Forty-five, the retreat (1)
"You can't let them mess around like this," Prince Gong shook his head, he now hates Li Hongzao and the others, and even hates the one in the Qinzheng Palace, does this foreman and minister of military aircraft have to be opposite to the people who are in power?
"The Queen Mother said that this matter will not be taken care of by you," Bao Jun touched his nose and said helplessly, "Lord Wang, let's not get into trouble, it is still important to negotiate peace with France." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"No," Prince Gong showed a rare look of determination, "if this matter is not handled well, how can I talk to the French?" If I kill all the French in Vietnam, I will gently give up the Suez Canal to the legal person, and they will not rest on their laurels. ”
"Lord, I want to say something," Jing Lian has always been an executor, just like Zhu Xueqin in the past, he is attached to Prince Gong in the center, but it is no better than slaughtering hundreds of tribesmen who colluded with the imperial court and tried to rebel in Russia in the northwest at once, so ruthless, but he doesn't talk about everything, as long as he says it, his words will be true, as soon as he speaks, Prince Gong can't help but face it, "Qiuping, there are no outsiders here, you just say everything, I listen." ”
"As the saying goes, the crockpot will inevitably knock by the well, and the general will inevitably die in battle. France captured Thang Long Province in Vietnam in an attempt to force the Vietnamese to submit, which naturally had the idea of pinching soft persimmons in his heart, and naturally he had nothing to say, but he also had to be clear, but whenever he fought, there would be no casualties, and the previous An Ye was also killed by the Black Flag Army? What they will encounter in Vietnam is by no means unprepared, they fell for the stratagem of the Black Flag Army, repeated the mistakes of the past, and were killed by the commander and annihilated by the whole army, this is the biggest stupid thing, and I can't blame others. ”
There is just one point, this Tang Jingsong is on the side of the Black Flag Army, which is a very bad thing, "Tang Jingsong and the Black Flag Army are together, this clearly means China, the imperial court and the Black Flag Army are together, that is, we support the Black Flag Army to kill legal persons." ”
"That's right, it's good to teach the French a lesson, reasoning, these legal people are too disrespectful, in Beiqi said to do it, without putting our Daqing in the eyes," Prince Gong is not a temperless master, after so many years in charge of the center, only foreigners dare to disrespect him openly and secretly, he said indignantly, "It's just that everything can't come by temperament," he seemed to have something to say, not just the French, "They can be regarded as hitting a nail now." I don't want to keep Vietnam safe and secure, just for the sake of Vietnam, to spoil the stable life for so many years, I don't want to do it at all, the national situation is like this, stability first, if it is unstable, nothing can be done, even if it continues, it must be discounted. Qiuping, what you said makes sense, Tang Jingsong went out of the customs without authorization, and he wanted to tell the truth, if I didn't care," Prince Gong had a headache, "How else can you talk about it from the Prime Minister's Yamen?" The French are so arrogant that even if there is such a big defeat, they will never say that they will retreat, they will inevitably be furious, and they must retaliate. ”
"Then since we want to retaliate, it's useless for us to talk about it, foreigners know etiquette and talk about it according to the rules, it's just that, if you don't know how to be polite, let the prince eat the scrape off of the legal person, where will the face of the court and the military aircraft be placed?" Jing Lian shook his head, he didn't approve of Prince Gong continuing to stir up the matter in Vietnam, so his words today must be clear, "It's better for the prince to put this matter aside and ask the people from the Prime Minister's Yamen to do it." ”
"But the matter of Vietnam and the matter of Suez shares are together," Bao Jun said with doubts, "the more chaotic Vietnam is, the less we will sell our shares to the French, and let it go, I am afraid that the Black Flag Army will continue to win, and there will be no way to talk about Suez at that time." ”
"Pei Gong, you are a bull's horn, if the French can't get much cheap in Vietnam, this is good for us," Jing Lian said with a smile, he said a little reason, if the French lose strength in Vietnam, then naturally they have to recover from elsewhere and get back the shares of the Suez Canal, then he is the boss in the management of the Suez Canal, which is no less than the annexation of Vietnam, which is good news for China, if the French want to destroy the Black Flag Army, then the time will wait and see. It would be benevolent and righteous to take out the Suez Canal and sell it to the French, while retaining a little of Vietnam's legal system and territory.
If the horizontal black flag army wins or loses, China will not suffer losses, you might as well hang it high, "If the foreigners want to find faults, they are afraid that it is one thing, just say that this black flag army is Chinese, this will not be bypassed, how we say he will not listen, stir up nonsense, we can still win over the foreigners?" As long as the French don't shoot their artillery to Liangguang, and the warships don't come to China, let them play with their mouth cannons, and they don't matter, it's really inappropriate. ”
"It is obvious and well known that the French are counting on a big victory in Vietnam to force us to compromise on the price of our shares in the Suez Canal," Prince Gong said, nodding his head, "and now they can't keep the price down, but it is not easy to get rid of this money and do the Eight Banners." ”
"This stake doesn't have to be sold to the French," Bao Jun patted his thigh, "It's very expensive, who is it not sold to?" If we go to the British ambassador at this time, we are afraid that he will be able to buy it at once," he seemed to understand, "why should we keep watching the French sell?" ”
"Gong Pei also saw it?" Jing Shou shook a plain fan and smiled, "Of course, this is also the reason to exchange Vietnam for this, but the French don't know how to lift, and the Queen Mother is not very happy, so it has been delayed for so long, and the French naturally want to lower the price, why is the Queen Mother not happy." ”
"The Queen Mother is not happy to do the Eight Banners with this silver." Bao Jun concluded, "In the end, this is the money of the inner treasury, and it is her body." ”
This is also possible, the fiscal policy of the Qing Dynasty was originally different from the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was divided into the treasury of the inner treasury and the treasury of the household department, and the expenditure of the emperor and the expenditure of the state were calculated separately, of course, this boundary is not very clear, because sometimes the monarch is strong, and he can withdraw silver from the household department, and the cabinet is strong, so he stares at the emperor's money bag and looks forward to taking money from it to subsidize the foreign court. And the Qing Dynasty is different, there is only one place to save money, that is, the household, the emperor's money is asked by the household, no one dares to stop it, if you meet the Yongzheng Emperor and the Daoguang Emperor, who blindly live a hard life, it is just that, but if you meet the Qianlong Emperor, then the household Shangshu has to think about hanging himself to get silver for the emperor, why can He Shen be favored by the Qianlong Emperor for a long time, the economic reason is that he can get the silver, for the Qianlong Emperor to spend money comfortably, he will not cry poor at all, and at the same time can run the country's expenses, the silver spent on ten complete martial arts is not a joke, at this point, He Shen is indeed a talent.
But in this dynasty, as soon as the affairs of foreign affairs opened, the Empress Dowager Cixi not only asked for money from the household department, but also set up an inner treasury, and the income of the internal affairs government and the income of Jinzhou were placed in it, running factories, carriages, horses, and ships, which had accumulated over the past few years, and it was indeed a lot. The Empress Dowager Cixi is not stingy, whenever there is a big disaster, a part of the silver for disaster relief will be allocated from the inner treasury, except for the fixed daily payment of the palace expenses every year, the rest of the money will not ask the household department, this Baojun is grateful, but now want to take out such millions of silver from him, it is indeed a little difficult.
"The Queen Mother is not a stingy person, and besides, the matter of the Eight Banners, it is not wrong to say that it is a family member," Jing Lian shook his head, "The Queen Mother is not willing to sell shares, I see, is it that the Queen Mother will not do the Eight Banners?" ”
Prince Gong was slightly surprised, "Qiuping, what do you mean by this?" Lao Qi did it with great fanfare, if the Queen Mother was not happy, how could she let Lao Qi get it. ”
"I just said that, for the prince's reference, the queen mother is nothing more than two, she doesn't want to take out the shares, and she wants the household department to pay, or, the matter of the Eight Banners is just a disguise." (To be continued.) )