Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Trouble brought by foreign wage earners

Yuan Shikai's first opponent in North Korea's diplomacy was Mu Linde, a foreign worker, the gold-collared old Mu. Lao Mu is a foreign aid hired by the Qing Dynasty with a high salary, and is responsible for handling North Korea's taxation work, but Lao Mu is not so enthusiastic about his own job, and has been trying to change jobs in order to find a more decent job. Because of the opportunity to often attend state banquets and receptions, Lao Mu met Concubine Min, so he took the opportunity to persuade Concubine Min to promote Korean independence and break away from China, but Concubine Min was worried that the Qing court would not allow it, so Lao Mu suggested that he should come forward and contact Russian envoy Weber, with the power of Russia against China.

Concubine Min acquiesced, and paid Lao Mu a salary of 300 yuan a month to let Lao Mu run for her. By doing this, Lao Mu obviously lacked professional ethics, so after Yuan Shikai found out about this, he immediately called Beiyang and asked for Lao Mu's dismissal. Many copies of the article were copied and sent to King Li Xi, Concubine Min and the ministers of the court. After reading this article, Concubine Min knew that Yuan Shikai was angry, so she had no choice but to suspend Lao Mu's salary. The monthly salary is 900 yuan. After spending the 900 yuan, Lao Mu was at the end of his rope, so he had to go to Yuan Shikai again and begged Yuan Shikai to find another job for him in the Qing Dynasty. North Korea riots.

Lao Mu's problem was solved in this way, but North Korea's taxation work needs to find another person who understands. He replaced Mu Linde's position. So Yuan Shikai had a new opponent-American Denis. After Deni arrived in office and met King Li Xi and Concubine Min, he came up with a bad idea for the young couple. Denis suggested that North Korea secretly send envoys to various countries to bypass the jurisdiction of the Qing Empire and take a substantial step away from China. Concubine Min accepted Deni's suggestion and secretly sent an envoy, Pu Dingyang, to the United States. Without asking the Qing court for instructions, she submitted her credentials to the President of the United States without authorization.

This incident marked the first step for the "Korean Special Zone" to separate from China. How could Yuan Shikai allow it?Immediately interrogated King Li Xi and Concubine Min severely, demanding severe punishment of Pu Dingyang, but Concubine Min resorted to crowd tactics. Ask Yuan Shikai to fool the Qing Dynasty with her. The two sides fought wits and fought with each other for ten years, and the final result was that the Qing government allowed North Korea to use Pu Dingyang again, but "it is not allowed to entrust important tasks or serve as an envoy again." Because the incident was so messy, Yuan Shikai and the Qing Dynasty never bothered to find Deni's trouble, but Concubine Min didn't know why Deni didn't like it, and she secretly found a Japanese American named Li Xiande. People—Li Xiande is an American, but worked in Japan, and was laid off after losing his job, so he moved from Japan to North Korea, so he was called a Japanese American—planning to replace Deni with Li Xiande.

At this time Denis stopped giving Concubine Min any bad ideas, and came to Yuan Shikai to cry. Yuan Shikai scolded this heartless Yankee severely, and then told him: You are appointed by China, if South Korea wants to withdraw, you should first consult China to transfer back, if you send a representative without authorization, you should not obey, you can report to Han Ting at any time, and you must not explain yourself. But Li Xiande came here excitedly, and brought an American millionaire, Greyhound.Concubine Min ordered the suspension of Deni's salary, and Deni had to leave North Korea crying.

Li Xiande began to borrow foreign debts for North Korea to push North Korea to separate from China. Yuan Shikai immediately issued a statement: …North Korea is poor and wasteful, and it is extremely difficult to repay the loan. It is not suitable for gentry and businessmen from various countries to sign contracts with this country and borrow huge sums of money. If there is a default in the future, China will not guarantee it.If countries demand debts from North Korean customs due to arrears, China will never allow it.It is a statement in advance, in order to show the friendship of harmony.

After publishing this statement, Yuan Shikai hurried back to his hometown in China to do an important thing—to find a husband for his fourth younger sister.