Although local officials have endorsed by Yuan Shikai and do not have to bear the responsibility for losing land, as a local governor, Yuan Shikai personally ordered local officials to abandon land. According to the laws of the Qing court, it was also a serious crime. Therefore, someone reported this matter to Beijing to sue Yuan Shikai for losing land, colluding with rebellion, and misleading the country and rebel against the king.

Yuan Shikai has been in the officialdom for many years and has risen to the top. Although he is a sleek person, good at making friends and attracting many people, he has also offended many people. Because he is the royal family of the Qing court, almost all hate Yuan Shikai. Many people are staring at Yuan Shikai, looking for his faults. Now that such a good crime is delivered to his door, he will not take advantage of the problem and take the opportunity to completely kill Yuan Shikai.

So the Qing court immediately set off a wave of Yuan Shikai's bombing. The broken bones of the bombing hair flew into the palace like snowflakes. Some people even listed Yuan Shikai's twelve major crimes in the memorial and demanded that the Qing court take Yuan Shikai down and execute him immediately. Although Yuan Shikai also had many allies in Beijing, the evidence of this crime was almost conclusive and almost indecisive. The only thing that can be said is that it is important and should not be made lightly. It is not too late to make a decision after the investigation is clear.

But at this moment, Yuan Shikai's victory also came to Beijing. During the victory, Yuan Shikai said that he led his army to attack Dangtu County, the capital of Taiping Prefecture, Anhui, and fought with the People's Army for three consecutive formations. Each formation personally bounced arrows and commanded the battle. The soldiers sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy bravely, and fought bravely to defeat Dangtu and recovered Taiping Prefecture. The three battle plans beheaded more than 2,000 people in the People's Army, and the captives were no less than a thousand people. The firearms, weapons, flags and other firearms, weapons, flags were countless.

After the victory was passed to Beijing, Yuan Shikai's allies in Beijing gave him a shot of a heart attack. At the same time, they all received a secret letter from Yuan Shikai. They knew what was going on, so they all went to dismantle and began to defend Yuan Shikai.

The royal family members were naturally unwilling to give up, so they once again provoked Yuan Shikai's **, saying that a small victory was not enough to offset Yuan Shikai's responsibility for losing territory. Of course, some people also claimed that Yuan Shikai was pretending to be victorious, but in fact he was defeated. He intended to deceive the court and his crimes should be punished.

But then Yuan Shikai's good news was spread and he successively recovered Ningguo Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, Guangdezhou and other places. In addition, each good news had words such as "bloody battle", "death battle", "number of casualties", "corpses are everywhere, blood flows into channels", etc., to show the fierceness of the battlefield. At the same time, the description of Yuan Shikai himself was all "individually bombing arrows", "in a dangerous place, he vowed to never retreat", "individually holding a musket, killing dozens of thieves and bandits" and other words that showed his courage in combat.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai also argued that he ordered the abandonment of the land in Jiangbei, saying that because the river was separated by the river, all the navy in East China were armored warships, while the Anhui navy was completely wiped out. The Jiangsu navy had only wooden ships and could not compete with the navy in East China in the river. Therefore, he could only temporarily give up the land in Jiangbei and regain the land in Jiangnan first. After the Yangtze River was stabilized, he then tried his best to recover the land in Jiangbei.

Although the royal family still attacked Yuan Shikai with restraint, it was at the point where the three drums were exhausted. Because the strength of the attack had been greatly weakened, Yuan Shikai's allies in Beijing began to fight back. With this increase, the momentum of both sides was generally equal.

At this moment, Yuan Shikai's good news was sent to Beijing again. This time, he recovered Huizhou Prefecture and recovered all the Jiangnan lands in Anhui Province. At the same time, he returned to Suzhou Prefecture and repelled the People's Army attacked by Shanghai. In this service, Yuan Shikai personally commanded the battle and was hit by three bullets. He still stood firm in his position and finally repelled the People's Army's attack. However, due to his serious injuries, he could only return to Nanjing to recuperate and recover the Jiangnan lands. The army suffered heavy casualties, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed in the battle. In addition, Dajiang intercepted him, he could only temporarily stop the army.

Although in Beijing at this time, the powerful and powerful members of the Qing court were still unwilling to give up and were still free to attack Yuan Shikai. Some said that he pretended to be accused of military achievements, some said that he had colluded with the East China **, some said that he deceived the court, etc., but the situation was gone, because on the surface, Yuan Shikai did recover the land of Jiangnan, and the reason for giving up the land of Jiangbei was reasonable. After all, the Yangtze River was natural danger, and there was no way for anyone to do anything without a powerful navy. In addition, the Qing court and

The East China ** also fought for several years, and it can be said that he was defeated repeatedly. This time, Yuan Shikai won several victories this time, which was indeed very rare. Because Yuan Shikai was still injured on the battlefield, it added a bit of tragic spirit to Yuan Shikai. Therefore, the Qing court finally issued an order to commend Yuan Shikai and be awarded the title of First Class Zhongyi; and also honored Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding, the fourth-rank prefect of Jiangsu, was appointed as the title of Cavalry Commander; the second son Yuan Kewen, the sixth-rank Beijing official, was appointed as the title of Yunqiwei.

Although both the title added to Yuan Shikai or the elegance of his two sons were empty positions and had no practical power, after all, Yuan Shikai is now serving as the local governor as the Minister of Military Affairs, and his official position has almost ended, and no matter how high he is, he will not be able to go there. However, this represents the attitude of the Qing court, which recognizes Yuan Shikai's contributions and does not care about his fault in giving up Jiangbei. It also ends the quarrel over Yuan Shikai's merits and demerits during this period.

In fact, with Cixi's mind and experience, there was no way to tell what was wrong with it. This was clearly a deal between Yuan Shikai and the East China **, which was to exchange Jiangbei for Jiangnan. Otherwise, could Yuan Shikai's ability defeat the People's Army? That was something that even the great powers like Britain, France, Japan and Russia could not do. But now the Qing court had basically no control over the south. To be honest, even if Yuan Shikai openly raised the flag to rebel in the south, the Qing court had no way to deal with him. Could it be that he could still send troops to conquer Yuan Shikai? Not to mention anything else, how could the army pass through Henan Province? Now, except Yuan Shikai, who else could have such a great face and be able to pass through the territory of East China **; in addition to any other way, on the surface, Yuan Shikai did recover the Jiangnan area, which was explained.

When the royal family members attacked Yuan Shikai wildly, Cixi calmed down and did not make a decision immediately. She dragged on and waited for a while, and watched the development and changes of the situation. Sure enough, after Yuan Shikai used his successors to attack the royal family members and reversed the public opinion trend, Cixi followed the trend and issued an order to commend Yuan Shikai, which also characterized the incident and calmed the fight.

However, what Cixi didn't expect was that Yuan Shikai was resolutely resigned. According to the customs of the Qing court, the officials who were commended should give thanks to the court. In addition to thanking the court for their kindness, Yuan Shikai also made two requests to the Qing court. One was to transfer the first town of the Beiyang New Army and the sixth town to go south to strengthen his military strength, because Yuan Shikai said that in the previous battle, the army he led south suffered heavy casualties, and now even stationed in Jiangnan, he felt that there was a shortage and had to be replenished; the other was to transfer the Beiyang Navy into the Yangtze River and moored in Nanjing to prevent the Navy from the East China Navy from crossing the river and invading the south. Moreover, Yuan Shikai also vowed to ensure that the land of Jiangbei could be recovered within one year after the Beiyang New Army's supplementary army and the Beiyang Navy were in place.

Of course, Cixi knew that Yuan Shikai's oath to regain Jiangbei was a terrible thing. His real goal was to have military power. Moreover, the Beiyang New Army was not satisfied with it, and he actually wanted to include the Beiyang Navy under his command. This appetite was too great. The Beiyang New Army is the most elite army in Qingting. This time, Yuan Shikai took away two towns. Now he wanted two more towns. Wouldn't most of them fall into Yuan Shikai's hands?

Although the Beiyang Navy's current situation is not very good, the berth has been moved to Ningbo, which is a port in the south. Moreover, Ningbo's port facilities are backward, and the Navy's funding is insufficient, the Beiyang Navy's warships cannot be well maintained, so they have to seek help from the Nanyang Navy stationed in Fujian. Therefore, in the Qing court, some suggestions were made by the Qing court, it would be better to incorporate the Beiyang Navy into the Nanyang Navy. However, the lean camel is larger than the horse after all. The Beiyang Navy has at least several cruisers to support the storefront, which is better than the Nanyang Navy. If it is well maintained, it still has a certain combat effectiveness. For East China **, this combat effectiveness is insufficient, but for the Qing court, it is the only naval force.

Yuan Shikai's request was equivalent to taking all the elite troops of the Qing Dynasty's sea and land under his command. His appetite was really great. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai became more courageous when he arrived in the south. Not only did he dare to deceive and deceive the court, but he openly began to challenge the court. At this time, Cixi couldn't help but regret it. If he had known this, he wouldn't have let Yuan Shikai go out and keep him by his side. He suppressed it from time to time to see if he was convinced.

But it is too late to say anything now, and it is impossible to transfer Yuan Shikai back from the south. Cixi originally didn't want to pay attention to Yuan Shikai, so she just pretended that she had not received Yuan Shikai's memorials and waited for the situation to subside. However, Yuan Shikai never got up. A few days later, he again reported that East China ** was dispatching troops and generals, which was to make progress in Jiangnan. Now that his troops were insufficient, it was difficult to resist the enemy. He asked the Qing court to quickly transfer the army south to support. In the end, within 10 days, Yuan Shikai raised three consecutive moves, asking the court to transfer the army south to support, otherwise it would be difficult for Jiangnan to protect, and Cixi was also troubled.

When the royal family members saw it, they were eager to try it out. They all attacked Yuan Shikai, lied about military affairs, deceived the court, held the enemy to respect themselves, and acted recklessly. However, Yuan Shikai's allies were not willing to be outdone. They confronted each other and accused the royal family members of disregarding the overall situation and missing the military opportunity. They asked the imperial court to immediately transfer the army south to support Yuan Shikai, otherwise it would be difficult to protect the land in Jiangnan. Seeing that another battle was about to take place in the court, Cixi had to issue an order to Yuan Shikai, saying that the court had no soldiers to send, and allowed Yuan Shikai to recruit and organize militia groups to train troops in Jiangnan to resist the East China **.

In fact, Cixi understood that Yuan Shikai's repeated complaints were not to ask the court to reinforce the army, but to recruit the army on its own in Jiangnan. Of course, even if the court did not approve, Yuan Shikai could recruit soldiers in Jiangnan. Bi Jing now could not control him, and the royal family did not know anything, so he knew to follow the trouble. Therefore, it would be better to do a favor and approve the matter and save the purity of the ears. To be honest, Cixi is more than less now.
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