But Ren Chao did not let go of the idea of these governors, after recovering the Philippines, Fujian, Zhejiang and two Guangxi provinces, more than half a year passed, this time has come to September 1898, this routine imperial meeting, Ren Chao played Emperor Guangxu, impeached the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Shengyun, embezzlement and perversion of the law, selling official beards, arson and plunder, and other ten major crimes, requiring Shengyun to be dismissed and questioned, and sent to Beijing to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for trial and deliberation. and showed Emperor Guangxu and the cabinet ministers evidence of Shengyun's acceptance of bribes. At the same time, Ren Chao mentioned that Rao Yingqi, the governor of Xinjiang, had made meritorious contributions to governing Xinjiang for several years, and could be promoted to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

At the same time, Ren Chao impeached the governor of Yungui Song Fan and the rebellious former governor of Liangguang Deshou for secretly colluding with each other with the intention of rebellion, and publicized that dozens of letters between Deshou and Song Fan were found in the Liangguang Governor's Palace, many of which were rebellious words, and demanded that Song Fan be severely punished to set an example.

However, Ren Chao's move was strongly opposed by Li Hongzhang and other cabinet ministers, and although Ren Chao's evidence was conclusive, Li Hongzhang and others advocated that the emperor should send ministers to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate the matter, and then deal with it if it was true.

Emperor Guangxu naturally adopted the advice of Li Hongzhang and others, and sent ministers to Shaanxi, Gansu and Yunnan and Guizhou respectively. Although Ren Chao was a little unhappy, he didn't come out, so he could only silently accept this reality, but Ren Chao did not give up.

Li Hongzhang and others did just this move to delay the army, in order to prevent Ren Chao's power from further expanding, so although Emperor Guangxu appointed the minister, the minister did not go on the road for a long time, and it has been delayed for several days.

In the past few days, Ren Chao has not been idle, and has been secretly deploying troops. Just as the minister was about to go on the road, Ren Chao suddenly issued an order in the name of the War Department, mainly to strengthen the border defense forces, and ordered two divisions stationed in Guangxi. Advance to Yunnan and Guizhou respectively. Niu Kaixuan of Ningxia was ordered to send the 2nd Cavalry Division and an infantry brigade to advance to Xinjiang, and another infantry brigade to enter Shaanxi, while the 8th Division stationed in Shanxi also received an order to divide its troops and march to Shaanxi.

Ren Chao's move greatly stimulated the local powerful factions, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Song Fan, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Shengyun, and the governor of Sichuan, Gong Shou, the three Manchu governors, issued a joint telegram to crusade against the rebellious Ren Chao. But this is only the last cry before defeat.

In Shaanxi, Niu Kaixuan led the army, all the way to the ground, and it took only three days to reach the city of Xi'an. In less than half a day, the city of Xi'an was breached. The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Shengyun, absconded in makeup and escaped by luck. After escaping from Xi'an, he fled to Lanzhou overnight, but the 20,000 troops of the Tiger Ben Army immediately pursued to Lanzhou, captured Lanzhou in mid-October, and committed suicide in fear of crime. By mid-November, the Huben Ministries had successfully taken control of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang provinces.

On the southern front, the progress of the Tiger Army was also quite smooth. On October 19, Guiyang was successfully captured, and on November 8, Kunming was successfully captured, and Song fled to Vietnam. However, the French colonial authorities in Vietnam did not dare to take in the Song clan at all, and after some negotiations. At the beginning of December, the French colonial authorities obediently handed over the Song domain to the Tiger Army.

After the rebellion, Ren Chao immediately ordered the Yangtze River Fleet to block the Yangtze River waterway, and then escorted more than 7,000 marines of the East China Sea Fleet to the Yangtze River west. Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, knew that they were powerless to fight against the Tiger Ben army, so they did not dare to stop them at all. Mid-November. The Marines successfully captured Chongqing and then marched to Chengdu, while the Huben Army, which captured Yunnan and Guizhou, each sent one army to attack Sichuan. In early December, the Huben army successfully captured Chengdu, and the governor of Sichuan, Gong Shou, was captured. At this point, the rebellion in the northwestern and southwestern provinces was basically put down.

On New Year's Day 1899, Ren Chao issued an order in the name of the War Department to reorganize the national army. This move met with strong opposition from Li Hongzhang and others, but Ren Chao refuted it on the grounds that the Constitution stipulates that the War Department has the right to command the armed forces of the whole country, insisted on reorganizing the armed forces of the whole country, and forcibly withdrew the command of the local armed forces from the governors of various localities.

At this time, among the governors of various places, only Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, were left. Among them, the Liangjiang Governor originally had three provinces under his jurisdiction, namely Anhui, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi. Previously, the Tiger Ben Army had already controlled Anhui Province, and then after taking over the Nanyang Naval Division, two fleets were formed, the East China Sea Fleet and the Yangtze River Fleet. These two fleets consisted of a division and a brigade of marines, totaling more than 20,000 men, all stationed along the coastal rivers near Nanjing and Shanghai, which meant that most of the major towns in Jiangsu Province were actually under the tight control of the Huben army. What's more, in Anhui, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other areas bordering the two rivers, the Tiger Ben Army also has a whole six divisions of land forces stationed. Although Liu Kun had 50,000 Nanyang New Army in his hands, he did not dare to act rashly.

And Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, although he also has 30,000 or 40,000 new troops in his hands, but before that, more than 10,000 people of a so-called engineering unit of the Tiger Army had entered Hubei Province on the grounds of building the Jinghan Railway, and now they are stationed less than 100 miles away from Wuhan City. What's more, the two provinces of Hunan and Hubei, except for the east, have also been surrounded by the Tiger Ben Army on three sides at this time.

In the face of such a situation, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi could only obediently hand over the command, and then the Huben army successfully entered the four provinces of Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan, and Shun took over the command of the Nanyang New Army and the Huguang New Army. Otherwise, Ren Chao also ordered the Tiger Benjun to take the opportunity to take over major military enterprises such as the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Hanyang Arsenal.

For this reason, Li Hongzhang and Ren Chaoda quarreled, and the old and frail Li Hongzhang was already in poor health at this time, so he was seriously ill, bedridden, and resigned from the post of prime minister in a fit of anger.

In March 1899, Ren Chao was ordered to form a new cabinet and served as the prime minister of the cabinet for the first time. But even so, the newly established cabinet has been completely controlled by Ren Chao, although there are also Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi and others to form a certain containment on Ren Chao, but these people are basically the commander of the light pole, and they cannot play a decisive role at all. Although Emperor Guangxu didn't want to see such a situation, but now that Ren Chao is in power, the local powerful factions have basically been wiped out by Ren Chao, even among the governors in various places, there are still many people who are dissatisfied with Ren Chao, but these people have no military power, and a qiē is also in vain, and Emperor Guangxu is powerless about it. So far, Ren Chao has completely unified the whole country, at least nominally. (To be continued......)

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