Just when Yuan Shikai set out from Jinan, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun also came to Qingdao. Of course, they were not here to welcome Yuan Shikai. Although Yuan Shikai was a generation of heroes in the history of the old time and space, and once called the wind and wind in Chinese politics, he once reached the peak of power, but now he is still just a governor of Shandong. Moreover, due to the arrival of time travelers, the space for Yuan Shikai to perform on the future historical stage will definitely be greatly reduced. Although Yuan Shikai must still have room for upward, it will definitely not reach the height of the old time and space. Therefore, a mere Yuan Shikai is not worth Xia Bohai. Xiao Jianjun personally rushed to Qingdao from Tianjin to see him.

Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun came to Qingdao with other important tasks. On the one hand, it was to examine the construction of various basic projects in Qingdao. Now that time travelers have come to this era, they have already established their own power for almost a year. With the signing of the Treaty on the Treaty of the Three East Provinces of the Qing Dynasty and Russia, the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Alliance was basically over, and the Time Travel Group will enter a period of development next. Moreover, the political, economic and military focus will also be shifted from Tianjin to Qingdao. Naturally, the two of them have to examine the current construction situation in Qingdao and make a basis for formulating the next work plan.

Although the term of the current temporary leadership of the Time Travel Group will end this year and a new leadership team and administrative system will be created again, although there is no determination to create a new leadership team system, Xia Bohai, Xiao Jianjun and others are still full of confidence in the current five members of the Executive Committee forming a new leadership team. On the one hand, the results of the Executive Committee's work over the past year are clearly obvious. They completely defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance in the military, changed the result of the [Xin Chou Treaty], and defeated Russia's attempt to go south, successively recovered Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Weihai and other places, and basically built the backbone of the People's Army Navy and Army. In terms of politics, they have established a relatively stable ruling foundation in Tianjin and Qingdao, and carried out pilot work on land reform in some areas, and determined a relatively stable source of fiscal revenue.

It can be said that with the current strength of the Time Travel Group, it is quite difficult to achieve such achievements. After all, this is not a task that can be accomplished when sitting in front of the monitor and pointing out the country and stimulating words on the keyboard. It is a task that must be required by the Time Travel Group to drive away all the invaders, regain all lost land, overthrow the rule of the Qing court, and establish a republic in this year.

On the other hand, the new leadership team must have been elected, nothing more than three ways: auditions, district selection and agency selection. However, the number of troops in the time-travel group accounts for nearly 40%, and this group of people will definitely be the current iron vote of the Executive Committee. In addition, there are at least about 1,000 beneficiaries in the current leadership. Therefore, no matter how you choose, the current Executive Committee is absolutely sure to win.

Moreover, although there are indeed some voices in the Time Travel Group questioning the current executive committee, it is only a very small number after all, and it cannot affect the overall situation. Moreover, these people are okay in private, but it would be too high to ask them to come out to participate in the election.

It is precisely for these reasons that the current executive committee is not worried about the problems of the new leadership team. Therefore, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun came to Qingdao to examine the construction and land reform here and prepare for the future.

At the same time, the two had another important thing to negotiate with Qin Zheng and Wang Yunpeng, which was the incident where the landlord group attacked Menbu Village.

Although this incident did not cause much damage to the Time Travel Group, the Beiyang New Army was involved, and the main initiator, organizer Wan Yufu, and most of the members of the landlord group, were arrested during the interrogation. During the interrogation, it was found that in this landlord alliance, there were also Wang Kexing, the fish that was missing from Wang Jiazhai and Wang Kefu brothers. Therefore, the Minister of the Ministry of Security Shang Qisong immediately rushed to Qingdao to be responsible for a comprehensive investigation of the incident.

After a month of investigation, interrogating all members, and doing some investigations, Shang Qisong had a relatively complete understanding of the entire incident. Of course, the influence of the Time Travel Group in Shandong is limited after all, so some of them seem to be unable to be investigated, but they can basically make a report. Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun came to Qingdao to listen to this report.

Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun and Wang Yunpeng gathered to listen to Shang Qisong's report.

Shang Qisong said: "According to the results of our investigation, the establishment of the landlord alliance this time was on the surface and was organized by Wan Yufu, but the leader behind it was actually the Wang brothers. Many methods including Wan Yufu, and the words to persuade other landlords were also taught by the Wang brothers. It can be said that without the participation of the Wang brothers, this landlord alliance would probably not be organized. Even if it was organized, it would not be so large; and the battle to attack Menbu Village was also Wang. The brothers worked together to promote it; including the participation of the Beiyang New Army, the Wang brothers also played a decisive role. According to Wan Yufu's confession, although his brother-in-law Sun Zhongkui and his brothers Jeri Wankun both served in the Beiyang New Army, it was the Wang brothers who went to Jinan that led to Sun Zhongkui. Wankun discussed sending troops to support the landlord's army in a private name. And according to the Wang brothers, Yuan Shikai acquiesced to Sun Zhongkui and Wankun's actions, of course, this is in line with the convention of the Qing court's officialdom."

Qin Zheng said: "Do you suspect that the Wang brothers and Yuan Shikai have collusion?"

Shang Qisong said: "We cannot confirm this point. We can only ask the Wang brothers or Yuan Shikai to know, but Yuan Shikai acquiesced Sun Zhongkui and Wan Kun's actions should be basically credible."

Wang Yunpeng said: "If Yuan Shikai acquiesced to Sun Zhongkui and Wan Kun's actions, then in the telegram he sent us, he said that Sun Zhongkui, Wan Kun and others had been shot and executed. Is it fake?"

Xia Bohai said: "This is not fake. It is probably because Yuan Datou had planned it from the beginning. When necessary, he could throw Sun Zhongkui, Wan Kun and others out as scapegoats."

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "With Lao Yuan's bird nature, he can definitely do such a thing."

Qin Zheng said: "I just want to know what the relationship between the Wang brothers and Yuan Shikai is, and what kind of role does the Wang brothers play in the participation of the Beiyang New Army in this battle."

Shang Qisong said: "We are indeed powerless to do this because we cannot go to Jinan to investigate and collect evidence now, but what can be confirmed must be that the Wang brothers and Yuan Shikai must have some relationship."

Xia Bohai said: "It's not a fault for the Ministry of Security. It's true that our strength is not enough. Maybe the Wang family and Yuan Datou have any friendship."

Shang Qisong shook his head and said, "According to the current situation, the relationship between this is probably not that simple. First of all, Wangjiazhai was a rich man in the past. Wang Zhanyuan, the old leader, was originally a bandit, and it was impossible to have any friendship with Yuan Shikai. Moreover, we have asked the residents of Wangjiazhai and other personnel of the Wang family, which have confirmed this point. In addition, the Wang brothers did not show any outstanding things in the past, but their actions this time were obviously subject to some professional training. Whether it was to encourage other landlords to join such alliances, organizations, plans, and combat arrangements for attacking Menbu Village, they all seemed very professional and did not look like children of rich men. Therefore, we believe that during this period, some things must have happened to the Wang brothers, which allowed them to learn a lot of skills. It is very likely that they joined a certain organization? They received such support."

Xiao Jianjun said: "Is this organization created by Lao Yuan to deal with us?"

Qin Zheng said: "It is very likely that this is what I guessed. The Wang brothers fled to Jinan and joined Yuan Shikai's disciples. Yuan Shikai had already been prepared for us. The Wang brothers had a grudge against us again. So Yuan Shikai took in their brothers and taught them some intelligence and knowledge, and then put them back to fight us as enemies. He even secretly acquiesced to the Beiyang New Army to help the landlord's army."

Shang Qisong said: "The speculation of the Qin Political Commissar is basically logical, but we think this possibility is not great, because if it were Yuan Shikai's military operation planned, first of all, there would not be so few Beiyang New Army troops, with only more than 400 people. Since we have to deal with us, it is better to do it thoroughly. Secondly, we should take some official ways, such as asking Gaomi County to provide support, and Yuan Shikai does not need to formally issue Yuan Shikai. Just pass a command, just one person is enough.

The county will never dare to disobey the governor's orders, and it is reasonable to defend the interests of the gentry. However, we have asked the officials of Gaomi County that they did not receive any orders from Yuan Shikai. Moreover, after the failure to attack Menbu Village, Wan Yufu fled to Gaomi County and asked Zheng Daiyuan to mobilize the people of the whole city to defend the city, but Zheng Daiyuan did not do so. If Yuan Shikai's orders were given, Zheng Daiyuan would never dare to disobey. Therefore, we guess that there is a greater possibility of another force."

Xia Bohai Road; "So what kind of force will it be?"

Shang Qisong said: "We guess it is very likely that it is Japanese."

Everyone was also a little surprised, and Qin Zheng said, "How could you think it's Japanese?"

Shang Qisong said: "In this era, only Japan has done the most detailed and deeply penetrated China's intelligence collection work. On the one hand, Japan is closest to China and has great ambitions for China's territory. On the other hand, the Japanese are very close to the Chinese people and have a considerable understanding of China's customs and culture, which also provides convenient conditions for their intelligence collection work. Therefore, we speculate that the Wang brothers may be absorbed by Japanese intelligence agencies and used to deal with us."
Chapter completed!