Just when Yang Meng and the three of them were discussing the route of entering Anqing, Gu Yayue appeared in the lobby with a stack of documents.

"What's the matter?"

Yang Meng's deliberations could not be disturbed, but Gu Yayue came in a hurry, presumably there was something urgent.

Zeng Disheng was there, Gu Yayue didn't speak, just put the stack of documents in front of Yang Meng, took out two folded pages from them, and slowly retreated.

Yang Meng picked up the first one, which was the war report of Crimea, the defeat of Oros and the victory of Britain and France, which was expected for Yang Meng, but Oros immediately had the idea of going east after the war, which he did not expect.

After taking a cursory look, Yang Meng picked up the second official document, but it was sent by Pan Shicheng, the old Taishan in Guangzhou, and the entry was simple, and the contract was repaired!

After looking at the entry of the revision contract, Yang Meng's face slowly sank, and it became more and more gloomy.

"Bastard bastard! This is a prelude to war! ”

'Bang' slapped the official document on the table, Yang Meng really couldn't suppress his anger, the entry of this amendment was harsh, and it was mentioned for the second time, although the court refused, but the attitude was a little soft.

"Ministry, why are you angry?"

When Zeng Disheng heard the word war, he thought it was another matter of long-haired thieves, so he opened his mouth to ask.

"Do you know about the covenant?"

"This matter was three years ago, and it was rejected by the imperial court, why is the ministry angry because of the old thing?"

The so-called amendment of the treaty was the Jiangning Treaty, and at the end of the 12th year, Britain and the United States proposed a comprehensive revision of the treaty. Full trade, legalization of tobacco trade, exemption of import and export duties, and the stationing of foreign ministers in Beijing. One by one, one by one, is a bit harsh. At that time, the new emperor ascended the throne and the national strength was acceptable, so he refused the matter.

Zeng Disheng knew about this, he was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and these matters were under his jurisdiction.

"It's good to know, this time the great powers have asked for the treaty to be amended again, and Britain, France, and the United States have asked for the treaty to be amended, and the conditions are still the same. What do you think about this? ”

As soon as Yang Meng's words came out, Zeng Disheng looked bland, but the left mule's face was a little more melancholy.

"Ministry, this matter is demanding, and the court will definitely not agree."

Zeng Disheng's way, I'm afraid it's still in the sky. Upward-facing. The country is wandering! If you don't allow it, I'm afraid that the next thing is to pick quarrels and provoke troubles and find an excuse to start a war, so according to the dilapidated financial situation of the imperial court, start a war, and the four-colored stick just wants to. The military planes will not answer.

"No, what if there is a war?"

"This ......"

One is talking about going to war. Zeng Disheng's heart also trembled, now that the situation is in this situation, if there is a war, the imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to support the war situation!

"Let me tell you! The envoys of various countries are now stationed in Guangzhou, once the war starts, it is almost the same as the Gengzi period, first go down to Guangzhou, and then enter Tianjin, and now the Northern Expeditionary Army of the long-haired thief is still there, if the army of the great powers lands in Tianjin, it must be a scene of long drive, and it is not impossible to go down to Beijing in a war! ”

Thinking about the means of the great powers, that's all there is to it, but today's Guangzhou is no longer the Guangzhou of 20 years ago, there are not a single 180 warships, and if they want to invade Guangzhou, there is no door.

But the Qing Dynasty Maritime Frontier, the impregnable is only in Guangzhou, there is no news of the success of the ironclad ship so far, there is no mobile combat power at sea, just pointing at the fort, this obscure thing is also troublesome!

Britain, France and the United States jointly revise the treaty, and I am afraid that the next thing is Tsarist Russia, and these four major powers are not easy to provoke, and if the court is not good, it will really compromise.

However, the terms of the treaty amendment were really harsh, and if the imperial court did not compromise, the great powers would inevitably send troops, and the exact number of troops sent was difficult to estimate.

Today, the British army is still fighting in India, although the progress is not very large, but the territory occupied is also the plain grain area, plus the Great Qing Grain Road opened by Milican in the past two years, after three or five months of preparation, it is not impossible to invade 50,000 or 60,000 people, or more than 100,000 people.

As long as the food supply is sufficient, other strategic materials can be basically satisfied, if you add a northern Oros, this situation is really not easy to fiddle with!

"Ministry, in your opinion, how much of a military force can the great powers do?"

"Between thirty and fifty thousand or hundreds of thousands, right? At present, the British army in India is afraid that there are 50,000 or 60,000, and if half of them are deployed, there will be about 30,000 people. ”

"With 30,000 horses, how many officers and soldiers can resist?"

"Three hundred thousand, right? Who the knows? ”

Faced with Zeng Disheng's question, Yang Meng didn't know how to answer, it's good if 300,000 can block it! I'm afraid of a scene that will collapse at the touch of a button!

There were not only two revisions, what Zeng Disheng knew was only the first time, it was the third year of Xianfeng, calculating the time, at that time, it was the time of the Indian riots, and the loss of India was a very heavy blow to England, and they wanted to use the revision of the treaty to expand and deepen the plundering of the Qing Dynasty.

But in the war on two fronts in Asia, England could not withstand the huge logistical pressure, so after the imperial court refused, things did not deteriorate.

The second time was the fourth year of Xianfeng, this time England pulled up Millican, the two countries sought to repair the treaty, the conditions were still the same, the imperial court still did not allow it, at this time England was fighting on two fronts, and naturally did not have the confidence to start a war in the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, the war in Crimea was in a state of stalemate, and the national conditions there did not allow England to wage war against the Qing Dynasty.

This is the third time this year, the end of the Crimean War, the establishment of the Anglo-French alliance, and although the war in India is still deadlocked, in terms of military conditions, England already has the capital to start a war with the Qing Dynasty.

If the contract is not repaired this time, I am afraid that it will be provoked in the future, once the response is unfavorable, the scene of the battle of Gengzi will be reproduced, and the four-color stick father and son both suffered blood losses in the hands of Yingli, which is also a recognizable thing.

The governments of France and Millican must have known something about their own situation, and even if there was a war, these two countries would probably be mainly tempted, but the ambition of England could not be stopped by the need for weapons.

What does England say now! is a person who has tasted the sweetness of war, and it is extremely difficult to make him stop the pace of war. The same is true of Oros in the north. Crimean War. Let the national strength of Oros be greatly damaged, and go to the Qing Dynasty to fight the autumn wind, which is also a shortcut to enhance the national strength.

This request to revise the treaty is afraid that it will lead to a real war, even if it can stop the pace of England's war with ten to one troops, but what if England increases its troops?

With the outpost and material storage base of Hong Kong Island, I am afraid of another large-scale war, for England. It just takes some lead time.

Zeng Disheng is a mixed officialdom, so he naturally knows how to weigh the pros and cons, what Yang Butang said is true, but I am afraid that this war is inevitable! With the current national strength of the imperial court, it is simply not enough to support the 300,000 foreign wars, and now it seems that this matter of revising the treaty should be cautious, and then cautious!

"Ministry. Can this be done on the basis of the fold? Now that the national strength is withering, there is really no way to go to war anymore. You might as well have a chance with the foreigners, but if you really can't do it, you can only take a step back temporarily. ”

Compared with the long-haired thieves, the so-called powers are fierce, but they are just a group of robbers, and the current trend is to destroy the long-haired first and then try to conquer the Yangyi, otherwise the war will be lost.

The long-haired thief is bad for Confucianism and collapses the society, this is the big trouble of the imperial court, even if he wants to start a war with foreign countries, he must first clean up the long-haired thief, after thinking about it for a while, Zeng Disheng also came up with his own argument.

"Hypocrisy and wrongdoing? Take a step back? If the great powers want to cede the land and pay compensation, will the court also agree? ”

Looking at Zeng Disheng gloomily, Yang Meng fiddled with the official documents on the desktop and asked in a deep voice.

"The long hair is immortal, and the court has no power to start a war, so it can only be like this!"

The more I think about it, the more determined I become, instead of indulging in long-haired hair, it is better to befriend Yangyi first, and after the long-haired thieves are exterminated, it is not too late to share with them! Zeng Disheng's idea started from Confucianism first, and then ended with the imperial court.

"Hmph...... Is that all there is to it? is a traitor to the country and seeking glory, Lao Tzu should not have saved you before, I didn't expect you to be a master in your face, but behind your back is a pickled goods full of male thieves and prostitutes!

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, you get out!

Since then, Lao Tzu has no contact with you, since England wants to go to war, then go to war! Wait for Lao Tzu to finish the river tomorrow, and first destroy his men and horses in the Qing Dynasty!

After that, the matter of suppressing bandits has nothing to do with me, Lao Tzu has to ask Hong Yang of Tianjing, if they don't want to be false with foreigners, Lao Tzu will help the long-haired thieves kill you stupid things! ”

Yang Meng's words are still a temptation, he is testing Zeng Disheng's bottom line, many things will be known before the New Year, Yang Meng has no time to test Zeng Disheng.

"No! This can't be done! If you do your best to fight millions of strong men, I am afraid that this China will not use Yingyi to march, and within three or five months, you will be killed at the hands of long-haired thieves! ”

Zuo Mule knows the opportunity, he roughly knows Yang Laosan's scheming, the imperial court, for Yang Laosan, I am afraid that it is the dispensable one, if Yang Laosan is really a long-haired thief, then no one in the world can bear the big plan to suppress bandits.

After listening to Zuo Mule's words, Zeng Disheng's face was also white, what kind of character is Yang Butang in front of him, Zeng Disheng hasn't figured it out yet! This person is sometimes scheming, sometimes arrogant, and his heart is as elusive as the sea!

"Ministry, Disheng said the wrong thing, even if you accuse, it seems that Fang just said something like this, don't say it again!"

There is a temperament in the bones, this is a scholar, although he was surprised, Zeng Disheng did not admit defeat, and after standing up, he began to look at Yang Meng.

"I'm not telling a lie, in Lao Tzu's eyes, whether the court is not the court is also a matter between the two, although the long-haired thief is hateful, but the threat is less than that of overseas powers.

Once the imperial court shows its cowardice this time, Britain, France, Russia and the United States, these four major powers, will come one after another, England's land area is small, but the naval strength is the first in the world, France is on par with it, Elos, if you talk about the land and resources, he is stronger than the Qing Dynasty, and the same is true for Millican.

Lao Tzu will tell you about the Crimean War that recently took place at the junction of Europe and Asia, and this war was a war led by Britain, France and Russia.

England used 2560,000 troops, France 400,000, and Oros 1,200,000, and these nearly 2 million troops, all armed with muskets.

This war began in the third year of Xianfeng and ended at the beginning of this year, and it was fought for three years, with four or five hundred thousand casualties.

These three major powers have hundreds of veterans of hundreds of battles, more than 1.5 million, large gunboats, hundreds of thousands, once they open their mouths, it is tens of millions, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the imperial court can take it out?

You have been born with a sentence of vanity and grievances, with a fairy spirit, the land cut off, and the silver lost are not the private property of your Zeng family! Naturally, it doesn't have much to do with you, what is this called, this is called losing power and humiliating the country!

If Lao Tzu is here, he will die millions of river strongmen, and Lao Tzu will fight to the end with the great powers!

Lao Tzu is not in the imperial court, but it is okay! Since Lao Tzu has done this Qin mission to co-organize the Jiangnan Military and Political Minister, since then, the Qing Dynasty will not cut an inch of land, will not pay a penny, and would rather die and injure millions, and this matter will never let the foreigners get their wish! ”

These words, although Yang Meng said a little contradictory, but this is also a measure of his Yang Laosan's words, after Zuo Mule listened, he clenched his fists, these words sounded a boost, and he Zuo Jigao also agreed, but this is not the case.

Many of Yang Meng's words, Zeng Disheng didn't have a heart, but there were a few key words, but they went over and over again in his heart, although Yang Laosan's words were crazy, but the weight was majestic, after stroking a few long beards, he also made a decision in his heart. (To be continued......)