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At this time, Li Hongzhang was sitting on a red sandalwood chair in the living room, smoking a dry cigarette, with a serious look on his face. Fang Baiqian, the student sitting next to him, said to Li Hongzhang: "Teacher, you should eat first, you have not eaten for the whole day."

Li Hongzhang looked at Fang Boqian and said, "Boqian, the emperor has made me so hard. A few days ago, I asked me to go to Tianjin to be responsible for dispatching the defense of the Nanyang Navy and overhaul the Tianjin Fort. When I arrived in Tianjin, what I waited for was the East China Sea Battle Report. The old minister still learned from the newspaper, but in the end, the emperor still did not notify me."

Fang Boqian said to the decadent Li Hongzhang: "Teacher doesn't need to be mindful. Since ancient times, there is only the crime of deceiving the king, but no mistake of hiding the ministers. If the king wants the minister to die, the ministers have to die. Moreover, from the perspective of the students, the emperor's concealment this time was not only aimed at the teacher, but even his biological father was hidden in his bones. No one in the civil and military affairs in the court knew the plan for this naval battle. The student heard that the emperor's oral instructions were to be Zhang Yu, the personal guard who shot Li Lianying, who killed him in one fell swoop."

Li Hongzhang jumped up and roared: "The legal person is fierce, the emperor doesn't know the depth. He didn't discuss it with the military department in such a big battle. You have been to Europe, and the strength of the legal person is not comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty. This lucky victory this time angered the French. If we send more warships, what should we do? Our Qing navy has only a few. How can we resist it!"

The living room suddenly became silent, and the two of them stopped talking. Suddenly a servant hurried in and said, "Master, someone has come from the palace. The emperor urgently recruits the master to return to the military."

"What's the matter? Did the person tell me what he asked?" Li Hongzhang said slowly.

The servant scratched his head and said, "It seems that some French minister submitted a request for peace to the court. The emperor summoned the Minister of the Military Affairs Department to go back for discussion."

Li Hongzhang jumped up suddenly, feeling so happy that he was a little confused. He shouted excitedly at Fang Boqian: "God bless me in the Qing Dynasty, God bless me in China."

In the Forbidden City, there was no joy after the victory ahead. There was a quiet scene, and the eunuchs and palace maids were doing their own things. They didn't even dare to say a word of more, and the summoned ministers entered the military in groups of three or three.

These people dare not see the emperor very much, so they should be unwilling to see the emperor very much. This time, Guan Xuqing was fooled by him. If the ambush plan was proposed in the court meeting, it would definitely not be adopted by the ministers. If there was no ambush, how could this victory in the East China Sea be achieved?

Since the emperor likes Qiankun so much, why do we ask us to discuss everything? If we don’t listen to our opinions, what else do we have to do?

The military ministers entered the military office with their own ulterior motives, and no one mentioned the purpose of this naval battle. They did not mention the purpose of this convening. After a few words of greetings to each other

The level zero god http://www.77nt/19181/ sat down and said nothing. Even Prince Chun and Prince Gong, who had always had a good relationship, did not talk to each other.

Guan Xuqing finally arrived late, walked into the military office and smiled happily, "Ah! Haha, everyone arrived so early? I thought I would wait for you here, but I didn't expect that I would let you wait for me."

"The Emperor's Good Luck" all the military ministers knelt on the ground.

"Flat, flatten." Guan Xuqing sat down and continued, "Everyone, just now the French minister Noli took the initiative to propose a peace talk to me. The French put forward the conditions: the Qing Dynasty recognized France's rule in Vietnam, returned the captured French warships and French soldiers, and compensated 500,000 taels of silver for the losses of the French army. Everyone, see, how should we reply?"

To be honest, the compensation raised by France is just a symbolic number, just trying to leave the last fig leaf. Use the compensation to prove that the French were the winners of this war, and the French have now actually occupied most of Vietnam's land. It is impossible for France to automatically withdraw whether they admit it or not. It is useless for you to admit it unless they are beaten away.

After France failed in the Franco-Prussian War, it was forced to ced Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, which made France regard Germany as an irreconcilable enemy. However, France's national strength was greatly weakened after that war. Germany's strong military strength made them feel extremely pressured and threatened. Most members of parliament believed that they would shrink their strength to defend Germany, rather than endlessly fall into other wars, just like the previous Crimean War and the current Sino-French War.

The Qing navy has proved their strength. Although they do not have any large ironclad ships. However, due to their hatred with Germany, France, which went to war with the Qing Dynasty, became a bridge of friendship between the Qing Dynasty and Germany. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. In this way, Germany and the Qing Dynasty became friends. Four large ironclad ships built by the German shipyard in the Munich were launched to test sailing. It is said that two months later, the German ship personally escorted back to the Qing Dynasty. It is a large ironclad ship of more than 7,000 tons. Once it returns to China, unless the local fleet is dispatched, France will lose its control of the sea in the Far East forever. However, the local fleet not only has to defend the German high seas fleet, but also has to fight against the aggressive Russians in the Balkans. Once it is transferred, the situation in Europe will be unpredictable. Therefore, although Rufery was unwilling to give up, he still accepted the suggestions of the majority of parliamentarians and made peace with the Qing Dynasty.

Originally, Guan Xuqing wanted to see everyone's opinions. If you think it's appropriate, you can talk about it, otherwise if you really continue to fight, the economic development in recent years will stagnate again. Vietnam's military pay, food, and ammunition alone can drag down the Qing Dynasty. The reconstruction of the navy and the restoration of the Mawei Port are still not known to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month.

But after Guan Xuqing threw out the problem, he got surprisingly consistent silence. No one responded or opposed it. It seemed that everything was nothing to do.

"What? My ministers were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the French?" Guan Xuqing said humorously.

Still silent...

Guan Xuqing was angry. Faced with these old-fashioned old men, he didn't have much interest in discussing with them, but unfortunately, most of the real industries of the Qing Dynasty were among them. It really made them angry and would not be of much benefit to the country.

"Li Hongzhang, tell me." Guan Xuqing asked with a name.

Li Hongzhang quickly stood up. In his opinion, it was the best ending to seek peace with victory. But at this moment, he was still a little worried and said angrily: "Go back to the emperor, I am stupid and can't see the mystery of this. The emperor is wise, so I ask the emperor to decide."

Guan Xuqing snorted coldly and said with a smile: "Li Hongzhang, as a military minister and a subordinate of the country, you cannot share my worries. What's the use of me to keep you?"

Prince Chun quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I don't mean that Li Zhongtang. The legal person is obviously afraid of us. I think it is most appropriate to negotiate with him at this time. Let Li Zhongtang be my negotiator of the Qing Dynasty and change the conditions."

Guan Xuqing was already full of anger at this time. Of course, he knew that his father was for his own good. Li Hongzhang flirted with him, and this matter was really difficult to deal with. The Qing Dynasty's Western Affairs and diplomacy were handled by him, and he really couldn't make any move when he strikes the Qing Dynasty's diplomacy. This time he was able to defeat the French army, thanks to his previous efforts to buy two large iron armored ships, "Unbeat" and "Changsheng" from the British. The four iron armored ships from the Germans were also purchased by Li Hongzhang. However, he just couldn't stand Li Hongzhang's arrogant attitude.

He shouted loudly as if he was angry: "I'm afraid of fighting? I'm afraid of fighting and asking us to pay for money? I'm afraid of fighting and asking us to admit his rule in Vietnam. I'm afraid of fighting and asking us to return prisoners and warships? He was killed by the French and wanted us to pay for money. Our warships also sank, our Qing soldiers were dead, and our Mawei military port was gone. Who should we pay for compensation? Li Hongzhang, you want me to decide, right? You'll draw an order for me now to order Zuo Zongtang to recover Keelung within three days! Lu Yiwei's troops all entered Vietnam to reinforce Liu Mingchuan, and divided the left and right routes to wipe out all French troops in Vietnam within three months. The Nanyang Navy went south to block the South China Sea, cut off all foreign ships entering Vietnam, and cut off French military food and ammunition."
Chapter completed!