Chapter 133 The turmoil is not yet stable (2)

Zaiying, whose pseudonym is Gan Ying, is Zhang Jing in the United States. In the view of Baoting, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Stock Office, who is in the fifth rank, this young man with a handsome face and the number one in the General Office is good at everything, with only one: he is a little later than ordinary people every day. I don’t know why? After asking a few questions from the side, he heard that his family lives outside Xuanwu Gate, and is a little far away from the General Office Office outside the Daqing Gate, so he is often late. This is a reason that he does not call it a reason. Baoting was determined to scold him, but he felt that he was making a big deal.

Apart from this, Gan Ying had nothing to criticize for doing things. He spoke very well in English, even better than Baoting, who had studied hard for many years in Tongwenguan; and when it comes to American customs and customs, Yung Wing, who was on duty in the US stock market, was no less than Yung Wing, who was the minister of the US stock market; in addition to Western learning, he also used Confucian classics freely, so in less than twenty days, he became the famous Hongzhangjing among stock markets.

At this time, King Sun was assassinated in Japan. In view of China's request, Japan knew that it was impossible to avoid it, so it had to ask ministers from all countries to come forward and mediate on their behalf, asking China to relax its conditions - Japan is willing to accept any economic losses, and also agreed to hand over all members of the Hoshi Party organization of Taikuda Satoshi, Saito Kosaburo, Saotou Minami and other members of the Hoshi Party to China for disposal, and only demanded the exemption from arrest and judicial action of the content of Kawamura Junyi. At the same time, Japan promised to remove Kawamura Junyi from all official positions and never remit them as compensation for this incident.

But the emperor firmly disagreed. Even when the Military Affairs Office thought that Taikurota and others were punished, and the removal of Kawamura Junyi's position and the injustice and pain of Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-

He waved his hand hard and shouted loudly, "I will send the imperial edict to the governor of Fujian Li Hongzhang, Governor of Zhili Sushun, and Admiral of the Navy in Vladivostok Cheng Xueqi, and immediately send the four iron-clad ships of Dingyuan, Liaoyuan, Weiyuan and Fuyuan, the same as the Leijia-class Lei family. The Guangheng, the Guang-class, traveled to Japan in the east, didn't the Japanese refuse to hand over the Junyi Kawamura? Even if I force myself to rob it, I will rob it back."

"Your Majesty, your swords and weapons are not absurd, don't act without any action?" Zeng Guofan shouted, knelt down for a few steps, and reached his leg. "Not mentioning the current situation, it can be resolved by peace, so why do you have to use force to deter it?"

"No," the emperor shook his head vigorously. In a rage, he couldn't listen to other people's advice at all. "The Japanese are all candles, and they don't light them. If they don't put some pressure on them, it won't work at all. Yi, what are you waiting for?"

"Emperor, it is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Please think twice."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, "Okay, okay." He gritted his teeth hard, "It seems that you are determined to fight me? Well, I thought that without the Military Affairs Office, I would have no choice? Yang San? Liufu?"

The two of them served for many years and knew that the atmosphere today was not as normal. They prepared four mats of dragon beard grass, lay them down, and then quietly retreated. They secretly told the eunuchs standing outside the hall to say, "I am afraid of a big storm today." But they did not dare to stay away. When they heard the summons, they entered the hall and knelt down next to the door, "The slave is here."

"Go and see, who is on duty today?"

This is asking who was on duty in the imperial court and the cabinet. Yang San didn't have to go and read it. He answered, "Reply to the emperor, today I will be the Sixth Prince and the King of Li, Lord Rui, Lord Li, Lord Li, Lord Li."

"Tell them." Yang San went to the cabinet in front of the garden and the imperial guard room to send the order. He paced back and forth like a beast trapped in a cage, and didn't even look at Yi and the others kneeling on the ground.

Yan Jingming, Zeng Guofan, and Zhao Guang knelt there, not knowing what it felt, but he also understood that if this matter was not handled well today, I am afraid that the great political trend of the entire Military Affairs Office in the second year of Xianfeng will be re-stated.

After a short time, Jing Shou, Shi Duo, Rui Chang and Li Hongzao entered Shende Hall. They were the imperial court, the ministers on duty in the cabinet, and were with the Military Affairs Office. They were very rare in terms of relatives, wise men, valuations, magnanimity, and pride. After the salute, the emperor asked them to kneel on the ground, and the voice came from the top of their heads, "You all know the news that Prince Dun was assassinated by a thug in Japan, right?"

"Yes, I know about it." Shiduo replied on behalf of everyone, "In Japan, a small country, does not practice legal etiquette. When the prince of the Shang Kingdom of China visited on behalf of the heaven, he was actually injured by the mob. This practice really made Jucai and others feel sorry for King Dun's injuries, and they are indignant."

"Yi, have you heard it? Even Shiduo has a little thought of kissing his family. As a brother, you are so cold?"

Yi felt extremely aggrieved and said sadly, "Emperor, my brother and King Dun are both the bloodline of the previous emperor. He was stabbed and injured. My brother empathized with me. How could he not be angry? However, King Dun is light and the diplomatic relations between China and Japan are great, the emperor."

Yan Jingming also took the opportunity to make a comment, "Your Majesty, what the prince said is that since the Japanese are willing to use economic compensation..."

"Let the Japanese put away their stinky money. I have some money in the Qing Dynasty, and I don't care about them - let the Japanese keep it, and wait for the future to buy coffins for the citizens who were killed under the bombardment of naval artillery. What I want is the face of my Qing Dynasty. Do you know the face?"

Everyone was speechless. The emperor was so angry about this matter, which shows that no one could listen to anyone's words. But he didn't know that he would just give the military office a decree, so why should he ask a few people from the cabinet to come in? Shi Duo was the youngest among the people and had a good mind. He probably guessed that the emperor and the military office must be in a mess. At this time, he would not know how much trouble he would cause in the future, so he just blinked his eyes and listened without saying a word. He didn't speak, and Jing Shou was born taciturn, even more like a dull gourd.

Rui Chang is passionate about people and doesn't care much about such things. Seeing that they don't speak, Guan Zi met and said, "Emperor, I have received great grace from the country and have no answers. Today, I saw that the emperor was deceived by the small country in Japan. I was ashamed and angry and asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict. The servant was willing to lead an army to Japan to make it easier for them to see what kind of blood of my Qing officials."

In Yi's heart, Rui Zhisheng (Zhi Sheng is Rui Chang's name, Xi Qiao, and his name is Xi Qiao), do you know what the emperor is going to do? He jumped out from Cheng Zhongqing. He turned around and glared at him fiercely, and met up, "Emperor, what Lord Xi Qiao said is the loyalty of the country for the ministers. But my brother thought that using force in Japan would not be available in a short time. It takes time for the transportation of soldiers, preparation of food and fodder, and payment of money. It is better to let me go down..."

"Lao Liu, do you think I am a three-year-old child? You can just play this way?"

Yi was shocked. If such a crime was put into practice, it would be a death sentence. "Your Majesty, how dare you?"

"Don't you think I don't understand this? You still want to use a slowdown to drag this matter down and wait until it's over. Let me tell you, and by the way, I might as well pretend that I don't know what's happening to the other side. You can do your best to pretend that I don't know what's happening. You can only do the military campaign against Japan, and don't want to hit Ruichang at all at all?"

Only then did Ruichang realize how ridiculous the sound he had just made. If the emperor followed suit, he... he was so scared that he was speechless and agreed in a hurry, "The slave is here."

"Immediately withdraw the draft order and order the Ministry of War to write a document to the two provinces of Fujian, Zhili and Vladivostok military ports. Immediately send the four iron-clad ships of Dingyuan, Liaoyuan, Weiyuan and Fuyuan and the Leijia-class thunder, which are the same. The Guangzi-class Guangheng travels to Japan to the east, and hand over Kawamura Junyi before May 1; otherwise, fire directly at the Japanese mainland."

"And." Before Rui Chang received the order, he added, "If you go to Japan, if you encounter any Japanese naval warships on the sea, you will fire your gun immediately without any place to stay."

"Oh, Zha" Rui Chang got up in a daze, turned around and ran out.

The emperor kept walking around the hall for a few times, secretly hating the few people from the Military Affairs Office. Do you think that without the Military Affairs Office, the government orders would not leave the palace? If you want to hold me, there is no "Zeng Guofan?"

"I'm here."

"You will go to the Ministry of War immediately and will take charge of the detailed matters of this battle against Japan. If you have anyone or something to find, report it immediately."

Zeng Guofan knew that this matter could not be changed and had to meet the leader's order.

"And Zhao Guang, wait a while to go to the Ministry of Justice and prepare for detention by the Japanese who promised to be deported. After the arrival, the trial will be started immediately. I will ask the General Administration Office to send a translator to take care of the errands; as for the Junyi Kawamura, he will be temporarily absent from the trial and wait for the navy to return from Japan to deal with it."

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"Finally, Lao Liu, go back to the General Administration and inform the Japanese Embassy in China about this matter. Let him tell him that from now on, China and Japan will cut off all relations, and he will be limited to three days to leave Beijing with all the staff of the ambassador to Beijing and get out of China."

"Emperor, what about my Qing Dynasty ambassador to Japan?"

"Let them return home immediately." The emperor had a sudden inspiration and added, "Also, I informed the envoys in Western China to lead the venue, and China and Japan were not far away. Although this matter had nothing to do with other countries, I don't want to hear any country mediating with good intentions or malicious intentions - I don't need it"

"Your Majesty, please think about it again and again. It is certainly a move to move troops against Japan to demonstrate the power of our Qing Dynasty, but from today to May 1st, it will take only ten days to discuss it from now on and not give the other party the preparation time, I am afraid that the people in the world will have any discussions on the emperor?"

"Do you really think those Western countries will have any dissatisfaction with me and the Qing Dynasty for the sake of the Japanese?" After this time of conflict, the emperor's expression relaxed a lot than before. "You still don't understand, right? You can't blame you. Since you entered the officialdom, you have been doing the chores of the General Administration. What you hear and see are the words and languages ​​of politicians who have been tempered for many years of officialdom. But it may be hard for you to imagine the strategies they take when their interests are hurt."

"You may not understand what I said, so I will explain it simply. It is like Britain and France. The former is for opium, and the latter is for land; they are all related to their own countries; and what about Japan this time? Of course, many businessmen in Japan may be affected by the war between China and Japan, but fundamentally, they are all things between the two Asian countries and have nothing to do with these Western countries - altruistic ideas, and they do not exist in this world."

“Eh?”

"It's nothing." He smiled and shook his head, asking several people to stand up first, "Let's go back and talk about this time the military negotiations with Japan, I can guarantee you. The actions of these Western national teams, the Qing Dynasty, didn't even dare to say anything. Do you believe it?"

How dare Yi say he doesn't believe it? Isn't that arguing with the emperor? He smiled bitterly, "The emperor is as wise as the sky, and he is enlightened, but his brother is impressed."

When Gan Ying saw Di Zhuan in the General Administration, she was shocked and felt that there was no place to settle down. He didn't dare to question his father's decision, but he just launched troops against Japan and insisted on arresting Junyi Kawamura to execute him. Wouldn't it be too violent? At that time, how will Western countries view the Qing Dynasty?

These words cannot be said to the assistant minister in the stock market, and they cannot say to the sixth uncle, so they had to say to the teacher. While lunch was having lunch, Zaiying found a reason and arrived in Yung Wing's room. Unfortunately, Baoting was also there and was talking to Yung Wing, "Teacher." When he was studying in Tongwen Hall, Yung Wing made a referral in Tongwen Hall, so he has such a title, "According to what you have seen in the West for many years, what will happen in the end?"

"Since the emperor has the will, you and I just need to do the job that you and I have to worry about?"

"The teacher said this is good, but I always think that just naval ships can make the Japanese hand in hand?" Baoting really felt that this matter was not that simple. "If the stalemate continues for a long time and countries come forward to mediate, it will be difficult to get on the verge of the tiger and things will be difficult to deal with."

"I don't think Japan has the capital to stalemate with China, but..." Yung Wing thought that the diplomatic channels were not cut off, so the emperor could not wait to use force, which would give people the feeling that the Qing Dynasty ignored international public law and that force was only peaceful. If that were the case, the impression that China, which had worked hard for more than 20 years, was finally reversed, would be completely overturned.

Baoting and he looked at each other and remained silent for a while, suddenly, "If you don't have to fight for this matter, you have to fight for it."

"Zhupo, how do you want to fight?"

"In the case of Jintian County, Guizhou Province, the emperor once publicly used Zhu Wenduan Gong, the emperor of Emperor Shizong, to understand the general principles and make up for the faults of the king and father. This is truly the true words of Taoism praise Duke Wen Su. I have learned from the wise and the true nature of our generation. Now that we see the situation in the court, we are just asking us to speak up and ask the emperor to take back his fate."

"Zhupo, the document was copied. This matter has been clearly spread to the world. I don't mention that the emperor will not pay attention to you at all. Even if the holy heart is worried about your words, how can we change our orders every day? If that is the case, wouldn't our Qing Dynasty become a laughing stock in the world?"

"Then, as the teacher said, I will ignore it?" Baoting said with excitement and said loudly, "When the warships arrive in Japan, the artillery will be launched, and the people will be devastated - are the Japanese no longer humans?"

"What are you yelling with me? What is this related to me?" Yung Wing looked angry and funny.

At this moment, Gan Ying stepped in and said, "I have met two adults."

"It's you, what are you doing? Is there anything?"

"I have something to do with my job. I want to tell Lord Rong privately."

Baoting glared at him, very unhappy with his disagreement. He muttered a few words, bowed to Yung Wing, and left.

China must have brought Kawamura Junyi into his hand for a war, and the whole country was in an uproar. Some people applauded and some people were skeptical. But no matter how the individual held, there were two things that were consistent. First, the Military Affairs Office was full of mediocre and incompetent fools; second, there were people of the court.

If the Military Affairs Office was not incompetent, after facing the news that the emperor was stabbed by Yi Qi, he could not come up with a solution to the accident. In the end, the emperor could only cross the Military Affairs Office and directly issued an order to the cabinet, and sent a warship to the east. If there were no villains in the court, the emperor had always had a clear personality of public and privateness, how could he make such a decision that everyone thought was too small? If this was to say it in his heart, he would still have to be ordered according to the order.

Zaiying was very dissatisfied with her father's will and did not dare to speak rashly as a newcomer. Therefore, she fixed her in the garden every morning to pay her respects to Ama, and deliberately did not mention this matter and talked to Yung Wing in private. "If Japan feared the power of the Qing Dynasty gunboat, she would agree to hand over the custody of Junyi Kawamura before May 1st. The gunboat will be sent out at that time, and not mention the mistakes caused by inconvenience of sea communication. It was just like this that the troops were on an expedition but returned ineffectively. Wouldn't it be a joke to other countries?"

"Well, this is indeed a problem. The Japanese knew that the navy was far less powerful than our Qing Dynasty, so they could not match our efforts. I think they still persisted until the end and had to adapt to what they wanted. The situation was even bigger."

"So I think, if I ask the teacher to submit a memorial, if it really doesn't work, I will give the prince or Lord Bao a comment, so as to bring this hidden worry to the emperor."

"Since you have seen this, why don't you say it yourself?" Yung Wing looked at him with a funny look, "You ask good morning when you enter the garden every day, so you are late for the entry. Since you are facing the emperor day and night, what can you say?"

Gan Ying smiled bitterly and speechless. It was not that he dared not say it, nor that he could not say it. He said such words without fear of the emperor not agreeing, or fear that he would be as accurate as he asked. At that time, his position would be very embarrassing - the emperor was surrounded by eunuchs, and once he followed his advice and spread it outside, it would be easier for those who had seen themselves who had been favored by their father for many years to become the target of public criticism.
Chapter completed!