Chapter 189 Either don't fight, fight for three years

After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea Division submitted a list of results. It should have been a complete victory, and the situation was very good.

When this report arrived at Prince Chun, he was inexplicably beaten back. He insisted that Lin Yongsheng and others change it vaguely. He only said that there were few victories, and the main force of the army still existed and could not be underestimated.

At his instruction, Li Hongzhang also submitted a maintenance report of the East China Sea Master, deliberately exaggerating and saying that the minor injuries of each ship were major injuries. He also said that the Weihai dock was well equipped and skilled, but he could not make up for it. He could only go to Luoyuan Bay to replace many facilities, which cost a lot and missed the fighters.

Prince Yiqi is afraid of a big war. In case of a mistake, the internal clan will rebound and let Cixi release it, which will be a big problem.

What about Li Hongzhang? He was afraid of fighting a war, which made his Huai army and Beiyang sailors come out and lose his political capital. He was also afraid that the problem of Weihai dock would be exposed, so that Weng Tonghe took the opportunity to investigate his old accounts of misappropriation of public funds.

It's easy to deceive Guangxu Emperor Zaitian, and it's difficult to deceive Hu Chuyuan. Well, the two sent several telegrams to Hu Chuyuan one after another, wanting to secretly discuss with Hu Chuyuan and promise various benefits.

Hu Chuyuan was so angry that he pressed the telegrams in his hand and immediately set out to report to the capital.

No one expected that he would not reveal anything in advance. He had arrived in the capital. That night, Hu Chuyuan lived in the palace of Yongjun, and Prince Yiyu couldn't wait to pick him up the wind and dust.

The banquet broke up, and the idle people left. Yi Yan and Hu Chuyuan sighed, "Chu Yuan, as the prime minister of the imperial court, you should think about the emperor. The emperor is still young and can't stand such a big ups and downs. If we can solve this matter temporarily, it will be credit and social skills. It's not too late to settle accounts with Kou later!"

Hu Chuyuan smiled coldly and said, "Your Majesty, think about it carefully, paper can't wrap fire. The truth of the matter will one day be known to the emperor. Even if it is his own father and son, what do you think the emperor will think at that time?"

Yi Yan said, "This kind of thing... I don't pay attention to it, just have a clear conscience."

Hu Chuyuan said, "I have a guilty conscience. I am ashamed of the trust and appreciation of the emperor. I am ashamed of the generals of the Fuzhou Fleet who came to rescue me. I am ashamed of the wounded soldiers who died in the war."

"This...?"

Yi Xiao couldn't answer for a while.

Hu Chuyuan continued, "You don't have to worry. I have a lot of confidence in this matter. This matter can basically be compared with the Sino-French war, which can be solved in two years at most, and the situation in North Korea can be stabilized once and for all. I have raft out the specific countermeasures. Russia is not well prepared at present. Coupled with the vigilance of Germany and Britain, he can't get through it for the time being. Therefore, we can take the opportunity to consume the Japanese version first. Let's put it this way, we lose 10,000 yuan, and we have a equivalent loss of 8,000 yuan, but we have a large base, and we can lose seven or eight million yuan in our hands. Let's seize this point. Don't be in a hurry to achieve success. Just slowly consume the death.

Yi Yan was speechless and uncertain in his heart.

At this moment, he really hates Hu Chuyuan very much. This person's opinion is too strong to control at all.

Hu Chuyuan took his short inch and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the emperor is 18 years old this year, and the matter of the Holy Ancestor has already razed the hegemony of the world. Even if it is not good, in three or two years, major events will have to be controlled by the emperor. You know the emperor's surname, but you still want to try to suppress it. Why do you need it? As long as we can stabilize the situation and win, then we will fight, just be fully prepared. As long as the emperor calms down this matter, even if you let the empress dowager come out again, what can you do?

"Huh?"

Yi Xiao's heart moved, which was the result he wanted most.

He has not been in good health for the past two years. If he can keep his son's throne while he is still alive, he will close his eyes even if he dies.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking Hu Chuyuan, "Are you sure you can take it?"

Hu Chuyuan nodded rightly and took out a fold to Yi Xiao, which said the six countermeasures he had formulated.

After reading these items one by one, Yi Yan seemed to have a reassurance in his heart. He secretly felt that Hu Chuyuan's ability was really terrible to deal with foreigners, but he could really see the effect with one shot.

Yi Xiao weighed it again, and then said, "Well, let's do as you said, but... The United Third Division is the North Sea Joint Fleet. I don't know who needs to be sent as the imperial supervising minister. After thinking about it, it seems that only you can sit in this position. But on the other hand, I have to trouble you to raise the military's and ammunition.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and said, "I will find another suitable candidate for the future."

Yi said, "Well, let's do it!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly.

For Li Hongzhang's matter, he is not in a hurry to make it clear here for the time being that the account will be settled. After the battle is over, he will continue to fight in the nest.

Next time, Hu Chuyuan, accompanied by Prince Yi, went to the Forbidden City and Guangxu Emperor to report on the road, including his diplomatic achievements in Britain, Germany and the United States, as well as what he did well in North Korea, including the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and the strategy of the future.

Compared with Yi, Hu Chuyuan's ability in the big situation, especially in such big events, is obviously much stronger.

Hu Chuyuan directly gave a set of combat ideas and laid a long-term battle plan. With a three-year period, he completely annihiled the elite main force of the navy and army to ensure peace within ten years.

First, the strategic name gave up North Korea and let the Korean royal family quickly retreat to Pyongyang by sea, and then retreat to Yingkou and Shenyang as needed.

Second, the elite forces of the East China Sea Division, the Beiyang Sea Division and the Nanyang Sea Division are concentrated in Lushun Port to form a joint fleet of the North Sea to ensure the control of the sea in the northern waters; part of the naval forces are concentrated in Weihai Port and carry out harassment patrols along the coast of North Korea to prevent Japan from resupplying by sea and forcing Japan to occupy the whole of North Korea. And support the small-scale North Korean rebel forces through coastal disturbances and supplies.

Third, organize the main defense in Pyongyang and Dandong. If you don't defeat them, you will retreat to the Yalu River one after another, and at the same time, buy time to organize a better defense line in Dandong.

Fourth, Liu Mingchuan was transferred to be the governor of the three eastern provinces and the training and supervising minister of the plenipotentiary delegation, leading the main force of the Huai army to the north and concentrating on the northeast. Zhang Zhidong was appointed to supervise the regimental training in Qingxu and organize 60,000 regimental training troops. Xu Zhanxu was appointed as the Admiral of Anhui in the north, stationed in Anshan, and transferred the source of troops from the Yangtze River to train new soldiers to supplement the long-term battle.

V. Issued 300 million yuan of war treasury bonds across the country, with a fixed interest rate of 5%, and paid off in ten years. Raise shopping funds from various places and abroad, delay for a long time, to replace merit, spend a two-year period, consume its national strength, and then counterattack for another year.

6. Allow merchant ships to bring their own artillery, and allow British, German and American [***] ships to enter the ports of Ningbo and Keelung to ensure the security of southern and foreign trade, ensure that the war will not affect Sino-foreign trade, and stabilize the domestic economy. Within three years, domestic economic construction will continue to accelerate, so that the country will become stronger and stronger in the war.

As soon as he saw this whole set of strategies, Emperor Guangxu was of course very happy. He was just a little puzzled - is it so troublesome to deal with a Japanese Japanese bandit?

Hu Chuyuan immediately talked about the current information and surnames of Japan. Compared with the Qing army, especially with the Huai army and the Xiang army, the overall advantage of the surname is still obvious.

Since receiving strong support from France, the speed of army equipment replacement is particularly fast, mainly from the purchase of firearms from France and Germany, and the localization of ammunition and Lebel rifles has been initially realized, but the overall self-production capacity is still low.

After basically confirming the use of Hu Chuyuan's six strategies, the Qing court accelerated the deployment of all aspects, and Hu Chuyuan also became the plenipotentiary imperial supervising minister of the North Sea United Fleet.

Since then, he directly crossed Li Hongzhang and took over the North Sea Fleet.

Staying in Beijing for a while, on April 3, 1890, Hu Chuyuan quickly returned to Weihai Port with new authority.

This time, everyone was too scared to speak, including the conceited Liu Bu toad.

The sky was gloomy, dark clouds rolled over the harbor, and all of them were tightening with a string in their hearts. At least one or two years, the North Sea Fleet had to be in the control of Hu Chuyuan, and the generals of the Beiyang Marine Division suddenly had an indescribable taste.

Hu Chuyuan hurriedly and hurriedly returned to Weihai Port in a Guangwu-class cruiser. He got off the ship and directly entered the Admiral's office. After a little discussion with Ding Ruchang, he transferred Lin Yiyou to Weihai Port, responsible for reorganising the dock, quickly introducing technology for strengthening, coastal forts and surrounding ports. Ding Ruchang is responsible for the defense.

In the middle of the night, the two basically finalized many things of the North Sea Joint Fleet, which allowed all the sailors to enter the generals to discuss together.

The generals on the side of the East China Sea Water Division knew Hu Chuyuan's surname. Today, there must be a big move, and they didn't dare to sleep. They just lay down in their clothes and waited for Hu Chuyuan to gather.

In a short time, the admirals led by Lin Yongsheng and others hurried to Qi. The Beiyang Marine Division was a lot short of time. Only Qiu Baoren and Lin Yingqi arrived, and the rest did not know where they were.

Hu Chuyuan sat silently in the lobby, lit the candlelight in the hall, and continued to look through all kinds of materials and reports.

I waited until midnight, almost more than two hours later than the expected assembly time. Liu Bu toad and Lin Tai Zeng came in with a little wine, and the rest of Fang Boqian and others were probably like this. The group also knew that they had made a mistake and hurriedly begged for mercy when they entered the government.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything. He asked them to sit down first and continue to read the materials.

The whole admiral's office was quiet, but everyone could feel an unprecedented depression and depth. Everyone couldn't help thinking that if Hu Chuyuan sat in the Beihai Joint Fleet and played a scene, would the Beiyang Marine Division still be Li Hongzhang's in the future?

(to be continued)