Qingdao.

July is the hottest time in the north. The sun shows power that humans cannot reach. People walking under the sun feel in addition to being hot and stuffy. As the head of state, Li Mingxun is equal to the general public in the face of the sun, but not equal. In Li Mingxun's study, the ice cubes taken out of the cellar are now emitting white air in the huge basin of water. The cool wind wheel blows these cool gas to the two people writing behind the desk.

At this time, Li Mingxun was holding his youngest son who was only wearing a bellyband and writing calligraphy on the table. At his age, Li Mingxun was about to know his destiny, he particularly favored this naughty young son, but he would not indulge him in any way. The little guy is different from his brothers. He is too lively and can never hold back his anger. Li Mingxun asked his son to practice big characters.

"Dad has used pens, and others have used pens, so I have to write calligraphy..." Li Junwei, who was pouting, muttered.

Li Mingxun gently slapped his ass and said, "Practice the big characters for an hour every day. I will take you to the suburbs to ride a horse and shoot a gun. If you can't practice well, practice for another two months."

Li Mingxun, who was educating his son, was interrupted by He Wenxi who knocked in. He Wenxi said: "Your Excellency, the battle report from Liaodong."

Li Mingxun's face changed and he frowned. Did there be any change? He received news that Pei Chengyi's main force had landed in Liaodong earlier, and the movement of Li Decan from Hetula's advance westward. It's only July now, and the war should be in progress. Is there something wrong with the report of the war at this time?

Putting down the brush, Li Mingxun called the attendant and said, "Take the Regal to my bedroom, take him to the garden to play after taking a nap."

Hearing that he didn't have to write, Li Junwei got up happily, put down his brush, ran out barefoot and bare butt. As a result, the stone slab outside the door was hot in the sun. He shouted and jumped back, but was finally taken away.

"What's the matter?" Li Mingxun signaled He Wenxi to sit down.

He Wenxi was quite excited and said, "Pei Chengyi led the main force to the city of Shengjing. Bart occupied Guangning. Li Decan sent troops to Tieling. Shengjing Mandahai became a turtle in the jar. He sent an envoy to ask for surrender. You, Shengjing will be able to change back to the original name of Shenyang in a short time."

"Please surrender? As far as I know, Pei Chengyi, Li Decan and Bart have never fought a decisive battle with the Qing army in Liaodong. The main force of the Eight Banners outside the pass is still there." Li Mingxun asked.

"The situation is over, and Mandahai may not want to struggle anymore. Maybe he had prepared so much. Last year, he asked his family to go from Beijing, so he was not restricted." He Wenxi said.

Li Mingxun nodded. If he accepted Mandahai's surrender, there would naturally be no war in Liaodong. If he accepted the Eight Banners soldiers outside the pass, then Pei Chengyi's army would have more than 50,000, which would be a major threat to the empty Beijing city.

But Mandahai himself was the grandson of the Qing Dynasty prince and Nurhaci. His surrender was not the surrender of ordinary generals and officials. How to treat him and give Mandahai himself and the Eight Banners outside the Pass all affected the entire battle situation. Mandahai's surrender was just the beginning, and it was not only the Eight Banners outside the Pass in the future that surrendered in the future. Now we must make an impeccable precedent so that we can follow the rules in the future.

"Who is the messenger? When will it arrive?" Li Mingxun asked.

He Wenxi hurriedly said, "The messenger is Chang Aday, the eldest son of Mandahai. He is still stranded in Niuzhuang at this time. Pei Chengyi said he will stay with him for ten days so that the base camp can prepare in advance."

"This Pei Chengyi is very thoughtful and deserves to be the one who has been trained by Ah Hai for many years." Li Mingxun was very satisfied. He thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, the commander-in-chief and the security bureau cooperate, that's it."

He Wenxi was a little surprised. Since it was the head of the attendant's room, it meant that Li Mingxun had to do it himself. This was nothing. Although Mandahai had only more than 20,000 soldiers in his hands, even if he did not surrender, Pei Chengyi could still capture Shengjing City in one or two months, but only a few thousand more people died. However, as the prince of the Qing Dynasty, Mandahai's surrender was very politically significant. It not only had a great shock to the Qing Dynasty, which was now stalemate on the battlefield, but also created an impeccable example for the future recruitment of the Qing Dynasty and other hostile regimes.

But He Wenxi did not expect that it was led by the attendant's office. After all, the commander's headquarters is more suitable for this kind of thing. He Wenxi had to consider whether the head of state should promote the attendant's office. The attendant's office was established when the head of state was the first consul. He Wenxi was one of them. After the founding of the country, Li Mingxun served as the head of state. The old people in the attendant's office were promoted and entered a large number of intelligence security, administrative agencies and state-owned enterprises. Now each major department has its own promotion system, and the head of state-owned office is a private institution serving him. Does this mean that at this moment when he is about to enter the Central Plains and compete for the world, the head of state must have a more powerful grasp of the United States?

"Yes, yourselves, I will continue to give the order." He Wenxi did not object, replied and left.

Chang Audai arrived in Dengzhou on a naval ship, but did not get the opportunity to meet him as soon as possible. He was first arranged to operate in a hotel in Qingdao, accompanied by the Security Bureau, and then Chang Audai applied to go to Qingzhou Yiguan, which was also approved.

Chang Adae was very clear that the only bargaining chips that determine the treatment of the Eight Banners outside the city of Shengjing is the overall situation now. The Eight Banners outside the city of Shengjing is not many bargaining chips, an army with low morale as usual, a Shengjing City that has been disrepaired for a long time, a retreat that has been cut off. These bargaining chips are impossible to get good treatment, but the strength comparison between the Qing Dynasty and the United States is different. If the Qing Dynasty has the upper hand, the United States will definitely want to resolve Liaodong as soon as possible. On the contrary, the Eight Banners outside the city are optional.

Not to mention Chang Adaya, even Mandahai is not very familiar with the situation on the Shandong battlefield. The Ministry of War in Beijing sent Tang newspapers to Shengjing as usual, but they reported good news but not bad news. Since last year, there have been messages such as "beheading one thousand and pacifying eight hundred", in Tang newspapers every month, but Mandahai and others are aware of this, and these are already unbelievable.

In Linqu City, Chang Audai saw a high-spirited army. As a guide, a small-scale army cavalry could take Chang Audai around Qingzhou for a while. After two days, he returned to his original place. He even saw the Zhenghuang Banner flying above the city of Qingzhou. This is enough to prove that the newspapers said it well that the 200,000 Qingzhou troops in Qingzhou could only control the range of less than fifty miles around Qingzhou.

Chang Audai, who returned to Qingdao, visited the city. In the workshop area where the chimney was towering and black smoke was filled with black smoke, Chang Audai saw the army's arsenal and repair shop. It looked like a huge monster. The steel was swallowed in and it soon turned into various weapons and ammunition.

There is also a busy dock, with hundreds of merchant ships parked in the port. What the dock unloaded were Hainan's iron ingots, Taiwan's steel bars, Kowloon's cheap rice, Borneo's food oil, Jeju and the base camp sent war horses. No ship that was unloaded would have risen a lot. Chang Audai had never seen such a magnificent scene, but he knew very well that this was strength, strength, and irresistible trend.

"Don't fantasize too much. We are nothing. If we really have it, it depends on the alms of the Han people..." He still remembered that before leaving Shengjing City, his father Mandahai came back from the Lama Temple and spoke to himself earnestly. At this moment, Chang Aday finally empathized with it.

Chang Adai asked the person who was entertaining him to meet Li Mingxun as soon as possible, saying that he could decide the situation in Shengjing. He also got his wish quickly. Unlike when he was wearing Han clothes when he was visiting the surrounding area, when he learned that Li Mingxun was willing to meet him, he took out his clothes as a Beizi of Gushan in the Qing Dynasty and solemnly went to see Li Mingxun. Perhaps at this moment, this young man wanted to be stronger so as not to be considered a defeated general and could be bullied at will.

He thought about the place where Li Mingxun met him. It should be a magnificent palace with red walls and golden tiles. There would be a team of mighty soldiers. The man would sit high on the imperial throne, majestic and high, and he had to argue with reason. But when he came to the villa in the suburbs, he was a little disappointed. Without golden swords and iron horses, there was no majestic ceremonial palace. Everything seemed so ordinary. Except for a few maids, most of them were like those who entertained him. They were servants.

Before leaving Shengjing, Chang Adaye secretly swore that he would rather die than kneel down to any Han people before reaching an agreement. Even if it was Li Mingxun, everything was beyond his expectations. Before coming, only one servant reminded him to speak Chinese and not offend him. No one taught his etiquette at all. After entering this simple room, no one let him kneel down. The middle-aged man sitting behind the desk even asked the servant to give him a cup of tea.

"Sit down and talk." Li Mingxun said lightly. When he saw Chang Adae, he was just a gesture. During this period, the newly established Pacification Policy Office of the Office of the Secretariat has formulated all the conditions. These conditions can not only ensure the peaceful liberation of Shengjing, that is, Shenyang City, but also must comply with all the wartime and peace laws and regulations of the United States, and also take care of the direction of public opinion. Of course, there is another point to induce more "smart people" who see the situation clearly to surrender.

Li Mingxun picked up a booklet and showed it to Chang Aday: "Is this your father's condition?"

Chang Aday knew that the booklet was summarized by Mandahai and all the powerful people from the Eight Banners outside the Pass that day. When he left Shengjing, he handed it over to Pei Chengyi, and he knew the terms in it very clearly.
Chapter completed!