When Cixi saw that the military ministers below had reached a consensus, she nodded and said to the people below: "In this case, we should discuss how to appease Liu Hai?"
Zhang Zhiwan stood up and said: "There is only one way now, and that is to remove Liu Kunyi and make Liu Hai the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of Nanyang."
Zhang Zhiwan's words caused an uproar among the military ministers below. Although they decided to appease Liu Hai, they never thought of giving Liu Hai such a position.
If Liu Hai serves as the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of Nanyang, then this is simply the rise of a warlord who can be on an equal footing with Li Hongzhang.
Even Ci Xi, who was above, had a serious look on her face, "Can you explain to the Ai family why this must be done?"
Zhang Zhiwan did not flinch, "Let me tell you, the Queen Mother, although Liu Hai is not the governor of Liangjiang, the Hunan Army he controls is actually the largest force in the Liangjiang area. Especially after this incident, Liu Hai can
If he returns to the imperial court, he will no longer be of the same mind as the imperial court. He will definitely strengthen his control over the Liangjiang area. By then, what does it matter whether he is the governor of Liangjiang or not?"
After the Empress Dowager Cixi heard this, her face became even worse. She could be said to have worked very hard for the Qing Dynasty, walking on thin ice.
But now there are Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and now there is Liu Hai. Why are these Han people so tossing, can't they just let the court do what their ancestors did?
However, now the imperial court really has no available troops. The new army trained by Ronglu has just been recruited. It will probably take several years before it can have combat effectiveness. The imperial court can only tolerate the current situation for the time being.
So the Empress Dowager Cixi personally issued an order: "Liu Kun is old and fatuous. If he dares to arrest a general of the imperial court without following the imperial decree, he should be immediately dismissed from all official positions and returned to his hometown to retire."
Empress Dowager Cixi paused again at this point, and finally continued as if she had made up her mind: "Liu Hai has made outstanding contributions and has made considerable achievements. He is specially appointed as the Governor of Liangjiang and the Minister of Nanyang."
Emperor Guangxu and the Minister of Military and Aircraft standing below, after listening to the Empress Dowager Cixi's decree, they all said together: "The Empress Dowager is wise, and I (sons and ministers) respect the decree."
Empress Dowager Cixi now only felt that the sky was dark, and she was not in the mood to sit here anymore. She also waved her hands and said to the people below: "Aijia is tired? You all kneel down? Let's go on errands."
After hearing what Empress Dowager Cixi said, the people below quickly knelt down and said goodbye to Cixi.
Next, Emperor Guangxu took several military ministers out of Cining Palace. On the way, Emperor Guangxu said to several people: "You will send a telegram to Nanjing immediately? At the same time, notify Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and let him go south again. Don't do it."
By the time Liu Hai launches a mutiny, it will be too late."
Prince Li Shiduo had just received instructions from the Empress Dowager Cixi, so now he was wilting? He didn't reply at all.
Erhebu quickly took his place and said: "I will send a telegram to Nanjing immediately after I return to the military aircraft office. I will never miss any important events of the imperial court."
Emperor Guangxu sighed after hearing his words. He was very conflicted now. He wanted to use the power of his bangs to compete with the Empress Dowager Cixi, but he was also afraid that his bangs would get bigger and eventually become too big to get rid of. However, Emperor Guangxu had no choice now.
, we can only go back to Qianqing Palace first.
After Emperor Guangxu left, several military ministers immediately returned to the military aircraft, drafted an order, and then sent it to Nanjing via telegram.
This is to ask people in Nanjing to quickly take this telegram to appease Liu Hai. Liu Hai can't wait to suddenly attack.
After the telegram arrived in Nanjing, it was naturally sent to Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang.
After Liu Kun read the telegram, he let out a long sigh. He knew that his official career was over from now on.
Fortunately, the imperial court understood what he meant, and on the condition of removing himself, Liu Hai could be appeased and turmoil in the world could be avoided.
Liu Kunyi was now desperate. He took the telegram, and then asked people from the Liangjiang Governor's Office to go out of the city and deliver the telegram to Liu Hai.
But he himself returned to the study alone without seeing any outsiders.
Not to mention, this telegram really came in time. When the telegram was delivered to Liu Hai, Liu Hai was already preparing to attack Nanjing City, then occupied the telegraph office, and sent telegrams to other Hunan military headquarters to order them
Each occupied key areas in the Liangjiang area.
At that time, Liu Hai had just finished conveying the order, and the 1st Division had already pulled out the 122mm howitzer and was preparing to bombard Nanjing City.
At this moment, the city gate of Nanjing opened, and a government official rode a fast horse and came straight to Liu Hai's camp.
The soldiers on guard in front of Liu Hai's position saw someone riding a fast horse and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. At the same time, the soldiers behind him also raised their rifles and pointed at the person.
Such a government official was so frightened when he saw such a formation that he wouldn't be willing to do this job if the prefect hadn't offered 100 taels of silver.
The officer got on his horse and knelt down in front of the soldiers, "Commanders, please don't shoot. An emergency message has been sent from Beijing. The Governor ordered me to hand it over to the Admiral Liu Hailiu of the Nanyang Navy!"
The soldiers looked at each other and quickly sent one person in to report. The others went forward and tied the yamen servant tightly, then searched his whole body and found that there were no hidden weapons, so they pulled him inside.
And go.
When they arrived at the position, a regiment leader was already waiting for them.
This regiment leader is called Liang Lin. He was originally a student at the Shanghai Artillery School and a member of the Marine Corps Artillery. Because of his loyalty to Liu Hai, he was assigned to the 1st Division as the regiment commander.
Liang Lin looked at the government servant who was pulled in front of him and laughed, then asked: "Who sent you here?"
The yamen servant quickly laughed and said, "When I return to the official, I was sent by Governor Liu."
"Where's the telegram? Let me take a look."
The yamen officer was tied up so tightly that he couldn't get it out. He could only say: "Master, the telegram is in my arms."
Liang Lin immediately glanced at him, and the orderly behind him immediately stepped forward, took out the telegram from the officer's arms, and handed it to Liang Lin.
Liang Lin took the telegram and looked at it, and Liang Lin couldn't help but smile. This time, their commander got his wish.
So he said to the yamen officer: "You wait here, I will go in and inform the commander-in-chief. If the commander-in-chief has any reply later, I will need you to report it to the city."
After Liang Lin finished speaking, he left the front and hurried towards Liu Hai's headquarters.
Liu Hai and Lu Chun were currently discussing the invasion. They lay on the map and used pencils to draw where they would march, where they would expand their troops, and where they would expand their territory.
At this moment, the orderly from outside came in to report, and Liang Lin asked to see him.
Liu Hai glanced at Lu Chun and asked, "What's the reason for this kid coming here? Isn't it because he wants to see the delicious food here and come to eat with us?"
Lu Chun replied with a smile: "Although this boy, Marshal, is usually aloof, he would never dare to be like this at a critical moment. He must have something important to do when he comes here this time? Why don't we just ask him to come in and give us a reply."
When Liu Hai heard this, he just nodded and asked someone to call Liang Lin in.
Liang Lin entered the tent, first gave Liu Hai and Lu Chun a military salute, and then handed the telegram to Liu Hai with a playful smile.
"Commander, according to the telegram sent by the imperial court, you have been appointed as the Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Nanyang."
Liu Hai was also a little excited after hearing this. If he could hold this position, he would be able to legitimately own a piece of territory.
Liu Hai stretched out his hand, took the telegram and looked at it. As expected, as Liang Ning said, the imperial court had decided to remove Liu Kunyi and appoint Liu Hai as Minister of Nanyang and Governor of Liangjiang.
Liu Hai weighed the telegram in his hand and said to Lu Chun on the side: "It's really hard to find a place after trying to break through the iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here! We also thought about concentrating our forces to control the two rivers, but we didn't expect that the imperial court would not fight until we started fighting."
A great gift for us."
Lu Chun came forward and took the telegram from Liu Hai's hand and read it. Then he pondered for a moment and said: "Commander, this is because the imperial court knew that Liangjiang could not be defended! It did not want the whole world to be in turmoil, so it was named Governor of Liangjiang.
For comfort."
Liu Hai nodded after hearing this. He also knew that this was the court's plan to delay the war, but it was also Liu Hai's own calculation.
If as Liu Hai's power grows stronger, he presses harder and the court retreats step by step, if the whole country can be peacefully accepted like this, it will be a good thing.
Liang Lin stood aside, watching Liu Hai and Lu Chun joking there, and quickly asked: "Commander, what should we do next?"
Liu Hai pondered for a moment, and then said: "Order the troops to continue to be on guard. At dawn tomorrow, the army will march into Nanjing City and take over Nanjing's city defense."
After Liang Lin heard this, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Yes."
In this way, the 122mm howitzer that had been pushed out of the camp was pushed back into the camp. It seemed that it was no longer needed this time.
When it was daylight on the second day, Liu Hai led the 1st Division to approach the south gate of Nanjing City. At this time, the green battalions on the city tower were a little numb when they saw the army approaching. They didn't know that the soldiers below were
What exactly is the army going to do?
The soldiers of the Hunan Army below the city sent people to shout to the city tower: The imperial court had appointed Liu Hai as the governor of Liangjiang. Now, in the name of the governor of Liangjiang, Liu Hai ordered the soldiers on the Nanjing city to open the city immediately and let the army enter.
The general on the city tower was not informed. How could he dare to open the city privately? So he sent someone to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion to report to Liu Kun and ask him what to do.
As a result, the news came back that the imperial court had indeed appointed Liu Hai as the governor of Liangjiang. From now on, Liu Kunyi would be a commoner and could not control the affairs of Liangjiang. He was asked to obey the orders of the new governor of Liangjiang.
After hearing this, the general dared to order people to pull up the gate and open the city gate. Then he personally ran to the city gate to greet the newly appointed governor of Liangjiang.
When Liu Hai saw the city gate open outside, he was afraid of an ambush inside and did not dare to enter the city with his entire army. Instead, he ordered a battalion of four to five hundred people with rifles to approach the city gate and take over the city defense near the city gate. Only then did he dare