Tianjin Governor's Mansion, the moonlight is hazy, Li Hongzhang's study, Li Hongzhang with a melancholy face keeps walking back and forth in the study, and on his desk, there is still a telegram, this telegram, received this afternoon, sent by the Beijing Premier Yamen, the content of the above is that the imperial court has agreed to Japan to obtain two ironclad ships, and asked Li Hongzhang to strictly order the Fujian and Guangdong sailors not to stop.

Blocking, the Guangdong Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division are both old-fashioned warships, even if the Guangdong Navy Division has the two cruisers Guangbing and Pingyuan presented by Liu Jun, can they let the two cruisers fight against the Japanese ironclad ships, if this is the case, then either he is crazy or his brother is crazy.

He understood very well that it was false for him to notify the two sailors, and it was true to bypass the Beiyang Sailors who notified Liu Jun by himself, after all, those who could fight against these two ironclad ships, except for the Beiyang Sailors, the Great Qing Kingdom would not be able to find the second one.

"My lord, now that the imperial court has agreed to Japan to obtain two ironclad ships, this shows that it is already starting to deal with Liu Jun. How should we do that? Yang Shixiang, who had been beside him, looked at Li Hongzhang who was walking back and forth, and he was also puzzled in his heart.

Just yesterday, I discussed with Li Hongzhang that if the imperial court agrees, it will prove that the imperial court disregards the national righteousness for some of its own interests, and there is really no way to save it.

Now, everything is as the two expected, and the imperial court actually agrees that Japan will obtain ironclad ships. It's incomprehensible.

"The imperial court originally had Prince Gong, and he could still carry this great Qing Kingdom, but Prince Gong can't see through this layer now, and the imperial court is over." Li Hongzhang made the final decision, and Yang Shixiang knew that Li Hongzhang finally made the decision to start breaking away from the imperial court and moving closer to Liaodong.

The matter has been resolved, Yang Shixiang took a step forward again, after all, he has not publicly left the imperial court yet: "My lord, do you want to inform Liu Jun?" ”

Li Hongzhang knew that Yang Shixiang was asking him to inform Liu Jun so that Liu Jun could be prepared.

Bowing his head and pondering for a while, Li Hongzhang was fascinated by his eyes for a while: "Tell him that now that Japan will get the ironclad ship, it is a foregone conclusion, let him endure it for the time being, continue to strength, and let him do bigger things." ”

Something bigger? Yang Shixiang raised his head suspiciously, and found that Li Hongzhang actually looked at the map of the Great Qing Kingdom, and immediately understood what Li Hongzhang meant, and smiled slightly, Yang Shixiang went out, took advantage of the dark night to come to the telegraph office, and used the secret telegram to start sending a telegram to Liu Jun.

Yang Shixiang is not as obscure as Li Hongzhang, after all, it is too obscure, and Liu Jun can't understand it at all, so if his telegram is intercepted by the imperial court, then the charge of rebellion is indispensable.

Lushun, Liu Jun, who had not yet lay down, was suddenly called by Zhong Lin outside the door, and shook his head helplessly, Liu Jun, who was about to rest, could only get dressed and open the door with the help of Zheng Yiqian.

"What's wrong?" Blocking in front of the door, Liu Jun asked lightly, after all, Zheng Yiqian was still wearing clothes inside. After Zheng Yiqian got dressed, Liu Jun dodged away and let Zhong Lin in.

"Head, Tianjin Secret Electricity." As soon as Zhong Lin entered the room, he immediately sat down on a chair and began to take out the message.

It's just a secret telegram from Tianjin, and there's nothing to make a fuss about. Liu Jun sat on the chair, picked up the teacup, and took a sip helplessly.

"Is it the matter of the imperial court agreeing to Japan to get two battleships?"

"Head, how do you know?" Zhong Lin's eyes widened. You know, he just got the news.

Looking at Zhong Lin's doubtful sunshine, Wu Hao pointed to Zheng Yiqian, who was sitting next to him: "You have been with me for so many years, what your sister-in-law can know, you don't know." ”

Indeed, Zheng Yiqian did know that in order to let Japan contain its own power, the imperial court would inevitably let Japan obtain these two battleships to fight against its own sailors.

"Head, Japan got two battleships, this is an ironclad thing. I'm going to show you the telegram from the back, which puzzles me. What does this mean, it seems that they want us to rebel? ”

What? Liu Jun almost bit off his tongue, and immediately put the teacup on the table, snatched the telegram from Zhong Lin's hand, and looked at it carefully.

It's really like this, although there is literally no word of rebellion, but one of the sentences is very clear, if there is a dispatch, it will be directly under its jurisdiction.

This is clearly said, if you want to rebel, Zhili will directly become your territory.

, the old man is completely chilled by the imperial court? Liu Jun looked at the telegram in a daze.

Zheng Yiqian, who was next to her, saw Liu Jun's, walked over and took the telegram and looked at it, and immediately said in surprise: "Look at the above meaning, the old man has lost confidence in the imperial court and wants to hand over the power of Zhili to you, husband, what do you do?" ”

Zheng Yiqian deals with things, everything is from Liu Jun's point of view, how to make Liu Jun get the most benefits, she will prove it, and now when she sees this telegram, she can see that Zhili will have to change her surname to Liu from now on.

"Head, it's the other way around." Seeing that Liu Jun didn't speak for a long time, Zhong Lin suddenly stood up and looked at Liu Jun excitedly.

On the contrary, when he heard Zhong Lin's words, he raised his eyes and looked at Zheng Yiqian, who was also full of expectations, and Liu Jun smiled slightly in his heart.

He knew that as long as he gave the order. Shanhaiguan and the two corps of Outer Mongolia could launch an attack on the imperial court in one day. Then quickly move south, northeast, north, and besiege Beijing on both sides.

"On the other hand, give me a reason?" Liu Jun looked at the two of them, lightly picked up the tea, and blew the tea powder on it.

"Head, what's the reason, what has the imperial court done over the years, and now the Japanese have obtained two battleships. That's betraying the country, you told me. Zhong Lin said the reason after chattering, and he was already reminding him that this was Liu Jun telling himself to know the national righteousness.

"Just because the imperial court agreed that Japan would get two battleships, just because I could go with me if I rebelled against my subordinates." Liu Jun asked lightly.

Seeing the two nodding, Liu Jun shook his head slightly, on the contrary, the time was not ripe.

Indeed, if you rebel against yourself, then Zhili, Liangguang, will definitely support yourself, and even Fujian will, the question is, what will the other local officials do, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, Liangjiang, Huguang, Fujian and Zhejiang, what do the six governors mean, whether to rebel or close the door and stand on their own. General Ili's jurisdiction, Tibet, Qinghai, and other places that have always wanted to be independent and crazy will they become independent because they attack the imperial court like Outer Mongolia.

Although the imperial court is now becoming more and more corrupt, with him, he can finally maintain this unified situation, once he intervenes halfway. Then this situation is bound to be broken.

Once the situation is broken, it will cause all-out turmoil, and the situation of warlord melee will appear, at this time, Tsarist Russia, France, and even Britain, who have always been thieves, will pounce like hungry wolves and vigorously support their own forces, and at that time, the country will be even more difficult to control.

It's not that the imperial court doesn't know how to train the new army to deal with itself, but for the sake of the overall situation, he can't bear it. Now it's not too hasty to rebel just because Naoli is already close to him.

Liu Jun woke up the two of them with a word, and Zheng Yiqian and Zhong Lin both deeply realized that they were indeed too hasty.

"Head, are we going to keep going like this? Haven't been reversed? Zhong Lin asked this question again.

Liu Jun smiled slightly: "Yes, I didn't say no, it's just that the time is not ripe, besides, the court has not done anything out of the ordinary." When he really goes too far and doesn't care about the people, I will take action, even if it causes a warlord scuffle, I will use force to unify the whole country. ”

Well, with this, Zhong Lin can be relieved. After thinking about it for a moment, Zhong Lin lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "What should Japan do with the battleships purchased from Britain, do you want to let Li He intercept it halfway and sink it." ”

Zhong Lin knew very well that the armor of these two battleships had far surpassed that of Dingyuan Zhenyuan, and even in terms of firepower, it was also a fight with the modified Zhenyuan Dingyuan. If these two battleships are not removed, sooner or later they will be a scourge.

Liu Jun watched Zhong Lin make a gesture to kill him, and shook his head slightly: "These two warships, it's not a matter of minutes when you want to sink them."

"Forget it, give the court a face, and let them pass."