The Shuntian Mansion was very depressed. This fight involved a protégé of Mr. Tobe Ong on one side, a foreigner who could not even afford to offend the imperial court, and Li Zhongtang’s new disciple and the admiral of the Beiyang Navy. Ordinarily, this was

The foreigners made the first move and beat Wen Tingshi and others. However, it was Mr. Wen who made rude remarks that offended the foreigners in the first place. What's more, the foreigners had extraterritorial jurisdiction, so they were beaten as long as they were beaten. Shuntian Mansion had no way to deal with it.

As for the disciple of Li Zhongtang, he handed over a complaint directly, saying that Wen Tingshi and others slandered important officials of the imperial court in broad daylight. To be honest, it was not a minority in the imperial court to say that the Second Beiyang Marine and Land Division belonged to Li Zhongtang's private army.

, but, there are some things that you cannot say on the table. Especially now that Li Zhongtang is in Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, and his words are heard by Li Zhongtang’s disciples and the naval admiral. Isn’t this looking for death?

"Ji Shi, you have just come to the capital and sat down to do such a big thing. I really misjudged it at the beginning." Old Li said calmly.

"The student just told the truth." Xu Jie lowered his head and said. "Moreover, there is a group of clean people in this center who are messing around behind the scenes, which is very detrimental to Beiyang." After hesitating again and again, Xu Jie finally spoke out. Xu Jie

The meaning is very clear. Taking this opportunity, in the name of slandering important ministers and slandering foreign friends, we will remove some of the people in Qingliu who are particularly good at jumping and doing bad things. Naturally, the pressure on Beiyang from public opinion will be much less.

"You don't know that now the Yushitai and the Hanlin officials have rushed to write letters to intercede for Wen Tingshi and others? They also called you a bastard of foreigners." Li Hongzhang said.

"Just scold them. Even if there is no such thing, they will still scold Beiyang. If this matter is handled more decisively, I am afraid it will scare a group of people. Those Qingliu people are tossing around when nothing happens. Once something really happens, they will be really hard-core.

Not many." Xu Jie said with disdain.

"What should I do about Master Weng? He started begging me for mercy." Li Hongzhang couldn't help but smile.

"This Wenting style of Beiyang can naturally open up one side, but on the foreign side, I'm afraid it won't be so easy?" Xu Jie did not answer directly.

"Vittorio's side is not a matter of your words?" Li Hongzhang asked.

"This matter has been made known to the Italian Minister to the Qing Dynasty. I'm afraid it can't be kept private." Xu Jie said with a proud smile.

"I really underestimate you." Li Hongzhang said with a smile.

"How to deal with the rumors among the people? If someone says that Beiyang helps foreigners to bully our own Jinshi, what would you say?" Lao Li asked again.

"The Huai Clan is stationed in Zhili, so it shouldn't be difficult to create some momentum among the people, but this Wen Tingshi and others? They don't know maritime affairs but they talk nonsense, and they are criticized in public. This is not just his people, but me

Where is the majesty of the Qing Dynasty? To put it more seriously..." Xu Jie deliberately did not say the following words.

"It is not an exaggeration to kill someone who has insulted the country, let alone now he is arbitrarily insulting other countries? Is this what you mean?" Li Hongzhang nodded while saying.

"We can also spread the news about Beihai to the people, let the world know about our plight in Beiyang, know how big the world is, and know that what those clear-minded people say is just empty talk." Xu Jie said. "Then we, Beiyang, can also take the opportunity to translate some information about Beiyang.

Western battleships and mechanical books. Let more people know about the outside world."

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, Guangxu and Cixi were making final decisions about the outcome of Wen Tingshi and others. A nominal supreme ruler and an actual supreme ruler were worrying about this matter.

"Dad, although Wen Hanlin and others caused such a big disaster, they did it for the imperial court after all. These foreigners are really too arrogant." Guangxu hesitated for a long time before saying.

"Then how can we give an explanation to the Italian and Li Zhongtang?" Cixi asked.

"It's not a big deal to scold foreigners behind their backs. Although Li Zhongtang doesn't get along with Master Weng, I don't think Li Zhongtang is the kind of person who will retaliate for his anger?" Guangxu said uncertainly.

"Foreigners say big things and small things like small things. If it's just an Italian, it doesn't matter. But if the Italian minister makes a request like this, I'm afraid it won't work without dealing with it. As for Li Hongzhang? If it were before.

, he will naturally not care about people like Wen Tingshi, but it is different now." Cixi said coldly.

"My dear father made it clear." Guangxu saluted.

"This Li Hongzhang likes to go around in things. He can do things that go against his will, but he can't get things done easily. But now, your Master Weng first stabbed Li Hongzhang in the waist with a knife. That man from Beihai

I'm afraid Master Weng is planning to find a loophole in Beiyang's purchase of ships and make a copy of it?" Cixi snorted coldly.

"Well, after the Beihai incident, the Ministry of Revenue still allocated funds to Beiyang." Guangxu said.

"Master Weng, who has failed to achieve anything but failed, still insists on causing trouble for Li Hongzhang in maritime affairs even though he doesn't know much about maritime affairs. Isn't this overestimating his own capabilities? If it hadn't been for this, the Central Committee would have been dragging Beiyang's funds away.

But now, the center cannot delay. (Historically, before the Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang once gave Guangxu some advice, but the reply he got from Guangxu was only the five words "The yamen knows"!! The source is "The Sinking of Sino-Japanese War") This

If you delay, you will not only be looked down upon by foreigners, but you will also be unable to explain it to the world. He Li Hongzhang should say, Beiyang is so embarrassed and the court does not buy a boat, how do you expect the court to face the accusations of the world?" Cixi asked sharply.

"And don't blame Li Hongzhang for being domineering. The only army in the world that can fight is the Hunan-Huai Army, and this navy is dominated by the Beiyang Army. Once something happens, the only people we, the Qing Dynasty, can rely on are the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, and

In this important area of ​​Zhili, all we can rely on is the 50,000 Beiyang navy and army. Therefore, the Central Committee can only suppress, but cannot use thunderbolt methods. Otherwise, if something happens, who can the Qing Dynasty rely on? The Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp have long been out of the question.

The Hunan Army is far away in the south." After saying this, Cixi sighed. In fact, Cixi didn't dare to say that if they really wanted to break up, if Li Hongzhang and some people in the central government joined forces, the outcome would be uncertain.

.And if the Huai Army decides to retaliate, there is really no army in the capital that can withstand the full force of the Beiyang Army Division.

"Then what should Wen Tingshi and others do this time?" Guangxu asked.

"Exile." Cixi said lightly.

"But isn't this too heavy?" Guangxu became a little anxious when he heard that he was going to be exiled.

"There are only things heavier than this, and nothing lighter than this." Cixi directly rejected Guangxu's plea. "Also this time, Li Hongzhang actually accepted a disciple, who designed warships with the Italian. This is really interesting.

"

"What do you mean by kissing your father?" Guangxu asked.

"This person can't help but be looked down upon. This foreigner always ignores the situation and ignores the situation. If he can be respected by that arrogant Italian designer, there must be something special about him. When the time comes, the emperor himself will need to be careful." Cixi said.

Said deeply.
Chapter completed!