Volume Two Chapter 21 Yi Kuang's Attitude
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Sheng Xuanhuai let out a long sigh, smiled with satisfaction, looked at Li Hongzhang, and nodded slightly. He asked Chen Congyun to come early in the morning. With Chen Congyun's current identity, he could not buy this account at all. This idea was made by Xue Fucheng, just to see Chen Congyun's reaction and see if Chen Congyun is also a person of Li Hongzhang.
Chen Congyun left the gate and took Li Yaozu and two guards directly. He rushed to Li Hongzhang's headquarters for a quick horse. It took only ten minutes to reach Li Hongzhang's headquarters. More than ten meters away from the gate of the headquarters, Sheng Xiaoqi had already turned over and fell off and quickly stepped forward to report the name of Chen Congyun. At this time, Chen Congyun also got off the horse and walked up quickly. Goshha at the door had already received instructions and respectfully greeted thousands of people. The informant had already run to the inner courtyard. Goshha led Chen Congyun into the inside.
"I've returned so quickly! Thank you for your hard work." Li Hongzhang smiled, Chen Congyun saw it and remembered a sentence, "Attitude determines everything."
He was obviously not a match for Li Hongzhang. Chen Congyun adjusted his positioning and determined that the way to treat Li Hongzhang in the new historical period is hypocrisy and treatment. Seeing that Li Hongzhang expressed satisfaction with his attitude of being at the time of transmission, Chen Congyun naturally wanted to add more fire and carry out hypocrisy to the end.
"The Lord Zhongtang has the kindness of knowing Congyun, and Congyun has always been proud of being able to be the leader of the Zhongtang. How dare he be negligent in the summons of the Zhongtang?" Chen Congyun's sincerity even moved himself. When he was a white-collar worker, he patted his chest to express his loyalty to his immediate boss. However, the boss in my memory later ate Chen Congyun's plot and was placed in the position by Chen Congyun. It was Mr. Lu Xun's analysis thoroughly. This is a world where people eat people. If you want to be eaten by others, you have to learn to eat people.
"Hahaha, I lost. I will treat you to Wanghailou at noon today." Xue Fucheng took over the words with a smile, with no trace on his face, and he gently looked at Sheng Xuanhuai's expression.
Li Hongzhang laughed and nodded slightly, "Let's put Shuyun's treats for you later. Prince Qing sent someone to send news yesterday. He set off early this morning and arrived in the evening. We have to go to greet him early. Of course, we have to arrange a banquet to welcome Prince Qing. Everyone will go then."
After saying that, Li Hongzhang looked at Chen Congyun meaningfully and found that Chen Congyun had a completely unaware of the difference. He couldn't help but say smugly in his heart: "Zi Gui, the imperial court came urgently last night. Prince Qing was in charge of Tianjin. The general leader negotiated with the French. Don't have any ideas in your heart."
Chen Congyun made a sudden enlightenment expression and smiled bitterly: "How dare the court expresses its importance to negotiations. Congyun thought that Prince Qing would come to Tianjin and reopen the negotiations would be put on the agenda."
Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager is determined to discuss peace talks and attaches great importance to it. Zigui should be cautious in everything. Do not anger the French too much and cause new disputes. This is not what the Empress Dowager hopes to see." After saying that, Li Hongzhang smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I am also worried about it. With Zigui's talent, why should I say too much? Now I have been ordered to negotiate with Japan, and I also suggest to ask Zigui for advice on matters. This is also one of the purposes of asking Zigui to return."
Historically, the Sino-Japanese Tianjin Treaty signed by Li Hongzhang and Hirofumi Ito on April 18, 1885 can be said to be Li Hongzhang's usual diplomatic style and can also be regarded as a consistent failure.
Japan has been planning for North Korea for a long time, occupying North Korea as a springboard and then looking at Northeast China, which was a plan that the Japanese had long formulated. From the Treaty of Jianghua in 1875, Japan began to recognize North Korea as an independent country, until the Treaty of Tianjin, ten years, Japan completed the status of a Chinese vassal state, which turned North Korea into a position under the "joint protection" of China and Japan. It can be seen that Li Hongzhang's diplomatic weakness. Although he also saw Japan's ambition to invade North Korea, he did not realize that Japan would take the initiative to go to war with China, and he did not see that Japan eventually became the biggest shame in his life's diplomatic activities.
Now history seems to have undergone a small shock and distortion. The Tianjin Treaty has not been officially signed by the end of April. It can be seen that it has only been one or two days. It is estimated that the talks between Li Hongzhang and Ito Hirobuki have basically reached the final stage.
Since there was no formal signing, Li Hongzhang asked again. Chen Congyun thought deeply, but still felt that he wanted to say something, so he showed a heavy expression: "Zhongtang, Japan has been learning from the West since the Meiji Restoration. Its development speed and national strength are much greater than that of our country. Congyun thought that although Japan is small, its ambition is not small. If we don't prepare early, it will cause great trouble for our country in the future. In the matter of North Korea, we must insist on one thing: Japan withdraws its troops and Chinese troops, otherwise there will be endless troubles."
"Oh?" Li Hongzhang showed a dissatisfied smile. Chen Congyun looked at his heart. He knew that he had said nothing, so he stopped saying more. He just waited quietly for Li Hongzhang to continue, "Congyun thought very far, but I thought that the small place in Japan would never dare to provoke my Qing Dynasty. Congyun was worried too much."
Chen Congyun smiled bitterly in his heart and said to himself: "It's very stupid! It's very naive. Britain, France, Germany and other countries, which big country has passed by China? He won't come to the door and force the Qing Dynasty to sign a traitorous treaty and burn the Royal Garden of the Old Summer Palace? Let me tell you clearly, just do whatever you want. In short, your Li Hongzhang's Huai Army will be unreliable in the future, and I don't expect to imitate you."
Thinking of this in my heart, Chen Congyun still showed a modest smile on his face and said, "Middle Hall is so beautiful!" Naturally, he added another sentence in his heart, "Gao your mother!"
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The road is facing the sky, and the flags are dancing. Prince Qing is so grand when he goes out. Li Hongzhang personally led all the officials from Zhili out of the city to greet him. Chen Congyun was in it. Looking at the team of thriving, he wished that a bomb would fall from the sky to kill him. YY is beautiful, but the reality is ruthless. When a group of officials led by Li Hongzhang came forward to see Yili, Chen Congyun still had to pretend to be the most sincere smile and greet Yili.
"You are Shen Zigui? Not bad! Not bad, the young man is not bad!" Yi Li smiled and patted Chen Congyun's shoulder to praise her. It seemed that it was not enough to express her intimacy with Chen Congyun. She simply held Chen Congyun's hand in front of everyone and smiled: "Zigui is my talent in the Qing Dynasty. Lord Laifu once praised her highly. This time, he negotiated with the French. Zigui just let go and talk. I will never interfere, just wait for the good news."
Yi Li's intimate expression attracted a group of officials to look at Chen Congyun even more differently, especially Li Hongzhang, who quickly glanced at Chen Congyun. He really couldn't figure out why Chen Congyun and Yi Li were online.
Chen Congyun was relieved. The 500,000 taels of silver were not in vain. It is estimated that Prince Yuxiu's words still played a role. Since Yi Li was so intimate, Chen Congyun saw Li Hongzhang's eyes flashing and smiled and said, "The Queen Mother has been too rewarded, and the prince has been loving. Now that the prince is in charge of guidance, everything will be done smoothly."
After some politeness, the team continued to set off and arrived at the residence specially prepared by Li Hongzhang for Yi Li. Yi Li asked Li Hongzhang and Shen Congyun to follow him in, and a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals were waiting outside. When they arrived at the inner courtyard, Chen Congyun suddenly bowed to the two and smiled: "Prince, Lord Zhongtang, I have some private matters, and I want to ask the prince and Zhongtang to fulfill their wishes."
"Oh? Please speak, please." Li Hongzhang looked at Yi Li's expression that was understandable and said with a smile, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "What are these two people doing when they look like you know me?"
Yi Li is an old fox. When he got up early this morning, the housekeeper came to report and said that Yuxiu's personal bodyguard sent 500,000 taels of silver notes and a letter. 500,000 taels was a big deal. Yi Li quickly opened the letter and found out that it was transferred by Chen Congyun entrusted Yuxiu. According to Yi Li's thoughts, Chen Congyun had so much capital, so he naturally had made enough money in Vietnam and wanted to continue fishing down, otherwise what would he do in Vietnam? Another requirement It was a new army organization in at least two towns, which was a bit difficult to deal with. However, Yi Li thought about it all the way and felt that he would not give Chen Congyun any more affordable benefits after taking 500,000 yuan in silver. How could Chen Congyun continue to give it to him in the future? Besides, Princess Yuxiu threatened to marry a dowry. Chen Congyun had such a relationship, and Empress Dowager Cixi could also talk about it. In Vietnam, there was no soldiers, so what could he use to collect the people's wealth and ointment? Yi Li still had this enlightenment.
Now Shen Congyun asked the two to help, and this must be unrelated to Yuxiu, so Yi Li agreed very simply.
"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to get rid of the Zhongtang and the Prince as a matchmaker." Chen Congyun said with a smile. Yi Li nodded and laughed: "Okay, that wild girl has always been above the top, and she doesn't even look down on the young man in Beijing. This time she fell into the hands of our men. This matchmaker is decided by the king."
"Haha, whose girl is Zigui liked?" Li Hongzhang didn't know who he was talking about, so he naturally had to ask. Yi Li smiled and took the conversation and said, "Haha, he is the queen mother's cousin and princess Yuxiu."
Chapter completed!