The Beijing New Deal delegation inspected the three eastern provinces for a month, and its main itinerary was arranged in Shenyang New District, Liaoyang, Changchun, Haicheng, Jinzhou, and other places.

Cixi did let Zaifeng come to hit the wall, but he didn't let him come to die, in case he was really killed, it was a thorny question whether to pursue or not, and it would be more embarrassing than the matter of establishing a domain.

After discussing with Zhang Zhidong and Yin Chang, Yin Chang accompanied Zaifeng to Liaoyang to inspect the new industrial policies of the three eastern provinces, while Song Biao accompanied Zhang Zhidong to Changchun to inspect agriculture.

With the increase of external experts and research projects, the Fengtian Agricultural Research Institute was expanded to the Northeast Agricultural Research Institute at the beginning of the year, and a large-scale research base was set up in the Changchun Military Reclamation Bureau.

Changchun Military Reclamation Bureau is located in Changling County, West Changchun, Changchun Prefecture and Nong'an County, Fubei, covering an area of about 40 kilometers, a total of 1,525 square kilometers, about 150,000 hectares of land, in the entire three eastern provinces of the military reclamation, official reclamation bureau in the middle and upper area scale, currently mainly planting soybeans, sugar beets and other agricultural crops, with the Northeast Agricultural Research Institute to engage in improved seed research.

After accompanying Zhang Zhidong to arrive at the Changchun Military Reclamation Bureau, Song Biao carefully inspected the six main local planting demonstration areas and 14 improved seed cultivation bases, at this time, the three eastern provinces are entering a new stage in the research of improved varieties, from the early large-scale introduction of foreign varieties to local cultivation, the current selection of Changchun soybean seed No. 3 compared with the United States and Germany, and other local bean varieties have a higher oil yield and comprehensive high yield, disease resistance effect, and more suitable for the local environment of the three eastern provinces.

The average oil yield of soybeans in the world is generally about 15%, and it can be regarded as the best variety if it can reach 18%, while the oil yield of soybeans in the three eastern provinces is generally not less than 18%, which is very popular in the international market, and the price should be relative to the international average price level, and the newly launched Changchun No. 3 can reach 20% of the oil yield.

In addition to Changchun No. 3, there are six new bean varieties being researched and cultivated by the Northeast Agricultural Research Institute in various parts of the three eastern provinces, four varieties of sugar beet, three varieties of potatoes, and six varieties of corn and spring wheat.

After inspecting Changchun, Song Biao and Zhang Zhidong continued to the Mudanjiang Military Reclamation Bureau to inspect the local animal husbandry demonstration research base.

Under the leadership of the governors' offices of the three eastern provinces, the military reclamation bureaus in various localities are becoming the main driving force for promoting the development of agriculture in Northeast China, which is not only the development base for large-scale agricultural planting and animal husbandry, but also a research base, and the 14 military reclamation bureaus in the three provinces have an area of 3 million hectares of cultivated land, and at the same time have a large amount of forest and pasture land, actively promoting the development of reclamation and large-scale agriculture in the three eastern provinces.

On the other hand, the Bureau of Military Reclamation usually adopts the method of long-term cooperative operation, leasing its subordinate military reclamation farms to grain and animal husbandry companies and peasant households for operation, collecting rents and purchasing agricultural products according to agreements, so as to reduce direct management and operation.

Following Song Biao's inspection of agricultural issues in the three eastern provinces, Zhang Zhidong had a better understanding of the new policies of the three eastern provinces, and sighed infinitely in his heart.

This is a very obvious fact, according to the agricultural development plan of the three eastern provinces, it is expected that the total agricultural output value will be expanded to 2 billion silver won in Kanto around 1910, of which the soybean industry alone will reach 500 million silver yuan, and the export will reach 360 million silver yuan.

The sugar beet industry will reach the scale of producing 150,000 tons of sugar in 1910, which can not only meet the consumption of northern China and meet the development needs of the local grain industry, but also can be exported to the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan and North Korea on a large scale.

In the field of animal husbandry, the plan of the three eastern provinces was to expand the production capacity of 40,000 tons of milk powder and the breeding number of 600,000 fine cashmere sheep in 1910, including the development of large-scale breeding of horses, cattle, goats and special breeding, and to expand the scale of the industry.

If the three eastern provinces can really realize this plan, the three eastern provinces will only rely on the agricultural output value to exceed the scale of the economy, considering the area of the three eastern provinces, especially the area of cultivated land and the advantages of local agriculture, this is completely possible to achieve the goal in the short term.

For such a majestic goal, Zhang Zhidong, who accompanied Song Biao all the way to inspect, could feel not only surprise and embarrassment, but also a sense of shock and distress that could not be described in words.

From taking the train from Mudanjiang to Huinan to return to Fengtianfu, Zhang Zhidong no longer knew how to work hard to avoid the tragedy of the Qing Zheng Axe in the Guannai, in short, he really couldn't tell how terrifying a three eastern provinces that were economically stronger than the provinces in the Guannai combined.

When Song Biao and Zhang Zhidong returned to Fengtian, Yin Chang and Zaifeng also happened to return to Fengtian, and the Jingshi New Deal Investigation Group successfully completed all the inspection matters, and they were ready to return to Beijing.

After inspecting the three eastern provinces, I saw the thriving situation in the three provinces, the factories in various places, and the huge scale of production, as well as the rumbling tens of thousands of machinery and equipment, including the rapid development and development of the railway.

From the boom of "recovering mining rights," "protecting roads," and "saving the country through industry," which gradually emerged in 1904, the "Chaoyi Shimbun" described it so exaggeratedly: Rich Chinese "are in a frenzy, they mortgage land, empty their wallets to build Western-style industries", according to statistics, from 1904 to 1911, a total of 650 new-style factories were opened by private capital across the country, most of which were silk reeling, flour, and textiles, while machinery, metallurgy, and mining accounted for only 10%.

At this time, there were 9,453 new-style enterprises registered in the three eastern provinces, including minerals, cement, food, textiles, metallurgy, chemical industry, sugar, feed, glass, ceramics, oil, real estate, boilers, machinery, fertilizers, dyes, gunpowder, ships, trains, military industry, hardware, electrical, communications, and pharmaceuticals...... There are almost all the factories that can be had, the local supply of minerals has rapidly increased to 72 kinds, and the financial industries such as finance, insurance, and securities companies have gradually improved, with 23 local domestic and foreign banking companies, and more than 44 local companies with a registered capital of more than 10 million silver yuan, of which there are more than 13 domestic and foreign banks alone, and the subsidiaries and holding companies of the Far East consortium occupy 1/3 of the 44.

Such an industrial scale is so amazing and enviable in Zai Feng's view, but what Zhang Zhidong sees is another kind of extreme strength, and what he sees is the development of American-style large-scale planting and animal husbandry, and what he sees is the other side of the development and expansion of the Northeast New Army in the three eastern provinces.

On April 7, 1908, more than 40 officials returned to Beijing on the train of the Jingbong Railway.

For the three eastern provinces, they not only learned a lot of new things, but also understood why Song Biao, as the governor of the three eastern provinces, was so domineering, and why he didn't take the Qing political axe in his eyes...... I see!

Back to the Beijing Division, Zaifeng, Zhang Zhidong, and Yin Chang were summoned by Cixi to have a secret talk, what the four of them talked about, no one knows except them, it is said that Zhang Zhidong said the truth, he said, in his opinion, the expenditure of the Northeast New Army is probably far more than 10 million taels of silver per year, which is equivalent to twice that of the Beiyang New Army, in addition to the 140,000 New Army, Song Biao controls about 200,000 militia troops in the three eastern provinces, and the equipment and training are also excellent, not necessarily weaker than the new army in other provinces.

Zhang Zhidong's words, as well as his truthful report on the new policy in Northeast China with Zaifeng and Yin Chang, played a crucial role in Cixi's death.

To put it bluntly, in just two years, the Northeast New Army already has the strength to eliminate the Qing Dynasty, and the finances of the three eastern provinces are fully able to support the Northeast New Army to defeat the whole country and support the long-term stability and faster development of the Northeast New Army.

The truth is always so frightening, in the last months of her life, Cixi was destined to live in this suffocating fear, not only she, but also Zaifeng and Yin Chang also understood that the life and death of the Qing Dynasty was already in the hands of Song Biao, and they could not afford to offend Song Biao at all, even if the Qing Dynasty was crazy now, it was actually too late, and it could not be faster than the three eastern provinces.

In just two years, Song Biao gave the three eastern provinces the strength to challenge the entire Guannai.

Shortly after the end of this secret talk, Cixi fell seriously ill, and at the end of May 1908, Cixi was so ill that she could no longer get out of bed.

Just when the whole Jingshi was panicking, Song Biao indifferently continued to work and live at his own pace, and officially engaged Shu Xuan, and set the wedding date for October 12 this year, the eighteenth day of the ninth lunar month. As a man who is the governor of the three eastern provinces, Song Biao has a lot of choices in marriage, whether it is Yin Chang or Yuan Shikai, they all have the intention of recruiting him as a son-in-law, but he really can't do it.

He likes Shu Xuan, because Shu Xuan is more in line with his requirements, knowledgeable, knows how to take care of the family, and is very rare and beautiful, born in a famous family, and has received a modern education in the United States, all of which meet his requirements.

In this era, it is normal for Chinese men to have three wives and four concubines, who to marry is not to marry, but the eldest wife always has to be very careful, and a lady like Shu Xuan is exactly the most suitable.

Not long after Song Biao and the Shu family got engaged, and were busy preparing for the newlywed house and other things, Emperor Guangxu died of illness in Beijing at the age of 38.

This was much earlier than Song Biao expected, and the only explanation was that the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't hold on, so she could only deal with the matter in advance. Then, as Song Biao expected, the Empress Dowager Cixi died of illness two days later, Emperor Xuantong ascended the throne, and Prince Alcohol became the regent.

Guangxu died, Cixi died, at this time the Qing Empire was shaken, the government and the opposition were grief-stricken, but the Northeast New Army did not have much feeling, they were immersed in the joy of the military seat about to be married, and the whole army was spreading a special joyful atmosphere and good expectations.

The military seat is finally getting married.

Everyone estimated that Song Biao and Miss Shu Xuan were going to get engaged last year, but it was actually delayed until this year, which really made everyone wait and wait, but they were still very happy, and the whole army couldn't wait to go to the cave room together.

Song Biao must be the happiest person, it just so happened that in addition to the deaths of Guangxu and Cixi, there was no major event in the Governor's Mansion and the Military Department recently, so he gave himself a few days of vacation with peace of mind, and personally selected a vacant land in the dormitory area of the military department for the construction of a villa, and also came to a golden house to hide Jiaojiao.

He personally designed the villa, the scale does not need to be too big, nor too luxurious, practicality is the first, envy Miss Shu Xuan's mother's family so many brothers and sisters at the same time, he even took into account the baby room and the nurse and the room of the confinement lady when designing the house.

His old quarters in the Doge's House were larger, but now his new villa was larger and had enough room for six children at a time.

Song Biao didn't care which style it was, he just designed it according to his own preferences and needs, and gave an iron order to the engineer battalion directly under the military department that it must be completed by April next year.

On the first anniversary of his wedding, he plans to move to a new house.

Marriage for people like Song Biao, there is really no pressure, neither need to be a house slave, nor a card slave, let alone a car slave, as a woman in this era, Miss Shu Xuan actually has very low requirements for materials, just be able to live two people, she herself has never thought about having children in the future, but Song Biao is thinking very carefully.

While Song Biao was busy with his marriage arrangements and immersed in the joy of starting a family, the Qing Zheng Axe was busy preparing for the new Emperor Xuantong to ascend the throne and burying the Guangxu Emperor and the Empress Dowager Cixi at the same time.

Prior to this, the Qing Dynasty had just approved the "Outline of the Constitution", which clearly stipulated that "the imperial power is sacred and inviolable, and the imperial power is forever hereditary."

Song Biao took the time to read the "Outline of the Constitution", he could only say that the Manchu royal family took off their pants and farted, you can keep the rule of the Great Qing Dynasty, naturally the imperial power is sacrosanct, if you can't keep it, then what are you talking about these bullshit.

To tell the truth, Song Biao has never seen anyone more ignorant and cheaper than this group of people.

He has developed to this level, and the Manchu royal family is still dreaming there, I really think he doesn't dare to rebel, right? The Manchurians don't want to think about it, just where is the pitiful force in their hands enough for Song Biao's Northeast New Army to stuff their teeth?

In other words, is there still a so-called force in the hands of the Qing political axe?

On July 2, 1908, Emperor Puyi succeeded to the throne half a year earlier than expected, and the next year was set as the first year of Xuantong.

Once upon a time, Yuan Shikai, who was so beautiful, also said today.

Yuan Shikai and Song Biao's paths are very different, and at the same time they have heavy troops, the former succumbed to the imperial court and took the initiative to give up the right to send troops in order to protect themselves, while the latter played some ruthless tricks for the Qing Zheng axe at every turn, putting on a posture of "if you force me again, I will rebel", and the Qing Zheng axe, who bullies the soft and fears the hard, really adopts different coping strategies.

To deal with Yuan Shikai, the Manchu magnates were extremely fierce, and they were eager to kill him immediately and deal with Song Biao...... They can only delay again and again, first on the principle of not provoking Song Biao.

When Song Biao was awarded the title of first-class Anyuan Jingyi Gong, given the python prescription, purple reins, and pimps, and was awarded the three-eyed dazzle feather, and was awarded the Dongge University Scholar, and stayed in the three eastern provinces to serve as the governor of the three eastern provinces and the minister of trade in the northeast, Yuan Shikai felt so painful in his heart.

It's a pity that Song Biao can't help Yuan Shikai.

On July 15, despite the persuasion of Zhang Zhidong, Minister of Military Aircraft, and Yin Chang, Governor of Zhili, Zaifeng insisted on ordering Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Aircraft and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to return to his hometown.

Song Biao promised that as long as Yuan Shikai arrived in the Tianjin Concession, he would be able to protect Yuan Shikai from disaster in the three eastern provinces.

Yuan Shikai refused Song Biao's kindness and insisted on following Zaifeng's order to return to his hometown for retirement.

Yuan Shikai just left, temporarily disappeared from the stage of Chinese politics and military, and at the moment of receiving Yuan Shikai's callback, Song Biao couldn't help but recall the old things that Aoki Xuanchun brought to him with Yuan Shikai's handwritten letter for the first time.

The pair of golden tiger talismans that Yuan Shikai originally gave were still placed in Song Biao's study, quietly placed on the bookshelf as a pair of ornaments, shining, but the person who gave the gift was already dim and obscure.

It is said that Yuan Shikai is shrewd and capable, and Song Biao also thinks so, but he still thinks that Yuan Shikai is an old bureaucrat after all, and like Zeng Guofan, he can't tear off the last face.

In fact, as long as these people are ruthless, don't be so embarrassed, the Manchu court would have been ruined a long time ago.

Some people say that Yuan Shikai is a lesson from Song Biao, the king of the Northeast, and the Manchurians also think so, thinking that the next thing the wise and martial regent Zaifeng has to deal with is Song Biao, the governor of the three eastern provinces, but Song Biao doesn't care, don't look at him is busy with his marriage, as long as Zaifeng has the slightest intention of daring to do it, he will immediately be able to turn around and fight Aixin Jueluo to cut off his grandchildren.

There is no suspense in this matter, and the Manchurians themselves still think that the victory or defeat is between five and five, and now they are really a little sober, that is, Zaifeng, Yinchang, and those Manchus who came with the delegation in the New Deal inspection group, maybe even they may not be very sober.

As soon as Yuan Shikai left, Zhang Zhidong was also reduced to a vassal in Beijing because of disagreement with Zaifeng, and the political situation of the Qing Empire basically became a situation in which the two of them were divided between the inside and outside of the Guan, and Song Biao.

Just when Zaifeng began to approve the preparation of the advisory bureaus in various provinces, Song Biao continued to strengthen the centralization of power in the three eastern provinces.

At this time, the Manchu magnates had already lost control over the military and political affairs of the local provinces, and the establishment of advisory bureaus to divide the power of governors in various places was of course in line with the wishes of the Manchu magnates.

It's really a group of people, they don't know how to weigh their own strength at all, and they are still immersed in the sweet dreams of the prosperous Kangqian era, such people have too many descriptions in Lao She's "Teahouse", and they can't help but say "When Qianlong was a lord, he was a capital crime, and my grandfather's generation was ......."

Song Biao had no idea of setting up a consultative bureau in the three eastern provinces at all, he set up his governor's mansion, the new political bureau, and the research bureau, and took advantage of Yuan Shikai's resignation to invite a large number of talents from Yuan Shikai's command to work in the three eastern provinces.

Song Biao implemented his own new policy, and did not manage the set of the political axe at all, he opened the Northeast University of Political Science and Law on the basis of the Fengtian School of Political Science and Law, and openly recruited township mayors from all over the country in the three eastern provinces.

All the prefects and counties in the three eastern provinces are to take turns to participate in the administrative training course of the Northeast University of Political Science and Law, and only after passing the coursework can they continue to return to their original posts.

After July 1908, China was destined to enter a new storm, the Qing Empire was tossing in the Guannei, and it was full of energy to catch up with Song Biao's pace, stepping up urging the supervision of the new policy in various places, opening new schools, buying new factories, handling new banks, and investing a lot of money to buy a new army.

(To be continued)