Chapter 033 Political Issues

The fort faces the bay and the fortress faces the bay. Whether it is a 15cm gram cannon or a 30cm Armstrong cannon, the firing direction is fixed and cannot be turned.

When the Blue Army appeared behind the fort, all the firepower in the Red Army fort and fortress failed. Not only could they stop the Blue Army's attack, but the Red Army turned it into a prison and became the turtle in the Blue Army's urn!

The Red Army warship hidden in the military port could have confronted the Blue Army on the fort. Once the fort fell, the warship became the target of its own cannon!

In order to confirm the answer to Zhou Charter, Ed found the map of Weihaiwei. Sure enough, north of Weihaiwei, there is a small fishing port called Rongcheng Bay!

Zhou Charter hurriedly forgot the rare and confused ancient teachings and gave a correct answer.

This is the only correct answer among all the students in the whole school. This answer has put Li Hongzhang, the governor of Beiyang Minister Zhili, in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Weiwei cost tens of thousands of yuan and is known as the first fortress in the Far East, but in the end, it is a tofu dregs project!

Based on this, those Qing schools in the court can drown Li Hongzhang with foam.

All the students' examination papers were sent to the martial arts hall. Li Hongzhang, the leader of the Western Affairs School, and Weng Tongyu, the leader of the Qing school, sat side by side under the dragon's banner.

When Li Hongzhang saw Zhou Charter's examination paper, his face turned pale. However, after all, Li Hongzhang was self-restrained. He just silently stuffed the paper into his cuff.

However, his action was clearly seen by Weng Tongqi. Weng Tongqi smiled and said, "Lord Li, I don't know who is the answer sheet. Lord Zhongtang valued it so much, and you still want to take it back to read slowly?"

Li Hongzhang had no choice but to hand the paper to Weng Tongqi.

Weng Tongqi looked at Zhou Charter's answer and smiled at the corners of his mouth: "There are such strange theories!" Weng Tongqi didn't understand tactical attack and defense, but he could understand the conclusions on the paper.

Weng Tongqi passed the paper to all the officials present and asked everyone to read Zhou Charter's strange talk.

Everyone knows that he does not let everyone appreciate strange talk, but let everyone see Li Hongzhang's jokes.

The Qinglius who followed Weng Tong gloated, while the officers of Tianjin Military Academy and Beiyang Marine Division were full of anger.

Everyone knows that the Qing school is at odds with the foreign faction. In the court, the two sides dismantled each other and fought in private.

Tianjin Wubei School is Li Hongzhang's backyard and should unswervingly stand on Li Zhongtang's position! However, the students of the school did something that made Li Hongzhang unable to step down!

And this student is still a student of the school club!

Jin suddenly softened the soles of his feet and fell to his knees with a plop.

Li Hongzhang was still generous and waved his hand and said, "I heard that this Zhou Charter has no military knowledge, but he recites the four books and five classics backwards. How can such a person enter the Martial Arts School?"

"Li Li Li Zhongtang..." The Jin language was incoherent. Obviously, Li Zhongtang's spearhead pointed directly at Najin.

Li Hongzhang said calmly, "Well, benevolent people see benevolence and wise people. In my opinion, I would like to invite Zhou Charter to come to the Martial Arts Hall to demonstrate his high theory, right and wrong, and everyone's judgment! If he does make sense, Hongzhang will naturally be empty-minded. If it's alarmist, I'm afraid Lord Jin will have to consider your problems!"

Li Hongzhang is worthy of being the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty. When he said this, there is a needle hidden in Mian, and his thinking is extremely meticulous. The officials present were all impressed.

In this case, if the crime of the Zhou Charter is directly treated, the Qing school must not accept it. Weng Tongqi and his Qing school are both literary ministers and do not understand military affairs at all. Zhou Charter's answer made him catch Li Hongzhang's handle and can refer to Li Hongzhang in the court. As for whether Zhou Charter's views are correct and whether they are in line with military common sense, these are not important.

If you want to block the mouth of the Qing school, you must refute Zhou Charter in front of them, so that everyone can see that Zhou Charter's assertion about Weihaiwei is just a poor student.

Both Li Hongzhang and the officers of Beiyang Marine Division and Tianjin Military Academy have enough confidence in this. Because they all know that Zhou Charter is an inferior student, with only those in his stomach and no military common sense. He sneaked into the school as a Jin student, and Zhou Charter's assertion is completely fantastic and not worth refuting.

Until now, in the whole school, only Ed agrees with Zhou Charter! Even other German teachers shook their heads at Zhou Charter's answer.

So, a sand table of Weihaiwei was placed in the martial arts hall.

All the students gathered urgently outside the martial arts hall and passed on Zhou Charter into the hall.

However, Zhou Charter has disappeared.

Li Hongzhang, who has always been heavy, finally couldn't help it and was furious.

In his opinion, Zhou Charter disappeared after making a strange talk, and there must be a conspiracy hidden in it!

Someone must have instructed Zhou Charter to slander Weihai Wei in front of Weng Tongyu, a group of Qing schools! Seeing that Li Hongzhang was going to confront Zhou Charter, these people were afraid that Zhou Charter's statement was not worth refuting, so they simply let Zhou Charter go missing and die without proof. Li Hongzhang can't refute Zhou Charter in person, and the Qing school can impeach Li Hongzhang in a dignified way!

What annoys Li Hongzhang more is that the Zhou Charter incident proves that there are people in Tianjin Wubei School who secretly communicate with the Qing school and have anti-bone! This is absolutely intolerable by him!

Tianjin Wubei School and Beiyang Marine Division were founded by Li Hongzhang, using his cronies. This is his capital and backyard, and there must be no problem!

So, Li Hongzhang ordered to dig three feet of the ground and find Zhou Charter.

Before Zhou Charter was found, all the people, officials, teachers and students were punished in the martial arts hall!

Li Hongzhang determined that before the problem was figured out, everyone present might be the creator of the conspiracy.

In this way, the original problem was to refute the strange theory of Zhou Charter. Now, the problem is complicated. Li Hongzhang wants to dig deep into the traitors hidden in Tianjin Wubei School!

Of course, this is a pure misunderstanding. The officials of Tianjin Wubei School are loyal to the Lord Zhongtang and have no two minds.

However, in Li Hongzhang's position, he can't but think so!

Li Hongzhang seems to be prominent, but in fact, his position is extremely embarrassing.

On the surface, Li Hongzhang had a deep trust in the old Buddha, was famous and powerful for a while, and made a statement in the court. However, Li Hongzhang, who is at the peak of power, is suspected by all sides.

On the one hand, Li Hongzhang held the Huai army in his hand and was the most powerful army in the Qing Dynasty, and the Beiyang Navy was the essence of the Qing Dynasty, which made the nobles of the Qing Dynasty afraid of him. In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu-Han issue has always been the biggest political issue. What the Manchu and Qing nobles feared most was the self-respect of the Han people.

On the other hand, among Han officials, Li Hongzhang is not interested in the Qingliu party led by Weng Tongqi. They don't see the foreigners dealing with foreigners. In their eyes, dealing with foreigners is innately groveling and humiliating the country, and it is not guaranteed that these foreigners are allowed to buy arms everywhere with a lot of money. , there is no kickback!

Even within the foreign affairs faction, Li Hongzhang also seemed isolated. Foreign ministers such as Zhang Zhidong and Zuo Zongtang were superficially Li Zhongtang, but secretly complained about him. Li Hongzhang became bigger alone, so that others had no room to play.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang, who has unlimited scenery on the surface, is secretly hated much more. These people dare not fight against Li Hongzhang. Secretly, there are many people who are ready to see his jokes at any time. Even some people can't help it and secretly stuffle the hammer.

Li Hongzhang is well aware of his situation. Therefore, he set two principles for himself. First, in dealing with courtiers, he is smooth and exquisite on all sides, taking into account the face of all parties, and no one will be offended. Second, under his rule, that is, within the direct systems of Huai Army, Beiyang Marine Division and Tianjin Wubei School, a high-pressure policy was adopted to require these people to maintain absolute loyalty to him personally and never allow fire in the backyard! Li Hongzhang deeply understood that the fortress was broken from the inside.

Now, a student of Tianjin Wubei School embarrassed him in front of Weng Tongqi. Li Hongzhang naturally thought that Zhou Charter was by no means a person, and there must be someone behind him!

Military issues can be discussed, and political issues are not two sides!