Master Weng was very depressed, quite depressed, extremely depressed. It was not just because some of his favorite disciples caused a bunch of Jinshi and merchants to block the door of his home and make people scold them, nor was it because when he returned home, several people were thrown on his sedan chair.

Rotten eggs. These are nothing. This little thing matters to you.

For this kind of moral gentleman who shouts about benevolence and morality but does all kinds of shameful things underneath, it’s not a big deal at all!! Aren’t they just a few rotten eggs? Just wash them off and forget about it. If you leave me here again,

Wash. What really worries people is Li Hongzhang’s toughness and the change in the direction of public opinion!

He took great pains to set up this situation. In line with the principled mission of overthrowing Beiyang and killing Li Hongzhang, Master Weng mobilized all his disciples, old relatives and friends, from the private sector to the court, to start a war of words! If the Beiyang fast fleet fought well, then

Just scold the Beiyang fleet for passively avoiding the war. If the Beiyang fleet goes all out and suffers losses, then scold the Beiyang fleet for delaying the fighter plane. The Beiyang fleet and the new warships have wiped out all the Japanese navy, then scold Li Hongzhang.

si customized ship has evil intentions!!

As for the army? That's easier. The navy has been fighting hard, and in the end it fought the Japanese fleet to death. This army has been retreating again and again in North Korea. Now that people are surrounded by Pyongyang, a small place, it is definitely a disadvantage in combat.

Buttoned up! Plus the unwarranted corruption army

Pay, hire merchant ships to transport goods, etc. It was enough to bring down Nie Shicheng. As for whether those people who wrote notes in the study knew the situation on the battlefield and whether they were telling the truth, these are not important! What is it really like? As long as

The thing that can kill Lao Li is really like it!!

This matter started going so smoothly. Both the court and the public said that Li Hongzhang should be killed! But unexpectedly, a few days later, this public opinion suddenly changed! First, it was the foreigners and those fake foreign devils who had returned from overseas.

I actually analyzed the strength comparison between the Second Beiyang Marine and Land Division and the Japanese. Then it became clear that it was true.

He said that the Beiyang Navy has achieved such a record, which is absolutely rare in the world. It has made no mistakes in many battles. The command is perfect, but there are too many old ships, which affects the combat effectiveness. As for the army? The reason is more sufficient. With tens of thousands of people

It was a great achievement to attack a hundred thousand Japanese troops and still hold them back. How could it be regarded as a mistake?

If this is the end of the matter, it is not unlucky. The key is that it is still developing!! Then not only these foreigners and fake foreigners, but also those who promoted people and advanced scholars also followed suit. A few brave people even wrote articles asking why the war was going on.

When it started, the entire imperial court did not allocate funds to purchase additional warships and artillery. Only Beiyang paid for the warships from his own pocket? What happened to the money from the treasury every year? Has Beiyang’s annual allocation been in place? Is the money for ordering ships enough? The words directly refer to Weng Tonghe’s Ministry of Household Affairs

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Weng Tonghe really had no money. He spent 5 million taels of silver on Guangxu's wedding. The Queen Mother and Lafayette also wanted to repair the Summer Palace. This was another expense. In addition, it cost at least 20 million taels a year to support the Green Camp and Eight Banners who had no fighting capacity.

Money. There are also various financial misappropriations and card demands. The 80 million taels of silver every year are gone!!

But can you say this? Absolutely not! As long as one word is revealed, let alone myself, the Minister of Household Affairs, even whether I can save my head is a problem! But silence does not mean that people will let you go, but it will get worse! Since

80 million taels of silver are gone every year, so how did you become the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs? Are there any corruption among your subordinates?

Back then, Beiyang's purchase of three Guiyuan-class battleships was blocked by your surname Weng in every possible way. Were you obstructing it? Look at your subordinates. They have never been on the battlefield. They are sitting at home writing notes and posting about it. Do you want to go to the battlefield? Fighting the Japanese on the battlefield? As soon as these words came out, a group of people were scared to the ground. They were really afraid that the emperor would get angry and throw themselves onto the battlefield!

In fact, the most depressed and troubled person is not Weng Tonghe. The real most depressed person is the Empress Dowager Cixi who lives in the Summer Palace! It is not the scholars who are troubled by him. Who are those people? They can do nothing but write articles! Once they are annoyed, , it is absolutely possible to arrest a group of people and cause trouble. What really makes her depressed and worried is the attitude of the feudal officials and Li Hongzhang's strength and tough attitude!

To be honest, she really didn't expect that Li Hongzhang could actually raise money on his own to buy three warships that were far beyond Dingzhen! Cixi didn't know how much it cost, but according to the estimates of the people below, he couldn't buy them without 10 million taels of silver. Come down! Let alone whether this data is correct or not, the ability to raise 10 million taels of silver already made her feel restless. If you include Li Hongzhang's investment in the army and other aspects, this amount will not more than double! Yes! Bing, Li Hongzhang, who has money, is in Zhili! If he had his thoughts that day, could he stop him?

The Eight Banners and the Green Camp are definitely unreliable. Cixi has experienced several wars in the past few decades. The Eight Banners and the Green Camp were already in bad shape as early as the Taiping Rebellion. Beating the long hair is not enough. Can you do it if you beat yourself up? Ronglu's military training was still of some use, but compared with those people from Beiyang who had been on the battlefield and were killed in mountains of blood and blood, they were suddenly thrown away by n streets! What's more, now the governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Li Hanzhang are also Training new troops to help Li Hongzhang, this dynamic is scary enough!!

What is the concept of two governors? Even in the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong when the imperial power was at its peak, the emperor would not easily dismiss the two governors if they jointly signed it, not to mention that there is also a Zhili governor among the current admirals! And the two admirals plus 1 The governor's troops have been assembled in the Liaodong Peninsula, and the total number of troops is close to 70,000. How can these 70,000 troops not make Cixi nervous? Li Hongzhang does not need to raise troops at all, as long as he expresses his support for the emperor or Prince Gong, then I’m afraid some people in the seemingly powerful rear party want to find another way?

Now there is a rift between the Queen Mother and the Beiyang forces headed by Li Hongzhang. The Queen Mother wants to make peace, but Li Hongzhang wants to fight, and will fight until Japan surrenders and pays compensation. If the Queen Mother does not agree, what will be the result? Cixi cannot imagine. If Li Hongzhang really wants to If he passively avoids war, then the Northeast, the hometown of the Manchus, will probably be turned upside down. This is something Cixi absolutely does not want to see. Of course, the Central Committee can seek peace, but what is the cost of seeking peace? The eternal infamy of ceding territory and paying compensation Who will bear the responsibility? Li Hongzhang has decided not to seek peace. He has 70,000 soldiers, how can you force him to succeed?

And the most irritating thing is that Emperor Guangxu also wanted to fight. Is this the purpose of the fight? On the one hand, he was young and energetic, and was angry at Japan, a small country, for daring to attack the Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, why didn't he want to take advantage of this time? The plan to hold power in the hands of the war? If Li Hongzhang was forced to join forces with the emperor, would the Qing court still have the right to speak to her as the Queen Mother?

There are indeed many supporters of Cixi, but in Zhili, Li Hongzhang's army definitely has an overwhelming advantage. They can directly go by sea and then land in Tianjin and go directly to Bei Jing! Is the rear party capable of resisting this powerful army? No!!

Cixi's principle is to use people while checking and balancing. But checking and balancing does not mean that you have to force the people you want to use to side with your enemies. Especially at this sensitive moment, so in this case, the Empress Dowager Cixi must compromise.

Whether it was for her own rights or to look after the Manchus' hometown, Cixi had no choice.

But before compromising, the Empress Dowager Cixi still wants Ronglu's training army to go to the battlefield. She urgently needs momo's own trump card now. Let's see if the Ronglu training army she has worked hard to cultivate is worthy of use! This depends directly on herself.

The following plan, if applicable,

Then you can consider reducing Li Hongzhang's troops and transfer Li Hongzhang out of Zhili. If it cannot be used, then you can only rely on Li Hongzhang to deal with the increasingly restless Guangxu! But no matter what you do in the future, this time

, must give in to Li Hongzhang.

Not only the central forces were affected by this public opinion war, but the people were also greatly shaken! Under the propaganda of Beiyang merchants and Nanyang Chinese, various related Western articles and technical books were published in major areas of the Qing Dynasty.

The scope spreads.

Through various media and books, people began to pay attention to which small country to the east of them. Some of the advanced people have begun to think about what kind of power allows a small country with a population only a fraction of the Qing Dynasty and a land area that is not even one-thirtieth of the Qing Dynasty.

It was actually possible to launch a fatal attack on the behemoth of the Qing Dynasty in just over twenty years!

If it is excusable to be defeated by the British Empire, the largest in the world, and Russia, which has a vast territory, then if it is defeated by a guy from the east who was not worth mentioning twenty years ago, it will be the last fig leaf for the country on that day.

It’s completely gone! Anyone who is willing to open his eyes to see the world will realize that most of the so-called Tongzhi and ZTE in the Qing Dynasty are just a fantasy! What qualifications do you have to dream of the dream of a heavenly kingdom and refuse to change and learn?

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However, it seems that God still left a glimmer of hope for the Qing Dynasty. The performance of the Second Beiyang Marine and Land Division really gave people hope of victory. The navy, under the leadership of Admiral Ding and Commander Xu, fought with the Japanese fleet continuously, starting from the very beginning.

The Battle of Toshima to the later Battle of the Sea off the Izu Islands and

In the naval battle of Qunshan Bay, the performance and quality of the Beiyang Fleet have been recognized by all parties. (Thanks to the Western media for their strong assistance!!) Especially the most recent time, the Beiyang Fleet actually directly transferred the Japanese with the help of purchased new ships.

The entire fleet was wiped out in ashes. This is definitely an incredible feat!

Although the army fought slower, it was not easy to drag the Japanese army in North Korea with an absolutely inferior force, and the damage was greater than its own losses. This is absolutely justified. And as more "revelations" emerge,

Beiyang lacks funds and can only pay for it by itself and rely on the aid of businessmen and Chinese.

The situation against Japan became known to more people. At this time, people pointed their finger at the center of the Qing Dynasty. They also hated those Qingliu who regarded the deer as a horse! Some pioneers have begun to think that this hand is lagging behind and treating the country as a horse.

Is it necessary for a dynasty with property to exist anymore?
Chapter completed!