In Xiao Yungui's view, business and economics are a game, although the union of Jiangsu and Zhejiang capital industry has the potential to become a behemoth, but he believes more in the power of the state machine, and he is sure that he can play this game well, because the rules of the game are formulated by him by relying on the power of the state machine. Just like the British East India Company, when it has fulfilled its historical mission, it will be mercilessly devoured by the state machine. Britain took the opportunity of quelling the great uprising in India to weaken the real power of the British East India Company in one fell swoop, and the East India Company no longer belonged to a monster with military and economic power in India.

Britain has cut off the monster that created it single-handedly, but Xiao Yungui began to build his own monster, which has to be said to be far behind the UK, in the face of the menacing capital impact of the powers, the creation of this monster is also a last resort, at this time the United States is still unable to resist the impact of the British world factory, not to mention these weak and budding capital entities along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After the civil war between the North and the South, the United States also went through an oligarchy economy for a long time, many industries were monopolized, and capital was highly concentrated, although this will endanger the national economy in the future, but under specific historical conditions, this is inevitable, otherwise it is impossible to resist and break Britain's world economic advantage.

After negotiating some major principles with Yu Songnian and other businessmen of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the bosses of 53 large and small commercial banks and factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who were present at the meeting expressed their reasons for joining this industrial consortium on the spot, which was known as the 53 Commercial Bank Union, and the entity company was also named Far East Joint Stock Company and headquartered in Shanghai. This company has written a strong mark in the future. She has made an indelible contribution to the take-off of domestic industrial entities.

Subsequently, the 53 bosses of the commercial banks unanimously agreed to form a temporary executive committee to formulate a series of articles of association of the company, and the 53 bosses were all members of the temporary executive committee. He also intends to nominate Xiao Yungui as the chairman of the committee.

However, Xiao Yungui insisted on not serving as the chairman, and even the executive committee appointed Wei Hexiang as the chairman, and finally elected Yu Songnian, Zhao Puzhai, and Li Yeting as the chairman and vice chairman of the committee. Next, the committee discussed other details, and Xiao Yungui retired.

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and returning to the Xiwang Mansion, Xiao Yungui received a note from Britain and France that the combined fleet was ready to set sail north, and hundreds of large and small warships, troop carriers, supply ships, and accompanying merchant ships would leave Shanghai, Dinghai and other ports within a few days. Went north to conquer the Manchus.

After reading the note, Xiao Yungui did not reply immediately, he immediately convened his Xiwang advisory group to discuss the current situation. Although he has the advantage of knowing more historical experience as a time-traveler, he is now in a situation, and he still needs a group of bystanders if he wants to get rid of the authorities. A group of clever bystanders.

Soon, several key members of the advisory group headed by Qian Jiang arrived. They also knew about the Anglo-French note, although the Anglo-French military action still sent a note to the Taiping Army, but the Anglo-French coalition forces have been gathering on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang for some time, and they are waiting for the spring flowers to bloom in a big way to the north, which is a louse on the bald head, a clear thing. Therefore, the advisory group began to discuss early on how the Taiping army could get the most out of the Anglo-French expedition to the north to conquer the Manchus.

Xiao Yungui didn't talk nonsense, and asked the advisory group for their views on this matter straight to the point. Qian Jiang first said: "Your Highness, we have already discussed it beforehand. The Anglo-French alliance went north to conquer the Manchus, and the focus of the attack was the Jintang area, so that they could quickly attack the capital of the Manchus, and we could take advantage of the situation to send troops to Huaishang, taking advantage of the fact that the Manchus could not take care of each other, completely purge the Huaishang Qing army, and then prepare to enter Henan, Shandong and other places. The southern front can speed up the pace of conquest of Sichuan and Guizhou, the Qing army in Yunnan has become a big weapon, and it can be completely handed over to Du Wenxiu's department to solve, Chen Yucheng can withdraw from the north to attack Sichuan and Guizhou, less than half a year, most of the world will be owned by the Kingdom of Heaven, and after the British and French forces break through the capital, the rest of the land can be passed on. ”

Xiao Yungui said with some dissatisfaction: "This is the result of your discussion?" This is just a superficial phenomenon, I repeatedly reminded you last time that the Anglo-French alliance sent troops to the north this time is quite strange, the Bohai Bay incident is not an accidental incident, someone is preparing a series of conspiracies behind the scenes, have you forgotten? ”

A member of the advisory group stood up and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Highness, naturally I haven't forgotten that what Lord Qian said just now is just the measures we should take in the best situation. ”

This person, Xiao Yungui, remembered that his name was Liu Xin, he was born in the market, and he had worked in a foreign bank in Shanghai. Xiao Yungui sighed and said, "Then go on." ”

Qian Jiang glanced at Liu Xin and bowed his head slightly to signal him to continue, Liu Xin was not afraid of the majesty of the King of the West, and then cleared his throat and continued: "Judging from the Bohai Bay incident between Britain and France and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there must be two forces within the Manchu Qing Dynasty that are preparing to resist hard, and one of them must have some kind of agreement or tacit understanding with Britain and France. And these clauses are most likely aimed at our Taiping Army. ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "I also thought of this, and continued." ”

Liu Xin continued: "We judged that Britain and France were worried that after our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom eliminated the Manchus and unified the whole country, their power in the Far East would be too large, and at the same time, they were also worried that the Manchus would fall to Russia if they were forced too much, so Britain and France were happy to establish a puppet regime to rule the north, and to contain us and Russia. ”

Xiao Yungui knocked on the table a few times and said: "Containing us is the key, the pace of Russia's eastward expansion will not be so fast, but it will still do it while the fire is burning to rob the Russians." So how do we deal with it? ”

Liu Xin paused, looked at Qian Jiang but did not speak. Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "There's no need to be taboo, but it's okay to say it." ”

Liu Xin hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, this idea was come up by your subordinates themselves, and it has nothing to do with others." ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "Is your idea to secretly contact the forces in power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, reach an agreement with them, and unanimously open the door to the outside world, first expel Britain and France, and then close the door to everyone to fight each other?" ”

Liu Xin was very surprised, he thought that his whimsical idea was very ridiculous, but he didn't expect King Xi to think of it too, and nodded immediately: "Your Highness is wise, I can't wait, this idea of my subordinates may be too ridiculous." ”

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is not ridiculous, there are no eternal enemies, only common interests, if Britain and France really succeed in launching a coup d'état with the Manchu lurking forces, and control the situation in Jiangbei, it will bring a lot of obstruction and inconvenience to our Northern Expedition, and even once we go on the Northern Expedition, we will face the danger of a joint declaration of war by Britain and France, so any way to help change this trend can be proposed, and this king will not deduct any charges for demonism for everyone, you go on to say, as long as the method is good, it will be a great achievement." ”

After Liu Xin had the encouragement of the King of the West, he took a deep breath and continued: "I think that as long as we can get in touch with the people in power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the two sides will temporarily reach a partial cooperation, and we will suspend the military operations in Huaishang, so that the Manchus can send troops and horses to the north to fight a decisive battle with the British and French forces, although the British and French forces are sharp, but they are only an expeditionary force of 20,000 or 30,000 people, as long as the Qing army concentrates superior forces, plus the terrain and tactics are properly used, it is not impossible to stop the British and French." As long as the Anglo-French forces are unable to capture the capital, once a stalemate is formed, the situation will gradually change. ”

Qian Jiang said angrily: "Your Highness, what Liu Xin said is still absurd and uninhibited, although the way is a good way, let the Manchus themselves block Britain and France, we don't have to intervene, but first of all, how to reach a temporary partial armistice with the head of the Manchu Qing is not easy to do, the Manchus have a deep enmity with us, who can serve as an envoy to the Manchus?" This first step could not be done by contacting the Manchu leaders, let alone the subsequent matters. ”

Liu Xin was speechless, the fatal question of his absurd method was the first step, could the Manchus reach a partial armistice agreement with the Taiping? What do the two sides rely on to trust each other? Who could send an envoy to the Manchus to make the Manchus accept the construction of the Taiping army? No one seems to be able to do it.

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and then asked, "Liu Xin, think about it the other way, if you were the person in power now in power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what would you do in the face of us and the aggressive posture of Britain and France?" ”

Liu Xin gritted his teeth and said: "No poison, no husband, if it were me, once the British and French landed in Jintang, I would order the Yellow River to be dug and released to block the Taiping army from going north, and then draw troops to fight a decisive battle with the British and French forces, and then connect with Russia outside to continue to deal with our Taiping army!" ”

Xiao Yungui's face stiffened a little, and after he got up and walked back and forth for dozens of steps, he stood up and sighed softly: "According to her temperament, maybe she will really do this, or maybe, I'll pull her." ”

Qian Jiang and the others didn't understand what the king of the west meant, Xiao Yungui turned around and immediately said: "Immediately urge the team escorting Peng Yulin and Li Mengqun to speed up and rush to Shanghai, this king wants to see the two of them as much as possible, and the candidates for the Manchu Qing are the two of them, and this king will personally write a letter to the Manchu Empress Dowager to explain the current situation, hoping to persuade her to accept this proposal." ”

Xiao Yungui then said in a deep voice: "This king has rejected the extensive military cooperation agreement between Britain and France, and at the same time, he has not signed any non-aggression pact with Britain and France. Now that other people's knives are on their necks, we have nothing to keep! It's a big deal that we will declare war on Britain and France alone, and we would rather fight now than wait until the situation becomes more complicated in the future! Qian Jiang and the others were all in their hearts, and they bowed down together to receive their orders. (To be continued......)