Three days later, the Qing court indeed appointed Yuan Shikai as the imperial envoy and went to Shandong to commend and commend overseas Chinese on behalf of the court.

However, after receiving the imperial edict, Yuan Shikai was overwhelmed. Among the officials of the Qing court, the one with the most contacts with the East China government and the best personal relationship was naturally Li Hongzhang, and the second one was Yuan Shikai. Because when overseas Chinese entered Shandong, Yuan Shikai was the governor of Shandong at that time, and he handled the handover procedures with overseas Chinese. Later, Yuan Shikai became the governor of Zhili, and his headquarters was in Tianjin. He was adjacent to the Tianjin New District of the East China government. He had contacts almost every day. Yuan Shikai also deliberately made good friends with overseas Chinese, so the two sides had peace and frequent meetings, which was considered to have established a good personal relationship.

But Yuan Shikai knew about the public opinion storm this time. The court was indeed not very authentic. Overseas Chinese did indeed give China a face this time. The court only now thought of commending them. It was really inappropriate. Moreover, Yuan Shikai knew that if it were other officials, they might give the court a step forward. Overseas Chinese were not very respectful to the court, so many people were openly rude, so naturally they would not buy the court's account. Then the imperial envoy assigned to him by the court is not so easy to be.

Because Yuan Shikai learned that it was Li Hongzhang who was recommended by the court, and even doubted whether Li Hongzhang was digging a hole for him. However, Yuan Shikai calmed down and thought that Li Hongzhang should not be such a person, so there must be another reason for doing so. So Yuan Shikai hurriedly wrote a letter and sent his confidant to Beijing to ride a fast horse overnight to ask for advice.

Li Hongzhang's reply only had eight words: "Holding humiliation and taking the burden, and making plans for the long term". Although Old Yuan didn't study much, his mind was absolutely good, and he immediately realized. Because the court had to have a person who had personal relationships with overseas Chinese and could speak. Although Li Hongzhang is here now, Li Hongzhang is already 80 years old after all, and can hold on for a few more days. After Li Hongzhang, the only one who can use it was Yuan Shikai. Li Hongzhang recommended Yuan Shikai to the court, which was actually to tell the court that except him, only Yuan Shikai could speak with overseas Chinese, and at the same time let Yuan Shikai communicate more with overseas Chinese. In the future, Yuan Shikai could be invincible in the court based on this relationship. This is what he meant by long term planning.

It is better to understand that enduring humiliation is just to ask Yuan Shikai to pretend to be a grandson. In fact, Li Hongzhang knew very well that overseas Chinese would definitely not be loyal to the Qing court, but Li Hongzhang estimated that overseas Chinese would not turn against the court within at least 10 years, unless the court attacked first, so overseas Chinese would not really rebel this time. They made such a fuss just to dress themselves up as the orthodox representative of China and win the hearts of the people. At this point, the goal has been almost achieved. Yuan Shikai had some friendship with overseas Chinese. If the court lowered his figure, overseas Chinese would also go down the wall along the way, and most likely they would not make things difficult for Yuan Shikai.

After understanding this truth, Yuan Shikai immediately became energetic and hurriedly contacted Li Songchen from Tianjin, informing the East China government that he had served as an imperial envoy and wanted to go to Qingdao to commend them. At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Qin Zheng in his personal name. First, he praised the East China government's overseas Chinese protection actions, and also said that the court was wrong. Then he said that he was appointed by the court and could not help but begged overseas Chinese not to make things difficult for him and his words were very humble. Then he set out from Tianjin.

After arriving in Qingdao, Yuan Shikai was also very low-key, humble everywhere, and did not show any airs of an imperial envoy. The East China government did not make things difficult for Yuan Shikai. After all, the next main goal of the East China government is the Russo-Japanese War, so it does not want to officially break up with the Qing court. Moreover, the effects required to protect overseas Chinese in Java have been basically achieved, and we can take this step down.

However, the Qing court rewarded the time travelers this time, and the first was to officially establish a vassal for Shandong. Time travelers could establish a government director and appoint officials at all levels in the province. This was to formally recognize Shandong's separatist status. Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, and Xu Jichao were all named first-class dukes. The Qing court entered the pass and established the country for more than 260 years. In addition to the three feudalists at the beginning of the dynasty, there were only four other meritorious officials from other surnames who were named first-class dukes. Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang were all dedicated to the Qing court, worked hard and made great contributions, and had a position as a minister. However, the titles during his lifetime were only first-class earls, and they were posthumously awarded the first-class dukes after their death. Therefore, it can be regarded as a special honor.

In addition, the Qing court also granted two second-class dukes and four third-class dukes; 16 marquises and 35 earls, as if they were sold wholesale like they didn’t have money. In addition, 166 yellow horse hangers were rewarded and 67 were awarded the title of Piaoyong Batulu, with more than 300 people awarded the title, including 62 female time travelers or local female naturalized people, all of whom were awarded the title of imperial edict, because not many time travelers got married. They also gave a lot of gifts to everyone who received the title, and an additional 1 million taels of silver was given to the East China government, and 6 handwritten characters from Guangxu and Cixi.

Although the people who were sealed out were Xujie and the Qing court did not intend to pay Fenglu, there was a formal appointment edict after all. Not to mention that in the Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing as a title in all dynasties.

Of course, Yuan Shikai did not dare to let the time travelers kneel down to welcome the imperial edict, and even the procedures for reading in public were exempted. He directly handed over the imperial edict and all the appointment letters to Qin Zheng. The time travelers who were granted did not express their gratitude and just dealt with it like this.

Yuan Shikai finally breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, he could go back and explain. After all, he had completed the tasks of the court, which should have been considered a contribution. In addition, he also confirmed that he could communicate with overseas Chinese. He would definitely have a broad future in the future, but thanks to Li Hongzhang, it seems that Jiang is still old and he still has to respect Li Hongzhang.

It should be said that the Qing court's move still has a certain effect. This batch of rewards that cost-effectively also caused a lot of public opinion to calm down. Although some people accused the Qing court of being too slow and all of them were false positions, the momentum was much smaller. There were also some loyalists from the Qing court, or those who still had certain feelings for the Qing court, which even sympathized with the Qing court. Overseas Chinese were too unreasonable. Even if they made great contributions, they forced the court to issue more than 60 titles at once and allowed Shandong to officially establish a vassal. Isn't this going to rebel? Therefore, the voices accusing overseas Chinese gradually showed a trend of rising. However, such a fight was coming to an end and could no longer have a big impact.

This time, Li Hongzhang's role was once again shown, and because Rong Luji died, the Qing court also made a major adjustment to the Military Aircraft Department. Prince Qing Yili was still the foreman of military aircraft, while Li Hongzhang was promoted to the second place. The Shisuo entered the military aircraft, while the Han military aircraft was adjusted significantly, and Wang Wenshao and Zhao Shuqiao were exempted from the position of military aircraft ministers, while Lu Chuanlin and Qu Hongxi entered the military aircraft, so that the balance between the four Manchu and four Han people was still maintained.

Ronglu's death caused the most substantial one to lose the Manchu military aircraft. Although he made up for one Shixu, his qualifications, ability, and prestige were far inferior to that of the Han military aircraft. Although the number of people was the same, the Libra turned to the side of the Han military aircraft. Therefore, the Han military aircraft must be adjusted. Li Hongzhang was the first to be unable to move. Zhang Zhidong was not only an important official in the court, but also had the role of restraining Li Hongzhang, so he could not move. He had to take down Wang Wenshao, Zhao Shuqiao, and Lu Chuanlin and Qu Hongxi, two people with relatively low qualifications, could not maintain balance without being strong.

It can be said that Cixi's actions were indeed good intentions, and Li Hongzhang also smiled bitterly. Anyway, Zhang Peilun and his wife had officially invested 500,000 silver in Qingdao with the help of Sheng Xuanhuai to establish a textile factory, which was considered to have tied up overseas Chinese. In the Qing court, there was also Yuan Shikai, so as long as he survived a few more years, he would not care about it once he closed his eyes.

The Qing court has survived this time without any force, but the Qing court has not affected the Java overseas Chinese protection campaign. All countries in the Far East have also evaluated the consequences of this incident and their own actions.

First of all, Russia believes that the East China government's protection of overseas Chinese is beneficial to it, because in this incident, Britain obviously stood on the side of the Netherlands and opposed the East China government. Judging from the results, it ended with the Netherlands' concession. Britain's interference did not play any role, but Russia saw an opportunity from it, believing that this is a great opportunity to differentiate the East China government, Japan, and Britain, which is an anti-Russian cooperation.

So Russia immediately released goodwill to the East China government frequently and told the East China government through the Qingdao Consulate that on the Java issue, Russia's position of supporting the East China government can help the East China government fight against Britain, and hopes to renegotiate with the East China government and the Qing government to resolve the withdrawal of troops in the Northeast. It also repeatedly emphasized that Russia has no ambitions for China's territory, but only needs to solve some details of withdrawal, as well as the security interests of Russian merchants in the Northeast. As long as these problems are solved, Russia will immediately withdraw its troops from the Northeast.

Russia's plan is that as long as the negotiations begin, the cooperation between the East China government and Japan and the United Kingdom can be divided. Even if the cooperation between the East China government, Japan and the United Kingdom does not break down, this can be discussed at least 6 to 7 months or more, and it will take more than 100% of the year. During this period, the East China government will not participate in Japan's military operations, which will give Russia enough preparation time.
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