"No, no, Your Majesty, I don't mean that, although I hope that the friendship between our two countries can ask us to solve the problem of land resources together, but it may not be the time yet, first of all, the 2.6 million regular army of Tsarist Russia is not dry, and the Sino-German combined fleet in the Far East is not formed, at present, there are only two battleships in the Qing Dynasty, and the other four are built in your country, and we are not very clear about the deployment of Russian troops, where should the Qing Dynasty attack to entangle the opponent's main force, We don't know anything about this...... With all due respect, I am still skeptical about whether Germany will be able to defeat France quickly, and if the war is dragged into the rhythm of the other side, the entry of Britain, Spain, Poland, Belgium, and Italy, I am pessimistic about the prospects of the war."

Wilhelm II frowned, thought for a moment and said: "You are right, I am too anxious, alas, I really didn't expect that you can be so calm and see the problem so thoroughly at such a young age."

Guan Xuqing waved his hand slightly and said: "We have a proverb in the Qing Dynasty: Knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, now, how can we defeat the opponent if we don't know anything about the opponent?" I don't believe in luck, I only believe in strength."

"Okay, then we will agree to prove our strength to the world today, five years later," Wilhelm II picked up a bottle of whiskey, poured it into two crystal goblets, and handed one to Guan Xuqing

"No problem, in five years, the Qing Dynasty will definitely no longer be the weakest of the four countries," Guan Xuqing said, taking the cup

"Cheers"

……

After Guan Xuqing had a secret conversation with Wilhelm II in the Summer Palace, he accompanied the German concubine and Wilhelm to lunch and dinner, only to realize that this German princess really had a high nose, a unique temperament of Westerners and light blue eyes, a clear and tall figure like the sea, and delicate skin as if he could squeeze out water

"Dear brother-in-law, can you still see enough of my beautiful sister after last night?" Wilhelm II teased

"Oh, hehe, who made the princess so beautiful, I never get tired of looking at it" It turned out to be William's own sister of the same father and mother, so this princess is also a British-German mixed-race, no wonder she is so beautiful

After eating, Guan Xuqing just wanted to do something to his wife, but saw Wang Shang running over in a hurry

"Your Majesty, Lord Liang has something important to report"

Guan Xuqing shook his hand and said, "What's the matter, I'll wait until I return to the palace tomorrow, I will live in the Summer Palace today."

"Your Majesty, Lord Liang has been waiting for three hours, and he said that he was in a hurry," Wang Shang was also sweating with a sweaty face

Guan Xuqing took his eyes back from the German princess and said, "Three hours?" Do you dare to bully a minion? How long has it been since the end of the early dynasty? ”

Wang Shang hurriedly knelt on the ground in fright, and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor is angry, even if the slave has a hundred guts, he doesn't dare to bully the king, it has indeed been three hours, when Lord Liang first came, the emperor was talking secretly with the German emperor, and it was inconvenient to disturb, and then he had dinner with his mother, and the slave didn't dare to disturb now."

Guan Xuqing counted the time, it seemed that it had been quite a long time, and his tone softened a little and said: "What benefits did Liang Qi give you to repay him like this?" Let him in."

"Lord Liang said that 100,000 is urgent, and the slaves don't dare to delay, but they don't dare to receive any benefits" Wang Shang wiped his sweat and hurriedly got up and went out

After a while, Liang Qifeng came in a hurry

"The minister knocks to see the emperor, Niangniang" Liang Qi knelt on the ground

Guan Xuqing squinted his eyes and said, "Niangniang can't understand what you say, don't kneel, what's the matter?" Kept you waiting outside for three hours."

Liang Qi stood up, handed over a copy of the recital, and said: "Your Majesty, hundreds of thousands of people in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, have been displaced and grabbed food everywhere, and the local officers and soldiers have not suppressed it in time, and they are actually ...... I actually rushed to the barracks."

"What?" Guan Xuqing was stunned for a moment, and continued: "Didn't I let people open a porridge field? What else to rob? Didn't I already allocate 20 million silver dollars? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers also feel strange, the porridge field has indeed been opened, and some refugees have passed, but most of the young and strong refugees have taken advantage of the chaos to loot and actually rushed to the barracks," Liang Qi said with a frown

"Who's messing with the hell? Do they want to grab arms? Guan Xuqing asked

"The minister is here today to ask for the order of the division commander Yang Changjun, if the refugees grab the arms, can they be killed as bandits" Liang Qi finally got to the point

"If it's a refugee, it's just food, but if it's arms...... I can't kill them, I want them to live, but I can kill a few of the leaders if it's appropriate," Guan Xuqing said

"Minister's Order" Liang Qi hurriedly returned

After Liang Qi left, Guan Xuqing did not have a fishy mood, and carefully recalled what happened in Zhengzhou, according to reason, there was a big flood, and the people lost their homes and moved thousands of miles south, which was psychologically unacceptable, but the imperial court prepared food for them, and they could only go in order to survive, how could they rob like bandits along the way? Don't you have the guts to rob the barracks, do you really don't want to live?

There must be someone behind the scenes, but who would do it? What's in it for him?

Alas, it hurts when I think of these passes, I don't get tired of fighting with the enemy, the most tired thing is fighting with my own people, it's really tiring

In later generations, information spread quite quickly, and transportation was also very convenient, and the leaders of the country could immediately know anything that happened anywhere in the country, which was easy to manage, but now, they do not have this condition, and everything is known through telegrams and folds

But of course, the telegram will also have a considerable amount of water, and who will really tell you the truth? Although the Daqing Daily has developed rapidly in recent years, corruption and bribery have also begun to run rampant in the newspaper, and some reporters have accepted black money from local officials and have begun to make false reports

But now, Guan Xuqing has time, and he has to deal with the matter of those corrupt officials polluting the river embankment, and he actually instigated the people to rob the military camp? It's also too lawless

Thinking of this, Guan Xuqing hurriedly said goodbye to Wilhelm II and drove back to the palace......