Wang Minyun also scratched his head at Zuo Zongtang, and some people's personalities can be shaken by no external factors. Although Wang Minyun was praised as the 'Grandmaster of Imperial Studies' by later generations, it does not mean that he can gain insight into people's hearts and be comfortable in some intriguing matters.

Wang Minyun's imperial studies are not "Thick Black Studies", nor Machiavelli's "Treatise on the Monarch", the kind of integration of politics and power from the negative perspective of human nature, Wang Minyun's imperial studies have nothing to do with this kind of thing.

Wang Minyun's imperial studies are mainly the study of "applying the scriptures", transforming the scriptures, and applying the scriptures to the current politics. Specifically, Wang Minyun's imperial science is to set things right in troubled times. In the turbid world, we must seek the road of prosperity and use the royal road to turn the society into "governing the world".

Yang Du in the original time and space claimed to be the inheritor of Wang Minyun's imperial studies, and he was busy working for Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne, so that many people in later generations thought that the so-called imperial studies were the set of "Treatise on the Monarch" and the Zongheng family.

Liu Xian himself has this perception. And Wang Minyun's 'solution' to Zeng Guoquan made him very happy. It's just that how to use it on Zuo Zongtang is a little ineffective?

"Zuo Zongtang is a wise and strategic person, very knowledgeable, and strong by nature."

Liu Xian was speechless for a while. He is very good at it, and he is strong and self-conscious, yes, otherwise why would he be called a left barbarian!

But Hunan is about to be solved, Hubei is not a problem, and it is not a problem that only Zhejiang is left in the south of the Yangtze River. Hu Xueyan has agreed to take up the post of president of the Development and Construction Bank, and Zuo Zongtang's attitude is really unpredictable for Liu Xian.

Liu Xian returned to the study, picked up the pen and wrote a handwritten letter to Zuo Zongtang, although he felt that this was still useless.

Then the departure turned back to Nanjing, Luo Shuya came to Nanjing, the French are now unable to hold on, Da Nang has been taken back by the Qin army and the new Vietnamese army, and now the fierce battle of Ha Tien is in full swing. The demoralized French army seemed to be on the losing track, although the French warships still held on to South Vietnam's naval supremacy. But Luo Shuya is definitely seeking peace here.

On the way back to Nanjing, Liu Xian made a special trip to Huizhou. The current Huizhou is in ruins, and it is far from being compared with the early Qing Dynasty. Since the end of the Qianlong Dynasty, the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been declining, taxes and donations have become increasingly serious, and the situation of Hui merchants has deteriorated. In 1831, the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Lianghuai salt, Tao Shuge, eliminated the disadvantages of Huai salt, changed to the "ticket law", and the Hui merchants who relied on the patent of the salt industry began to decline. In the 60s, the pawnbroking industry also fell due to the monopoly of Zuo Zongtang [Hu Xueyan] and the invasion of foreign banks. The tea and wood merchants lost money year after year due to the influence of the Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion. Zeng Guofan and the Taiping army fought a tug-of-war with Huizhou in southern Anhui, and nine of the ten villages in Huizhou were destroyed, and the lives were devastated. In addition, with the imperialist invasion, the infiltration of foreign capital, and the dumping of foreign goods, most of the industries operated by Huizhou merchants were replaced by them. At the same time, the chaebols of Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, which had close ties with imperialism and warlords and bureaucrats, began to rise, and the Hui merchants, who only mastered traditional commercial knowledge and skills, gradually lost their manipulative, monopolistic, and exclusive position in the commercial field and began to decline.

The influence of the current Hui merchants in Shanghai is average. If you can cite a nationally renowned figure, only Hu Xueyan is it. However, there are many people in the business community who classify it as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Group.

The current situation of Hui merchants is emotional.

But Liu Xian had no idea of pulling Hui businessmen. Times are changing, traditions are changing, and business is changing. If you hold the old traditions and concepts of hundreds of years ago and do not keep pace with the times, you can only be eliminated by the tide of the times.

Besides, the glory of the Hui merchants is rooted in the two Huai salt politics, how can Liu Xian put this thing to the private businessman Jia Kongzhì? Taking the opportunity of the Qin army sweeping the world, Yan Zheng also wanted to sweep the house and let the royal family live in.

The day after Liu Xian returned to Nanjing, Luo Shuya came to the door to ask for a meeting. Liu Xian didn't deliberately dry him, and immediately saw Luo Shuya.

It's just that I haven't seen each other for two or three months, and the arrogant and domineering style that Luo Shuya originally gave Liu Xian is gone. is like Wei Yan, who was pressed by Zhuge Liang, unwilling, but he never dared to leak it out on his face. Aggrieved!

I think Luo Shuya, as a French minister, will be windy and rainy when facing the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Now they have to bow their heads in front of the same Chinese.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are a wise and wise monarch who should know how to handle the relations between China and France today, so that you can win greater benefits for China's future.

The French Third Republic failed in the Far East. The war brought severe pain to France and deeply damaged the relations between China and France. But just like what you said at the beginning, China and France are big countries in the East and the West, and they have to sit together after all.

France admits defeat in the Far East, but France will not withdraw from the Far East. His Majesty reclaimed the French concession in Shanghai, but did not expel all the French merchants, and he must have a deep understanding of this.

To use an old Chinese saying: between China and France, cooperation is beneficial to both sides, and division is harmful to both sides.

A big country in the East and a big country in the West, always maintaining a sharp contradiction, is a very irrational act. As a diplomat of the French Republic, I have come to meet His Majesty the King with the friendship of France. I hope that His Majesty the King will also make the wisest response to the hand of friendship of the French Republic with a vision for a bright future for China and France! ”

Luo Shuya is really not simple. The eloquence of the diplomat is truly impressive.

Liu Xian looked at Luo Shuya with a smile and took the credentials submitted by Luo Shuya from Ding Zhenduo. It turned out that there was a word on it that made his eyes shine - ambassador. Luo Shuya's title has changed from minister to China to ambassador to China.

"Haha, good, good!" Liu Xian nodded to Luo Shuya with satisfaction, the difference between the minister and the ambassador is completely different. Luo Shuya's change from minister to China to ambassador to China shows that the French really face up to China. At least on the face of it.

As for some of the conditions for war and peace talks that Luo Shuya subsequently proposed, Liu Xian could not agree to them casually.

The French also wanted to keep Ha Xian, and only promised to compensate Zhongyue 10 million francs, and they would take all the prisoners. Such conditions are absolutely impossible.

The issue of Ha Xian was not negotiable, just to repay the obedient little brother of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam, Liu Xian must also take back Ha Xian to the Nguyen Dynasty. For this, both war reparations and prisoners of war can be made a condition.

In China, based on the fact that the new Qin junta had already announced the abolition of France's privileges in China, the French did not mention it, which is tantamount to acquiescing to this.

"Mr. Ambassador, Ha Tien is an old territory of Vietnam. The Nguyen Dynasty, having lost its land because of the defeat in the first war, must regain its land because of the victory in this war. Just like Alsace and Lorraine, when France won the next Franco-German war, I don't think the Germans could continue to hold on to Alsace and Lorraine. ”

"It's all the same. France is a noble nation, and Vietnam is also a dignified country. I hope that Mr. Ambassador will be able to better communicate with your government and resolve this stumbling block that hinders the further strengthening of Sino-French friendship and exchanges. ”

The time goes into December, just before the arrival of the New Year. Negotiations between China and France have finally reached an agreement:

1. The French army completely withdrew from Ha Tien, and the Nguyen Dynasty government formally regained the sovereignty and control of Ha Tien;

2. France compensates Vietnam 10 million francs and China 8 million francs;

3. The Qin army exchanged all prisoners of war for the French government;

4. Abolish the exclusive privileges of France in China; French warships are prohibited from arbitrarily passing through China's territorial waters;

5. The French may travel and trade in the interior, and French missionaries may rent and buy land and build churches in various places, but religious activities must comply with Chinese laws and regulations, and must be supervised and approved by the Chinese Religious Affairs Bureau;

6. The New Qin Government does not recognize any treaties that the Manchu Government has signed or will sign in the future against France in the name of the state;

The conclusion of the Sino-French treaty was not unexpected. The crushing defeats of the French expeditionary forces in Vietnam and China deprived the French of their ability to speak in the Far East. Coupled with the fierce internal conflicts in France, the current government is under great pressure, and Luo Shuya signed a humiliating treaty, and Britain, the United States, Germany, Russia and other countries are not surprised.

Now that such a treaty can be signed, Luo Shuya is already very good.

In fact, Liu Xian also miscalculated the weight of more than 10,000 French prisoners in his hands. These prisoners of war were really an invincible killer in the negotiations.

At this time in Hunan, there was silence inside and outside Changsha City. 40,000 Hunan troops gathered outside Changsha City, 10,000 people in a large phalanx, and the queue was neat.

In front of each large phalanx was a hill of guns and weapons.

Zeng Guoquan knelt in front of the 'cannonball' of three million quintals of rice.

The Qin army promised to initially import 3 million quintals of rice to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces at the price of one silver dollar and one quintal of rice. This promise went directly to Ta Kung Pao, and the first batch of 300,000 quintals of rice was handed over to Li Hanzhang, the governor of Huguang.

The Hunan army was instructed by Liu Xian to only give grain, and after receiving the money, it was over. As for how much silver the Manchus bought after they brought down Shanxi and Henan, it was not within the hands of the Qin army.

Liu Xian estimated that there would definitely be a moth in the middle. In the mountainous and Shaanxi realms, don't say two or three silver dollars a load, I'm afraid that sellers of seven or eight or more than a dozen silver dollars will get it.

The roots of the Manchu officialdom have rotted, and a few people above have a conscience, and they can't stop the general trend. These three million loads of grain can be sent over, and all of them can leak out in front of the public.

As long as the operation is good, with "Ta Kung Pao" as a thug, it will definitely make the Manchu Qing people lose a lot, and Liu Xian will make a lot of public opinion. And three million quintals of rice received three million silver dollars, and Liu Xian did not lose anything. It can only be said that one does not make money.

The rice of the Nanyang generation is too cheap.

Liu's current food system extends to Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaya, Lan Fong, Myanmar, Siam and Vietnam, not just Vietnam and Lan Fong. Covering the entire South Seas, the price of rice is only cheaper, not the cheapest. R1152