However, the current situation is no longer as before. First, Russia suffered a crushing defeat in the Far East War, and its vitality was greatly damaged, its strength was greatly reduced, and it still did not recover. Therefore, the intensity of foreign expansion was much worse. After all, if you want to infiltrate, expand, and support pro-Russia forces, military and economic strength are all needed. Because of economic strength, it is more important when using non-military means, but now Russia cannot afford more money; second, the East China government has risen strongly, far from comparable to the incompetent Qing court. At least within 10 years, Russia will not be able to compete with the East China government in the Far East. The East China government can strongly advance into Mongolia and expel Russia's power in Mongolia, so naturally it will not allow Russia to expand in Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places.

It happened that Pu Wei and his party fled to Xi'an and immediately proclaimed emperor. So some people in Russia believed that if Pu Wei could be persuaded to retreat to Qinghai and gain a foothold, then Russia would have a means to invade Xinjiang and Qinghai, and could use the famous discussion to help Pu Wei to expand its power in Xinjiang, Qinghai and other regions. This would be much easier than relying on Russia to infiltrate Xinjiang, Qinghai and other regions by itself, and might help Russia reduce the cost of controlling Xinjiang, Qinghai and other regions. So the Russian government immediately instructed the Russian Minister to the Qing court, Kuosowitz, to persuade Pu Wei and his party.

When Pu Wei and his party fled Beijing, there were ministers from Britain, France and Russia. Although Pu Wei and others mainly rely on Britain, they did not dare to underestimate France and Russia. After all, Pu Wei and his party now need more national support. Therefore, Pu Wei and others must not ignore the suggestions of the Russian minister, and the suggestions of the Russian minister are not completely unreasonable. Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and other regions are indeed very useful. It would be a pity if they gave up in vain.

However, most people believe that the Russians are not reliable, so the support promised by the Russians cannot be easily believed. Moreover, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and other regions are remote, sparsely populated, backward in the local economy, and all ethnic groups live in a mixed manner. Various contradictions are complicated. Although they can be used, they are definitely not areas where they can build a foundation.

So everyone negotiated and interrogated Zhu Erdian's meaning, and finally decided to leave one person to command the new Shaanxi-Gansu-Qingxia region. On the one hand, it could maintain Pu Wei's control over the new Shaanxi-Gansu-Qingxia region. Whether in the famous discussion or in fact, on the other hand, it could use the new Shaanxi-Gansu-Qingxia region to restrain the East China Government.

In fact, the Russians' little care can't be hidden from the fact that old foxes like Zhuerdian are nothing more than staring at Xinjiang and Qinghai. However, Britain is not very interested in Xinjiang and Qinghai. Russia wants to occupy it, but it doesn't matter. On the contrary, if it can borrow Xinjiang and Qinghai, bring Russia in and cause some trouble for the East China government. After all, Xinjiang and Qinghai are not as close to Europe as the Far East, and will not consume too much energy. Of course, Britain has bet on Pu Wei, so it will never let Russia get involved, but it is okay to leave a few people in this area and cooperate with Russia.

Russia is also very satisfied with this resolution. After all, what Russia needs is only a famous discussion. There is not much difference between whether it is an emperor or a minister, and to a certain extent, ministers are actually better controlled.

The resolution was indeed settled, so there was only the last question left, which was who to leave. After the Pu Wei negotiated, he finally decided to keep Cen Chunxuan. Because Cen Chunxuan's original official position was the Governor of Gansu, Shaanxi, but the actual jurisdiction was three provinces including Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang. Among the nine governors of the Qing court, the area of ​​the jurisdiction was the largest. He was most familiar with the situation in this area. Moreover, Cen Chunxuan was a military general and was familiar with military affairs. In addition, in Pu Wei's court, Cen Chunxuan was also one of the ministers of military affairs. Therefore, leaving Cen Chunxuan to take charge of the new areas of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai also showed the degree of importance the New Dynasty attached to these areas.

Of course, these are all official reasons. In fact, it is because no one of the royal families of Pu Wei and his party are willing to stay. After all, no matter how risky the south is, it will be a matter for the future. Moreover, the south is rich and life will never be too bad. Moreover, if everyone goes south together, everyone will bear the risks together. To put it bluntly, even if you have to finish it, everyone will finish it together, and there is nothing to complain about. Staying alone faces the People's Army's troops directly, even if you flee to Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other regions, in a wilderness where birds do not shit, that is the life of people.

There is another reason why everyone is tacit, which is because Cen Chunxuan is awkward, because in the royal family, Cen Chunxuan is indeed an alien. Pu Wei's group mainly relies on bloodline and race as the link. Even if the members are not clan members, they are also from the Eight Banners. For those who are not clan members or from the Eight Banners, they not only have an instinctive repulsion, but they have very distrust of the Han people. Therefore, in the entire team, not to mention the Han people, there are not even a few Han people.

In fact, Cen Chunxuan was a Zhuang clan, not a Han clan, but it seemed to be the same in the eyes of the royal family. Moreover, during the Wuxu period, Cen Chunxuan had close contacts with Kang Liang and others. This was also a taboo for the royal family. However, Cen Chunxuan was a favorite minister of Cixi and the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi. He had a high position and was powerful and had military power. Therefore, even the royal family dared not underestimate him. After Pu Wei became emperor, he had to select Cen Chunxuan to the Military Affairs Office and participate in major affairs of the government, which was to worry about Cen Chunxuan's strength.

Many members of the royal family could not understand Pu Wei, Qishan and others' painstaking efforts, and were very dissatisfied with Cen Chunxuan's election to the Military Affairs Office. Some people took advantage of the situation because they were unable to be selected for the Military Affairs Office, criticizing others and complaining. Although they are now suppressed by Qishan and others, it is ultimately a future problem.

Now we can just use the famous advice of retaining people to defend Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet to keep Cen Chunxuan, not only kicking him out of the Military Affairs Office, but also simply not letting him appear in front of him, which also saves a lot of trouble.

After the resolution was made, although Cen Chunxuan was so angry that he could not curse himself, it was a heavy responsibility to him! It was clearly a matter of putting himself on fire! On the one hand, the People's Army's troops were gradually approaching; on the other hand, Russia did not have good intentions, so he kept himself, and was simply killing people with a knife. However, the current situation was not allowed to Cen Chunxuan. Now Pu Wei is the emperor, and Jinkou Yuyan could not refuse at will. Moreover, the ministers agreed to stay with him in one voice and could not argue with him, so they could only bow and thank him and agree.

Seeing that Cen Chunxuan agreed, Pu Wei was also very happy and gave Cen Chunxuan the title of Prince Taibao, the title of Duke of Qin and the imperial envoy, and was appointed as the new area of ​​Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, which was promoted. However, Cen Chunxuan was not a vegetarian. He knew that these false titles could not be used as food at this time, so he immediately asked to leave all the new army trained in Xi'an to guard the attack of the People's Army.

It turned out that Cen Chunxuan also knew that in the troubled times, only having an army was the greatest capital. Therefore, after receiving the appointment of the Governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, Ci asked to imitate the method of training the new army in Xi'an and train the army. Cixi also considered that she needed enough army protection when she went south from Xi'an, and at the same time, she trusted Cen Chunxuan very much, so she approved Cen Chunxuan's request and allowed Cen Chunxuan to train six new army in Xi'an.

At this time, Cen Chunxuan had already trained all the six armies, among which the first alliance and the second alliance was considered to have formed an early army, and they were all trusted leaders of Cen Chunxuan and took them out to fight several small battles, which basically formed combat effectiveness. The other four alliances were all just formed and it took time to train, because Cen Chunxuan would control this army in his own hands no matter what.

The royal team naturally would not agree, because now there are only two alliances in the royal team, and the five alliances in Xi'an are determined to win. If the army of these five alliances is also included, the army controlled by the royal family will reach 7 alliances. In addition to other troops, the total strength can reach between 40,000 and 50,000. After arriving in the south, this is a force that cannot be underestimated. It can be said that there is no stronger force in the entire south except Yuan Shikai. This is extremely important for the royal team to gain a foothold in the south and establish a foundation.

Now Cen Chunxuan wants to keep all the six associations, so the royal team naturally refuses to agree. So the two sides bargained for several days and finally reached an agreement. The royal team took away half, that is, three associations, and the rest stayed in Xi'an, led by Cen Chunxuan, and Cen Chunxuan's most valued No. 1 Association and No. 2 Association were all in Xi'an. Although both sides were not satisfied with this plan, they were able to accept it. Moreover, the royal team only took away half of the food, money and other things stored in Xi'an, and the rest were left to Cen Chunxuan.

After discussing all matters, Pu Wei and others did not dare to stay in Xi'an for a long time, because the People's Army had completely occupied Shanxi Province and could attack Shaanxi at any time. So they immediately set off from Xi'an to head south, and the first stop was Hanzhong.

Although the entire army in Xi'an was not included, the strength and scale of the royal army were still greatly expanded. In addition to the five alliances, the other troops also expanded their organization. Therefore, the total strength has exceeded 30,000, and the weapons and equipment are also very complete. There is even an artillery force, which is also a military force that should not be underestimated. In addition to the accompanying family members and bannermen, the number of people in the entire team has been approaching 60,000, divided into 5 teams. Fortunately, they have also obtained a large amount of food, money, etc. in Xi'an, and the logistics is very sufficient.
Chapter completed!