"I'm fed up with these nest fights," the Empress Dowager Cixi said awe-inspiringly, "One by one, for their own selfish interests, regardless of the country's interests, everyone has selfish interests, but the premise should be to do a good job first, not different from the general policies of the imperial court, these people, I want to clean up one by one," she raised her eyes and said to Li Lianying, "You do these things well," she ordered several things at once, let Li Lianying handle them, "I estimate that I will use them in the next few days." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Bao Jun is already uniting several of his former subordinates and several large money banks, suggesting that they should not come to buy treasury bonds."

"Then he deserves to die more and more," the Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, "I have done my own sin, you can't live, I have taken care of him, and no one will say anything more." But before this, we have to do this first," she looked at the piece on the table, "Is Hu Xueyan already ready to sell silk cheaply?" ”

"Yes, his money bank is about to be unable to support it, if he doesn't sell the silk again, I'm afraid that even the money bank will close down immediately."

"But now selling silk cheaply, I'm afraid it can only be to drink to quench your thirst," the corners of the Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth hooked up a shallow smile, "Yan Jingming went out again at this time, and sent an edict to the Hubu, Liangjiang, Zhejiang-Fujian Governor Yamen, Shanghai Governor Yamen, and businessman Hu Xueyan to raise prices, interfere with the market, hoard silk, and the people are not happy. ”

"Huh." Li Lianying lowered her hands and prepared to go out, but the Empress Dowager Cixi shouted again, "It's called Wang Kaiyun, by the way, and the great victory in Langshan is worth celebrating," she said with a smile, "There are so many guests in the capital, we as hosts, we can't be stingy, and we will hold a cocktail party in Chonghua Palace in the past two days to thank the envoys of various countries." ”

"Huh."

Henry. Brisson returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion sweating profusely, because of another defeat in Lang Son, His Excellency the Prime Minister of the French Third Republic, who had not been in office for less than a month, his reputation was almost already on the street, and naturally, the honeymoon period between the parliament and the electorate was naturally gone, he returned to the Prime Minister's residence, the members of the cabinet, the ministers, and the generals of the Privy Council had arrived, and before he could wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, he had already pounded the table and began to roar, "What is going on!" A regular large-scale army has already been dispatched, and it has actually suffered defeat! Generals of the Privy Council, please give me an explanation! He blushed and shouted, "God, do you know the old things in the council just now, their saliva almost squirted in my face!" ”

The prime minister, who respects the parliament very much, actually said such a thing, it can be seen that the consultation in the parliament just now is really miserable, the army commander put his fist to his mouth, pretended to cough, and cleared his throat, "The army has received the news, this is only a strategic retreat, the Chinese suddenly dispatched the regular army, General Miller was defenseless for a while, but did not let the Chinese take advantage, if you want to compare the dead and wounded, our French army in this battle," he picked up a telegram," About four thousand Chinese soldiers were killed, while our casualties were less than two hundred. "At this time, he also counted the casualties of the Cui army, which barely can be regarded as defeat, right?

"Your Excellency," retorted Henry mercilessly, "our parliamentarians don't care at all how many Chinese monkeys die, they only care how many French sons die and how many kilometers we retreat on the battlefield!" What they need is complete victory! ”

"A temporary retreat is for a better offense! I think Your Excellency the Prime Minister needs to consult a professional! The army commander also retorted unceremoniously, military integration, originally did not need to be too groveling to the executive chief, lost his independence, seeing Henry so unceremonious, he couldn't help but become fierce, "You know, after the regular army of the Chinese entered Vietnam, the troops we stationed in North Vietnam no longer have an advantage, if we are too impulsive, I am afraid that it will affect the entire war situation, we all know, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, you also know that the Chinese have always been scheming!" ”

Henry was dumbfounded, so he could only turn his gun and start shelling at the Minister of the Interior, this is his serious subordinate, of course, he can scold unscrupulously, "Why did our soldiers not know about the news of the Chinese regular army entering Beiqi until they went to the battlefield?" Can I think so, the intelligence system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Vietnam, in China, is inferior to the intelligence system of the Chinese? ”

The Minister of the Interior touched his nose, he really didn't want to carry this black pot, this cabinet has only been in office for less than a month, there is such a responsibility to bear, but he did not dare to offend this big boss who can appoint and dismiss himself, so he had to pinch his nose and admit it, "Our intelligence agencies are indeed inferior to the Chinese, in the assassination of the Chinese envoy in Hue, the identified French businessman has not been found, I suspect, has long been secretly captured and executed by the Chinese." ”

Henry waved his hand impatiently, "I need the Ministry of the Interior to dig up a den of Chinese intelligence agencies in Vietnam immediately, at least one of them, and they are not allowed to do whatever they want in Vietnam," he was relieved, and continued to turn his head to the army commander and said, "Then may I ask Your Excellency, General, what do we need to do next?" ”

He asked shamelessly, and the army commander nodded and said, "Our current forces are not superior, and even in their military reports, our firepower is not superior, so we must wait until the reinforcements from North Africa and French India arrive, and the most advanced weapons and equipment arrive, and then carry out confrontation, our reinforcements have already rested in French India, and we can set off to cross the Strait of Malacca in a few days, as long as our reinforcements arrive, the Chinese will no longer have an advantage in the Vietnamese battlefield, I can guarantee this." ”

With equal firepower on both sides, the number of people is indeed the key factor that can determine the defeat of the war, the commander of the army said this, Prime Minister Henry nodded, "It seems that we need a little time," he put down the commander of the army, turned his head to look at the commander of the navy in a blue coat on the side, "What do you think of the navy here, what do you think of the opinion I made last time, Your Excellency General?" Is it possible? ”

The naval commander shook his head slowly, "The plan of the North Vietnamese fleet to go to Chinese waters, cross the South China Sea, and attack the southeast coast of China is not feasible. (To be continued.) )