Although the palace maids left Beijing, the impact was not over. Because they lived at the feet of the emperor, the residents of Beijing were born with great ability to spread various news. Although there were not many people who saw palace maids leaving the palace in the morning, it was spread to everyone in the whole city of Beijing at noon. Moreover, the combination of overseas Chinese and palace maids can naturally make people have enough associations, so the residents of Beijing were also talking about it, and there were all kinds of legends.

However, no matter what the legend is, it is just a topic of conversation after dinner. It has no impact on the management and rule of time travelers in Beijing, and no one even yells to oppose the rule of overseas Chinese. After all, what overseas Chinese want these palace maids to do has nothing to do with the people. Now overseas Chinese occupy Beijing, order is normal and life is stable. The residents of Beijing who have just experienced the turmoil have no intention of causing trouble. Moreover, although overseas Chinese speak kindly, as long as they do not violate their rules, there is nothing to do. However, once the rules they have violated, overseas Chinese are not ruthless in the punishment. No matter who they have made, they cannot escape. Moreover, they do not accept the relatives. Therefore, can they be provoked to be provoked by overseas Chinese for this?

This news naturally soon reached Prince Qing, who was staying in Beijing. After Prince Qing went to the palace to ask the old eunuchs about the situation, he just told them not to speak out and to warn other eunuchs not to gossip, and to wait until the empress dowager and the emperor return to the palace before dealing with everything. The old eunuchs all understand people, but they don’t understand the truth. At the same time, they are also glad that when the overseas Chinese took away the palace maids, they did not stop them.

Sure enough, after a few days of various news, the matter slowly subsided. After all, life still had to continue. At this moment, Li Hongzhang and Duan Qirui led the 2,000 Beiyang New Army sent by Yuan Shikai to Beijing, and finally arrived in Beijing.

This time, Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang came to Beijing with Li Hongzhang. This time, they all lived in the palace at the invitation of Prince Qing. Because after several months of renovation, Prince Qing's palace has almost returned to its former style, and the servants have also returned to their 100% 10, and the cost of the mansion is very complete. In addition, Prince Qing has to accompany overseas Chinese to Xi'an this time, and he also has to negotiate with Li Hongzhang. Therefore, living in Prince Qing's palace is naturally more convenient.

So after welcoming Li Hongzhang and his group, the two sat in Prince Qing's study. The first thing they talked about was that overseas Chinese sent all the palace maids to Tianjin.

After hearing Prince Qing’s speech, Li Hongzhang was stunned at first, but immediately felt relieved. He had a lot of contact with overseas Chinese and knew that overseas Chinese were not licentious and lustful people. Of course, they did not want these palace maids to entertain the atmosphere. However, among overseas Chinese, there were more men and fewer women, and most of them were young and middle-aged. Overseas Chinese sent these palace maids to Tianjin, so it was naturally planned to serve them as their wives and concubines. Most of the palace maids were treated in the palace, so it was reasonable for overseas Chinese to ask these palace maids to come. Of course, overseas Chinese took these palace maids away, obviously they did not take the imperial court seriously. However, at this time, don’t pay attention to these details and complete the handover in Beijing safely and steadily, so that the court can return to Beijing as soon as possible is the primary event.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang said: "Prince, these are all trivial matters, and there is no need to discuss them. The most urgent task is to let the Empress Dowager and the Emperor return to Beijing as soon as possible. One is to restore stability to the Qing Dynasty; the other is to fulfill our duties as ministers. No matter what the rest of the matter is, I don't know what the prince thinks."

Prince Qing nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Yes, yes, Shaoquan can take into account the overall situation."

Li Hongzhang said again: "This time, the prince accompanied overseas Chinese to Xi'an to pay homage to the empress dowager. The emperor, the burden is not light, so I hope the prince will take care of himself and not be careless."

Prince Qing was stunned. He had always thought that it was a good man to accompany overseas Chinese to Xi'an this time, but seeing Li Hongzhang's solemn expression, he didn't seem to be saying polite words, and he couldn't help but make a sudden move in his heart. Could it be that his plan was wrong? This trip was not so easy, so he hurriedly bowed to Li Hongzhang and said, "I hope to hear it carefully."

Li Hongzhang said: "Overseas Chinese have lived overseas for a long time, and their customs have become more and more common. They do not recognize Chinese etiquette. When they go to Xi'an, they will inevitably have some inappropriate etiquette. However, the Qing Dynasty should have the demeanor of the Celestial Kingdom and are humble and do not have to be confined to the minor details. Moreover, after overseas Chinese surrender, they have made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, if overseas Chinese are not etiquette, they hope that the prince can regulate the rituals from it, showing the court's grand spirit, meritorious ministers, and people from abroad will return to the people. This will make overseas Chinese feel grateful for the kindness of the Qing Dynasty, and do not cause misunderstandings."

Although Prince Qing has no talent, he is also an old man who has been fighting in the officialdom for decades. Of course, he can understand the meaning behind Li Hongzhang's high-sounding words. To put it bluntly, don't be provoked by overseas Chinese. Everything must follow the wishes of overseas Chinese.

Li Hongzhang and Prince Qing were both wise men and had dealing with overseas Chinese. They knew that although this group of people was the banner of returning to China, they did not take the Qing court seriously at all, so they would not be too polite to the court. If they collided with the empress dowager between words and actions, the emperor must let the empress dowager and the emperor be patient. Although the empress dowager understands the general trend, he is a woman after all, and he will inevitably be willful and act arbitrarily. As a result, such a big mess has happened. The emperor is even more impatient and unable to keep his temper. But at this time, they cannot be willful. Moreover, the ministers in Xi'an may not understand these principles. If they really regard them as overseas survivors who return to China and present the genealogy of the Celestial Kingdom, wouldn't that be troublesome?

And all these things naturally have to be dealt with by the ministers who accompanied overseas Chinese to Xi'an. So Li Hongzhang said that the burden of his trip to Xi'an was not light, but it was not a false statement. So Prince Qing bowed to Li Hongzhang and said, "Thank you, Shaoquan, for teaching me."

Li Hongzhang said: "Actually, with the wisdom of the prince, I naturally understand the power of it. I didn't need to talk too much, but the prince's trip has a great relationship and should not be underestimated. I have to say a few words, and I hope the prince will forgive me."

Prince Qing hurriedly said, "There is there, thanks to Shaoquan reminding me." After a pause, Prince Qing said, "It's better to do this. Let Boxing or Youqiao accompany me to Xi'an. If something happens, I'd better have someone to discuss."

In fact, this proposal was exactly what Li Hongzhang thought, because Li Jingfang and Zhang Peilun both had good friendships with overseas Chinese and were generally familiar with the behavior of overseas Chinese. Therefore, one of them went to Xi'an with Prince Qing, and there was an additional person who could communicate with overseas Chinese, so they could remind Prince Qing when they encountered problems. However, Li Hongzhang was not inconvenient to bring up this matter himself, and even though Prince Qing made this request to Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang followed the situation and asked Li Jingfang to go to Xi'an with Prince Qing.

The next day, Li Hongzhang and Qin Zheng met, and the People's Army also handed over the palace and Zhengyang Gate to the Beiyang New Army led by Duan Qirui as promised. However, the two sides still agreed that the public security order in Beijing was still under the responsibility of the People's Army, and the Qing army also had to respect the rules set by overseas Chinese. However, without the consent of the Qing army, the People's Army was not allowed to enter and exit from Zhengyang Gate or enter the palace. Duan Qirui repeatedly promised that the Beiyang New Army would be strictly restricted and not to make them violate the rules set by overseas Chinese.

Then Li Hongzhang immediately generated a power to the Qing court and reported to the court that he had already received the imperial city. He soon received a call from the court, commending Li Hongzhang, and asked Prince Qing and overseas Chinese to set off from Beijing immediately and drove to Xi'an.

Qin Zheng and his group set off to leave Beijing on September 6th, which happened to be a year since the time travelers came to this era. Looking back on the development process of the time travel group over the past year, Qin Zheng couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. No matter what, this era has changed the historical development process because of the arrival of the time travelers. The Gengzi Kingdom has become more reasonable and the [Xin Chou Treaty] that lost power and humiliated the country has not been signed, which is a great achievement.

Due to the protection of the People's Army, Prince Qing did not lead the army, but only brought more than 100 guards with him. On the one hand, the People's Army defended himself, and the security was sufficient; on the other hand, it also showed his trust in the People's Army and won the favor of overseas Chinese.

After leaving Beijing, the group of people first took a train to Baoding Prefecture, which was the southern border of Beijing controlled by the People's Army. After leaving Baoding Prefecture, they were no longer controlled by the People's Army.

The troops left Baoding and continued to move south. After a day of march, they arrived at Zhengding Prefecture. Local officials had received a notice and warmly welcomed the People's Army. At this time, after the Boxer Rebellion, the order of most places affected by the Boxer Rebellion had been restored. Some local officials remanaged local affairs, and the Qing court also appointed a new group of local officials. Therefore, at least in terms of form, most places had also restored the rule of the Qing court, and the People's Army could also receive local reception along the way, which was much better than when Prince Qing came to Beijing.

However, the People's Army still maintained its usual style of not disturbing the people, so it refused the reception invitation from local officials of Zhengding Prefecture and camped outside the city to rest. Even Prince Qing had to live in the barracks with the soldiers. However, Prince Qing had no complaints and strictly prohibited his own complaints when he was waiting for the guards.

Although the local officials in Zhengding Prefecture were unexpected, they were also somewhat lucky because according to the previous practice, the cost of receiving the People's Army was not a small amount. After all, the local government had just stabilized after great turmoil and did not have much ability to handle the reception. However, the local officials in Zhengding Prefecture also told Qin Zheng and Prince Qing that during this period, there were not peaceful areas in the junction of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan. There were many bandits and many actions, and they were extremely rampant. Not only did they rob large families, but they even dared to fight against the officers and soldiers, and counties. Xingtai County, Guangzong County, Julu County and other places had sent emergency documents, so Qin Zheng and Prince Qing and his party should be extra careful.
Chapter completed!