"Brother Sheng [Ding Zhenduo], why don't you dissuade Yuandu. The matter of the railway is heavy and the whole country is slandered. Isn't it self-deprecating to go to school now? Zhang Shouyan looked at Liu Xian's smile and wanted to squirt blood, looked at Ding Zhenduo beside Liu Xian, and couldn't help complaining. He believes that Ding Zhenduo is mature and steady, and he is more familiar with the inside affairs of officialdom, so he should try his best to prevent Liu Xian from doing this.

Ding Zhenduo smiled indifferently. "Brother Companion is too worried." took Zhang Shouyan by the hand and sat down, and Zhang Shouxun on the side also smiled and brought over a cup of tea.

"What does Brother Companion think about the current Vietnamese shape?" Ding Zhenduo did not mention the railway, but led the topic to Vietnam. Liu Xian stood aside with his hands folded, smiling to see how Ding Zhenduo persuaded Zhang Shouyan. Liu Xian himself does not have that talent, but he admires people who have this talent. That's all material that was born to be an official.

"There will be a battle against the law. Vietnam will be defeated! ”

Zhang Shouyan didn't understand how Ding Zhenduo opened his words in Vietnam, and frowned, but his tone was still extremely firm.

He was a high-ranking member of the Qin army, and he had a deep view of Vietnam. Although Huang Jiyan's new army is not bad, it can also offset the gap between some Mini rifles and breech guns in a defensive state. However, France kept increasing its forces to the south, and the number of French army soldiers that could be mobilized under the French Governor-General of Indochina was as high as 3,000, and together with the French Far East Fleet, which was quite powerful, that is, the 'Chinese and Japanese Maritime Fleet', the total strength of the French army on land and sea was as high as 4,000 men. In addition, the French army itself formed an indigenous puppet army in Nanqi, with a strength of 6,000 people. With such a strong military strength, Huang Jiyan's 5,000 new army could not withstand it, and neither could the Vietnamese imperial court. Just like the humiliation that the French inflicted on the Vietnamese a decade ago, it will be repeated again in the near future.

"Hehe, Brother Companion Mingjian." Ding Zhenduo tapped his finger on the map of Vietnam, "The Vietnamese court can't withstand the French army, but they can ask Beijing for help." "It's not the time of the two crows ten years ago. At that time, Beijing was unable to take care of Vietnam with no capital at all, but now it is not as good as it was then. If Vietnam asks Beijing for help, Beijing will have to send troops into Vietnam, even if it is afraid of France in its heart. Even if it's just a coping!

Zhang Shouyan sees France as powerful in his heart, although he also knows that France's national fortunes have declined in the past two years. But this in no way completely dispelled his fear of France. Even this kind of psychology is the psychology of the entire Manchu and Qing opposition now.

"You want Yuandu to intervene in the war of Vietnam?" Zhang Shouyan's brain turned quickly. immediately thought of Ding Zhenduo's way to break the game.

Even if the railroad debate provoked slander from the Manchus, as long as the matter of Vietnam was there, Beijing would not immediately move the plate of the Qin army. And when the Qin army was inserted into the Battle of Vietnam......

Zhang Shouyan's brows furrowed deeply.

"Brother Xingxing, the military gate has confidence and will win the legal person."

Ding Zhenduo never wanted to deal with the French. Before coming to Guangxi, I never thought that the first thing I did when I joined Liu Xian was about such a big plan. It made his heart burn! And Liu Xian's confidence in the victory of the war also made him excited.

The shame of the two crows is unforgettable for the Chinese people. But whoever has a backbone will be ashamed of his life. Ding Zhenduo is also one of them. Liu Xian's contempt for the French army and his confidence in victory made his chest burn with infinite heat.

In this case, what is the big deal with Liu Xian's excerpt of opening the railway? As long as the Qin army can win and win in Vietnam, the praise of the whole country can wipe away the original slander.

"But the railway will involve the ...... of the gold," Zhang Shouyan was still worried.

No matter how great the utilitarian profit of the railway is, it cannot be worth a 'private' profit. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), the Jiangbei battalion raised the military salary for the suppression of the Taiping Army, and set up a bureau in Yangzhou to persuade donations. At the same time, the law of donation was implemented for rice merchants, and the rice shops in the towns near Yangzhou, such as the Fairy Temple and Shao Bo, were stipulated to donate 50 wen per meter and one stone. Since March of the fourth year, this law has been implemented in all prefectures and counties of Lixiahe, and for other major shops in various industries, all of them will be donated according to the percentage, which is roughly worth one out of 100. In the months that followed, the donation industry gradually increased, covering department stores, and the area of donation gradually expanded to Yangzhou and Tongzhou (now Nantong). By the second half of the year, Jiangnan Daying also set up card points in Zhenjiang, Danyang and other counties. As of the first year of Tongzhi (1862), except for Yunnan (established in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi) and Heilongjiang (established in the eleventh year of Guangxu), the system of lijin has spread throughout the country.

Even the Hunan army, the Huai army, and the Chu army were all supported by centigold. This 'treasure', which was grasped in the palm of the hand by the governors and ministers of various places, is a hurdle that railway transportation cannot bypass. If the goods and commodities get on the train, how do the local governments still collect centigold? So how do the governors and ministers of the provinces still manage their own small abacus?

The Manchus suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the help of the Lijin. In the past 20 years, it has penetrated into the corners of the place, and even the foreign medicine and the local medicine called opium have been collected above board. Without this thing, not to mention the two armies of Hunan and Chu, whose strength has dropped greatly, only the two armies of Huai and Chu, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang are not as good as the ones who do things and have so good equipment!

At the same time as playing the excerpt of the railway, Ding Zhenduo mentioned that Liu Xian asked for another excerpt to cancel the gold bureau. This will undoubtedly offend many people like a map cannon, especially Li Hongzhang's Huai Army. But in Ding Zhenduo's view, offending Li Hongzhang is better than tying up Li Hongzhang.

Qin Jun and Huai Jun became attached to Liu Mingchuan and became closer because of Nanyang Shipping Company. Although the Hunan army was sandwiched in the middle, the relationship between the Qin army and the Huai army could at least maintain a peaceful level. Liu Xian would be happy to see this, and the Qin army would benefit from the détente with the Huai Jun clique.

But Ding Zhenduo pointed out sharply - no matter how close the relationship between the Qin army and the Huai army is, the Huai army will not really stand on the side of the Qin army because of this. The involvement between Xianghuai and Huai is too deep.

On the contrary, this trend of getting closer to the Huaijun group will also attract dissatisfaction from Beijing. In today's China, the Qin army bears the title of the strongest army in the world, although its power is far less than that of Xianghuai Chu, but in terms of combat effectiveness, or fame and reputation, the Qin army can keep pace with Xianghuai and Chu, and overpower Beijing's most trustworthy army. Coupled with the mismatch between Zuo Zongtang of the Chu army and Li Hongzhang of the Huai army, the five armies of China have always maintained a relatively stable situation. Xianghuai, Chu and Qin, restrained each other, and many armies pressed Beijing. This is a trend that is likely to continue for many years to come.

But if the Qin army continued to get closer to the Huai army, it would be destroying this balance. Even Beijing will wonder if the Qin army is going to 'collude' with Xianghuai Chu!

Beijing will not attack the entrenched and powerful Huai [Xiangchu] army. And only when necessary, persimmons pick up soft pinch! R1152