Hu Chuyuan is not a person who will break his word, that night, the four million taels of silver that have been pressed in the school field were sent down, everyone has it, although Jiang Chaoying is gone, but he still got a heavy reward of 100,000 taels of silver, awarded to his parents and wife.

The rest of the people, each of them had a prize, some sailors took thousands of taels of silver in one go, and those who died in battle all had a pension of 1,000 taels to 2,000 taels of silver, and the pension of the imperial court was only a few dozen taels of silver, and everyone didn't care about it for a long time.

In a sense, from now on, except for Hu Chuyuan, there will be no second person who can mobilize this fleet.

In a very short time, the news of the victory in the Battle of Mawei spread to Beijing and the whole country, as well as to the whole world, and the whole Qing Dynasty, China and the world were shaken, and in France, this shock was especially obvious, and the arrogant Feduli cabinet was forced to step down.

The Qing court believed that this was an excellent opportunity and asked Hu Chuyuan to try his best to negotiate peace with the French and end the war, while Hu Chuyuan persuaded the Qing court through Prince Su to continue to delay, because the French could not afford to delay, and the longer it dragged on, the more favorable the negotiations would be to China.

The domestic momentum has been very hot, the Qing court watched the wind, and also decided to let Hu Chuyuan continue to drag it out, and at the same time give a heavy reward to the Fujian sailor, and also named Hu Chuyuan a third-class man, rewarded with a yellow coat and a flower feather, plus the title of senior doctor, and the law is gracious, and he is allowed to wear a poinsettia top.

Qing Zheng axe didn't know that Hu Chuyuan was like opium, knowing that it was harmful, but it was very cool to smoke after all, and it was not good to quit, Cixi could only reward as much as possible, hoping to suppress the harm, maybe it could awaken Hu Chuyuan's loyal minister's heart, and stop being a second minister.

In any case, for now, it can only be reused.

Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Naval Division spent countless amounts of silver, and there are not many ships that can go out to fight at the moment, but the Fujian Naval Division in Hu Chuyuan's hands is so strong that even the French fleet can be completely annihilated.

Not only must Hu Chuyuan be relied on in coastal defense, but now the Qing government must not rely on Hu Chuyuan's personal influence in diplomacy and negotiations.

Shortly after the victory in the Battle of Mawei, Hu Chuyuan ushered in double happiness, and his wife Wu Shuzhen gave birth safely and added a baby daughter to him.

Hu Chuyuan especially wanted to return to Shanghai, but now he is also a leader outside, and he can't leave his post without permission, which is different from the previous vacant position of the Minister of Jiangnan International Trade.

He could only sit in the big yaden of the Fujian Navy Master and worry, and he was very happy, and invited Ye Fu and others to a banquet.

Under the Luoxing Pagoda at the mouth of the Minjiang River, he also built a monument to Jiang Chaoying and other fallen soldiers, engraved everyone's name, and built an ancestral hall and a bronze statue for Jiang Chaoying alone.

The victory in the Battle of Mawei was a great stimulus to Shanghai's economy, and people can almost be sure that it ...... As long as the Fujian Navy Division is still there, the French will not want to invade Shanghai, and Shanghai's real estate industry will quickly recover.

In the financial field, Hu Chuyuan also joined hands with HSBC and Citigroup to open the door to loans to Shanghai's economy, increase loan issuance, and restore Shanghai's leading role in the Jiangnan economy.

…… Time passed quickly, and because Hu Chuyuan obviously lacked the sincerity to hold peace talks, the new French Borian cabinet decided to wait until next year, after the rainy season was over, and the army would continue to put pressure on China to force Hu Chuyuan to hold peace talks.

At the same time, the French transferred most of the Mediterranean fleet, the real main force of the navy, to Vietnam, with a total displacement of up to 127,000 tons, equivalent to 1/4 of the total strength of the French navy.

Time slowly dragged on until mid-December 1884, the French army could not wait to divide the troops into two routes, totaling more than 47,000 people, mainly to attack the eastern front supervised by Mei Qizhao, but was ambushed by Wang Debang, Yang Guangqi, and Feng Zicai, and suffered heavy damage and was forced to withdraw to Zhiling.

The French army had about 14,000 people on the western front, and they suffered heavy losses at Jiayuguan, so Liu Yongfu led the army to attack and take Xuanguang City and Fushou City, cutting off the retreat route of the French army on the western front.

On February 11, 1885, Liu Yongfu and Cen Yuying outflanked the east and west, and completely annihilated the remnants of the French army on the western front of more than 10,000 people.

On March 14, 1885, Wang Debang and Yang Guangqi shelled Chinei Pass in Zhiling, Feng Zicai made a detour to attack Zhiling, and after three fierce battles, he occupied Zhiling, killing more than 7,000 French soldiers and capturing 12,000 French soldiers.

In April 1885, Liu Yongfu moved south, occupied Hanoi, and fought all the way to Fuli, cutting off the French army's land route back to southern Vietnam.

During this period, the French political axe's Borian cabinet also stepped down, and the provisional cabinet took power, sending Norie, the former French minister to China, as the foreign minister, to personally go to Fuzhou to negotiate with Hu Chuyuan.

The negotiations were very short, and on April 27, 1885, an agreement was reached.

Hu Chuyuan agreed to this principle, on this basis, the French gave up their original privileges in China, re-signed a new "Sino-French Trade Reciprocal Treaty" with Qing Zhengaxe, and during the ten years of the treaty's validity, it provided about 6 million Qing Yuan per year in aid to China to support Chinese students studying in France.

All French concessions in China became international concessions and were no longer directly administered by the French.

In fact, these are small things and small terms, the real stake is in Vietnam, and the final negotiation results of the two sides are almost all according to Hu Chu Yuan's design, which divides Vietnam into two parts, and the area south of Vinh belongs to South Vietnam, which is directly under the Vietnamese dynasty and is also under the protection of the French.

North of Vinh belonged to North Vietnam, and the Vietnamese dynasty sent a regent to manage it under the protection of the Qing government, and the two sides agreed that the Thuan Vinh corridor from Vinh to Hue would be used as a buffer zone, and neither side was allowed to station troops in this area - of course, this was the foreshadowing of Hu Chu Yuanliu.

In addition, the demarcation of the border between Vietnam and China is mainly based on Chinese evidence, including the land in Lao Cai, Fengtu, Lang Son and Ha Long Bay, which directly belongs to the Qing government and is no longer a disputed area between the two sides.

To this end, the Chinese side agreed to make Haiphong an international public concession and allowed French and other foreign businessmen to invest and purchase land in Haiphong.

For Vietnam, this should have been a near-humiliating "Treaty of Fuzhou", but for Hu Chuyuan, it was particularly important for him.

Of course, the Qing Zheng Axe is very satisfied with this treaty, first, the Qing Zheng Axe has saved face and expanded its territory, which can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, and can be regarded as the real Guangxu Zhongxing; Second, the Qing government axe took back the privileges of France in China.

With the exception of the Vietnamese dynasty, both China and France were very fortunate and satisfied with the Treaty of Fuzhou, and even the French themselves said that Hu Chuyuan was the greatest diplomat of this era, who gave France a very decent way out, and also won the greatest rights and interests for the Qing political axe, avoiding all possibilities for the two sides to continue to fight.

Soon after the signing of the "Treaty of Fuzhou", He Jing was meritorious and promoted to the Hubu Han Shangshu and Yingwudian University Scholar, Mei Qizhaoping was transferred back to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the general of Fuzhou, Taiwan was established as a province, and Liu Mingchuan, who had meritorious service in guarding Taiwan, was appointed as the first governor of Taiwan, which was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Zeng Guoquan was transferred back to Beijing and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and then concurrently served as the governor of Shanxi.

Zuo Zongtang returned to serve as the governor of Liangjiang, Wang Debang was promoted to the governor of Guangxi for his merits, Yang Guangqi was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, Lu Kaihua was promoted to the governor of Fujian, and Ye Zuqi was officially promoted to the governor of the Fujian Navy Division.

Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Jiangsu, was transferred to the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, Liu Kunyi was transferred south and served as the governor of Liangguang, Zhang Zhidong was appointed as the governor and governor of Shandong, and Rong Lu was stained with the light of Prince Su's active resistance to France.

Hu Chuyuan accumulated merit, was promoted to a first-class male and a cloud cavalry lieutenant, and continued to serve as the full supervision of Jiangnan shipbuilding affairs and the minister of trade, with the title of second-rank, directly in charge of the shipbuilding affairs of various coastal areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and was also in charge of the coastal road, Fuzhou shipbuilding and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and assisted in the management of the Fujian Naval Division.

This time, it was Mingsheng and secretly descended, and the military power of the Fujian Navy Division was stripped from Hu Chuyuan, and only the right to assist in management was retained.

In the open and secret fighting, Hu Chuyuan barely kept Ye Bojun's naval division and land battalion, which continued to be under his direct jurisdiction, and a Fubiao battalion could also be placed around him, with an establishment of three or four thousand people.

Although the final result could not make Hu Chuyuan satisfied, he did not continue to hold the Manchu Qing Dynasty to all the demands that he had to agree to, and now it was not time to turn his face, he was not in a hurry, there were many opportunities after all.

What's more, the military power of the Fujian Navy Division is placed in Mei Qizhao, which is also the biggest compromise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is actually no different from putting it in his hands, because it will always be his territory, Mei Qizhao will not ask and intervene at all, and will only connive at him to secretly and firmly control the Fujian Navy Division.

In June 1885, Hu Chuyuan played a concert and suggested that the imperial court change the Fujian Navy Division to the East China Sea Division, and the garrison camp was changed to Luoyuan Bay, with three battalions in Fuzhou, Ningbo and Keelung, each under the jurisdiction of a naval division.

The three major naval divisions of Beiyang, Nanyang and Donghai are the important coastal defense of the Qing Dynasty, and each allocates 3 million yuan each year, and the remaining funds are insufficient to be supplemented and raised by the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhili and Guangzhou.

In July 1885, after three court discussions, the Qing government finally agreed to the play.

Since then, except for the Yangtze River Naval Division, which is still obliged to assist in the defense of Shanghai, the provincial naval divisions are no longer responsible for coastal defense affairs, nor can they increase military salaries in the name of coastal defense.

Suddenly, Mei Qizhao became the most powerful governor of the Qing Dynasty, not only in charge of the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Taiwan, with seven battalions of the Jiangxi army, but also the East China Sea Division, which is currently ranked first in Asia.

Of course, the Qing court was very relieved of Mei Qizhao, otherwise it would not have stripped the East China Sea Fleet from Hu Chuyuan and handed it over to Mei Qizhao.

The Qing court also knew that the relationship between Mei Qizhao and Hu Chuyuan was very good, and it was precisely because of this relationship that Mei Qizhao could gain control of the East China Sea Fleet and weaken Hu Chuyuan through Mei Qizhao.

Just when the Qing court was constantly adjusting its personnel arrangements and balancing the political and military forces of the Hunan, Huai, Min, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou departments in China, another war took place in Nanyang Borneo, and it was a war with a very far-reaching impact.

The war had been fought since the beginning of 1884, and it was only because of the greater scale and impact of the Sino-French war that it went unnoticed.

This was the Shahol War.

(To be continued)