When the generals heard Liu Hai's question, they didn't hesitate at all. They immediately stood up and said respectfully to Liu Hai: "General, please wait. I will obey the command of the commander in chief."
Liu Hai laughed after hearing this, and then said jokingly: "Since you said so, don't regret it in the future."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he immediately became serious and ordered: "Where is Lu Chun, commander of the Third Army?"
"The last general, Lu Chun, is here."
"Now the Governor has ordered Lu Chun to lead the Third Army and station it here. He will be responsible for the defense of this country and serve as the head of the military department."
"yes."
"Lu Chun, please don't agree yet. I have a few conditions. Please listen clearly."
"After you serve as the garrison commander, you must firmly control the army in your own hands, and you must not let those powerful people stick to your hands again."
"Yes, Commander, don't worry. The general will definitely control the army firmly and will never let the military power be lost."
Liu Hai was satisfied when he heard his answer. This unruly country was now in his hands.
Originally, according to this military merit, Ye Faguang should have been appointed to this position, but there was an unclear person around Ye Faguang, and he also had problems with his own thinking. Liu Hai was really worried about him.
"In terms of the navy, we also need to arrange for someone. I think this is how it works. Let Liu Da take the Jiangsu armored cruiser and those old cruisers as the commander of the squadron."
Naturally, the navy generals had no objections to this arrangement.
Liu Hai thought for a while and continued: "Since we want to preserve their navy, we cannot let the navy's stall fall apart, Liu Da."
"Here." Liu Da quickly stood up.
Liu Hai waved his hand and asked him to sit down again, and then said: "As the commander of the garrison fleet, you must also search for talents in their navy, and at the same time re-establish the navy's frame. After a while, our warships will be rich."
If you do, just sell a batch of them to these people so that they can start with them."
After Liu Hai gave these instructions, he fully explained the future strategic plan.
That is, in the general direction, we will not interfere in the administration of the land government, but from now on we will not allow the government to interfere in the military.
After Liu Hai completed this meeting, he led the army and began to evacuate.
When Liu Hai left this time, he made a fortune. It can be said that the three most prosperous cities were all looted by him. This time, he used two transport ships of nearly 3,000 tons just to use these treasures.
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In addition to these, there is another most important figure, that is, the king of this country. According to the agreement, the former king will follow Liu Hai to become a monk in a temple in Nanjing, and then pray for the soldiers who died in the war between the two countries.
So far, a total of nearly three months have passed from the time Liu Hai took the pledge to the end of the war.
By the time Liu Hai left, it was already 1896.
At the end of January 1896, the Jingdong Pier was packed with people. The government held a farewell ceremony for Liu Hai. This time, not only all the members of the cabinet came, but many ordinary people also came to the pier spontaneously.
Come and bid farewell to my bangs.
There were also many ordinary people dressed in festive costumes, holding the yellow dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty, and swaying there.
None of these people came here to give bangs sincerely, and some of them were forced to come here by the government.
Liu Hai was completely aware of all this, but he pretended not to know. Now he was waving his hands pretentiously on the battleship Huangdi, waving to people from all walks of life who came to see him off.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, the Huangdi finally sounded its whistle, and then the huge ship began to slowly leave Ma Tou in Jingdong Bay, and then headed towards the sea outside Jingdong.
As the battleship Huangdi left, the battleships of the Nanyang Navy also pulled anchor and set sail, waiting to leave Jingdong Bay with the flagship.
This huge fleet reorganized after arriving at the open sea, and then with seven battleships as the core and a dozen cruisers as the periphery, they lined up in three neat lines and headed towards Shanghai Wusongkou Pier.
After several days of sailing, the fleet finally returned to their home port - Wusongkou Base.
But here at Wusongkou Pier, there are already colorful flags flying and huge crowds of people. Countless wealthy businessmen have contributed money and effort to decorate Wusongkou Pier into a sea of flowers.
As the Nanyang Navy's giant ship slowly docked, the people on the shore let out bursts of cheers.
This war can be said to have made the entire Qing Dynasty proud. Even the foreign adults in the Qing Dynasty have now become polite to the people of the Qing Dynasty.
After Liu Hai got off the boat with all the governors and generals, Pei Dazhong, the magistrate of Shanghai County, had been waiting there with his people for a long time.
This Pei Dazhong was the county magistrate when Liu Hai was the admiral of the Nanyang Navy. Later Liu Hai served as the governor of Liangjiang. This man should have resigned, but Liu Hai thought that he was still diligent, so he continued to serve as the county magistrate in Shanghai.
You must know that the current magistrate of Shanghai is no small matter. There are few cities in the entire Qing Dynasty that can compare with Shanghai. Serving as a magistrate here is more cost-effective than magistrates in other places, no matter how young you are.
Pei Dazhong was very grateful to Liu Hai and helped Liu Hai in Shanghai.
When Pei Dazhong saw Liu Hai, he immediately knelt down on the ground with all the officials and kowtowed to Liu Hai, "I am of low rank, and I sincerely welcome the governor-general to return home victoriously."
"Everyone, get up."
After Liu Hai finished giving instructions, these officials dared to stand up.
Then Liu Hai, with the support of these people, came to Shanghai where Liu Hai was stationed, the Nanyang Navy Admiral's Office.
When he arrived here, Liu Hai followed the rules and sat on the tiger-skin chair in the center. The important generals of the Nanyang Navy and the Hunan Army stood on both sides, while other officials could only wait outside the door.
Liu Hai was a little tired after sitting on the ship for a few days. Now that he had just returned, he didn't want to deal with anything anymore. He directly said to the generals below: "The Navy can rest after arranging the warships. The Army has to work harder. Now it's time to
Everyone returns to his station."
After Liu Hai said this, he said to Ye Faguang, the commander of the Second Army: "You have to work hard, and you can rest after the troops return to their bases."
"Don't take it seriously as hard work. This is what a general should do."
Liu Hai nodded and said nothing more, then waved his hand to let the generals disperse.
After they left, Liu Hai stretched and returned to his home in Shanghai with his bodyguards.
And here, his wife Zeng Yuying has been waiting in the hall for a long time with her concubine Chen Yuting, and Liu Hai's sons Liu Wenbin and Liu Wenhao.
Next is the happy gathering of husband and wife, father and son, needless to say.
After Liu Hai rested at home for a day, he ordered someone to sign the peace agreement and send it to the capital on an expedited 800-mile journey.
At this time, many gentlemen in the capital had obtained the contents of Liu Hai's peace negotiation through other channels.
The gentlemen in the imperial court were not satisfied with this document, because it only said that the previous treaty signed with the Qing Dynasty was abolished, but it did not say what to do if we occupied the Northeastern territory.
Moreover, this time the imperial court suffered heavy losses, and it did not allow the other party to pay some money. How could the imperial court make up for the losses? Should these officials pay for it? It was a no-brainer.
Moreover, there are several most important issues that are not clearly stated in this treaty, that is, whether North Korea should be controlled by the Korean royal family again in the future.
Regarding this issue, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have been discussing this issue for a long time. After he comes back, Liu Hai will give the court an explanation.
Besides, after Liu Hai rested in Shanghai for a few days, he returned to Nanjing from Shanghai with his family and friends on a navy transport ship.
After Liu Hai returned to Nanjing, the first thing he did was to go to Qixia Temple in Nanjing and personally observe the ordination ceremony performed by Master Huiming, the abbot of Qixia Temple, for the former king.
Qixia Temple is the first famous temple in Nanjing. Liu Hai felt that placing the king here was worthy of his status.
After Liu Hai finished dealing with the former king's affairs, he immediately put several of his staff back in the study, where they began to discuss the establishment of North Korea's administrative agencies.
To say that Liu Hai achieved such a great victory this time, North Korea should have been allowed to regain its independence.
But Liu Hai doesn't want to win the territory he worked so hard to re-teach to those decadent masters.
So Liu Hai's intention is to directly control this place and make them a part of him.
Now Liu Hai summoned his staff to ask them to figure out how to explain to the court without having to break up with the gentlemen in the capital.
Regarding these official matters, Liu Hai is not as experienced as these people.
It can be said that Zhao Jiahua was the most resourceful among Liu Hai's staff at this time. Liu Hai had just raised the issue and wanted to legitimately take over North Korea's affairs, and Zhao Jiahua on the other side had already come up with a solution for him.
"Commander, I think no matter what name you plan to use, you can't directly put this place under the control of Liangjiang. It's better to set up this place as a special zone. On the surface, it will be controlled by the Japanese. In fact, secretly, the commander sent officials to control this place.
administrative."
Zhang Guiping, Zhao Jiahua's friend from the same hometown, listened to Zhao Jiahua's words and shook his head in his heart. He felt that Zhao Jiahua's method was completely the original arrangement of Liu Hai. If he proposed it now, it was just a change of soup without changing the medicine.
Zhang Guiping just wanted to refute, but when he looked up and saw Liu Hai nodding with a smile, he immediately swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Zhang Guiping now understood what Zhao Jiahua meant in a flash of his mind. There was nothing he could do about it, but he had already seen the Governor's thoughts, so he followed the trend and flattered the Governor again.