In the eyes of the cute president, the continuous and slowly cutting off the Qing Dynasty was the greatest harm to China. Until the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China no longer had major wars, but the money that has been leaked over the past 20 years is even more than what has been leaked over the past 30 years. Please read the book W ｗ ∫ Ｗ ∮.

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The money spent on war will definitely not keep up with economic aggression, and the invisible outflow is the most terrifying thing.

The current goal of President Meng is to protect China's industry and commerce, absorb the bone marrow of the Qing court, and curb the expansion of the great powers. After all, President Meng has no way to directly interfere with the great powers. The great powers are very united in jointly absorbing the interests in China.

The cute president's military strategy actually coincides with the Japanese. The first step is to occupy North Korea and Taiwan, the second step is to control Southeast Asia, and open up the channel for capital exhibitions. The third step is to swallow the Qing Dynasty and the fourth step is to kill the whole world!

However, the cute president has higher requirements. The Japanese are the island country with less defense pressure. The cute president is a place with all connections, and there is a polar bear pressing on his head, which makes him more stressed.

Governing a country and completely controlling the direction of a country is still too demanding of a cute president who has never even been a group leader in modern times.

Chen Qin felt that the chance of success of this negotiation was very high. In order to show sincerity, the Danzhou Army moved forward the artillery position, but had stopped the artillery bombardment of the Huai Army.

Chen Qin returned to Tianjin directly from the sea route and reported to Li Hongzhang first.

Originally, the Qing court also handed over this matter to Li Hongzhang. This is Cixi's cleverness. If Li Hongzhang solves it well, it is all the contribution of the court. If the solution is not good and the ministers are not satisfied, then Li Hongzhang will be the blame. If Cixi herself is not satisfied, it will be rejected. In short, it will definitely be better to let the ministers do things than to make a decision by herself. Most of the ministers are played by Li Hongzhang.

This is also the reason why Li Hongzhang always stood at the peak of power in the late Qing Dynasty forty years and never was defeated by political enemies. Li Hongzhang was loyal to the court and was very talented, and was indeed the pillar of the Qing court.

But the cute CEO never thought that Li Hongzhang was the pillar of the country!

Because this kind of old man has become a demon, it is because of this kind of big demon that he has tried his best to maintain the Qing court. This is not beneficial to the entire country's progress. ∫ Please read the book WｗΩＷ∮.

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One of Zeng Guofan and the other one of Li Hongzhang, the cute president, doesn't understand why so many people who praised them in later generations are mostly officials, who follow the example, are slaves, and enjoy the life of the best, haha.

Li Hongzhang received a report from Chen Qin and slowly put a piece of bass into his mouth.

Li Hongzhang loves to eat fish, especially sea bass. The officials below gave him a nickname called Li sea bass.

"Look, what should I do?" Li Hongzhang said slowly, not looking at Chen Qin. "This matter is indeed a bit bigger for you, but I can only let you go. Do you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Chen Qin bowed and said, "The officials understand that Zhidao is grateful to the Lord Zhongtang for his cultivation. Zhidao feels that he should agree to them that as long as he can stop fighting, it is always good. Moreover, compared with the great powers, the requirements they put forward are indeed very fair. If all the great powers follow this charter, then we will have no war."

Chen Qin said this and thought to himself that you have already taken the money, what else do you want? If you don’t want to reconcile it, why are you doing Xuan Yuemeng’s money? Chen Qin himself also ate Xuan Yuemeng’s hundreds of thousands of taels.

Li Hongzhang put down the chopsticks and forks, took a sip of fish soup, which seemed to be endless aftertaste. He took the clean cloth on the table and wiped his mouth. His movements were steady and elegant, showing his style of a master. He ate Chinese food with Western dishes, which was also unique. "You are confused, do you know why I asked you to talk, but didn't let Sheng Xuanhuai go?"

Chen Qin shook his head pretending to be unknown. In fact, when Chen Qin got the job sent by Li Hongzhang, he knew that he had a better relationship with the Xuan family. He wanted to stop fighting. He didn't think he was wrong. Sheng Xuanhuai and Xuan Yuemeng had a feud, and Chen Qin also knew very well.

Li Hongzhang sighed, "The arms were taken away by them, and this is still a trivial matter. We can buy them again. Whether it was the past or now, the money given by Xuan Yuemeng is enough for us to buy? In the future, Xuan Yuemeng will give us a lot of money! But look at Xuan Yuemeng's generous moves and can give us so much money, I believe the court has done some things. This is very similar to the practice of Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi, back then. You should have seen Xuan Yuemeng's ambition, why did he do so many thankless things? In fact, otherwise, everything he does is to be able to show, to be able to show the economy, to win a good reputation, why should foreigners help us in the Qing Dynasty? Taking the initiative to find help and take the initiative to help others. These are two different things! Once the reputation passes through the court, think about it, how terrible is this?"

Chen Qin was shocked, "Master Zhongtang, do you mean that this Xuan family has the ambition to dominate the world?"

Li Hongzhang stood up and paced gently, and after a while, he said, "I don't know if the Xuan family has such a plan, but Xuan Yuemeng definitely has such a plan. Alas, it's a pity that this child was born with a rebellious heart. If he could be used by me in the Qing Dynasty, it would be a blessing for the country and the country. Please read the book Wｗ∮Ｗ∮．∮ＱingＫanＳhu．cＣ”

"I didn't see this. I only know that this child is very good at making money. Moreover, if he said that he would no longer plot land in the Northeast, he would not be rebellious, right?" Chen Qin asked nervously: "Master Zhongtang, what should I do now?"

Li Hongzhang sighed and said, "What else can I do? While expressing the court, he will truthfully report the results of the negotiations with Xuan Yuemeng, and while passing on my words, contact all the officials below me to oppose this matter together! If you want to be the first to oppose it, you must show righteous indignation! This guy will definitely rebel in the future! If you don't believe it, just wait and see. If he had allowed him to gain a firm foothold in the Northeast, the next step would be to do business nationwide. Klinsmann Foreign Company would have been very strong. If I hadn't been suppressing it, they would have developed faster!"

Chen Qin said oh, "I understand, thank you Lord Zhongtang for your advice. Let's make arrangements immediately."

Li Hongzhang waved his hand and asked Chen Qin to go out, and secretly said that there would be another fierce debate in the court.

After Chen Qin left, Li Hongzhang continued to pace alone. He was not afraid, but he didn't know what to do. Li Hongzhang didn't want the court to really beat Xuan Yuemeng.

Li Hongzhang still has many things that he has not told Chen Qin. In fact, Li Hongzhang thought about the problem more profound and comprehensive. In addition to telling Chen Qin about the obvious reasons, there are also many reasons behind it that Li Hongzhang did not say.

The court was not suitable to raise too many troops in the north. Because of transportation issues, the court did not dare to raise troops in the south. The sky was high and the emperor was far away, for fear of being unable to restrain himself.

Therefore, the Qing court's army has always been maintained within the minimum level of need, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would not be able to explode a million troops!

This is the backwardness of the system.

Since Li Hongzhang is worthy of the number of troops in the north, when the war is over, if the number of troops is adjusted appropriately, he can only retain Zuo Zongtang's troops, which had just finished the Northwest War. Li Hongzhang was able to suppress Zuo Zongtang because his military power was greater, and the status of the governor of Zhili was the governor of the world and his status was more prominent!

However, if Duoduo retains Zuo Zongtang's Chu army, the strength changes between the two sides will be unequal again.

Zuo Zongtang may even use this force to overcome or approach Li Hongzhang's power.

If you think of too many things, your heart will be tired. Li Hongzhang is such a person who often feels tired. Play with women more, play with women more, and relax. Li Hongzhang drags his tired steps to find his two favored concubines.

Chen Qin's trip to Beijing caused shock to the government and the country. Fortunately, Li Hongzhang took the lead and made Chen Qin motivate a group of Li Hongzhang's party members to criticize the cute president's diplomatic proposals to establish a strategic partnership with the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Qincai was spared from being criticized, but the Qing court showed one-sided opposition to this matter and did not agree to unite with the Kingdom of East Hawaii. It was mainly because it believed that such a small colony dared to speak out loud and demanded the same treatment as the great powers!

The most intense objection is naturally Prince Gong Yixin. In fact, since the Tianjin lesson plan, Prince Gong Yixin's power has been weakened many times.

Before again, Prince Gong Yixin tried to fight for power and curb the power of Emperor Tongzhi and the two palaces.

Yi Xin and ten other important officials advised Emperor Tongzhi not to build the Old Summer Palace in person. Emperor Tongzhi was furious and denounced Yi Xin: "How about this position?"

A few days later, he strongly advised Emperor Tongzhi again. Emperor Tongzhi Zhu Yu changed his prince and became a prince. He was still walking on the military minister and was buried the next day.

The two empress dowagers intervened and the prince was rewarded and hereditary.

Prince Gong Yixin was not the Regent Dorgon, and Cixi's ambition was far greater than any empress dowager in the early Qing Dynasty.

Cixi summoned a first-rank official and the prince in the warm-up hall.

"How is the plan for the money for the garden repair?" Empress Dowager Cixi hugged the pug given by Xuan Yuemeng, touched it gently, looked at Empress Dowager Ci'an, and then asked the minister below.

The pug is the one who is responsible for raising the pug. When Prince Jie saw the pug, she remembered Xuan Yuemeng's little slut, so she naturally took care of the pug in every way.

The seventh prince Yihuan is mainly responsible for the construction of the Summer Palace. "It is estimated that eight million taels are still less than four million taels."

"Well? Last year you said the difference was three million taels, but now why is it getting worse and worse?" Cixi was quite unhappy.

Prince Chun Yihuan hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, the total cost of 5 million taels was originally planned last year, but it was increased later."

Cixi said Oh, as if she had just remembered it, "The Emperor has taken charge of the government and repaired the garden earlier, so we can have a few days of peace and quiet. However, this garden is royal and also the face of the court. I have read the blueprint from the Ministry of Works. It's very good. Sister, do you think so?"

Empress Dowager Ci'an was careless and nodded, "What my sister said."

Prince Chun Yihuan muttered in his heart that the Ministry of Works has added another budget. If you say so, it will cost 12 million taels. If you keep adding more, how can you build the garden?

Cixi was not afraid of the garden being bigger, the bigger the better. She used to have no money, but now the 2 million taels of tribute from Xuan Yuemeng every year is no short of money.

When Prince Gong Yixin heard about the garden repair, she knew that Cixi would use money to suppress diplomatic proposals against establishing a strategic partnership with Xuan Yuemeng.

In fact, Cixi also knew the harm of Xuan Yuemeng. However, this time, Xuan Yuemeng took the initiative to propose that the number of Danzhou troops was only 20,000, which was only used for self-protection. Moreover, whenever the Qing Dynasty was hit by foreigners in the future, it would intervene unconditionally by force. This was very consistent with Cixi's requirements. If all the great powers were like this, then she would really save trouble. Cixi did not think that a small Danzhou, the size of a palm-sized place, could cause any storm. Xuan Yuemeng did not formally rebel. In Cixi's view, Xuan Yuemeng loved money as if she was life and wanted to make money. In the past, the Klinsmann foreign company was based on the name of foreigners, but now the East Hawaii Kingdom was also based on the name of foreigners.

In fact, before today's meeting, Cixi had already had some conspiracy in her mind.

Unfortunately, the opposition is too high now, and other ministers can see the problems that Li Hongzhang can see. If Danzhou continues to develop like this, it will mainly make a name for itself. This is very terrible. Cixi does not value fame. Cixi is afraid that Xuan Yuemeng will get the essence and will expand its power step by step. As long as Xuan Yuemeng has no territorial requirements, Cixi will not take it seriously! (To be continued.)
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