The Queen Mother arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Prince Gong and the Minister of Military Aircraft arrived, the Queen Mother first sent an excerpt to let everyone look at it, the Queen Mother talked about how to cook, Prince Gong raised a matter, and said his own question: "In this report, why is there no news from Liangguang at all, is it possible, this way over, there is no landing?" Even if Guangzhou can't get in, this Hong Kong was originally in the hands of the British, if we go to Hong Kong, we must know about it, how can we get the news when we get to Ningbo Mansion? ”

"What the king of parliament said is very true," Wen Xiang said, "If you don't go to Ningbo Mansion, I'm afraid you won't know if you go directly to Dagukou!" "If that's the case, then it's really a terrible disaster," the Americans didn't do anything no matter how much they received the money. ”

The Queen Mother also came back to her senses from the original surprise, thought calmly, and nodded, "What Wenshan said is reasonable, the king of parliament, immediately note to the American ambassador and ask what is going on, if they don't do anything like this, then next year's contract will not be handed over to them." ”

"Yes," Prince Gong responded, "Although the warship has not arrived now, there is one thing, the military aircraft department is not allowed to pay attention, and I have to ask the Queen Mother for her will." ”

"The king of the council, please."

"These are nine million warships, and there should be forty or fifty large and small warships, so naturally there will be another sailor. Whether this sailor is placed in the south or the north, please decide the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother understood that in view of the ownership of this fleet, the government and the opposition had long been eyeing each other and arguing. The group, which felt that it could grab this piece of fat, began to compete for control of the fleet. Among them, the most vocal is Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan is the most powerful faction in the dynasty today. For the control of the fleet, Zeng Guofan was eager to do it. In addition to holding the strength of the Hunan army, he also used other cunning tactics to fight with Yixun and other methods. From the very beginning, Zeng Guofan insisted on three expectations for the fleet: first: the steamship sailed to Hankow, Anqing; Second: with the courage of the Chu army's sailors; Third, the relevant matters are to be "agreed upon by the minister and Hu Linyi". In fact, Zeng Guofan's three expectations are very purposeful, the first sailing to Hankou is false, but Hankou is true in the scope of Zeng Guofan's strength, and in the last two points, there is also a vague meaning of deception. In short, it was ready to take the fleet into its own possession and "dominate" the side.

Yi Xun objected to the fleet sailing to Anqing, and he demanded that the fleet be stationed in the north to defend against foreigners. However, Zeng Guofan insisted that "it should be used on the river", "The soldiers of the department do not grow on the sea, and they cannot use force in the ocean, so they dare not use it according to Chen." Interestingly, Zeng Guofan emphasized from the 11th year of Xianfeng that "it is the thinness of the Anhui and Wu official armies, which are on land but not in the water, and the rebellion in Jinling is rampant, and it is also on land but not in the water", and he kept repeating this theory in the future. Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by, in fact, Zeng Guofan has been clumsy in hiding his ears and stealing bells in order to obtain the fleet.

The other is Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang since Zeng Guofan pacified Jiangning, after receiving the surrender of the Young Heavenly King and Li Xiucheng, he led the Huai army to retreat hundreds of miles, arrived in Shanghai, and the official gentry in Shanghai were familiar with each other, and his wings were gradually full, and the condition of Shanghai's relative advantage was that he was quite hesitant. From the time the fleet was raised to the end of the case, Shanghai was in a position close to the water. The most important thing is that Li Hongzhang mastered Shanghai, an important financial town, and had close ties with Zeng Guofan, forming an alliance of the "Xianghuai family"; Shanghai was known as "one million a month" at that time, and the customs revenue alone accounted for more than half of the country's customs revenue. Li Hongzhang's "name of getting rich suddenly" began to spread.

As the younger brother of the first emperor Xianfeng, the uncle of the emperor Tongzhi, and the respect of the king of the council, he presided over the Zongren Mansion of the Prime Minister of the Military Aircraft Department, the Yamen Internal Affairs Office, and was unsurpassed by the ministers, and the foreign and political and military affairs of the Qing government and even the imperial affairs were all upheld by him, which can be described as the hub of the military state. If it went north, the Yixin group could legitimately control the fleet on behalf of the Qing government. There are also Zhejiang Governor Zuo Zongtang Liangguang, Governor Huang Zonghan, Fujian Governor Xu Zonggan all want to get a piece of the pie here.

"The Empress Dowager, the minister thinks, it is better to put it in the north," said Prince Gong, "In the twenty-second year of Daoguang, Emperor Xuanzong issued three edicts to actively build large ships in Sichuan, Hubei and the coastal provinces, and try to buy them, and at the same time reward those who "donate money to manufacture". How so? It's just that the foreigners rely on the ship to be strong and artillery, unscrupulous on the sea, Tianjin, the door of the Beijing division is wide open and defenseless, when the first emperor is there, he is also thinking about how to reject the foreigners outside the country, although the Yongtong Bridge wins, this victory is not replicable, and it is impossible to replicate at sea, if it is placed in the south, the northern Xinjiang must be empty. "When it comes to the hatred of the previous dynasty, Prince Gong only hates more than the Queen Mother," Emperor Xuanzong cried for the ancestors and ancestors in the Fengxian Palace, and the ministers were also there," Prince Gong's face showed a rare fortitude, "This water master, if you want to build it, you must first build the north!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )