"Immediately order, be sure to find out what is hidden in the two closed docks of the Liaodong Army." After nearly half an hour of silence, Hirofumi Ito finally spoke slowly.

"My subordinates understand." Inoue nodded, turned and walked out.

Lushun. The cold wind has begun to freeze the sea, and a lot of thin ice beats the shore from time to time, making a harsh sound, and the sea breeze rolls, inducing the dry and cold cold air to the Lushun headquarters not far away.

Bang bang, the biting cold wind blew the pagers in the headquarters only crackling, even in Liu Jun's office, where a few charcoal braziers had been placed, Liu Jun could still feel the biting cold.

"Come, take a sip of hot tea and warm up." Zheng Yiqian, who was already wearing a green cloak, handed the hot tea that had just been cut in her hand to Liu Jun, who was standing in front of the map.

This kind of tea fragrance, Liu Jun is very familiar with, the whole Lushun, and only Zheng Yiqian can run out of such a taste, slightly put the tea in front of his nose and smelled it, Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked to the charcoal fire and sat down, then took a sip of the tea in his hand, and put the tea on the coffee table on the side.

"I want to talk to Xinjiang?"

"What, what do you say, you're saying it again." Zheng Yiqian, who was standing on the side, widened her eyes, she was listening, Liu Jun couldn't talk about it.

Go and talk to Xinjiang, what you want to do. Is it difficult to leave Lushun and go to Xinjiang, if Liu Jun leaves, then who will manage Lushun, and who will manage the overall situation of the current war with the imperial court.

"I said I wanted to talk to Xinjiang and General Ili. Let's see if Xinjiang can be resolved peacefully. ”

"I'll go find Li and Wu Datong." Knowing that it was useless to persuade her, Zheng Yiqian pulled out the most powerful and terrifying helper.

"What are you doing, I didn't say I was going." Seeing Zheng Yiqian turn around and walk out after throwing away this sentence, Liu Jun hurriedly stood up and stopped and held Zheng Yiqian's hand.

"Then what do you mean?" Zheng Yiqian's face was obviously a little unhappy, she decided that if Liu Jun dared to go to Xinjiang, she would unite her family and even Li Hongzhang to dispel Liu Jun's thoughts about anything.

"Oh, I know you're afraid of something happening to me, so I didn't say I wanted to go in person, I just had this idea. Resolve Xinjiang peacefully, so that I can reduce the bloodshed and sacrifice of troops in the west. ”

"That's pretty much it." Zheng Yiqian glanced at Liu Jun, and then did it next to Liu Jun: "Then since you have this idea, go and do it, if Xinjiang can be resolved peacefully, it will also be a big event, comparable to the integration of two battleships into the Beiyang Naval Division." ”

There is no need for Zheng Yiqian to say this, Liu Jun also understands in his heart that the question is who should be filmed to handle this matter.

There is a suitable candidate in my heart, that is Li Hongzhang, but now that Li Hongzhang is old like that, how can he bear to go on a long journey to Xinjiang.

"I also thought, the problem is that I can't find the right person." Liu Jun spread his hands helplessly and said the problem sincerely.

This, Zheng Yiqian lowered her head and pondered, after all, she couldn't find anyone to go, so it was in vain.

"yes, by the way, you can go and ask the old man." Zheng Yiqian remembered Li Hongzhang.

That's right, Liu Jun patted his thigh, he only thought that Li Hongzhang could complete this thing, but he didn't expect Li Hongzhang to give him advice.

"Let's go, we'll go right away." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he stood up, took the military hat from the side and buckled it on his head, and took Zheng Yiqian to ask.

Lushun Li Hongzhang Apartment. Ever since he saw the giant ironclad ship, Li Hongzhang has been in a cheerful mood for the past few days, and from time to time he will have a few sips at home with the wolf pack commandos sent by Liu Jun to protect him.

Li Hongzhang, who has been relieved of his heavy burden, has no pressure on government affairs, and his health is getting better day by day.

"Master, Aunt Sun asks to see me." The housekeeper walked in and said to Li Hongzhang, who was sitting alone at the table drinking.

Liu Jun and Li Hongzhang smiled slightly and motioned for them to come in.

"Old man, you are so idle, I will accompany you today." As soon as Liu Jun entered the door, he saw where Li Hongzhang was drinking, and immediately smiled, and walked next to Li Hongzhang with Zheng Yiqian.

If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, how could Li Hongzhang not know Liu Junai's purpose here, he must have encountered a problem.

"Okay, you stop, if you have anything, just say it, don't be courteous here." Li Hongzhang didn't give Liu Jun any face, and directly broke it.

Old fox, Liu Jun held his mouth and forgot to drink the wine glass in his hand.

"Lao Yezi, Liu Jun wants to solve the Xinjiang issue peacefully, and he can't be separated, so he wants to let one person be fully responsible, but he can't find a suitable candidate, so I want to ask you who is suitable for this position." Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, saw that the old and the young were about to get on the bar again, so she hurriedly came out to play a round.

It turned out to be this matter, Li Hongzhang understood Liu Jun's intention, immediately closed his eyes, and stopped talking, Liu Jun knew that Li Hongzhang was thinking about the problem now, so he didn't bother, so he could only sit on the side and keep drinking and eating and waiting for Li Hongzhang's answer.

"There will be one of them." After about a cup of tea, Li Hongzhang slowly opened his eyes. looked at Liu Jun beside him.

"Who?" Liu Jun's eyes widened suddenly, and he saw that Zheng Yiqian was right, and he was really right. "Outer Mongolian political officer, Yuan Shikai."

Yuan Shikai and Liu Jun's eyes widened.

Yuan Shikai was able to serve as the chief political officer of Outer Mongolia, which was also Li Hongzhang's suggestion to himself, when he saw that Yuan Shikai was an insidious task from the books of later generations, so he never let him grasp the military power, but let him handle government affairs.

After this person became the chief official of Outer Mongolia, he not only wiped out the independent elements in Outer Mongolia, but also governed Outer Mongolia in an orderly manner, comparable to Lushun in the west. At present, the economy of Outer Mongolia has changed from the penultimate everywhere to the fourth now, and it is the economic land after Lushun, Heilongjiang, Shengjing, and Shandong.

Over the years, Yuan Shikai has not made any moves, just doing his own things seriously, and he planned to transfer him to Lushun after a period of time to assist Wu Datong in handling government affairs. But now, it seems that this idea will be dispelled for a while. ”

"Yuan Shikai's ability, I think you know, I guarantee you, with him, peace in Xinjiang can be completed categorically." Li Hongzhang stroked his beard and said lightly.

Cheng, since this is the case, Liu Jun nodded, he decided, with Yuan Shikai as the minister with full authority to deal with this matter, he could even directly transfer the Seventh Corps stationed in Outer Mongolia and not use it.

Kulen, Outer Mongolia. After several years of development, today's Kulun, compared with the city that only did not fight, has changed greatly, the city gate of the eighth living Buddha who was cut off at the beginning has long been demolished, but the kneeling elephant of the eighth is still there, and now it has been built into a square, called the Confession Square. Not far away, the original Kulen Minister's Mansion has become the Outer Mongolian Government Office.

Over the past six years, the economy of Outer Mongolia has changed, but it has remained unchanged.

In the study, the short Yuan Shikai wore a thick winter coat and sat in front of the brazier and quietly looked at the official documents sent here from all over the country.

"Comfort Ting, the marshal of Lushun has called." Yuan Shikai's deputy, Zhang Yi, who had been transferred from the army to a regular and daring to do government affairs, walked in and handed the telegram he had just received to Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in front of the brazier.

"What did the marshal say?" Yuan Shikai smiled slightly, stood up, and respectfully accepted the telegram in Zhang Yi's hand.

"Good thing, see for yourself," Zhang Yi smiled slightly.

Good things, what good things can be said in the mouth of the wings.

"What, let me have full authority to deal with the issue of peace talks in Xinjiang." Yuan Shikai swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Zhang Yi suspiciously, he really didn't understand the content of this telegram.

"Lushun means that the marshal wants to settle Xinjiang peacefully, let you take full authority to deal with this matter, you don't have to report it, and you can transfer the Seventh Corps at any time. It is used to deter Xinjiang. Zhang Yi nodded slightly. Say exactly what the telegram is about.