Under the gaze of several teenagers, Liu Shaoqing said while picking up the rifle beside him.

"Although the Thunder Ding rifle we are using now is only four feet long, it weighs more than eight kilograms and almost nine kilograms. If you hold a few kilograms of things in the air on your left arm, you will naturally feel pressure. When your arm feels pressure, you will subconsciously have a lifting force upwards. When Brother Cheng aims, he can still control the muscles of his left arm well, so this subconscious action is controlled. However, when he pulls the trigger, his mind immediately turns to the index finger of his right hand, and his control of his left arm is not bad, so the harm of this small action appears. This is why Brother Cheng is too high every time he shoots."

Speaking of this, the boys suddenly realized. "No wonder the young master could guess that Chengzi was lazy. It turns out that whether he practiced the rifle or not really had an impact on shooting."

Liu Shaoqing nodded: "Yes, so I lie on the ground and add a butt. Without the power of my left arm, Brother Cheng will naturally be accurate."

As soon as Liu Shaoqing finished speaking, Lian Cheng had an idea and immediately continued: "If I say that, I will shoot on my tumbling side in the future, so why don't I need to practice rifle?"

Liancheng's words resonated with several teenagers. After all, practicing rifle holders is both hard and boring. They would rather practice physical fitness than squat there with a rifle on their back. If there are shortcuts for the boy's mind, who would still be willing to work hard to practice basic skills?

Liu Shaoqing shook his head, "It seems that, and the shooting accuracy of lying posture is higher, and it is less likely to be hit by the enemy. The chances of being injured or even being killed in battle are greatly reduced. However, one thing is that lying posture requires time to lying down. If you are retreating, you are running away and the enemy is catching up from behind, are you willing to kill the enemy when you turn around and raise your gun, or turn around, lie down and adjust your aim to shoot?"

The answer is obvious. The latter method takes more time, and during these times, it is possible that the opponent can capture opportunities. Perhaps the enemy has not taken any tricks, but has practiced shooting skills carefully, and then he may be shot to death by the enemy.

Compared with losing your life, it is nothing to practice more and suffer more.

"So I have always emphasized, 'Wo sweat more in peacetime and less in wartime'. That's the reason."

At this time, Liu Shaoqing was no longer a twelve or three-year-old child, but like an old man in the West Pavilion, he could be a master of several young men.

Yang Yong scratched his head and asked honestly: "Young Master, I really admire you. How could you know so much?"

Liu Shaoqing pointed to his head playfully: "I'm born to know it! Haha..."

Several teenagers would laugh in their hearts. This is the case for teenagers. Sometimes they would be as serious as adults, but sometimes they would be happy for a simple sentence.

Several teenagers were fighting and making trouble and began to prepare to continue practicing guns, but suddenly a personal soldier ran into the distance.

The person who came was a personal soldier next to Liu Yongfu. When he saw Liu Shaoqing, he said breathlessly: "Young Master, you are indeed here. The villain just went to the West Pavilion to find you. The old man said you had already run away and asked me to come to the shooting range to see. You should go back with the little one quickly, and Fushuai is looking for you."

It seems that there is something urgent to find him when his father is so anxious. Now the French are ready to move in Central China. Could it be that they finally couldn't hold back and started to act?

When Liu Shaoqing thought of this, he quickly greeted a few playmates and followed the steps of his personal soldiers and ran to his home.

"Shaoqing, you probably have a bad time this time. News came from the north that Li Hongzhang had signed a contract with the French in Tianjin."

Liu Yongfu shook a message in his hand, and the expression on his face could not tell whether it was joy or sorrow.

Liu Shaoqing was thinking about what his father was rushing to send someone to ask him to do. When he heard that it was this, he immediately stepped forward quickly, took the message and started reading it.

In addition to reporting the news, the telegram also briefly mentioned the general content of the treaty. After reading it, Liu Shaoqing smiled and said to Liu Yongfu: "I wonder if my father is willing to negotiate peace with the Qing court and the French? Or is he unwilling to negotiate peace with the French?"

Liu Yongfu frowned and said sternly: "Hmph! If we can really use a contract to eliminate the war, and there is no need to kill and injured soldiers, why not do it? We are afraid that things will go against our wishes. If the Qing court withdraws the garrison in accordance with the contract and the French take the opportunity to invade, then we will be alone. Don't forget, the treaty has agreed to open the Baosheng into a commercial port!"

"It turns out that my father was worried about this. Don't worry, my child guaranteed that the contract could not be signed."

"Like! This black and white letter has been signed, so why can't you sign it?"

"Don't worry, my father. The contract was signed by Li Hongzhang and Baohai, but the Qing court may not agree. Even if the Qing court recognized it, it may not be willing to agree in France. In the eyes of the child, the French aimed at the entire territory of Vietnam, and then used Vietnam as a springboard to invade the clouds of our Qing Dynasty, Guizhou and Guangxi. With such ambition, how could we be willing to be on the south bank of the Red River? So within two months, the French would tear up the agreement and start a war before the beginning of summer. Our top priority now is to further recruit soldiers, train troops, and prepare for war."

In March, the incident about the signing of the Sino-France Li Bao Treaty was finally clarified. The Rufeili Cabinet refused to sign the Li Bao Treaty, but instead adopted the expansion of the invasion and controlled the military budget of the entire northern Vietnam. It planned to force the Vietnamese government to officially recognize it as France's protected country through this war.

Shanghai.

Holding the official letter submitted by the French consul, Li Hongzhang felt as if he was dead.

In fact, when Baoxi was urgently recalled to China in France, Li Hongzhang guessed that this matter would be a bad thing, but he still hoped that Baoxi could fight for it after returning to China, even if he renegotiated the contract.

But now that the official French official documents have come, all hopes have been shattered and there is no room for reversal. All the previous efforts have been put into vain, and he himself will become a laughing stock in the court.

But the matter is already irreversible and it is impossible to hide it. Li Hongzhang must report the news to the center immediately. At the same time, he needs to find a way to deal with the upcoming attacks. Especially Weng Tonghe, he cannot fail to seize such a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. As well as King Gong, he may take the opportunity to demand the revocation of the diplomatic authority of the Beiyang Yamen.

Imperial capital.

After Weng Tonghe came out of Li Hongzao's mansion, he quickly got into the sedan chair and then ordered the sedan chair owner: "Hurry up, Prince Gong's Mansion!"

The sedan chair owner dared not be negligent and walked like flying. What is commendable is that a four-person sedan is still lifted steadily, allowing Weng Tonghe to calm down in the sedan chair and think about the subsequent countermeasures.

Li Hongzhang made a big joke this time, and Li Hongzhang, who was far away from the center, did not know that the little emperor was actually in charge of the war. In this way, he could take this opportunity to completely discredit Li Hongzhang in the heart of Emperor Guangxu. He had just come out of Li Hongzhao's burden, and he had already obtained that Qingliu would launch an impeachment of Li Hongzhang tomorrow, but it would be difficult to nail Li Hongzhang to death by relying solely on Qingliu's impeachment. He still needs to borrow the power of someone, that is, Prince Gong.

Since twenty years ago, King Gong has been in charge of the Prime Minister's affairs offices in various countries. Although the ministers of the Zongli Yamen changed several positions during this period, the ministers of the yamen were always under the name of King Gong.

Weng Tonghe knew that King Gong was always unwilling to divide things from the south and north of the oceans, and it was easier to deal with the Nanyang, especially in Beiyang, because it was so close to the capital, Li Hongzhang was a capable and skilled person, and gradually made the Beiyang Yamen a competing with the Zongli Yamen.

King Gong’s greatest ability is to deal with Western affairs, and he will never be willing to be occupied by Beiyang. But Li Hongzhang is very good at being a human being, and King Gong is not good at breaking up with him openly. After all, this is the court, and everyone still needs face.

In addition, Weng Tonghe also knew about King Gong’s other thoughts.

Emperor Guangxu took charge of the government, but because he was still young, he had to rely on the six auxiliary ministers to jointly handle the government affairs. However, the arrangement of the three Manchu and three Han ministers among the six auxiliary ministers made Prince Gong feel a little uncomfortable. In his heart, the world was Manchu and if he wanted to assist the young emperor, it should be Manchu and the ministers to assist. Although the Han ministers in the court are becoming increasingly powerful now, the situation among the six auxiliary ministers should be the four Manchu and two Han.

The little emperor took charge of the rule, and the six ministers assisted the rule. Among them, the one who cares most about the little emperor was his father Yihuan. This can be seen from the fact that Prince Chun is now leading the mission of the Ministry of Revenue and the Beijing Camp. One hand holds money and the other hand holds the soldiers, and he is the leader of the six ministers.

If King Gong wants to fight with King Chun in the government, he must help him. However, Prince Li is a person who doesn’t like to take care of things. Zuo Zongtang is too strong and his temper is disliked by King Gong. Only Weng Tonghe can serve as a reinforcement.

Unfortunately, Li Hongzhang and King Chun got closer. Just Weng Tonghe could not resist the role of Li Hongzhang. King Gong was still inferior in the court.

Unless Li Hongzhang is brought down and a Manchen minister from the King of Gong comes to power, can Yi and his seventh brother make a bargaining chip.

Therefore, Weng Tonghe concluded that King Gong would definitely join forces with him this time and participate in **** Hongzhang in one fell swoop.

As for who will become the new regent minister after Li Hongzhang falls, it is not about Weng Tonghe. Just now, this Qingliu boss hadn't also stared at the position of regent minister, would have spared no effort to mobilize his disciples to join Li Hongzhang?

When he came to Prince Gong's Mansion, Weng Tonghe's current status was naturally given to Nanshu, but he did not expect that Bao Jing was also here.

Weng Tonghe bowed and bowed: "I don't know that Baozhongtang is here, it's really rude and rude."

Bao Jing also bowed and smiled, "It's okay, Master Weng came just right, and the prince and I happened to talk about you."

Weng Tonghe was stunned: "Prince, I don't know why I mentioned the lower official?"

Although Weng Tonghe was the imperial teacher and was also the regent minister with Yi, Yi was the prince and was one of the few royal families who held real power. Facing him, Weng Tonghe had to lower his attitude.

Yi? smiled and said, "Master Weng, don't listen to Baofeng's nonsense. We just said a few gossips just now, and I thought that Master Weng might be interested."

Weng Tong and the older generation are so beautiful, why didn’t you know why King Gong had long guessed why he came from? The reason why Bao Jing had to invite him into the Nan Study Room even though he was present must be related to him, and it was brought by Bao Jing.

What I care most about now is naturally how to participate in **** Hongzhang. And I came to Prince Gong’s mansion for this matter. So, what Yi said in “gossip” must be related to this matter.

After thinking about this, Weng Tonghe clasped his fists to Yi, saying, "Please make it clear."

Yi? He showed his eyes to Bao Jing. Bao Jing understood and said, "Master Weng has been running around, maybe he didn't know yet. The emperor rushed to King Chun to enter the palace early this morning. An hour later, he summoned Tang Jingsong, the head of the Ministry of Revenue. Not long after, Tang Jingsong left the palace and took the order and went straight south."

After hearing Bao Jing's words, Weng Tonghe immediately understood that the little emperor did not discuss with anyone, and just looked for his own father, and then passed the other ministers to issue an imperial edict to Tang Jingsong.

If Bao Jin hadn't been on duty at the Military Affairs Office, they would probably not have known that the emperor had already started to take action.

Although the emperor had already made a secret with several ministers in Beijing and everyone agreed to start a war, the emperor did not say hello to many people at the time of the incident, which was still a bit unusual. In addition, Li Hongzhang made a big ugly this time, and the emperor was arbitrary at this time, which made him feel a different flavor.

There is no need to be a heavy hammer for the drum. With Weng Tonghe's IQ, Baofeng should understand as long as he says these few words.

Sure enough, Weng Tonghe immediately asked King Gong: "Prince, what's going on this matter?"

Yi? Squinted his eyes and nodded slowly. Bao Feng continued, saying, "The first stop for Tang Jingsong to leave Beijing is to meet Li Hongzhang in Shanghai."

Weng Tonghe understood that this time Li Hongzhang escaped again, but he was still unwilling to accept it, "Why..."

Yi said slowly: "Since the emperor wants to fight, he has to use Li Hefei. The Huai Army is known as the elite of the world. If Li Hongzhang is evil at this critical moment, what if the military leaders are disobeying the dispatch and miss the opportunity to fight, the court will suffer the final loss. Should we bow to Li Hefei again and ask him to come out and take charge of the overall situation?"

"It's not just the Huai Army that can fight in this world!"

At this time, Weng Tonghe acted like an angry child, shaking his head straight at him.

"So, the emperor used the opportunity to summon Liu Changyou to Beijing to exchange for the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and hurriedly sent Tang Jingsong to contact Liu Yongfu, with the idea of ​​establishing a new army again. This time, if the Huai Army wins, it will be fine. If he loses, not only will he bring down Li Hongzhang, but the Huai Army will also be damaged!"

Weng Tonghe understood, but he said again: "What if Liu Tuan and Du Cen are not good?"
Chapter completed!