger army than the Boxers in the south. When the time comes, it is a trivial matter to lose the black gauze hat and let so many years of hard work turn into ashes, but I am afraid that my little life will be over.

He immediately found his sworn eldest brother, Xu Shichang, who is also his current number one adviser and staff, and explained everything to him before asking, "Big brother, what do you say I should do now?" ”

After reading the information, Xu Shichang sighed and said: "The Tiger Ben Army is full-fledged, brother, if you want to completely extinguish it, it is much more difficult than the uprising and the regiment." ”

"The difficulty must be extinguished, otherwise you and I will not be able to eat and walk around then." Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly. He is actually very aggrieved in his heart, he has just been in Shandong for half a year, he has huge financial support, and the position of the governor is orthodox, desperately developing, expanding and training the new army, and finally pulled up tens of thousands of new troops, this Wang Jundao is good, less than half a year, starting from scratch, and then pulling up tens of thousands of tiger army, tiger and tiger army, just hearing this name is scary enough, even if the tiger army is holding a big sword and spear, with his current strength, it may not be able to exterminate it. Now the Boxers in the northeast of the mountain add up to twenty or thirty thousand, he spent more than half a year without extermination, of course, there are factors to take the Boxers to train soldiers, but the Boxers are really powerful, he has now forced the Boxers to retreat again and again, but I didn't expect this matter to be over, the Tiger Ben Army is here again, I thought that I could build up my own stable power based on densely populated, fierce folk customs and rich resources in Shandong, but I didn't expect it to become precarious now, the hatred in his heart!

"Brother, if you do this, even if you defeat the Tiger Army, you won't have much money left in your family now?" Xu Shichang looked at Yuan Shikai and said, in the past few years, he has followed Yuan Shikai and knows Yuan Shikai's details and Yuan Shikai's difficulties. Although both men have their own political ambitions, they do have patriotic fervor, and although they sometimes disagree with each other because of their different opinions, there is no gap.

"So what the hell is to do?" Yuan Shikai asked helplessly.

"If you can't fight, we will recruit, Song Jiang was in Liangshan Shuibo back then, wasn't he recruited later?" Xu Shichang thought for a while and said.

"How? The Tiger Ben Army fought against the Qing Dynasty, and its strength was far stronger than Song Jiang, how could we recruit them? Yuan Shikai shook his head and said. He is obviously not optimistic about this Zhao'an, he is not Song Huizong, he can't give Hu Benjun the real surname, and he can't even give the most basic reputation.

"Brother, I know what you're thinking, they are fighting the banner of anti-Qing Dynasty, we happen to be not the Qing court, even if we can't recruit them, then we can demarcate with them, it's a big deal that in the future, we want the northeast of the mountain, and they want the southeast of the mountain." Xu Shichang said in a deep voice. In fact, he admired the slogan of the Tiger Ben Army's 'drive out the Tartars, restore China, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and resist the foreign powers', but he still had some loyalty to the monarch in his bones.

"No, a northeast of the mountain is not enough for me to develop, I am the governor of Shandong, naturally I want the whole Shandong, the Tiger Army now only occupies Tai'an Mansion, I directly let the patrol battalion army of Yanzhou Mansion, Jining Mansion, Caozhou Mansion, and Yizhou Mansion go north, and at the same time order the patrol battalion of Qingzhou Mansion to go west, I personally lead the new army of Jinan Mansion to the south and attack Tai'an Mansion from all sides, I don't believe that the Tiger Army can fly with wings." Yuan Shikai was silent for a while and said coldly. He knew that as long as he could exterminate the Tiger Army, then he would be able to completely control Shandong, so that the entire Shandong would obey his orders, and the Qing court would pay full attention to him, so it would not be long before he would advance again.

"Brother, do you want to use Shandong as a foundation? And then try to develop further? Xu Shichang looked at him and asked.

"Yes, I have been traveling everywhere over the years, North Korea, Northeast China, Tianjin, Shandong, like a lost dog, although it has made a great name, but I can't find a real place as a real foundation, Shandong is vast, rich in resources, densely populated, and the people are fierce, which is suitable for development, especially with a population of 30 million, which is enough for me to build a real army, if I can completely control Shandong, then the east can trade with foreigners, the west can occupy the Central Plains, the south can annex Jiangnan, and the north can enter Beijing to protect the country." Yuan Shikai said proudly. He didn't want to have the sword of the Tiger Ben Army in his abdomen, which would probably kill him at any time.

"Alas, since my brother has made up his mind, how can I say much for my brother? You decide. Xu Shichang said with a sigh. Although he is not optimistic about the extermination of the Tiger Army, he will not stop it, because he has been by Yuan Shikai's side for a long time, he knows Yuan Shikai's surname very well, he is decisive and ruthless, and he will think carefully about things, but once it is decided, it will not be changed, if he blocks it again, he is afraid that it will make Yuan Shikai unhappy and cause the brothers to disagree, but he still can't help but say: "Brother, we haven't solved the Boxer Rebellion in the north yet, if we divide our troops to the south and fight on two fronts, isn't it good?" ”

"It's okay, the Boxers are now being beaten back by us, they are already grasshoppers after the autumn, and they won't be able to jump for a few days, so I will give an order to let the new army bloodily suppress the Boxers, and use all the foreign guns I am equipped with." Yuan Shikai said sharply. Since he had to face the Tiger Army, there was no need for him to use the Boxers to train his troops.

"Hmm." Xu Shichang nodded, he also felt that it was time to finally solve the Boxers in Shandong, and he still had an idea, if the Boxers were given the final blow in this way, the Boxers would definitely run north, run north, wouldn't that be Zhili? At that time, Zhili will be in turmoil, and no matter who the great powers and the Qing political axe are, they will be tired and busy, Yuan Shikai can develop quietly in Shandong, and if there is an accident, then he can also enter the king of Beijing as soon as possible, and he will definitely get great credit.

If Wang Jundao was here, and he knew what Xu Shichang was thinking, he was afraid that he couldn't help but clap his palms in admiration.

(ps: There is another chapter in the evening, Huangfeng is here to ask for collection, please recommend, please reward...... ）