。 ● Shi Shibiu has been in the officialdom for a long time, and after hearing Yinzhen's words, he couldn't help but be confused for a while, "The festival group is subordinate, but it is responsible for the comprehensive, and the fourteenth master also deliberately pointed out that the military is only a part, isn't this a contradiction?" After pondering for a while, he had already tasted the meaning of Yinzhen, and the meaning of the fourteenth master was that he should not only obey the command and dispatch, but also have independence.

The naval expedition to Europe is a rare opportunity for military training, and under the condition of obeying the overall situation, it is necessary to take the initiative to look for opportunities to train troops, and the main opponents of the Qing navy in the future are only a few maritime powers in Europe, and they must not only play the prestige of the Qing navy, but also play the self-confidence of the navy, and these veterans of a hundred battles will be low-level or middle-level officers of the navy. And more importantly, it is intolerable that the fourth elder brother deliberately consumes the strength of the navy.

Thinking of this, Shi Shibiao couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself, the commander of the expeditionary force is really not so easy to be, he pondered for a long time before he said: "Fourteenth master, how to solve the logistics supply of the navy, especially the supply of ammunition?" ”

This is to the point, Yinzhen nodded, and was about to speak, but Da Chun's voice sounded outside, "Master, Prince Yong is here to visit"

The fourth is here? He could put it down, Yinzhen smiled slightly, stood up, and said: "Logistics supply is the key, it must be discussed in detail, and it is not too late to gather a group of generals in Karopa." Let's first go and greet the head of the envoy on the expedition to Europe. ”

Head of the Legations? Shi Shibiao also smiled when he heard it, this title is really fresh, the two of them went out one after the other, and not far from the courtyard, they saw the fourth elder brother Yin dressed in regular clothes, and walked over in a hurry.

Seeing this situation, Yinzhen couldn't help but be slightly surprised, the fourth brother has always been calm, why is his footsteps so hurried, looking at his expression, he is still cold as usual, he can't help but relax a little, speed up his pace and say: "I just got off the boat and was going to visit the fourth brother at night, but the fourth brother came first." As he spoke, he held hands and saluted.

Yin squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "The fourteenth brother is busy with errands, where does the fourth brother dare to let you move." ”

Seeing that it was empty, Shi Shibiao hurriedly stepped forward and planted a Qian'er on the spot and said, "Xiaguan Shi Shibiao asks for peace to Prince Yong." ”

Yin glanced at Shi Shibiu, although the official will has not yet come down, but Shi Shibiu's appointment as the commander of the European Navy is already ironclad, this guy has been in Shanghai for a few days and has not seen a door-to-door visit, but it is a little rude, although he is slightly unhappy in his heart, but considering the long time he has worked together in the future, and he can't help but smile when he relies on this guy to cooperate with him: "It's Shi Junmen, no need to be polite, the expedition to Europe has to rely on Shi Junmen everywhere." ”

"Lord Yong's words, the lower officials don't dare to be the official." Shi Shibiao got up and said with a smile: "If the name is not right, it is not good, if you don't receive the holy decree, the lower officials don't dare to come to visit, and you still look forward to the sea letter of King Yong." ”

"Shi Junmen's words are out of sight." Yin smiled and said: "We will be in the same boat in the future, why should we be so polite." ”

"Let's go inside and serve tea." Yinzhen said and stretched out his hand to give way.

"I won't go in and sit." Yin didn't move, but he restrained his smile and said: "It's not a secret, I came here today, and I really have something to worry about the fourteenth brother." ”

Is there something really going on? Yinzhen's expression was also solemn: "In Shanghai, the fourteenth is also considered a landlord, and the fourth brother has something to order." ”

"It's not a big deal, for the members of the legation have heard in the past few days that they are very susceptible to illness on ocean voyages, and that many people have died of illness on board, so many of them have become cowardly." Yin said worriedly: "Since yesterday, some people have handed in their resignations, and they would rather resign than give their lives in vain at sea, and today it has become more and more intense. ”

When Yinzhen heard this, he was also a little anxious, if he resigned and didn't go, wouldn't this envoy group become an empty shelf? He couldn't help asking, "How did the fourth brother deal with it?" ”

"The stakes are so high for an expedition to Europe, how can they be allowed to enter the wish easily?" Yin said lightly: "I have already ordered someone to martial law the garden where the envoys collapsed and are not allowed to enter or leave, but I can't make them resistant, so I came to ask the fourteenth brother to persuade one or two." The fourteenth brother is not only familiar with the sea situation, but also has a good reputation in the government and the opposition, if he can come forward, he will definitely be able to stabilize people's hearts. ”…,

"Hmph, people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, even if they want to be rich, they can't help it." Yinzhen's face sank, and Sen Ran said, "Without further ado, let's go over and take a look now." ”

Gu Yuan.

Gu Garden is located in the northwest corner of Shanghai, is the garden handed down by the ancestors of the Gu family of the Wang nationality in Shanghai, after several renovations, has become one of the largest gardens in Shanghai County, and the envoys of the expedition to Europe collapsed here.

Because of the long ocean voyage, the length of stay in Europe is uncertain, so the members of the mission are all young people in their early twenties to thirties, which is also the result of Yinzhen's strong advocacy, after all, young people are in good health, more receptive to new things, and more patriotic passion.

Few young people can sit still, not to mention that it has long been famous in Shanghai, after the collapse, a group of young people will call friends to play around, although Shanghai is prosperous, but the security is very good, thinking of sailing on the sea for half a year, Yin did not strictly control them, did not want to indulge for two days, and caused an incident.

Naturally, the young men of these envoys had never experienced an ocean voyage, so they naturally had to go to the restaurant and tea shop in the port to ask the sailors and crew members about the ocean voyage, and some even inquired about the missionaries from the West, but they were shocked by the news they received.

Many sailors, sailors, and Western missionaries said that ocean voyages are very risky, and it is very easy to cause strange diseases, first diarrhea, vomiting, weakness, joint pain, muscle softness, and then bleeding teeth, loose teeth, rotting teeth, and even chewing becomes extremely painful, until it is impossible to carry out, and finally the mouth is bleeding, and it is difficult to breathe and die, and said that a large number of crew members and sailors who go to the ocean every year die of this disease.

There is a way to be a lot of money, and the surprisingly consistent description of the caliber of these sailors and crews naturally attracted the attention of the members of the envoys, most of whom were selected from various ministries and institutes, not only young, but also most of them were born as scholars, and they were all low-level officials, how could anyone not be afraid of death, as soon as the news spread, people were immediately panicked.

There were four bold ones who immediately wrote a letter to ask for resignation, preferring not to be famous or to die overseas, no one expected that Prince Yong not only ignored it, but instead sent his own soldiers to put Gu Yuan under martial law early in the morning, and he was not allowed to enter or leave!

At this moment, it completely caused everyone's panic, Gu Yuanli immediately made a group, and gathered together to discuss, how to avoid the drudgery of the expedition to Europe, some clamored to resign collectively, some pretended to be sick, and even two bold suggested self-harm to avoid disaster.

However, there are always sober people, Li Xianguang, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, is one of them, seeing a large group of people jumping up and down, full of righteous indignation, he can't help but secretly laugh, he doesn't want to do much, he only pulls a few friends who can talk about it on weekdays to the collapsed courtyard, and admonishes with a solemn expression: "This matter can't be mixed, let's drink and chat, and talk about interesting stories from all over the world." ”

Tang Shiran, a doctor of the Five Classics, was very curious, and asked in surprise: "Isn't Brother Li afraid of going to sea and contracting a strange disease?" ”

"Afraid, how can you not be afraid? But this is even more terrifying! Li Xianguang said with a smile: "Expedition to Europe, hundreds of warships, tens of thousands of troops, how can it be child's play?" Resign? It's tantamount to joking with your own life. ”

"Is it so serious?"

Li Xianguang said in a deep voice: "The world has been peaceful for decades, and the armaments have been relaxed, and you are all literati, without the army, and you don't know the strictness of military regulations, it's no wonder, but the fourteenth master has always heard of the security of the capital, right?" With a light word, more than a dozen heads hung up, regardless of whether you are Han Chinese, Manchu or Mongol.

Where are we now? Navy! Ladies and gentlemen, we are the naval envoys on the expedition to Europe, not the ministries and institutes in the capital. As he spoke, he gestured around his neck. …,

Several people in the room involuntarily shrunk their necks, and one said unconvinced: "If the law doesn't blame the people, can the Fourteenth Master still kill everyone?" ”

"Just our idea, we can also call it 'Crowd,'?" Li Xianguang said disdainfully: "The Fourteenth Master is in Shanghai to rectify the Jiang Customs, have you heard of it?" The original officials were replaced in one color, and another poor family was recruited. In the land of Jiangnan humanities, the most important thing is talent, kill a hundred and ten, and you can recruit scholars to replenish on the ground, and in the navy, there is no shortage of people who promote third-grade generals in white, and what is it to promote a few petty officials of seven or eight grades? You really don't know about the Navy. ”

Several people looked at each other when they listened, and after a while, Tang Shiran said: "Brother Li, this going to sea is death, and not going to sea is death, is there no other way?" ”

"Who said you would die if you went to sea?" Li Xianguang said eloquently: "Since it is a word of public opinion, there must be a strange disease, but it cannot be so exaggerated, who is the Fourteenth Master?" How much money and energy has been spent on the navy to be on the scale it is today, how could he put 20,000 navies to death? I really don't understand, what do you guys think? ”

When people are panicked and frightened, few people can calm down and think, most of the envoys gathered together at this time, it can be described as a strange disease of agitation, ignorance, after several renderings, it has reached the point of hearing and changing, however, for the heavily guarded garden gate, they don't have the courage to attack, after all, they are all scholars, and after discussing for a long time, they have not been able to come up with a feasible way, and a group of people simply began to go on a hunger strike to protest.

When Yinzhen, Yin, and Shi Shibiao rushed to Gu Garden with a team of guards, it was already afternoon, and when they heard the news that everyone in the park was on a hunger strike, the three of them not only smiled, but Yinzhen sighed lightly: "Sure enough, it was Xiucai who rebelled, and it didn't work out for ten years." ”