"So that's the case, the Wa Kingdom is in chaos?!" After listening to Ding Ruchang's narration, Li Hongzhang stroked his beard and said.

"It's messy, it's very messy, it's all messed up into a pot of porridge, quite like the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in my Shenzhou." Ding Ruchang nodded again and again.

"Yu Ting, do you know why Yang Lie let Zhengqing sit in the palace of the Wa Kingdom?" Li Hongzhang vaguely guessed Yang Lie's intentions.

"Yang Lie said he had no one available."

"A force that can destroy my Beiyang Naval Division and the combined fleet of the Japanese State, actually says that no one is available, do you believe it?" Li Hongzhang was still sitting there with the old god on the ground, and he couldn't see a trace of anxiety, Ding Ruchang sincerely admired the city of Lord Zhongtang from the bottom of his heart.

"He who is humble is unbelieving." Ding Ruchang shook his head again and again.

"The old man believes it, Yang Lie is really unavailable." Li Hongzhang said in a strange tone.

"Lord Zhongtang, what do you mean by this?" Ding Ruchang was stunned.

"Can Yu Ting know that a few months ago, the imperial court issued an order to transfer green battalion soldiers from the southeastern provinces to Zhangjiakou?"

"I've heard a little, but I'm just busy with the affairs of the sailors, and I have to guard against the attack of the Japanese fleet, so I didn't take it to heart."

"The old man took it to heart, I thought that the imperial court transferred the southeast green battalion soldiers into Beijing to prevent me Li, and secondly, to let Nalan Yuanshu collect all the lands of the southeast provinces, but I didn't expect it to be to guard against Yang Lie."

"The southeastern provinces have exhausted their troops, so Yang Lie has already entered the southeastern provinces, why haven't we received any information?" Ding Ruchang was shocked.

"There are two reasons, one is that according to the old man's guess, Nalan Yuanshu and Lafayette don't know what secret agreement they reached and put the matter down; Second, Yang Lie did not enter the southeastern provinces at all. ”

"What do you mean?" Ding Ruchang was confused by Li Hongzhang.

"The transfer of officials above the second rank in the Qing Dynasty must be the decree of Lafayette, and the transfer of officials below the second rank must be the decree of the saint, but whether it is the decree or the holy decree, it has not been issued in the Forbidden City, and the old man is all over the protégés in the southeast, and I have not heard any news of the transfer of officials."

"This shows that Yang Lie has no intention of entering the southeastern provinces at all, what does he want to do?" Ding Ruchang's head gradually oozed sweat.

"As far as the old man knows, Yang Lie just asked for military power, he frantically recruited troops in the southeast, and offered a high salary, which was higher than my Beiyang salary, and it was full, and there was no empty salary for generals, it can be said that there were many servants......" Li Hongzhang said and glanced at Ding Ruchang and others.

My family knows about my own family affairs, and in the Beiyang system, whether it is a sailor or a Huai army, there are things where generals eat empty salaries. Ding Ruchang was stared at by this in a cold sweat, and laughed dryly twice.

"But he didn't move officials at all levels, what does that mean?" Li Hongzhang didn't wait for Ding Ruchang to return to the master, and directly asked himself: "First, it shows that Yang Lie seeks stability, and second, it shows that Yang Lie is indeed unavailable in internal affairs, Yang Lie's strength is strong in the military!" Li Hongzhang said with a final word.

"But power comes from under the barrel ......of a gun," Ding Ruchang muttered.

"Power comes from under the barrel of a gun...... Tsk, Yu Ting's words hit the nail on the head. Li Hongzhang exclaimed.

"Lord Zhongtang, I didn't say this, it was Yang Lie who said it." Ding Ruchang hurriedly said.

In a word, the essence of power in the world. In the battle of Dadonggou, except for the sinking of the Zhiyuan ship, the rest of the ships of our Beiyang Naval Division still existed, and Yang Lie also salvaged the Zhiyuan ship for overhaul, and sank the warships such as Yoshino and Hashitachi of the Wa Kingdom, which shows that Yang Lie still waits for us, say, what does Yang Lie ask the old man to do? Li Hongzhang said lightly.

"This ......" Ding Ruchang and others, you look at me, I look at you, but no one answered.

"What? So easily bought by that Yang Lie? Also, I, Li, am only promoted to your official at most, but then Yang Lie not only gave you officials, but also gave you the land of the Wa Kingdom, so that you could become a vassal and become the emperor of the soil......"

"Why did Lord Zhongtang say this? It's just that Yang Lie's request is true...... Honestly, alas! Ding Ruchang sighed again and again.

"Yuting, but it doesn't hurt to say!"

"I ......" Ding Ruchang opened his mouth, but he couldn't continue, so he pushed Fang Boqian out. Ding Xiangchang finally understood the meaningful smile when Yang Lie asked him to take Fang Boqian away, there were some things that he couldn't say, but Fang Boqian could.

A righteous gentleman has the purpose of a righteous gentleman, and a villain has a villain's purpose, Ding Ruchang instantly understood.

"Let's let Yitang (Fang Boqian's words) say it......" After Ding Ruchang pushed Fang Boqian out, his body and mind were much smoother.

"Lord Zhongtang, can you know about the founding of this dynasty, the former Ming Dynasty Liaodong Shanhaiguan General Soldier, this Dynasty Pingxi King Wu Sangui?" Fang Boqian will not hesitate, nor will he be ashamed to say it, since he has already reported Yang Lie's thigh, he can't let go, he must explain that Li Hongzhang did that Wu Sangui's thing, otherwise, his life will not be guaranteed.

"Yang Lie wants the old man to do what Wu Sangui did to surrender to him?" Li Hongzhang asked very calmly.

"Nope! No! Fang Boqian's head shook like a rattle, "It's not just that, it's cooperation!" In the words of Dashuai, it is to establish a bilateral strategic partnership to achieve a win-win situation. ”

"Don't talk about this uselessness, get to the point!"

"Yes! Yang Dashuai knew that this time coincided with the great changes that had not been seen in China for 3,000 years, and in order to resist the Taixi powers, Yang Dashuai wanted to change the national system, in the words of Dashuai: only by sacrificing more ambitions, dare to call the sun and the moon to change the sky. ”

"What a change."

"The marshal wants to put Lord Zhongtang on the presidency."

"Why?"

"In Shenzhou, only Lord Zhongtang has the ability to stabilize the national body in the shortest time! Lord Zhongtang is right, Yang Dashuai is seeking stability, and second, there is really no one available! ”

"Conditions?" Li Hongzhang's face was still neither sad nor happy, so that Fang Boqian couldn't see a trace of his inner thoughts.

Fang Boqian was in a cold sweat, going around and around, and finally asked the point, Fang Boqian gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, "Lord Zhongtang, ask again: Lord Zhongtang knows about Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the former Ming Liaodong Shanhaiguan and the king of Pingxi of this dynasty?" ”

Li Hongzhang finally understood the meaning of Fang Boqian's words, it turned out that Yang Lie really did not let himself surrender to him at all, but let himself do the thing of Wu Sangui and kill Emperor Yongli, and completely broke with the Qing court.

"Hiss~ It's really ruthless, there is no one to bully my Huai army! I don't have a naval division and an army in Beiyang! Li Hongzhang's face finally changed.

Silence, long silence......

Fang Boqian didn't dare to move, cold sweat flowed out like a stream, wetting his clothes, for fear that Li Hongzhang would be angry, pull him out and cut him down.

Ding Ruchang and the others didn't dare to raise their heads, and their eyes were staring at their feet tightly.

"Yuting, can my Huai army have the strength to fight Yang Lie?"