The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 302: There is also a support group

What Teng Yuzao held in his hand was not a document, but a report from the Security Department written to him by Li Yaoting.

Li Yaoting's report not only includes the deployment of the Security Department in various places, but also the intelligence collected by the Security Department from various places, which is equivalent to Li Yaoting's work summary.

Although it has only been two months, Li Yaoting has achieved considerable results. The personnel sent to various places have begun to send back information.

Although the intelligence that can be collected now is not of great value, after all, these people have just started their work, and it will take some time to obtain high-value intelligence.

Even so, Teng Yuzao still enjoyed reading these intelligence summaries.

This information is all-encompassing, mainly concerning the attitudes of various places towards the progress of Zhili's war against the Eight-Nation Alliance, their views on the imperial court, and the degree of recognition and evaluation of the vanguard army that suddenly emerged.

It also includes the fact that Seymour is now living in the consulate in the British Concession in Shanghai, and frequently travels between the Governor-General's Office of Liangjiang and the Governor's Office in Anqing, the capital of Anhui, as if he is discussing something.

Seymour, the commander-in-chief of the British Allied Forces, and even the commander-in-chief's men, abandoned the Allied forces in Zhili and ran to Shanghai. Obviously, he had a mission assigned to him in Britain.

Although Teng Yuzhao knew that Seymour was not only active in Liangjiang and Anhui, he also maintained telegraphic contact with Guangdong and Guangxi through the consulate, and even went to Hankou where the Governor-General of Huguang was located. His ostensible purpose was to prevent these local officials from supporting the court's resistance, but secretly he was still trying his best to instigate these governors and governors-general to break away from the court and establish their own independence.

Teng Yuzhao even estimated that the British were now leaving behind other powers and trying to act alone in instigating the independence of the southern provinces, attempting to gain the greatest benefits by making these governors and governors-general independent.

Teng Yuzhao sighed secretly. Fortunately, Cixi was still flexible and responded appropriately to the problems of those governors and governors who sat on the sidelines and watched the fire. These governors and governors remained sober and were not moved by the instigation and temptation of the great powers. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

There was another piece of information that also interested Teng Yuzao.

That is, Li Yaoting said in the report that influenced by the news of the vanguard army's repeated victories, some literati and businessmen in Shanghai and Hankou are planning to establish the "Support Association for the Beiyang Zhili Vanguard Army in Fighting Foreign Enemies". They are prepared not only to support the vanguard army, but also to raise funds and supplies to support the vanguard army's operations.

For Teng Yuzhao, this news is not just good news that makes him excited, for him, it is simply great news!
In Teng Yuzhao's opinion, the amount of money and materials raised by these fan clubs is not the most important thing. What Teng Yuzhao values ​​most is the people's hearts, which shows that his reputation is rising rapidly.

Teng Yuzao also believed that as long as support associations were established in Shanghai and Hankou, civilians in major provinces in the north and south, such as Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xi'an, Taiyuan, and Luoyang, would initiate the establishment of support associations to support the vanguard army.

With the promotion of these support groups, the reputation of the Vanguard Army among the people will surely soar. As the president of the Vanguard Army, Teng Yuzao's reputation in the government and the public will naturally soar. As long as his reputation and momentum reach a certain level, even if the court wants to do something bad to him, it will have to think twice before acting.

According to history, Cixi dealt with those southern governors who took advantage of her when she was in trouble and were suspected of preparing to reap the benefits, even if he went too far in some things, Cixi would not have done anything.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Teng Yuzhao must recognize Cixi's actual dominant position over the court.

So, as the vanguard army becomes more powerful, will it affect the attitudes of these governors and governors?
Teng Yuzhao put down the report in his hand, lit a cigarette, stood up and paced around the room while thinking.

After thinking for a while, Teng Yuzao finally came to his conclusion. Each of these governors and governors-general was a shrewd man, and they all knew very well that even if the vanguard army won battle after battle, it would be impossible to drive out the invading coalition forces on its own.

The ultimate solution was for the court to back down and agree to negotiate with the foreigners.

The only purpose that can be achieved by the victory of the vanguard army is to make the outcome of the negotiations better.

Therefore, the attitudes of these governors and governors-general are unlikely to change.

After figuring this out, Teng Yuzhao suddenly wanted to know what the state of these governors and governors would be like when they read his "The Rise of Great Powers"?

Will his impression of Teng Yuzao change greatly from now on?
Even among the governors and governors-general who signed the "Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement", would Zhang Zhidong, who had a more relaxed attitude, be bolder and secretly support him in resisting the Allied Forces?

Teng Yuzhao remembered that after Cixi fled to Xi'an, Zhang Zhidong transported taxes to the court to Xi'an. This greatly alleviated the urgent need of Cixi, who was already struggling and even had to borrow money from private individuals.

Because Zhang Zhidong's behavior was different from that of other southern provinces, Seymour went to Hankou to find Zhang Zhidong and stop him from continuing to transport money and grain to Xi'an.

In Teng Yuzhao's opinion, although Zhang Zhidong was over 60 years old, he seemed to still maintain a spirit of striving for progress. In this respect, he was much better than Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi, who were over 70 years old.

"Bang, bang", two gunshots suddenly rang out from the northeast direction of the city. The sudden gunshots made Teng Yuzhao stop and listen attentively.

Following the two gunshots, gunshots were heard in many places in the city, but these gunshots were not intense or even very rapid.

Teng Yuzao knew that these should be Li Xiance's people, and they had already begun to expel Liu Zhigang and Zhou Zhan's people.

Teng Yuzhao was not worried about Li Xiance's actions, because he was not asking him to eliminate those who were trying to make a quick buck and run away, he just wanted to expel them and get them away as soon as possible.

Since these people were not put under too much pressure, they would not fight to the death. After they had snatched some silver and other things and achieved their goals, they would probably have run away as soon as possible.

Although the behavior of Liu Zhigang and Zhou Zhan's group disrupted his plan, their disturbance was not a bad thing for Teng Yuzhao to implement his plan. At least he could blame these people for all the things in the future.

"Ring, ring, ring," the telephone on the desk suddenly rang.

Teng Yuzao looked at the watch on his wrist. The time was almost 11pm, which made Teng Yuzao nervous.

Without something special, Wei Jinghai would never call at this time.
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