"Japan is a problem in China's heart, and if we want to break Japan, we must take both internal and external measures," said Lin Yizhe, "according to the information we have received so far, if Japan is defeated by this, there should be a great chaos in three or four years, and it can be weakened at the right time, and when the navy is completed and a decisive battle with it is completed, the matter will be decided." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"How did Kunyu know that there would be chaos in Japan in three or four years?" Li Hongzhang's eyes were like torches, he looked directly at Lin Yizhe, and asked in a deep voice.

Li Hongzhang, who had dealt with the Japanese many times, had always been deeply worried about Japan after the Meiji Restoration, and when he heard Lin Yizhe say that Japan would have civil strife in the near future, he immediately asked about it.

Of course, Lin Yizhe could not tell him that he was a "person who came over" and knew the exact time of the outbreak of the future Japanese "Southwest War". So he only talked about the reasons for the possible outbreak of civil strife in Japan.

"The main reason for Japan's invasion of Taiwan this time is that its domestic samurai have no livelihood for the new government and seek to expand their colonies abroad." Lin Yizhe said, "However, I was defeated, and I was so embarrassed that there had been many rebellions in Japan before, all of which were suppressed by its new government, but the source of the rebellion was not eradicated, and when it was cornered, chaos was inevitable." ”

"I see, what a 'misfortune'! He, the Japanese, really has a good hand in calculation! Li Hongzhang said hatefully, "Now he is still chattering in Beijing, and he also said that he was instigated by the Americans, and his intentions are so poisonous!" ”

"Come and don't be rude, the foolish brother plans to take this opportunity to take revenge and go back, at least to make Japan suffer for a few years, and don't dare to underestimate my Qing Dynasty." Lin Yizhe said.

"That's very good." Li Hongzhang made Lin Yizhe more and more excited, "Japan and Russia are both China's big troubles, if they can really connect with foreign reinforcements and internal turmoil in their countries, then these two disasters can be controlled, and the country's rejuvenation is hopeful!" ”

"Exactly, Russia has always been on discord with Britain and France, and our Qing Dynasty can follow the example of Wu ......in the Spring and Autumn Period," Lin Yizhe said.

It may be that the weather is a little cool at night, Li Hongzhang remembered Lin Yizhe's previous close contacts with Britain and France, everything suddenly became insightful, and he couldn't help but tremble violently, as if he had been shocked, he raised his head, and his dark pupils stared at Lin Yizhe without blinking.

"It turns out that Kunyu has long had this idea......," Li Hongzhang's eyes revealed a faint and cold light, "In my brother's opinion, this is the Jin State that I can rely on to help, and the Chu State with which I want to use the power of the Jin State to wrestle with...... And also...... After accumulating ten years of lessons, the Yue Kingdom that swallowed Wu with 3,000 Yue Jia, which country is ...... each country, can you try to discuss it with Kunyu? ”

Hearing that Li Hongzhang was able to understand his thoughts in a few words, Lin Yizhe was amazed in his heart.

"If I take the Qing Dynasty as the country of Wu, then Japan will be the country of Yue!" Li Hongzhang said, "Russia is the state of Chu!" As for this Jin Kingdom...... It has to be the Kingdom of Great Britain! ”

Lin Yizhe's metaphor for the Spring and Autumn period is appropriate, because China has been closed to the world for too long, so that Chinese, even elites like Li Hongzhang, have only a vague idea of the general situation of the world. But if you want to talk about the Spring and Autumn Period, it is almost a common compulsory course for scholars in today's world, and it is a simple ......

Li Hongzhang's expression did not move, and he continued: "The so-called alliance with Wu to control Chu means that I want the Qing Dynasty to unite with England to control Russia!" Since the war between France and Prussia, although it has been defeated and then won, the German state that France and Prussia have turned into an inextricable feud! France, on the other hand, had an enmity with Germany, so it was natural that it would have to spread everywhere and make allies in order to reap the effect of the same hatred and hatred. And its chosen ally should be England! ”

"It is precisely that although France and England have been at enmity for many years, and Russia's foreign expansion on the European continent has also been repeatedly defeated by the hands of England, there is the intention of joining forces with Germany, so Britain and France really have the intention of joining forces to resist Russia and Germany in Europe and to contain Russia in East Asia!" Lin Yizhe nodded.

What Li Hongzhang said, although it is not said to be Quanzhong, it is not far away!

Although history has embarked on a different path at this time, it is different from what Lin Yizhe originally understood, but it can still be deduced!

"And if you want to control Russia in East Asia, the best ally is none other than my Qing Dynasty!" Li Hongzhang continued, "That's why you, Lin Kunyu, came up with such a method of 'uniting Wu to control Chu'!" ”

"It's just a vertical and horizontal technique, so I can't hide it from Brother Shaoquan!" Lin Yizhe smiled, and said with blazing eyes: "The situation today that Shicai said is similar to that of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China!" In recent years, Russia has become more and more interested in our country, and the so-called enemy of the enemy is my friend, and if the general trend is like this, our country can really form an alliance with England and France to consolidate itself! It's just that...... I'm afraid that the princes of the Dao will not have this knowledge, let alone the courage......"

"The sixth master of the court and Wen Xiang have the courage to do this, but they are just those bastards...... If not......" A strange smile suddenly appeared on Li Hongzhang's face, "I'm afraid I have to fall to the queen mother......"

"What Shicai said is just a general strategy, and there is no need to rush it now." Li Hongzhang changed his words and said to Lin Yizhe, "The most important thing is to gain a firm foothold in the Queen Mother and stand firm, so that you will not be afraid of criticism from the clear stream." ”

"Last time, you took advantage of the name of the" garden worker ", did a few major things, are all brilliant strokes, I heard the palace manager Li said, "heaven and earth a spring" has been completed, I estimate, the queen mother's longevity ceremony this year, will be held in the "heaven and earth a spring". This is a good opportunity, have you thought about taking advantage of it? Li Hongzhang asked again.

"Those who know me are Brother Quan." Lin Yizhe said with a smile, "The two things that come to mind for the time being are the telegraph and the railway. ”

"Heroes see the same thing, hehe." Li Hongzhang also stroked his palms and laughed, attracting the sideways glances of the guards not far behind him.

In modern China, there were frequent external troubles, civil strife, and the military situation was always urgent, and the construction of a telegraph transmission system that could be carried out in an instantaneous manner was undoubtedly a top priority for the Qing government, which had always been in danger. In fact, as early as 1870, the British Great Eastern Company and the Danish Great Northern Company had laid telegraph cables in China. The Great Eastern Company obtained the right to set up submarine cables in Haikou, a treaty port south of Shanghai, and set up a line from India to Hong Kong along the southern coast of China via Singapore, while the Danish Great Northern Company, whose major shareholder was the Russian royal family, set up submarine cables from Vladivostok to Shanghai and Hong Kong. By June 1871, China had effectively been incorporated into the world telegraph network. In this way, foreign countries can transmit information and issue orders in an instant in various matters such as doing business and negotiating in China, while China is still not allowed to erect telegraph lines and still rely on horses and post roads to send messages and orders. In this kind of "information warfare," the contrast between the superior and the inferior is too great.

The telegraph business was boycotted, and the biggest reason of the opposition was to "destroy Feng Shui". After the officials in the DPRK put forward a proposal to set up a telegraph, Chen Yi immediately decided in a compromise in the engineering department, "The setting of electric wires goes deep into the ground, runs through and extends in all directions, the leylines are extinct, the wind invades and irrigates the water, it is inevitable, how can the hearts of future generations be at peace?" It is said: 'Seeking loyalty and ministers will be at the gate of filial piety'. Even if the people of China are willing to ignore the ancestral tomb and listen to it to set up copper wires, Shang An hopes to respect the monarch himself? Once the gossip official who has mastered the moral system moves out the word "loyalty and filial piety", no one will dare to defend it.

At that time, the New York Times of the United States recorded that "the people of **** could not understand the working principle of the telegraph, and they thought that the foreigners had hired clever and invisible ghosts and gods to shuttle back and forth in the line to transmit information." If something unfortunate happened near the telegraph line, there would immediately be a rumor that one of the evil gods who was carrying the message had neglected his duty, had escaped from the wire, had lost his way, and had caused a misfortune, and so on. Such rumors usually cause riots, and the thugs will not hesitate to rush over and smash the machine. On one occasion, a mile-long telegraph line was destroyed overnight due to the illness of someone near the telegraph line. "The controversy over the telegram can be said to have been arguing until now.

This time Japan invaded Taiwan, and the Qing Dynasty court, which was far away in Beijing, only learned the news seven days later and reacted immediately by relying on Lin Yizhe's high-speed notification ship to carry out "ship delivery." And the normal report on Taiwan's military situation took a month to arrive in Beijing after the traditional "post delivery"! The Tongzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager Cixi were furious and decided to erect China's own telegraph line, and not long after some officials put forward a proposal to erect a telegraph line at the right time, the Qingliu still wrote a letter to oppose it, and once again sacrificed the magic weapon of the word "filial piety", so that the erection of China's telegraph made waves again!

In addition to the telegraph, the railway was even more obstructive.

Among the many new technologies facing modern China, railways are arguably the most difficult. And its trickiness is not because of how advanced the technology is and how difficult it is to lay, but because of the "big right and wrong" on the ********!

From 1867 onwards, there was a lot of debate in the imperial court over whether the railroad should be built. After some officials put forward the proposal of building a railway "for the benefit of the whole world," Li Futai, the governor of Fujian, vehemently wrote a letter to oppose it, accusing the electric wires and railways of being harmful things that "disturb the people and disturb the people and disturb customs." Moreover, the construction of railways to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the face of water is a bad thing that alarms the mountain gods and dragon kings, and will anger the gods and invite great disasters. He also believed that as long as both foreign and Chinese businessmen built railways would make "the small people miserable and forced to hang upside down," the result would be "to seize the benefits of the poor with arrogance," so not only could not agree to foreigners to build railways, but also forbade Chinese businessmen to build railways. Even the relatively open Minister of International Trade and Commerce, Chonghou, said, "The railway will do nothing good to China, but will do infinite harm." Liu Kunyi, the governor of Jiangxi, also believed that "moving to the post with China's trade" did not need railways at all.