After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea Division submitted a list of results, which should have been a complete victory, and the situation was very good.

When this report arrived at Prince Alcohol, it was inexplicably beaten back, and Lin Yongsheng and the others had to be vague about it, only saying that it was a small victory, and the main force of the army still existed, so it should not be underestimated.

At his behest, Li Hongzhang also submitted a report on the overhaul of the East China Sea Division, deliberately exaggerating the minor injuries of each ship, saying that all the minor injuries of the ships were major injuries, and that the Weihai Dockyard was well-equipped and had superb skills, but it was unable to make up for it, so it could only go to Luoyuan Bay to replace many facilities, which cost a lot of money and delayed the fighters.

Prince Yiyun is afraid of a big war, in case of a mistake, as soon as the internal clan rebounds, and then let Cixi release it, it will be a big problem.

As for Li Hongzhang, he was not only afraid of a big war, so that his Huai Army and Beiyang Naval Division would come out and lose his political capital, but also afraid that the problem of Weihai Dockyard would be exposed, so Weng Tongyi seized the opportunity to check his old accounts of embezzlement of public funds.

It is easy to deceive Emperor Guangxu, but it is difficult to deceive Hu Chuyuan, no, the two have sent several telegrams to Hu Chuyuan, wanting to discuss secretly with Hu Chuyuan and promise various benefits.

Hu Chuyuan was furious, pressed the telegrams in his hand, and immediately set off to report to Beijing.

Everyone didn't expect that he didn't reveal anything in advance, and he had already arrived in Beijing, and that night, Hu Chuyuan stayed in the Yongjun Palace, and Prince Yiyun couldn't wait to pick him up and wash the dust.

The banquet dispersed, and the idle people retreated, and Yi Xun and Hu Chuyuan sighed: "Chu Yuan, as the prime minister of the imperial court, you should think about the emperor. The emperor is still young and can't withstand such a big turmoil, if we can temporarily resolve this matter, it will be a merit and a social effort, and it will not be too late to settle accounts with Yue Kou in the future! ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled coldly and said, "Lord Wang, if you think about it carefully, paper can't contain fire, and the truth of the matter will one day be known to the emperor, even if it is his own father and son, what do you think the emperor will think at that time?" ”

Yi Xun said: "This kind of thing...... This king does not take it to heart, but has a clear conscience. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "I have a guilty conscience, I am ashamed of my trust and appreciation of the emperor, I am ashamed of the officers and men of the Fuzhou fleet who came to the rescue, and I am ashamed of those who died in battle and were wounded. ”

"...... this?"

Yi Xun couldn't answer for a while.

Hu Chuyuan continued: "You don't have to worry, I have a great grasp of this matter. This matter can basically be compared to the Sino-French war, and it can be resolved in two years at most, and the situation in North Korea can be stabilized once and for all. I have already drawn up specific countermeasures, and Russia is not yet fully prepared, and with the vigilance of Germany and Britain, he will not be able to get over it for the time being. Therefore, we can take the opportunity to consume the capital first. Let's put it this way, we lost 10,000, and we lost 8,000 equally, but we have a large base, and we can lose seven or eight million in our hands, and only 100,000 can be lost. Let's grasp this point, don't rush it, and slowly consume the capital. ”

Yi Xun was silent, unsure in his heart.

At this moment, he really hated Hu Chuyuan, this person was too assertive, and he couldn't control it at all.

Hu Chuyuan pinched his short inch, and suddenly said: "Lord Wang, the emperor is eighteen years old this year, and the Holy Ancestor has already razed the hegemony of the world. Even if it is not good, in three or two years, major events have to be controlled in the hands of the emperor, you know the emperor's surname, and you still want to try to suppress it, why bother? As long as we can stabilize the general situation and win with ironclad, then we will fight, but we must be fully prepared. As long as the emperor settles down this matter, even if you let the queen mother come out again, then there is nothing you can do? ”

"Huh?"

Yi Xun's heart moved, this was the result he wanted most.

His health in the past two years has not been very good, if he can keep his son's throne while he is still alive, then he will be blind even if he dies.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Hu Chuyuan, "Are you sure you can take it?" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded very solemnly, and took out an excerpt for Yi Xun to look at, on which were written the six major countermeasures he had formulated.

After reading these entries one by one, Yi Xun seemed to have taken a reassuring pill in his heart, and secretly felt that Hu Chuyuan's ability was too terrifying, and when he used it to deal with foreigners, he could really see the effect as soon as he made a move.

Yi Xun weighed it left and right, and then said: "Okay, just do as you say, it's just ...... The third joint division is the North Sea Combined Fleet, and I don't know who needs to be sent to serve as the minister of the Governor's Office, thinking about it, it seems that only you can sit in this position. But on the other hand, you have to trouble the matter of raising military salaries and ammunition. ”

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and said, "For the rest of the matter, I will find another suitable candidate." ”

Yi Xun said: "Okay, let's do it!" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly.

Li Hongzhang's matter, he is not in a hurry to explain it here for the time being, the account must be settled, and he will continue to fight in the nest after this big battle.

The next time, Hu Chuyuancai, accompanied by Prince Yixun, went to the Forbidden City to report to Emperor Guangxu on the things along the way, including his diplomatic achievements in Britain, Germany, and the United States, as well as the things he did in Korea, including the naval battle in the Yellow Sea, and the strategy in the future.

Compared with Yi Xun, Hu Chuyuan's ability in the overall situation, especially in this kind of big event, is obviously much stronger.

Hu Chuyuan directly gave a complete set of operational ideas, laid down a long-term operational plan, and with a three-year time limit, completely annihilated the elite main forces of the navy and land forces, so as to ensure peace within 10 years.

First, the strategic abandonment of North Korea allows the Joseon royal family to quickly retreat to Pyongyang by sea, and then retreat to Yingkou and Shenyang as needed.

Second, the elite forces of the East China Sea Division, the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Nanyang Naval Division will be concentrated in Port Arthur to form the Beihai Combined Fleet to ensure sea supremacy in the northern seas; Part of the navy's forces were concentrated in the port of Weihai to carry out harassment patrols along the coast of Korea to prevent the Nakben from supplying by sea, forcing the Nakben to occupy the whole of Korea, and supporting the small Korean rebel forces through the coastal harassment and supply.

Third, organize the main defense in Pyongyang and Dandong, and if there is no enemy, retreat to the Yalu River one after another, and at the same time buy time for organizing a better defensive line in Dandong.

Fourth, Liu Mingchuan was transferred to the governor of the three eastern provinces and the minister of the plenipotentiary Qincha regiment training supervisor, leading the main force of the Huai army to the north and concentrating in the northeast. Zhang Zhidong was appointed to supervise the regimental training in Qingxu and organized 60,000 regimental training troops. Xu Zhanxu was transferred to the north to serve as the governor of Anhui, stationed in Anshan, and transferred Huguang troops from the Yangtze River to train new soldiers to supplement the long-term fierce war.

Fifth, the Qing Dynasty will issue 300 million yuan of war bonds nationwide at a fixed interest rate of 5% and repay it in 10 years. Raising funds from various localities and abroad, delaying for a long time, defending the merits, spending two years, exhausting its national strength, and counterattacking in another year.

Sixth, merchant ships are allowed to bring their own artillery, and British, German, and American warships are allowed to be stationed in the ports of Ningbo and Keelung, so as to ensure the security of trade between the south and foreign countries, to ensure that the war will not affect Sino-foreign trade, and to stabilize the domestic economy.

As soon as he saw this whole set of strategies, Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan was of course very happy, he was just a little puzzled - is it possible to deal with such a big deal of trouble against a Japanese coquette?

Hu Chuyuan immediately talked about the surnames of the various information collations in this book, and then compared them with the Qing army, especially with the Huai army and the Hunan army, the overall advantage of the surname is still obvious.

Since receiving strong support from France, the army has changed its equipment very quickly, mainly purchasing firearms from France and Germany, and has also initially realized the localization of ammunition and Lebel rifles, but the overall self-production capacity is still low.

After basically determining the use of Hu Chuyuan's six strategies, the Qing court accelerated the deployment of all aspects, and Hu Chuyuan also became the minister with full authority for the Beihai Combined Fleet.

Since then, he has directly bypassed Li Hongzhang and taken full control of the North Sea Fleet.

After a short stay in Beijing, on April 3, 1890, Hu Chuyuan quickly returned to Weihai Port with new powers.

This time, everyone was speechless in fright, including the conceited wizard Liu Buyun.

The sky was overcast, dark clouds were rolling in the sky over the harbor, and all their hearts were tense with a string, at least in the past two years, the Beihai Fleet had to be under the control of Hu Chuyuan, and the generals of the Beiyang Naval Division suddenly had an indescribable feeling.

Hu Chuyuan hurriedly and urgently returned to Weihai Port on a Guangwu-class cruiser, got off the ship, and directly entered the Admiral's Daya, and after a little discussion with Ding Ruchang, he transferred Lin Yiyou to Weihai Port, responsible for reorganizing the dock, quickly introducing technology to strengthen it, and leaving the coastal fort and the surrounding port defense to Ding Ruchang in charge.

The two discussed until midnight, and basically finalized many things of the North Sea Combined Fleet, and then let all the sailors and generals enter the Daya to discuss together.

The generals on the side of the East China Sea Division all knew Hu Chuyuan's surname, and they would definitely make a big move today, and they didn't dare to sleep, so they just folded their clothes and lay down, waiting for Hu Chuyuan to summon him.

After a while, the naval generals led by Lin Yongsheng and others all arrived in a hurry, and the Beiyang Naval Division was a big difference here, only Qiu Baoren and Lin Yingqi arrived, and the rest didn't know where they were.

Hu Chuyuan sat silently in the lobby, lit the candles in the hall, and continued to look through all kinds of materials and reports.

waited until midnight, almost more than two hours later than the expected gathering time, Liu Buyun and Lin Taizeng came in with a slight sense of wine, and the rest of Fang Boqian and others were probably like this, and the group also knew that they had made a mistake, and hurriedly begged for mercy when they entered the Daya.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything, let them sit down first and continue to read the information.

The entire Admiral was silent, but everyone could feel an unprecedented depression and depth, and everyone couldn't help but think, if Hu Chuyuan sat in the Beihai Combined Fleet and also played a scene, then will this Beiyang Navy Division still be Li Hongzhang's in the future?

(To be continued)