As Hu Chuyuan's existence became more and more special, he realized that assassinating him was tantamount to declaring war, so he temporarily gave up the assassination of him and concluded an alliance with France and Russia to offset the positive impact that Hu Chuyuan could have on the Qing Empire.

I think so...... That's wrong.

Because, no one knows what kind of power Hu Chuyuan can exert at all, and no one knows how much money he has.

If China is defeated in the war, then everything will be over, and all the efforts made by Hu Chuyuan over the years will be in vain.

How is this possible?

Hu Chuyuan didn't care about the return on investment, and immediately stopped the capital transfer plan in the United States, Germany, and Mexico, withdrew the funds back home, and exchanged more foreign exchange in his hand into silver, increased the issuance of currency in China, and made large investments, including the Jinghan Railway.

Of course, the focus is still on shipbuilding.

He has given the greatest support to many of the shipyards he owns.

In Fuzhou, he sent a telegram to Liu Kunyi, demanding that the Guangzhou Shipyard be rectified and that the Guangzhou Shipyard be subject to the supervision of the Fuzhou Shipyard, and that in return, he would send additional technicians to Guangzhou to take charge of the small ships that had been suspended by the Mawei Shipyard.

At the same time, he borrowed funds from the Guangzhou Shipyard and Guangzhou Iron and Steel to carry out new construction.

Liu Kun couldn't ask for it.

A similar telegram was sent to Li Hongzhang, demanding the establishment of a new, larger-scale shipyard in Weihai, on the condition that it be under the supervision of the Fuzhou Shipping Administration.

Li Hongzhang did not reply after half a month, obviously disagreeing with cooperation.

It was at this time that Hu Chuyuan finally obtained conclusive information from the French Secret Office, which proved that France and Russia were indeed interested in signing an alliance agreement limited to the Far East, and it was France that played a leading role.

The current disagreement lies in the fact that France wants to avoid unnecessary conflict in the Far East between Russia and Russia, reconciles the interests of both sides, and tries to regain its privileges in China through the suppression of Northeast China by Russia and Russia.

Russia, on the other hand, wants to dominate alliances in the region, and is equally reluctant to involve Russia too deeply in Northeast China, Korea, and the Liaodong Peninsula, and wants Russia to withdraw from Hokkaido and Sakhalin.

On these issues, there is still a need for further talks between the two sides.

After staying in Fuzhou for half a month, Hu Chuyuan prepared to return to Beijing to discuss this issue with Emperor Guangxu.

Before leaving, he sent a telegram to Liu Jintang and Liu Mingchuan respectively, secretly informing them of the incident, and asked them, if the Russian coalition army invaded the northeast, would they dare to fight?

The answer, of course, is yes.

Liu Mingchuan proposed to first lay out in the northeast, in the name of suppressing bandits, expand the regiment to train troops, train 100,000 troops to resist Russia, if the northern war is unfavorable, then move the capital to Xi'an, follow the Qing and French wars, and use the opportunity of three or five years to consume the enemy for a long time.

Liu Jintang said an old thing, something he had already said before - the Hunan people may not be willing to be good at the northern war, it is advisable to do the northern transfer as soon as possible, do the training as soon as possible, and the northeast is bitter and cold and mountainous, when the supervision and training group practices guerrilla fighting, contain its enemy, and make it tired.

In this regard, Hu Chuyuan agreed.

On September 24, 1888, Hu Chuyuan arrived in Beijing, passing through Tianjin on the way, he stayed for a day, and revealed a little information to Li Hongzhang, but he didn't say anything very fine, just asked Li Hongzhang to be careful.

Even so, Li Hongzhang's face was still frightened green.

Isn't he the most unlucky to say that the Russian coalition forces are marching west to the northeast together?

His own troops, he knew in his own heart that he could still make a living against Russia by fighting a single one...... It was a shotgun against a woolly bear, and it was certain to die - he thought so himself, and he said so to Hu Chuyuan.

He still looks down on the army of the Tsarist Russia, and is deeply jealous of the navy of the Tsarist Russia, and is even more afraid of the army and navy of Tsarist Russia, which is by no means the case, the navy of the Tsarist Russia is far stronger than the current Tsarist Russian navy, although this strength comes more from the support of Britain and France, and to some extent it does not make Hu Chuyuan too worried.

It is true that the number of ironclad ships in this book is increasing, but after all, it still relies mainly on cruisers, and there are not many cruisers in the Chinese Navy, and the number of ironclad ships is also increasing rapidly.

When it really starts, it is not necessarily worth worrying about.

Naval tonnage is something that doesn't really matter when it comes to fighting.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say much.

His telegram arrived in Beijing, saying that he was coming, and Prince Alcohol immediately asked King Yongjun to continue moving, and this time the surname Suo bought the Yongjun Palace, which was specially used to entertain the officials who came to Beijing, especially Hu Chuyuan, a privileged role with hundreds of retinues in and out.

After a short rest in the Yongjun Palace, he secretly discussed with Prince Gong and Prince Alcohol at night, and the next day, Hu Chuyuan went to the Forbidden City to meet Emperor Guangxu.

The Forbidden City is still the Forbidden City, standing majestically in Beijing, showing a unique imperial palace style, which makes people admire.

This time the matter to be discussed was too big, Prince Gong and Hu Chuyuan met together, and after the report, the two entered the Qianqing Palace one after the other.

The young Guangxu Emperor Zaiyan seemed to have gotten a little news and eyebrows from his biological father, and his expression was worried, sitting on the dragon chair and watching the twists and turns silently.

"The ministers will meet the emperor!"

Hu Chuyuan and Prince Gong bowed their waists, cautiously holding a letter each.

Last night, Hu Chuyuan talked to the two princes, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, if you want to defeat the strong with the weak, you must make the enemy unprepared. Therefore, they did not go to court to discuss it, but just secretly performed and deliberated secretly.

Emperor Guangxu clearly knew, his eyes were sad, and he said, "Two Aiqing, please get up." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Hu Chuyuan and Yi responded together, and then, Yi followed the steps discussed in the matter, and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen and Hu Zhizheng came to the emperor to secretly visit the emperor this time, because there is a major event related to the survival of my Qing Dynasty. ”

Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan was already a little scared, but he still said calmly: "Hand over the fold!" ”

Yi lowered his head, carefully handed the fold up, and Emperor Guangxu opened it to look at it carefully, he looked at it very carefully, for fear of missing a word, the more he looked, the more excited he became.

However, Hu Chuyuan could feel that in the surging excitement of the river, there was also a kind of anger hidden in the anger, and there was a fear that could not control everything.

It all seems to be wanted.

Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan is still trying to control his emotions, he is still very young, and he does not have the youthful and old-fashioned spirit and mind of Emperor Xuanye of Kangxi.

He was just following what someone had taught and secretly told, not to show a sense of fear, and not to be so angry that he lost his reason and control.

Yi was sneering, at least in his heart.

Hu Chuyuan has seen this twist and turn of his in advance, it is indeed very easy to make people afraid, and it is alarmist to say, although it is true, but in Yi's words and words, each one is particularly interesting.

Hu Chuyuan silently thought in his heart, this is probably the effect that Yi wants.

At this point, it is no longer within the control of Prince Alcohol and Emperor Guangxu, as well as Weng Tongyi.

In this way, if they still want to have a plan, the power will inevitably really fall towards him and Hu Chuyuan, breaking the original balance composed of Prince Alcohol, Prince Gong, Weng Tonggong, Hu Chuyuan, Li Hongzhang, and Zeng Guoquan.

There is no doubt that last night, or this morning, Prince Alcohol secretly told Emperor Guangxu to carry the ...... In any case, it must not get out of control, otherwise, the order of this empire will also be out of control.

I don't know why, the Qianqing Palace suddenly seemed unusually cold, and the cold was biting, which made Hu Chuyuan secretly chill in his heart.

The top of a country is like the apex of the Himalayas, although you can see far away, as if you can embrace the sky and the earth, but it is also frighteningly cold.

The three people in the Qianqing Palace were silent like this.

Emperor Guangxu's heart was filled with a sense of helplessness, a kind of hesitation and fear, a kind of anger of detachment, even if Hu Chuyuan had carefully explained the situation and characteristics of various countries with him, he was still very angry, and did not understand why these foreign regimes had to rob him of his things.

The biggest difference between him and Cixi is not that he is benevolent, not that he wants to be strong, but that he regards the Qing Empire as a treasure passed down to him by his ancestors, the best treasure, better than everything in this world.

He was reluctant to let this treasure have any bumps and bumps, any damage, but Cixi didn't care, what Cixi cared about was cold power and the power to control all the country.

Holding back all kinds of emotions in his heart, Emperor Guangxu Zai Yan read Yi's recital completely, and asked Yi unusually calmly as someone pointed out in advance: "Is what Uncle Huang said true?" ”

Yi hesitated.

Only then did he remember that all the information was provided by Hu Chuyuan, and he had not confirmed it in detail...... In other words, he can't confirm it, but he is just engaged in theoretical analysis, and he feels that he is ** not far from ten.

He had no way out, so he could only reply stubbornly: "Back to the emperor, it is true, Senior Minister Hu has always been deeply afraid of himself, and he buried a lot of ear threads in the book so that he could intercept it in advance." ”

Yin Ren put the responsibility on Hu Chuyuan again.

Sure enough, Emperor Guangxu looked at Hu Chuyuan, and the strange thing was that there was clearly a distress signal in his eyes at the moment.

Yes, like his father, he is also afraid of Yi, the imperial uncle, Yi is just a tool for their father and son to monopolize the real power of the empire, and sooner or later he will have to throw it away, but at this moment...... It seems that it can't be thrown away again.

Yi didn't understand this reason, so Yi was very happy that this happened.

The world is always full of dramatic surnames.

Hu Chuyuan felt that the pressure on his shoulders suddenly became much heavier, and immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, what Prince Gong said is indeed true, and Weichen can use his head to vouch for it." Wechen has two lines to prove this, one is that he has Weichen's eyeliner buried there, and in previous years, he just prevented them from assassinating Wechen again, but he didn't expect to intercept such information; The other line is from France, and some French technical officials have a close relationship with the Fuzhou Harbour Master, and they have always been friendly to us, so they hope to let us know in advance and secretly take precautions. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Guangxu finally collapsed uncontrollably, as if crying, and suppressed the fear and fear in his heart, and scolded fiercely: "These powers, that Wa country...... Many of them are too deceitful, and I have not provoked him, and I have a good heart, how can I be bullied like this...... Is it really to bully my young and deceive me that I am weak and unpopular? ”

Prince Gong hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded with confidence: "Don't worry, the emperor has a good plan to deal with this matter!" ”

Emperor Guangxu couldn't help but be a little happy, and asked: "You say, Uncle Huang, just talk about it!" ”

Prince Gong laughed with relief, he didn't know what to laugh at, but said: "Most of the great powers are greedy countries, but if you want money, if you use wealth to make friends with Britain and Germany, most of them can have miraculous effects, so as to balance ......!" ”

He just told the story like this, and talked about everything that he and Hu Chuyuan had discussed in advance, and what should have been expressed by Hu Chuyuan through the recital.

It was as if it was all his mind.

(To be continued)