Chapter 294 You don't have absolute strength

Yanjing, at the door of the government office of the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, the second son took a breath and got out of the doorman with sleepy eyes, but when he finally saw the situation inside clearly, he couldn't help curling his lips.

I saw that Lord Sun nodded and bowing to a foreigner again, accompanying him to be careful, and the folds on his face were about to bloom.

"Bah." The second lecker spit in the bottom of his heart. When Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang were in charge of the government before, he didn't see such a disgusting face, just like the pug on the door of his own house, which lost the face of the Qing Dynasty!

The second son sip his mouth and sighed. He could only chop a few times in his heart. These days, foreigners are older than the emperor, and no one can do anything about it. It's not surprising that he takes care of the concierge by himself.

He sucked his nose and was ready to go back. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of footsteps around him. He turned his head and saw a soldier rushing into the government. He still wanted to stop him. The soldier had rushed to Sun Yuwen's side and muttered. He didn't know what he said. He saw that Lord Sun's face suddenly changed in his hand. The copywriting fell to the ground.

What happened?

This scene made Erqi's eyes straight. He had seen this scene for the first time in this door room for many years. He couldn't help moving to the side under his feet. What had happened to listen to him, but before he started, he saw the foreign lord suddenly shouting at Sun Yuwen, and his face turned red with all his strength. After scolding for a while, he probably felt useless, so he hurriedly left with several garrison and soldiers, leaving only Lord Sun and several Qing officials with bitter mouths.

At this time, the soldier who reported the news suddenly came out. The second leper quickly approached a little and asked softly, "What's wrong with this brother?"

The soldiers looked around and no one paid attention, so they approached a little and said, "Taiwan has been separated from our Qing Dynasty."

"Taiwan is divided!" Before he could get back, the soldier left in a hurry. After chewing it twice, his heart shivered suddenly and his eyes suddenly straightened.

"Is Taiwan divided?"——

"After the Taiwanese heard about the separation of Taiwan, they had a turning point and did not dare to act rashly. However, now it has to be proved that the concession is true, and the heart is desperate. Therefore, the public discussion of autonomy and self-improvement was gathered at the government office on September 1st. The minister was unable to stop it, and the soldiers under his command also joined in it. He had no choice but to allow the matter to look at the matter for the time being. As soon as the matter is slightly settled, I can escape and run to the palace gate, and Xi Gao plead guilty.

After reading, Lv Weitang handed the fold to Li Hongzhang with a dark face and said, "Your Excellency, after sending this fold, he left at noon yesterday. His officials left Taiwan together. At present, the person in charge of Taiwan is a man named Qiu Fengjia. I heard that the Taiwan Railway was also built by him. This person is deeply The Taiwanese people love him, and the gentry from all over the country also worship him.

This autonomy is also led by him. Before that, Britain and Germany also felt that Taiwan should be autonomous, so as to ensure the balance of interests of various countries on the southeast coast. Li Mo even sent sailors to destroy French warships. At present, they are facing each other outside Keelung Port. It can be said that the French are already difficult to stand alone, and it may be difficult to achieve things. "."

"Li Mo!"

Li Hongzhang sighed. Since the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, this Li Mo and his sailor are like a lingering shadow around the Qing Dynasty. It seems that everything will be affected by him. If there is no accident about Taiwan's autonomy, it must be up to him. Just because of the lack of time, they are afraid of completely falling out with Britain and France, so Use self-government to fool people!

If Taiwan's autonomy is enough, but the problem is that the French were ready to exchange Taiwan for troops to send troops to Guangzhou to help suppress the Revolutionary Party. At this time, France may have no idea for a long time. What should we do?

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid the French will not be willing to lose Taiwan, and they will inevitably propose to make up for the losses and blackmail the court to cede the coast. Do you want to send Nanyang sailors to Guangzhou?" Lv Weitang said.

Li Hongzhang looked at Lv Weitang and understood what he meant. If the French get nothing, they would definitely seek compensation. Previously, he had invited France to send troops to Guangzhou to encircle and suppress the Revolutionary Party, so France would definitely use the idea of Guangzhou!

In his thoughts, Li Hongzhang suddenly felt a burst of chest tightness. He casually touched the medicine bottle beside him and found that it was already empty. He subconsciously asked, "Where's Lianhui?"

Lv Weitang frowned and replied, "Your Excellency, you forgot that Lin Lianhui had resigned from the teaching position of Beiyang Medical School before the New Year, and went to Liaodong with his classmates Jin Dating, He Tingliang, Li Rugan, Cao Maoxiang and Zhou Chuanyu who stayed in the United States. I heard that now he is now the director of the Department of Health under Li Mo. He helped him build hospitals and train medical officers in various places.

"Oh?! I'm old and confused!" Li Hongzhang sighed and asked the maid to take the medicine again. At the same time, she smiled bitterly, "Although Lianhui has left me, he has been kind to me over the years. What's more, he has no intention to do government affairs and is dedicated to medical treatment and saving people. If he can make a career under Li Mo and train more medical officials, it is also a great merit."

"The adult has a broad mind and admires it."

"Ha ha." Li Hongzhang touched his beard, got up and pushed open the window, and said, "This visit has opened my eyes. Britain, France, Germany and the United States are thriving. The sailor warships are getting bigger and bigger, and the competition is becoming more fierce. In the future, we will definitely fry each other. If I can't take advantage of this period of time to accept the past, reform and reform, and wait for these foreigners. After frying, it will be more and more difficult to go to the weak and stay strong.

"Your excellency is far-sighted. I'm afraid you think so, that's why you go to Guangzhou to avoid the struggle for innovation in the north."

Li Hongzhang nodded: "I'm old, and I can't control such a big country anymore. In this case, why don't you let the newcomers try it? If they win, the Qing Dynasty may have a turning point, but if they lose, as long as they keep the southeast coast, whether it is the empress dowager or the emperor in power, there is still hope for the Qing Dynasty.

"The adult is single-minded for the country, but it's a pity that no one knows about this painstaking work." Thinking of what happened to Li Hongzhang in the past few years, Lv Weitang sighed and said, "Your Excellency, what should I do about this now?"

Li Hongzhang thought for a moment and said, "It's not a big deal if the French want to rent a city in Guangzhou, as long as they promise to send troops with me to deal with the Revolutionary Party. In any case, keeping the two major cities is a big deal in the future!"

"Yes, Weitang knows what to do." Lv Weitang immediately bowed and was ready to go out, but Li Hongzhang suddenly called him: "You will send someone to meet Sheng Huaixu later and tell him that I am going to meet Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong before I go to office. You ask him to arrange it."

"Yes."

After Lv Weitang left, the smile on Li Hongzhang's face quietly faded. Looking at the telegram on the table, he suddenly sighed: "Li Mo, Li Mo, do you want to be a hero or the lord of the world?! ——

In Guangzhou, there were few pedestrians on the busy streets in the past. Even some vendors were in a hurry. From time to time, a man with a gun with a white sweat scarf on his arm passed by, which made the air of the first coastal city in the Qing Dynasty full of tension.

The former magistrate's office has long been occupied by the rebel army, and the magistrate fled in a hurry when the uprising was launched. Now it has become the command headquarters of the Xingzhong Association.

At the door, more than a dozen Xingzhonghui soldiers stood guard with a serious face and vigilant eyes, and the atmosphere in the lobby inside was also tense.

"Mr. Sun, these Manqing dogs still don't give up. Sending Li Hongzhang, a traitor, as the governor of Guangdong, obviously to kill us cleanly!"

"Yes, I heard that they have transferred troops from Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and even Huguang to destroy us in one fell swoop."

"Well, destroy us? Is it just by those masters and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty?

There was a lot of discussion in the hall about the recent situation. Mr. Sun sat in the middle and his face was a little grim.

This uprising was originally a temporary uprising. If it hadn't been for the guns and funds, he wouldn't have been able to get Guangzhou City at all, but now that Guangzhou has arrived, he found that things were not developing as expected. First of all, the people did not recognize the rebel army, and more importantly, because of the lack of follow-up strength, these two Thousands of people are not enough to keep here.

"Is there any news in Hong Kong?"

"It's still the same. The British repented and did not want to support us. It seems that Manqing has given them any benefits."

"I told you earlier that you can't rely on these foreigners. They are all thevils. Whoever gives more money will help them. They don't even know how to die!"

Mr. Sun was about to continue to speak when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Everyone looked up and saw three men walking into the lobby under the surveillance of the soldiers.

After entering the lobby, he slowly took off his wide-brimmed hat and stared at Mr. Sun in the middle: "Excuse me, is your Excellency Mr. Sun?"

"Exactly" Mr. Sun got up and walked to Duan Fei, looked at the three uninvited guests, and asked, "I don't know how many brothers are?"

"I've met Mr. Sun. I'm flying in the next section. I'm from Liaodong."

"Liaodong!"

This place name shocked everyone present. Now I'm afraid there are very few people who don't know Liaodong. Master Li's fame, not to mention Guangzhou, even the southern oceans have already spread.

Duan Fei took out a letter from his arms and handed it over: "Mr. Sun, my young master admires you very much. He often says that you are all patriots, so he specially ordered me to bring his handwritten letter and asked me to bring a message to you."

"Oh? What do you say?" After Mr. Sun took the letter, he immediately asked before he could open it.

"My young master said that now the Qing court has sent a large army, and the Nanyang fleet in Shanghai has begun to go south. In addition, the French warships are also on their way back to Guangzhou." Duan Fei smiled, looked at the muzzle of the soldier next to him, and continued, "So your major events can no longer be done. I hope you can be careful."

"Are the French coming? How is this possible? Didn't they go to Taiwan?" The news brought by Duan Fei immediately reminded people around with an exclamation. Everyone knew that if the French army and the Qing Dynasty joined forces, I'm afraid Guangzhou would not be able to hold on.

"The French [***] ship did go to Taiwan, but it has been stopped by our fleet outside Keelung Port, and Taiwan has now declared its autonomy. The French promised to withdraw from Taiwan and Penghu to ensure the balance there."

"Taiwan is self-governing!"

"This is impossible."

"Yes, why didn't our people in Taiwan report?"

In the face of astonishment and comments, Duan Fei did not answer, but continued to say, "Mr. Sun, the young master wants me to tell you that there is not only one way to save the country, and he personally feels that you do not have absolute strength in your hands. You can't reach others. In the case that the people can't read and don't understand what the republic is at all, you are rashly republican. It will only take advantage of those ambitious people and mess up the country in the name of the Republic, so he feels that this system is not suitable for the current situation, and I hope you and you will consider it carefully.

"In addition." Duan Fei hugged his fist and was about to leave. Suddenly, he turned his head and his eyes were cold: "I don't want you to continue to go back to Taiwan. The balance there should not be broken!" After saying that, he left the lobby quickly with the two assistants, leaving only the members of Xingzhong Club with solemn eyes and surprised faces.

"You don't have absolute strength!"

Mr. Sun looked at the letter in his hand with a solemn expression, and he didn't know whether it was time to open the letter.

(to be continued)