Summer Palace, Buddha Fragrance Pavilion.

Wang Chenhao's reply made Cixi very satisfied.

Although Cixi was still wary and suspicious of Wang Chenhao in her heart, at least Wang Chenhao's words and deeds were respectful now, and there was no sign that he had different intentions, which could reassure her for the time being.

Wang Chenhao gave the Pacific Fleet to Cixi instead of Guangxu, creating a false impression for Cixi, that is, Wang Chenhao's heart is towards the Hou Party. Cixi naturally couldn't ask for a Pacific Fleet, she played a political balance, although she had Wu Zetian's ambitions, but she didn't have Wu Zetian's courage and skills. Wang Chenhao took a fancy to her weakness, and won Cixi's favor in the name of a Qing Empire's imperial navy. In order to envelop Wang Chenhao, Cixi handed over the post of commander of the imperial navy of the Qing Empire to Wang Chenhao.

The two take what they need and use each other. Cixi used Wang Chenhao to achieve her right to continue to control the government and override Guangxu; Wang Chenhao, on the other hand, used Cixi to confront Guangxu and achieve his goal of maintaining control of military power.

This time, Wang Chenhao used the power of public opinion to deal a heavy blow to Guangxu, which greatly damaged his image at home and abroad, and easily obtained the command of the Royal Navy of the Qing Empire from Cixi with only three inches of his tongue. Inside and outside, Wang Chenhao justifiably annexed the Beiyang Naval Division, which can be said to have taken a big advantage.

Cixi and Wang Chenhao have their own thoughts, Wang Chenhao knows Cixi's bottom line, as long as she does not oppose the Qing Dynasty and plot to subvert the imperial court, then she will always support Wang Chenhao. Wang Chenhao deduced this point from the historical facts of the mutual use between Yuan Shikai and Cixi, and the result was that this was the case.

Wang Chenhao was about to find an opportunity to slip away, but Guangxu and a group of ministers suddenly came.

"Greetings to my father!"

Guangxu Pi smiled and gave Cixi a salute, and then Weng Tongxiao, Yixuan, Li Hongzao, Gangyi, Qu Hongzhen and other civil and military ministers greeted Cixi in unison.

At the same time, Wang Chenhao and Li Lianying also saluted Guangxu and exchanged greetings with other civil and military ministers.

After everyone exchanged courtesies with each other, Guangxu suddenly looked at Wang Chenhao with unkind eyes.

"Isn't this Wang Chenhao, the great hero of our court?"

"It's Wechen!"

Guangxu was angry when he saw Wang Chenhao, and immediately said angrily: "You are very idle? You, the minister of military training, didn't train well in Tianjin, and even went to Beijing without permission? Don't you know that military attachés must be notified to the imperial court in advance when they enter Beijing? Do you think that if you have made great contributions to the imperial court, you can despise the legal system of the imperial court? ”

Guangxu came over with a series of shellings, which immediately stunned everyone in the room.

Wang Chenhao's heart tightened, and he secretly criticized that this Guangxu seemed to be in trouble with him. However, Wang Chenhao didn't have a handle in Guangxu's hands, and he was not afraid that he would be mad, so he said calmly: "Back to the emperor, the eight towns of the Beiyang Army have been tested in actual combat and have been trained. The other 28 towns were trained by the provinces themselves, and the emperor did not allow Weichen to interfere, so Weichen, the minister of military training, was really very idle. ”

This matter is known to everyone, in fact, Guangxu deliberately divided his power in order to prevent Wang Chenhao from monopolizing the power of the new army in the 36 towns, and at the same time, it was also to idle Wang Chenhao and make other provincial governors contain Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao is called the Minister of Military Training, but he is actually idle, and everyone knows it.

Guangxu had a ghost in his heart, looked away, and said, "This is not a reason!" ”

Wang Chenhao continued: "There is a way that the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!" Therefore, no matter what, Wechen has to be dutiful and loyal. ”

Guangxu snorted coldly, and everyone knew in their hearts that this was just a high-sounding statement, and it was not true.

Wang Chenhao said some high-sounding words, but he was actually organizing language and countermeasures in his heart, and answering Guangxu's words could not give him a chance to go crazy.

"Wechen entered Beijing this time because he wanted to go to the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Yamen to replace the seal letter, and Wechen's visit to Russia and the appointment of the Minister with Plenipotentiary for Russian Affairs and other Qin messenger letters need to be returned. happened to pass by the Summer Palace, because Weichen missed the birthday of the Queen Mother this year, so I came to ask the Queen Mother for peace! At this moment, please finish, Weichen is about to go to the Prime Minister's Yamen and the Military Aircraft Department! ”

What a sharp mouth!

Guangxu was indignant in his heart, and this level allowed Wang Chenhao to dodge. However, Guangxu came prepared, and there were still a lot of blames waiting to deal with Wang Chenhao.

Guangxu took out a newspaper, pointed to a row of eye-catching words on it, and read: "Guangxu is jealous of Wang Chenhao's high merit and shocking the lord, and he will rob the Pacific Fleet!" ”

"W-what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

Guangxu saw that Wang Chenhao deliberately pretended to be stupid, and suddenly became angry, and shouted: "You are so bold, you dare to slander me like this!" ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly looked extremely panicked, and hurriedly said: "Weichen is panicked, how dare Weichen do such a thing?" Wechen really doesn't know! ”

Guangxu shouted: "You didn't make it, who else has such courage?" It must be that you refuse to hand over the Pacific Fleet, and this time to stir up public opinion, thinking that in this way I can bypass you? You are a courtier, you dare to raise a fleet that is stronger than the imperial court, you are plotting against you! ”

Wang Chenhao had a frightened expression on his face, but there was no panic in his eyes.

"Weichen's loyalty to the court, to the queen mother, and to the emperor is pitiful, and the moon can be expressed. The emperor wants Weichen's fleet, he only needs to say a word to Weichen, and Weichen will definitely give it to him, and there will be no complaints. It's just that Weichen didn't receive any orders and wills from the emperor. Since the parties still don't understand, and public opinion comes out first, Weichen really doesn't understand, there are still strange things in the world that produce the effect first and then the cause? ”

Guangxu paused for a moment, but he didn't expect Wang Chenhao to say this. He originally thought that Wang Chenhao would take the opportunity to shirk and not hand over the Pacific Fleet to the imperial court, but the series of furious firepower below Guangxu was preset for this. Now Wang Chenhao was unexpected, which made Guangxu not know how to go crazy for a while.

Yixuan just saw Wang Chenhao give him a look and asked him to help. Yixuan is not less exposed to Wang Chenhao, and he is short-handed. At this moment, seeing that Wang Chenhao answered appropriately, Guangxu couldn't find any excuse to be mad, and Wang Chenhao expressed his willingness to hand over the Pacific Fleet, so Yixuan dared to open his mouth.

"I'll just say? A mere Pacific Fleet is a drop in the bucket for Lord Wang's financial resources, and it is not distressing to send it out. What's more, it's still given to the imperial court? This kind of selfless spirit is really a model for our courtiers. ”

Then, Yixuan turned to Guangxu and said: "The minister thinks that Lord Wang is loyal to the monarch and the country, and the moon can be learned, this public opinion incident should have nothing to do with Lord Wang, it must be caused by some hostile countries seeing that there are wise monarchs and virtuous ministers in our dynasty, and they want to sow discord between the emperor and Lord Wang, and I hope that the emperor will be clear!" ”

Guangxu was so angry that he knew that Yixuan had taken Wang Chenhao's benefits, and he would definitely help Wang Chenhao say good things, and he couldn't wait to kill Yixuan with a hammer.

Weng Tongyi and Li Hongzao were thinking about Guangxu, but the Minister of Military Aircraft, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen, also accepted heavy gifts and bribes from Wang Chenhao, and in front of Wang Chenhao, the two of them had to express something. happened to be out of the blue, so the two of them took the opportunity to echo and say good things for Wang Chenhao.

The three ministers of military aircraft expressed their support for Wang Chenhao, which made Guangxu quite unhappy. But he did not have direct evidence to cure Wang Chenhao's crime. This matter is related to the leakage of secrets in the palace, Guangxu knew that Cixi had been sending people to monitor him, and he guessed that it was Li Lianying who leaked the secret, but he didn't dare to investigate it, because that would directly pull the Empress Dowager Cixi out, which can be said to involve the whole body.

Guangxu suppressed his anger and snorted coldly: "I heard it right! Will you hand over the Pacific Fleet to me? ”

Guangxu's question was to ask Wang Chenhao directly, and everyone immediately held their breath, knowing that Wang Chenhao's answer would be the key to whether this turmoil could end peacefully. Weng Tongyi and Li Hongzao hoped that Wang Chenhao would oppose it, so Guangxu would definitely punish him on the spot. And Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen are looking forward to Wang Chenhao's compromise, as long as they hand over the Pacific Fleet, even if the turmoil is over, they can continue to ask Wang Chenhao for bribes. Everyone knows that Wang Chenhao has money, and the three of them don't want to lose this cash cow.

Only Cixi and Li Lianying knew the result indoors, Cixi closed her eyes and stared, with Buddhist beads glued to her hands, looking settled. But whether she was chanting Buddha and chanting, or deliberately making room for Guangxu to sing, it is unknown. Cixi didn't speak, and Li Lianying didn't want to interject. However, Li Lianying is not worried at all, he knows Wang Chenhao's methods too well, this time the incident was 100% planned by Wang Chenhao, Li Lianying is like a mirror in his heart, but he is sleek, he only collects money but never participates, this is his way of protecting himself. Looking at the entire Qing Dynasty, no one stands out.

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly and said: "If Weichen knew that the emperor wanted Weichen's Pacific Fleet, Weichen would have given it up a long time ago." You don't know that the Pacific Fleet's daily fuel, repair, maintenance, personnel supply and other military expenditures are huge, spending as much as 100,000 taels of silver every day. ”

Wang Chenhao's words immediately shocked Guangxu and several ministers, the Pacific Fleet had to spend 100,000 taels of silver every day, which was really burning money. The military expenditure has to rely on 40 million taels of silver a year, accounting for half of the financial expenditure of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court cannot afford it.

Of course, this is just Wang Chenhao scaring them. In fact, the cost is not so much, but it is undeniable that the financial capacity of the Qing political axe will never be able to support it. This is also the main reason why Wang Chenhao dared to send the Pacific Fleet to the imperial court, because no one could afford to raise it, and in the end the imperial court had to beg Wang Chenhao to keep this fleet. Guangxu didn't understand this reason, so he came up with the stupid thing of asking Wang Chenhao for the Pacific Fleet, if he could understand the mystery of this, he would not fall into Wang Chenhao's trap.

Everyone's expressions fell exactly in Wang Chenhao's eyes, and Wang Chenhao only had the word 'ignorance' in his heart, so he continued: "Our Great Qing Kingdom can only be raised by the emperor and the queen mother, so Weichen has already made up his mind that as soon as the war is over, he will immediately send the fleet to the emperor or the queen mother." But—"

Wang Chenhao paused again, and everyone suddenly became nervous again, not knowing what was behind him.

Only after Wang Chenhao satisfied everyone's appetite did he turn to Guangxu and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry Emperor, Weichen just gave the Pacific Fleet to the Queen Mother Lafayette as a birthday gift for the Queen Mother." However, the emperor and the queen mother are a family, so I guess the emperor won't mind, right? ”

"You!"

Guangxu was so angry that he pointed at Wang Chenhao but didn't know what to say.

"That's it! The mourning family chanting the Buddha and chanting the scriptures are all disturbed by you! ”

"Erchen doesn't dare! (The sin of the subordinates!) ）”

Everyone hurriedly turned to Cixi, forgetting that she was the biggest in the room.

Cixi opened her eyes, looked at Guangxu, and said unhappily: "Have you treated heroes like this?" Lord Wang has made great contributions to the court, but you have made it so difficult, doesn't it make the loyal ministers feel cold and the people of the world laugh? The mourning family reads that the newspaper is right, you just want to be one, right? ”

"Erchen doesn't dare! The son is guilty! Please kiss Daddy to stop your anger! ”

Guangxu suddenly knelt in front of Cixi, and the ministers were all surprised, but they didn't expect Guangxu to be afraid of Cixi to this extent.

Wang Chenhao was also secretly frightened, it seems that this old witch was born with a restrain to Guangxu, and this time it is the right choice to choose Cixi. In fact, if it weren't for Guangxu's old and Wang Chenhao's inability to get along, Wang Chenhao's ambition was not big at the beginning, and he was really ready to support Guangxu's meaning. However, all this was destroyed by Guangxu, and now that Wang Chenhao's ambition is inflated, he naturally will no longer have the idea of assisting Guangxu.

Seeing Guangxu's cowardly appearance, Cixi was both proud and disappointed, and waved his hand to get him up.

"Check it out! This is the Wang's recital to the mourning family! It should be said that it is a late birthday gift! ”

Guangxu got up, took the fold and looked at it, and suddenly smiled bitterly. After making trouble for a long time, Guangxu is Zhu Bajie is not a person inside and outside the mirror. At the same time, I also felt the cleverness of Wang Chenhao's methods, this time I really lost my wife and broke my soldiers, and I made a big deal.

"Lord Wang is loyal to the monarch and the country, it seems that he is really a villain in vain?"

"The emperor is serious! Wechen is terrified! ”

Wang Chenhao hurriedly bowed humble, but anyone could feel the demeanor of a victor.

Guangxu sighed, now he really has no choice but to take Wang Chenhao, he only blames himself for his poor planning, and secretly annoys Wang Chenhao for being too cunning. So he transferred the twist to Weng Tongyi and others.

After everyone saw it one by one, they all gasped and looked at Wang Chenhao one after another, surprised, admired, and jealous, with extremely complicated expressions.

Wang Chenhao gave the Pacific Fleet to Cixi, and proposed to change the Pacific Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division to the Royal Navy of the Qing Empire, which was equivalent to giving Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Naval Division to the royal family.

Although Guangxu felt that he had suffered a big loss and was tricked by Wang Chenhao, he still felt that it was worth it to be able to bring the Pacific Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division back to the imperial court.

The ministers also breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was supporting Guangxu or helping Wang Chenhao, it was still very satisfying to understand this matter in this way.

However, what they didn't expect was that the next moment, with Cixi's words, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Lord Wang has a credit to Sheji, since the Minister of Military Training has become an idle position, the imperial court must not neglect the heroes, the mourning family has decided to appoint Wang Chenhao as the commander of the Royal Navy of the Qing Empire, and serve as the deputy minister of the Navy Yamen, and cooperate with Prince Gong Wang Yi to act in the affairs of the Navy Yamen, what does the emperor think?"

Guangxu is going crazy. It took so much effort to assign the Pacific Fleet to the imperial court, and now it has only changed its name and returned it to Wang Chenhao, which is really tragic.

"Queen Mother, this-"

"The mourners don't want to hear it! Come on! That's it! ”

"Queen Mother!"

Guangxu still wanted to object, but when he saw Cixi's eyes, he was suddenly dumbfounded.

In this way, Wang Chenhao ruthlessly rectified Guangxu with a little trick, and at the same time, not only kept the Pacific Fleet, but also successfully incorporated the Beiyang Naval Division into his own hands, which can be said to have taken a big advantage this time.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ leaving the Buddha Xiang Pavilion, Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen congratulated Wang Chenhao one after another, and Weng Tongyi and Li Hongzao also congratulated them with a smile out of the occasion. Li Lianying took the opportunity to send everyone off and came out to congratulate Wang Chenhao.

"Manager Li, a few adults, why don't you go out in my car?"

Wang Chenhao was very happy to see Guangxu deflated, so he invited everyone to go out in his car together.

Although Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen all have cars given by Wang Chenhao, they have not yet been officially used because the family has not practiced how to drive. But all three have tried cars and like them very much. Therefore, Wang Chenhao's invitation, they did not shirk immediately.

"Lord Wang is so blessed! The Queen Mother appreciated the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace on a ride and horse, and I didn't have that blessing, and I didn't dare to cross the courtesy. ”

Weng Tongyi and Li Hongzao excused themselves, in fact, the two of them were going to stay and wait for Guangxu to come down, this matter came to an end on the surface, but they knew that Guangxu had suffered a big loss, and this time they had to get it back, so they had to gather to study and study.

Li Lianying said: "Our family understands the kindness of the adults, but our family still has to go up to serve the Queen Mother and the emperor, so we won't disturb the Yaxing of the adults and all of you!" ”

"It's good!" Wang Chenhao smiled and pulled Li Lianying aside, and said, "I have to thank Mr. Li for helping!" ”

Li Lianying smiled knowingly, and didn't say much, just said: "You're polite!" ”

Seeing off Li Lianying, Wang Chenhao ordered a group of guards to squeeze each other, vacating three seats for Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen to ride.

"Let's go!"

After Wang Chenhao sat down, Li Bing immediately ordered the convoy to set off.

When the convoy reached the West Garden, a team of horses suddenly rushed out from each side, blocking the way of the convoy.

Wang Chenhao and Yixuan sat in two cars in the middle of the convoy, and the convoy was full of elite guards with guns.

"Who is so bold? Dare to stop Lord Wang's convoy? ”

The guards in front immediately pulled out their pistols, all of which were 9 mm 6-round revolvers, and two for each person.

The two horse teams blocking the road were all dressed in Mongolian costumes, and both were young women. They carry horsewhips in their hands and Mongolian waist knives decorated with their surnames.

"Wang Chenhao, get out of here for your aunt!"

With a shout, the two horse teams suddenly opened a gap, and one of the flaming red tall horses walked out.

Immediately, there was also a woman dressed in Mongolian attire, but she was dressed much more ornately than the women next to her.

"This sounds familiar!"

Wang Chenhao was far away and couldn't see clearly. But Prince Qing, who was sitting next to him, was farsighted, and suddenly said, "Isn't this the county lord of Sharena?" ”

When Yixuan said this, Wang Chenhao was dumbfounded. I didn't expect this Nizi to come to find fault so soon.

Wang Chenhao muttered in a low voice: "Could it be that you went too far just now?" ”

"What did you say?" ”

Wang Chenhao hurriedly said: "It's nothing! ”

With that, Wang Chenhao hurriedly got out of the car and came to the front.

At this time, Sarina was no longer wearing the clothes of a court lady, but wearing a Mongolian costume, which had a unique taste of women who did not let her eyebrows go.

"I said you don't talk about credit? Didn't you say that you won't pursue it again? ”

"Of course my aunt and grandmother are trustworthy! My aunt promised you not to pursue your business, but what you did to your aunt just now must be investigated! ”

"What just happened?"

"You just said to me—"

When Sarina saw so many people around her, she wanted to stop talking.

Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled: "Don't you dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing?" It's not good for you, this girl's family! ”

Shalina gritted her teeth in anger and shouted: "It's the first time that my aunt has grown up so big and been bullied, you come over obediently, my aunt and grandmother may be able to spare you if they beat you into a pig's head, otherwise-hum!" ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "Lord Ben is busy with official business, so I won't go crazy with you today!" However, if you are not convinced, come to Tianjin! ”

Wang Chenhao turned around to leave, and Shalina shouted: "Don't go!" ”

Wang Chenhao turned his head helplessly and said, "Do you think this is a place for fighting?" Don't you look at who I'm sitting in the car? ”

As the court master of ceremonies, Shalina naturally recognized the three military ministers, Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen, and was immediately startled when she saw them in Wang Chenhao's convoy.

Although Shalina was deeply favored by Cixi, she did not dare to take her surname too much. She knew that Wang Chenhao didn't dare to make a statement, so she intercepted Wang Chenhao alone in the uninhabited area nearby, but when she saw that the three military ministers were also here, she suddenly didn't dare to make a move.

Wang Chenhao saw that she was stunned, so he muttered in a low voice: "It's really big-chested!" ”

After speaking, Wang Chenhao returned to the car and instructed the convoy to move on.

Shalina didn't stop her, watching Wang Chenhao's convoy leave, she suddenly came back to her senses, and suddenly said angrily: "Dare to say that grandma has big breasts and no brains, Wang Chenhao, you are dead!" ”

Wang Chenhao's convoy went all the way out of the Summer Palace, and Wang Chenhao originally planned to send Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen back to their homes respectively.

But Yixuan suddenly proposed: "Lord Wang, you finally came to the capital, don't play for two more days before leaving?" ”

Wang Chenhao said: "No! There's still a lot of work to do in Tianjin! ”

Yi Xuan sighed: "What a pity! ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Why did the prince say this?" ”

Yixuan said: "It's rare for this king to be so speculative with Lord Wang, and I wanted to take this opportunity to have a good gathering with Lord Wang. To tell you the truth, I also want to invite you to come over to talk about it, and I plan to set up a table for Lord Wang to celebrate the achievement. ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "The prince's kindness has been appreciated by the official!" It's just—"

Yixuan hurriedly interrupted Wang Chenhao's words and said, "Don't refuse yet?" This king invited a troupe, all of which are popular corners in the capital, how about a look? In addition, this king also made an appointment with a few adults, and wanted to play a few rounds of horse hanging with Lord Wang! ”

Watching a play? Wang Chenhao shook his head suddenly. What he hates the most is Peking Opera, and he feels uncomfortable when he listens to Peking Opera. However, when Wang Chenhao heard the word horse hanging, he immediately understood the meaning of Yixuan.

In the circle of these high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, another meaning is to ask for bribes. It's like the unspoken rules of Wang Chenhao's era.

Wang Chenhao secretly scolded Yixuan for being insatiable, but he couldn't offend him. Back then, Yuan Shikai achieved hegemony because of bribery, and now Wang Chenhao is walking the same path as Yuan Shikai, obviously he can't slack off on him.

"Since the prince has this Yaxing, then the lower official will accompany the prince to play two laps?"

"Play two laps!"

Yixuan laughed a few times, and Wang Chenhao also laughed from the side.

Gang Yi and Qu Hongzhen also stopped returning to the house when they heard this, and went to Prince Qing's mansion together. The two of them usually lost to Yixuan Yinzi, and this time it was Wang Chenhao's turn to be slaughtered, so they naturally wanted to get it back from Wang Chenhao with interest.

"In this way, how about the lower officials first go to the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Yamen, change the seal letter first, and then go to the prince's mansion?"

Yixuan waved his hand and said, "Our three military ministers here, what else can't you do for Lord Wang?" ”

Resolute said: "That's it! With the three of us here, what else can't be done? Lord Wang just go to the prince's mansion to have fun, and we will send someone to do the rest for you!" ”

Qu Hongzhen echoed: "That's right! Just send someone to do this kind of thing! It's important for us to be the master and have fun in time! ”

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but sigh: "There are still people in the court who are good officials!" Then I'd be respectful and obey! ”

Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen laughed a few times, noncommittal.

So, Wang Chenhao ordered the convoy to drive directly to Prince Qing's mansion.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Buddha Incense Pavilion.

After Wang Chenhao and the others left, Guangxu stayed to talk to Cixi.

Although the two men became enemies of the supreme power of the Qing Empire, they shared the same position on the unshakable dominance of the Manchus.

"Erchen doesn't understand, how can the Queen Mother hand over the Royal Navy to Wang Chenhao? Isn't this a chance to give him a chance to support his own troops? Erchen first idle his position as the Minister of Military Training, and then seized his Pacific Fleet, just because he didn't want him to have troops and become a threat to the imperial court! ”

Guangxu talked for more than ten minutes, while Cixi closed her eyes and adhered to the Buddha beads without changing her face until Guangxu said she was tired.

"You act so recklessly, how can the mourning family trust you with peace of mind?"

Cixi opened her eyes, glared at Guangxu angrily, and said, "How can you think of the mourning family not think of it?" It's just that you don't see what's at stake. Do you think that if you idle his post as Minister of Military Training and seize his Pacific Fleet, everything will be fine? The army of the eight towns of Beiyang maintains an annual military expenditure of at least 30 million taels, and Wang Chenhao of the Pacific Fleet just said that it is nearly 40 million taels, and these two expenses alone amount to 70 million taels, can the imperial court afford it? ”

Guangxu retorted: "It's all caused by Wang Chenhao's deliberate increase in military spending, and after I want to come back, I just need to lower it." I've calculated that 20 million taels is enough. ”

Cixi said angrily: "Nonsense! If you lower your military spending, are the soldiers willing? They endured it for a month and two months, can they endure it for a year or two? Is it strange if it doesn't cause a mutiny? ”

Guangxu thought about it, but said unwillingly: "However, let Wang Chenhao control the navy and army, this is really too threatening!" ”

Cixi said: "There must be a threat! Those who mourned the orphans and widows of their families back then, Zeng Guofan was the key to the survival of the Qing Dynasty. The mourning family was worried that he would rebel, but in the end, as long as the mourning family treated him well, he would be loyal to the court. Li Hongzhang, as the successor chosen by Zeng Guofan, also inherited Zeng Guofan's loyalty, and for 30 years, the Qing Dynasty relied on him to support him. Now Li Hongzhang has chosen Wang Chenhao as his successor, and the war against Russia depends on his court to be safe and sound. Therefore, do not provoke him. It's ridiculous to force him to rebel! ”

"The son has been taught!"

Guangxu also felt that what Cixi said was reasonable, so he sighed and admitted that he was unlucky.

On the second day of the ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※, the imperial court issued an edict announcing the reorganization of the Pacific Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division into the Royal Navy of the Qing Empire, and appointing Wang Chenhao as the deputy minister of the Navy Yamen and the commander of the Royal Navy.

Previously, Ding Ruchang had already submitted a request to return to his hometown, and the imperial court approved it.

Wang Chenhao was in the palace of Prince Qing while playing with Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen, while issuing the royal navy military order.

Yixuan, Gangyi and Qu Hongzhen won a lot of money from Wang Chenhao, and they didn't even look at the orders issued by Wang Chenhao, and all of them were executed.

Because four of the eight military aircraft ministers of the Military Aircraft Department stood on Wang Chenhao's side, Zhang Zhidong was far away in Huguang and ignored them, so that Wang Chenhao's reform of the Royal Navy could be carried out unimpeded.

In accordance with Wang Chenhao's order, the reorganization was carried out, and the official position and control of the original Beiyang Naval Division were changed.

The three armored battleships "Weiyuan," "Dingyuan," and "Zhenyuan" were organized into the first combat team; the five large armored cruisers "Yu Yong," "Courageous Courage," "Dou Yong," "Fen Yong," and "Brave Courage" were organized into the second combat team; the six protective cruisers "Jiyuan," "Jingyuan," "Laiyuan," "Zhiyuan," "Jingyuan," and "Pingyuan" were organized into the third combat team, and the "Sea Scale," "Feiting," and "Flying Eagle" were organized into the fourth combat team, which were used as the fleet's alert adjustment reconnaissance team.

Torpedo boat formation: "Left 1", "Left 2", "Right 1", "Right 3rd", "Fulong", "Dinger", "Zhen 1", "Zhen 2", "Zhongjia", "Zhongyi", "Ganyi", "Lei Li", "Leikan", "Lei Zhen", "Lei Xun", "Lei Gen", "Lei Dui", "Lei Long", "Lei Hu", "Lei Zhong".

Minesweeper and minelaying fleet: "Fast Horse", "Seahorse", "Pole Mine", "Mine Guard", "Mine", "Minefielder", "Minefielder"

Auxiliary ships: "Treasure Raft", "Sea Guide", "River Guide", "Fast Horse", "Seahorse", "Pole Mine", "Mine Guard", "Mine", "Mine", "Mine", etc.

(To be continued)