"Lord Wang, I am the master of Lord Xu Yingqi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and I am specially ordered to give you a letter to Lord Wang." Master Xu Yingqi said.

Wang Guorui looked at the letter, which was actually about several feudal officials of the imperial court, including Li Hongzhang, the governor of Liangguang, Xu Yingqi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, and Yuan Shikai, the governor of Shandong. Several feudal officials saw that war was inevitable, so they all began to discuss how to ensure the interests of their own territory. In particular, those feudal officials did not agree with Cixi's idea of going to war against various countries, they were not as "confused" as Cixi, so they all obviously hoped to live a good and stable life. As for them, they are now also beginning to prepare for collusion, and are ready to let everyone implement the policy of local self-protection when necessary, and not interfere in the struggle between the central government and the foreigners.

"Lord Wang, Taiwan and our Fujian and Zhejiang are all one, and at that time we were still under the jurisdiction of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. But now that the center is at war with the foreigners, of course we can't accept this chaotic fate. Once the center and the foreigners start a war, then we must first ensure the peace of our local people. The strength of the foreigners is too strong, especially this time when the eight countries come out to fight together, how can we be opponents, so we might as well sign an agreement with the foreigners, and then ensure that our south is not disturbed by the war. Master Xu Yingqi said.

Wang Guorui looked at this southeast mutual insurance agreement, in fact, it is very simple, that is, he hopes that this southeast place will not obey the orders of the central government, and then let the southeast place not be able to send troops to support the central government. However, the condition is that the foreigners will not be able to attack the place of the southeast generation, and the southeast generation must ensure the vested interests of the foreigners. In fact, this is artificially not obeying the dispatch of the central government, and these feudal officials actually hold local power. and the Central Chamber of Justice.

You must know that starting from the Zeng Guofan during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, the local forces have also increased continuously, and then they fought against the central court. At that time, the old woman Cixi finally divided the local forces through various means, and there were many political means to finally let them gradually integrate again. Although it was not possible to make them completely obedient, at least the big parties did not dare to resist. But now something like this is happening. Once these southeast mutual guarantees are implemented, the authority of the central government will fall to the bottom again, and then the local forces will increase again. At that time, the central government may not be able to give orders out of the capital, and I am afraid that it will really face a tragic result.

The political influence of the southeast mutual protection is long-term, and this has planted the bane of national division.

"Several of our adults said that if the capital is lost, then it will support the governor of Liangguang, Lord Li Hongzhang, as the president to rule the country." Master Xu Yingqi asked.

But Wang Guorui immediately asked: "Such an important matter." Why didn't the terms be negotiated with me, the governor of Taiwan, and they were decided? You just take a condition that you haven't negotiated with me, and then let me, the governor of Taiwan, sign it? You don't take me, the governor of Taiwan, too seriously, do you? ”

"Well, this ......" Master Xu Yingqi was speechless.

This time, these bigwigs really ignored the governor of Taiwan, and they have not been with this governor of Taiwan, Wang Guorui, because of the issue of class position. And they think that Wang Guorui is too young and has insufficient qualifications in the officialdom, so they don't think there is any need to discuss with Wang Guorui. These old Manchu officials were still very particular about seniority. If you don't have qualifications, they won't even look at you. So they subconsciously think that this Wang Guorui was born in a donation class and is still so young. So they all subconsciously used the Manchu officialdom to measure him.

This kind of old bureaucracy uses this kind of thinking to measure Wang Guorui, so they subconsciously ignore the strength of Wang Guorui's subordinates. They ignored that Wang Guorui's subordinates were very strong, and they were not weak. And they still use the seniors and juniors in the officialdom to measure with deep qualifications and shallow qualifications, so they are actually using this kind of thinking to measure Wang Guorui, and they naturally look down on Wang Guorui. In this way, they all feel that they have made a decision after a few "old-timers". That Wang Guorui should abide by it.

"Also, what I am most dissatisfied with is, why do you have to let Li Hongzhang be the president? Hum? Wang Guorui snorted.

When Xu Yingqi's master heard this, he immediately said: "Lord Li Hongzhang has the most seniority in officialdom, and he is deeply respected by the people. I want to ......"

"Oh? Then where do you put our 20 divisions of Taiwan's army, as well as how many major fleets? Wang Guorui asked again.

Master Xu Yingqi immediately broke out in a cold sweat, this is simply a threat, a threat from Chiguoguo. Now Master Xu Yingqi realized what a mistake he had made, Wang Guorui's 20 divisions of the army, no less than 250,000 people, plus the navy's major fleets, can rank among the top five in the world's naval rankings. With such a strong strength, they actually want Wang Guorui to succumb to Li Hongzhang, is this possible? Although Li Hongzhang is also the governor of Liangguang, this governor is not the governor of Guangzhou, and the strength in the hands of the governor of Taiwan is much stronger than that of Li Hongzhang, so he did not ask Wang Guorui's opinion, and took the initiative to ask Wang Guorui to admit that Li Hongzhang would be the so-called president at that time. Isn't this making Wang Guorui succumb? Wang Guorui is so powerful, will he give in? Even if Wang Guorui succumbs, can the officials under Wang Guorui succumb? Will they accept Wang Guorui as someone else's subordinate?

"After all, Master Li Hongzhang is highly qualified, so ......" Master Xu Yingqi still wanted to defend.

"Seniority, I don't ask about seniority now, I just ask me how you can convince me of more than 200,000 troops and the world's top five navies. If you can convince them, I have no opinion! Wang Guorui replied.

“……”

Master Xu Yingqi's heart was like 10,000 grass and mud horses passing by, this Wang Guorui was obviously telling him that if he wanted to bypass Wang Guorui, he would support Li Hongzhang as president, but Wang Guorui did not agree. How much stomach to eat, Li Hongzhang, the strength in the hands of this old thing is not even a fraction of Taiwan's, why should Wang Guorui recognize him as president? So Wang Guorui made it clear that he wanted to tell him that Wang Guorui would stop doing it, you should play Southeast Mutual Insurance, and you want to support the president, why should you give Li Hongzhang to be it? Does it rely on Li Hongzhang's so-called "qualifications"? It's a pity that Wang Guorui doesn't look at any qualifications here, and Li Hongzhang's so-called qualifications are nothing in front of Wang Guorui. Wang Guorui knows that he is more senior than his age, and he is not as good as this Li Hongzhang and those bureaucrats. But why should Wang Guorui give up his strengths and compare them with the shortcomings of others?

"Lord Wang, we will continue to discuss the future matters in the future, you might as well sign the conditions of this Southeast Mutual Insurance, which can be regarded as completed." Master Xu Yingqi said.

Master Xu Yingqi thought secretly in his heart: "The foreigners have said that Wang Guorui must be pulled into this southeast mutual insurance, so that the foreigners can rest assured." ”

This foreigner also hopes to pull Wang Guorui into this southeast mutual insurance, so that they can also invade Beijing with confidence. The condition of this southeastern mutual guarantee is that the areas that signed the treaty cannot send troops to support the central government, and once Taiwan signs this treaty, it is also agreed not to support the central government. In this way, the foreign devils have also let go of this great enemy, and they can rest assured and boldly ravage the Manchu central government, and then force the Manchus to continue to sign traitorous treaties.

"I tell you, I won't sign this treaty. You have a treaty that I didn't even participate in negotiating and let me sign it, and I can't agree to that. Wang Guorui said.

And Xu Yingqi's master immediately said: "Lord Wang, in that case, do you want to change the matter of the presidential candidate?" ”

Of course, Master Xu Yingqi realized that Wang Guorui was most dissatisfied with the issue of the presidential candidate. So Master Xu Yingqi took the initiative to ask, if Wang Guorui can be the president, is Wang Guorui willing to sign? But Wang Guorui gave a ridiculous answer.

"As a loyal minister of China, I will never do such a thing to split the country and confront the central government. If the central government is in trouble, I will do my best to support it, and this is an important responsibility of us as a locality. Therefore, as a local government, we naturally have to obey the orders of the central government, and we must support the central government when necessary. And if you sign a treaty without authorization, this is tantamount to betraying the country. You guys, so disregard for the interests of the country and the authority of the central government, aren't you splitting the country? Therefore, I absolutely cannot do this kind of thing to divide the country. You go, I'm not going to sign. ”

Master Xu Yingqi's heart was once again like 10,000 grass and mud horses passing by, because Wang Guorui said so righteously, but he said one thing and did another here. keeps saying that he will not split the country, but he is actually the governor of the Taiwan Special Administrative Region here. Is it possible that Taiwan is only allowed to be a special administrative region for whatever things, and that a few of our governors are partially neutral?

However, this Xu Yingqi's master also knew that Wang Guorui did not agree to sign this southeast mutual insurance treaty, and Xu Yingqi's master soon left. Since Wang Guorui didn't sign, it was impossible for this master to be reluctant. (To be continued......)