After everyone arrived, Zhang Wei first handed over Wu Wenbin's telegram to everyone to pass it on. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After reading the telegram, Zhang Wei asked them to express their personal opinions.

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, this is a good thing, I didn't expect Wu Wenbin to progress so quickly, beyond our expectations; As for the purchase of the territory of the Great Qing Kingdom, I think it is feasible, we are solving the suffering for the Great Qing Kingdom, and the system will be smoothly promoted to the imperial level. “

Li Zhaoshui also supported the matter on the telegram, and said: "Your Majesty, it is very beneficial for us to buy these lands, and after accepting these compensations, we can not repay the debts, if anyone wants, then let them send warships, the Imperial Navy has not been afraid of anyone." ”

The head of the military office of the palace interjected: "The empire is not afraid of anyone, I invited you here, Your Majesty means to know what will happen if we don't pay our debts, and now countries have not paid attention to the sovereignty of territory and territorial waters, if they awaken their sense of sovereignty, how will the empire respond." ”

Zhang Wei said: "The territory that is going to be purchased is around the Qing Dynasty, and now they do not attach importance to territorial sovereignty and national defense awareness, and it will be difficult to do so when they wake up." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, when the time comes, we will sell it to them, and agree on the compensation plan for the interest and our infrastructure costs, as long as we occupy these places for more than 20 years, we will be cost-effective." ”

"Also, I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform Wu Wenbin to take a look at Yuan Shikai's attitude first, and I hope that there will be no contradictions at that time."

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, it is not Yuan Shikai who is in power yet, so there is no need to worry too much, his opinion is for reference only." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shikai may agree with this opinion, so that they only occupy rich land, and there is no burden on these poor areas around them, there is no external threat, and they can concentrate on developing their own strength, why not do it?" “

"Isn't everyone afraid of being besieged by Britain, France, the United States, and Russia?"

Lu Weimin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, after being promoted to the imperial level, it is possible to unlock the Air Force, but if you don't unlock the Air Force, now you can blow them up stupidly just by relying on an airship, what are you afraid of?" “

"Well, since everyone is so confident, the General Staff will first come up with a plan for the intervention of these four countries, and at the same time arrange how to defend the purchased territory, and also come up with corresponding measures. Wait for the news of Yuan Shikai before making a final decision. “

Lu Weimin said: "Yes, Your Majesty! “

After receiving Hua Guoqiang's telegram, Wu Wenbin immediately sent a staff member of the embassy to Baoding to meet Yuan Shikai after putting on makeup, and asked him to send someone to discuss important matters.

Yuan Shikai still sent his staff Zhou Xuexi to meet with Wu Wenbin secretly. Zhou Xuexi and Wu Wenbin have met many times and are already very familiar.

Wu Wenbin told Zhou Xuexi that the Qing Dynasty was ready to sell the frontier land to the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire would be responsible for protecting the security around the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the rich provinces of the Central Plains.

After learning all the information, Zhou Xuexi immediately returned to Baoding and promised to urge Governor Yuan to give feedback as soon as possible.

After Yuan Shikai got the news, combined with the information sent by Wu Wenbin last time, although he was reluctant to sell this huge territory, he felt that the Qing government did nothing wrong, and no one had a way to solve the current crisis.

Leaving only a rich land, get rid of all the burdens, you can concentrate on developing the military, and expel all foreign forces, anyway, the border area is guarded by the Xia Empire, but he still wants to hear the opinions of others, so he sent someone to find Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang and discuss this matter with Zhou Xuexi.

First of all, Zhou Xuexi introduced to the two of them the moves of Britain, France, the United States and Russia, not only supporting the alliance to form an army, but also allowing Russia to occupy Xinjiang, supporting the Hui in Gansu and the Mongols in Outer Mongolia to declare independence, France is ready to support the independence of ethnic minorities in Guangxi, Britain is ready to directly occupy Yunnan, support the ethnic minorities in Guizhou to declare independence, and support Tibet to declare independence and statehood, help them occupy Xining, threaten the Central Plains, and unite the border ethnic groups around the Qing Dynasty, and also connect them geographically.

Now, the Great Qing State is ready to sell all the frontier areas to the Xia Empire, and the price is that the Xia Empire will bear the unpaid compensation of the Great Qing State.

After Zhou Xuexi's words were finished, both of them fell into deep thought, even if it is a barren land, it is a land, and no one wants to sell the land; However, judging from the current situation, the Great Qing State could not withstand the attacks of Britain, France, the United States and Russia no matter what, so it was better to sell it and let the Xia Empire resist, leave a rich land, and develop its military strength; Everyone understands the truth, but no one is reconciled.

Yuan Shikai said a little angrily: "I asked you to tell you your opinion, you have become a stuffy gourd, what do you mean?" “

Wang Shizhen said: "Lord Yuan, what do you want us to say?" Is this something we can decide? If we don't sell these places and let the Xia Empire defend them, can we resist Britain, France, the United States and Russia? “

Feng Guozhang also said: "Your Excellency, although you are not willing to sell these lands like this, but this is also beneficial, it is conducive to our actions, and we can occupy the whole country with fewer troops, and they are all rich lands; Without the burden of remote and impoverished places and the burden of reparations, we can move forward. “

Wang Shizhen said: "Lord Yuan, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and now this situation can only be like this, let's step up military training and overthrow the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible; Without a strong strength as a guarantee, everything is in vain. “

Feng Guozhang continued: "Lord Yuan, this is the best way for the Great Qing Kingdom to deal with it like this, if we let the alliance develop, then it will be more difficult for us to rise in the future; And it is difficult for us to prevent the independence of the various ethnic groups in the frontier, rather than letting those places become independent, it is better to sell them to the Xia Empire, at least the price is not low; In addition, if Russia intends to occupy Xinjiang, can we stop it? It was the troops that were able to defeat the army of the Russian Empire, and just the logistics dragged the Qing State to death. “

Zhou Xuexi said: "Lord Yuan, what the two of them said is right, in the future, we will seize the power of the whole country, without the support of the Xia Empire, it will be difficult to unify the whole country, not to mention that there are still Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries behind the scenes, we have no strength to stop it at all, and the current strategy of the Qing Dynasty is the most ideal way." “

Yuan Shikai let out a long sigh and said lightly: "It seems that this can only be the case, you go and reply to Ambassador Wu, just say that we will accept any agreement they sign with the Great Qing Kingdom." Yuan Shikai didn't want the Qing Kingdom to sell these lands in his heart, but he had no better solution now and could only accept this reality.

"Yes, Lord Yuan!" (To be continued.) )