Prince Gong Yixin's concerns were very correct. He originally wanted to wait for the opportunity slowly and take action when there were cracks in Zai Chun's huge career.
Internally, he has many secret followers of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who are loyal to him. Externally, he is also secretly connected with the forces of former British Prime Minister Benjamin.
Isn’t that just betraying the country? Who wouldn’t sell out national interests? If you Zai Chunhui, other people's Japanese will also know it!
With the internal and external cooperation, the rest is waiting for the opportunity. Maybe it is a lone patrol of Emperor Tongzhi, maybe there is a severe famine, maybe it is the oppressed workers who lead a rebellion.
Of course, what is the most important opportunity? Still in the Capital Exchange!
This was a huge market with more than one billion silver dollars hoarded, which almost wiped out the market cash flow in the northern part of the Qing Empire. This was the biggest weakness of Emperor Tongzhi!
As long as a blood collapse occurs, the somewhat stable people's hearts established by Emperor Tongzhi will immediately collapse!
Those who are loyal to him will rebel, stable people will be deprived of food and clothing, and external forces will take advantage of the situation to intervene!
At that time, a good opportunity will come to overthrow Emperor Tongzhi's cruel rule!
That's why Guiziliu stood still and stayed in Xiling. He watched Emperor Tongzhi expand the Capital Exchange little by little. From the beginning, there was only the Beijing-Tianjin Railway stock, and gradually it developed to Jiangnan Chinese stocks being listed one after another. Finally, I look forward to the two super large-cap stocks of Beijing-Hankou Railway and Daqing Ocean Ocean!
We must wait until the scale of the stock market is large before taking action, because only when the scale of the stock market is large can the extraction of private wealth be more thorough, and the destructive power after a future crash will be even greater.
A scale of 100 million won't be enough, but with 1 billion you can force all the people to rebel!
Only in this way can the people wake up and know that everything you, Emperor Tongzhi, have done is wrong and all lies!
This plan seems slow, but it is very steady and sophisticated, which is very suitable for Guiziliu's character!
But today, the emergence of the Great Clearwater Marine suddenly disrupted his plan. He suddenly discovered that the industrial era was a little different from what he had imagined. Once the curtain of the industrial era opened, everything would change. faster and faster!
Once the new factory is built, the steel-making volume in one day can equal the steel-making volume in Zhili province in the past year!
Now that the railway has been repaired, the journey between Beijing and Tianjin used to take three days, and the waterway took another day and a half, but now it only takes three or four hours!
Li Hongzhang was even more powerful. He dared to place an order even though the court did not give him authorization. In three years, the steel battleship could be driven home!
The efficiency of the industrial age is unimaginable. Guiziliu didn't expect that time would come so quickly!
"The year after tomorrow...1877, the warships returning from Europe will at least be able to control the northern coast, and those European mercenaries will also become a new force under the Hunjun!"
"Of course warships cannot go ashore, but small warships can enter the canal! Now there are two Xiao Letian sent to gunboats in Tongzhou for daily training!"
"If the British had three or four more warships to form a small river fleet of five or six warships, how many troops do you think we would have to use to contain them?"
"Within the Grand Canal, in the area covered by all naval guns, we will no longer have the firepower advantage... Those navies are likely to transform into marines and attack us under the cover of naval guns!"
"What's even more terrible is not just the battleships, but also the railways!"
Guiziliu said painfully, "The year after tomorrow...1878, if the Beijing-Hankou Railway is really completed as planned, Xiao Letian's Jiangnan Railway will also be completed..."
"I can't imagine it! In this way, the Chinese army will have wings! As soon as we launch a war in Gyeonggi, the Chinese army in the south and the Chinese army in Tanggu will follow the railway to the south. Attack from the north!"
"In the era without railways, I was afraid of you! By the time they came, we would have dealt with that foolish king long ago!"
"But the railway has been repaired... It only takes a day or two to get from the Hankou high-speed train to the capital! We are simply too late!"
"There is also the Yangtze River Bridge... If a railway bridge is really built between Guishan and Snake Mountain in Hankou, then the Jiangnan army will move north faster. King Qin in the world has countless soldiers and horses, and we have no chance of winning. !”
"Damn... what kind of shitty era is this? How come everything has changed so fast?"
Duobao and Erha's faces turned pale. The prince's words were something they had never thought about. They had no idea how to resolve such a crisis.
"My lord...what...what can we do about this? Are we going to let that foolish king take control of the country?"
Guiziliu glared with scarlet eyes and said fiercely, "Erha... prepare to return to Beijing. Contact the British immediately and let them communicate with Benjamin directly!"
"Plans must be advanced! The military operation...I am planning...to be scheduled for next year! That is 1876. All plans must be advanced. If Benjamin wants to deal with Xiao Letian, he has to bet all his money on me!"
"The British have to do something about the stock market crash... Aren't they, the British, going to hold parliamentary elections next year? If Benjamin's Conservative Party wants to come to power, it must also need some stimulation from the outside!"
"If a civil war breaks out in the Qing Empire, it will prove that Gladstone's diplomacy has failed! Only by taking advantage of the chaos can we profit. I think Benjamin is not a fool!"
"Let him use the power of the Conservative Party!"
"That Duobao... you go and invite the hidden homing pigeons out... I have to consult on some things!"
Na Duobao trembled, "Your Majesty... do you really want those people? They are not of the same mind as us, they are taking advantage of us!"
"I can't control that much anymore. Even if they are using each other, they are using each other. They can't do without me, because I can help them do some dirty work!"
After conveying the order, Yisiha, a good dog, immediately disguised himself and went to the capital, while Naduobao came out holding a pigeon cage like a treasure.
The beautiful silver-white homing pigeon inside was tilting its head and looking at the people outside, purring in its throat!
Guiziliu carefully sealed the written silk in a bamboo tube with wax balls and tied it to the feet of the carrier pigeon. He held the pigeon and leaned his head on the pigeon's head and whispered to himself, "Go! I will give you half of my life and fortune." , but it’s all on you!”
The prince was muttering and didn't know what scripture he was reciting. Finally, he suddenly let go and threw it upward. The white homing pigeon took off in the sky and flew towards the south, and soon disappeared in the night!
"Why are you crying and mourning! Since you want to do big things, you have to take risks, otherwise you might as well go back to the capital and lie down!"
"I want to drink...come with me to find a drink!"
