"Queen Mother, this time it's Little Britain (Daqing calls England Xiaoying, and Tianzhu Daying calls Daying) coming to the door! He also pointed to the nose of the Great Qing Dynasty and asked for Sealand Island, which is the land of the Great Qing Kingdom, and he should not let an inch of land! ”

In the Grand Palace in Paris, Zhu Yongzhen, the current long-live master of the Qing Dynasty, stood straight and wore a full-body court dress. Spoke generously to a blonde old woman in her fifties who was a little obese on the soft couch. This Zhu Yongzhen was a thin young man, his face was pale with a bit of morbid flushing, and he was so excited that he could barely stand. I almost wanted to jump up in front of the old lady in front of me.

And the old aunt in front of him is his current position, the Empress Dowager Catherine of the Qing Dynasty, who is also a powerful figure in the Qing Kingdom for more than 20 years. Her son was the only son of Zhu Shanhuang of the Qing Dynasty, and succeeded to the throne after Emperor Wenzong died of depression due to the occupation of the Qiren area. But he was not a long-lived master, and he finally survived to pro-government, and died within a year, leaving no son. So he could only take a little doll from the nearby royal family to succeed. It's the Zhu Yongzhen in front of him.

For this emperor who was raised, he has been oppressed by the Empress Dowager Catherine since he can remember. Even if he is in power now, he still has no real power.

However, because of the recent intensification of the Anglo-Qing conflict, the situation led by Catherine has loosened a gap! The old aunt can be said to be helpless against aggressive England. Let's fight, Auntie is really not sure. Moreover, the bannermen and nobles of the Qing Dynasty would not agree to fight with the New Army of the Eight Banners...... Although the aunt has been in power for more than 20 years, she doesn't dare to touch the bottom line of the flag man, otherwise the matter of Xiao Wall will not be every second?

But it seems that it is not easy to account for surrendering without fighting, and ceding land to countries like England and the United Kingdom of Northern Europe. Now a group of Europeans in the court are jumping up and down for the main battle. Moreover, these Europeans are still walking with Zhu Yongzhen, the emperor. It's all there to talk nonsense. They all stood and talked without backache. These clear streams are actually frogs at the bottom of the well who don't understand anything...... Catherine, who was born in the Divine Heavenly Dao Kingdom and went to university in Kubalenburg, was really speechless.

How did this kind of fool become a big official one by one to run the country?

As for those banner ministers, they knew some international affairs, but they pretended to be confused. At every turn, the ancestors come out to prevaricate, what kind of ancestral family law. What ancestral inheritance, what old rules passed down from ancestors...... In fact, isn't it just those who fool the Europeans so that they can rule and break the rules? This woman who looks like a European is a top student of the Department of International Politics of the Ballenburg Theological Seminary (the person is a literate Lafayette), or a purple-clothed Taoist aunt of the Heavenly Taoist Divine Sect, will you not understand your thoughts?

The Europeans can't be strong, and if the Europeans are strong, the bannermen will die. Therefore, the Europeans could not be allowed to come into contact with the new army and navy, and even breech guns and water machine guns were reluctant to be used by the Europeans. The European Army, which has millions of men, is still dealing with things with breech guns and old-fashioned turn-tube machine guns, and even the rifles are outdated singles!

But your ancestor Zhu Chongba didn't unify Europa! There are many Europeans who are not confused or weak! Now they're coming. What to do? The 120,000-strong new army can't be used, and the 1 million European army is useless, so what's the need to fight? Why didn't anyone come out to pay compensation for the cession of land? Are you flag men loyal and good afraid of carrying the black cauldron?

After a long time, Catherine said softly: "So, are you going to fight?" ”

Zhu Yongzhen's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "The Queen Mother Mingjian, the court and the court, all think that it is impossible to give in. If you let Little Britain bully the door, there is no movement. So why don't Spain, Italy, Serbia and Greece come up together to bully them? ”

Catherine snorted, how did she not know that there was a Ming Empire behind England? But now I can't help but fight. A group of Ziqi people pretended to be confused. A clear European vote is really confused, and there is an emperor who is so confused that he can't save it. If she wants to say that she won't fight now, the position of the Queen Mother Regent will not be imprisoned!

"It's good to fight...... Can you win? ”

Zhu Yongzhen was stunned, and when he opened his mouth, he was confused: "The territory of the Great Qing Kingdom is twenty times that of Britain, the population is ten times that of them, and the financial resources are also several times that of theirs. There are also more than 100,000 new army and 1 million training troops (referring to the European army, after the Balkan War, the Great Qing State also reformed the European army, and the reformed European army is called the training army), how can little Britain be their opponent? ”

Catherine snorted: "How many troops have been mobilized in England. How much money was raised, how many ironclads, cruisers? How many soldiers can you transfer, and how much salary can you raise? And how much power do the Norsemen have? Emperor, will you tell the mourners? ”

At this time, Zhu Yongzhen was really stunned, he was surrounded by a group of European Qingliu officials, the articles and calligraphy were very good, and the general truth was good. But only the size of the Qing Dynasty and England, the size of the population. Almost everyone thought the battle would be won...... As for how to fight, as for the reality of the opponent, there is really no one who can say it.

However, Zhu Yongzhen's reaction was quite fast, and when he swept his eyes, he found that Hailancha was also kneeling in the main hall - he had come to Paris to report on his work, and because he had the rank of a university scholar, he had to go to court.

"Hailancha, you are the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor of France, come on!"

When Hailancha heard that the emperor had given him the problem, he hurriedly kowtowed, and replied: "Your Majesty, if the minister dares to make a military order and guarantee his life, he will not let Yingyi step into France for half a step!" ”

Hearing this, Aunt Catherine was also stunned, this Hailancha is crazy, right? Why did he keep France? The new army of the eight towns cannot all be placed in France. Vienna, Bohemia and Krakow are all three towns in one place...... One is the central capital, the other is a silver mine and industrial area, and the other is where the salt mine is located. It is the lifeblood of the imperial court, and it must be guarded. Even if the remaining five towns were to leave France, that would be less than 75,000 people. How is it possible not to let the English take half a step?

And...... Does Hailancha really dare to take the 75,000 Eight Banners New Army to fight with the British?

Even if these Eight Banners New Army has some combat effectiveness (it should be combative, the equipment and training are good, and the quality of the soldiers is also high, they are all the ancestors who have studied), so what? England has a population of 30 million, and the first round of mobilization alone pulled out an army of a million! Death of 150,000 or 60,000 will not hurt the vitality. When the time comes, will there be a new army of the Eight Banners?

This sounds strange to Hailancha!

Highland took a breath. And he said, "As long as the minister has five towns in his hands, France will have nothing to lose." ”

Zhu Yongzhen laughed: "Okay, good!" Whatever you say, I'm relieved. Give you the five town soldiers, and the Beiyang Navy Division will also give you moderation, and fight for me! ”

Hailancha kowtowed again, full of confidence: "As long as Yingyi dares to go ashore." The minister Zhun Bao told them to come and go! ”

As long as you dare to go ashore? Catherina's eyes narrowed, as if she had understood something. This Hailancha must have received some guarantee from Daming, the British would not dare to attack France! That's why he dared to pack the ticket in front of the emperor, and he also held all the new troops in the five towns that could be mobilized in his hands...... Where is this going to be a decisive battle with the English, it is clearly to preserve the strength of the flag people!

The national disaster in the capital of the Qing Dynasty is coming, why are these flag men and officials still making such small calculations? Do they think that if this battle is lost to England, the Qing Dynasty can still rely on these hundreds of thousands of bannermen to maintain the situation?

Catherine Lafayette frowned, "With this sentence from Highlander, France should be foolproof." But how did Germany and the Netherlands hold it? How should the island of Zealand be guarded? The new army of the banner people has a total of eight towns. Five towns defend France...... France is the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty, and it is the closest to leave England, and it must not be lost. There are two more towns in Austria and Bohemia, which are also immovable. Austria has the central capital, Bohemia has silver mines, and the arsenal of the Qing Dynasty is also in Bohemia. And Austria borders Italy, and Italy can't be guarded...... This leaves only an Eighth Town guarding Krakow. ”

"Queen Mother, the eighth town of Krakow can't be moved." This time it was Luo Guozi who spoke. Dressed in the purple official robe of a first-class official, it is the head of the cabinet. Liu Yong, a scholar of Mandarin Palace.

"Why can't you even move Eighth Town?" Zhu Yongzhen asked with a frown. There are a total of eight new troops in the Qing Dynasty, and when they review the drill every year, they make people's blood boil when they look at it, and they don't know how much stronger than those European armies! Now that it's coming to an end, why can't it be used?

"Your Majesty," Scholar Liu said unhurriedly. "The eighth town can't be moved, Krakow is the capital of the former Kingdom of Jesus, although the Kingdom of Jesus is gone, but the remnants of sin still exist today, and a few months ago there was a popular revolt organized by the Society of Jesus. If it hadn't been for the timely response of Eighth Town, it would have caused a catastrophe. Moreover, there is a Wieliczka salt mine near Krakow, where the salt tax of the imperial court comes from, but there must be no loss. ”

The salt tax of the Great Qing Dynasty was actually a poll tax in disguise, because salt was a necessity of life. Salt production in the whole country is monopolistic, and it is not allowed to boil sea salt, nor can it be opened privately, and it can only be mined from the Wieliczka salt mine in Poland. Therefore, this Wieliczka mine can contribute 20 million taels of silver (equivalent to 40 million Heavenly Dao tickets) to the treasury of the Great Qing Dynasty every year. It is equivalent to more than a quarter of the central fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty!

"Yes, the Wieliczka Salt Mine must not be lost!" Catherine Lafayette nodded heavily, and without waiting for the Qing Emperor to raise objections, he finalized the use of the eighth town...... The new army in a town is only 15,000 people, and it is a strong army to keep the town, and if it is pulled out and desperate with the English, it will be exhausted in a blink of an eye.

If the new army of the Eight Towns Banner People is pulled to the battlefield, there may be a fight. But if you only send one town, forget it. Catherine Lafayette has been in charge of the broken ship of the Qing Dynasty for many years, so of course she will weigh the pros and cons.

"Then what soldiers are we going to use to fight Yingyi?" The Qing Emperor looked at Liu Dashoufu with burning eyes.

"Naturally, it's a training army." Liu Yong said calmly, "The imperial court spends 30 million taels of silver every year to raise a million training troops, isn't it just to protect the family and defend the country?" The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while. Today is the time! ”

"But can the training army beat Yingyi?" The Qing Emperor was skeptical. Although he was confused, he also knew the relationship between the training army and the New Army of the Eight Banners -- according to the old rules of the Great Qing Dynasty for three or four hundred years, the total combat effectiveness of the 120,000 Banner New Army in the Eight Towns should be higher than that of the 1 million training army.

In other words, let the million training army and the 120,000 banner army set up a battle, and the result should be the victory of the 120,000 banner army. Of course, this is not to say how strong the new army of the banner people is, but that the training army of the Great Qing Dynasty is too weak and vulnerable at all.

Of course, no one would say this in the court, let alone the Qing Emperor......

"Your Majesty, the matter of fighting a war can only be known when it is fought." Liu Yong didn't dare to pack tickets for the European army training. "However, there are many soldiers who are trained, and there are millions of people who can fight, and they can also recruit new soldiers. They had a population of 40,000,000 (including the occupied bannerman districts), how many people did they have in England? Ten to one, the forehead is also won, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty clapped his hands, "That's it, there are so many people in the Great Qing Dynasty, how can they not beat little England?" Queen Mother, did you say? ”

It's a fart! Catherine Lafayette just sneered in his heart, doesn't it cost money to recruit new soldiers? The current military training is just a so-so training every once in a while, and at other times they are busy with their own affairs, as if they are just a part-time errand. With such a soldier, it costs the imperial court more than ten or twenty taels of silver a year (this was sent by the Qing Dynasty, and only God knows how much the people below can get). If you recruit soldiers who really go to the battlefield, the cost will not be multiplied several times? With the annual income of more than 80 million taels and nearly 90 million taels of expenditure in the Qing Dynasty, how much silver can be cut out to recruit troops?

This emperor really doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are!

Look at this emperor who doesn't know the severity, and then look at the confused officials and pretending to be confused officials kneeling all over the ground. Catherine Lafayette was suddenly full of irritability, and shouted sharply: "This Qing Dynasty has come to the point of survival, you are all confused and confused, small abacus and small abacus, who has ever thought about it, if this Qing Dynasty is gone, where can you go!" ”

With one sentence, the Qing Emperor Zhu Yongzhen was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, and poked there straight and didn't know how to speak. Will this Qing Kingdom be "gone"? Could it be that little England still wants to destroy the Qing Dynasty?

Ekaterina waved her hand: "That's it!" Hit it! This time, it's up to you, the emperor, to make trouble, and don't ask the mourning family to clean up the mess for you! Emperor, mourning family just one sentence: This world is different from what you think! Very different! Hello do it yourself! (To be continued.) )