"Dear Mr. Robert, do you know how much land and interests the government and bureaucrats of the Qing Empire occupy in the social wealth of China, the old empire?"

"The New Qin government confiscated a single piece of property from thousands of landlord families in Guangdong Province alone. Deprived the ruling class of the Qing Empire, the bannermen, of all their wealth. He did not talk about the amount of gold and silver he had, but only the fields, houses, workshops, shops, and other properties, and he could easily raise tens of millions of pounds by selling a small part of them. ”

"Don't underestimate China. This is a country that has stood at the pinnacle of the earth for at least 2,000 years, and there is untold gold and silver here. The Qing government was poor, but the Chinese people were wealthy. Smoking bans have begun within the control of the Qin army. ”

"The country's normal treasury revenue last year was less than one-tenth of that of the British Empire, and even if the new Qin unified China, their treasury revenue would only be one-quarter to one-third of that of the British Empire. But on the way to power, the new Qin government was able to amass a large amount of unimaginable wealth!

And this is not Europe, not Britain. There is an old Chinese saying that under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. In traditional Chinese thinking, the wealth of the whole world belongs to the emperor. Although this is absurd, as long as you meet a good monarch, such a centralized and powerful state will soon appear in a new image. ”

[Around 1880, Britain's fiscal revenue was about 10% of the country's GDP, which was about 100 million pounds. Converted into Kuping silver, it should be about 350 million taels of silver. 】

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Wei Tuoma came to Nanjing again this time, and Xinqin was no longer the weather it used to be. He was greeted by Guo Songtao, the foreign minister of the new Qin. In charge of the contact is Vice Minister Zeng Jize. As for the other bigwigs on the military and government side, they did not show up at all.

One word. The system of the new Qin has been established very seriously. If Wei Tuma and Robert want to see Liu Xian, they can only go to the regular audience.

Nanjing wharf. Foreign cargo ships are almost absent from the passing ships. Because of the war, Liu Xian applied some 'reasonable' means under the rules to easily squeeze the two British capitalists of Taikoo and Jardine out of the Yangtze River shipping.

At present, China's maritime competition is mainly in the eastern coastal areas, and the transportation routes involved in the North and South Seas are mostly limited to East Asia and Southeast Asia, and even farther away, there are only two flights between the United States and India. Long voyages are not something they can vigorously cover.

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For this Sino-British negotiation, Liu Xian clearly has a heavy meaning. But what can be the outcome of this negotiation? He had no hope. The British Empire, now is the time when the sun is in full swing, the prestige of the sun never sets is at its peak, and the Anglo-Saxons are arranging their chess game all over the world and taking on the 'responsibility' of the whole world.

Although Liu Xian will not be arrogant, he is not sure how much weight he, the newly rising eastern power, has in the chess game of the British Empire. It's better not to get your hopes up too much. And it was only a special envoy of the foreign secretary who came, and now all kinds of envoys of the British are flying all over the sky. It is not uncommon to mediate in this place and fan the flames in that place. As far as he knew, only the past two years. There were more than one or two British envoys to Japan. The British also specially sent an envoy for Saigo Takamori, which really made Liu Xian see Robert clearly. Although this time the negotiations were held, the British very formally sent a document to the Foreign Office to meet for negotiations. But that thing also made Liu Xian sneer. The reserve and arrogance of the British global empire, rendered on paper.

The main power of Britain was not in the Far East. Comparing the memories in Liu Xian's mind, it is completely certain. Britain needed a force from the East to contain the Russians. And this power is in the current world of time and space, only China can bear it. China's rise is already a foregone conclusion, and even if the Western world joins forces to send 120,000 horses, Liu Xian doesn't care. Of course, the British will not be happy to see such a drastic change, but if they can win themselves over to fight Russia, the British Empire will definitely laugh.

But with the establishment of this 'system', do the British want him Liu Xian to take out more things? What about giving up more benefits?

Liu Xian absolutely did not want to. Although for the current China, it is the best choice to temporarily tie it firmly to the chariot of interests of the British Empire. And if he agrees, what little Japan in the history of the original time and space can do, Liu Xian has China as the basic plate, and he will definitely be able to do better and better.

But will he be able to say yes?

Crossing over here, there is a limit to what he has done - he will never betray the country! What's more, his current international environment is not so bad that he can only repay the thighs of the British, China has reconciled with France, and its relations with Germany and the United States are similar, even if Germany will change its attitude because of the attitude of the British, but what about France and the United States? For the future development of this country, even if it is necessary to improve the international environment, there is no need to hug the thighs of the British without a bottom line.

At least Tibet's rights and interests are absolutely non-negotiable!

In 1835, the British leased Darjeeling from Sikkim as a "summer resort" for the East India Company, and the British gained a foothold in the Himalayas. In 1846, the British annexed the Jammu-Kashmir region in northwestern India and quietly occupied the Ladakh region, which was originally part of China's Tibetan region. In 1860, the British army attacked Sikkim and in 1861 imprisoned the King of Sikkim and forced him to sign the Anglo-Sikkim Treaty, occupying much of Sikkim's land. In the same year, Britain also signed a treaty with Nepal, which further strengthened its control over Nepal. In 1864, the British invaded Bhutan, and in 1865 forced the defeated Bhutan to sign a treaty with Bhutan to forcibly occupy large swaths of Bhutan. After that, the British used Sikkim as a springboard for invading Tibet, and built roads in Sikkim on a large scale, moving north step by step, in order to gradually realize the strategic intention of "Tibet under British administration and ensuring that India is not threatened by China".

Therefore, the British plot against Tibet has been established for a long time. If those guys are too far open, he Liu Xian can only thank you. In any case, as soon as the negotiations began, it proved that the British Empire, at least in the Far East, already regarded China as an important pole in the chess game. As events developed and evolved, he did not believe that the British Empire would not make concessions in the Far East!

In the final analysis, Liu Xian still has the strength at hand!

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Henan, Yuncheng. That is, the Luohe River of later generations.

"Since ancient times, I have only heard of soldiers robbing the people's rations, and how many have you ever seen soldiers give their rations to the people? The Qin army calls itself a mighty and benevolent teacher, mighty, I have seen it a long time ago, and now I have seen this benevolence and righteousness.

The Qing Dynasty was unjustly defeated. ”

After Song Qing surrendered, Cui Tinggui, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, Henan, became the second governor of Henan. Cui Tinggui is not a hardcore traitor, and it is absolutely a lie to say that he is happy in his heart. The Qing Dynasty is already crumbling, and he said that he was the governor of Henan, even if he was given a governor of Henan, it was not worth his life for the Qing Dynasty.

"Military Gate. No matter how the war in Chenzhou goes, this Yuncheng can't stay any longer. Since a few days ago, rumors have spread in the city, and the people have hidden commotion, and their subordinates have to ban the streets and kill a few ruffians before they can be pacified. If the Qin army comes over, the grandsons who are guarding the city camp won't sell us! ”

Cui Tinggui sighed and put down the letter in his hand. This letter came from the east, and it was the first-hand battle report of Shahe: "Of course we are defeated, we have to make another plan......

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a gunshot in the distance. Cui Tinggui was suddenly shocked: "What's the matter?" Where does anyone put a gun? ”

"Could it be a misfire?" The next general also exclaimed.

These people are a bit of a rumor right now. Seventy or eighty percent of the Qing army and regimental training in Henan and Anhui provinces, which were loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, gathered in Chenzhou Mansion under the leadership of Mu Teng'a, the former Jiangning general, and the whole army was broken up by the vanguard of the Qin army, and these people in Hebei Town are now nervous.

The Shahe River has been lost, and in the blink of an eye, the Qin army's troops can flood Yuncheng. Now that he heard the gunshots, Cui Tinggui's mind was churning vigorously, and he felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time. He himself knew in his heart the quality of Hebei Town, which was not even as good as the Eight Banners New Army under Mu Teng'a.

Cui Tinggui suddenly felt sad in his heart, after he sat in the position of the chief soldier of Hebei Town more than four years ago, he felt that he was already able to do it in this life. Glory and wealth are there! I thought that in a blink of an eye, the world would be turned upside down, and the dynasty would be changed.

However, Cui Tinggui immediately reined in his thoughts, this is not the time to think about those things.

He summoned his cronies to give a few orders, and said to the generals of Hebei Town in front of him: "The military situation is urgent, and I won't say more." Ladies and gentlemen, I have 20,000 gold dollars here, all of which were coined by Li Zhongtang back then, you see. ”

The cronie immediately led a few people to carry the two large boxes. The box was full of bags of gold dollars, which was equivalent to 200,000 taels of silver.

At the beginning, Liu Xian united with Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang to pour silver coins, but a batch of gold coins were also minted in various places. It's just that there is little gold, and there is not much out, everyone looked at Cui Tinggui in surprise, but they didn't expect that their adult buns had meat and were not on the folds, and they could take out 20,000 gold coins at once.

"Mu Teng'a was defeated in Chenzhou, Shahe was lost, and Yuncheng must not stay. But everyone has their own ambitions, and everyone gets a bag of gold yuan, which is the last time I will reward my brothers. If anyone is willing to go with me, go back and pack up, and order all the people to leave with me. Let's go to Luoyang, that side hasn't been occupied yet! If you don't want to go with me, let's say goodbye to our brothers, and there will be a period later. ”

"I wish to follow my lordship!" Everyone in Hebei Town looked at each other, and then said unevenly. Even if there are those who are unwilling to go with Cui Tinggui, they will not show their attitude at this time.

"Without further ado, you guys go and come back quickly. I only waited half an hour. In less than half an hour, let's fend for ourselves. Cui Tinggui said, with a murderous aura on his face. Mu Teng'a of the dog day, won't he send a letter to Yuncheng if he is defeated? It's not that you forgot to send it, but you want to use yourself as a substitute for the dead! (To be continued......) R1292