Chapter 179 Initiatives of Japan, France and Russia

Because Hu Chuyuan's existence is becoming more and more special, I realized that the assassination of him was equivalent to a declaration of war. I temporarily gave up the assassination of him and formed an alliance with France and Russia to offset the positive impact that Hu Chuyuan could have on the Qing Empire.

I said so... That's wrong.

Because no one knows how powerful Hu Chuyuan can exert, and no one knows how much money he has.

If China is defeated in the war, then everything will be over. All Hu Chuyuan's efforts over the years will be in vain.

How is this possible?

Regardless of the return on investment, Hu Chuyuan immediately stopped the capital transfer plans in the United States, Germany and Mexico, withdrawn funds back to China, exchanged more foreign exchange he held in silver, increased the issuance of currency in China, and made large investments, including the Beijing-Han Railway.

Of course, the focus is on the shipbuilding industry.

He has given the greatest support to many shipyards he owns.

He is in Fuzhou. He sent a telegram to Liu Kun, requesting the rectification of the Guangzhou Shipyard and let the Guangzhou Shipyard accept the supervision of the Fuzhou Ship Administration. In return, he will send additional technicians to Guangzhou to take over the small ships suspended by the Mawei Shipyard.

At the same time, he borrowed funds from Guangzhou Shipyard and Guangzhou Iron and Steel to carry out new construction.

Liu Kun couldn't ask for it.

A similar telegram was also sent to Li Hongzhang, requesting the establishment of a new and larger-scale shipyard in Weihai, on the condition that it is under the supervision of Fuzhou Shipping Administration.

Li Hongzhang did not reply after half a month, and obviously did not agree to cooperate.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan finally obtained conclusive information from the Secret Office in France, proving that France and Russia did intend to sign an alliance agreement limited to the Far East, and it was France that played a leading role.

The current difference is that France hopes to avoid unnecessary conflicts between Russia in the Far East, coordinate the interests of both sides, and tries to regain privileges in China through the suppression of Russia in Northeast China.

Russia hopes to dominate the alliance in this region. It also does not want Russia to get too deep in Northeast China, North Korea and the Liaodong Peninsula. At the same time, it also wants Russia to withdraw from Hokkaido and Sakhalin.

There is a need for further discussion between the two sides on these issues.

After staying in Fuzhou for half a month, Hu Chuyuan was ready to return to Beijing to discuss this issue with Emperor Guangxu.

Before leaving, he sent a telegram to Liu Jintang and Liu Mingchuan respectively, secretly reporting the matter, and asking them, if the Russian coalition forces invaded the northeast, would they dare to fight?

The answer is naturally yes.

Liu Mingchuan proposed to lay out in the northeast first, expand the regiment to train troops in the name of suppressing bandits, and train 100,000 troops to resist Russia. If the Northern War was unfavorable, he would move to Xi'an, follow the example of the Qing-French War, and spend a long time on the enemy's war for three or five years.

Liu Jintang said an old thing. What he had said before - the Hunan people may not be willing to fight in the north. It is appropriate to do the northern diversion early, do training early, and the northeast is cold and mountainous. As a supervising group, it is training group to practice fighting, restraining its enemies and making them irresistible.

Hu Chuyuan agreed with this.

On September 24, 1888, Hu Chuyuan arrived in the capital and passed through Tianjin on the way. He stayed for a day and revealed a little information with Li Hongzhang, but he did not say anything in detail, but let Li Hongzhang be careful.

Even so, Li Hongzhang's face was still scared green.

Isn't he the most unlucky when the Russian coalition forces go west to the northeast together?

His own army, he knew in his heart that he could still make a living and deal with Russia... That's a bird gun against Mao Xiong, and he was dead - that's what he thought, and that's what he said to Hu Chuyuan.

He still looks down on the Japanese navy, and is deeply afraid of the Japanese navy. He is even more afraid of the Russian army and navy. This is by no means the case. The Japanese navy is far stronger than the current Russian navy. Although this strength comes more from the support of Britain and France, to some extent, it is not for Hu Chuyuan. Too worried.

The number of ironclad ships in Japan is indeed increasing, but after all, it still relies on cruisers. There are not many cruisers in the Chinese navy, and the number of ironclad ships is also increasing rapidly.

A real fight may not be worth worrying about.

Navy tonnage is not so important when it really fights.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything more.

His telegram arrived at the capital, saying that he was going to come, and Prince Chun immediately asked the Prince of Yong to continue to move. This time, Suo bought the Prince of Yongjun Mansion, which was specially used to entertain the members who came to Beijing, especially Hu Chuyuan, a privileged role with hundreds of attendants in and out.

After a short break in the Prince's Mansion of Yongjun, he secretly discussed with Prince Gong and Prince Chun at night. The next day, Hu Chuyuan went to the Forbidden City to meet Emperor Guangxu.

The Forbidden City is still the Forbidden City, standing in the capital, showing the unique style of the imperial palace, which is admirable.

The matter of discussion this time was really too big. Prince Gong and Hu Chuyuan met together. After the announcement, the two entered the Qianqing Palace one after the other.

The young Guangxu Emperor Zaitian seemed to have received a little news and eyebrows from his biological father. He looked worried and sat on the dragon chair and looked at the memorial silently.

"I'm going to see the emperor!"

Hu Chuyuan and Prince Gong bowed and folded their waists, carefully holding a memorial.

Last night, Hu Chuyuan talked to the two princes. The fewer people know about this matter, the better. If you want to defeat the strong with the weak, you must make the enemy unprepared. Therefore, they did not discuss it in court, so they reported and discussed it secretly.

Emperor Guangxu clearly knew it. He looked sadly and said, "Two lovers, please get up."

"Thank you, Emperor!"

Hu Chuyuan and Yi