Chapter 140: Li Hongzhang's Reminder
Gently blowing a few big characters, Li Hongzhang was full of smiles, this was the first time in his life that he signed a peace treaty with another country.
As soon as he saw Li Hongzhang finishing, Liu Jun took the pen that Li Hongzhang was still holding in his hand, and said that he would take good care of it, and it would be a cultural relic in a hundred years, and it would be the treasure of the Liu family.
Li Hongzhang, who was excited, smiled and handed the brush in his hand to Liu Jun, who also took it with both hands and handed it to Zhong Lin behind him, signaling him to take a good look.
After signing, Liu Jun once again checked the texts of both sides, and after confirming that it was correct, Liu Jun took a deep breath and looked at all the people around him
"We've won."
Oh oh oh, oh oh, the navy and the surrounding Qing troops, who couldn't help but feel emotional, suddenly began to cheer.
Crackling, the Hashidate and around the harbor, the sound of firecrackers was incessant to celebrate the victory.
The Sino-Japanese War lasted for nearly a year, and both sides invested hundreds of thousands of troops. In Liaodong, Korea, Shandong, the battle was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, but this victory ended in the victory of the Qing Dynasty.
Some people are happy and some are worried, the Qing army and Liu Jun cheered to their heart's content, it does not mean that the Japanese can bear it, but what can be done if they can't bear it, they can only endure it at present, gray, the Japanese representatives lowered their heads one by one, their faces were flushed without saying a word, and they didn't even have the most hypocritical etiquette, they quietly got off the bridge, and then returned to the Japanese embassy and began to cry.
In the hall of the Tianjin Governor's Palace, the maids had already set up a good banquet when Li Hongzhang went to sign the contract.
This was ordered by Li Hongzhang personally out of his own pocket and spent thousands of taels of silver from the best restaurant in Tianjin, and he wanted to celebrate it well.
All kinds of desserts, styles, and the aroma of meat and wine aroused Liu Jun's appetite at once. As for Li Hongzhang's speech next to him, Liu Jun didn't listen to a word.
In Liu Jun's opinion, a lot of words is just a bag of water, so it's better to have something real and fill your stomach.
After swallowing a few saliva, Liu Jun looked at Li Hongzhang who was sitting next to him, hoping that he would finish his meal quickly.
"Okay, everyone won't get drunk today, and the wine and food will be enough."
Finally hearing these exciting words, where could Liu Jun hold back, he picked up the wine glass first, and was about to pour it into his mouth, when he obviously felt that someone was pulling him.
When I turned my head, it was Yang Shixiang.
In Liu Jun's eyes, this guy is always mysterious, and gently discharged Yang Shixiang's hand: "What are you doing." If you don't eat this great banquet, why are you standing behind it? ”
Yang Shixiang smiled slightly: "Don't eat it, the adults have something to discuss for you." ”
As soon as he heard that Li Hongzhang had something to find him, Liu Jun was happy, coax the ghost, the old man was obviously next to him.
"I said Lao Yang, don't ...... in broad daylight" What about people, Liu Jun showed his surprise, looked at Yang Shixiang and pointed to Li Hongzhang next to him, who knew if he turned his head and looked, where was Li Hongzhang's shadow.
Yes, I can't eat it, Liu Jun shook his head helplessly, Li Hongzhang is not here, it seems that it is true to discuss things with him.
Unwillingly put down the wine glass, Liu Jun stood up. Closely following Yang Shixiang, the two walked all the way through the back hall, and did not go to the study room, but came to a rockery in the back garden.
Pointing to the gazebo not far away, Yang Shixiang said, "Go, where is the adult waiting for you." ”
Take a look, the pavilion is located on a Dongting Lake stone, there are a few around it easily, the pavilion is surrounded by green tiles and red columns, and the surrounding flowers and plants are strange, which has a unique flavor.
In such a charming and remote place, Liu Jun didn't know why Li Hongzhang was looking for himself to discuss something and make it so mysterious.
After looking at Yang Shixiang suspiciously, Liu Jun pointed to the pavilion on the rockery in the distance: "What do you mean?" ”
Yang Shixiang shook his head and looked at the rockery: "I don't know, when I came back, Zhongtang told me to let you find him." ”
Seeing that Yang Shixiang's expression was not a lie, Liu Jun was not difficult for Yang Shixiang, but took two deep breaths and trotted all the way to the pavilion.
On the surface of the Yellow Sea, the breeze blows, and the sun's rays shine directly on the surface of the sea, reflecting the real golden light
A whining whistle sounded, and the white seagulls that were foraging in the distance fled in all directions in fright.
The three Daqing armored cruisers flying the dragon flag were emitting thick smoke and forming a long snake formation, each about 100 meters apart, and were sailing on the sea surface through the wind and waves.
This is the detachment that escorted Liu Jun to Tianjin for negotiations five days ago, and today, this fleet also escorted Liu Jun back to Lushun.
In the command tower, after adjusting the speed of each ship, General Li He raised his head and looked at the bridge in the distance, and Liu Jun in a black cloak was standing on the bridge. A few steps forward, Li He used his arm to pound Zhong, who was leaning against the door: "What's wrong with Dashuai?"
Zhong Lin glared at Li He.
He didn't know, anyway, from that day's banquet, Liu Jun had left for two hours, and Zhong Lin found that Liu Jun and Liu Jun had changed, taciturn, and seemed to be preoccupied.
Especially today, Liu Jun has been standing on the bridge since he got on the warship Hashidate, not letting anyone approach.
"I don't know." Zhong Lin shook his shoulders and saw that Li He was going out: "Don't go, don't let anyone disturb him, otherwise why do you think I'm here to accompany you to see these machines." ”
This is the truth, if anyone is inseparable from Liu Jun, it must be Zhong Lin.
Nodding, Li He retracted his feet to go out, and then the two quietly looked at Liu Jun standing on the bridge.
On the bridge, Liu Jun's eyes have been tightly closed, and he has been thinking about Li Hongzhang's words in his mind.
"Watch out there."
Be careful above, Liu Jun didn't know why Li Hongzhang said this at the time, but after a few days of thinking, Liu Jun understood that Li Hongzhang was reminding himself to be careful of the imperial court.
The Sino-Japanese War has ended, and Li Hongzhang can see very clearly that the imperial court will not let a person with heavy troops live a stable life.
After all, the imperial court is most afraid of the generals who hold a large army, and his own teacher, Zeng Guofan, has hundreds of thousands of troops, and he is also forced by the imperial court to cut the army.
Li Hongzhang is a person who understands, and he knows that once the war is over, the imperial court will try every means to cut Liu Jun's Lushun army.
In fact, after this war, Li Hongzhang has already understood that in the entire Great Qing Dynasty, the only army that can compete with other places, there are already more than 100,000 people left in the Lushun army, and as for his own Huai army and Hunan army, he is no longer hopeful.
Although Japan has been settled, there is still a Russia in the north of the Great Qing Kingdom. If the Arthur Army is cut, then once Russia sends troops, who will stop it in the future.
Li Hongzhang didn't want the imperial court to cut it, but he couldn't report to the imperial court, after all, he was the governor of his imperial court, so he thought of reminding Liu Jun that he must keep the Lushun army. As for how to preserve it, that is Liu Jun's business, and he also believes that Liu Jun is not so easy to gnaw down from the imperial court.
Hmph, if you want Lao Tzu to dismantle the troops, you can dream about it. Liu Jun slowly opened his eyes, he decided, since Japan was solved, the next step was to fight with the imperial court.
After thinking about everything, Liu Jun showed a smile and took a deep breath, Liu Jun turned his head and saw Zhong Lin and Li He standing in the distance like wood.
Touching his pocket, Liu Jun's face flushed slightly, and he stretched out his hand, and Liu Jun motioned for Li and the others to come over.
Li He and Zhong Lin saw Liu Jun waving, and hurriedly ran over, and when they saw Liu Jun smiling as before, Li He and Zhong Lin were relieved.
"yes, head, why are you blushing, do you have a cold?" Zhong Lin found that Liu Jun was flushed and thought that Liu Jun was sick.
"Fuck your uncle, can you say something nice." Liu Jun was in a good mood, but he was suddenly wiped out by Zhong Lin.
Zhong Lin was used to it, and smiled: "Head, why is that." ”
Hey, Liu Jun sighed, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Zhong Lin and Li He: "Look at it." ”
The red envelope, which contained Li Hongzhang's media letter.
Li Hongzhang knew that Liu Jun would rebel sooner or later, so it was better to give his descendants a good way out before he died.
His way out is very simple, put his granddaughter, Li Maolian, who is only twenty years old. Marry Liu Jun to make a second room.
"Tut-tut, it's a good thing, this is the prime minister's granddaughter." Zhong Lin looked at the letter above, his eyes lit up. I secretly sighed why I didn't have such a good thing.
A good thing, what kind of good thing is this, Liu Jun has a Wu Xiaoyan, he is already content, but this old man insisted on interfering sideways, not marrying his granddaughter. What's the matter, if his granddaughter is good-looking, it's fine, if she looks five big and three thick, there is no way to live this day.
Hey, Liu Jun shook his head helplessly, not caring about where Li He and Zhong Lin were, but looking at the sea.