"I heard that Prussia is still a small country, and it is not even second-rate in Europe, why do you King Frederick pay attention to the Far East?"

Richard did not intend to deceive Li Yunzhong, and said solemnly: "Prussia is isolated in Europe, Britain pursues a policy of isolation, France has always been hostile to our Prussia, Russia has formed an alliance with Austria, and Austria just had a war with Prussia two years ago!" ”

Li Yunzhong's impression of Austria was only some art: Viennese music, and said with a smile: "It must be the victory of Prussia, Austria is defeated!" ”

Richard looked humiliated and angry, and replied: "No, on the contrary, before the war, Prussia was at an absolute disadvantage, and in order to avoid causing the war to expand, King Frederick signed a treaty with Austria, Prussia declared himself a vassal to Austria, gave up the plan to lead the state and unify Germany, and the German Confederation was re-established. ”

Hearing of Austria's victory, Li Yunzhong was surprised and asked, "You came to the Far East only to investigate?" Although the Kingdom of Prussia sued for peace, it retained its strength, and I believe that only Prussia can unify Germany. ”

Richard got up, bowed down and thanked: "Thank you for your encouragement, Prussia lacks resources, so our king expects to carry out in-depth cooperation with the Han Kingdom, the Kingdom of Prussia is willing to establish arsenals, steel factories and other facilities in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and His Majesty is responsible for the supply of raw materials, and the products produced, Prussia only needs sixty percent, and the rest belong to the Han State." ”

Li Yunzhong held back his excitement and asked, "If it continues to run like this for a long time, won't the big man suffer a lot?" The resources of the Han State were limited and insufficient to supply the needs of the industries of the two countries. ”

Richard had already had a case: "It is limited to the unification of Germany by Prussia." After the reunification, Germany did not need this, and all the industrial facilities were donated to His Majesty. What does Your Majesty think? ”

Remembering that Germany was unified under the leadership of the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck in his previous life, Li Yunzhong thought carefully about the date. The unification period is about ten years away from now. It takes about five years for heavy industries such as arsenals to be established and put into production, while Europe is several months away from the Far East, and the reunification of Germany coincides with the peak of the output of these heavy industries.

"I agreed, I wonder when your king will start to act?"

Richard was very excited, and people of insight in Germany believed that it would take at least 50 to 100 years for Prussia to unify Germany, and that the signing of these treaties would greatly increase the Prussian state. It is entirely possible to launch a war of reunification decades in advance.

"I have brought a power of attorney from King Frederick, and His Majesty can sign a contract at any time, but this matter will be kept in secret, I wonder if Your Majesty can agree?" Richard looked at Li Yunzhong expectantly, and added: "If this matter spreads to Europe, not only Prussia will be condemned, but even His Majesty will be hostile to European countries. ”

Li Yunzhong frowned and said worriedly: "It is impossible to completely hide such a big matter from the Europeans, I don't know what your envoy suggests?" ”

Richard squirmed: "It is better to draw a place under His Majesty as the scope of Prussia's power." In this way, England, France will not have the right to enter it......"

"No, it doesn't work, if you do. Britain, France, and the United States will also demand the division of the sphere of power, and the Han State will not become a colony! Li Yunzhong refused loudly, and he didn't want to give up this incense bait. He proposed: "The territory of the Han Kingdom is vast, so it is better to build factories in Jiangxi and Anhui." There are abundant resources there, and you can get materials nearby. At present, the power of the British and French has not yet extended there, and the Prussians have developed there, and they have nothing to say. ”

Seeing Li Yunzhong's vow, Richard replied: "As you wish, but I still have to go to investigate, if it is really as His Majesty said, I agree, if nothing else, I will come to the Far East next year, and I will bring a large number of equipment with me, I hope Your Majesty will be prepared." ”

In order to reassure him, Li Yunzhong promised: "Next year, the cargo ships will fly the Prussian flag, and you can sail west along the Yangtze River until Anqing and then dock, where I will meet your envoys." ”

Richard took his leave: "Thank you for your wisdom, and I will take my leave." ”

Looking at Richard's back, Li Yunxin was in a good mood and asked Fu Luanxiang, "What are my arrangements for this afternoon?" ”

Fu Luanxiang hurriedly picked up his notebook and read: "In half an hour, I will go to Wenyuan Pavilion to deal with the two-hour recital, and in the afternoon I will hold a military meeting to discuss the situation in Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong. ”

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "Let's go to Wenyuan Pavilion to deal with the matter of the chapter, cancel, the military meeting will be held in advance, you go and notify the chief officers of the military department and the staff department to go to the conference room." ”

"Obey" Fu Luanxiang revised in his notebook.

"Ministers and others see the emperor!" Lin Daji and the others saw Li Yunzhong striding in and hurriedly saluted.

"Excuse me, I called you here because of the matter in Nanchang, you make a plan, you must take Nanchang before the New Year, and drive the Hunan army out of Jiangxi, after next year, I don't want there to be another war in Jiangxi."

Lin Daji's complexion changed slightly, and the Ministry of War had just drawn up a plan to use Nanchang as a bait to attract the Hunan army to abandon Jiujiang, gather Nanchang, and encircle and annihilate them, but he didn't expect the emperor to veto it in advance, and he didn't understand why the emperor had to drive the Hunan army out of Jiangxi, and whispered: "Jiangxi is too close to Hunan, and it is not realistic to completely put an end to the war, but what news did the emperor receive?" If the Hunan army can't enter Nanchang, Jiujiang will be in danger! ”

Li Yunzhong did not intend to make a big deal of propaganda about Prussia's going to Jiangxi for inspection, hinting: "In the past few days, a few foreigners will go to Jiangxi for inspection, and this matter is very important, so the Han army must win a few battles in Jiangxi, and don't let them underestimate it." ”

"This ......" Lin Daji is really difficult to accept this reason, it is ridiculous to give up the whole plan for the sake of foreigners! The courage suddenly became bigger: "The emperor thinks twice, the Hunan army is strong in Hubei, whether it is in equipment and numbers, it is not inferior to our army, if they are attracted to enter Nanchang and cut off their back road, within a year, the whole army will be annihilated, once our army captures Nanchang in advance, the Hunan army will inevitably besiege Jiujiang, and our army's naval division is not superior, and it will suddenly fight a decisive battle with the Hunan army." The best result is also a pyrrhic victory! ”

Li Yunzhong looked at the map and thought slightly. asked: "Didn't Zhao Liewen draw up a plan to attack Hunan!" If our army invades Hunan from Jiangxi and Guangdong, will the Hunan army return to save itself? The siege of Jiujiang is self-relieved, so that Jiangxi can be safe and sound. ”

Zhang Sui conspired: "I don't know why the emperor insisted on attacking Nanchang, is it just for a few foreigners?" Please make it clear to the emperor? He still remembered that in Yong'an, in order to avoid casualties, Li Yunzhong handed over all the positions outside the city to the Taiping army for defense, so that the decision-making power was greatly weakened.

"This matter is related to the fortunes of the Han Dynasty, if things go well. China can be unified in less than five years, not only will the foreigners not dare to bully, but the power of the Han State can be extended, and it may not be impossible to reproduce the hegemony of Genghis Khan. Li Yunzhong is full of ambition that as long as China completes industrialization and establishes a sound national defense system, China will definitely become a top power with its abundant resources.

Zhang Suimou pursed his lips and replied: "At the beginning, Zhao Liewen was only sixty percent sure of whether the Hunan army would return to the division to save himself, and he did not prevent accidents. The emperor still strengthened the defense of Jiujiang. ”

Lin Daji saw that the emperor was resolute and proposed: "The war in northern Anhui should also be temporarily suspended, in case the Hunan army goes north from Anhui, Li Dudu may not be able to cope with it." It is better for the army to retreat to Luzhou, which can not only guard against Monk Greenqin, but also support Jiujiang at any time. ”

Li Yunzhong nodded in agreement. Thinking of the war in Guangdong, he asked: "Zuo Zongtang has a war report to submit?" ”

Lin Daji and Zhang Suimou glanced at each other. They all shook their heads in unison.

Li Yunzhong looked at Zhao Laoqi, who was sitting in the corner, and motioned for him to answer.

Zhao Laoqi immediately took out a stack of information. Circulate to each other, look at Li Yunzhong's report: "According to the minister's spies, the British minister Wen Han seems to have colluded with Ye Mingchen, two months ago, Guangzhou Yishi launched an assassination against Wen Han, although it failed, but killed dozens of foreigners, and retreated safely, the strange thing is that the foreigners did not pursue the matter, Wen Han returned to Shanghai the next day. ”

These bastards! Li Yunzhong secretly scolded the ministers of several countries, and when I ascended the throne, I swore to guarantee neutrality, but I didn't expect to throw myself to the side of the Qing army in a blink of an eye.

"Is there any change in the equipment of the Qing soldiers in Guangzhou?"

Zhao Laoqi admired: "The emperor is wise, after Wen Han left Guangzhou, half a month before and after, the foreigners brought a large number of armed Qing soldiers, as well as twenty Western cannons. ”

"Bang" Li Yunzhong was furious, and after a while, he asked again: "How is the current situation in Guangzhou?" I heard that the party will be powerful? Zuo Zongtang may cope? If it is allowed to divide its forces to attack Hunan, is it feasible? ”

Zhao Laoqi was taken aback by a series of questions, and his mind instantly became extremely clear, as if only the emperor and himself were left in the conference room: "As far as Weichen knows, the Hui Party met on September 9 to start an incident, and on September 13, more than 100,000 people besieged Guangzhou, and the general Zuo of the Southern Army invaded Guangdong on September 11, and the march went smoothly, and on September 28, he arrived in Guangzhou to join the righteous army, and incorporated 50,000 righteous troops, and the rest were all dismissed!" ”

After a pause, Zhao Laoqi continued: "The Huidang besieged Guangzhou for half a month, and the foreigner warships stayed outside the city of Guangzhou, during which they also opened artillery to bombard the camp of the righteous army. According to Weichen's calculations, our army has been attacking Guangzhou for a month, and the victory or defeat has been decided, and I believe that there will be good news in the near future. ”

Li Yunzhong's face was calm: "I hope so, otherwise just by relying on Jiangxi all the way to the army, the possibility of the Hunan army returning to help will be greatly reduced."

Yang Kailin, the new deputy chief of staff, listened for a long time, and saw that the emperor and all the officials adopted a conservative approach, and said loudly: "Why doesn't the emperor send troops to the Northern Expedition, as long as the army threatens Beijing, Xianfeng will inevitably issue an order to let the Hunan army Qin Wang, and our army can cut off its back road and trap them in the north of the Yangtze River. ”

This idea has long been mentioned by the minister, in view of the fact that Xianfeng fled to Rehe in the previous life, Li Yunzhong really did not dare to repeat it, unless the Han army exceeded 500,000, which could not only guard against the Xiang army, but also deter the foreign powers. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm stuck in a bottleneck, I'm not in the mood to code words every day, I look at the miserable results, and I only have a dozen recommendation votes every day!!! I can't wait to wield a knife, but don't worry, I'm a responsible man, and if there is a beginning, there will be an end, which I promised when I opened the book.