Beiyang made concessions, and the center got something it wanted. Then Xu Jie has no problem going to the northeast in principle. Then the rest is what Xu Jie intends to manage those places, and in what name. And the specific thing was planned.

In the name of the local magistrate or General Sheng Jing, it is definitely not possible, this is a position where only the banner can sit. Xu Jie can't do it even if the credit is high. And whether it is Cixi or Guangxu, they don't want Xu Jie to meddle in the internal affairs of the Manchurians. And if you don't have an official position, obviously not.

In this regard, Li Hongzhang's advantages are realistic, and in terms of understanding the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty and the bigwigs, Li Hongzhang knows much more than this Xu Jie, who travels through the public. Since the magistrate is not allowed to do it, Xu Jie can only be an officer. Fortunately, Lao Li still handed over Nie Shicheng's troops to Xu Jie, and those who were willing to stay in the Northeast in the Nanyang and Liangguang New Army were also included in Xu Jie's command, and Xu Jie's unit, which was already powerful, also had its own name, the Northeast Armed Guards.

After some bargaining, the relationship between Xu Jie and the Northeast is basically parallel. They are not subordinate to each other and nominally directly subordinate to the center. The local authorities will not interfere in the internal affairs of the armed forces. But at the same time, the armed guards could not interfere in the local affairs of the northeast. Xu Jie's department is mainly distributed in the following areas.

The first most important piece is the Liaodong Peninsula, which was originally within the reach of Beiyang's strength, so Xu Jie had no problem taking over this area from Li Hongzhang. And Dalian and later Benxi, Anshan and Fuxin also let Xu Jie try his best to get it.

The second block is located in the Hegang and Jixi areas of Heilongjiang Province in the later years. Coal and iron ore mines here must also be controlled. Xu Jie has good reasons for these to control these areas. This place is close to the Sino-Russian border, and once the war starts, this will become a battlefield, and the existing Heilongjiang general's troops are not strong in combat, and the entire area is sparsely populated, and only by developing it first can it have enough strength to resist the first wave of the Russian attack. In addition to mineral resources, Xu Jie also cultivated land in the Sanjiang Plain and Heilongjiang Plain in Heilongjiang Province under the name of Juntun. (Part of the current Great Northern Wilderness)

The third piece is in the Hulunbuir grassland of Inner Mongolia in the later generations, where Xu Jie is not greedy for mineral resources and arable land, but is established as a war horse production base for the future Beiyang system. And not only now. Even in World War I, war horses and pack horses were still important strategic resources, the backbone of troop transportation and mobility, and in time for the island nation of Japan. After the Meiji Restoration, a special horse farm was built. And Germany and other countries have state-run military horse bases. A large number of Russian Siberian horses captured in the First Sino-Japanese War were used to cross with native species in Inner Mongolia, and if he could, Xu Jie even wanted to import British horses from Britain. It is used to enrich the future Beiyang military horse team.

The fourth block is in Tonghua City and Jilin City in later generations, and the former is naturally needless to say. Tonghua's coal mines are naturally an important resource. But more importantly, Tonghe and Jilin will serve as the future railway arteries connecting the first and second districts under Xu Jie's rule, and the Liaodong Peninsula is in the rear, which must exist as an industrial base. The Hulunbuir grassland provides livestock products and war horses on the flanks, while the Heilongjiang region exists as a frontline and grain production base. Jilin District, on the other hand, serves as a transportation line connecting the three.

In Xu Jie's planning, although the total area of these places is not large, it is only a province at most. However, they are all the essence of the Northeast, whether it is animal husbandry, industry or agriculture, it can form a self-sufficient system. In addition to the need to hand over part of the profits every year, Xu Jie can completely dispose of himself. As for the imperial court, although Xu Jie wants a little more, he also needs to grasp the military and politics. But in Cixi's view, these places were all barren land, and except for Liaodong, they were no different from the wilderness. Give it and give it, and the principle is a Manchu gathering area. What's more, these places are far away from each other, and it is best to divide each area itself without the help of the imperial court. …,

There is a place. People must also be available, and it is difficult to find a sufficient number of manpower to build these areas. First of all, of course, the soldiers and military families of the Northeast Armed Guard Army, who can come as much as they can, and those who come will not refuse. and a settling-in allowance is issued. If you choose cultivated land, you can directly divide it into about 20 acres of wasteland. At the same time, displaced people from all over the country who have been displaced by disasters are also the focus of Xu Jie and others. In the eyes of the magistrates, the displaced people, who could only cause trouble, were gathered by the officials in charge of immigration in Beiyang, and then transported to the northeast with the consent of the parties. And this hand directly solves a large number of manpower problems.

Land and manpower are available. All that's left is money and skill. In terms of funds, in addition to Li Hongzhang and the imperial court taking out part of the Japanese indemnity, more came from private merchants and Nanyang Chinese within the Beiyang system. In addition to support within the Alliance. More people value the prospects of the Northeast. Where there has been no major development for hundreds of years, there are sufficiently vast plains. There are abundant mineral resources and forest resources. But it's not an exaggeration to say it's a cornucopia. In addition, there are no high taxes and corrupt officials who scrape the land as in other parts of the Qing Dynasty. The profit margin will be greater, and most of the resources can be mined locally and digested locally, which also saves a lot of freight.

And as for the question of technology and the establishment of industry? wanted to engage in independent research and development, Qingguo really did not have this environment at that time. In order to be able to build up the four sub-districts under his rule in the shortest possible time. Xu Jie's only option was to import equipment and techniques from the West. Unlike the Westernization Movement, which established a factory or a shipyard alone, Xu Jie needed to continuously introduce advanced equipment and technology, which was a long-term process, and as for the countries and enterprises to choose as procurement objects, Xu Jie had to return to Europe again to investigate.

Of course, such a heavy work is not something he can do alone, he needs a team, and this team is mainly composed of two parts, one is the official team composed of young children who studied in the West in the Qing Kingdom and talents cultivated by the new school. This part of the population will be responsible for large-scale industrial projects such as arsenals, shipyards, etc., that require government investment. The other part is the private delegation, which is responsible for procuring relevant equipment and providing consulting services to private enterprises.

This visit is not a one-time visit, after Xu Jie returns to China, Xu Jie will set up special offices in various European countries to continuously provide technical and commercial information to the enterprises under his rule, and order various equipment and raw materials abroad according to domestic needs. This organization, known as the Northeast Chamber of Commerce in later generations, opened a precedent for the introduction of a large number of advanced technologies in China, whether it is a heavy industry enterprise or a huge private consortium, it has a very close relationship with this Northeast Chamber of Commerce.

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