Chapter 168 Lord Zhongtang has not given up yet

- Walking in the corridor, looking at the busy figure of every window, and his comrades-in-arms who hurriedly passed by, Zhang Zuolin deeply felt the difference between the Pacific Army and Germany. Even if he studied in Germany for a year and participated in several German [***] exercises, he had never found such a way of working. Ministry of Planning.

This is a multi-line parallel work method. It is an original new thing. It is said that it is based on the young master's book, an order is issued, and then calculated by the staff offices at the same time, and finally the chief of staff and commanders choose the best plan.

Although he has never seen that book, he can know how deep the influence of that book is just by looking around. This is a completely different place from the outside world. It is a kind of luck to participate in it!

He took a deep breath, took the newly prepared document, and quickly walked into the conference room.

After returning with the German fleet, he was officially promoted to the army staff officer, and also entered the staff headquarters envied by everyone, so that he spent a lot of money to prepare for a treat.

But as soon as his colleagues arrived at the hotel, he had to return to the staff headquarters immediately. When he arrived here, he found that everyone was talking about a word.

Qing Dynasty!

How to help the Qing Dynasty resist Russia, how to support the weapons of the Qing Dynasty, and how to help the Qing Dynasty make plans!

Listening to these voices of assistance and help, Zhang Zuolin is very clear that this is everyone's words. In fact, they all know that if the young master decides not to interfere in this war, then their so-called plans are white paper!

If the Pacific Army does not intervene, can the Qing army beat Russia?

Impossible!

Zhang Zuolin almost didn't need to think about it, so he had already come to the answer. No one knows the current situation of the Qing Dynasty better than him, who was born in Liaodong. The northeast has long been rotten and disaster. Bandits and horses are rampant in various places, and there are many cottages. The control of the court over it is almost zero. What's more, the Eight Banners have been abolished, and Mongolia is no longer useless. The courage of the year.

Moreover, both weapons and equipment are far inferior to the Russian army, and many people have not even touched a gun! Not to mention that Russia also dispatched Cossack cavalry this time, which is an army that even German instructors can praise!

In order to stop Russia's expansion, the only way is to directly participate in the war!

In fact, everyone in the staff headquarters is very clear about this fact, but the reason why they didn't say it is that they all know what it means to send troops into the Qing Dynasty!

Even if the Pacific Army controls Honolulu and takes Ryukyu, even if everyone here is Chinese, in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, Honolulu will always be an overseas vassal and a foreign country! At that time, Lan Fangguo took the initiative to ask for tribute, but the Qing Dynasty refused, not to mention the Pacific Army now driving warships and holding foreign guns!

Not to mention resisting Russia together, I'm afraid that if you drive a warship to Lushunkou, the government and the opposition will shout out slogans such as rebellious ministers and thieves!

But to be honest, whether it is him or the staff who shouted for support, they don't say anything, but the one in their hearts is not muttering back to the Qing Dynasty. In their eyes, the emperor sitting on the Jinluan Hall in a dragon robe, those Manchu descendants can't represent this country for a long time!

The reason why they don't say anyone is because they are all worried about one thing!

Young master's attitude!

Cy-dock...

He gently knocked on the door. It was the chief of staff who opened the door. When he handed over the documents, Zhang Zuolin saw the smoke all over the room and the two brighter and brighter eyes in the smoke.

Seeing that Chen Ping was about to close the door after taking over the document, Zhang Zuolin suddenly had an impulse in his heart and blurted out, "Chief of Staff, if you don't enter Liaodong, you can't go to war!"

Hearing this, Chen Ping, who had just received the document, shook his body and stared at the young staff officer in front of him. After a long time, he asked, "What's your name?"

"Report, Zhang Zuolin, a second-phase cadet to Germany, is currently a second-level army staff officer of the General Staff Headquarters." Zhang Zuolin's nervous salute report.

"Is that what you mean?" Chen Ping looked into his eyes and asked.

"No, that's what everyone means!" Facing the eyes of the chief of staff, Zhang Zuolin straightened his chest.

Looking at Zhang Zuolin, who was straight and nervous, Chen Ping looked at him repeatedly and suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Zhang Zuolin, I've written it down. Go to work."

"Yes!"

Seeing the door of the conference room closed again, Zhang Zuolin breathed and felt a little weak all over his body. He didn't understand why he suddenly said that sentence. However, judging from the situation, the Chief of Staff is not angry. This should be a good thing, right?

"If you don't enter Liaodong, you can't go to war!"

Chen Ping chewed this sentence. Although it was only eight short words, the meaning was different! It not only points out the prerequisites to stop Russia's expansion, but also represents an idea in the army.

Returning to Liaodong means that the Pacific Army officially bid farewell to the career of wandering overseas, heralding the birth of a new force on the land of China!

Thinking of this, Chen Ping looked at Long Guozhang and Li Enfu, smiled and spat out three words.

"Young master, go back!"

"Go back!" Li Enfu also smiled.

"Gunnie, I want to kill you!" Long Guozhang extinguished the cigar heavily.

"Let's go back!"

In addition to Yan Fu Zhao Long, who was far away in Nanyang and Ryukyu, as the three most important assistants around him made a decision, Li Mo was immediately relieved, and his fists behind him were finally slowly released.

When the door of the closed conference room opened, and when radio waves sent to various places with different messages, the atmosphere of the staff headquarters became hot again, and this time, they no longer needed to dodge, because everyone knew.

Pacific Army, about to go home! ——

Tianjin, Beiyang Water Division Yamen.

Li Hongzhang sat quietly in the master's chair and gently rubbed his temples. His face was really not very good! The Germans are so bullying that they want to rent Jiaodong Bay. Isn't this a blatant view that my Beiyang sailors are empty?

And the people who are more angry than the Germans are obviously that the sailors have no power to fight. Those who can be led by Sun Yuwen are still timid. In the end, they actually persuaded the Empress Dowager and agree to the conditions of peace between the British. They lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and lost a great opportunity to recover North Korea in vain!

Although the sailors are gone, with the help of the British, the army has gained a firm foothold in North Korea. It is even more difficult to recover from the power of the Qing Dynasty!

Nowadays, it is a good way for Russia to take the initiative to help recover North Korea and ensure the political stability of the future North Korea.

"Your excellency, it's time to take medicine."

A slight sound of footsteps interrupted Li Hongzhang's thoughts. Looking up, Lin Lianhui had already come in with a small medicine box on his back. He quickly smiled and said, "Lianhui, what time is it? You remember it wrong, do you?

"Ha ha, my lord, it's already the time."

"Oh? Is it so late?" Li Hongzhang looked up at the window and found that it was dark. He couldn't help sighing: "When I'm old, I forget the time when I sit down."

"Lord Zhongtang is in full bloom in spring and autumn. How can he be old?"

"Oh, Lianhui, don't say good things. I know my own affairs, and I won't be tossed around for a long time." Li Hongzhang sighed again. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Lin Lianhui quickly smiled and said, "Your excellaughter, it's a busy time in the morning, and it's up to you to take the helm."

"At the helm?" Li Hongzhang shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty is young, and now he favors Kang Youwei and other people of the Weixin Party. The Empress Dowager is old again. Hey, I'm really a little tired of this mess."

Looking at Li Hongzhang with a sad face, Lin Lianhui handed over the potion, but sighed gently in his heart. Since returning from the United States, he has been working as Li Hongzhang's personal doctor, so he knows this Lord Li better than anyone else. Seeing his sad face, he knew that he must be worried about North Korea.

Li Hongzhang took the medicine, looked up, drank two more sips of water, and said, "Lianhui, why do you think a small Hawaiian Pacific Fleet can cross all over the world, but I have to look at the faces of some foreigners!"

Lin Lianhui moved the corners of his mouth and remembered Li Enfu, who studied with him in the United States at the beginning and is now the chief of the Hawaii State Council. He sighed again and said, "Lord Zhongtang, Lianhui doesn't know much about government affairs, but he knows medical science. This minor illness can be used with emergency medicine, but a serious illness can't be drugged. I can take care of it slowly!"

"Hawaii is only a few small islands, not as big as Taiwan. The government affairs are simple, and it is naturally convenient to govern. But our Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, so it will naturally take more effort to treat it.

"Is it troublesome? Hey!"

Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly at the corners of his mouth. They all said that governing a big country is like cooking fresh food, but it is difficult to cook a pot of fresh food. Take the reconstruction of the navy as an example. There are more than 20 warships, and there are as many as 12 ironclad ships of 10,000 tons alone. The cost of buying a ship is converted into silver, which is a huge amount of 70 million taels!

Seeing that I want to rebuild the navy, I have repeatedly proposed to purchase some new ships, but they have been put on hold, and the navy has not even collected all the money to repair the damaged warship last time! Some people even said that this is to deal with the Hawaiians, which has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty, so there is no need to waste money in vain! Don't they understand these short-sighted guys? Once I let myself breathe and defeat the Hawaiians, I'm afraid the first thing to deal with is the Qing Dynasty!

Li Hongzhang really can't figure out the young master of Hawaii at this moment. How on earth did he support it? According to his own calculation, with the scale of the Pacific Fleet in his hand, it costs millions of taels of silver every year just to maintain. How on earth does the son of a soldier of the Golden State Guard Green Battalion get so much money?!

Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang suddenly changed the topic and asked with a smile, "Lianhui, I heard that the court of the Hawaii State Council is now your classmate? Are there any letters coming and going?

Lin Lianhui was collecting the medicine bottle. Hearing Li Hongzhang's words, his hand moved slightly: "He wrote a letter a few months ago. Although he and I were classmates in the United States, they did not have a deep friendship, so I didn't reply."

"Your Excellency, why did you mention this person?" Lin Lianhui paused for a moment and asked curiously.

"Ha ha." Li Hongzhang laughed and said, "Lianhui, don't be too careful. I don't mean to ask you. It's just that your classmate is going to send someone here recently, so I want to ask."

"Sad someone? What are you doing here?"

Li Hongzhang narrowed his eyes from the fold on the table: "You, your friendship, representing the Kingdom of Hawaii and Master Li, gave a fold to the emperor. I hope that the emperor can open up Lushun and Tianjin Wei and promote trade between the two countries. At the same time, I also hope that the emperor can allow the Pacific Fleet to visit Weihaiwei, and I also hope to buy in Shandong. Buy some land for growing food for Hawaii.

"Business? Visit? Do you still want to buy land to grow food? Lin Lianhui raised his eyebrows, and trade was nothing, but why did he choose Tianjin and Weihaiwei? And he even wants to buy land and grow grain in Shandong. What on earth does Master Li want to do?

"A few days ago, the emperor has allowed them to come to discuss business matters and let me be fully responsible for the reception. I have transferred Tang Shaoyi back to receive them, but there is still a lack of a deputy. Who do you think should be sent?" Li Hongzhang pinched the fold, and his eyebrows became deeper.

"Do you remember Liang Dunyan of Hanyang Customs Road? Why don't you send him to receive someone first? When he and Li Enfu were in the United States, they were still a little friends. Lin Lianhui thought for a moment and said.

"You mean Liang Dunyan who studied with you?" Li Hongzhang remembered the former young child who stayed in the United States.

Lin Lianhui nodded and said, "During Liang Dunyan's stay in the United States, he often had letters with Li Enfu. The two have a good personal relationship, and he has been working at the customs over the years and is proficient in communicating with people, so in case something happens, he can also deal with him."

"Well, let him and Tang Shaoyi go to receive the Hawaii special envoy together. If it is done well, put him in Tianjin Customs Road. In addition, you prepare. I want to go to Lushun immediately, and it's time for Ding Ruchang to have an activity."

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, you really intend to join hands with the Russians!" After thinking about it, Lin Lianhui still raised the question that had been in his heart for a long time. In his opinion, Russia is a more terrible country than Japan.

" Lianhui, I know what you're worried about." Li Hongzhang put down the fold, took the teacup from the servant's hand, and continued, "But now it has become bigger in North Korea. If no one suppresses it, when the Japanese sailors return, I will lose North Korea forever."

"Although the Russians are not much better, it is not easy for them to take North Korea. If they really fight, the British will not let Japan lose this battle. As long as the two families consume their vitality, and then wait for Hawaii and Japan to finish the battle, it will be the time when I recover North Korea in the Qing Dynasty.

"It turns out that Lord Zhongtang still hasn't given up on North Korea." Lin Lianhui looked at Li Hongzhang in meditation and suddenly felt that the old man who supported the whole country and promoted the Westernization Movement was really old!

"Hmm! I am not a short-sighted person like Sun Yuwen. North Korea, like Annan, is the north-south barrier of the Qing Dynasty. Now Annan has been lost. If there is no North Korea, it is equivalent to breaking two arms! So I can't, cough, give up." Li Hongzhang was a little excited when he spoke, and suddenly caused an old illness and coughed twice. Lin Lianhui quickly stepped forward and patted him on the back and said softly, "But Lord Zhongtang, have you ever thought about it? Since Nibchu, Russia has coveted our Qing Dynasty for a long time. If you let them enter North Korea, will it?"

"Ha ha, Lianhui can rest assured that Russia has sent a foreign minister to sign a mutual assistance treaty with me, not to mention that we still have Beiyang!" Li Hongzhang seemed to see the restoration of North Korea and laughed.

Lin Lianhui's mouth squirmed twice, but he never continued to say it. Lord Li always liked to control the barbarians. In the past, he used to use the British to suppress Russia, but now he wants to rely on Russia to suppress Japan and Britain. But which of these foreigners is a good person?

Isn't this leading the wolf into the house? In case the Russians have any evil intentions, that's not

Lin Lianhui sighed again. He was just a private doctor. Although he had a similar official title, he never cared about political affairs, so after thinking about it, he quickly put away the medicine box and disappeared outside the door...

(to be continued)