Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

At this time, Li Hongzhang was ordering to negotiate with the French representative.In fact, it is purely looking for trouble.Since the emperor has insisted on fighting, this symbolic negotiation has no real meaning.

Kiel, who came from far away from France, had a rather ugly face. After listening to the translation, he said: "It seems that your country has no sincerity to negotiate with the great republic? You know, we signed an agreement with Vietnam. There The land already belongs to the Republic. Your country must recognize it!"

Li Hongzhang smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Keir, Vietnam is a vassal country of our Qing Dynasty. The king of Vietnam is canonized by our emperor. In other words, the king of Vietnam is just a courtier of our Qing emperor. What right does he have to sign with you?" What agreement? The Qing Dynasty will not recognize any agreement he signed with you."

Kiel's complexion was even worse, but he was still patient and tried to put on a sincere look: "Mr. Li, I think we should talk about something practical. Do you think your country's army may take back from our Republic's army? Vietnam? If not, what's the point of your so-called non-recognition?"

Li Hongzhang sneered and said: "My Qing Dynasty has already assembled an army of [-], and Vietnam can be pacified overnight."

Keir was thoroughly amused by Li Hongzhang, "Really? Just your [-] troops smoking opium? Our government has repeatedly asked the army to be patient, otherwise they would have already broken through Beining and set foot on your land. The Republic is a peace-loving , I don’t want to see bloodshed again. That’s why I took the initiative to ask for peace talks. Don’t take this as cowardice. If your country insists on doing this, we can only meet on the battlefield.”

Li Hongzhang put away his smile, stretched his face and said, "Then see you on the battlefield." He made a gesture of please.

Kyle left angrily.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Guan Xuqing summoned Prince Gong.Now the power of the imperial court can be said to be divided into three factions, one faction is Cixi's minion.After the downfall of Cixi, some of them were arrested and dismissed for investigation.Part of it went under the name of Prince Chun.One faction is the imperial party, represented by Dong Liang, Li Zhen, Zuo Zongtang, and Weng Tongsu.Sincerely to Guan Xuqing.The other faction is Prince Gong's party feathers. Prince Gong began to support and train his own party members during the Daoguang period.His disciples and followers are all over the world.Even today's Li Hongzhang is Prince Gong's coated slave.

However, Guan Xuqing still respects his sixth uncle.It can be said that he was one of the few nobles in the Qing Dynasty who saw the world clearly.Although somewhat indecisive in character.But his ability and resourcefulness are beyond doubt.If I can get his full support, I will be able to do a lot of things smoothly, after all, everything needs to be carried out by grassroots people.No matter how perfect the plan is, if Prince Gong doesn't cooperate.Those magistrates under him who are doing things are not working hard, and the results will be greatly reduced.

"Uncle Six, I just called you here to tell you a few words from your heart. I know that you are a little dissatisfied with my nephew's decision this time. But you have also seen what the Qing Dynasty is like now. It is always cutting land and paying compensation, one by one. The clauses have strangled our necks. The tax department is still in the hands of the British, if we don’t fight a tough battle, how can we turn around?” Guan Xuqing said with confidence.

Prince Gong was as stern as ever and didn't say anything.

"I know that this country should have belonged to you, Uncle Liu. To say something disrespectful to the late emperor, if you sat on this chair instead of Lord Xianfeng, maybe the Qing Dynasty would not be like this. But the Qing Dynasty is now This is what it looks like. A few days ago, I went to the Old Summer Palace and saw the remaining pillars, which hurt like thorns in my heart. Has Uncle Liu forgotten the shame of the Xinyou Year? Nephew If I want to make Qing Dynasty stronger, I hope Uncle Liu will help me." Guan Xuqing said affectionately.

"I would like to respect the teachings of the emperor." Seeing Prince Gong's rigid face as always, Guan Xuqing didn't know how much effect these words had, and waved him helplessly to let him go down.

In the next few days, Guan Xuqing drew up several combat plans for the Vietnam War by the Ministry of War, which were repeatedly studied by the Military Aircraft Department.But in the end there was no conclusion, mainly due to the limited strength of the army.We must guard against Russia in the north, Japan in the east, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia in the west, and the southeast coast.I really can't break the strength. 10 people entering Vietnam is already the limit, but it is still quite difficult to occupy the whole of Vietnam in a short period of time.

But surprisingly, the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Ministry of Household Affairs, governors of various provinces, and prefects all cooperated with a series of measures such as troop deployment and food collection.It seems that Prince Gong doesn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he still hopes to assist Guan Xuqing to make the Qing Dynasty stronger!

Now the monarch and his ministers are united and actively preparing for the war.The war against Vietnam will immediately turn into a strategic counterattack!

A new trumpet is about to sound...

At this time, good news came from Taiwan.Keelung is back!

The Lion Awakens Chapter 46 Enemies on All Sides

Xuandemen Street, inside Prince Li's Mansion.

Zai Lian smiled while eating melon seeds and said, "Look, how can there be such a coincidence in the world. Here Li Hongzhang's negotiations broke down, and Taiwan's Keelung was recovered?"

Prince Qing Yikuang shook his head and said: "The little emperor has long been determined to fight the French to the end."

Zai Lian curled his lips and said: "Look at the newspaper that praised him as if he was the reincarnation of the holy ancestor. In my opinion, he has a fart. He changed all the rules of his ancestors. How can he not give food and money to the bannermen?" The truth? Kick us royal clansmen out of the court."

At this moment, Prince Li Shiduo sighed and said: "We don't care about who the emperor wants to use for the time being, but he shouldn't care about his ancestors' family property for the sake of fame, and let go of a good peace negotiation, but he wants to fight with the French." If the French fight to the door, I am afraid that the ancestors will be lost."

Yikuang said: "Prince Li, you are an elder of the clan, you have to talk to the emperor."

Shi Duo shook his head and said, "Your Majesty? He will meet me? I'm a fart!"

Yikuang listened, and heaved a long sigh, Zailian also drank the mulled wine

In the Forbidden City, Guan Xuqing was still studying the map of Vietnam repeatedly.After the failure of the peace talks, the French sent another 2 troops to Vietnam.In addition, 24 ships, including the flagship "Tour" and the ironclad ship "Victory", were drawn from the French Indian Ocean Fleet to advance to the South China Sea.The "Elegance" has long been maintained at the French military port in the South China Sea.

The "Dour" was the largest cruiser in the world at the time, with a displacement of 5700 tons, which was slightly lighter than the 6000-ton "Elegance", but because it was not an ironclad ship, it was a cruiser.The speed reached a terrifying 18 knots.

In other words, the fastest "Chaoyong" and "Yang Wei" in the Qing Dynasty can't catch up with him.And the artillery equipped on the "Dour" is also very powerful, with 8 main guns and 13 smaller secondary guns. With the addition of machine guns, there are a total of 38 artillery pieces, almost double that of ordinary cruisers.

It is a pity that the German "Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan", "Jiyuan" and "Weiyuan" cannot return to China in advance, and can only rely on the domestic fleet to deal with him.

The "Victory" and the "Triumph" are sister ships of the same level. Needless to say, "Elegance" has a displacement of 6000 tons.However, due to the large number of bullets, it cannot be repaired in the short term.

Now the comparison between the navies of the two countries is weak again, because there are only four ironclad ships in the Nanyang Navy, "Invincible", "Eternal Victory", "Triumph", and "Juyin".The rest are outside the four cruisers "Yang Wei", "Chao Yong", "Nan Ji" and "Nan Xiang".The other several hundreds of tons of mosquito ships are not worth mentioning at all.The only chance is that the newly formed Far East Fleet of France has not yet reached the South China Sea. If they can eat up all the French troops in Vietnam before they arrive, there will be no need for cruel naval battles.

Just as Guan Xuqing was thinking hard about a strategy to defeat the enemy, Wang Shang ran in in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu called and said that Japan sent troops to North Korea. They have already entered the palace."

Guan Xuqing suddenly stood up, because Liu San was stationed on Jeju Island.Let him guard against Japan, how could he let them succeed?Just about to swear a few words, but all this is not over yet, the servant came to report again: "Report to the emperor, Tsarist Russia has once again sent troops to invade Xinjiang. Now it has occupied the land in the southeast of Issyk-Kul Lake. Is Nie Junmen's request correct? Tsarist Russia strikes back."

Guan Xuqing's mind buzzed after hearing this.The war in France in the south is over, and Japan in the east and Tsarist Russia in the northwest can't bear their temper.I want to get a share, but now, the Qing Dynasty is tired enough to deal with a France.How can you spare your hands to deal with Japan and Tsarist Russia?

Guan Xuqing put down the telegram in his hand, turned to Wang Shang and said, "Let Zuo Zongtang return to Beijing immediately without delay."

"twitter."

At this time, Prince Gong asked to see him.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome the emperor's peace." Prince Gong said.

"Uncle Six is ​​here, I was looking for you." Guan Xuqing said excitedly.

Prince Gong said with a stern face: "Your Majesty, I heard that Xinjiang and North Korea are in chaos again. I rushed here. I don't know how the Emperor is going to deal with it?"

Guan Xuqing sighed, and said slowly: "Now my Qing Dynasty is at war with the French, and Japan and Russia want to come here to make a profit. Uncle Six, I don't know how you think we should deal with it?"

"I believe that when dealing with the three, we should distinguish between priorities, so that we can calmly make decisions."

"What is the primary? What is the secondary? How should we distinguish the priority?"

"I believe that Japan is a small country. Although it has developed rapidly since the Meiji Restoration, it is not enough to compete with our Qing Dynasty; Russia has not yet recovered from the defeat of the Crimea, and it is unable to invade eastward, so it only sent a small team of horses. Harassment on our frontiers; both countries took the opportunity to send troops because of the war between the Qing Dynasty and the French, trying to take advantage. So the two countries are secondary, and France is the main one. We should concentrate on dealing with France. As long as the legal person leaves, the two countries will retreat. "

Guan Xuqing looked at Prince Gong with burning eyes and said, "Then how do we repel the legal person?"

Prince Gong paused for a moment and said: "I see that the emperor has the upper hand in everything he does. Annan has sent troops to the south before the chaos, and the legal person has garrisoned Taiwan before it attacked. The change in North Korea has been expected for a long time. They will sneak attack on the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau. However, by dividing troops around and stationing on all sides, they can only defend and be beaten, but cannot injure the enemy. It is better to concentrate on entering Vietnam. People, with or without these five battalions, the Japanese will attack North Korea. It doesn’t really make sense to let it go or not.”

Hearing what Prince Gong said, it was like seeing the sun through the clouds.Yes, North Korea's placement of five battalions is only a display, and the Japanese are attacking in a big way.What is the use of the five camps?It's better to ignore the riots in the frontier and let him make trouble.When the matter in the south is resolved, a part of the troops will be sent to Xinjiang.There was no need to fight a battle, and the Russians ran away.

It seems that this sixth uncle is really a rare talent in the Qing Dynasty, and he is calm and stable when dealing with people.You must win him over and work for yourself!

"Well, not bad. It's a way." Guan Xuqing nodded in satisfaction.

Prince Gong continued: "I also thought that since the legal person, Japan, and Russia have united to attack the Qing Dynasty, it is possible that the Qing Dynasty should unite with other countries and use the barbarians to control the barbarians."

This Guan Xuqing has also considered it, but he has paid too much attention to internal development for a long time.External development is less.Didn’t Japan rely on the Anglo-Japanese alliance to develop back then?Didn't the industrial development of the People's Republic of China also rely on the strength of the Soviet Union?When the Qing Dynasty is so weak now, it is really necessary to find a long-term and stable ally.But who should I turn to?

Although the United Kingdom is an established power, it has an alliance with Japan, which is not considered; the United States is also strong enough, but now its domestic isolationist forces are rampant, and it is doing its best to develop its own industry. It has not yet realized its own external international affairs Responsibility.And Russia, France, the north and the south are staring at the Qing Dynasty, and they are not considered; then only Germany is left. Germany has also been the fastest-growing country since reunification. He is the number one army in the world.And after dividing Poland with Russia, it has already bordered Russia.The two countries are suspicious and guard against each other.It is even more incompatible with France, but it is a good ally candidate.

"Uncle Six, who do you think will be your ally?" Guan Xuqing asked tentatively.

Prince Gong thought for a while, and said: "Diplomacy focuses on the strategy of long-distance friendship and short-term attack. It is necessary to find a country that is a neighbor of our Qing Dynasty's enemy, but far away from our Qing Dynasty. From this point of view, only France and Russia are far away from our Qing Dynasty. Germany is the most suitable."

Guan Xuqing stood up happily, I thought of going together.

He hurriedly said: "I am thousands of miles away from Germany, and the two countries complement each other a lot. If we can form an alliance, we can have a win-win situation."

Prince Gong nodded, "Your Majesty knows a thousand miles."