The London Peace Conference is simply a big market, where the interests of various countries are traded, but in fact, this is a normal phenomenon in the international community, and it would be strange not to do so.

After the British helped the American Empire, the two sides began negotiations on the Panama Canal, and in the end, the British obtained a 45% stake in the entire canal at the cost of building locks in the Caribbean direction!

This transaction looks really clean...... Well, all the diplomatic ambassadors of the rest of Europe understood in their hearts that the British had defected!

However, this agreement is still preliminary, but a 45% figure was immediately set, is this a bit too fast?

You know, at this time, there was still no Atlantic cable, so in terms of delivering news, it was very slow, so such a heavy decision was obviously not made by the American Emperor Clint. Li's approval, so is this thing really done?

Whether it's true or not, anyway, the ambassador of the American Empire, Mr. Liszt, patted his chest, and he assured everyone that this thing would be feasible, and he also assured God that in addition, there was also the signature of Huang Sanye, the emperor of the empire.

So what does it look like......

That's right, in fact, Li Mengyang has already set a tone for this matter from the beginning, and the upper limit is 49%, that is, as long as it does not exceed this 49%, then the rest will be played by you Liszt.

In other words, there will be Liszt's rights and interests in this, so he naturally has to fool hard!

In fact, the entire Panama Canal cannot be owned by itself. Li Mengyang is quite clear about this. To know. The current Governor of Panama is Matthew. McConaughey, this old boy is good with himself, so you Li Mengyang can't treat others badly, right?

Therefore, Li Mengyang's design is like this, the imperial side takes 46, Matthew takes 5%, and as for the rest, it depends on Liszt's flickering level. Of course, the current 5% can't all go to Liszt.

For the time being, I can only do this, and this transaction is completed, and then, it will be another major event, the French Empire VS Qing Kingdom!

In fact, the reason why the Qing State sent Li Hongzhang to London to participate in this peace conference was for this matter.

Last year, on the eve of the Austro-Prussian War, a large member of the French colony in Vietnam arrived. He also brought a lot of soldiers and warships. They made a direct territorial claim to the vassal king of Vietnam, and the reason was very simple, that is, you Vietnamese persecuted the Catholics again!

To tell the truth, the previous war between Vietnam and France was really because Vietnam persecuted Catholics, and Napoleon III was a very strange guy, who couldn't get along with Catholics, he would fight whomever he wanted. In fact, Napoleon III just wanted to coax the pope to be comfortable, and during his reign, every war in France was actually because of this religious reason.

But this time, the vassal king of Vietnam is so wronged, really wronged!

After Nguyen Phuc Thi suffered a loss last time, he was really good to the Catholics, and he almost kneeled and licked it, which is a true thing, and the current Catholic Church in Vietnam is thriving.

However, you must know that this is a religion, and there are also local religions in Vietnam, so if there is no friction between the local religion and the foreign religion, isn't it nonsense?

So, if the French army wants to find this excuse, it is simply too easy!

Naturally, the new French officer is General Bazin, and his new position is the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force of the French Empire, and the whole plan is made by him Bazin.

That Ruan Fushi couldn't beat him, he had no other way, so he had to go to the Qing Dynasty, this thing is too normal, originally a small country in Asia, it used to be like this.

The vassal king is here, please, what can the Manchus do?

It's simple, just two options, to send troops or not to send troops!

From the perspective of righteousness, from the face of the Celestial Empire, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has an unshirkable responsibility and must send troops!

But!

How could the person who really governed the Manchu country, who really served as a driver for this decadent empire, not know that this battle could not be fought?

So who was the driver on this old chariot of the Manchu Empire?

"Absolutely no troops!" Prince Gong? The righteous words spoken at the time!

Don't look at Prince Gong's age now, but he is definitely an old driver......

What is the state of the current Manchu Qing Dynasty, as long as he is a ruler, even the most idiotic guy can understand that the current Manchu Qing really can't fight, especially against a European power like France, the Manchu Qing really needs to lick their wounds, recuperate, that is, develop themselves.

However, there is a very interesting opportunity here, that is, you Prince Gong said that you can't fight, is that your Prince Gong too bad?

Of course, no one dares to scold like that, but don't forget, some people must come out and shout.

Who?

Clean!

When Li Mengyang got these pieces of information from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, such as Qingliu began to speak out, then he immediately realized that this matter was interesting!

Why is it interesting as soon as the clear stream comes out?

Because, Qingliu, if you know what Qingliu is, it will definitely be the same as Li Mengyang's judgment.

When many people hear the word Qingliu, the first thing that comes to mind is that these two words are good, they should be good people!

Li Mengyang knows very well that he will not overturn a boatload of people with one shot, there are indeed good people in Qingliu, but this good person, hehehe...... The so-called clear stream, the biggest component, is the imperial historian!

Speech officials, you listen to his name, such an official of theirs is himself a speaker, and in fact it is the same, these people do not participate in administration, these people do one thing, that is, talk, but in fact, it is ......

Name-calling! Scold whoever you get!

Now the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. An old driver came out to speak. We can't send troops. We can't fight with the French. And the reason is actually very sufficient, the current country needs to cultivate, that Vietnam, a state of Fan, is in contact with our territory, but so far away, what do we care about them?

Vietnam was not a province of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time, so was this battle too far?

But in the eyes of the speaker. This is not right, our Heavenly Empire, the Qing Dynasty, the power of the four seas, that Vietnam still pays tribute to us, is our vassal, how can we not care?

So, you Prince Gong is cowardly!

Just a coward!

It's a traitor!

Well, in fact, those twists and turns, it's still very euphemistic to write. Speakers, their language skills are very high. Very good at turning corners and scolding people who change the law.

Actually, Yanguan, this is their job, they do this, it's spraying! This is one of the particularly interesting places of this official position, and in the Qing Dynasty, it can be said casually, sprayed casually, this also has a name, called 'wind and words', to put it bluntly, it is the legislation of the Qing Dynasty that gave them this kind of casual nonsense, there is no need to find any factual basis at all, just rely on a mouth to take the right to take the money!

As far as this official position is concerned, in Li Mengyang's view, because there are too many records of them in the history of our country, Li Mengyang feels that this group of speech officials, as well as the entire system of imperial history officials, can be regarded as democratic supervision under the feudal imperial power!

It's nonsense though...... Okay, it's basically nonsense, but it's really a kind of progress in the direction of democracy, but it seems to have gone wrong.

In other words, it is these people, who are spewing indiscriminately, and it is already a very common thing in the court, and people with political experience generally think that this is nothing.

However, one person saw that there was an opportunity here!

Who?

Empress!

What kind of opportunity is this?

A chance to bring down Prince Gong!

Now that there are foreign enemies who have come to bully our vassals of the Qing Dynasty, should we be the masters?

If I don't come forward, will the various vassal countries around my Celestial Empire still come to pay tribute?

This is a vassal relationship set by the ancestors! If we don't show up, where are our ancestors?

That's basically what it means, of course, it can't be the original words, but Cixi's squeeze on Prince Gong this time is really amazing.

Because what Cixi is doing now is all right!

There's nothing wrong with that! All right!

You see, she's also for the Qing Kingdom, right? She's still for the sake of her ancestors, right? And her words are not politics interference, she is following those clear words!

Looking at it this way, from the Confucian ideology of governing the country, from the political system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from all aspects, you can find whatever you want, Cixi's approach, and the saying, there is nothing wrong at all!

However, everyone the knows that this old lady just wants to bring down Prince Gong!

From the perspective of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now, in such a difficult environment, Prince Gong, an old driver, is still good, that is to say, Cixi's purpose at this time is very bad.

But her methods are completely correct, there is a little problem, so what do you say?

Prince Gong couldn't help it, he knew that if he really wanted to do good for this Qing country, he couldn't fall, so he sent Li Hongzhang!

Li Hongzhang is burdened with such a heavy task.

This task, to put it simply, is to negotiate with Guò so that they will not fight this war with France!

To put it more plainly, the French must be forced to enter the warehouse!

But this task ...... Li Hongzhang himself was worried, just the scolding war between him and Huang Sanye before, in fact, it also had a certain purpose of wanting to vent.

How do you talk about it?

The so-called international politics is actually the exchange of interests, how did Li Hongzhang not know that their Great Qing Kingdom had no interests to exchange at all?

Of course he does!

However, it also has to be discussed, in this case, the first step in the negotiation must be to know the price of the French, right?

What does the French pay for? What do they want?

"Taiwan!" This is the price that Lionard, the French foreign minister, said very clearly at the London Peace Conference! (To be continued......)

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