After hearing what Yuan Shikai said about dealing with the Qing court, Li Songchen couldn't help but admire him. Not only did this guy have completely understood the various rules of the Qing court's officialdom, but he would never retreat when he should take a bold risk. When he needed to make a decision, he could always make the most favorable choice for him. Therefore, in the old time and space, it was not unreasonable that Yuan Shikai could play the Qing court and the revolutionaries around.

If time travelers did not clearly understand the development process of history and had modern weapons and science and technology as a guarantee, they would have established a powerful political force, and under the same conditions, they would really not be able to beat Yuan Shikai.

So Li Songchen said: "Okay, we need to discuss this matter again before we can decide."

Yuan Shikai nodded and said, "Of course, of course." After a pause, he said, "Brother, when I came, the two foreign companies of Taikoo and Jardine have asked me to tell you a relationship, hoping to restore their Yangtze River shipping. I don't know if it is convenient for you. If it is convenient, I will sell my brother for face. Of course, if it is inconvenient, just ask for any conditions. If it is inconvenient, just pretend that I didn't mention this matter. What do you think?"

Li Songchen sang for a while before saying, "Originally, we would not let the shipping rights of the Yangtze River participate in the two foreign companies, Taikoo and Jardinea. They are all controlled by us and can start prices on the ground. How good is that? Brother Weiting, do you think so?"

Yuan Shikai nodded repeatedly and said, "That is nature, that is nature."

Li Songchen said again: "But even though Brother Weiting is entrusting with me, we always have to give Brother Weiting a face. Speaking of which, Brother Weiting is also an old friend of our East China **."

Yuan Shikai was quite flattered and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, all the friends from East China ** look down on me, Lao Yuan."

Li Songchen said: "But the original shipping agreement has been abolished and it is definitely impossible to restore it. If the two foreign companies in Swire and Jardine Malay still want to operate the Yangtze River shipping business, we can renegotiate with them and re-develop a new shipping agreement."

In fact, it is not necessary for Yuan Shikai to mention it. East China ** also intends to renegotiate a new shipping agreement with Swire and Jardines and Jardines. Because with the economic development of East China **, it has now basically obtained all the territory of Jiangbei, and the demand for Yangtze River shipping will inevitably increase significantly. With the current ability of East China **, it is difficult to meet the demand for Yangtze River shipping in a short period of time. After all, East China ** has developed a little too short. Therefore, the two foreign banks, Swire and Jardines, are re-engaged into the Yangtze River shipping industry. Using the shipping capacity of these two foreign banks to meet the shipping demand of East China **. Although some of the benefits of shipping will be given up, it can accelerate the circulation of materials and promote the economic development of the entire Yangtze River Basin. Overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

Of course, East China ** does not intend to give the shipping rights of the Yangtze River to Swire and Jardines and the two foreign companies like in the past, but instead incorporated the two foreign companies, Swire and Jardines and Jardines into the management of East China **, that is, let Swire and Jardines and Jardines and establish shipping companies within East China **, obey the management of East China **, respect the rules and systems formulated by East China **, pay taxes to East China **, and increase employment opportunities to East China **. This is to maximize the interests of East China **.

Although Yuan Shikai was good at playing power tricks and was very good at playing the rules of the Qing government's officialdom and the effective utilization rules, he didn't know much about the economy. Of course, he didn't know that there were so many routines in one shipping rights, and he didn't want to understand that East China ** could sell him this favor, which was really a very good face. As for how the East China ** and Swire and Jardines and the two foreign companies were in the end, it was not about Yuan Shikai's business.

Then Li Songchen talked to Yuan Shikai about many other things, which were about how Yuan Shikai and East China ** get along with each other. After the land replacement, the two sides basically took the Yangtze River as the boundary, but there were also a small amount of land connected. Since Anhui and Jiangsu were divided into two by the Yangtze River. Before, the North and South China connections were very close, but now they belonged to two places. How to deal with personnel exchanges between various places; at the same time, the economy in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is also very close, and there is also a clear definition of economic exchanges, checkpoint taxes, etc. between each other. There is also the army garrison, public security management, etc., and how to deal with disaster victim resettlement camps established by East China ** on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Although Li Songchen and Yuan Shikai did not want to cause trouble for each other on purpose, there were too many things and too broken, and some things, such as checkpoint taxation, also involved their respective interests. Therefore, the two negotiated almost all morning, and the lunch was eaten in Li Songchen's reception room, so they generally negotiated a basic summary. The specific details still need to be discussed in detail by subordinates of both parties.

After lunch, Li Songchen immediately went to Luo Yue to discuss. At this time, the situation in Anhui had stabilized and handed over to the army to guard. There was no war. Therefore, Luo Yue also led the Marine Corps back to Shanghai to guard, after all, Shanghai is also one of the Marine Corps' garrisons.

Li Songchen told Luo Yue about Yuan Shikai's plan request. Bi Jing, Li Songchen was not proficient in military affairs and needed to consult professionals. After hearing Li Songchen's words, Luo Yue also smiled and told Li Songchen that this request could be agreed, because even if he normally takes over Jiangbei, he needs to first send troops to control the place, and then send administrative personnel to move in. Therefore, it is always necessary to send troops, it is nothing more than spending more time waiting for the local officials of the Qing court to abandon the city and flee. In addition, the local officials of the Qing court did not have a strong will to resist, mainly because losing territory was a serious crime in the Qing court. If Yuan Shikai ordered the withdrawal of troops, then losing territory was not the responsibility of local officials. Naturally, no local officials would resist desperately. Of course, even if there was an occasionally unconscious local official who swears to resist to the death, with the People's Army's ability to attack, it could be easily captured.

With Luo Yue's guarantee, Li Songchen felt at ease, so on the second day, Li Songchen and Yuan Shikai ordered their respective subordinates to start formal negotiations. However, since the big framework Li Songchen and Yuan Shikai had been determined, the negotiations went very smoothly. After three days, an agreement that both parties could accept was finally reached. Of course, Yuan Shikai was signed by his staff.

After signing the agreement, Yuan Shikai bid farewell to leave Shanghai and returned to Nanjing. Luo Yue sent the civilian army to cross the Yangtze River and march into the Jiangbei area of ​​Jiangsu Province.

Sure enough, after the People's Army sent troops, the local officials of the Qing court in Jiangbei asked Yuan Shikai for help as soon as possible. Yuan Shikai also responded to local officials asking for help from various places according to the established plan, saying that the Yangtze River was separated and the rescue was inconvenient, and they asked them to abandon the city and retreat to Jiangnan, and all the consequences were borne by themselves. Originally, local officials had no intention of defending the place to death, but were forced to hold on to the pressure of defending the land. Now that Yuan Shikai's orders are naturally not responsible for themselves. Who would still be willing to defend the city? What's more, the People's Army's strong combat power is well-known, and resisting the People's Army is completely self-destructive.

So local officials in Jiangbei abandoned the city and fled to the south of the Yangtze River. However, some smart Qing officials saw some tricks, because although the People's Army was at the city, they did not attack the city immediately, nor did they intend to surround the city. Instead, they opened the net. Moreover, when local officials abandoned the city and fled, the People's Army did not pursue it, as if they were just waiting for the local officials to abandon the city. Thinking of Yuan Shikai's relationship with the East China ***, they had always been close. This time they went south to Nanjing to take office, and successfully passed through the territory of East China **. Now they ordered local officials to abandon the city and leave. If there was no trick in the transaction, no one would believe it. Some people even thought that Yuan Shikai was planning to surrender to the East China ** and use the land of the two rivers as his own Jin meeting.

Some officials thought they had seen through the joints, so they simply surrendered to the People's Army. Anyway, the world's general trend is now determined, and East China will sooner or later enter the capital and establish a career. It is inevitable to change dynasties. It is better to surrender to East China as soon as possible and follow the general trend. In the future, they may even be able to make contributions to the dragon and gain a half-term position. Even if they cannot become officials, they can still seek a safe life for the second half of their lives.

As a result, a considerable number of local officials surrendered to the East China **, and some even left the city and fled. However, after a few days of walking, they realized the taste and turned around and surrendered to the People's Army.

While the People's Army marched into Jiangbei, it also handed over the Jiangnan area of ​​Anhui Province to Yuan Shikai's army to garrison. Fortunately, East China has not sent administrative personnel to these areas, and the army is still stationed in the management of the army, so there is no trouble with the handover. East China ** did not set up a resettlement camp in the Jiangnan area of ​​Anhui Province, but one was set up in Changzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, and according to the agreement between the two parties, the resettlement camp was cancelled. All the personnel from East China ** were withdrawn and the victims were handed over to Yuan Shikai for resettlement. Yuan Shikai compensated East China ** 150,000 taels of silver. In addition, some of the victims were willing to follow East China **, and were also sent by East China ** to Jiangbei for resettlement.
Chapter completed!