This time, Su Yu brought Wang Tianyang, Lin Li and others to participate in this triumphal ceremony.

Wang Shiqing, Zhaobu and others stayed in Nanchang and Jiujiang.

Wang Shiqing can be regarded as experienced at this time, and he already has the posture of a leading general.

But Zhaobu is still not weighty, whether it is an official position or ability, and even he is not as good as Rong Lu.

Rong Lu, as the deputy deputy minister of the New Army, has been staying in the New Army Barracks in Tianjin.

A new batch of new troops is already being trained.

But Su Yu knew that this group of new troops probably had little to do with him.

But for Su Yu, all this is not important.

There is only one most important thing for him next, the Jiujiang Economic Pilot Zone.

Set up factories and engage in industry to save the country.

This matter is more important than anything else.

And the army can be trained in Jiangxi.

If you have money, you can train soldiers.

He always remembered the mission he came to and changed his life for the country.

And the core of changing the life of the country is to move towards industrialization.

Now his army can at least protect this economic zone.

As long as this economic experimental zone matures, it will soon be able to feed back to his army.

When the industry matures and the army matures, why worry about big things?

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This triumphal ceremony is much more grand than the last time, and the lineup is much more luxurious.

High-ranking officials alone came, a full hundred.

The whole process lasted for half an hour.

Prince Xuan symbolically took the reins for Su Yao, and Prince Alcohol symbolically helped Su Yao to dismount.

It's a great honor.

"Congratulations to Su Yu on his triumph!"

"Marshal Su has worked hard."

This scene alone completely made everyone present extremely envious.

Ordinary people can't enjoy such glory in their lifetime.

Especially the people who came to watch the ceremony, looking at Su Yu with extremely eager eyes.

Wang Tianyang had never experienced all this, the whole process was dizzy, and the whole person seemed to float in the sky.

Now he is already a fifth-grade official.

Even in his dreams, he never thought that he would be today.

The day when the dart game was precarious, and the days of repeated losses seemed to be just yesterday.

At that time, every day was torment, because as soon as I opened my eyes, countless people opened their mouths and waited for dinner.

Even now he often has nightmares, dreaming that his aunt came in and said that there was no rice at home, that there was going to be no food, and that the people in the dart board were going to starve.

And now, he is a fifth-grade official.

The salary of the new army was extremely high, and he did not have any corruption, more than 2,000 taels of silver a year.

I can't spend it, I can't spend it at all.

Before the exchange, this money had to be used to help the poor brother often. But now there is no need at all, half of his brothers have already become officers.

It is really one person who has attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog have ascended to heaven.

Every time Wang Tianyang thinks about it, he feels that it is a great fate, no, a great blessing, to be able to meet a handsome.

When Lin Li saw this triumphant ceremony, his face was serious and solemn, but he kept laughing in his heart.

Even dismissive.

It's not pleasing to the eye anywhere.

What triumphal valom? It's not pleasing to the ear.

And these two princes, not pleasing to the eye.

There are also hundreds of officials, which are even more unpleasant.

As for why it is not pleasing to the eye, it just feels rotten and old.

Hmph, hum, hum!

Throughout the Triumph Ceremony, he kept snorting coldly in his heart, and he was rebellious.

Prince Xuan said: "Su Yu, it's not easy for you, it's not easy for you." ”

"The last time there was such a big victory, it was Seng Lingqin who defeated Lin Fengxiang, and the rest were all defeats, and even if there was a victory, it was all fought by the Han people."

"It's only been two months, and you've recovered Jiangxi, amazing, amazing!"

"You, a civil and military double-disc star, are absolutely genuine. Our banner people, our clan has such talents, and my face also shines. ”

This prince is a man from all over the world.

As the seventh son of Emperor Daoguang, this person will have a very heavy weight in the imperial court in the future, and he can be regarded as one of Cixi's closest partners.

The person stutters slightly, so he usually doesn't talk much.

Su Yu saluted the two princes.

Then, they saluted several ministers of military aircraft.

Coming to Du Han, Su Yu said, "Hello Lord Du." ”

Du Han said: "Brother Su Yu, the last time I triumphed was last year, and I came to pick you up." Triumphant this year, I am still here to pick you up. It's really a great fate, I hope that Brother Ah will make new contributions, and the next time maybe it will be to recover Nanjing and completely eradicate the rebellion. ”

Su Yu said: "Thank you, Lord Du, for your auspicious words." ”

Next, Su Yu led hundreds of new troops, lined up neatly, and entered the capital!

Accept the warm welcome of the people of Beijing!

"Brother Su Yu is good!"

"Su Yu is handsome!"

"Marshal Su Yu, your army is really mighty."

"Handsome Su Yu, do you remember me? Remember me? More than three years ago, when you returned to the capital for the first time, I greeted you at the gate of the city? It is...... It's that Su Xiangrui, can you touch my life......"

Holy!

You're really not afraid of being embarrassed.

What's the matter with your proud posture?

At this time, Su Yao's reputation in the capital had become polarized.

A considerable number of high-level officials of the Eight Banners hated him quite bitterly, because his existence shook the foundation of the Eight Banners Army.

The military expenditure of the imperial court was originally limited, and this part was given to the new army, and the Eight Banners Army had to lose a part.

Moreover, in the last battle of Yangzhou, Su Yu's new army entrusted the Eight Banners Army so incompetently.

But many of the bottom of the Eight Banners, as well as the ordinary people in the capital, have a huge good impression of Su Yao, and even worship it.

For them, there is even a feeling.

Su Yu is they have grown up.

In just three years, Su Yao has gone from nothing to today, creating one miracle after another.

Moreover, never lost.

In particular, the last negotiation with the British caused a qualitative change in the perception of the majority of the people in the capital.

This is the hero.

And it's our own heroes.

Therefore, when Su Yao walked through half of the capital to go home, it was difficult to walk, and there were too many people on the road to greet him.

At least hundreds of thousands of people enjoy the treatment of tens of thousands of people.

But Su Yu is different, he is a superstar in the eyes of the people of the capital.

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When you get home!

The whole family was waiting for him.

Qingqing was holding a baby in her arms and looking at him with great happiness.

The children's full moon wine has already been done.

He gave birth to a son.

Su Yu hurriedly hugged him, the little guy was still sleeping, and he could vaguely see that he looked like Qingqing and was very handsome.

Looking at Qingqing's eyes, full of apologies.

When she gave birth, she was not around.

But Qingqing was very happy, because she was doing confinement for a month after giving birth.

And those customs of confinement, she must follow.

Therefore, she felt that she was not very beautiful during this time, and she just didn't want Su Yu to see it.

When Su Yu came back, he saw a beautiful self again.

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In the evening, after the family has eaten.

Su Yu could see that although the eldest brother Su Quan wanted to show that he was very happy, his mood was still very low.

So, Su Yu invited him to have a private talk.

Just peanuts and drinking a little wine.

"Big brother, you and my brother, if you have anything to say, just say it." Su Yu said.

Su Quan hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiaoyu, you are a person who does big things, and you have a high vision." But I can't, I can only stare at my own one-third of an acre, and this time I am so disappointed. ”

"Isn't that obvious enough? It is clear that there are people in the Ministry of Industry who are greedy for ink, which leads to the overspending of the Imperial Tomb, and cutting corners, there will be nothing, but I am stuck with this money, so that they are greedy for ink and even cut corners and may not be able to hide, so this created the collapse of the Imperial Tomb, resulting in the death of hundreds of people. ”

"What about the court? Instead of checking on those moths, he suspended me from his duties and told me to go home and reflect. ”

"If you hadn't won the battle in Jiangxi this time, my future would have been gone, is there still a right or wrong in this court?"

Su Yu didn't say anything, just drank with him.

At this time, Bai Feifei walked in and said, "Xiaoyu, there is a foreigner who came to you, he came two days ago, and he also came yesterday, and he seems very anxious." ”

Foreigner?

Su Yu couldn't help but be stunned?

Which foreigner would come to the capital to find him?

Su Yu said: "Who did he say?" Did you say where to live? ”

Bai Feifei said: "No, he just said that he would come again, and he came very secretly, obviously he didn't want to be known." ”

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More than half an hour later!

This foreigner came to the door, and it turned out to be Bashali.

Sir Ba Ha Li, Consul of Canton.

And when he got out of the carriage, his whole body was still shrouded in a cloak, and he entered through the back door very secretly.

Su Yu couldn't help but be stunned, what happened to let him find the capital.

And so hidden.

Su Yu said: "Sir Basha, do you have official business to come to the capital?" ”

Ba Xia said: "No, I am here to find you. I went to Jiujiang first, but you had already left, so I immediately came to the capital to wait for you, my ship is faster, so I arrived in the capital earlier than you. ”

Su Yu said: "What happened? ”

Something big must have happened, so that Baxiali, a big man, came to the capital to wait for him.

And there is still about a month before the secret June 30th.

Ba Xia said: "Sir Su Yu, find an absolutely secret place to ensure that our conversation is absolutely safe." ”

Su Yu took Ba Xia Li to his study.

"Wine, do you need it?" Su Yu said.

Basha said, "Coffee, thank you." ”

It's night, if you drink coffee, don't you need to sleep?

However, Su Yu still grinded the beans, and then made a cup for Baxiali, and even filled a cup for himself.

Bashali greedily sniffed the aroma of coffee and said, "Oh my God, I finally smell this again, I haven't drunk it for days." Because the matter was so urgent, I forgot to bring coffee beans, and after coming to your capital, I had to hide myself every day, so it was a great torture. ”

"This made me sure of one thing, I have an addiction to coffee."

After taking a deep sip of coffee, Bashali's face became serious.

"Sir Su Yu, I have bad news for you." Ba Xiali said: "The secret contract between us may not be able to be fulfilled, but we have already signed it, and the party who breaks the contract needs to compensate two million taels of silver, and we will fulfill the agreement, and in the future, in the arms you purchase, we will give you a seven-fold discount each time, until the two million taels of silver are paid to you." ”

As soon as the Basha salute opened his mouth, it was a thunderbolt from the sky.

What do I want you to do with two million taels of silver?

This is to change the life of the country, this is the cradle of industry, and the interests related to it are more than 200 million taels? It's about the fortunes of the country.

However, there is no doubt that Bashali had not come to inform him of this.

Su Yu said: "Sir Basha, we have to be honest with each other, if you just come to tell me that you can't fulfill this secret agreement, you don't need to cross thousands of miles and come to the capital to wait for me." ”

"Sir Baling's lobbying for Congress has failed, and it has completely failed. ”

"And he was ridiculed for believing an ignorant Oriental man with pigtails."

"The whole British political hierarchy is laughing at us, saying that we have been deceived by ignorant Orientals."

"It is a big joke to say that we are investing in your country to set up a factory, and there is no future at all."

"The most important thing is that because we signed a secret agreement with you, we withdrew our troops from Guangzhou and the waters of Tianjin without authorization, which angered those old men in the Congress. Although we sent troops privately, since we sent troops, we had to achieve political goals, and if we did not achieve our goals, we would withdraw our troops without authorization, which would make the ignorant Qing people underestimate our will. ”

Su Yu said: "And then? ”

"Sir Bao Ling's political career, my political career, and the Rear Admiral's political career have all suffered Waterloo, do you know what Waterloo means?" ”

Su Yu said: "Of course I know. ”

"We underestimated the stubbornness and conservatism of Congress, and we failed. ”

Su Yu said: "Please tell me the result directly." ”

"No, my friend, it's the choice." "We all have a difficult choice. ”

"On the left, Minister Bao Ling found a reason to continue to send troops to your country, force your country to revise the treaty, and open more port cities, open the Yangtze River waterway, and cede more places, which can be regarded as redeeming the previous political mistakes."

"On the right, we will continue the previous line to the end, and Sir Bao Ling will use all his political resources, bypass Parliament, directly lobby Her Majesty, carry out the British Empire's Plan B, continue to invest in your country, and maintain a weak hope for another diplomatic line between the two countries."

Suddenly, Su Yu understood.

On the left, is the traditional route of the British, who used force to force the Qing court to open up further, cede land, open markets, open waterways, open ports, and so on.

On the right, there is the new route.

Invest in the country, cultivate the market, and cultivate common interests.

Obviously, now the left is to have the absolute upper hand.

So much so that Sir Bowing had to bypass Parliament and get a gap from the Queen.

Ba Xia said: "Sir Su Yu, do you know what it means if you choose the right side? ”

Su Yu said: "Please speak." ”

Bashali said: "The three of us have to put all our political resources on this matter and on this plan B. If we fail, we lose all our political position. ”

"Politics is about dealing, once the decision is made to go ahead of Plan B, Minister Bao Ling will resign as Minister early, and he will be succeeded by Count Ergin, who is a war maniac."

"There is a high probability that Rear Admiral Sima Mi will withdraw from this secret treaty."

"And I, if this secret treaty is terminated, I will serve the new minister, Count Elgin."

"Sir Su Yu, do you want to continue this secret agreement? Do you know the amount of it? ”

Of course Su Yu knew.

This is a completely alien and remote political line for the British.

Once they decided to take this route, then Bao Ling and Ba Ha Li had to make a desperate gamble and give everything to open this path.

If they succeed, they will reap tremendous rewards.

Bao Ling's political life is also coming to an end, and once this road is cleared, his political life will go to new glory, and even directly enter the cabinet and become an important minister of the British Empire.

And once it fails!

It means losing everything.

And Bashali is still young, although he has also been criticized by the Congress, but at least he has a choice.

"Sir Su Yu, if you terminate this secret contract, you will have no personal loss, because it is us who broke the contract, and you will be able to get compensation." Ba Xia said: "Once this secret covenant is to be continued, it means that the political life of me and Minister Bao Ling, as well as almost all the interests, are tied to this secret covenant. ”

"Minister Bao Ling and I are both facing the biggest bet in our lives."

"Whether as a friend or as a politician, tell me very seriously and solemnly, whether this secret covenant should be continued. If we don't continue, we'll go ahead with Plan A and maintain our poor political life. ”

This Plan A is very terrifying, and it is also about the fate of the country.

Su Yu solemnly said word by word: "I choose to continue the secret agreement." ”

Ba Xia said: "Okay, you choose to continue the secret agreement, then the next is our choice." Should we choose to compensate you two million taels of silver, or should we choose to continue the secret agreement? ”

'It's a big gamble for us and we need to make a huge bet.'

"Sir Su Yu, we can't bet on illusory hopes, we have to see infinite will and determination."

Su Yu said: "I took Jiujiang more than a month in advance, and even quelled the rebellion in Jiangxi, isn't this enough?" ”

Ba Xia Li said: "This is very magical, and even I can tell you that if it weren't for the fact that you subdued Jiangxi and created a miracle, I would not have been able to come to see you at all, and we would have sent someone directly to inform you that the secret agreement was cancelled." ”

"But you've done miracles and given us hope, that's why I've traveled all the way to find you."

"But that's not enough, my friend." Sir Bashali said, "Do you know what it is to truly express a person's will and determination? ”

Of course Su Yu knew.

Sir Bashali said, "It is money, and money can convince people." Money persuaded Sir Bowing, and persuaded those behind him to pay huge profits to bypass Parliament and lobby Her Majesty to start Plan B for the British Empire's diplomacy against China. ”

"We don't want your money, but we want you to come up with this money first, according to the secret agreement, you need to invest 10 million taels of silver, and we need to invest 1.8 million pounds."

"Now you need to take out this 10 million taels of silver and deposit it in the Liru Bank of the British Empire in Shanghai, and then I will go to London to hand it over to Minister Bao Ling according to this deposit note, as well as the big man after his farewell, and then promote the next process, so as to show your country's strong will to cooperate!"

"Sir Su Yu, is my request reasonable?"

If you were someone else, you would definitely feel that the British were going to be cheated.

But Su Yu knew that this was a very reasonable request.

If you want to invite someone to the table, you have to show your bet before others can follow you.

Money, an expression of will.

This is true in a capitalist country.

"Sir Su Yu, time is very short." Ba Xia said: "The patience of the people behind Minister Bao Ling is limited. And the time left for us to operate is also very short. ”

"If Congress just doesn't approve and doesn't pass, then we can directly lobby Jardine Matheson and the East India Company to make this investment, which is regarded as a large ordinary investment. But the conservatives in Parliament expressed strong opposition and condemned our weakness, so that our process was very difficult, and the British Empire's consortium did not dare to invest. ”

"So, we need to pay an extra price to move this forward, we need to take a remediation risk. That's why you need to take out this 10 million taels of silver first to show your determination. Of course, when you get to London, your determination will become the determination of your country, and we can use this as political capital to continue to promote this matter, which is a lever to leverage the queen and the consortium, and I am definitely not difficult for you. ”

"You, can you understand?"

Su Yu nodded and said, "Of course I understand." ”

"From now on, I'll give you ten ......," Sir Bashali closed his eyes and began to count the time.

How long does it take to get from here to Shanghai, how long does it take to get from Shanghai to London, and how long does it take to get back from London.

"Thirteen days, not twelve!" Sir Bashali said, "I will give you twelve days, and I will ask you to raise ten million taels of silver, or bills of equal value, gold, etc." Then the two of us went south to Shanghai together, deposited the silver in Liru Bank, and pledged it in the bank, and could not be touched for two months. Then I took the deposit ticket and immediately boarded the ship back to London, where I continued to push for the secret treaty, bypassing Parliament and lobbying Her Majesty. ”

"Is that okay?" Bashali said: "I really didn't embarrass you, and even the price we have to pay for this matter is greater than you imagined. ”

Of course, Su Yu knows that the political game in the West is different from that in China.

Of course, he knew how much Bao Ling and Ba Xia Li would pay for this, and of course the future gains would be very huge.

That's why I'm going to make a game for this.

Su Yu was silent for a while and said, "Okay! ”

Twelve days, ten million taels of silver.

Hard!

But it has to be done.

After Ba Xiali heard Su Yu's answer, he exhaled hard, and then the whole person collapsed on the chair.

After a long moment, he took out a cigar and said, "Can I?" ”

Su Yu said: "Of course! ”

Ba Xia Li also handed Su Yu one, then one himself, and lit it.

He took a long breath and spit it out.

"Seriously, Sir Sue." Ba Xia said: "You have an old saying in China, which is called to do your best to obey the destiny of heaven. I came to Beijing to find you, but in fact, my emotions are very complicated. I even hope that you will refuse me, because then I will not need to continue this difficult work, for I will not have no choice like the Minister of Baling, and I will still be able to serve the Count of Elgin. ”

"However, I have another kind of unwillingness, or I can't just give up, at least come and see your will."

"And your will is so resolute, but I have no choice but to accompany you to the end on this narrow and difficult road, but I vaguely see a bright future."

"Sometimes, when I can't make a decision, I usually let God decide, wondering if God rolls the dice to decide success or failure?"

Su Yu smiled: "Sir Basha, you may have inadvertently said a famous saying. ”

"Oh, which one?" Bashali Road.

Su Yu said: "Does God roll the dice?" ”

"May God bless us, Sir Su Yu, the political fate of the three of us this time may really be tied together, I hope we can win this time!" ”

"I will wait for you in the capital for twelve days, I wish you success."

Then, he just got up and was about to leave.

Su Yu said, "Sir, don't you live in my house?" ”

Ba Xia said: "I will absolutely hide my whereabouts this time, and your family is too eye-catching. ”

After taking a few steps, he suddenly said: "By the way, I haven't congratulated you on giving birth to a son, I heard that your Chinese full moon is to celebrate, so I prepared a small gift." ”

Then, he pulled out a gold pocket watch from his bosom, and it turned out to be a child's model, because it was in the shape of an animal.

"I hope your son can grow up healthy, and I hope our friendship can last forever."

Su Yu took the other party's gift and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

"Goodbye, I'm waiting for your good news, Sir Su Yu." ”

The two shook hands and embraced.

Then, Bashali hid himself completely in his cloak and, after going out, went straight into the carriage and left.

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After Ba Xiali left, Bai Feifei walked in directly.

"Xiaoxiao, what's the matter? Is it important? Has there been a change in the secret treaty you talked to the British? ”

Su Yu said: "There have been certain changes. ”

Next, Su Yu told the whole thing.

After Bai Feifei listened, his face changed slightly: "Ten million taels? Twelve days, it's too difficult. ”

Then, she said anxiously: "No, I will go home immediately, and let my father speed up the steps and raise silver taels." ”

"I'll leave now, I'll go to Suzhou now."

"But Xiao Yu, let me tell you first, my mother's family can only raise a maximum of three million taels, and she has already exhausted everything."

Su Yu didn't speak, and bowed directly to his sister-in-law.

Then, Bai Feifei said goodbye to her husband and mother-in-law.

Under the protection of dozens of new soldiers, he immediately left Beijing and went to Tianjin, and then took a sea ship south to Suzhou, sold his property and raised silver.

Su Quan felt sorry for his wife.

He finally couldn't help but say: "Xiaoyu, we are obviously doing things for the country, but we still have to raise money ourselves." And some people are still desperately embezzling state funds, which is really disappointing. ”

"I hate myself now that I am not a corrupt official, otherwise I can be greedy for more than ten or two hundred thousand taels over the years, and I can help you share even a little bit of worry."

Su Yu didn't speak, but patted Su Quan's shoulder to express comfort.

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The next day's pilgrimage!

Su Yu once again attracted attention.

There is no doubt that he is the focus of the court meeting today.

It's only been a long time, after the victory in Yangzhou last year, there was a court meeting, which was almost a reward for him and the new army.

This time, his exploits were even greater.

So this time the court meeting is another one-man show of Su Yu.

I don't know what kind of reward it will be.

"The emperor has arrived!"

Hundreds of civil and military officials knelt down and saluted.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The emperor seemed pleased, even excited.

I am even happier than the last Yangzhou victory, because Su Yu won Boyan last time, and it was the Zhenghuang Banner Xiao Cavalry Battalion, which was his own person and his own person to the emperor.

And this time, Su Yu won the Hunan army, and it was a complete victory.

This, of course, made the emperor raise his eyebrows.

This confidant is really competitive.

Recovering Nanchang and recovering Jiujiang, such a difficult thing was completed in two months.

The emperor said: "All the ministers are flat!" ”

"The first thing to discuss today is the reward for Su Yao."

"The last time I negotiated with the British, Su Yu made a great contribution, but the reward was suspended for some reason, and this time I want to add it together."

"Zongren Mansion, what title should Su Yu give this time?"

Zongren ordered, Prince Zheng Duanhua came out and said: "Your Majesty, Su Yu has made two great achievements, and he should be crowned the second earl." ”

The emperor laughed and said, "Where is this enough? ”

"Proposed purpose, Su Yu has worked hard and made great achievements, and at the critical moment, he will turn the tide, fight for his ancestors, fight for me, and he can't show his merit unless he is rewarded!"

"Canonized as a Marquis of the First Rank!"

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Note: The first update was sent, written until more than seven o'clock in the morning, woo!

The benevolent father who has a monthly pass, give me a few and accompany me to sleep, okay?

(End of chapter)