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What's the situation?

Didn’t Jianning say “Little Man, Little Man” when he saw Liu Shaoqing? Why did he become polite today? Also, when will his big sister blush? Even Liu Shaoqing is abnormal. He is not surprised by the fact that he is not surprised by the praise or disgrace to him, and it seems that neither of them has saluted him!

There is an affair!

Guangxu instantly gave this definition, and then looked at Liu Shaoqing with malicious intentions and smiled grimly.

Liu Shaoqing suddenly became panicked. "Your Majesty, you are..."

"Boy, let's talk, what happened just now?"

"What's going on?" Liu Shaoqing pretended to be stupid.

"Oh, I won't admit it yet, right? You and Jianning just now, do you think I'm blind?"

"Your Majesty, you must have read it wrong. How dare I go around the princess?"

"Then why are you blushing?"

“Refreshing!”

I'll go! Guangxu misses you and me to check the code, so I'll ask again, "Why is it white again?", are you, boy, replying, "Was it coated in cold weather?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and tell me the truth. I saw you look panicked just now, and you must have an affair!"

Liu Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the emperor didn't know that Jianning did not tell others about the matter that night. Since the emperor didn't know, he would be beaten to death, otherwise he would be beaten to death if he was molested to the princess.

"Go back to the emperor, I was thinking about how to visit Lord Li just now, but the princess suddenly came in. I didn't turn around for a while, and I was a little rude. I would like to ask the emperor to punish me."

Liu Shaoqing made up his mind and Guangxu couldn't really bit him to death. But Guangxu would never accept this reason. Do you think I am a chick and blush if Li Hongzhang could think about it?

"Okay, don't say it, right? Humph, I will know sooner or later. Now there is nothing to do with you. You go down, I'm going to the queen's place."

Liu Shaoqing immediately thought that the emperor was going to ask Jianning. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally he couldn't speak, so he just said, "Yes, I'll leave."

Let’s not talk about how Guangxu was trying to trap his girl when he returned to the harem, but just said that Liu Shaoqing returned to Nanyuan dormitory, Ronglu had been waiting there for a long time.

"My brother, I'm leaving for you this time, so you'll be more responsible for the school affairs."

Liu Shaoqing said politely: "What the principal says? There is not much school affairs. Don't worry, you can leave it to me. But the principal goes south this time, and he has a long way to go. Can he choose a good assistant?"

"Brother Wei is just about to tell you about this." Ronglu said a little embarrassedly: "Look, the south is not as good as the capital, and my brother is much different from his virtuous brother in terms of military affairs, so I want to bring a few more people."

Liu Shaoqing had known Rong Lu would say this before, and then said, "No problem, who do the principal should take?"

Rong Lu said: "What I mean is to bring Liu Fengshan, Wang Shizhen, Wang Yingkai, Xu Shichang, He Zonglian and others."

Although the Beijing Army Non-commissioned Officer School has collected four batches of students since its establishment, the third and fourth batches have not yet graduated. The second batch of graduates are still familiar with the business. Only the first batch of outstanding students can take on the heavy responsibility. They were previously transported to some northeast by the court. At the beginning of the year, Lian Zhan, Wang Zhanyuan, Zhang Huaizhi, Jiang Chaozong, Lei Zhenchun and others also went south. After that, a few went to the navy. Now there are less than ten people left, and Ronglu took half of them away.

Liu Fengshan's Han army's white flag was the only remaining bannerman in the non-commissioned officer school. Ronglu was expected to take him with him. Wang Yingkai, Wang Shizhen and He Zonglian were both selected and sent by Beiyang. In fact, Liu Shaoqing will rectify the training of the capital in the future, and these people will be more useful. However, since Ronglu proposed it, Liu Shaoqing is not easy to refuse.

As for Xu Shichang, this person is a bit interesting. He was originally a juren, and he passed the imperial examination in the 12th year of Guangxu, and served as a Hanlin Academy Shujishi. Such people usually took root in the line of civil officials throughout their lives. Maybe they could become a rank official in the border area in decades. Unexpectedly, he wrote a letter several times and sharpened his head to enter the military academy. Moreover, after entering, his performance was really good. He was among the top students among the second batch of students and was deeply loved by Ronglu, so it was a good idea to take him south this time.

However, in this way, the only people who can be used by Liu Shaoqing in the future are now Yang Yong, Wu Faxian, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and Wu Changchun.

Wu Changchun was also from the Huai Department, and his clan brother was the famous Wu Changqing. After Wu Changqing passed away, Wu Changchun led troops to garrison Lushun. Later, he studied in the Jinshi Junior College. This person was able to help a lot when dealing with Zhili's military training.

At the end of the month, the Qing court used the British monarch to donate silver to provide relief to the victims of floods in the south of the Yangtze River to request the Zongli Yamen to compile a letter to express their gratitude.

Regarding the search for British support for the development of the navy, as the young emperor analyzed, the progress was very smooth.

At the end of the 19th century, Russia's threat to Britain in the near, China and the Far East, as well as the rise and development of British-Russian conflicts in these regions, brought great challenges to Britain's "glorious isolation" policy. Salisbury, who came to power again as British Prime Minister in 1886, began to try to find a balance point ingeniously between major powers such as Germany, Russia, and France. On the one hand, he approached the German-centered three-way alliance at that time to restrain Russia and France, which had conflicts with him in colonies, and at the same time refused to join the Three-way alliance to prevent Germany from acting absolutely freely against France, and the situation of Germany dominance on the European continent.

At the end of 1887, Britain, Austria and Italy exchanged notes and reached the Second Mediterranean Agreement, which basically ruled out the possibility of Russia occupying Bulgaria, or holding Sudan hostage and controlling the Turkish Strait. If Russia provoked Austro-Hungary, it would be besieged by Britain, Austria and Italy.

The Second Mediterranean Agreement successfully forced Russia to retreat, and in early 1888, Russia, with the support of Germany, demanded that the Turkish government declare Ferdinand an illegal election, which was resisted by Britain, Austria and Italy. Including the Suez Canal Agreement signed by Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Constantinople, Turkey. Let the British realize that seeking one or more allies in the international community will help maintain their global colonial rule and political and military status.

At present, Britain's balance in Europe is about to be broken by the Russian-French alliance. In order to safeguard its own interests, the UK's demand for finding a partner in Asia to restrain Russia has become more urgent.

"In Asia, only the Qing Empire and Japan can become our collaborators. Compared with Japan, the Qing Empire is even larger. A huge empire means that it has greater potential for war, which means that when the British Empire needs our friends to resist the greed of the Russians in the Far East, it will be more confident."

After receiving the intention of the Qing government, who returned from Tian Bei, to carry out strategic cooperation with the British Empire in naval construction, the British government had an in-depth discussion on whether it needed or agreed to establish a strategic cooperative relationship with the Qing government.

From a political perspective, Salisbury hopes to actively promote this cooperation, while strengthening the UK's influence in the Far East, while also gaining more orders.

However, there are no opposition voices.

"Dear Prime Minister, as far as I know, although the Qing Empire is huge, its domestic bureaucracy is extremely corrupt, and the people are very ignorant, and its hostility towards our country is also very serious. Under this premise, I believe that the open and enterprising Japan is more in line with the future needs of the empire."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Gladstone first raised an objection.

"I have a different view on this." Lieutenant General George Tryan said: "Indeed, I also think that Japan is more open and aggressive than the Qing Empire, but at the same time it is necessary to realize that the Japanese have a stronger sense of self. For example, there are British naval talents in the Japanese Navy who are helping them train and teach, but unlike China, the Japanese only regard our soldiers as a textbook, and will only read them if there are any problems; while the Chinese rely more on the professional soldiers they hired, and even appointed him to be fully responsible for the training of the entire fleet."

Lieutenant General George Tryan said that Langweili, who works for the North Sea Fleet. Because of his serious and responsible work attitude, Langweili was valued by Zaitian and authorized him to be responsible for the daily training and assessment of the North Sea Fleet in the new round of naval training.

"And I need to remind you that the geographical environment of Japan is very similar to the British Empire, and its domestic politics and military ideas are also full of theories of external expansion. From the perspective of a soldier, I believe that once the Japanese grow up and have certain military and industrial capabilities, it is very likely that they will challenge our colonial interests in Asia."

"When talking about challenging our colonial interests in Asia, isn't the huge Qing Empire more threatening? Moreover, it seems that they are already doing this!" Gladstone said dissatisfied.

What Gladstone said was China's resistance to the British colonial army on the border with Tibet. Although the Battle of Longtushan was a small local war, it showed the Qing government's unwillingness to be eroded.

George Tryan smiled and said, "Dear sir, I admit what you said, but at the same time I also remind you that any interests and dangers are relative. What I just said is that relatively speaking, Japan is more likely to threaten us, rather than saying that China will definitely not threaten us."

Salisbury asked, "General, why do you judge this way?"

George Tryan said: "I have explained the Japanese side just now. My judgment on China comes from Mr. Gladstone's comment just now, that is, the domestic politics of the Qing Empire is more corrupt and the people are more ignorant. I believe everyone knows that compared with an open and enterprising society, ignorant and corrupt society is more difficult to develop. This makes my country less likely to challenge our country. I think that if the Japanese can challenge the maritime interests of the British Empire in twenty years, then the Chinese will need at least fifty years. A thirty years difference between this will allow the British Empire to obtain more colonial interests and have faster and broader political and military space to deal with new crises."

"And we have to consider another risk, that is, once we choose to support Japan and give up China, will it directly lead to the Qing government's embrace of the Russians?"

The UK was having an unhappy relationship with China due to the Tibetan border issue, and this incident immediately attracted the attention of the Russians. According to several calls from the British ambassador to China, the Russian ambassador has visited Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty several times, hoping to join forces with the Qing Dynasty on the Tibet issue. Although it has been temporarily rejected, if Britain really joins hands with Japan, it is almost inevitable that the Chinese and Russians will be together.

"Once China and Russia join forces, Russia can not only immediately bypass Afghanistan and directly surrender its troops to the Indian border, but also obtain an outlet in North Korea and even on the Shandong Peninsula. Gentlemen, I think this situation is something that no one wants to see!"

Gladstone was still dissatisfied: "Same, if we chose the Qing Dynasty, then what about the Japanese turning to Russia?"

George Tryan smiled and said, "There is an old saying in China that two evils are the least. In comparison, the alliance between Japan and Russia can only threaten our maritime transportation at most. China can not only threaten the sea, but also directly pick the 'the brightest gem on Her Majesty the crown'. And the most important thing is..."

Speaking of this, George Brian paused, "The Russians can only obtain the benefits they hope to get after Japan wins, but how can the Japanese win?"

Compared with the Qing Dynasty, Japan is not an opponent in terms of national strength or military strength. I believe no one would have thought that Japan would win the war to fight for hegemony with China again.

Obviously, George Tryan's words touched the vast majority of cabinet members, and the temporary choice of cooperation with the Qing Dynasty does not mean giving up the Japanese. After all, the Japanese also have to order warships to expand the navy, and their money is also money.

As a result, a package of agreements between the British Empire and the Qing government to strengthen cooperation in the naval field was signed one after another in the first half of the 16th year of the Guangxu period.
Chapter completed!