Chapter 186: Li Hongzhang is appointed as a direct subordinate

At the beginning of his entry into Tianjin, he summoned Ding Richang, the governor of Jiangsu, and Mao Changxi, the minister of trade and commerce, to grind all night; After repeated consultations with the consuls of France, Britain, Russia, and the United States, four agreements were finally reached: the legal offender, the compensation of the silver, the repair of the church, and the apology in France.

When the dust settled on the lesson plan, Hongzhang was very proud, and said happily: The teacher tried the case according to the facts and handled it impartially, but he went to the point where the whole country wanted to kill, is this reasonable?

Ding Richang said: Helping Di Gong to handle the Tianjin teaching case, not to mention all kinds of hard work, but the Chinese people say that I am a ghost slave, which is very hateful! And Li Shuai skillfully used various techniques to break the law, first reducing the 21 criminals of the Fa-rectification to 8; Fu also used Li Daitao's strategy to rescue all the people who died. Li Shuai's strategy, surpassing the times!

Mao Changxi said: The reason for this case is that Diao Min is reluctant and profit-seeking, but Yiguan Feng Daye shot my Qing Dynasty first, and the song is not in me, and I am bent on compromising and seeking perfection, but I can get it all? Master Li is proficient in razing affairs, and we can't reach it.

Li Hongzhang said: The two adults have said that the small skills of carving insects are not enough to worry about. China is not eager to strengthen the army and use the military, and the emperor will be exposed to the situation one after another, and he will definitely lose the country and then he will be chilled. However, the soldiers, the major events of the country, the preparation is insufficient, how can it be rashly opened! In the case of the church, the teacher Digong had already been judged, and Li continued to have mink ears on the dog's tail.

Mao Changxi said: Since the trade of Tianjin, there have been miscellaneous Chinese and foreign affairs, and urgent matters cannot be decided unless Lord Li! If you have extraordinary merit, you must treat extraordinary people. I have asked the two palaces, and there is no need to set up special officials for the trade of Tianjin, Niuzhuang, and Dengzhou, and all foreign affairs and coastal defense should be entrusted to Lord Li to be carefully managed.

Li Hongzhang said: Baoding and Tianjin are 300 miles apart, and I can't reach it. In the past, people built the provincial capital in Baoding, and it was really important that successive governors had to be stationed in the provincial city to do things and have an overview of the overall situation. Brother Xu Chu and I, each perform their duties, each in their own position, they all use their abilities, and there is nothing to do.

Mao Changxi said: Single-mindedness can be a great success; Wood is a boat, and I still look at Lord Li's sea Han.

After Mao Changxi said goodbye, Li Hongzhang said: Westernization is cumbersome and laborious and unflattering, and Mao Xu will accept it when he first sees it.

Ding Richang said: The direct governor is the head of the territory, if he is also the minister of trade of the three mouths, and if he is also the minister of trade of Nanyang, then the trade and administration will be two things. When Li Shuai takes office, he should look at the world. Li Shuai Mingjian, with the fort as the warp and the division ship as the weft, can only arrest bandits and thieves; If you want to guard against the steam-powered fleet of foreigners, you must think long-term.

Li Hongzhang said: My generation coincides with changes that have not been seen in 3,000 years, fortunately? Sad?

Ding Richang said: My generation was born at this time, and I should fight hard. Wei Yuangong said that the master Yi has long skills to make Yi; Richang thought that he had exhausted his national strength to purchase or make his own steam ironclad warships, and set up three ironclad naval divisions in Beiyang, Dongyang, and Nanyang, relying on the three towns of Jingu, Wusong, and Xiamen, with thousands of battalions in each group, half of them on the shore and half on the sea. At that time, the three oceans will be connected, united as one, the whistle will be opened, the vast sea will be vast, and the prestige of our country will be raised!

Li Hongzhang said: I originally thought that Tianjin was in a corner, and it didn't seem to be a place where the governor had stayed for a long time; Listening to his brother's words, his mouth suddenly opened; Mao Xuchu's recital, help me to be vigorous. The general trend of the world, the first priority is to assist in the Central Plains, and the trouble is in the river defense; There is nothing to do in the Central Plains, and since then the disasters have been in Haiphong. The preparation for the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division is very costly, and it is not possible to achieve it in a day; The training of the army to make weapons first, I immediately invited the two palaces, the first expansion of the Tianjin Munitions and Machinery Bureau, the machine bureau should be a member, in addition to still employing more foreigners, the rest of the staff is lacking, I immediately sent a letter to the teacher, quickly transferred from the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, Jinling Machinery Bureau.

Ding Richang said: Although the instrument is important, but the Central Plains is determined, and the remnants of hair and twist are still there, Li Shuai must not take it lightly.

Li Hongzhang said: Take care of both inside and outside, and cultivate both inside and outside. I immediately please, the Huai generals who were previously vacant and the Huai Yong who were eliminated must be turned into divisions of the economic system, and they should be transferred to all the mouths of the direct subordinates at the right time; Spread the news to me, Pan Dingxin, Zhou Shengbo, etc., suspended the provincial relatives, immediately rectified the old department, and immediately carried out the order.

The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces received Mao Changxi and Li Hongzhang's recital, and urgently summoned the Minister of Military Aircraft to discuss.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Tanggu, Dengzhou, and Niuzhuang do not need to set up special officers, and all foreign affairs and coastal defense should be entrusted to the governor of Zhili to carefully manage. Mao Changxi's speech, can it? Li Hongzhang's expansion of the aircraft bureau, the recruitment of troops to protect the straight, the construction of grain platforms, the dredging of rivers, and the addition of customs customs offices, is it accurate?

Prince Gong said: The emperor, the queen mother, and the queen mother, the queen mother, the queen mother, the government decrees are different, and the people are at a loss, so it is advisable to meet the governor and ministers to have one power. Anything that is beneficial to the country, such as building machinery, buying foreign guns, buying foreign cannons, and building ships, must be done.

The Minister of Military Aircraft and the Ministry of Ministers Shangshu Wenxiang said: The Emperor Qiyu, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, Mao Changxi once said, those who are happy with their achievements are the sympathy of ordinary people; Those who are afraid of success are the foresight of saints. His people succeeded in releasing the army, and retreated with their whole body, without a trace of wandering, and their old success was to seek the country, and they saw it.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Li Hongzhang, Mao Changxi and others played, no need to discuss it. The decree was quickly passed on, and Tianjin's foreign affairs and coastal defense, compared with Baoding provincial defense, had a particularly important relationship, and it must be exclusively under the governor's manager, so as not to shirk the blame and blame it. For the sake of cheapness, the governor should move to Tianjin after the spring thaw in Haikou; Seal the river in winter, and then return to the provincial capital; If Tianjin encounters requirements, there is no need to restrict the system of closing the river and returning to the province.

Wen Xiang said: The Emperor Qiyu, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the envoys of the Japanese State, Yanagihara Maemitsu, Hanafang Yoshishi, etc., came to Beijing to visit, and repeatedly wanted to sign a contract, but the slaves did not dare to decide, and implored the emperor and the queen mother to issue an edict quickly.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: What does the sixth master mean?

Yi Xun said: The people of the Japanese country are cold and thin by nature, and they must be cautious when interacting with them.

Empress Dowager Cixi said: Convey the governors and generals of the provinces, and immediately cooperate in signing the agreement with the Wa State.

Yanagihara, the envoy of the Japanese state, went to Beijing for more than a month, repeatedly ran into a wall, and then went to Tianjin, lobbied the governor of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, several politely, Yanagihara said: Britain, France, the United States, and Russia are strong in trade with our country, and I am unwilling, and it is difficult to resist alone. However, China is the closest to China, and it is advisable to get along first, so as to work together.

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he had a kinship in his heart, and privately said to a certain staff: Five years ago, I sent a letter to the scholar, China has opened and closed the admission of guests, regardless of the distance and the strength of the guests, they must be received, and there is no case to refuse; It is good-neighborly and friendly with the Japanese country, and it has not been an enemy of the West.

The staff said: The people of the Japanese country are exclusive to tricks, and they should not be gullible.

Li Hongzhang said: In the past, the rebellion was rampant, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were eroded, and the Westerners were coerced.

Anhui Governor Yinghan hated the Japanese people very much, and said: Although the Japanese are a small country, they bully the soft and fear the hard, and are duplicitous.

Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and Zeng Guofan, the governor of Liangjiang, had a long letter of discussion, and said: Hearing that the country had made a contract with the Westerners, it purchased a wide range of machinery and ships, imitated guns and railways, and sent people to the west to learn various skills. It is close to China and far to the west. Whoever envelops it may use it for my use, and if it refuses, it will be my enmity. In the future, after a decision has been made with them, it may be advisable for the Minister of Nanyang Trade to appoint a person from the nearest place to take people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who are familiar with the situation in the East to be stationed in the capital or Nagasaki Island of that country, so as to control the merchants and people of our country, so as to detect the movements of the other people, and try to contact and contain them, so as to eliminate the troubles and be in peace forever.