Back in the Senior Administration Garden, Hu Chuyuan saw Lu Guangquan who was waiting for him.

Lu Guangquan was wearing a new olive green military uniform copied from the United States, with the only rank of lieutenant general in the army, wearing a pair of shiny black leather shoes, and was waiting silently in the living room of the Information Administration Garden.

The windows in the living room were closed, and there was smoke inside, and the ceramic ashtray beside Lu Guangquan was full of cigarette butts.

Lu Guangquan has a very special habit, when he smokes, he hates to open windows, or air with wind and convection, and his addiction to smoking is getting worse and worse, and he has to smoke a pack and a half of cigarettes every day.

Hu Chuyuan walked into the living room, frowning slightly from the smell of smoke.

Lu Guangquan suddenly got up and saluted him: "Prime Minister! ”

It stands to reason that there is no need for it, but Lu Guangquan still can't help it...... After all, it's been so many years.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, glanced at Lu Guangquan carefully, stayed up all night without sleeping, smoked all night, his eyes were black, his eyes were full of bright red bloodshots, and his spirit was not bad.

It can be seen that Lu Guangquan's deep emotions are also extremely complicated.

He was unwilling, and he was also a little apprehensive and anxious.

Hu Chuyuan walked silently to the big chair on the north side and sat down steadily, indifferent to make people feel gloomy.

Lu Guangquan waited silently, standing in place, not daring to sit down.

He finally understands now, as long as Hu Chuyuan does not die, China still has the final say on Hu Chuyuan, not to mention the administrative officials in various places, even Lu Han, Duan Qirui, Ye Fu, even his descendants Sun Yuanheng and Li Kaiye do not dare to act rashly.

He understood that he had only been used by Hu Chuyuan for so many years.

After a while, the others brought tea to Hu Chuyuan, and Hu Chuyuan also drank half a cup before he said, "Sit down." ”

Lu Guangquan sat down silently, without squinting, carefully covering his inner world.

Hu Chuyuan continued to drink tea, waited for a moment before sighing, and said: "These days are really hard for you, I know that I must be unhappy in my heart, you understand, I asked you to do things as fiercely as possible, just to leave me more room for maneuver." At the end of the day, I'm sacrificing your political future for my personal good. I understand this, you understand. ”

Lu Guangquan immediately replied: "My lord, I understand, and I am willing." As long as it is for the prosperity and prosperity of the country, I, Lu Guangquan, can do everything...... I can do these things for adults, and my heart is very satisfied. ”

Hu Chuyuan sneered, but he looked dissatisfied, and said: "Guangquan, we are also brothers, don't be so polite." I know you're uncomfortable...... I'm sorry for you, I know this very well. What about me...... I dare not say that one day when I step down, the position of prime minister will be handed over to you, the situation in the world is changing all the time, and there are indeed more suitable candidates now...... I can't make such a promise to you, but I can tell you for sure that China will become a world power, and even this current difficulty can be overcome. I can also tell you more certainly, thanks to you, I will come back this time, all the conditions have been met, and I will really do a great job; I can also tell you that one day, China will become the most powerful country in the world...... And, while I'm still alive, we'll surely be able to open our eyes and see that day. ”

Hearing such words, the entanglements in Lu Guangquan's heart seemed to dissipate in an instant, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "My lord, are you finally going to go out and do a big job?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Otherwise...... Why should I sacrifice you? ”

Lu Guangquan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It's worth sacrificing." Besides, I didn't have a broken arm or leg, but I was scolded by the squires for a few months. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "Actually, I also want you to see clearly that there are still too many conservative forces in this country after all, and if you don't expose it, they won't expose it." As soon as you are exposed, they will rush out like shrews scolding the streets. Time is always the best weapon against these people. We have to take a long-term view and not rush to fight with them. ”

Lu Guangquan had to nod slightly convincingly, and asked again: "My lord, what are you going to do now?" ”

Hu Chuyuan drank tea, pondered for a while, and said: "For now, let's reorganize the cabinet first, you are still the Minister of the Army, and there is basically no major change in personnel, Zhang Zhidong replaced Rong Lu and was transferred to the Governor of the Northeast, and Zhang Baixi was transferred to Liangguang." Huo Hongji served as the Minister of Internal Affairs, and Ouyang Geng served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. That's basically all there is to it. The Green Battalion should be abolished at the same time, all localities should reorganize their armed police forces, and each province should set up a corps under the jurisdiction of the governors and governors of various localities, and the army and navy should no longer be under the jurisdiction of the governors and governors, and all military expenditures should be paid by the central government. ”

After a pause, he said again: "It just so happens that in this process, we will remove the guns of the Green Battalion troops and use them to expand the new army, and the armed police forces in the inland provinces do not need to be equipped with weapons for the time being." ”

Lu Guangquan couldn't help but applaud: "That's great, the green battalions in various places add up to at least more than 600,000 Jiangnan rifles, as long as 300,000 are drawn, we can expand the new army of 25 divisions." ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "After the cabinet is reorganized, you will be responsible for these things." As for the rest, you don't have to worry too much, I'm ready for it. Of course, we hope to delay for another four or five years, and then go to war with the Russians and ourselves when everything is ready, but if they have to fight now, we will sacrifice our lives to fight with them. ”

Lu Guangquan said: "My lord, don't worry, I have been preparing for this big battle for the past few months, and the reserve divisions of each corps have been expanded to the size of three divisions, and new recruits can be transferred at any time to replenish the source of troops." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded, and he didn't need to say anything else.

What kind of person Lu Guangquan is, he knows it in his heart.

Yes, he took advantage of Lu Guangquan, this is a personal vendetta, will Lu Guangquan retaliate...... It's really unknown, but it certainly won't be at this time of national crisis...... What's more, the current Lu Guangquan does not have enough strength.

After Lu Guangquan left, the information administration garden returned to the tranquility of the past.

Once again, it has become Hu Chuyuan's world, and China is still in his hands.

After a short rest in the senior administration garden, the next day, Hu Chuyuan began to formally perform the duties and powers of the prime minister, and first let Sun Zongyuan serve as his general co-leader Zhang Jing.

During Lu Guangquan's tenure, Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan has approved the implementation of a new constitution, according to the new constitution, the prime minister's power has been further expanded, with military command and army commanding power, although the internal and external ministers are retained, the internal and external ministers are no longer responsible to the emperor, but only to the prime minister.

The actual power has been controlled by Hu Chuyuan, who is responsible for drawing up the list of all cabinet ministers, although it still needs the approval of Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, but it is only a formality.

After so many years of training, the cards in Hu Chuyuan's hand are very large, enough for him to organize two sets of cabinets.

After a few days of deliberation, on August 21, Hu Chuyuan submitted a new seventeen-member cabinet list, and the overall change was not big, except that the Manchus retreated on all fronts, and the governors, governors, and admirals of the provinces were no longer Manchu.

Zhang Zhidong was appointed as the new governor of the three eastern provinces, with the titles of minister of the Taibao and the Qincha, and it was not difficult to stabilize the situation in the northeast with his ability. Zhang Baixi refused to go out, and for the sake of his friendship in the past, Hu Chuyuan talked with him all night and persuaded him to serve as the president of the newly established Yenching University of Foreign Chinese.

In the following days, Hu Chuyuan personally met with ministers of various countries and announced that the military coup had ended, and that the Qing Dynasty still maintained a constitutional monarchy, which was only a more civilized reform, and that Emperor Guangxu was personally willing to give up more rights to ensure the reform of the country's political system.

On this basis, he took the lead in reaching a consensus with Britain, the United States, Germany, and Austria, and each country officially recognized the legitimate surname of the existing Qing Zheng Axe, and the Qing Zheng Axe and the church organization privately negotiated compensation for the losses caused by the Boxer Movement to the civil church organizations in various countries, and the political axe no longer cared about this.

In domestic politics, Hu Chuyuan has reservations about some of the things that Lu Guangquan forcibly carried out before, and some of them have been suspended.

For example, when it comes to cutting braids, he gives the people and officials the right to choose freely, except for soldiers and diplomatic officials, Manchus and Han people can cut it and stay, and there are no forced regulations.

On the issue of the dismantling of the Green Battalion, he forcibly continued to insist on abolishing the world military system and fully implementing the conscription system, but he also handed over the new armed police force to the governors and prefects of various localities to ease the contradictions between the central and local governments in the struggle for military power.

At the same time as the Green Battalion was abolished, preparations were made for the establishment of a police system and a police department throughout the country, and young soldiers from the Green Battalion were recruited to supplement the police force and the armed police force, so as to prevent the problem of mutiny in the Green Battalion.

Officers of the newly established armed police force are uniformly selected from military academies and the new army, and are also organized and trained in a new style.

The military attachés of the Green Battalion General and above temporarily retain their official positions and eat empty salaries, and when they reach 60, they will be unified to the officers.

Regarding the issue of Lu Guangquan's abolition of the imperial examination system, Hu Chuyuan retained it, but carried out new reforms...... The examination can be continued, the problem is not to give an official position, if you want to be an official, you can go to the provincial erudite hall to re-study for four years, and then take the new administrative public examination at all levels and majors, or directly enter the newly established Central University of Political Science and Law.

Ability, prestige, skill, vision...... All the differences between Hu Chuyuan and Lu Guangquan have been reflected in just half a month.

Once Hu Chuyuan comes back, all the problems at home and abroad seem to be solved, and he is also reforming, but not too many people will oppose it.

What's more, most of the governors, governors, and Taoist platforms in the country are his people, even if they are not his people, they have to give some face, as long as the various provincial decrees issued by him can basically be effectively penetrated in the locality.

Within half a month, Hu Chuyuan completely stabilized the domestic situation, so that everyone had to admire him and admit it...... If you want to control the situation in China, there is no second person except him.

Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Baixi, Lu Guangquan...... and the like, and the gap with him is simply 108,000 miles.

Such a change...... It really shocked the entire international community, originally thought it was a big chaos, but no one thought that as soon as Hu Chuyuan came back, there would be no problems, but China would take a step forward and be more difficult to deal with than before.

This is really unconvincing.

As of September, political and economic exchanges between China and foreign countries had gradually returned to normal, and Britain, the United States, Germany, and Austria began to adopt rather severe wording, demanding that the Entente stop building up troops in the Far East in order to avoid a large-scale military conflict in the Far East and undermine the economic and trade exchanges and interests of various countries.

At this time, the three organizations of the Entente were also hesitating, and the original reason for aggression could no longer gain a foothold, but if they were so helpless to withdraw their troops and cancel the war mobilization...... How can they be willing?

(To be continued)