No one is willing to be a conservative official for the rest of his life, and everyone has the ambition to do a career, but what is the most critical point, to the sky above his head, the king, to be ambitious, if the king has no ambition, I am afraid that his own tens of millions of rewards will also be paid to the water. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Yuwen was not only stunned by the ambition of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he trembled all over, and knelt down irrepressibly, no matter what, he knew that there may be the only chance in this life, and the opportunity to show his talents and dare to leave a name in history has arrived.

"Queen Mother Shengming." Everyone knelt down, no matter what the result was, the Empress Dowager Cixi was able to be so far-sighted, not only planning for a few years, but also looking forward to the idea of the next few decades, if it can be completed, I dare not say that it will become the hegemon of the world, but it is by no means limited to Asia now!

The strength of the navy is indeed there, but the large ironclad ships and cruisers are far from enough to be built, even if the relationship is so close to Germany, they have not opened up the technology for building giant ironclad ships, commercial and civilian ships, and the structure of warships is far different, and the warships built by Nanyang themselves, sorry, in the eyes of Britain and France and other countries, it is just a toy ship in the pond. Last year, he designed and built a 2,000-ton ironclad ship, but it did not sink, but the speed of sailing was only half that of a German-made warship. Before you could rush up, the enemy's warship would have slipped away long ago.

So this is definitely a good opportunity, Zuo Zongtang knows that such an opportunity will not be encountered once in about a few decades, just like after Zheng He went to the West, all the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty belonged to Japan, and it was strange that Japan was unhappy and crazy, he just felt that the Frenchman's "Green Water Navy Plan" was a bit surprising, according to common sense, there should not be such a short-sighted thing, the Empress Dowager Cixi knew what Zuo Zongtang thought, and said with a smile, "The layout of the Xuanli Office is in France, and everything else is done in general, but this plan, The help is not bad, the French are not stupid, if foreign forces are found to affect the internal affairs of France, they will inevitably be suspicious, there has been a debate in the French Navy about the construction of the offshore or far-sea navy, and I didn't do anything, just did a little bit of work, asking people to fund the military people who are in favor of and proposing alternatives to the green water navy plan, so that they can grow faster and occupy the advantage faster, and our coastal defense victory is even more fueling. In addition to suspending the construction of ocean-going warships that had been planned, the French parliament heard that these days it was going to formally discuss the abolition of the manufacturing and training program of ocean-going warships. ”

Zuo Zongtang was very impressed, "The queen mother is taking precautions, and the ministers are beyond their reach." ”

"We are indeed catching up with a good time, as long as this thing is done, we can stand on the basis of the French to develop the sailor, in this way, save a lot of time and silver, so other things, you don't need to talk about it, what compensation, what shares, if the French are willing to give it, I'm afraid that I will lose some money to them, it doesn't matter," although it was late at night, but the Empress Dowager Cixi was in good spirits, and she didn't know how tired she was, "The British were pushed away before, not just for the shares of the Suez Canal, It is even more necessary to take the equipment manufacturing method of these French warships, the British now, to us, hehe, very vigilant, pointing fingers everywhere, you said to ask me if I am angry, naturally angry, but it is useless to be angry, we have to endure, endure in the future is really strong enough, then naturally you don't have to endure it, Gou Jian endured it for ten years, Britain is much stronger than Wu Guoke, we can naturally endure it, endure it for ten or twenty years, don't worry, don't think that I seem to be very hot with Britain now, Am I going to forget the shame of Emperor Xuanzong's indemnity when he ceded land? It must never be forgotten that the victories of the present are precious, and the defeats of the past must also be remembered. ”

She seemed to have much more to say, but only said that "this matter is a top secret and cannot be leaked, at least not until the French have reached a secret agreement!" This matter will inevitably be signed in the form of a secret treaty in the future, so since it is a secret agreement, on the surface, we did not continue to ask for the cession of territory, which is a big loss. I'm afraid that there are a lot of people outside. ”

This is a difficult matter, but it doesn't matter, Zuo Zongtang immediately asked, "This matter is also simple, as long as it is said that the French bribed the minister in the future, let the minister interfere in the negotiations in Guangzhou, and saved the French money, so there is no request to cede the territory." ”

"Pu Cungong, you," the Empress Dowager Cixi said in surprise, you must know that what Zuo Zongtang hopes most is to go down in history, and she helped Zuo Zongtang in this regard, but she didn't expect Zuo Zongtang to destroy his reputation!

"Why do you need a false name for the country," Zuo Zongtang smiled lightly, "The queen mother has been planning for the country for many years, and she is really a model for the ministers, this false name is nothing, not to mention that the minister is already seventy or eighty, and it doesn't matter if he bears a bad name." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi stood up, her eyes flashing with an inexplicable look, "It's good to spare yourself for the country, and you don't have to come to this time, Pu Cungong, you have a heart." She beckoned and asked Li Lianying to come up with a supper, "After talking about it for a while, I'm really hungry, I'm hungry, I'm afraid that I can eat a cow this time, and I'm not afraid of your jokes, my appetite is really great!" ”

Paris, the residence of the Prime Minister of France.

Hearing Baptiste's question, the visitor explained that although Baptiste believed it, he did not think that China would be able to infiltrate the Admiralty, and if it infiltrated the Admiralty, what kind of war would it fight? But he instinctively refused to do this, "This is impossible, the technology of warships is the fundamental core technology of our France." ”

"Isn't your country ready to give up?"

"It is not ready to the stage of abandonment, sorry, the parliament has not passed it yet."

"But I believe you have influence on Parliament, Prime Minister, don't you? As far as I know, the parliament has promised not to impeach your government for half a year, so you can do whatever you want within half a year. ”

"Nor is that at the expense of France!" Baptiste yelled loudly.

"You're so naïve," the smile on the visitor's face vanished. (To be continued.) )