In addition to the Marines blockading Shanghai, Liu Yu also returned to Wusongkou Pier in Shanghai. He immediately summoned the ship management leaders.
The supervisors of various warships met with Liu Yu in the conference room of the ironclad Jiangxi. Although several of these supervisors went to the Nanyang Navy Yamen with Liu Yu, they did not see Liu Hai at all. For Liu Yu to summon them
It was also inexplicable.
This time, Liu Yu did not leave the middle position empty for bangs like before, but sat directly in the middle.
The other leaders were stunned when they saw Liu Yu like this, but they knew that Liu Yu was always cautious and would never do anything inappropriate. Since he was sitting in the middle, he must have Liu Hai's consent.
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So the leaders of each warship sat down on both sides of the conference room.
Liu Yu saw everyone sitting down, and then said with a gloomy face: "The Admiral has given an order. The entire Nanyang Navy has set sail and blocked the north and south waterways of the Yangtze River. No one is allowed to cross the Yangtze River without the Admiral's order."
As soon as everyone heard this order, they immediately went into an uproar. Only Liu Da sat there silently. As a biochemical person created by Liu Hai, he naturally obeyed Liu Hai's orders unconditionally.
However, several officers on other warships were just Liu Hai's subordinates and were not as loyal to Liu Hai as Liu Da and Liu Yu were.
Xu Chuanlong sat there and asked: "Excuse me, Liu Guandai, what happened? The admiral wants to block the Yangtze River?"
Liu Yu looked at this man and said expressionlessly: "The imperial court wants to transfer Mr. Liu to the capital and then disintegrate the Hunan Army and the Nanyang Navy. Admiral Liu, Mr. Liu, has made up his mind to stay in Liangjiang and not go anywhere.
.Are you satisfied with this answer?"
After Xu Chuanlong heard this, he understood that the court saw that Liu Hai was too powerful and wanted to slowly remove Liu Hai's power.
However, Xu Chuanlong had already seen Liu Hai's ambition when Liu Hai secretly led his troops to Japan.
What's more important is that now all important departments on each warship are controlled by Liu Hai's personal guards.
These supervisors usually have no problem commanding these people, but if they go against Liu Hai's orders? I'm afraid they can't even move a single soldier on the warship.
If that's the case, why not just join Liu Hai? With Liu Hai's current strength? Is there really nothing the court can do against him? The worst thing is to divide the river and rule? If that's really the case? If Liu Hai ascends the throne, old people like them can also get it.
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So Xu Chuanlong directly raised his hands and said: "I don't know who the imperial court is? I only know to follow the military orders of the admiral."
Liu Yu saw someone agree? He nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at several other people.
These people have followed Liu Hai for several years. They have seen that the Nanyang Navy has become increasingly prosperous under Liu Hai's management, and has even surpassed the Beiyang Navy? This was all accomplished without any support from the imperial court.
Moreover, the relationship with bangs is also very good in Western countries. If bangs really turns against her, she can really break up with the imperial court if things go wrong.
So all the supervisors reacted? So they all raised their hands and said, "We will swear allegiance to the Lord Admiral to the death."
Liu Yu was satisfied when he saw that all the leaders below had expressed their opinions. Have these people boarded Liu Hai's boat this time? I'm afraid it won't be that easy in the future.
"In that case, let's go back and organize our troops. After a while, we will follow the ironclad Jiangxi into the waters of the Yangtze River and block the waterway."
All the officers responded to the order together and each returned to their own warships to start rectifying the situation.
After a while, with the whistle of the Jiangxi No., the huge Jiangxi No. slowly left Wusongkou Pier.
Immediately following were the Jiangxi, followed by the armored cruiser Jiangsu, the cruisers Shanghai and Nanjing, and behind them were four light cruisers.
Behind these main fleets were a dozen gunboats and torpedo boats.
As the main force of the Nanyang Navy came out, the civilian ships on the river became a mess. They sailed to the left and right respectively, making way for the fleet of the Nanyang Navy.
Liu Yu led the Nanyang Fleet into the Yangtze River from the Shanghai estuary, and then drove all the way to the vicinity of Nanjing. Then he sent the navy to block traffic in the north and south of Nanjing waters.
At this time, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, received a report from below, saying that the Nanyang Navy had blocked the Yangtze River for unknown reasons. Now the water transportation was cut off, and the north and south of the Yangtze River had been isolated.
When Liu Kun heard this, he became furious. His bangs were getting more and more out of character. He used to be a little respectful in the past, but now he has started to act nonsense. He even dared to order the Nanyang Navy to block both sides of the Yangtze River. Did he want to rebel?
So Liu Kun immediately sent a telegram to Liu Hai in Shanghai, asking him why he wanted to visit both sides of the Yangtze River.
At the same time, in the name of the Governor of Liangjiang and the Minister of Nanyang, the Nanyang Navy was ordered to withdraw immediately, otherwise military law would be engaged.
As a result, the government officials sent to the bank of the Yangtze River to deliver orders to the Nanyang Navy were quickly driven back.
The Nanyang Navy made it clear that they only obey the orders of Admiral Liu Hailiu of the Nanyang Navy. If the Governor has any orders, please send an order to Admiral Liu Hailiu first. If there is a military order from Admiral Liu, they will withdraw immediately.
As soon as Liu Kun arrived, he finally felt that something was wrong. The affairs of the Nanyang Navy here were not over yet. Suddenly, there was news from the other side that the 1st Division of the Hunan Army was rushing towards Shanghai with all its equipment.
When Liu Kun arrived, he still didn't understand that Liu Hai was making final preparations. It seemed that he was going to rebel.
But why does Liu Hai have the idea of destroying everything?
Liu Kunyi, who had been on the battlefield for many years, knew that he could no longer hesitate at this time, so he immediately ordered the Green Camp near Nanjing to enter Nanjing City immediately, and ordered the Nanjing City Gate to be closed immediately. No one was allowed to open the door without the order of the Governor of Liangjiang.
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After Liu Kunyi made his final plan, he immediately sent a telegram to the court to report his emergency.
At this time, the imperial court had just finished discussing with Li Hongzhang how to deal with Liu Hai's operation, and Li Hongzhang was also preparing to take a warship of the Beiyang Navy all the way south to Shanghai.
Now that they received the news about Liu Kunyi, they were all shocked. As expected, Li Hongzhang was right.
The Empress Dowager Cixi did not care about her face now, and directly held an imperial meeting at Qianqing Gate.
This time, Empress Dowager Cixi did not hang the curtain at all, but sat directly on the throne. There was just another one for Emperor Guangxu next to the throne.
The Empress Dowager Cixi immediately became furious as she sat on the throne.
"This time, who is the one who tricked me into having my bangs adjusted and coming to the capital?"
Prince Shiduo, who was standing below, was frightened after hearing Cixi's roar, but he couldn't avoid it, so he could only walk out of the class tremblingly, knelt down in the middle and said: "This memorial is for slaves."
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Cixi looked at the old prince and without any shame, she picked up the paperweight on the imperial desk and smashed it down.
"Liu Hai is a meritorious minister. You don't want to give him a promotion, but you want to eliminate dissidents. Now that you have forced him to rebel, why do you still have the face to kneel here?"
Prince Li Shiduo knelt down to His Highness, knowing that the Empress Dowager Cixi was looking for a scapegoat. This matter had caused such a big fuss, and if Liu Hai was not given an explanation, the Qing Dynasty might be in trouble.
So Prince Li Shiduo knelt down and didn't dare to say anything. He just touched his head to the ground and kept begging for forgiveness.
At the end, Cixi's mouth was dry from scolding, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Hongzhang who was standing below: "Li Aiqing, this time the court was deceived by traitors and the heroes were wronged. Please go south."
Please make it clear to Liu Hai that it is not the court’s original intention, but Prince Li making the decision without authorization.”
After hearing this, Li Hongzhang hurriedly left his job, raised his hands to Cixi and said, "Wei Chen understands what the Empress Dowager said. After a while, Wei Chen will go south to Tianjin, and then take a ship of the Beiyang Navy to Shanghai to persuade Liu Hai."
After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, the Empress Dowager Cixi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that as long as Li Hongzhang was around, Liu Hai would not dare to be too presumptuous.
Li Hongzhang was not as optimistic as Empress Dowager Cixi, "Queen Mother, Liu Hai has been wronged this time. Please give him some compensation to put his mind at ease."
The Empress Dowager Cixi narrowed her eyes after hearing this, and her hands were clenched into fists in her sleeves. But on the surface, the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and said, "That's exactly it."
Then the Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a while and then said: "How about letting Liu Hai governor all the naval forces in Jiangnan, and the Yangtze River Fleet and Fujian Fleet are also under his control. What do you think?"
After Li Hongzhang heard this, he curled up his lips. The Fujian Navy and the Yangtze River Navy were just empty shells. There were no new warships at all. This saved Liu Hai and the court money.
However, the Empress Dowager Cixi was right. Giving him these two positions could be regarded as appeasement to him. If he were given more power, I'm afraid the court would not agree, and neither could he, Li Hongzhang.
"What the Queen Mother said is that I think if Liu Hai got these two jobs, he would definitely be grateful and grateful for helping the imperial court to keep the southern frontier safe."
Empress Dowager Cixi saw that Li Hongzhang had agreed to her suggestion and knew that the two of them had reached a consensus. This was the final compromise.
So Empress Dowager Cixi turned around and said to Emperor Guangxu who was sitting aside: "In that case, Emperor, please give the order."
Emperor Guangxu listened and felt embarrassed for a while. None of these ministers or the Empress Dowager Cixi sitting above took him seriously.
This further strengthened Emperor Guangxu's decision to win over Liu Hai, because the emperor had already seen that Liu Hai already had the say to influence the situation in the court.
Because of this, Emperor Guangxu did not hesitate. He wrote an imperial edict on the imperial case on the spot, stamped it with a jade seal, and handed it to the Empress Dowager Cixi who was sitting in the center.
Empress Dowager Cixi did not receive the imperial edict, but just took a look at it, and then said to Li Lianying on the side: "Xiao Lizi, since the emperor has written the imperial edict, please send someone to deliver it to Liu Hai again."
Li Lianying quickly accepted the imperial edict and then bowed out of Qianqingmen.
Next, Cixi looked at Prince Shiduo who was kneeling down, and said angrily: "Prince Shiduo is a fool, and he has been fined for one year, and he is still walking around the military plane."