After receiving a reply from the British Minister to China, Sir Zhu Erdian, Yuan Datou left satisfied. Since the Jilin Army will not last long, it is understandable that the Beiyang government is temporarily backing down. When the Japanese and Russians took action against the Jilin Army, the Beiyang government would be able to reap the benefits.

However, among the conditions proposed by the Jilin Army, the compensation of 100 million oceans was still too much, and it was impossible for Yuan Datou and the Beiyang government to accept it. Therefore, Yuan Datou ordered Yang Du to continue to negotiate with Wu Haoxuan and reduce the amount of compensation as much as possible.

Shanhaiguan, the division headquarters of the 9th Infantry Division of the Jilin Army. Yang Du now visits here every day, in addition to negotiating with the Jilin Army on behalf of the Beiyang government, he spends more time discussing with Wu Haoxuan the future development of the Northeast. Although, Yang Du has not officially gone to the Northeast to take up his post yet. But apparently, he has gradually begun to get into character.

Wu Haoxuan was very satisfied with Yang Du's performance. He will set out his future development plan for Northeast China and Mongolia. Wu Haoxuan's huge development plan left Yang Du dumbfounded. If Wu Haoxuan's plan is to be realized, it will require a lot of money, especially education and heavy industry, as well as transportation, which will probably require hundreds of millions of silver dollars to complete. Such a large amount of money, even the Beiyang government does not want to take it out.

Yang Du once thought that Wu Haoxuan was ambitious, but Wu Haoxuan repeatedly assured Yang Du that there was absolutely no problem with the funds, which made Yang Du feel a lot more relieved. At the same time, Yang Du's heart was also extremely shocked. Once Wu Haoxuan's plan is completed, the Northeast will probably become the region with the highest degree of industrial development, the highest quality of the people and the most developed transportation in China. When the time comes, what will the Beiyang government do to compete with Wu Xingquan's father and son for the world? In this world, the change of ownership is already certain. At the same time, Yang Du also couldn't wait to join Wu Haoxuan's plan.

Yang Du originally learned the art of the emperor. I hope that one day I will be able to assist a generation of Ming Jun. From now on, Wu Haoxuan is undoubtedly the candidate in line with his mind. This made Yang Du even more determined to work for Wu Haoxuan.

"Young Marshal, Your Excellency has replied, the conditions you put forward, except for the compensation of 100 million oceans that are too much to take, the rest can be agreed." Yang Du said with a smile. In his opinion. Most of the conditions have been agreed to by the Beiyang government, which means that the negotiations will soon be over. And he can also resign to Yuan Datou.

"Oh? So in the eyes of Brother Wanzi, how much money can the Beiyang government come up with at most? Wu Haoxuan asked. After these days of understanding, he and Yang Du have developed into close friends. He admired Yang Du's talent very much, and Yang Du obviously regarded him as the master.

"Young marshal, the Beiyang government really has no money, if it is urgent, it will probably be able to gather 10 million oceans. This should be their limit. Yang Du thought about it and said. After all, although the annual income of the Beiyang government is quite large, the hardcore crops of those banner people occupy half of the finance. With the rest of the money, I still have to support so many soldiers and officers, and I can't make ends meet for a long time.

"Ten million oceans, that's too little. In addition, Brother Wanzi also missed a little. The relationship between Yuan Datou and foreigners is very good. He could have borrowed from the British. 100 million oceans is indeed a lot, like this. Give them a 20% discount, and give 80 million oceans to you. Wu Haoxuan said.

The position of the British in this Shanhaiguan negotiation was completely on the side of the Japanese. It can be seen from this that the British will be Wu Haoxuan's potential enemies in the future. Fortunately, the British were now in a financial crisis, and the Germans were challenging British hegemony in Europe, which made the British unable to take care of the Far East. That's why we can only support the Japanese. This time, the Japanese were defeated and their finances were on the verge of collapse, and the help of the British was indispensable if they wanted to regain their strength in a short time. If there is no loan from the British. If the Japanese want to recover quickly, that is almost unlikely. Since the British had limited financial resources, if the Beiyang government had obtained this loan and then used it to compensate the Jilin Army, it would undoubtedly have reduced the loan that the Japanese should have received. This will undoubtedly play a great role in restraining the strength of the Japanese. Under the advantages of one another, the balance of victory will gradually tilt in favor of the Jilin Army. Therefore, getting the Beiyang government to borrow money from the British is simply a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

In front of Yang Du, Wu Haoxuan did not hide this plan. After Yang Du heard this, he was naturally dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, behind the huge compensation, there is also a future confrontation with the Japanese. He had to admire, Wu Haoxuan was indeed scheming!

"Young Marshal, the Japanese are undoubtedly the great enemy of the whole of China in the future, and if they can weaken the strength of the Japanese, it will naturally be the best. I will try my best to help the young marshal and let the Beiyang government give more compensation. Yang Du said. Although doing so would damage his reputation. However, from the perspective of the general interests of the country and the nation, this is what should be done.

"Then thank you, Brother Huizi." Wu Haoxuan smiled.

Subsequently, Yang Du sent a telegram to Yanjing City, claiming that Wu Haoxuan's attitude was very resolute. After his efforts, the amount of compensation was brought to 80 million oceans. This is already the bottom line of the Jilin Army, if the Beiyang government does not agree, then the Jilin Army may move south. In addition, Yang Du also claimed that the main force of the Jilin Army is gathering at Shanhaiguan, and it is expected that more than 100,000 troops will be assembled within half a month, and there will be thousands of artillery pieces. At the same time, Yang Du also suggested that if the Beiyang government did not want to go to war with the Jilin Army, it was better to accept the conditions of the Jilin Army. As for compensation, it is entirely possible to borrow from AIA.

After Yuan Datou received the telegram from Yang Du, the whole person fell into deep thought.

"Xingcheng, what do you think of the suggestion of the skin?" Yuan Datou asked.

"My lord, the suggestion of the blue man is still very reasonable. Now that the Jilin Army is strong, we must not be able to go to war with them. Otherwise, the situation will deteriorate completely, and it will be very bad for us. Yang Shiqi said.

"However, 80 million oceans is too much." Yuan Datou was very unwilling.

"My lord, 80 million oceans is a lot, but it is still very cost-effective to keep the Jilin Army out of the pass and ensure our rule in the pass. After Japan and Russia destroyed the Jilin Army, we could rest easy. ”

Yuan Datou nodded: "Find Shaochuan and Xingsun." ”

After a long time, Yuan Datou still made up his mind. Eighty million silver dollars is a lot, but it is undoubtedly very cost-effective to use eighty million silver dollars to ensure the rule of Beiyang. Of course, this account will be kept in mind. When the Jilin Army is unlucky, he will double it back.

After Tang Shaoyi and Sheng Xuanhuai arrived, Yuan Datou told them his decision. For this decision, Tang Shaoyi and Sheng Xuanhuai still support it. After all, it's better to be able to solve problems with money than to actually go to war. Especially when the Beiyang Army can't beat the other side, it will be even more impossible to start a war.

"My lord, let's go to the Englishman for a loan as soon as possible. It is said that the Japanese were also borrowing money from the British after suffering a defeat in Tohoku. If the Japanese get the first step, it will be even more difficult for us to borrow. Tang Shaoyi said.

Subsequently, Yuan Datou took Tang Shaoyi and Sheng Xuanhuai to meet with Sir Zhu Erdian overnight. Yuan Datou proposed to borrow 20 million pounds from Britain, that is, 200 million oceans, with customs duties and salt taxes as collateral. Part of it was used to compensate the Jilin Army and spend money to avoid disasters. The other part is used to develop the Beiyang Army to ensure that when fighting the Jilin Army in the future, the Beiyang Army will not be defeated as badly as this time.

Regarding Yuan Datou's request, Sir Zhu Erdian nodded after careful consideration. However, he only has the power to make recommendations to the British government, not to make decisions. After all, £20 million is not a small amount. Especially in the UK, which is in a financial crisis, it will be even more difficult to come up with this money easily.

In his report to Whitehall, Sir Jurdes declared that maintaining the rule of the Beiyang government was the best way to ensure peace in the Far East and to defend British interests from being violated. Once the Beiyang government is overthrown, the situation in the entire Far East will be fundamentally reversed. This would be detrimental to Britain's Far East policy.

The British Government attaches great importance to Sir Jurdian's report. However, it is true that the British do not have much money now. In the end, they only promised a loan of 15 million pounds to the Beiyang government. Of this money, 8 million pounds was paid by the Beiyang government to the Jilin Army as compensation, and the other 7 million pounds was used by the Beiyang government to develop armaments.

As for the Japanese, they lagged behind and ended up with only a loan of five million pounds from the British. This made the Japanese even more dissatisfied with the British. They were also allies of the British, and as a result, they did not receive as many loans as the Beiyang government, which was clearly the contempt of the British for them.

At the same time, the Beiyang government and the Jilin Army finally reached an agreement.

On October 8, 1906, Prime Minister Yuan Datou asked Emperor Guangxu to appoint Wu Xingquan as the Northeast Patrol Envoy and the Economic and Strategic Envoy of Mongolia and Xinjiang, and the commander-in-chief of military and political affairs in Fengtian, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan and Mongolia.

Emperor Guangxu, who had become a puppet, approved Yuan Datou's proposal and officially issued a letter of appointment to Wu Xingquan, which made Wu Xingquan truly have the title to rule northern China and become a veritable king of the north! (To be continued......)

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