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Chapter 227 The Qing court seeks peace (10)

Just the next day, Gong Jianyang recruited representatives from various banner tribes to hold a meeting to discuss the reform of each department. At this time, the representatives of various banner tribes could basically accept their fate. After all, they could not beat them and could not escape. Moreover, even Zhebuzundanba VIII also expressed his opinion at the meeting that he fully supported Kulun**'s resolution and said that the original system should have been changed long ago, and that the system of East China was the correct system that conforms to God's will, etc.

Although the representatives dismissed the statements of Zhebuzundanba VIII, they also understood that Zhebuzundanba VIII had completely turned to the side of East China. It seems that there is nothing else to do except accept the conditions of East China. Some of the leaders of the Banner Alliance tribes who came here thought about how to keep more property after going back; while other representatives were thinking about how to persuade the leaders of the tribe when they went back and never confronted the East China.

The meeting went very smoothly, and after the meeting, Gong Jianyang immediately organized a working group to carry out work in various banner and alliance tribes.

Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang led the troops to leave Kulun and return to Jinzhou. On the way back, there was nothing else to do. Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang's main experience was to write a summary report of the war. The People's Army had very detailed records of each war, so the information of the two was very sufficient. After negotiation and repeated revisions, the report was completed when the team arrived in Chifeng.

The army was temporarily stationed in Chifeng. Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang returned to Jinzhou and submitted a teaching report to the command center. However, when the two arrived in Jinzhou, they received an order from the Military Commission. The Jinzhou Command Center was officially revoked and notified Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang to go to Qingdao with a summary report to report to the Military Commission about the situation of the war.

The Jinzhou Command was originally a temporary institution set up for the Mongolian War. Now that the Mongolian War has ended, the command was cancelled. The cancellation of the command was still for the purpose of the use of armored troops. In addition, Chen Yi had basically no military value in this war. Of course, being able to go to Qingdao to report to the Military Commission for bluntly is not only a great honor, but also a great benefit to the future of the two.

So after receiving the order from the Military Commission, the two of them immediately stood up and prepared to rush to Qingdao. At this time, the mayor of Jinzhou City Gao Jin also received the transfer order from the Qingdao Executive Yuan, and would be transferred to Shenyang as deputy mayor, but they had to go to Qingdao to take over the appointment and report on their duties, so the three of them could just go together. They boarded the boat at Huludao Port and sailed to Qingdao.

Although Gao Jin left office less than two years after taking office in Jinzhou, it was normal at this time, there was another reason for Gao Jin's transfer this time.

It turned out that after the People's Army occupied Kulun, the Qing court finally couldn't help but issue a negotiation request to the East China ** and put forward two basiss of negotiations. One was the merger of the two sides to form a joint **; the other was the Qing court abandoning the land in the north and moving to the south. Both sides took the Yangtze River as the boundary, and each side governed independently, and reached a peaceful agreement.

At the same time, the consuls in Qingdao from Britain, France, the United States and Germany also frequently issued suggestions to the East China **, hoping that the East China ** could actively respond to the Qing court's suggestions and resolve the contradictions and differences between the East China ** and the Qing court in a peaceful manner, rather than war, in order to avoid causing humanitarian disasters. At the same time, they also expressed their willingness to serve as a mediator between the two sides, etc.

On the other hand, major newspapers in China have also published articles calling on the East China ** to accept the Qing court's suggestions, hold peace talks, resolve peacefully, avoid war, etc. Of course, some newspapers have published editorials with bad intentions that the East China ** has always relied on force to bully people, be armed with military force, and will not accept peace suggestions; however, some newspapers have a neutral position that the East China ** has always been known for safeguarding the interests of China, so it is possible to accept the Qing court's peace suggestions; some newspapers believe that the Qing court must show enough sincerity to achieve peace. Bi Jing East China ** has made a lot of proof in safeguarding national interests, and the Qing court obviously has not had enough proof in this regard.

East China has always attached importance to public opinion propaganda and orientation, and has always created a positive image of public opinion for itself. This time, the Qing court's suggestion obviously began to pay attention to the role of public opinion propaganda and achieved certain results. First of all, although the Qing court was the weaker side, it was still the orthodox government in China's legal ruling in fame. Moreover, after the Qing court entered the pass, it had a history of more than 260 years, and the idea of ​​imperial power was deeply rooted in the Chinese people. Therefore, the Qing court took the initiative to propose peaceful negotiations and could indeed win a lot of support.

Secondly, Chinese society generally rejects war. Therefore, if the hostile contradiction between the East China and the Qing court can be peacefully resolved without fighting, it is of course the result that everyone hopes to see. In addition, the land system of East China is also a place of great controversy. Now, except for the jurisdiction of East China, China's public opinion is still in the hands of gentry and local sages. They are quite exclusion of the land system of East China, but they all know that no one can stop the land system of East China, but if the peace talks between East China and the Qing court succeeds, they are expected to avoid the land system of East China.

Even if the final result is that the two sides form a joint **, the Qing court will inevitably have a say in this **, and naturally they can ask the East China ** to make changes in the land system; and if it is a division of the north and the south, it would be even better. Therefore, the entire South can avoid the East China ** land system. Although the north cannot escape, China's economic center is still in the south, and most of the territory of the East China ** is in the north. The Qing court can only control the three provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi. They can only seek blessings.

Once the Qing court's peace talks were proposed, it was supported by various countries, and the public opinion fueled the fire, so a trend quickly formed, which almost could not be rejected by East China.

Sure enough, the East China ** publicly released its response, saying that the East China ** is willing to negotiate with the Qing court to peacefully resolve the hostile situation between the two sides and avoid war. However, the East China ** can only accept negotiations based on the formation of a joint ** between the two sides, and refuse to divide the north and the south. The reason is that China has been a unity of north and the south since ancient times. Although there will be a situation of north and south confrontation in history, it is both temporary and ultimately the unity of north and south. The East China ** will never be a sinner of national division, so it will never choose a plan of divide the north and the south. In fact, the East China ** refuses mediation and reconciliation from various countries, because this peaceful negotiation is an internal matter of China, and the Chinese are fully capable of solving their own affairs, so there is no need to let external countries participate.

After the announcement of the East China *** statement, it launched a public opinion counterattack. One side published an article supporting the East China ** statement. Any attempt to split the country or introduce external forces is a treason. Only the East China ** solution is the correct way to truly seek a peaceful solution to the current hostile affair and avoid war.

Some articles also pointed out that they expressed doubts about the sincerity of the Qing court, believing that the main reason for whether the peaceful negotiations can succeed and form a coalition ** is whether the Qing court can give up its own power, because the success of the East China ** has proved their ability to govern the country. If the two sides want to form a coalition **, the Qing court must be willing to hand over the power to the leaders of the East China ** and let them be fully responsible for China's political affairs, so that China's prosperity and strength will be just around the corner. However, with the nature of the Qing court's rulers, it may be difficult to willingly hand over the power in their hands, so whether the peaceful negotiations can be successful is not very likely.

Obviously, the reaction of the East China ** was unexpected by the Qing court, because in the heart of Cixi, she wanted to choose the division of the north and the south to form a united state. Not only did the Qing court find it difficult to divide enough power, but Cixi herself was also difficult to be protected. After all, she was just an empress dowager, not an emperor in the famous discussion. Cixi's original abacus was to deliberately not give in to the joint state of the north and the south to introduce the negotiations into the plan of division of the north and the south. Then, the big hat of "national division" in East China ** was suppressed, and the plan of division of the north and the south was completely cut off, and even all countries were excluded. It was the one-on-one negotiation between the East China ** and the Qing court. After this negotiation, would the Qing court get a good result?

But now public opinion has been created, and the demands put forward by East China ** are reasonable and have been supported by most public opinion. Therefore, the Qing court couldn't help but feel a little difficult to make. If it refuses at this time, it would undoubtedly be a slap in the face. However, if it agrees to East China **'s plan, Cixi knew in her heart that there would be no good results and was also in a dilemma.

The Qing court was in a turmoil, but the East China ** was still preparing step by step. If the Qing court accepted its own conditions, then talk and fight before the negotiation could not be completed; if the Qing court refused, of course, they would still fight. But war was not just a matter of the army, but also post-war management. Therefore, the East China ** was also prepared to take over the administrative teams of Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places after the war and select elite soldiers and generals.

The mayor and deputy mayor of Shenyang have been selected to take over the administrative team after the war. Therefore, Gao Jin was transferred to Shenyang this time, but the mayor of Shenyang has not yet left office, and Gao Jin can only serve as deputy mayor for the time being. At the same time, he also used this period to be familiar with the situation in Shenyang and prepare for the successor as mayor.
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