Ding Zhenfeng is one of the few people in the court who understands, he really wants that at this time, the court can issue an order to let him withdraw the troops, but he knows very well about Cixi's character that this Cixi, ordinary people can't persuade him at all, and the only person who can persuade Cixi, Prince Gong, has been dead for many years. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Now in the imperial court, there is no one who can dissuade Cixi, Zhang Zhidong is okay, but now Zhang Zhidong is not in Chengdu at all, but in Baoji.

Ding Zhenfeng didn't want to go to war, this was an unfair battle, once the war started, it was himself who suffered.

Difficult...... In Ding Zhenfeng's heart, he really felt that things were so difficult.

In Paris, in the Palace of Versailles, in the office of the presidential palace, Lubet was alone with his arms behind his back and looked at the telegraph office in the distance as he stood in front of the window.

He has been waiting for the advice of the British side.

Frank sent a telegram, he had received a few days ago, after receiving this telegram, Lubet convened a meeting of Colombia, after intense discussions, now there are two factions, one is the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping not to increase the number of troops in Asia, their reason is very simple, the budget is too large.

And the personnel of the War and the Admiralty, hoping to increase the number of troops in Asia, thus teach the hated court a lesson, when the arrogant France can be threatened by a big pigtail, this is simply unreasonable.

The War Department and the Navy wanted to increase the number of troops, but the Ministry of Finance did not agree, so the matter could not be discussed, and in the end, the meeting decided to hand over the power to the president, and let President Lu Beilai personally decide whether to increase the number of troops in Vietnam, or just forget it, and live in peace with everyone in the court.

The weight of a thousand pounds suddenly weighed on Lubei, and Lubei suddenly felt that he was about to kick out of breath. It was the first time in his long tenure as president that he had accepted such an important task.

In Lubey's case, if Liaodong was not there, he would of course be willing to increase his troops in Vietnam, as long as he increased his troops, the Qing State would compromise and then negotiate, but now, things can no longer be handled in this way.

At present, in the Far East, what he is worried about is not what will happen to the Qing Dynasty, but what will happen to Liaodong, and he has already discussed with Churchill that he wants to draw Liaodong into the French camp, and at this time to increase his troops, whether Liaodong will think that this is a threat to him, and whether he will make certain adjustments, all of this is something that is difficult to say.

After thinking about it and not making a decision, Lubé decided to negotiate the matter with the British to see what the British side meant, and he made the final decision. However, by now, almost two days have passed since the telegram had been sent, and the British had not given him any first mate so far, and Lubé was very unhappy.

Damn, if I don't get any more telegrams, I'm going to collapse, and seeing that there is no news from the telegraph office, Lubé sighs, turns back to his place and sits down and waits for news.

Prime Minister's House, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Adam was sitting on the sofa, looking at Churchill in front of him, and Churchill, the cigar in his hand had burned half, and in his hand, a telegram that had begun to be Zouba had been placed in his hand for a long time, this telegram was the telegram sent by Lube two days ago, this telegram has been in Adam's hands for three days, and it has been clearly pointed out that he hopes that this side can call back soon, but in the face of this telegram, Adam was confused, and he couldn't figure out whether he was supporting Lube to increase his troops in the Far East, I still hope that Lu Bei can dispel this idea and make peace with the Qing State, or with Liaodong.

In the past two days, Adam has already gotten Lubet's idea from Churchill, a very good idea, first pull Liaodong into his camp, and then wait for Germany to deal with it and return to clean up the Far East, so that it is a very cost-effective thing.

If we look at this matter, then the empire does not support France to increase its troops in the Far East, but if it does not increase its troops in the Far East, will it make the Qing people misunderstand them, and they will have to make an inch in at that time.

In the entanglement, Adam, like Lubey, was entangled in this matter.

After a day of thinking, Adam, who could not find an answer, urgently summoned Churchill to discuss the matter with him.

However, in the face of such a sudden event, Churchill could not give an answer at that time, so the matter dragged on, and now, France sent a telegram again this morning, hoping that the first mate could be taken sooner, otherwise the situation in the Far East would be more dangerous a day later.

So today, Adam brought in Churchill, and he wanted to get accurate information about what Churchill meant.

"What do you think about this?" I saw Churchill put down the telegram in his hand. Adam asked.

Click....... Extinguish the cigarette butt in your hand. Churchill looked at Adam in front of him, then took a deep breath and thought for a while before saying, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, there is an old Chinese saying that a child can't catch a wolf. ”

What do you mean? Hearing this, Adam was puzzled, but he didn't know much about China.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, if we want to pull Liaodong into our camp, then we must give up certain interests, now, the Far East is a stable situation, once France increases its troops, then with Liu Jun's suspicious character, it is inevitable that he will not increase his troops in Guangxi, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the crisis in Asia will expand indefinitely."

Listening to Churchill's meaning, he did not support the increase of troops in France and Asia. Adam thought to himself.

"You ......" Before the words could be spoken, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then a major officer came in, and after this officer came in, he walked up to Adam and saluted, and handed out a telegram and said: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister, the German side has sent a message that the Liaodong Navy and the German Navy will hold a joint exercise in the near future. And we were invited to send out observation boats.

Sigh...... Hearing this, Adam took a deep breath, he was finally relieved, fortunately, he did not tell Lubé about this in advance, if he was promised to increase his troops, then Liaodong would really be with the Germans.

Adam, who thought of this, looked at Churchill in front of him, and then said: "Send a telegram to Lubet and tell him that Germany and the Liaodong Navy will hold military exercises in the near future, I guess he knows how to deal with the rest of the things." (To be continued.) )