Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 445 Yuan Shikai's Change
"What?" Duan Zhigui couldn't believe his ears, "You mean Wang Zhixin, director of the Beijing Police Department?"

"Yes. That's him."

"How is this possible? A while ago, I heard that he was doing well in Beijing. This is all thanks to your godfather's support. If he works so hard, he will be executed?" Duan Zhigui scratched the back of his head for a while hard to believe.

"This matter is absolutely true. Wang Zhixin's case was ordered by the emperor himself, and was handled by Zhao Bingjun, the head of the Security Bureau. The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Suzheng Office jointly executed the sentence at Caishikou!"

"Godfather, this really confuses me, what's going on?"

Yuan Shikai sighed, so he told Duan Zhigui the whole story of Wang Zhixin's case. Duan Zhigui gasped and said in surprise, "So it's Wang Zhixin's bribery?"

"Of course, no matter how bad that kid is, he is still a dignified member of the ministry. How can he execute the sentence in public without conclusive evidence, and the final charge is corruption and selling the law to oppress the people." Yuan Shikai took out an official document from his arms and threw it away. On the table, "Look, it's written in detail in the court's residence newspaper."

Duan Zhigui read the mansion newspaper from beginning to end before he was convinced. After a long time of surprise, he said: "Even Zhao Bingjun and the Security Bureau are involved. It seems that this matter is not trivial."

"Yes, if the emperor is not angry, how can he kill dozens of officials in Beijing at once? This kind of courage is that no emperor has been able to match it in the past 300 years of the Qing Dynasty. But I, Yuan Shikai, are not angry with the emperor and the court. Who in the capital does not know that Wang Zhixin was recommended and promoted by me, Yuan Shikai, and now the emperor kills him as soon as he says he wants to, without even saying hello to me. Put my old Yuan in your eyes!"

"Godfather, Zhigui dares to say a word, don't be angry."

"Go ahead."

"I thought the emperor didn't pay attention to you all the time, maybe he was using you all the time. You see, when you were in North Korea, it was the time when the North Korean regime was changing and the situation was chaotic. The chaos of Concubine Min's intervention in politics was reversed, but just as you were making progress in North Korea, the emperor transferred you to Beijing to serve as Beiyang minister, my son thought it was a secret fall."

Yuan Shikai nodded: "Well said, let's continue."

"Yes. Since you became the Minister of Beiyang, you have taken full control of the Beiyang Fleet. My son still remembers that in those few years, you raised money from various sources to purchase a large number of new ships, and invited many German shipbuilding experts. It is you Train the navy and organize the Beiyang Fleet to become the ace fleet of the empire. Because of your outstanding achievements, you went straight to the Military Aircraft Department and became the Minister of Military Aircraft. But just when you gained a firm foothold in the ruling and opposition parties, the emperor was once again a piece of paper. The transfer order has transferred you to the remote Singapore to garrison. Although the mountains are high here and the emperor is far away, it is far away from the imperial capital after all, and the eyes and ears are not very good. Everyone knows that the Strait of Malacca is the lifeline of Asia. If something goes wrong here, the emperor will definitely arrest you. Forget your mistakes once in a while, and ask the teacher to blame you."

The muscles on Yuan Shikai's face were twitching, and his fists were tightly clenched together, "Xiangyan, what you said is very reasonable. I used to be grateful for the emperor's several transfer orders, but later I found out There is indeed a problem, as you said, this is called ascension and surrender. If I disobey a little, he will definitely dismiss me and investigate, the emperor is so shrewd!"

Duan Zhigui has always been afraid that the world will not be chaotic. Seeing that his godfather listened to his words, he hurriedly fanned the flames: "Godfather, think about it, since we came to Singapore, the imperial court not only did not allocate funds to support us, but instead tried every means to get us The exploitation here, if we didn't do some opium business and arms business in private, how could we handle so many things."

"By the way, what happened to the opium deal with South America?" Yuan Shikai raised his head and asked.

"Basically, the two parties have reached an agreement, but I think there is still room for repayment on the price. I want to lower the price for them. Those people in South America are bumpkins, and they are not familiar with the opium market in the world. It's very clear that it shouldn't be a problem to fool them. If this deal can be negotiated, we can earn at least 1000 million yuan from it." Duan Zhigui said proudly.

Yuan Shikai rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then pondered: "Xiangyan, it's almost enough. Remember, both buyers and sellers are at the risk of losing their heads. When we make money, we must leave some room for the other party, otherwise if Offended those bumpkins, they will do anything in a hurry, for example, what if they report us to the court, will there be a way for us to survive then? Don’t think that people don’t know the market, it’s better to be cautious when doing this kind of thing For good."

"Yes, what godfather taught you. Zhigui wrote it down."

"And how is the arms deal with the Americans going?"

"Godfather, if you don't ask me, I'm still trying to report to you. Now the Americans have come to Singapore and want to have a personal interview with you on this matter."

"Really? It seems that the Americans are quite serious about our deal."

"Yes, this time it is the most powerful arms dealer in the United States, DuPont. Their main family members are here this time, and they kept expressing their admiration for you."

Yuan Shikai laughed, but after laughing, his brows were furrowed again, and he stared straight out of the window as if thinking about something.

"What's the matter? Godfather."

"Xiangyan, do you think the emperor knows what we are doing behind the scenes?" Yuan Shikai said thoughtfully.

Duan Zhigui suddenly felt chills on the back of his neck. If the emperor knew about this, then Yuan Shikai and himself would be charged with ransacking the family and exterminating the family. , will feel a little bit of life."

"That's right, our emperor doesn't rub sand in his eyes. Anyone who wants to play tricks behind his back will be found out sooner or later. After this incident, I'm worried that the emperor has begun to pay attention to us. But in my opinion, even if The emperor has a little bit of wind, and he will not do anything to us rashly before he has conclusive evidence, but this matter will not be delayed for a long time. With the current strength of the Imperial Security Bureau, even Britain's top military secrets are not available. If we can get it right, if we really work hard on our matter, we will be able to grasp all the facts within a month. At that time, the emperor will really pay attention to us. If the emperor pays attention to us, he will be in trouble. It’s not far away. I think back then he cared about Russia. A Sino-Russian war drove the tsar from power. He cared about Europe. Just sending an imperial cavalry turned the situation of the world war in one fell swoop. Now most of Europe’s The lifeblood of the economy is in his hands, and he took care of the British, and took back Hong Kong. If one day he pays attention to us, our emperor is scary." Yuan Shikai couldn't help but pop up In a cold sweat.

Duan Zhigui gritted his teeth and said: "Godfather, you told me that a man should not look forward and backward when doing things. In my opinion, what happened to the emperor, now we occupy the Singapore side, and we still control the Singapore fleet and a group army with nearly 5 troops. He still controls the Straits of Malacca, if the emperor really makes us men anxious, maybe we will turn against him!"

"Bastard!" Yuan Shikai's face turned gloomy, and he pointed at Duan Zhigui and cursed: "Things that are more successful than failures, what kind of wolf talk are you talking about, just because our little people still want to fight against the emperor, don't Forget that even the dignified British are no match for the emperor of the empire, let alone us shrimp soldiers and crab generals. The emperor has nearly 150 million standing troops in his hands, including the army, navy and air force, as well as armored corps and submarine fleet. If we dare to rebel, he will do whatever he wants Throwing out an army can take back little Singapore without bloodshed. What's more, do the Singapore fleet and the army here listen to our dispatch? They all directly obey the orders of the military command. To put it bluntly, as long as the military commander With an order from the Ministry, they will be able to flatten us first! I think you are really getting worse and worse. Don’t mention this kind of thing again in the future!”

Duan Zhigui was so scolded that he couldn't lift his head anymore, he said aggrievedly: "Then what should we do, don't we just wait to be punished by the emperor?"

Yuan Shikai said gloomily: "Xiangyan, a man should remain calm when things happen. With our power, we can't openly confront the emperor, or we will die. But as the saying goes: "The cunning rabbit has three holes. We can't be in the same tree." Hanged from the tree, for the current plan, we have to find another owner, and we will have the capital to fight against the imperial court if we find a strong backer. It can't make him feel better."

"What does Godfather mean by taking refuge in the political forces of other countries?"

Yuan Shikai nodded with a sinister smile: "That's right. Only in this way can we protect ourselves."

"Godfather means who is better to rely on?"

"Who did you say was here?"

"The DuPont family in America. What's up?"

"Hehe, the Americans have deep roots, rich wealth, and considerable military strength. After the World War, the United States is the country that has risen fastest after China and Germany. If we can climb this big tree, things will happen in the future." It's easy to handle, with the support and protection of the Americans, even the emperor would not dare to touch us easily."

Duan Zhigui gave a thumbs up: "Tall! Godfather, sometimes I think it's a bit overkill to be a little governor of Singapore with your talents, I think you should be" Duan Zhigui leaned into Yuan Shikai's ear and whispered: "The emperor. "

Yuan Shikai was startled at first, the fat on his face trembled a few times, he stared closely at Duan Zhigui's eyes, then turned his body out of the window, looked up and laughed!

(End of this chapter)