Ito Hiromoto died, An Chonggen was arrested, but Li Hongzhang fell ill.

The Sino-Japanese peace talks suddenly became a laughing stock. The Japanese, who were trying their best to promote all this, were even more hysterical to yell that they would fight to the end and would not give up until they were wiped out this shame.

Hundreds of Goryeo scholars ran to the Forbidden City to kowtow to the palace, demanding that the Qing court stop peace talks and send large troops to continue to kill Japan, and would not give up until the enemy within the border was cleaned. If the Qing court insisted on his own and had to sell Goryeo's interests in exchange for ending the war, they would rather die there than accept such humiliation!

Emperor Guangxu was caught off guard and screamed in anger in the palace. He cursed many close ministers "bad, food bucket". In the end, he had to order people to comfort the group of sticks with kind words.

There is no way, he has to want the decent state of the Celestial Kingdom. China has been in a miserable state for thousands of years, and today it has only one vassal state left. The Qing Dynasty is the only one. Since Emperor Guangxu wanted to revive the Qing Dynasty, he would never allow such stains to appear in history books. He did it secretly and could not say anything, but Ming Da Ming exposed it, and it would be not very appropriate to continue doing it.

However, in order to deal with Yang Hao, they must clear the obstacles and cut off future troubles. The great eminents have conditions to mediate, and the war with Japan must be suspended before they can support the court to quell the rebellion and resolve internal conflicts. This means that they must speak up against the Japanese under the defeat of the Japanese.

Allowing Goryeo* is the basic condition. The Japanese also arrogantly demanded to ced the Bay Island, otherwise they would rather have a breakup - is this a scoundrel?

The Qing court didn't really see it. But they were afraid that their reputation would be damaged. No one could afford the crime of losing power and humiliation, right?

The wise and powerful emperor naturally refused to take the blame, and even high-ranking officials must not be scapegoats. Therefore, all matters fell on the head of Prime Minister Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang would not suffer that mute loss. Now that the situation is clear, why should he bear the eternal infamy? His son and daughter were all kidnapped by Yang Hao, and there was an old man left to be a loyal minister and filial son for the Qing Dynasty? That thing cannot be done!

The world is changing. It has been seen that the Qing Dynasty will surely die, and maybe it will be seen when he is still alive. At that time, he found out his old accounts and scolded him like a traitor, which he could not accept.

So Li Hongzhang simply pretended to be sick. I am old and can't do this. You want to negotiate, so let's change people.

The Qingliu people are not stupid. They will not get involved in such good things. They immediately rely on their unfamiliar diplomatic business "advantages" and urged Li Hongzhang to come out and fight against the thunder. Emperor Guangxu's decree was almost three times a day. In a few moments, Empress Dowager Cixi's decree was also delivered, so that Li Hongzhang could finish the talk quickly and not delay the old woman's life.

If it weren't for Yang Hao, Li Hongzhang could only pinch his nose and admit defeat. But now, he was a turtle, and he was determined to be the one who was out of the way. He ordered Liu Buchan to drive the remaining ships of the Beiyang Fleet to Rizhao and Qingdao Shipyard to upgrade and maintain them. Then he decisively pretended to die.

People's hearts are dispersed and the team is difficult to lead.

If the Qing Dynasty had heard this sentence, she would definitely sigh in agreement.

They didn't even shout at Li Hongzhang. They realized that things were a little bit bad. They wanted to find someone to be the sucker, and suddenly found that Zhang Zhidong, Liu Kunyi and others who had jumped the most before, none of them rushed up to be the takeover warrior. Who is so stupid? They understand that they will be the traitor after the talks, and I will not serve them.

Li Hongzao and his group of Qingliu usually show great loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. They wish they could be so stupid for the emperor. But when they were serious, they pushed each other one by one and refused to take over this mess.

Emperor Guangxu was young, but he was not stupid. He finally understood that Qingliu was such a bunch of bastards! Just standing on the shore to give advice, he would never do the job of going into the water. The credit was their proper command, and he immediately shirked the responsibility to others after he was in trouble... What a fucking thing!

There is also one thing: Qingliu is thick-skinned. No matter how you scold her, she is as stable as Mount Tai and still unmoved. In their professional terms, this is done well in the mind and nature.

For a moment, the overall situation of Sino-Japanese War was invisible. Not only how the British and Russians urged them, the Qing court was reluctant to produce representatives who could take on major tasks.

In the end, Li Hongzao revealed the root cause: "If the rebellion of the Yang family is not eliminated, there will be no peace in the country."

In early April 1895, Emperor Guangxu, who was full of anger, personally visited the Tianjin Horse Factory to inspect the new army trained.

When spring and summer are in harmony, the weather has already seen warmth. The river road is green and the breeze is coming, bringing a fragrant fragrance.

After coming out of the palace, it was like fish returning to the sea. Emperor Guangxu felt much better after a long time of depression. When he arrived at the training ground of the Horse Factory, he could not help but feel relieved when he saw the neatly-looking troops.

On the playground, the soldiers of the New Army No. 7,000 were lined up in an orderly queue. Under the leadership of the New Army Supervisor Hu Yifan and the assistant Yuan Shikai, they knelt down on one knee and shouted long live the mountain. The sound that shook the sky and the earth almost made Emperor Guangxu feel happy, and for a moment, it was like reciting a poem to express his mind... Unfortunately, his literary talent was not good enough to write it.

Many people have seen Yang Hao’s new military parade on that day. This time, the emperor saw it with his own eyes and they followed suit. Although they could not create a standard infringement formation, they could still be formed by walking in stance.

Yishui'er's black military uniform, big-brimmed hat, braids lined up behind her, and her legs were neatly beaten. He carried a bayonet rifle on his shoulders and walked through the reviewing stand in clusters, making the dusty but his momentum was extraordinary.

After three months of making this look, Guangxu was so excited that he applauded repeatedly. Before he came to the queue, he looked at the top young men selected from various provinces in Zhili with satisfaction. His height, body, and mental outlook were incomparable to the Qing army who had been depressed in the past.

Back on the reviewing stand, Guangxu asked Hu Yi: "Hu Aiqing, can such a soldier be able to fight?"

Hu Yi turned his eyes and said modestly: "I do not understand military affairs, and all the detailed military training tasks are specifically responsible for the Yuan army. The emperor asked him about it and understood it more clearly."

The official who came out of Li Hongzhang's hands saw that the old commander had been hiding, how could he not know how big the problem was? It would be necessary to see if he had the head to resist it. He simply pushed Yuan Shikai up.

Yuan Shikai was just asking for it. He immediately took a step forward and knelt down with all his might: "I must never dare to take this merit. I rely on the mighty power of the saint and the great power of the heavens, and knowing people to use it well, so that I can obtain these seven thousand strong men."

Guangxu was not as easy to fool before. He frowned slightly and asked, "I ask you, how is the new army trained? Can you go out and fight a war?"

Yuan Shikai felt a moment of hesitation. He knew very well, who was going to swing the sword at? Of course, it was Yang Hao's Yang family army. Maybe it could not be beaten? He was unsure of this. The new army had only one company at the beginning, which shocked him so much that he could not control himself. Now there are more than 10,000 people, and he even killed tens of thousands of Japanese troops. How arrogant that is!

Seeing that he didn't answer immediately, Guangxu's heart was suddenly filled with excitement. His face sank down and he shouted sternly: "The court has spent so much money and wants to strengthen his army but cannot be obtained. Could it be that all the dear ministers can only be perfunctory?"

This is heartbreaking. It will be a loss of mind to fool the emperor.

Yuan Shikai was brave and stood up decisively and replied with fearlessness: "The Master is clear about it. After all, the training time of the new army is short. Although it can be enforced, there has never been a battle. German teachers believe that it may be able to compete with the Japanese army. With this number and scale, it is still too thin."

"Is it still not possible?"

Emperor Guangxu was very disappointed. He thought that if he had spent a lot of money and had an imperial edict, he would immediately arouse the "conscience" of countless people in the world and work hard to serve. Isn't it just training that he can achieve results in a few months.

But Yuan Shikai said that it was not possible? Is this so difficult for him?

To be honest, the new army is already quite good now. In terms of organization, the backward methods of the Huai Army were changed, and the intermediate links were enriched, forming a complete system of army, town, association, bidding, battalion, team, platoon, shed, etc. When a large number of officers were enriched, they immediately turned into old hens and ducks, which was much better.

In terms of equipment, they received strong support from foreign devils and actually bought various advanced rifles from Yang Hao to "export to domestic sales" and unified the equipment. In addition, they also made a lot of Green machine guns, and even the old version of Maxim from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau!

There are even more artillery. There are piles of Krupp 75 field artillery guns, and there are more than 100 shots in all kinds of football teams.

The entire army is divided into the main armies such as infantry, cavalry, artillery, labor, and logistics, which is complete.

How much money is spent is not worthy of being told to outsiders, but at least it has already risen. Emperor Guangxu usually reads military books a lot, and in terms of his senses, he felt that this unit was already quite awesome. Unexpectedly, it was still not as good as Yang Hao's new army!

Lord Hu couldn't watch the fun and didn't care about the matter. After hesitating for a while, he still interrupted: "Your Majesty, good troops need practical training. Without bloody battles, they cannot become iron troops."

"Where am I going to find a place for you to train soldiers?"

Emperor Guangxu had heard of this truth, but it was not easy to do it. Now that the Japanese have withdrawn, they have to negotiate and fight without a war. He can't send everyone to the Goryeo Peninsula to continue working, right? That's too outrageous.

At this time, Ronglu, who was accompanying him, turned his eyes and thought to himself. He ran to him and whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a big sword in Shan County, Caozhou that gathers people to cause trouble, and the local officials dare not even be alarmed. Could it be..."

Emperor Guangxu's eyes flashed and he said decisively: "Then let them protect the court's dignity!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!