This old thing! Ren Chao cursed secretly in his heart, and then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xu Yingqi is old and incompetent, and stubborn, and he has made a lot of nonsense several times to obstruct the new policy, and he may not be qualified for the post of governor of Fujian." The minister recommended Fan Chong as the new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

"Fan Chong's lack of prestige may be difficult to convince the public. Although Xu Yingqi is a little stubborn, he is loyal to my Qing Dynasty and is a rare talent. Li Hongzhang hurriedly retorted.

"That's it! Say no more! You have been arguing for two months for the position of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and you are tired and annoyed. Emperor Guangxu said helplessly.

Emperor Guangxu was also very embarrassed at this time, and the two people in front of him had been arguing about the candidate for the governor of Min for two months. Needless to say, in Emperor Guangxu's heart, this is a complete rebel and thief, and Emperor Guangxu naturally does not want to see Ren Chao's strength continue to expand. As for Li Hongzhang is Guangxu's important minister who relies heavily on Ren Chao, Emperor Guangxu is naturally biased towards Li Hongzhang in his heart, but if he really adopts the candidate recommended by Li Hongzhang, he will inevitably offend Ren Chao again, although Ren Chao is hateful, but after all, he has not made a blatant rebellion, so Emperor Guangxu does not dare to stimulate Ren Chao too much, lest this madman be annoyed and angry, and really do something rebellious.

"Even if Xu Yingqi is not qualified for the position of Governor of Min, there is still a candidate here." Li Hongzhang continued.

"Let's hear it!" Emperor Guangxu said casually.

"Yuan Shikai!" Li Hongzhang replied. After Yuan Shikai surrendered to Ren Chao, Ren Chao arranged an idle position for him, and he has actually been under house arrest. After Li Hongzhang returned to Beijing, Yuan Shikai took refuge in Li Hongzhang again in order to make a comeback. Li Hongzhang also attaches great importance to him, especially his talent in military training, so he will recommend Yuan Shikai to serve as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang this time.

"No way!" Emperor Guangxu unceremoniously refused, and a trace of anger couldn't help but flash on his face. Emperor Guangxu also hated Yuan Shikai to the core. Yuan Shikai's informant to Rong Lu, Ren Chao had already revealed it to Emperor Guangxu. If it weren't for this Yuan Shikai's informant, how could Cixi launch a coup d'état, so that later Ren Chao took advantage of this to launch a mutiny, although this qiē cannot be said to be caused by Yuan Shikai, but he Yuan Shikai also bears an unshirkable responsibility for this matter, so Emperor Guangxu hates this Yuan Shikai so much.

"Playing the emperor, Yuan Shikai is loyal to the country and has outstanding talents. Although there have been mistakes before, there are also extenuating circumstances. What's more, it has been so long, if the emperor can reactivate Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai will definitely be grateful and repay the emperor's favor with death. Li Hongzhang hurriedly said.

"Alright, no more talk." Emperor Guangxu unceremoniously interrupted Li Hongzhang's words, "This Yuan Shikai will definitely not be reused, I have a suitable candidate here, and the two Aiqing may wish to consult together to see if it is suitable." ”

"It turns out that the emperor already has a suitable candidate in his heart, I don't know who this person is?" Ren Chao asked respectfully.

"The man I'm talking about is the former governor of Sichuan. Lu Chuanlin, the current governor of Guangdong. Emperor Guangxu said and glanced at Ren Chao and Li Hongzhang.

"The emperor is sage, the minister thinks that this person can fully serve as the governor of Fujian!" Ren Chao hurriedly said. At this point, Ren Chao doesn't want to argue like this, not to mention these official positions, if they don't have real power, they are just false names! Therefore, Ren Chao already had a plan.

"The old minister also thought that Lu Chuanlin could take on this important responsibility." Li Hongzhang hurriedly said.

"Since the two Aiqing have no opinion. Then it was decreed that Lu Chuanlin would be promoted to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Fan Chong would be transferred to the governor of Fujian, and Wei Guangtao would be the governor of Zhejiang! Emperor Guangxu nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Command!" Ren Chao and Li Hongzhang responded in unison.

After Ren Chao left the Forbidden City, he returned directly to the War Department. He summoned Yang Jichang, chief of the General Staff of the War Department, to his office and "immediately ordered Liu Yongfu, the governor of Taiwan, to immediately lead 5,000 troops into Fujian." In the event of resistance to the occupation of major prefectures and counties in Fujian, they will be punished as treason. The 9th Division of the Huben Army was ordered to immediately board the ship and go south, land on the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, and assist Liu Yongfu in not controlling the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

"Yes! Immediately go and do it. Yang Jichang answered, turned around and walked out of Ren Chao's office.

Aren't you guys going to play? Then I'm going to have fun with you today! The corners of Ren Chao's mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.

After receiving Ren Chao's order, Taiwan's Liu Yongfu did not dare to slack off, and immediately led 5,000 elite soldiers to Fuzhou by boat, and then occupied Fuzhou without bloodshed. A few days later, the 9th Division of the Huben Army was ordered to arrive, and then in less than a month, it quickly occupied the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Li Hongzhang was deeply dissatisfied with this and impeached Ren Chao in front of Guangxu, but Ren Chao refuted it on the grounds that the Ninth Division and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army were normal transfers. In the end, Emperor Guangxu only reprimanded Ren Chao a little for not reporting in advance, and the matter was over.

But the turmoil caused by this incident did not settle down, about half a month later, the governor of Liangguang Deshou suddenly issued a telegram, accusing the responsibility of the super bullying king, the great rebellion, and announced Ren Chao's 20 major crimes! claimed to send troops north to crusade against Ren Chao, a rebellious minister and thief.

Ren Chao learned the news as soon as possible, and immediately held an emergency military meeting in the Office Building of the War Department, "You have all seen the telegram of Deshou, right?" What is the reaction from all sides so far? ”

"Marshal Qiqi, there has been no reaction from all parties at present, and it is estimated that they are all on the sidelines." Yang Jichang replied honestly.

"This Deshou is too bold and reckless!" Ren Chao snorted coldly and said.

"According to the information obtained by our intelligence department, the reason why this Deshou is so bold is because there are British and French people behind it!" Yang Jichang continued.

"These dog-day foreign devils really don't have a good thing, and they must not be allowed to find any excuse to expand this matter! Order the 1st Independent Division of the Marine Corps of the South China Sea Fleet to immediately launch an attack on the city of Guangzhou, and tell Zhang Haiping that I will give him a day, and he must take the city of Guangzhou for me within one day! The Fujian garrison was ordered to immediately advance to Guangdong, and the 11th Division of the Huben Army quickly took a boat south to Guangdong to quell the rebellion. Did he think that by holding the thighs of the British and French, he could compete with me? It's a dream! This time, I'll let him see how powerful our Tiger Army is! Ren Chao said angrily, slamming his fist on the table as he spoke. Ren Chao knew in his heart that if this matter could not be quickly settled, it would be a lot of trouble when the British and French really got involved, so the only way now was to quickly quell the rebellion so that they could not find an excuse to interfere. In addition, it can also have a deterrent effect on the governors in other places, so that they do not dare to act rashly.

"Yes!" Seeing that Ren Chao was so angry, the generals took orders in unison. (To be continued......)

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