Back on the barge, Yang Meng handed over the things written by Doctor Lin to Gu Yayue, Gu Yayue read, after Yang Meng made modifications, this order was sent to the Minghu Medical Center, the stall was too big, many things can only be thought of when you see it, and Yang Meng is also very helpless about this.

The Great Qing Dynasty is too far behind, and the road to exploration is also very long, and now the military is the main thing, and other things can only be placed in a secondary position.

When Gu Yayue recited the order, Yang Meng also had a lovely person behind him who pinched his shoulders, and he also enjoyed handling business like this.

"Master, Mr. Xu is back!"

glared at the greedy man, I am afraid that Yanru, a clean girl, will be eaten alive again, Xu Ziwei wants to come in, so naturally pay attention to the impact.

"You two go and rest! Let the Comptroller in! ”

After the two entered the inner room, Xu Ziwei walked into Yang Meng's cabin slowly.

"What's going on down there?"

"Fair! The general way is there, and the stewards below have a tight spell on their heads! There shouldn't be any problems in the next few years. ”

Yang Sanye killed the corrupt people, and also warned a large number of Yang family stewards, and now on the issue of gold and silver, the stewards of the Yang family are extremely cautious.

"That's good, let's also set off back to Jiujiang, on the way you prepare a few letters, Hu Linyi asked him to promote some Liu Qi titles, Zeng Disheng beat the side drum for Shen Baozhen and Rao Tingxuan, and Zuo Jigao pulled Feng Guifen from Jiangsu.

In addition, send a letter to my second brother, telling him about my plan and Lin Laohu's old age. I still have to let him take the lead. ”

With Shen Baozhen, Feng Guifen, and Rao Tingxuan. plus Lin Laohu's two sons, Lin Ruzhou and Lin Congyi. The second brother Yang Yi's path Yang Meng is paved, with such a group of relatives and friends, in the officialdom of Jiangnan, the second brother can be regarded as a force.

If Shen Baozhen can be put in the position of governor of Hunan this time, coupled with the training of the sailors, this force will be enough to compete with Zeng Zuo and the others, and they will not give up such an opportunity if they want to come to the imperial court.

Along the way, the remaining affairs of the river project are generally alive. The construction of irrigation and drainage canals has also begun, but there is still a huge gap in funding, and it seems that the construction of the canal on the solid river has also reached a stalemate.

When the boat arrived in Jiujiang, Yang Meng took over the power of Jiujiang from Yu Biao, and the recent war in Anhui and Jiangxi is still stalemate, but whether it is Zuo Jigao, Zeng Laojiu or Shi Dakai in Anqing, there is some meaning of silence.

"Yu Biao, recently planned a big strategy, based on the green camp and Lian Yong in the six provinces of Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang, with Zeng Disheng, Hu Linyi, Zuo Jigao and Xiangchu Lian Yong as the main force. Build a large encirclement, and later this Taiping army's sphere of influence. It must be confined to this big circle!

Lao Tzu will not have time to be more serious with them for the next period of time, and foreigners are the real enemy. ”

England is eyeing the tiger, France's attitude is not clear, Millican and Oros are ready to take advantage of the fire to rob, such a situation can be very complicated, and the Taiping army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has won successive battles, with Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Taiping army has the ability to equip a large number of troops, and the offensive of the official army and the Taiping army should also be suppressed.

"Third master, I'm afraid this is difficult! The officers and soldiers, except for the second army of Hunan and Chu, there are not many who can fight, no matter how well we draw this encirclement, I am afraid that with the participation of the officers and troops, it is also a broken sieve! ”

As soon as he heard that there were officials and soldiers involved in the encirclement, Yu Biao's brows also wrinkled, the officials and soldiers of this court are just waste that they can't do or eat, no matter how good the strategy is, in their hands, it is also an object given for nothing!

"You can do the encirclement by yourself, Lao Tzu has a way to deal with those wastes."

The war is unfavorable, Yang Meng also has his own opinions, mainly because the punishment is not strong enough! Whether it's a waste or a big smoker, they have touched some basic interests, and they are also worthy of a fight.

In the few days since he returned to Jiujiang, Yang Meng was busy arranging his back hand, and many things could be left directly, but it was not easy to find an excuse to go to work.

"Third master, there is an excuse, a French missionary died in Guangxi, and this matter was learned by the French minister stationed in Guangzhou, and they are negotiating with Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangzhou!"

Although the news reported by Xu Ziwei is good news, but the matter is in Guangxi, he knows nothing about it, and when he learns about it, it is actually from Guangzhou, and I have to say that the people below are a little slack in doing things.

"Why did this matter go to Guangzhou first? Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangzhou, isn't it our territory?

Besides, the imperial court did not allow foreigners to preach in the hinterland, and there were foreigners preaching in Xilin, so why didn't we know about it in advance? ”

When he asked this, Yang Meng's face was a little gloomy, the power of Grange, Wuzhuang, Xinjun, Shadow, and the government, the power of the Yang family in the southwest has always been where Yang Meng's confidence lies, and there is such a thing, he doesn't know anything here, is there something wrong with the people below or is this Xilin not within the Yang family's sphere of influence?

"Third master, there is a reason for this, this Xilin belongs to the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou, and many things are very troublesome to deal with, and our people have never settled here.

Of course, because of the war, the shadow is also a little bad in this matter, I'm afraid that the people on Lehi's side don't have a lot of hands, right? ”

Some people have some things, and Xu Ziwei can't blame them at will, after the Xilin lesson plan came out, he only cared about the beginning and end of the lesson plan, but he didn't pay much attention to these omissions.

"This is not the reason, inform Qin Ziqi and Li Hai, and make up for the lack of people, such omissions are a sin!

Do you know the beginning and end of the Xilin lesson plan? Where did the people involved in the Xilin teaching case get into Guangxi? What is the purpose? ”

Guangxi's territory is very tricky! Where the Taiping Army started, a French priest died in Xilin, which didn't matter to Yang Meng, the key was France's scheming.

Guangxi not only has a border with Yunnan, but also has the same border with Annam, and this Guangxi is close to the sea, for France, after occupying Annam, the best springboard is not Yunnan but Guangxi!

It seems that France also wants to leave itself behind and go it alone! The geography of Guangxi and Yunnan is not much different, except for less minerals, it is also a gateway to the southwest of the Qing Dynasty.

"The French missionary involved is Marai. Xianfeng sneaked into Guangxi for three years. Because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There are some local people in Guangxi who believe in foreign religions, and Ma Lai has been active in Guangxi since he got in touch with them.

This lesson case was actually caused by the fact that some local foreign believers in Xilin were plotting to illegally harm the township, and the new magistrate of the county suppressed it more harshly because of the Taiping Army, which caused this case to happen. ”

The matter of the Xilin teaching plan was not reported by the local authorities in Guangxi. Xu Ziwei also has limited knowledge, so he can only talk about it roughly.

"Too vague! Check it again, huh...... There's no need to check it anymore, just destroy the corpses of Ma Lai and the others! The more confused this thing is, the better!

Are we taking care of it here? ”

I wanted to check the beginning and end of the Xilin lesson case again, but Yang Meng thought about it, this is what happened, Ma Lai illegally infiltrated first, and if he died, he died, and he was not a common person in the Qing Dynasty, so it was not worth spending his effort for him.

But there is a point. Yang Meng is still concerned, that is the treaty. I am afraid that there are provisions in this treaty that are not conducive to the imperial court.

"Don't take advantage! Article 23 of the Sino-French Treaty of Whampoa stipulates that anyone in France who violates this prohibition or crosses the border or enters the mainland shall be subject to the investigation of Qing officials, but shall be sent to the nearest French consulate for custody. Neither the Qing government nor the people were allowed to beat, injure, or abuse the captured French in order to harm the good of the two countries.

Ma Lai's death was caused by the mishandling of Zhang Fengming, the new magistrate of the county, and it is not easy for us to talk. ”

Consular jurisdiction, after listening to the content of the Whampoa Treaty, Yang Meng also frowned, this unequal treaty is such a ghost, it is difficult to take advantage of it!

"All the people involved will be cremated and buried, Zhang Fengming and others should be killed, rescued, fake the plague to death, and do things properly."

It is not the time to deal with the missionaries in Guangxi, what we need to do now is to blame the death of Ma Lai on the natural disaster, otherwise in the face of the Whampoa Treaty, no matter how much we talk about it, the imperial court will be at a loss first.

People in Europe and the United States pay attention to contracts, whether this matter is just or not, the officials of the Qing court, breaking the contract first, is a matter, and if they want to occupy a favorable position in public opinion, they can only start with the death of Ma Lai.

"Third master, according to the news in Guangzhou, the Ma Lai Committee is really plotting against the law in Guangxi, so there is no need for us to keep our voices down!"

Yang Meng has always been arrogant and domineering when he did things before, but this time he became tactful, Xu Ziwei was also a little stunned, if he acted according to the law of the third master before, it was nothing more than that this Ma Lai was not a good person, how to say it!

"That's not what you say, if the name is not right, it is not good, sometimes, you still have to do things according to the rules, you plan to go to work! Although Xilin's matter is difficult to do, it has to be done!

I'm afraid that there will be a noise from France, and England should also act, so we have to speed up. ”

Occupy the advantage of public opinion, Xu Ziwei is afraid that he does not understand the so-called contract spirit of the West, if the Qing Dynasty breaks the contract first, in the eyes of the French people, the Qing Dynasty is evil, if the French government takes the initiative to provoke, once the front is defeated, the French government will be blamed.

Another point is that this Marais is a missionary, in a country dominated by Catholicism, once public opinion is unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, this war will become a just war, the cause of Marai's death is not an insignificant matter, if Marais dies of the plague, even if it is a holy war, France will have no reason, and the reason for the war is not legitimate, so that the French government can be criticized by the people in the future.

Yang Meng's side responded to the battle, and the people in France opposed it, this is the so-called righteousness, and the specific details are not so important at that time.

"Third master, the beginning and end of this Xilin teaching case, do we want to report it to the imperial court?"

In his heart, he planned the excerpt of going to work, Xu Ziwei also experienced this kind of thing for the first time, and he still had to ask Yang Meng for advice on many things.

"Not necessarily! The imperial court has its own part, what we want to talk about is the Anglo-French alliance, so that the imperial court is more vigilant, there is England in Jiangning, and then there is France in the name of the lesson plan, at the beginning of the war, the imperial court should be able to smell the smell.

Let Qin Ziqi and Sun Boqing check the number and movement of the French army in Annam, Ma Lai sneaked into Guangxi, I am afraid that the French side wants to collect geographical information on Guangxi, and thoroughly investigate Ma Lai's outfit to see if there is any such evidence.

Let Qin Ziqi speed up his side, before sending the excerpt, there must be evidence in this regard, after having the evidence, the copy will be given to the imperial court, and we will keep the original, and when we arrive in Guangzhou, we can talk to the French side. ”

The statement of a spy should be able to greatly offset the influence of Marai as a missionary, although most of the missionaries are doing spy business, but after having evidence, the identity of this Marai is debatable.

It is best to have evidence, but without evidence, it is not very difficult to falsify a piece of evidence with those missionaries in Minghu and Xishan, as long as there is evidence, the matter of Marai, even if it is a loss, can compete with France morally.

There is also a reason for the manuscript to the imperial court, there should be many people in the court who are unwilling to go to war with foreigners, if the evidence is destroyed by their camera, then there will be no credentials for their own affairs, and some things have to be guarded against!

The Xilin teaching case is also a bit tricky for Yang Meng, but it is better for France to provoke a dispute in this matter, once England provokes first, France follows, this public opinion is not so easy to create, and with England as a pioneer, in the negotiations, France's confidence will be much more sufficient.

In this situation, France is the first to provoke, after defeating them at the negotiating table, once England is defeated, France will become the first two ends, without the alliance of Britain and France, Yang Meng will have less pressure in the future. (To be continued......)