Regarding the upcoming marriage of the princess of the Qing Kingdom as the queen, Li Xi was always a little uneasy. Although the emperor said that as long as he does not abolish the son, then Li Kun is the ironclad future king of Joseon. But Li Xi did not have this confidence.

With the princess of the Qing Kingdom becoming the queen of Joseon, there will definitely be the power of the Qing Kingdom in the court of Joseon. First his father and then his wife, as the king of Joseon, Yi Hee did not really master Korea for a day. No matter how weak a man is, he still has the right to **, and he doesn't want to be used as a puppet by the Qing king. Besides, once the queen has an heir, who dares to guarantee that the queen of the Qing Kingdom will not attack his only son for the sake of his son ascending to the throne. Maybe it will be the will of the emperor himself. Therefore, Li Xi decided that for the sake of Li Kun and for the sake of North Korea, he must not conceive an heir for the princess of the Qing Kingdom.

Early the next morning, Li Xi said goodbye to the three Qing generals who were sore but satisfied, and said with a smile that he would come often when he was free. Liu Shengxiu's 7th Division was also supposed to be moved to Pyongyang, but it was left behind by Li Xi on the pretext that Seoul was initially decided and the Qing army needed to assist in the defense.

Either die in silence or explode in silence. Li Xi, who had been silent for many years, still broke out because he didn't die. On the day of bidding farewell to the Qing army, Li Xi locked the whole city. Kim Ok-kyun, Yu Yoon-jung, Hong Young-sik, Park Yong-hyo and other Kaihwa people led by his father, Daewon-kun, were locked up and executed on the same day on the charge of colluding with Japan to subvert the country. And his father, Li Yuying, the monarch of the compound, was forcibly taken out of his home and placed under house arrest in the inner palace. His name never appeared again in the history of North Korea until he died of depression.

And that's not all. The whole of Korea was already in chaos under Japanese rule, especially in the south of Korea. Those appointed by the Japanese left one after another, leading to frequent riots in various parts of the country that had lost their control. On the one hand, Li Xi selected people from the existing officials to serve as locals. On the one hand, he appealed to the Qing State for help and requested the assistance of some officials sent by the Qing State in an attempt to restore the situation in Korea as soon as possible.

Liu Shengxiu ended up staying in Seoul only because Li Xi ordered the confiscation of all Japanese property and the expulsion of all Japanese from the country. He proved the loyalty of the DPRK to the country with his practical actions. Therefore, Guangxu had to order Liu Shengxiu to temporarily stay in Seoul, because at this time, it was necessary to have a Qing force as a deterrent, so that Li Xi could let go of his hands and feet to deal with Japan. Regarding the questioning from Japan, Li Xi also learned from Guangxu's appearance, but he was gone.

Meantime. Guangxu issued an edict to Korea, but did not mention anything about Japan. In the instructions sent to Li Xi and Liu Shengti, it was repeatedly emphasized that while the Seventh Division was stationed in Seoul, it would do its utmost to help the DPRK train the DPRK army according to the Qing military system. Due to the relationship between the clan and the vassal, the Qing Dynasty provided some guns and ammunition. As soon as the situation in Korea stabilizes, the 7th Division should return to Pyongyang as soon as possible. In another letter to Li Xi, it was specifically stated that although the Qing Dynasty was the suzerainty of Korea, the capital of the vassal state garrisoned by the suzerainty was not in accordance with the etiquette system. What no one knows. Seeing this will, Li Xi hugged Li Kun and cried for a night.

Yama Prefecture has learned of the changes in North Korea. A long sigh. Ri Hee's actions turned Japan's years of hard work in Korea to ashes. I had to order the mobilization of cargo ships, which were already small in the country, to pick up the military and civilians in North Korea as soon as possible.

After Guangxu learned about it, he couldn't help but sigh. Speaking of decisiveness, Li Xi is still stronger than me.

"The emperor is kind-hearted, and he is really a generation of heroes. It's just that I, the Qing Dynasty, have paid a lot for North Korea, so is it inappropriate to give up North Korea? Li Hongzhang was a little depressed, but after the work was done, he gave it to others, which was too much of a loss.

Ha ha. Guangxu smiled: "Whether it is the British lord or not is still left to future generations to comment, but it is really not a benevolent house." There must be a war between Qing and Japan. In the event of the defeat of our navy, Korea will become the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese land war. At that time, let the Koreans take the lead, and the more Koreans die, the better it will be for our Qing Dynasty. Of course, we know it, but don't talk about it. In addition, the imperial court should introduce some policies to encourage Chinese to work and live in Korea, so as to fill the vacancy after the departure of the Japanese. I also want Liu Shengxiu to train the North Korean army as soon as possible, and the lives of our Qing people are more precious than the North Koreans. ”

"If you want to take the lead, the emperor has mastered the true meaning. There was a batch of firearms seized by the Russians before, but because they were not in line with our army's system, they could only be placed in warehouses, and the old minister informed the DPRK to send someone to pick them up. Give them guns for nothing, and you can't let us take the freight. The emperor can rest assured that the old minister will be able to do it properly. ”

"You Lao Li is doing things, I am naturally relieved. Where is Nie Shicheng's Sixth Division? ”

"I have passed the Shanhaiguan, and I can enter the Fengtai camp tonight."

"In this war against Japan and Russia, Nie Shicheng didn't fight a battle, but he was holding back the fire in his belly. Then tell him that I want him to go to Ganshan and arrest Dong Fuxiang. Along the way, gather the remnants of the army and stabilize the place. Clearly explain to him how many qualified soldiers he can train for the imperial court, and I will make him an official. ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... It's not right. Nie Shicheng has been with the old minister for a long time, and his ability is still clear to the old minister. If Nie Shicheng trained ten divisions......"

"Then I will make him the commander of the Northwest Military Region." Guangxu interrupted Li Hongzhang's words and made Li Hongzhang shocked.

The emperor didn't promise, but this time Guangxu did. Dong Fuxiang is very good, as soon as he heard that the emperor led troops into the customs, the first thing he did was to run back to Ganshan. And it turned out that he was wise, as soon as Guangxu returned to Beijing, he not only shelled the capital, but also washed away the Queen Mother's party on the same day. But Dong Fuxiang, who fled back in advance, was frightened, and could only secretly gather strength to deal with Guangxu's future revenge.

In the current Qing Dynasty, the Northeast, Zhili, and Liangjiang are naturally in charge of Guangxu's henchmen. The Huguang area of the granary of the Qing Dynasty was Zhang Zhidong's henchman, and Zhang Zhidong served as the governor of Zhili, and he was also reused by the emperor. Therefore, as long as Zhang Zhidong is alive, Huguang will not be able to make trouble. The most in Liangguang are businessmen, and Guangxu's series of new policies are all for opening up business, so these businessmen are grateful to Dade, plus Liu Yongfu, the chief soldier of Liangguang, is in charge of the army, and Liangguang is also stable. Needless to say, in the land of Yunnan, Guichuan, the governor Zhao Erxun and the general soldier Zhao Erfeng brothers are even more Guangxu horses. Although Guangxu in Fujian and Zhejiang has not had time to intervene, it is located in the two rivers and two Guangzhou. And Taiwan, on the other side of the sea, is the son-in-law of the prime minister, and he doesn't dare to mess up even if he wants to. Only this Gan Shaanxi disobeyed the will of the imperial court, so Guangxu was still grateful to Dong Fuxiang from the bottom of his heart. It was precisely because he ran back to Ganshan that he gave Guangxu an excuse to enter the army.

All the officers and men of the Sixth Division, who did not catch the battle, could only watch as other troops were rewarded with officers, and they thought that from the emperor to the military department, they were partial. The Sixth Division, which was holding its breath, received the order to enter the Fengtai camp and received the order to march into Ganshan, and the Sixth Division marched south from Vladivostok all the way to the capital, but the fatigue was swept away, and the excitement from Nie Shicheng to ordinary soldiers was like a chicken blood. The whole division ate in the Fengtai camp and slept for one day and one night, without resting. With the supplies from the 1st Division, those who screamed and slaughtered to Ganshan. At the same time, the military subordinates issued a document. **The division marched into Wuchang. The second division marched into Hohhot, and the situation of Ganshan was in the trap. Dong Fuxiang, who knew that he was invincible, arranged a retreat to Xinjiang on the one hand and against the enemy on the other. I don't know, he did this in line with Guangxu's intentions.

Xinjiang. This was placed under the jurisdiction of the Protectorate of the Western Han Regions in the Han Dynasty. After the Tang Wei'an Rebellion. The Central Plains Dynasty lost this area. The Ming Dynasty was not able to really recover it until the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. Even so, when Kangxi conquered this land, it was ridiculous that he thought it was a newly occupied territory, so it was named Xinjiang.

Guangxu wanted to force Dong Fuxiang to Xinjiang, and only in this way could the imperial court enter Xinjiang openly. This is also the reason why Guangxu promised Nie Shicheng, as Guangxu said to Li Hongzhang: Jebtsundanba Hutuketu's attempt to use the power of the Russians to seek to tear the land and become the king is obvious. The imperial court could not enter Mongolia for the time being because of Russia's consideration, but it could not just let him go. This time it is to borrow Dong Fuxiang's matter. When Dong Fuxiang was forced into Xinjiang, it also allowed the imperial court to regain control of Xinjiang, and at the same time formed a three-bread clamp against Mongolia, which could strike a fatal blow to Mongolia if necessary. Russia is too big, it is like a knife hanging over China's head, it cannot solve this threat, and China will be constrained by Russia in the future. Mongolia is Russia's soft underbelly, and the first thing to deal with Russia is to recover Mongolia, and before recovering Mongolia, it is to recover Xinjiang. As for Japan, that was a matter for the navy, and the focus of the army was on the north.

On the one hand, Li Hongzhang lamented the emperor's generosity, and on the other hand, he also asked the emperor to summon the princes of Inner Mongolia to enter Beijing. Before the imperial court moves the knife to Outer Mongolia, it is necessary to settle Inner Mongolia first. As a Han Li Hongzhang, it is not easy to come forward to handle it, for the great cause of the imperial court, Prince Gong Yi, who has been dismissed. took the initiative to take over the appointment of the imperial court and began to deal with the pacification of Inner Mongolia.

Blessings are unparalleled. Just when Guangxu was showing his strength in China, discordant voices came from distant Britain. Britain announced that it would resell the two battleships ordered by Qing in Britain to Japan, and returned Qing Guo's order money to Qing Guo on the same day. Even though Guangxu and the courtiers, who were prepared, still jumped to their feet angrily and scolded, they worked together to step up the reserves of various supplies for the navy.

As soon as the British news was announced, world public opinion was in an uproar. The Qing also changed from a world buyer of gold to a place with war clouds, which also allowed suppliers from all over the world to speed up the pace of sending supplies to the Qing country.

Fortunately, this time there is no disaster. Just after Britain, Germany announced that it would speed up the construction of warships ordered by the Qing State and would definitely complete the final work by the end of the year. The two warships, which were built at the same time as the Qing state's order for warships, were also ordered to be completed before Britain delivered the Japanese warships, and its intention to resell the Qing state was obvious. On the one hand, Germany urged the Qing State to send people to receive warships as soon as possible, and on the other hand, it once again announced that the German Far East Fleet had changed its guards, and on the same day that the warships carrying mortars and grenades departed from Arthur, two of the latest heavy cruisers sailed from Wilhelmshaven to the Far East.

"Your Majesty, McKinson has revised the drawings according to the experimental data of the Huludao, the four docks of the Huludao Shipyard have also completed the fully enclosed transformation, and the Fengtian Steel Mill has begun to cut the steel plates of the new warship. However, according to the estimates of McKinson and the shipyard, the construction of four warships at the same time, even if all the shipbuilding forces of the Qing Dynasty have been mobilized, it will take at least a year to build these four warships, and everything is going well. In the conference room of the General Staff Headquarters, Wang Shizhen reported to Guangxu on the progress of the new warship.

"That means that the war against Japan is impossible next year?"

"Back to the emperor, yes." Deng Shichang took over and said: "Even if the warship is built, it still needs to go through sea trials. It also has to go through a period of training to familiarize the officers and sailors with the warship before they can be put on the battlefield. According to the Admiralty, these four warships will not be able to enter combat until April of the following year. Unless Germany could deliver the other two battleships before British delivery, the Admiralty agreed that war against Japan could not be waged next year. ”

"The General Staff Headquarters has asked the German Admiralty, and judging from the current construction of the other two German ships, it is estimated that they will not be able to be delivered by then."

"Originally, I wanted to launch an attack at a time when the Japanese Navy was most tired of returning home from a long distance. Since the conditions do not allow it, it would be better to let Japan be proud for another year. In the year after that, Japan will need to be completely resolved. Only in this way can we go south with confidence and compete with Britain and France. But don't let them all sit idle until then. ”

In fact, Guangxu has already begun to prepare to go south. The pioneers of the Nanyang Branch of the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Great Qing Dynasty have all taken action, and at this time, in the northwest waters of the Diaoyu Islands, the Pacific Fleet of the Great Qing Dynasty is slowly advancing towards the Diaoyu Islands at a cruising speed. (To be continued......) u