Tianjin Zhili Governor's Mansion, Li Hongzhang's study. Lao Li really couldn't imagine that just one Ding Ruchang left the ship, and there would be such a big incident, and a series of 5 telegrams were placed on Lao Li's desk, namely Lang Weili's, Ding Ruchang's, Liu Buchan's, Xu Jie's, and his son-in-law Zhang Peilun's, and there was only one thing to talk about, that is, the flag-pulling incident that happened thousands of miles away.

Ding Ruchang and Lang Weili's telegram Lao Li just glanced at it and put it aside, and Ding Ruchang, who was honest, and Lang Weili, who didn't understand the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, just objectively recounted the facts. And this is the most useless for Lao Li, to put it bluntly, Ding Ruchang is no longer there, and when he arrives on the ground, he is the commander flag of Lang Weili or the general army flag of Liu Buyun. In fact, it doesn't matter what flag is raised for Lao Li, what he has to consider is how to deal with it in order to benefit Beiyang the most. And there was really nothing on the letter of these two men that could appeal to him.

Then Lao Li opened Liu Buyun's telegram, Liu Buyun is much more sophisticated than the first two, and the whole text revolves around the fact that the governor of Beiyang can only be held by the Qing Dynasty, emphasizing that the control of Beiyang should be in the hands of his own people, and there should be no Englishman to control him. Later, Liu Buyun mentioned that Xu Jie overstepped his authority to participate in this matter and collided with his boss. More importantly, it is mentioned that Xu Jie is also a foreigner, and Lang Weili has a tendency to jointly control Beiyang, and this matter must be taken seriously. Lao Li felt the same way as Liu Buyun when he looked ahead, in his opinion, even if Lang Weili had a nominal commander, it was definitely not as important as Liu Zixiang's status in Beiyang. But when he saw that Liu Buyun even sued his protégé, and strongly opposed Xu Jie's participation in the affairs of the Beiyang Fleet, this made Lao Li very uncomfortable. "If Jishi doesn't participate in the affairs of the Beiyang Fleet, why should I accept this disciple? Could it be that the Min Party really can't tolerate one person? Li Hongzhang said quite angrily.

And when he saw the back, when he saw the long list of signatures behind, Li Hongzhang angrily threw Liu Buyun's telegram aside. The Fujian Party is the dominant party, and Lao Li is not unaware. On some non-important matters, Lao Li was unwilling to offend the largest officer corps in Beiyang. After all, Lao Li's Beiyang Fleet still relies on these professionals to take care of it. But according to Li Hongzhang's personality, he will never allow his subordinates to entangle a group of people to coerce him to do something!! In Li Hongzhang's view, that long list of signatures has become ironclad evidence that Liu Zixiang formed a party against the Beiyang Center!! Lao Li is not unable to tolerate Liu Buchan, a powerful minister, but he will never allow Liu Buyun to form a party against himself!!

Lao Li took a sip of tea and rubbed his temples, which were a little swollen. picked up Xu Jie's telegram again. The rigor of Xu Jie's telegram was really beyond Lao Li's expectations. First of all, Xu Jie explained that Lang Weili was indeed the commander appointed by the King of Alcohol when he inspected Beiyang that year. The flying of the Admiral's flag was merely a sign of etiquette. As a competent master teacher. Beiyang should give Lang Weili this honor. It has nothing to do with whether the British controlled the Beiyang sailors. Subsequently, Xu Jie emphasized the credit of Lang Weili in coordinating with the British side before this trip, and emphasized that if he offended this person before the matter was completed, it would be extremely detrimental to the future relationship between Beiyang and the British. After all, Luang Weili was recommended by the British. Therefore, whether from the perspective of reason or situation, it is extremely inappropriate to dispose of Lang Weili. And that's just an appetizer, the real core content is yet to come.

What is Lao Li most concerned about now? Others don't know very well, but Xu Jie is quite clear, that is, he accepted the three warships ordered by Beiyang from Italy peacefully to prepare for the future Qing-Japanese naval battle. Xu Jie emphatically pointed out that among the top executives in Beiyang, whether in terms of professional ethics or due diligence, Lang Weili is the best candidate. In addition, Luang Weili has participated in the Beiyang ship receiving activities many times and has rich experience. Therefore, in this case, it is absolutely impossible to dispose of Luang Weili. In the end, Xu Jie mentioned that the Min Party, which is now the backbone of the Beiyang Naval Division, cannot tolerate others in a daily summary. This is extremely detrimental to future battles. To sum up, Li Zhongtang should teach Liu Buyun and others a lesson. And this last sentence is in Li Hongzhang's arms, in order to prevent the Fujian party from being the only one, Lao Li can even use people like Fang Boqian, and once Xu Jielang Weili and others complete the pick-up, and then use the Tianjin Sailor School's own talents, the situation of the Fujian party dominance will be broken. The temptation in this is naturally irresistible to Lao Li. These are three warships of nearly 5,000 tons!! In addition, Fang Boqian, who had already moved closer to Lao Li before, and Deng Shichang of the non-Fujian family, could completely compete with the Fujian family. …,

Of course, according to Xu Jie's personality, Xu Jie still left enough room for these white and slightly flawed Fujian pipe belts. Don't deal with it too much, stop at the point, and just ring the alarm bell. Compared with the joint letter of Liu Buyun and others, Xu Jie is undoubtedly much more tolerant of his colleagues. This made Lao Li very useful. "Jishi, I really underestimated you at that time, not only did you know maritime affairs and take advantage of the situation. I have a very good grasp of people's hearts. In the face of this telegram, Lao Li must adopt Xu Jie's opinion, whether from a personal point of view or from the future development of the Beiyang Naval Division.

When Lao Li comfortably put Xu Jie's telegram aside, he picked up Zhang Peilun's telegram and read it carefully. Contrary to Lao Li's expectations, Zhang Peilun did not give any brief introduction to this matter. But the things mentioned made Lao Li absolutely not to take lightly. One thing is that Lin Taizeng and Liu Buyun quarreled because of their different treatments of Xu Jie, and the other thing is that the Chen family, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, will contact Xu Jie directly!。 The whole telegram is only about 30 words, but for Li Hongzhang, the weight of this telegram is much heavier than the first four letters. Regarding the first thing, Li Hongzhang really didn't expect that the general army of the Beiyang Left Wing would actually speak for Xu Jie, Li Hongzhang really couldn't understand that Xu Jie would have such a great influence on the existing Fujian system before he officially entered the Beiyang Fleet. The second thing is a direct reflection of the views of the Nanyang Chinese. In the future, Beiyang will contact Nanyang forces, and Nanyang will only recognize Xu Jie!!

"How does this Xu Jie have so much energy?" Lao Li was puzzled, whether it was power or status, there was no need for Lin Taizeng to maintain a newcomer and Liu Zixiang. And if Nanyang wants to cooperate with Beiyang, he is undoubtedly the best choice!! How many years later, when Li Hongzhang figured out why Xu Jie had such a huge influence in a specific group of people in that era, because they were all fighting for the motherland and the global Chinese, this kind of cohesion is definitely not the common money in officialdom, and the status can be compared!。 Ideals and beliefs are invisible, but sometimes they are the most powerful forces in the world!!