President Meng smiled and didn't say anything more, listening to the national anthem on the radio, the beauty in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The feeling of being a president is sincere and praiseworthy.

Nanjing has a radio, and soon Tianjin will have it, and Tianjin will have it, and Li Hongzhang will be able to hear it, Li Hongzhang will be able to hear it, and Li Hongzhang will be shocked when he sees the sound constantly released from a small black box, "This is made by Huaguo?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai nodded, "When I first heard this thing, it was the same as Lord Zhongtang. These people are really terrible, Lord Zhongtang, their phone, no matter how far away you are, you can hear the speech, that's not all, now with this black box, one person can speak, the whole country can hear it when the time comes, and even the foreigners outside the sea can hear it. ”

Li Hongzhang nodded secretly, "This thing is amazing, in this way, this world is going to change faster, Xuan Yuemeng and his Huaguo are really terrifying." He now occupies Jiangnan, if no one in Huaguo cares about him, his economy is now much stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty, and in a few years, the people of the entire Qing Dynasty will run to their side. The situation in the Qing Dynasty is different from that in Europe, everyone is one language, one culture, and there is no way to separate an independent country. ”

"Yes, if it goes on like this, the Qing Dynasty is dangerous, and now there are many northern businesses that can't continue to operate in Jiangnan, most of the businesses in the north originally had dealings with the imperial court, and some people supported them, and now the government of Xuan Yuemeng has reshuffled the cards, and everyone is the same, which makes the big businessmen in the south develop faster, and the financial services of Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be fully relaxed. My lord, Xuan Yuemeng seems to have changed her name. Sheng Xuanhuai was gloomy for a while, he himself was a representative of the northern chaebol, and continued: "It seems that the news from Shanghai is contacting foreigners. ”

"What? Coming into contact with foreigners? Li Hongzhang stood up all of a sudden, what was Li Hongzhang afraid of? What I am most afraid of is that Xuan Yuemeng really gets together with foreigners, Li Hongzhang knows that Xuan Yuemeng has been developing through foreigners, but Xuan Yuemeng is resistant to foreigners in his bones, which is also an aspect that Li Hongzhang has always been more comfortable with Xuan Yuemeng, as long as Xuan Yuemeng is not sincere to get together with foreigners, there is always a possibility of saving, "What name did he change?" Isn't his name Xuan Yuemeng, the word Yutang? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai took out a newspaper, "This is the latest Huacui Evening News, and the headline on it is that Xuan Yuemeng, President of Huaguo, has changed his name to Xuan Feiyang, the word Yuemeng." ”

Li Hongzhang snorted coldly, "Change the name, change the name, Feiyang, Feiyang, I see how long he can fly, you just said that he is in contact with foreigners, is there any news?" ”

Sheng Xuanhuai nodded and said: "This news can't be wrong, originally, Xuan Yuemeng refused the mediation of the British Minister Wei Tuma and the French Minister Luo Shuya, and even Zeng Jize didn't give Zeng Jize face, but this time the news was sent, when the three of them were going back to Tianjin, the people sent by Xuan Yuemeng invited Wei Tuma and Luo Shuya back. ”

"What about Zeng Jize? Didn't you ask Zeng Jize to go back with you? Li Hongzhang asked nervously. If Xuan Yuemeng really plans to deal with the Qing Dynasty with the foreigners, the fall of the Qing Dynasty can be calculated in days, not years! Li Hongzhang knows this better than anyone else.

As long as Xuan Yuemeng controls the taxes in Jiangnan, the Qing court has almost no financial revenue, except for Zhejiang and Guangdong, the other provinces are basically flat, most of the losses, a small amount of slight surplus is also very limited, in the overall view, the overall is negative, therefore, without Zhejiang and Guangdong, the Qing court can't fight if it wants to fight.

A soldier is ten taels of silver, 100,000 soldiers is one million taels, with the combat effectiveness shown by Xuan Yuemeng's Chinese army, the Qing court wants to compete with Xuan Yuemeng on the frontal battlefield, at least 500,000 troops, this time it is five million taels of Qing official silver, there is no Guangdong and Zhejiang, and now even Shanghai and Nanjing have been lost, there are no tariffs, and the Qing court has been pulled down by the pillar.

Li Hongzhang kept wiping his sweat, and Sheng Xuanhuai kept wiping his sweat.

"It is said that Zeng Jize didn't go, he came back, Xuan Yuemeng personally wrote to save Zeng Jize and asked Zeng Jize to take the whole family to him, Zeng Jize refused, and then came back by himself." Sheng Xuanhuai replied.

Li Hongzhang sat down heavily, "This is the end!" It's over! The Qing Dynasty is dying! ”

Sheng Xuanhuai was taken aback, "Lord Zhongtang, isn't it?" Now Xuan Yuemeng's territory is similar to that of the bandits at the beginning, didn't we win in the end? Zhili and the Northeast, as well as more than 30,000 elite people of our Huai Army. ”

"Confused, you confused!" Li Hongzhang glanced at Sheng Xuanhuai, "What about the money?" Huai Jun is not human, huh? If you can't get the silver, who will fight for you in vain, even if it is the old man's children, you still need silver, otherwise, killing the old man and making a mutiny are common, you look at the late Tang Dynasty, those festivals make you want to kill, kill and change a person to lead the troops, and if you can't get the money, you will change people again! In the final analysis, to manage the troops is to manage the money, without money, not a single soldier can be transferred, and without the tariffs in the south, where can I get money? There is no money, no soldiers, and even ammunition can't be bought, if Xuan Yuemeng hits Zhili, do you say that the Great Qing Kingdom is going to die? ”

Sheng Xuanhuai was shocked, "Not really, right?" Jiangsu, Shandong, can still be prevented, right? Besides, Zhili, we can always keep it, we really can't stand it, so many princes and ministers, can't we raise money? ”

Li Hongzhang stood up angrily, "You are still a businessman, raising money?" If the state can't come up with the money, do you expect the princes and ministers to come out with the money? Yes, the old man can take a million taels alone, which is not a problem, but if the old man takes it, can you expect others to come up with the money? Look at the end of the Ming Dynasty, will the ministers under Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen have no money? At that time, there were more than 50,000 Guanning iron cavalry, which was the elite of the Ming army, which was higher than the status of the Huai army in the imperial court soldiers and horses, and its role was greater, but what? There is no opening fee, people just don't come to King Qin, and watch Chongzhen hang himself! Didn't Chongzhen raise money? Princes and ministers, each person took out one hundred taels or two hundred taels of silver, it is simply a big joke, do you know how much silver you spend a day to fight a war? 100,000 soldiers and horses, the cost of a day is not less than 100,000 taels, 500,000 soldiers and horses a day is 500,000 taels, this is not counting the opening fee, if this battle is fought for a year, it is 200 million taels of official silver, where do you go to raise money? To fight a war, you still need the treasury of the imperial court to be able to get money! ”

Sheng Xuan couldn't wipe his sweat and nodded uncontrollably, "Then let's say so, now it depends on how Xuan Yuemeng talks to foreigners, I think this Xuan Yuemeng is still very hateful to foreigners, didn't he just have a big fight with the British?" The matter in Taiwan is not over yet. At least Xuan Yuemeng will not agree with foreigners to continue selling opium, as long as Xuan Yuemeng does not agree with foreigners selling opium, they will not be able to negotiate, foreigners will ask for money, Xuan Yuemeng is a stingy ghost. ”

Li Hongzhang stood up, "I hope it's the same as what you said, and I can only hold on to such a little hope, Xuan Yuemeng will never agree to foreigners selling opium, when he was in Tianjin, he also proposed to the old man to quit smoking." ”

Li Hongzhang is worried here, why is the Empress Dowager Cixi not worried.

The warm pavilion is lifeless, and today the Empress Dowager Cixi did not sing as usual, listen to the opera, tease the birds, and tease the dogs.

The Empress Dowager Cixi has been sitting for a long time, and the newspaper next to her is the same as the newspaper Li Hongzhang just read, both of which are Huacui Evening News.

Jie Gege had already seen it, didn't dare to speak, and quietly stayed by the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

"Xuan Yuemeng has changed her name, now it's called Xuan Feiyang, the word Yuemeng, Feiyang is domineering, this is to come to our Daqing! The days of the Qing Dynasty are numbered. Empress Dowager Cixi sighed.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Cixi spoke first, Jie Gege looked at Li Lianying, Li Lianying lowered her head and did not dare to answer, Jie Gege had to bite the bullet and said: "No matter how much trouble he makes, our territory in the Qing Dynasty is still big." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi sighed, "What's the use of having a big territory?" The richest places are under the control of China, we are all poor places, no matter how big Tibet and Xinjiang are, how much silver can we take out every year? It is not enough to reach a poor county in Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu. (To be continued.) )