"Who in the world doesn't know that gold is a good thing? If you drain the imperial court's gold and give it to Xiao Letian, you are a Chinese spy!" Weng Tonghe sternly questioned and scolded Li Tuo, whose face turned pale.
"Sir Weng... You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything. What do you think we should do? Why do you think the Chinese will always sell us food? Do you still think the Chinese will give us credit for nothing?"
"Don't talk about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust. If the Chinese don't listen to this, they won't give us food. What can we do?"
"The reason why Xiao Letian wants gold is actually very clear in his book. It's not difficult to find out if you make a careful guess... He just wants to store more gold in addition to the silver standard currency. Maybe The gold standard can support some currencies!”
"What he wants is the safety of the Chinese currency... Anyway, I can't explain it to you, but now that Xiao Letian is not in the Chinese clan, we have no place to talk to anyone about favors..."
"Why don't you, Mr. Weng, go to the Chinese to negotiate in person? But I have to tell you that it will take five or six days to go to Naha alone, and the battle in the capital may be over in one day. Big changes!”
"Is it too late?"
Li Tuo was angry, so he showed no mercy when talking about work. He knew that the more you reasoned with a scholar like Weng Tonghe, the more he would stop at nothing.
Time is precious, it’s better to just block his words!
Sure enough, he kicked the ball to the old man's feet, and the stubborn old man suddenly lost his temper. It was okay for him to find fault, but if he really asked the Chinese to negotiate for food, he knew that things would not be easy to handle!
The old man said angrily, "Your Majesty... I can't give you gold anyway. The key is that our Qing Dynasty has been on the silver standard since ancient times, and we don't have much gold?"
"There isn't even much silver in the treasury, so why are you looking for gold? Gold has been the private collection of the royal family and nobles since ancient times. It is usually used for jewelry, decoration, ritual utensils... and so on. According to what Li Tuo said, we Do we still have to go to people’s homes to rob them?”
"It's not about robbing!" Li Tuo was so angry that the veins on his forehead were jumping up. "It's about replacing it with silver. Who said we're going to rob it? Besides, I'm just proposing a feasible way to buy food. Of course, there are long live those who don't listen. I will discuss this with you adults!"
"Why does Mr. Weng say that I want to snatch the gold from the people's hands right away?"
"Please make it clearer, little one. It's urgent now. If the way to buy food with silver is blocked, we can try to buy it with gold!"
"It's just an alternative plan. Why does it become a crime of espionage when it comes to Mr. Weng? If anyone can be convicted like this, how can anyone dare to work for the court in the future!"
"That's enough! Don't dwell on this matter anymore. Even a woman like me can't stand listening to it anymore. Get down to business and don't dwell on these minutiae!" Ci'an couldn't stand listening anymore and saw that the outside of the window lattice was stained with red. Xia, before we come up with a complete plan, the capital will be in chaos soon.
The Queen Mother spoke, and the old man had to endure it no matter how unhappy he was. Zai Chun glanced at the master unhappily and then asked, "Go on, you can come up with the plan, but of course I am the one who makes the final decision!"
"Well... Your Majesty, as you said just now, try to find a way to get food and arms supplies from the Chinese, and then don't lose in the public opinion field, defend the Yongding River defense line, and make more use of new weapons such as airships, gunboats, and train guns... …”
"We can win this battle! By the way..." Li Tuo reached out and touched the sweat on his forehead, "Speaking of the governor of the world, this is really a big problem..."
"The court please contact the Ninth Commander in Jiangning as soon as possible. If the Ninth Commander is stabilized in the southern half of the Yangtze River, there will be no big trouble!"
"In addition, Marshal Zuo from Zhili should take him back to the capital as soon as possible by airship and let him take charge of the capital... Don't forget that his direct descendants are all in the Western Regions. The Marshal has just finished the Battle of the Western Regions. The influence of the Northwest is still there!”
"Commander Zuo stabilizes the imperial capital, and the governor in the northwest can suppress it. We need to use Marshal Zuo's reputation to intimidate the place!"
"There is another key person, and that is Li Hongzhang...Li Hongzhang is carrying the Huai Army and the navy of the future Qing Kingdom. It is a great achievement that he was able to contain the rebels in Handan..."
"Your Majesty... Handan is a famous city in the Warring States Period. Its geographical location is very important. Li Hongzhang can just nail it there and cut off the rebels' connection with Henan and southern Shanxi!"
"It will be difficult for the rebels over there to support them... and he can also control the victims of the disaster in Shandong!"
"No!" Weng Tonghe, who had just calmed down, jumped up and stabbed again, "People's hearts are unpredictable! This Li Tuo should be killed! If he follows his method, the Qing Dynasty will soon turn into a warlord chaos!"
"The Minister of Justice has made it very clear just now. You cannot reject the tiger through the front door and let in the wolf through the back door! After defeating a Japanese army, a group of local warlords will come. When the central power is bypassed, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger!"
Li Tuo's eyes almost popped out of his head when he heard this, "You... what kind of fallacy are you talking about! Now that the war situation is eroding, it is the time when the court wants to unite all the forces that can be united. Why do you still have such a defensive mentality?"
"Is it more important to counter rebellion, or to guard against warlords? There must be a conflict of priority!"
Weng Tonghe didn't even look at Li Tuo, and knelt down on the ground with a bang: "Long live the Queen Mother, Prince... The Japanese Liu Yimin are causing rebellion. In the final analysis, this is the civil strife of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Manchus!"
"Does the imperial court really want to turn this internal strife into a protracted external strife?"
"This war is a Manchu family affair. It is completely different from the previous Changmao Rebellion. Your Majesty, please don't get distracted..."
After saying that, he knocked his head on the ground, started crying and stopped talking at all.
Heart-breaking! This sentence was so heart-breaking. Weng Tonghe was just short of breaking the window paper. He was just short of saying that Li Hongzhang, Li Tuo, and Zuo Zongtang were all Han people.
This sentence directly penetrated into the hearts of everyone present, and everyone's face turned pale!
That's right. What kind of war is this? In the final analysis, it was just an uncle snatching the throne from his nephew, and it was just a civil war in the Qing Dynasty.
Regardless of victory or defeat, the throne will still rotate among the Manchus in the end, and once Li Tuo said, he will borrow a lot from Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and even the Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan... and of course the evil spirit Xiao Letian.
You, Li Tuo, have used so much strength from the Han people, so even if you succeed in suppressing the rebellion, the foundation of the world will be shaken!
History will definitely repeat itself when there are many warlords. Do you, Li Tuo, have any evil intentions in offering such a strategy? Your identity is very suspicious!
They are all old foxes who have practiced in the court for thousands of years. For this reason, they have basically understood it. This is a slap in the face!
Li Tuo's face turned red and he couldn't say a word. He could only look at the two palaces, the empress dowager, the young emperor and several adults in aggrieved manner, unable to speak.
With just a few words, Weng Tonghe demolished the climbing ladder Li Tuo had just built. Li Tuo suddenly became indifferent again as he looked at the emperor and the queen mother who had just gained trust in him.
The feeling of distance suddenly widened, and a chill filled the Ancestral Temple!
Everyone was silent for dozens of seconds before Cixi spoke, "Old man, please stop kowtowing and go out to rest for a while... Li Tuo, you are doing a good job. Go down and carry out the military orders that His Majesty has already used!"
"The Yongding River defense line needs to be repaired..."
