"Empress Dowager, this time it was Little Britain (the Qing Dynasty called England Xiaoying and the Tianzhu Daying was called Daying) who came to the door! He also pointed at the nose of the Qing Dynasty and asked for the Island of Zeland. That was the land of the Qing Dynasty, and he should not give up any inch of land!"

In the Grand Palace in Paris, Zhu Yongzhen, the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty, stood upright, wearing a full-body court suit.?? He spoke generously at the soft couch, an old lady Jin, who was in her fifties and a little obese. Zhu Yongzhen was a thin young man with a pale face with a bit of pathological flush, so excited that he could hardly stand. He almost wanted to jump up in front of the old lady in front of him.

The old lady in front of him is his current position. Empress Dowager Ekaterina of the Qing Dynasty, and she is also a real power figure in the Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years. Her son was the only son of Zhu Shanhuang, the Emperor Wenzong of Qing Dynasty. After Emperor Wenzong died of depression because of the occupation of the Banner District, he inherited the throne. However, he was not a long-lived man. He finally survived until he was in power and died within a year, without even a son. So he could only carry a small baby from the nearby royal family. It was Zhu Yongzhen in front of him.

For this adopted emperor, since he had memory, he was oppressed by Empress Dowager Catherine. Even though he has been close to the government, he still has no real power.

However, because the conflict between Britain and Qing dynasty has become increasingly serious recently, the court led by Caterina has suddenly loosened the gap! The old lady can be said to be helpless about the aggressive England. If you fight a war, the aunt is really unsure. Moreover, the bannermen and nobles of the Qing Dynasty will not answer the use of the Eight Banners New Army to fight. Although the aunt has been in power for more than 20 years, she does not dare to touch the bottom line of the bannermen. Otherwise, the Xiao Yun incident will be a disaster every minute?

But if you don't fight, you surrender and you have to cede land from a country like England and the United Kingdom of Nordic. It seems that it is not easy to explain. Now a group of European Qingliu in the court are jumping up and down to seek war. Moreover, these European Qingliu are walking with the emperor Zhu Yongzhen. They are all whining there, and they stand and speak without a headache. These Qingliu are actually all frogs in the well who don't know anything. They are born in the Holy Heavenly Kingdom, and Yekaterina, who has been to college in Hutulunburg, is speechless.

Why do these fools become high-ranking officials to manage the country?

As for those bannermen and ministers, they know some international affairs. But they are very good at pretending to be confused and always use their ancestors to make excuses. What are the ancestral family rules, the foundations of ancestors, and the old rules passed down by ancestors are actually those who fool the Europeans into being so convenient to rule and break the rules? This woman who looks like an European is a top student in the International Political Department of Hutulunburg Theological Seminary (they are educated Lafayettes). ((Are the purple-clothed Taoist nun from the sacred sect of the Heavenly Taoism, will you not understand your thoughts?

Europeans cannot be strong, but Europeans are strong, the bannermen will die. Therefore, Europeans cannot be exposed to the new 6 navy, and even breech guns and water machine guns are reluctant to use them for the European army. The 6th Army of millions of people is still using the mercury guns and the old-fashioned rotary machine guns to deal with the situation. Even the rifles are out of date singles!

But your ancestor Zhu Chongba did not unify Europa! There are many Europeans who are not confused and not weak! Now they are going to fight, what should I do? The new army of 120,000 Banners cannot be used, and the 6 troops of 1 million Europeans are useless. What else can I fight? Why no one came out to pay compensation for land cenits? Are you Da Zhongliang, the bannermen, afraid of taking the blame?

After a while, Caterina whispered: "So, are you going to fight?"

Zhu Yongzhen's eyes shone and said loudly: "The Queen Mother clearly understands that everyone in the court thinks it is extremely difficult to give in. If the little British bullies come to the door, there is no movement. Then Spain, Italy, Serbia and Greece don't come up to bully you together?"

Caterina snorted, how could she know that there was a Ming Empire behind England? But now it is impossible to fight. A group of bannermen and officials pretended to be confused, while a vote of Qingliu Europeans was really confused, and there was also an emperor who was so confused that she was so confused that she couldn't help. Now she would not be able to sit in jail as the regent!

"Is it easy to win if you fight?"

Zhu Yongzhen was stunned and said something confused: "Why are the land of the Qing Dynasty twenty times that of the British, the population ten times that of theirs, and the financial resources are several times that of them. There are more than 100,000 New 6th Army and one million Training Army (referring to the European Army, after the Balkan War, the Qing Dynasty also reformed the European Army, and the reformed European Army is called Training Army). How could the little Britain be the opponent of the English?"

Ekaterina snorted: "How many soldiers have England mobilized and how much money has it raised? How many ironclad ships and cruisers are there? How many soldiers can they transfer, how much money can they raise? How much power does the Nordic people have? Emperor, let me tell the Ai family?"

Zhu Yongzhen was really stunned now. He was surrounded by a group of European clearing officials. His articles and calligraphy were very good, and the principles were good. But it was limited to the size of the Qing Dynasty and England. The population was as large as possible. Almost everyone thought that this battle would definitely win. As for how to fight, as for the reality of the opponent, no one could tell.

However, Zhu Yongzhen's reaction was quite fast. After a glance, he saw Hailancha knelt in the hall. He came to Paris to report his duties. Because he had the title of a Grand Secretary, he had to go to court.

"Helancha, you are the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor of France, let's talk!"

When Hailancha heard the emperor give him the problem, he hurriedly replied: "Emperor, I dare to issue a military order and guarantee my life. I will not let the British step into France!"

Hearing this, Old Caterina was also stunned. Is this Hiranca crazy? Why should he abide by France? The new army in the eight towns cannot be placed in France. Vienna, Bohemia and Krakow must be placed in one town, one is Zhongdu, one is silver mine and industrial area, and the other is the location of the salt mine. They are all the lifebloods of the imperial court and must be guarded. Even if the remaining five towns are placed in France, there are less than 75,000 people. How could the English not be allowed to take a step?

And this guy, Hailancha, really dares to fight with the British with the 75,000 New Eight Banners Army, who is in charge of the house?

Even if these Eight Banners new troops have some combat effectiveness (it should be combat-capable, well-equipped, and training, and the quality of soldiers is also high. They are all ancestors who have studied), so what if one can exchange for two British soldiers? England has a population of 30 million, and the first round of mobilization alone will pull out a million troops! A total of 150,000 or 60,000 will not hurt the vitality. At that time, the Eight Banners new troops will still have?

Hailancha's words sound strange!

Helancha took a breath and said, "As long as I have five towns in my hand, France will lose nothing."

Zhu Yongsheng smiled: "Okay, okay! No matter what you say, I will feel at ease. I will give you five soldiers, and the Beiyang Navy will also give you the restraint. Fight for me!"

Hailancha kowtowed again, full of confidence: "As long as the British dare to go ashore, I will guarantee that they will come!"

As long as he dared to go ashore, Yekaterina narrowed her eyes, as if she had already understood something. This Hailancha must have obtained some guarantee from the Ming Dynasty. The British dared not attack France! That was why he dared to make a promise in front of the emperor and held all the new troops in his hands of the five towns that could be mobilized. This was not a decisive battle with the English, it was clearly intended to preserve the strength of the bannermen!

The Qing Dynasty was in trouble, why were these bannermen and officials still making such small plans? Do they think that if they were defeated in this battle, the Qing Dynasty could still rely on these tens of thousands of new bannermen troops to maintain the situation?

Catherine Ekaterina frowned. "With this sentence from Helancha, France should be foolproof. But how can Germany and the Netherlands defend? How should that island of Zeeland be defended? The new bannermen have eight towns in total, and five towns guarding France are the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty. It is closest to leaving England, so it must not be lost. Austria and Bohemia have two towns, and they cannot be moved. Austria has Zhongdu, Bohemia has silver mines, and the Qing Dynasty's arsenals are also in Bohemia. Moreover, Austria borders Italy, so Italy cannot be guarded. In this way, there is only one eighth town guarding Krakow."

"Empress Dowager, the eighth town of Krakow cannot move." This was a Luo Guozi. He was wearing a purple official robe of a first-class official, and was the cabinet assistant, Liu Yong, the Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Palace.

"Why can't you even move the Eighth Town?" Zhu Yongzhen asked with a frown. The Qing Dynasty had a total of eight new troops. When the inspection and fucking, it made people excited. I don't know how much better than the European army! Now that things are coming, why can't you use them?

"Emperor," said Grand Secretary Liu calmly, "The Eighth Town cannot move. Krakow is the Tianjing of the former kingdom of Jesus. Although the kingdom of Jesus died, the remnants still exist. A few months ago, a Jesuit-organized civil unrest occurred. If the Eighth Town had not responded in time, it would have caused a disaster. Moreover, there is a Vilichka Salt Mine near Krakow. The court's salt tax came from there, but it must not be lost."

The salt tax in the Qing Dynasty was actually a disguised head tax, because salt is a must-have for daily life. The salt production nationwide is monopolized, and sea salt is not allowed to be boiled, nor can it be opened privately. It can only be mined from the Vilichka Salt Mine in Poland. Therefore, this Vilichka Mine can contribute 20,000 taels of silver (equivalent to 40,000 yuan of heavenly tickets) to the Qing Dynasty's finances every year. It is equivalent to more than a quarter of the central fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty!

"Yes, the Vilicica Salt Mine must not be lost!" Catherine Ekaterina focused on the key points, and without waiting for the Qing Emperor to raise objections, she decided to set the purpose of the Eighth Town to be the only 15,000 new troops in one town. It was a strong soldier who kept the house. If she was pulled out to fight the English desperately, she would be completely wiped out in a blink of an eye.

If the new army of the Eight Town Banners were brought to the battlefield, there might be a fight. But if only one town was sent, forget it. Ekaterina, the old man in charge of the Qing Dynasty for many years, would of course weigh the pros and cons.

"Then what soldiers should we use to fight against the British?" The Emperor of Qing looked at Liu Dafu with a bright look.

"Of course, we need to train our troops." Liu Yong said steadily, "The court spent 30 million taels of silver to support one million troops every year, just to defend the country? The so-called raising troops for a thousand days is used for a moment. Today is this time!"

"But can the Jianjun defeat the British?" The Emperor of Qing was a little suspicious. Although he was confused, he also knew that the relationship between Jianjun and the Eight Banners New Army was in accordance with the old rules of the Qing Dynasty for three or four hundred years. The total combat effectiveness of the 120,000 Banners New Army in the Eight Towns should be higher than that of the one million Jianjun.

In other words, if one million soldiers and 120,000 bannermen were sent to a battle, the result would be that the 120,000 bannermen would win. Of course, this does not mean how strong the new bannermen army is, but that the Qing Dynasty army was too weak and vulnerable at all.

Of course, no one would say this in the court, and no one would make it clear to the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, you will only know about the war when fighting." Liu Yong dared not guarantee the Europeans' military training. "But there are many soldiers, and there are millions of people who can fight, and they can also recruit new recruits. The Qing Dynasty has a population of 40 million (the occupied bannermen area is also included). How many people in England are there? If you fight ten, you will win, right?"

"Yes, yes!" The Emperor of Qing clapped his hands, "That's the reason. How could so many people in the Qing Dynasty not be able to defeat the small England? Queen Mother, do you think so?"

That's a big deal! Catherine Ekaterina just sneered in her heart, is it not a lot of money to recruit new recruits? Nowadays, the training of the army is just about to be a sloppy and train. At other times, they are busy with their own affairs, as if they are just a part-time job. Such soldiers have to spend more than ten or twenty taels of silver in the court a year (this was taken from the Qing Dynasty, and only God knows how many people below can get). If they recruit soldiers who are really on the battlefield, the expenses will not be several times or several times? Just the Qing Dynasty's annual income of more than 80 million taels and nearly 90 million taels of silver can be used to recruit soldiers?

This emperor is really not in charge of the family and does not know how expensive it is!

Looking at the emperor who didn't know the importance of the matter, then looked at the confused officials and the pretending officials kneeling all over the ground. Lady Catherine Ekaterina suddenly felt upset and shouted in a sharp voice: "The Qing Dynasty is at its survival and death. You are all confused and calculating small abacus. Has anyone ever thought about where you can go if the Qing Dynasty is gone!"

A word scared Emperor Zhu Yongzhen of the Qing Dynasty so much that he knelt down on the ground with a pounce, poking it straight there and wondering how to speak. Will the Qing Dynasty be "remained"? Could it be that the little England still want to destroy the Qing Dynasty?

Ye Katerina waved her hand and said, "Forget it! Just fight it! This time, you, the emperor, will make trouble. Then don't ask the Ai family to clean up the mess for you! Emperor, the Ai family said in one sentence: This world is different from what you think! Very different! Take care of yourself!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!