Chapter 305 Let's go! Go now!

"What are you laughing at?"

Li Mo stared at Li Qiang, who was crooked at the corners of his mouth, took a melon skin hat with long braids on his head, and dressed up as an ordinary vendor who came and went between Zhili for a moment.

"Puff." Du Dazhuang, who was wearing the same hat behind him, smiled and said, "Young master, you are really not used to this."

"Well, I don't think I'm used to it either." Master Li looked a few times in the mirror and felt that the braids were a little eye-catching. Since he cut off the braids in Canada at the age of 12, he had not even had long hair. He usually kept his head flat like the soldiers, and the people around him also cut off the braids. Even before he went to Taiwan, he had fake braids, even if there are many in the northeast at this moment. Ordinary people with braids still feel a little strange when it's their turn.

But this time, after all, I went to Yanjing. I was afraid of causing trouble for the guards around me, so I had to put a fake on my scalp.

Li Mo took the typhoon, one of the five Tingfeng-class typhoons this time, with a maximum speed of 30 knots to ensure that he could arrive in Tianjin as soon as possible. Originally, he planned to use an airship, but that was too flamboyant, so he changed to take a reconnaissance ship.

Looking out of the porthole, the horizon in the east had turned slightly white. Perhaps at this moment, Cixi had also left the Summer Palace and returned to the Forbidden City. The poor Guangxu Emperor would be pulled out of the bedroom by her and then locked up in the Yingtai circle.

" By the way, who was the concubine who slept with Guangxu last night? How can these history writers avoid the key questions!"

Master Li hooked the corners of his mouth. He suddenly went to Yanjing this time, not to watch the old woman play tricks. The biggest purpose of his trip was for Yuan Shikai!

Yes, Yuan Shikai!

In fact, as early as after the occupation of the three northeastern provinces, Li Mo had thought about assassinating Yuan Shikai. He had a bad impression of this one, but after thinking about it, he still didn't do it. It was not that he couldn't do it, but that his New Beiyang Army really made him jealous.

In Li Mo's opinion, Yuan Shikai is actually very capable. Although he betrayed the Weixin Party, he actually also knew the importance of Weixin. Therefore, after Xinhai became president, he actively developed the industry, unified the currency system, and also created a modern judicial and education system, at least achieving short-term unification and stability. If It's not that he is ambitious and is bewitched by others to restore the emperor. I'm afraid it's still a question whether there will be a later separation in Beiyang.

Especially in terms of hiring and selecting talents, Yuan Shikai has a very set of means. Tianjin Xiaozhan worked hard to train new recruits. After adopting the all-style training method, he hired German instructors. Although the Beiyang Army under him could not compare with himself, it was the most powerful army in the Qing Dynasty. There is no doubt about this!

Due to my arrival, something has changed its trajectory. At this moment, the Beiyang New Army has also been affected. Because of the fear that its fleet will go straight to Tianjin, both the reform party and the post-party in the Qing Dynasty attach great importance to this new army, which not only included tens of thousands of people who had originally returned to the northeast, but also re- Ten thousand people were recruited, and the number of 50,000 was collected, several times larger than that of the same generation!

To put it bluntly, Master Li blocked the Jiawu disaster and exempted hundreds of millions of taels of silver from compensation. The family background of Qingzheng Axe has not been greatly consumed. As long as the implementation is resolute, it is not a problem to organize a 100,000 new army.

From the beginning of the establishment of this army, Li Mo and the General Staff have paid great attention to it, but unlike Chen Ping and others, he thought more about how to get this army!

So he can't kill Yuan Shikai. This person is currently the backbone of this team. No one can replace him. In case he is killed and leads to division, it is hard to say whether he can eat this meat.

In fact, since his reincarnation, Master Li has had a bad taste, that is, he always likes to use other people's things, dig other people's gold, and rob other people's resources. Finally, he robbed the four battleships that had sold almost all the people to pay off their debts. At this moment, he got so many counterfeit money to buy materials everywhere. To put it bluntly, he still used Other people's money.

It's not new to use other people's money to fight in future generations. The United States did this after World War II, and even the domestic resources were tightly covered. Such a good character naturally had to be inherited. Therefore, the 50,000 new army became the biggest piece of meat in his heart who wanted to expand the army, even if he only cut off a small half. These have enough foundation, and the Beiyang New Army, which can be put into the battlefield with simple training, is enough to improve the strength of the army.

Originally, Li Mo was not going to go out in person, but recently, the intelligence department found that Yuan Shikai was constantly taking advantage of various opportunities to evacuate the Beiyang New Army in his hand. Obviously, he had also had foreseen that something might go wrong with Yanjing and was preparing for himself, so he wanted to try it. He didn't want this army to be the most After that, he entered the vast Qing Dynasty and became his own roadblock.

After thinking about it, I'm afraid that sending others can't convince the ambitious Marshal Yuan, so he decided to come in person and go straight again. At the same time, he also witnessed with his own eyes what China's heart was like in the era of Wuxu's transformation.

"Young master, we will be there in ten minutes." Captain Typhoon appeared outside the hatch, and Li Mo nodded: "Contact Zhao Cheng and let him test Yuan Shikai first. If he wants to stay, it's best, if he still wants to leave!"

"Then let's see if he is faster or I am faster!"

"Yes."

After the captain left, there was a sound of footsteps in the adjacent cabin. The guard camp and the nighthawks began to prepare one after another, and Li Mo also put on the melon skin hat again--

In the newly built Beiyang Army Admiral's Mansion in Tianjin, the family and soldiers are busy carrying large and small boxes into the backyard, where several carriages are already ready to go.

Yuan Shikai sat in the hall, looked at the soldiers coming and going in the yard, and sighed. After several years of hard work, he still reached this point, not because of the current turmoil in Yanjing City, but from Liaodong, separated by the Bohai Sea.

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, Wang Yingkai, Wang Shizhen, Feng Guozhang and others are also frowning. These people are all generals who were recommended or slowly promoted by Yuan Shikai after returning from the three provinces a few years ago. At this moment, they are also reluctant to see that the hard-earned foundation to be relocated to the inland.

Although Shanxi is a good place, Jin merchants are even rich enough to support tens of thousands of troops, but it is much more remote than Tianjin Zhili. Once Henan is cut off, Shanxi is a dead pimple. Unless everyone is willing to drink the northwest wind, they can only watch large pieces eat meat and drink, but they will die little by little.

"Marshal, wait a minute, haven't you come to the north yet? Maybe there will be a turning point. Wang Shizhen couldn't bear to leave the foundation like this, and finally broke the silent persuasion.

"Brother Pingqing, the north has begun to deploy troops as early as last month, and several ironclad ships have all returned to Lushun from Ryukyu, not to mention Master Li, he..." Wang Yingkai didn't know whether he should say Li Mo's original words. He looked at Yuan Shikai and nodded when he saw the latter before he continued, "Master Li brought words long before the start of the new year. We are not allowed to support the new year. It can be seen that he has made up his mind to do it!"

"Is there such a thing?" Wang Shizhen also heard about this situation for the first time. She quickly looked at Yuan Shikai, who immediately nodded: "Shao Chen is right. Master Li has already ordered someone to take care of me and does not allow me to support the Restoration Party. It can be seen that he does not want the Qing Dynasty to restore his vitality!"

"What does it have to do with not letting us support the Reunion Party and his sending of troops?" Feng Guozhang was a little puzzled and immediately asked.

"Huafu, think about it, he pretends to be someone else's mouth to prevent us from supporting the new, so that the emperor will not be able to do anything. Maybe at this moment, the Yanjing City is already in a mess. Once the emperor is abolished or something goes wrong, do you think he will see how Zhili will be in chaos with his surname?"

Wang Yingkai said, "Last time the emperor issued a Weixin edict, he also wrote a Xinhua theory in person, encouraging the Chinese family, saying that the Manchu people no longer deserve to sit in the world. In fact, his heart of entering the customs has long been known by passers-by. Although I don't know how he will march, I am sure that he will There will be a big move!"

"Mom, isn't it just a few ironclads? Does he really dare to bombard Tianjin? There are many foreigners here. Isn't he afraid of causing disputes? Wu Changchun next to him cursed his mother.

"Foreignians? Humph!" Wang Yingkai sneered and said, "Have you ever seen people afraid of foreigners? In those years, Britain and the United States were so supportive of Japan. He didn't say he would fight. Besides, with the power of the sailor in his hand at this moment, did the foreigner really offend him?

Wang Yingkai's words attracted everyone's nodding. To be honest, everyone really envied those people in the Northeast. Several hard battles that they couldn't think of made foreigners give up three points, and they only took care of the Northeast in an orderly way. I heard that three railways have been connected in the past three years. If this momentum continues, I will be afraid for another two years. It's true that the whole northeast can be connected.

While everyone was thinking, Yuan Shikai got up and looked around and sighed, "Guys, if you are willing to follow me, go and prepare. If you want to stay, I will never force it."

After saying that, he was ready to walk out without waiting for an answer. When he had just walked into the yard, suddenly there was a running sound outside the door. His own soldiers came to report, and Zhao Cheng, the shopkeeper of Tianjin Port, came to visit.

"Zhao Cheng?!"

Not to mention Yuan Shikai, even the new generals behind him are all stunned. Who is Zhao Cheng? The name will now make a noise when it hits the ground in Tianjin!

"Why did he come here? And it's still at this time! What are you going to play with, Master Li?!"

A series of questions rose in Yuan Shikai's heart, which made him feel bad, but he was already blocked at the door. It's not good to close the door, not to mention the one behind him...

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai immediately scattered the soldiers who were moving things and took several generals to the front hall. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a man of about 30 years old, sitting calmly in the living room.

Suddenly, a small hat on the table caught his attention. The small black hat was placed on the side, and a piece of hair was exposed inside. At this time, he found that Zhao Cheng, who had not shaved his hair, had handed over a bald head!

In this scene, Yuan Shikai and Wang Yingkai suddenly sank. This is Tianjin, not the northeast. If you dare not leave braids here, it is to kill the head, and the other party dares to take off his hat so openly in his own house, and he doesn't even bother to do it in disguise. It can only explain one thing!

"Mr. Zhao is a rare guest. I don't know what's the matter with looking for Yuan so early? Is the gang of green people on the dock making trouble again? Say something, I'll let them all be arrested. Yuan Shikai held his fist and smiled and stepped into the living room with several people.

"Lord Yuan, you're welcome. How dare you bother with a little Qingpi's trouble?" Zhao Cheng also replied, "I just passed by here and saw a convoy coming in and out of your house from time to time. What are you doing?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Several women in the family are clamoring and saying that they are going to stay in Yanjing for a few days, and then they can only find a few soldiers to help clean up." Yuan Shikai hurriedly fought, haha.

Zhao Cheng narrowed the corners of his eyes. He didn't believe that Yuan Shikai would not see the hat he deliberately took off. Since he saw it, he still didn't ask, it showed that he really had a ghost! Fortunately, I was prepared for a long time and couldn't help laughing and said, "Lord Yuan, Tianjin is not peaceful these days. We still have to rely on you. Why did I hear that you are going to transfer the new army to Shandong and Shanxi? Is there a bandit riot there? Do you need to supervise it?!"

"You!" Yuan Shikai suddenly stood up, and even Wang Yingkai and others around him changed their faces greatly. Unexpectedly, what he thought was secret on his side fell into the eyes of others. Is Master Li's real nemesis?

"Lord Yuan is busy with his official business, and it is inconvenient for Zhao to disturb him, but someone asked me to bring you a word." Zhao Cheng stood up and looked at Yuan Shikai and said with his fist, "Your Excellency, you are a Han Chinese and a member of China. At the time of the country's transformation, foreigners are rampant outside, and the inside has the right to make progress and land compensation. If it hadn't been for my young master, you would have known the result of Jiawu more than anyone else! So I don't want to say more about who is sincerely for the people. I believe you have seen it clearly! The young master only asked me to bring you one sentence.

"Between the country and the people, there should be a choice. Even if the separation can be fast for a while, it may be rejected by the descendants. If you really understand people, you should know how to choose, and don't miss yourself and others!"

After saying that, after holding his fist and worshiping, he immediately walked out. Feng Guozhang and others behind him were already so angry that they rolled up their sleeves and wanted to arrest people. This was simply a naked threat. Who did Li Mo think he was? He is only about 100,000 people in the northeast. He has to guard against Russia and ensure stability. It's great to get 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. What if he comes here for 100,000 yuan? There are tens of thousands of people here. If you really want to leave, who can stop it!

Yuan Shikai stopped everyone and slowly fell into the chair. After a moment, he suddenly remembered something and looked around and asked in surprise, "Where's Duan Qirui?" His words made everyone tremble. Wang Shizhen quickly said, "Duan Qirui was pulled by a German teacher to talk about something in the morning. What do you mean, my lord?"

"Would, Germany and Li Mo have been wearing a pair of trousers for a long time. Will he be?" Wang Yingkai suddenly stood up, and his face suddenly became a little pale.

"No, absolutely not. Zhiquan and we are brothers. He has known about the withdrawal for a long time. He also sent his family to Shanxi before. How could he betray us!" Feng Guozhang shook his head.

"It's hard to say that people know the face but not the heart. Otherwise, how could Li Mo know that we were leaving?"

Everyone was talking about it, which made the living room suddenly chaotic. Even Yuan Shikai, who had always been calm, became restless at this time. After getting up and taking a few steps, after thinking about it, he suddenly gritted his teeth.

"Go! Go now!"

(to be continued)