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Chapter 549 Yuan Shikai admits defeat

Wei Jichen's actions were very fast. Starting from the afternoon, martial law was lifted in the capital, and the people in the capital were organized to restrain their bodies and clean up the streets.

Wang Wenshao was promoted to the general manager of the aftermath of the capital.

After the war last night, the capital was already bloody and countless dead. Wang Wenshao estimated that about 40,000 or 50,000 people had passed away in secret. In fact, he was too optimistic.

The actual number of deaths far exceeds this number. According to incomplete rule, there should be about 150,000.

The royal members who were secretly slaughtered, had more than 10,000 nobles in the Qing Dynasty, and countless people were involved. The Shenji Camp, the Eight Banners, the Ganges, and other soldiers who were defending the capital were also seriously injured. In addition, the Boxers also suffered heavy casualties. In the end, what cannot be ignored is the innocent people who were injured, with a total death toll of 150,000, which is still a conservative number.

After the war, of course, we should prevent the plague from spreading. The bodies were dug up more than a dozen huge pits and buried as soon as possible. The streets and alleys were cleaned up and lime was sprinkled for disinfection. The entire capital was filled with a strong smell of vinegar, which was also for disinfection.

Of course, Wei Jichen's army would not stop, at least the strategic areas around the capital had to be captured.

Therefore, 15,000 troops from three routes were dispatched at the same time, setting off towards Baoding, Zhengding, Niangziguan, Guguan in the direction of Zhili, and Xuanhua and Zhangjiakou in the direction of the capital.

As long as these places were occupied, Wei Jichen would control the key passes around Zhili from Zhengding to the south, Zhangjiakou to the north, Shanhaiguan to the east, and Niangziguan to the west. If any governor had a fever in his head and came to suppress the rebellion, Wei Jichen would not have been able to attack Jing and wait for others to attack, but could take the initiative.

After Jiang Guiqu and others led their troops to attack, Wei Jichen had a lot of things to do. First of all, he naturally explained the situation to the provinces and built momentum for his next action. Secondly, the Boxer Rebellion and the foreigners had to be dealt with.

Wei Jichen did not think that the Boxer Rebellion defeated the foreigners at all. The Boxer Rebellion was just a big knife in his hand to deal with the Qing government. Now, the knife has lost its function, so it is time to disband them.

It is not so difficult to dissolve the Boxer Regiment and stabilize the situation in Beijing and Tianjin.

Most of the Boxer Boxers in the capital were from Zhili and Shandong. Shandong Governor Yu Xian was dead. Cao Kun's temporary army's 15th town is stationed in Shandong. He was already on the way to Shandong, and it was just around the corner to stabilize the situation in Shandong.

The situation in Zhili and Shandong provinces has stabilized, so these Boxers naturally cannot make a fuss. Moreover, most of the reasons for the Boxers in Shandong are because it happened to be a drought, and people cannot eat or live.

The railway from the capital to Tianjin has been reopened to traffic under the day and night repairs of the Liaodong government.

With the order of Wei Jichen, trucks of grain and boxers from Shandong began to send to Tianjin and then to Shandong.

As for the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion, they were already happy to give them a small official.

In addition, Liaodong's grain storage in the past two years has also begun to play a huge role. Countless cargo ships set off from Lushun and arrived in Dagu, transporting ship after ship of grain.

As the telegram from Beijing was sent to various provinces, a more huge earthquake was approaching. Wei Jichen asked Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai, Li Yunfei and other officials from Tianjin and Lushun to enter Beijing and began to gradually transfer the political center.

At this time, Wei Jichen appeared in the Summer Palace, while Yuan Shikai followed behind with a depressed look on his face.

The temporary transitional government is called the military government, and it is related to the "military", which represents war and power. Once the military government is established, the position of Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Army and Air Forces will be Wei Jichen.

Wei Jichen also began to formally exercise his responsibilities. First, Wei Jichen set up the Military Government Headquarters and the General Staff Headquarters in the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City as the administrative center, and the Summer Palace as the military center. Therefore, Yuan Shikai was depressed and handed over the place he had just occupied, and he still wanted to retire here.

"Brother Weiting, the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City are both the property of the state, and the things inside are also owned by the military government and the state. In the future, some lost property will be investigated. I think that some of the places will be opened to the public in the future so that ordinary people can come in and have fun. What do Brother Weiting think?" Wei Jichen said to Yuan Shikai next to him with a smile.

After Yuan Shikai seized the Summer Palace, the buildings inside would certainly not be destroyed.

However, Wei Jichen's spy in Yuan's army reported that Yuan Shikai took away a lot of pearls, jade and silver. Even the buried location was known clearly by Wei Jichen. Those treasures were to be recovered. As for the smaller batch of silver, Wei Jichen turned a blind eye.

The embarrassment on Yuan Shikai's face flashed and he said, "The Grand Marshal's idea is different!"

To be honest, Wei Jichen is not afraid of Yuan Shikai making trouble now. The little force in Yuan Shikai's hands is not enough. Wei Jichen controls the arsenal and arsenal in the Zhili area.

If Yuan Shikai had a strange intention, as long as he cut off his logistics, no food and salary, no guns and ammunition, could he jump around?

Seeing Yuan Shikai pretending to be confused, Wei Jichen walked silently to Cixi's bedroom and walked straight to Cixi's bedside. Wei Jichen smiled and said, "It is said that the pillow that Cixi used when she was sleeping was an emerald watermelon, and now she doesn't know where to put it."

Yuan Shikai's face froze, and Wei Jichen continued to say to himself: "Cixi has a night pearl, which has always been regarded as a rare treasure. She often plays with it in this bedroom. This night pearl is separated by two pieces, and is a ball that is closed, which is transparent and light. When it is closed, it reveals a green cold light. It can illuminate the hair within a hundred steps at night. Could it be that Cixi was carried out and escaped?"

Wei Jichen knew that these two treasures were in Yuan Shikai's hands. When Cixi went from the Summer Palace to the Forbidden City, she never thought about how to escape. How could she bring these two things?

Yuan Shikai was shocked. He quietly put away these two things. There were no more than three people present at that time, and they were all his confidants. This shows that even his confidants were bribed by Wei Jichen. Can Yuan Shikai not be afraid?

Wei Jichen found a place to sit down, then looked at everyone, and said earnestly: "These treasures are just for fun, not brought in life or death. These are the artistic crystals of predecessors and symbols of civilization. Perhaps they can show them, so that the world can understand that China is an ancient civilization. If you really want to say it has practical value, as far as I can tell, through experiments, foreigners have already known that the Night Pearl is actually a radioactive toxic object, which is harmful to the body without any benefit. In modern times, China has been frequently invaded by the great powers, and there are countless national treasures that have been revealed abroad. Wei's greatest wish in his life is to let these treasures that have been wandering back to China, rather than letting the original treasures of China flow out again."

"I wonder if everyone can help Wei fulfill this wish?" Wei Jichen asked with some intent.

While some people are already complacent about their current achievements, while some are still worried about the current situation and are thinking about how to repel the invasion of the great powers, Wei Jichen has already had a further goal.

Yuan Shikai looked at Wei Jichen with complicated eyes, and couldn't help but feel ashamed of being ashamed of others. Others don't take these things into consideration at all, and they have bigger and farther pursuit goals.

"Since the Grand Marshal has such ambition, I, Yuan Shikai, am willing to be a vassal." Yuan Shikai said in convincingly.

"Just as long as Brother Weiting can figure it out. The world is so vast, how can we keep our eyes on the country?" Wei Jichen smiled and nodded with relief.

Although Yuan Shikai grew up into a generation of heroes in his later generations, he was just a hero in China. Under the oppression of the great powers, he was also trembling and living carefully. As he is now, he can give him a wider stage to play.

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