During the Pingdi crisis, Russia's position was more favorable than its opponents. At the end of the crisis, Pingdi was still in the hands of Russia.

Affected by the 'Pingdi Crisis', Britain began to adjust its Middle East strategy and Straits policy.

First, after the Pindi crisis, Britain's desire to enter the Black Sea became stronger. Without the support of other European countries, the British government tried to exchange for the promise of Turkey's opening of the strait with concessions on the Egyptian issue.

At the same time, the ‘Pingdi Crisis’ also confirmed Salisbury’s concern during the 1878 Berlin Conference that ‘Russia’s threat to the British-Indian Empire is not only in the Near East and the Mediterranean, but also in Central Asia – the middle ground between the British-Indian Empire and Russia’.

Salisbury further concluded from the 'Pingdi Crisis' that on the issue of Indian defense, "It is unwise to rely on Russian assurances, and when we are inadequate, we must find a strong ally!"

It is in this context that the British government has made conditional concessions on the issue of Juwen Island.

Seeing that there was room available here, Zai Tian discussed with Li Hongzhang, Yihuan, Yan Jingming and others and came up with a complete set of Sino-British cooperation suggestions to solve the Juwen Island problem. These include: 1. Juwen Island was returned to North Korea, but was jointly managed by the Qing Dynasty. 2. The Qing Dynasty leased two British new armored express ships for training to help the navy form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. 3. The UK has successively accepted 300 naval cadets to study in the British navy in the next ten years; 4. The British government assisted in recruiting retired naval personnel to teach in China and assist in training naval personnel; 5. The Qing government assisted the British merchants in setting up shipyards and steel plants in Wuhan; 6. The shipyard built by British merchants in Shanghai, and the Qing government will ensure that one-third of the naval orders will be handed over to the British merchant shipyards for construction.

From the current political perspective, except for the latter two, this series of clauses is secretly designed to deal with Russia's maritime offensive. Li Hongzhang was instructed by Zai Tian, ​​implying that the British were not enough to restrain the Russians with the current naval power of the Qing Dynasty, so he sought help from the British. On this point, China and the UK have the same interests.

At the same time, although the British had eased the military confrontation with Russia, the British, who knew the greed of the Russians, could not let Russia go in the Far East. To a certain extent, it was in line with the interests of the British. What's more, the latter two attractions to British merchants were fatal, so the two countries hit it off.

Although this matter was done beautifully, Li Hongzhang was not at all happy. Because in the common process of this matter, Emperor Guangxu not only used Li Hongzhang, but also solicited the opinions of another person, who was Yi Xin.

Like Li Hongzhang, Yi Xin was also a leader in the Westernization Movement, and in the field of diplomacy, Yi Xin was the number one member of the royal family. Although he stepped down due to the Jiashen Incident, he still maintained a certain influence in the court. Emperor Guangxu solicited his opinions on the major policy decision on Britain this time, which was obviously a signal.

Li Hongzhang has now gradually handed over the Beiyang Navy. The new army school activity carried out by the emperor on the army obviously does not want to see the Huai Army dominance. If diplomacy will also be lost, then he will only have the title of governor of Zhili. As for Sheng Xuanhuai and Zheng Guanying and other Beiyang rookies, Li Hongzhang is not so arrogant that he wants to win the hearts of the emperor.

As a powerful minister, I naturally feel unwilling to see the power in my hands being deprived of a little bit. But the emperor's moves are so exquisite that I have to accept it. Do you think that the emperor can hand over a beautiful man like running an industry into the hands of the Beiyang rookies? Can he stop it? Since Beiyang has gained benefits, it will naturally attract jealousy and attack. In order to balance, it is natural to hand over the right to military power.

The integration of the navy is the general trend, and everyone can see the problem of the navy. However, with Zuo Zongtang here, the navy cannot be handed over to Beiyang. Even if Zuo Zongtang just died, you can't swallow Nanyang in one bite. The other person's body is not cold, so your eating habits are too ugly, so the royal family can only take care of it.

Now there is another "Ghost Six" to take over half of Li Hongzhang's diplomatic rights, and it is impossible not to accept it.

For Zai Tian, ​​the Juwen Island incident indirectly tied the Qing Dynasty to the British chariot. For this world, the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world. As a feudal country to be developed, being able to hold the British Empire's thick legs is of great help to accelerate the industrialization and military modernization of the Qing Empire. What's more, facing the greed of the North Bear, you have no chance of winning by relying solely on your own strength. The secret agreement between China and Britain reached this time made the Qing Dynasty a possible confrontation with the support of Britain. As for what it can be built into after it is supported, it depends on the Qing government's own ability.

The conversation in the palace was full of joy, while the young men and men outside the palace were in great pain.

Although the login process was very chaotic, there were not many people after all, and it was not difficult to record a name and get a number, so the matter was done soon. After the few eunuchs registered, they turned their heads into the palace, leaving more than a dozen guards and a large number of young masters staring outside, and this time it took half an hour.

These are all pampered people at home. They are usually spoiled. They have suffered this crime and some smokers. After a long time, they can't stand the addiction to smoking and are sleepy there. They are tired and become addicted to smoking again. Just look, this is ugly outside the door.

However, there are several children selected by the royal family who performed quite well. On the one hand, they basically don’t smoke, and on the other hand, they often run around and have a decent physical fitness.

The other ones who performed well were the people selected by the Shenji Camp of the Capital, the infantry commander's yamen and the chief yamen of the Dutong yamen.

The Shenji Camp was in the capital before, and it was a rotten sore. The Eight Banners inside could break their legs even if they rode horses, and they were hired to train. However, after Prince Chun took over, especially after the young emperor took over, he made great efforts to rectify the situation. The so-called "father-son soldiers to fight" was like this before. The reason why the Shenji Camp was like this before was nothing more than the Eight Banners officials who protected each other, were empty wages and did not train. However, everyone knew about this, but no one wanted to offend others and no one cared about it. Now, the two of the top two in the Qing Dynasty personally put in their efforts, and no one dared not take it seriously.

The Qing Dynasty is still a centralized and unified dynasty. There is still something that the emperor wants to do? In just one year, Shenjiying changed its appearance and completely removed the rotten sore.

Not only that, the people and military officials in the court knew that the emperor's heart was here, and no one wanted to make a living in front of the emperor, so they all improved greatly with the infantry and the governor's yamen. Although they were still far from the army and had nothing to do with foreigners, they looked no longer the same as the gangsters before. Even Li Hongzhang's Zhili Army Training and Han Army Green Camp had strengthened their training as long as they were around the capital.

The emperor's work on this martial arts school has been in progress for half a year since the preparations. Some serious people have made some preparations in the past six months, at least to exercise their bodies and read more military books. These preparations are now effective.

After an hour, the difference between the upper and lower parts appears immediately.

Most of the young masters and men have been lying or sitting on the ground in a twist. As for the dog-skin mattresses laid on the ground, they were brought by servants. Some have brought charcoal stoves to roast the fire, and even have hot tea, which clearly shows the scene of a tea party.

Some people who are addicted to smoking are already enjoying themselves. Those who are addicted to smoking are burning two bubbles on the spot, and they are still energetic.

Those who are not identifiable still sit on the stool and remain unmoved. They also have a warm stove in their arms. From time to time, slaves bring hot tea and ginseng soup to warm their stomachs. Although they look a little impatient, they are still sitting straight.

Those selected from the Shenji Camp, the Forward Camp, the Guard Camp, and other yamen could not stand and sit on the ground. They at least took a break, but after all, they had special training before coming, and they were quite disciplined and did not hold a tea party with them.

The small square was in a mess, and at this time, the difference between the five people was revealed.

These are the five people who are still standing in the square and have never moved them - Liu Shaoqing, Huang Chengyong, Yang Yong, Wu Faxian, and Lian Zhan.

Wen Dusu's eyes were always on these people half an hour ago. If the people in the south were afraid of the cold, they should not be able to withstand it first, but from the beginning to the end, these five people stood straight and motionless.

It would be fine if the time was short, but this hour had passed and I could still maintain this way, so I couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that even the guards on duty in the palace would change shifts in half an hour. Standing still for an hour, Wen Dusu asked himself that he could not do it.

Liu Shaoqing and others were naturally the opposite of everyone's discussion. At least the tea party members couldn't stop pointing and mocking, "A few bandits are the lives of big-headed soldiers. Standing so straight, waiting to get a knife!"

In fact, for Liu Shaoqing and the others, standing for an hour is not a big deal. They grew up in the mountains. Whenever they went up the mountain to hunt, they either squat or half a day? They were ambushing the French and lying there and staying for a long time is a common thing. Without this patience, can they be a good hunter?

The people in the square didn't know that their every move was recorded by several eunuchs hiding in the dark. There were special tables to rate the performances of these eunuchs. These eunuchs didn't know who the young men outside were, so naturally they didn't have the same tendencies as you and recorded all the performances of these people.

At this time, a little eunuch hurried over and saluted the leader and said, "You can release someone by passing messages inside."

The manager nodded, and several guards ran over and opened the palace gate.

The young men outside were immediately excited when they saw the palace gate open, and they all got up. They saw a middle-aged eunuch coming out of the palace. Those who knew him quickly greeted him, "Eunuch Su, when will you summon me? Brothers are almost frozen to death outside."

The eunuch surnamed Su smiled slightly, nodded at him but did not respond, and waved to the back. A small eunuch stepped forward and said loudly: "Listen, everyone, please stand in front of anyone who reads the number. No. 3! No. 7! No. 8..."

Amid everyone's puzzled eyes, those who were chanted with names stood up quickly, and more than 200 people were divided into two teams of varying sizes.

The eunuch surnamed Su was still smiling and said to everyone: "Okay, if you have been chanted with your name, go to the palace with our family, and the others can go back." After that, he turned around and left without waiting for everyone to speak.

Those who were chanted the numbers were naturally happy and lined up in line to follow into the palace. Although the people who were screened were unwilling to accept it, no one had the courage to make trouble outside the palace. Some of them were muttering nothing and they dispersed one after another.

A hundred people who entered the palace were taken to a big house. Judging from the decorations in the house, they should be used for training in Buku in the palace. A guard came over to divide the group into groups again. This time, about one hundred people were divided into six groups, each group more or less, but basically they looked like twenty people. In addition to the few people around him, Liu Shaoqing's group also had several mangroves from the Eight Banners and several military officers from other provinces who were recommended. Wen Dusu happened to be divided into this group.

Everyone is in the same group, so naturally they need to get to know each other. After greeting each other, Wen Dusu asked: "Shaoqing, I saw you standing straight outside before. Isn't you tired after standing for so long?"

Liu Shaoqing was stunned when asked, "It's okay, we all came from military camps and are used to standing."

The young men and men on the side laughed in their hearts when they heard this. What a military camp grows up and is just a bandit nest. Only Wendu Su is thinking.

After everyone was divided into groups, a eunuch brought Buku samurai's costume, everyone changed into uniform clothes, and then grouped together were taken out of the room one after another.

The interval between each group was not long. Liu Shaoqing calculated it, which was just a cup of tea, so he changed the group to go out. Some people came to take a new group out in just a few minutes. As for where these people went to do what they did after they went out, the people in the house didn't know, because only people went out and no one came back.
Chapter completed!