"How to express loyalty?" Ruan Shanshu looked at the Emperor blankly, but the Emperor looked tired and motioned for him to retreat.

Ruan Shanshu looked at Yuan Shikai like asking for help, the elder squire smiled, and then invited him out and walked into a room, which is the attendant of the emperor's majesty, because the emperor doesn't like to use eunuchs, it turns out that the eunuchs in the palace have been released to reward a sum of money, and arranged to take care of the children in the royal orphanages in various places, including those palace maids who are also married, and arrange the work arrangement, now in the palace in addition to the guards, a small number of maids and servants who come in as a hired person, and then the various institutions belonging to the royal family, Including the attendant office led by Yuan Shikai, it is said to be the attendant office, but it is actually the secretariat or conspiracy office.

It's not good stubble, Yang Shixiang, Yang Shiqi, Zhao Fengchang... All of them were carefully selected by His Majesty the Emperor, and after the boss brought Ruan Shanshu in, these treacherous and cunning guys immediately surrounded them.

"Mr. Ruan, since the Shangyi said that you want to show your loyalty, it is nothing more than to let you break off with the French first, for example, the king of your country will issue an order refusing to continue to recognize the treaty with the French, and then order your army to expel the French." Yang Shiqi shook his fan and said.

Nguyen Shanshu gasped, it didn't take an hour, the French garrison in Hue had to arrest Emperor Cheng Thai and throw him in prison, even if he was killed directly, it was not impossible to kill him directly, the entire Hue was actually in the hands of the French envoy to Zhongqi Qin, and the king was abolished by just his words, including Emperor Chengtai himself was brought out of prison by the Zhongqi envoy back then.

"It's a question that needs to be considered." Yang Shiqi listened to his concerns, and pretended to be there with a solemn face, and Zhao Fengchang next to him said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult, how many French troops are in Hue?" ”

"Not much, just a few hundred." In fact, there were more than 20,000 French troops in Vietnam, mainly guarding Saigon. In addition, there are some on the front line against Hoang Hua Tan, some in Hanoi, and some on the Sino-Vietnamese border, Shun Khanh is in central Vietnam, there is a direct railway from Saigon, and there is also the French garrison in Da Nang next to it.

"Xiaohu, come here!" After listening to this, Zhao Fengchang stretched out his hand and called the youngest of the attendants, who was actually a major sent by the War Department to serve as a military adviser to them, and asked, "With the combat effectiveness of our soldiers." In the case of entrenchment, how many French troops can a thousand people block? ”

"If the ammunition supply is sufficient, hold on to the preset position, and the 10,000 French troops will not want to break through the defensive line." Major Hu said confidently.

"A thousand people disguised as merchants, can they hide from the French and enter Hue?" Zhao Fengchang asked Ruan Shanshu.

"There shouldn't be much of a problem, Brother Zhao wants to use strange soldiers to control Hue first, and then the king of our kingdom will issue an edict to expel the French?" Ruan Shanshu immediately understood his train of thought.

"Yes, if these 1,000 people sneak down from the coast at night with landing ships, it will be enough to evade the land checkpoint. As for the ammunition, it is nothing more than to bring more, and you can let people prepare some of them in the city in advance, first let them disguise themselves as civilians of your country to enter Hue, and then take out the French army in the city in one fell swoop. Then change into the clothes of your soldiers, and be responsible for defending your king, and when the French arrive, they will only have to stop them for a day or two. Naturally, our army will make excuses, such as protecting the diaspora, and landing in Hue on a large scale. Zhao Fengchang said.

"W-that's too risky, isn't it?" Ruan Shanshu hesitated and said, not only is it an adventure. It's just a child's play with Nguyen Phuc Zhao and his ministers, how to sneak into Hue This is nothing to worry about, the French actually don't care about the guards of Hue city gate at all, the people responsible for doing that work are Vietnam's own army, not to mention a thousand guns, even cannons can be put in the same, Chinese and Vietnamese are yellow, even if there is a difference in appearance, it doesn't matter, first, the French can't tell the difference, and second, the Chinese expatriates in Hue City also have, a thousand people will not arouse suspicion at all.

The coast of Vietnam is long, with the cooperation of the Vietnamese to find a secluded place to land, there is no zài difficulty, but this thousand people stick to Hue, how to think how unreliable, the Chinese failed is nothing more than a thousand soldiers, but Vietnam is accompanied by the lives of the king and countless ministers, it is conceivable how angry the French will be.

"Brother Ruan, wealth is in danger, besides, this is not a risk, your country also has an army, doesn't it? When the time comes, with them, will they still be able to hold out in Hue for three or two days? As long as you fight, there will definitely be casualties among Chinese nationals, and when the time comes, the consulate will send a telegram, and our troops in Yazhou will be able to dispatch to protect the overseas Chinese, and the 500-mile sea route will be able to arrive in half a day, and the main force of the French army will pass through Saigon, and I am afraid it will be difficult to reach it in three or five days, so it seems to be dangerous, but in fact there is no danger. Yang Shiqi said.

When he said this, Ruan Shanshu also felt that this was indeed the case.

"If your country doesn't make this statement, then we will definitely have to find another excuse to do it, and when the time comes, the French will naturally not be able to withstand it, speaking of your king, it depends on the emperor's mood whether to stay or not, Your Majesty has no good impression of the Ruan Dynasty." On the side, Yang Shixiang threatened.

Ruan Shanshu couldn't help but feel excited.

Watching this guy leave in a hurry, several guys laughed happily.

"How good is this, send people into Hue first, and when the French fight tightly, put them in, and then take advantage of the chaos to let those foreign mercenaries pretend to be French troops, kill the Vietnamese royal family from top to bottom, and wait for our army to land and retake Hue, at that time, since there is no one in the Vietnamese royal family, there will be no more Vietnamese royal family, turn this country into the emperor's direct territory, and give the Vietnamese some sweetness casually, anyway, they have no loyalty to the Nguyen family." Zhao Fengchang said with a cruel smile.

Yang Shixiang also laughed.

Yang Feng didn't care about these conspirators' poisonous schemes, he had completely handed over this job to these people, as the emperor, how could he bother with such a trivial matter, the emperor! In the next few days, he visited orphans in orphanages, comforted the elderly in nursing homes, or gave speeches to young students at universities, and even went to the Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Arts to chat with academicians.

In addition, he also made a big move, and got two more saints for China, one was given by himself, because according to the convention, the emperor is indeed canonized by the power of canonization, and now he is advocating science in the country, and naturally he also wants to establish an idol level in science, so he simply made Song Yingxing a saint, and erected a bronze statue of Song Sheng more than ten meters high, which was directly planted in front of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and when it was completed, he took the royal family and cabinet, and all members of the Congress to unveil it in person.

Another saint is under his behind-the-scenes activities, given by the Vatican, Xu Guangqi is also canonized as a saint, anyway, the old Xu is a Catholic, which the Vatican also recognizes, as for he did not show miracles or anything, this is very simple, Chinese do not care about this kind of thing, foreigners do not know the details, just make up one for him.

In addition, there is an order to rebuild the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty made it so outrageous that the emperor looked at it.

During this time, under the joint protection of international giants such as JY Company, Bofors Company, and the People's Bank of China, Nguyen Thien Shu, who was in exile in China, quietly returned to Hue, and was secretly accepted into the palace by Nguyen Phuc Zhao, and finally I don't know how he fooled himself, His Majesty the King, Nguyen Phuc Zhao actually agreed to Zhao Fengchang's plan, and then Nguyen Son Shu was secretly sent back to China, and brought Nguyen Phuc Zhao's handwritten letter, which was easy to do.

Subsequently, Liu Yongfu, commander of the Kunming Military Region in charge of southwest defense, was recalled to Beijing, and this position was originally held by Liu Mingchuan, but recently Liu Mingchuan's body was a little unable to support it, and he had to retire and go home to retire.

Liu Mingchuan did not know Emperor Yang's idea of fighting Vietnam, before getting a reply from Nguyen Phuc Zhao, this plan was not even known to the cabinet, it was limited to the inside of the chamberlain, Commander Liu, who flew to Beijing urgently on a small military transport plane, learned that Emperor Yang was preparing to recapture Vietnam, and immediately expressed his excitement, in fact, the staff of the Kunming Military Region had already carried out a plan to recapture Vietnam before, and now it is simpler to have a plan to raid Shun Qing.

"It's very simple, go south along Zhennan Pass, go to Anshi to meet Huanghuatan, and then go straight to Hanoi, the French army has only one division in Hanoi, we don't even need to increase troops from other places, the two divisions of the Yunnan Military Region alone are enough, the middle road will cut off the railway in Hue, and the navy will block the sea transportation of the French, no matter how this division can fight, the final result will only be the total annihilation." Duan Qirui, chief of staff of the Kunming Military Region, who came with Liu Yongfu, said.

"No, no, we can't just wipe out the French, understand?" Emperor Yang said with a smile.

"What does 陛xià mean?" Duan Qirui said.

"The Yellow Flower Scout is a problem to the French, and it is a problem to us, and I don't like it in our land to have such unruly creatures." Emperor Yang said.

"The minister understands, but in this case, it is better to have a group of foreign soldiers to cooperate, and these people must act secretly." Duan Qirui said, obviously he also thought of the same trick as Zhao Fengchang.

"This is okay, I will transfer 3,000 people from the Americas before the war, but how to cooperate with them needs to be done by you, you must know the casualties of these mercenaries, I will have to pay a lot of money." Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, when the time comes, the ministers will definitely design the best ambush environment for them." Duan Qirui said. (To be continued......)