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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 514: Sudden Realization

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    The loss of Guangzhou closed the last door to the world for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. After all five trading ports in the south of the Yangtze River were occupied by the Taiping Army, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties urgently needed to open another window.  Xiao Yungui was very curious about what kind of price Song Qingyun would offer to Lie Weilian, or what the Manchu Qing Dynasty could satisfy the United States.

    The current history has been changed beyond recognition by the four people. It seems that they no longer have the advantage of foresight, but one thing is that they already have the ability, and that is prediction.  All four of them came from liberal arts backgrounds and had systematically studied history (except Xiao Yungui, who was only half-assed). The reason why history is a subject is to allow people to use what happened in history to remind future generations not to make the same mistakes. At the same time,  People who are proficient in history often have more accurate predictions about the laws of development of things.

    After the Daoguang Year of the Qing Dynasty, the thousand-year-old country ushered in unprecedented changes. Capitalist countries invaded feudal agricultural countries. This proposition had no historical experience to draw from before the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Therefore, even if the history of Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, etc.  Famous ministers in ancient times also crossed the river by feeling the stones, but their reforms were not successful.  It then took the Chinese nation more than 150 years to completely solve this proposition. Therefore, the four people all have certain historical experience, and they will avoid making the mistakes made by their predecessors.

    Xiao Yungui fell into deep thought while listening to Lie Weilian's endless persuasion. He began to think about it in another person's shoes. If he were Song Qingyun and faced the current aggressive situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, what would she do?  It is certain to open several ports in the north as treaty ports!

    The Qing Dynasty's economy was in trouble, with gold and tariffs becoming the mainstay.  Treaty ports can drive commerce, and Song Qingyun will definitely not only do business with Lao Maozi from the north.  Lao Maozi's business is not easy either.  Opening the treaty ports can continue to maintain the Manchu economy, and only with money and food can the war continue.

    The next step is to introduce foreign forces to intervene in the civil war. Historical experience has proved that once the great powers can free their hands, they are very willing to intervene in the affairs of other countries. They did this during the American Civil War.  Xiao Yungui somewhat understood Song Qingyun's sinister intentions, and she wanted to muddy the water.  The United States intervened to mediate and reopen negotiations, and Britain and France continued to trade with the Manchus in the north.  I believe Britain and France will still agree. After all, they need trade, especially the British who want to continue their opium business.

    By continuing to cooperate and trade with the great powers, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could continue to obtain advanced technology and foreign guns and artillery. Xiao Yungui knew very well what kind of miracles he could do as a time traveler by using the great powers. Perhaps the Song and Lu Dynasties, who were so broken, would not hesitate to  Selling more national interests to achieve this goal.

    After Lie Weilian finished speaking, Xiao Yungui's meditation also ended.  He didn't listen to the nonsense behind Wei Lian at all. He simply expressed his opinion, "If your country wants to get rid of the current predicament, it is not as simple as finding another place to dump goods. You must know the true nature of the Far East market."  The British are still playing a leading role. I believe that what your country needs to adjust is its own economic system. As far as I know, the south of your country is mostly a plantation economy, while the north is mostly an industrial and commercial economy. In this economic crisis, the north has gone bankrupt.  There are more enterprises, and the prices of agricultural products in the south are also constantly affected. However, the economy of the south uses a large number of cheap labor, that is, black slaves. Therefore, their losses will be relatively minor. If your country wants to revive its economy, in addition to strengthening  In addition to its own construction, the country needs a large amount of cheap labor and raw material production areas. There are plantations and cheap labor in the south, which is exactly what the north needs. If your country does not straighten out its own economic structure and strengthen its product competitiveness, it will be  It¡¯s impossible to compete with the British. After all, I can¡¯t just sell high-priced products here without buying them.¡±

    Wei Lian was a lawyer by training and was not very good at economic issues. However, his predecessor, Minister Malian, told him when he was handed over that at this moment, the United States did not have the ability to dominate the Far East market. All the United States could do was follow Britain and France.  The two countries have received some of the same treatment, and there is no need to deliberately try to change anything.

    Xiao Yungui still smiled and said: "Mr. Minister, commerce under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is open and fair. As you said, we do have plans to build railways in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, but our bidding and funds  The introduction is open and will not favor any party.¡±

    Levi Lian sighed. Although he didn't know much about the economy, he also knew that under completely fair conditions, the United States would not be able to compete with Britain, a country known as the world's factory, in terms of technology and product quality.  It seems that his hope can only be pinned on the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the north. If the United States can take advantage of the war between Britain and France and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to open up the market in the north first, it may be beneficial to the United States.

    Xiao Yungui's refusal was not helpless. He could also agree to the Americans' request, but he did not like the feeling of being threatened. At the same time, it was not cost-effective to offend Britain and France because of the United States.  ?At that time, the United States was only a second-rate country, and a civil war was about to break out in at most three years. The Manchu Qing Dynasty would not have many opportunities to take advantage of the United States.

    However, Xiao Yungui still promised to continue to increase the amount of investment from the United States and continue to save American companies and factories. Of course, he is happy to do this. Taking advantage of the large number of closures and bankruptcies of American companies and factories, it is of course necessary to acquire shares and pick up garbage.  These factories and enterprises can continue to make huge war profits during the civil war between the North and the South in the future. Why not?

    Lie Weilian was very happy. At the same time, Xiao Yungui also agreed to his request to open a U.S. consulate in Tianjing. At the same time, the United States also agreed to set up Taiping Rebellion consulates in San Francisco and Washington. The diplomatic relations between the two parties became closer.  .

    After sending away Lie Weilian, Xiao Yungui began to consider whether to once again sabotage the long-planned negotiations of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. However, after thinking about it, he found that if the same conspiracy was used one more time, the trap might be exposed, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties would not  It is possible to make the same mistake again.  Do they need to write a sincere letter to remind Song Qingyun and Lu Sixuan to put the overall interests of the country first and not to be eternal sinners and betray the national interests for their own selfish desires?

    Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui instantly put an end to this idea, and now he is aggressively opening more trading ports in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's occupied areas.  Wantlessly absorbing foreign capital for the construction and development of railways, minerals, etc., does this count as betraying national interests?  And he recognized all the provisions of the Treaty of Nanjing.  This in itself is a disguised form of betrayal.

    After the capture of Guangzhou, Li Xiucheng once went to the Kowloon Peninsula to overlook Hong Kong Island. Although Hong Kong Island at this time was well protected by a fleet, it had only a small army and only 2,000 Marines guarding it. Li Xiucheng wanted to regain it.  , the Chief of Staff even conducted a rehearsal to recapture Hong Kong Island.  But in the end Xiao Yungui called a timeout because the time had not come yet.

    It was impossible to regain Hong Kong.  This also represents Xiao Yungui's acquiescence to the previous treaty. In a sense, he is no different from the Manchus. If he is not strong enough and cannot keep his own things, he will naturally be robbed by others.  Therefore, Xiao Yungui felt that it would not work for him to persuade Song and Lu from the perspective of national justice. Doing so would only bring humiliation to himself.

    Can Song Qingyun¡¯s plan be realized?  Xiao Yungui felt that there were still some obstacles.  These obstacles came from the conservative forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.  The Manchu Qing Dynasty was different from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a completely new regime. The classes it united with were gentry, businessmen and other classes who were bullied by the bureaucratic group. The class that Song Qingyun maintained her rule was precisely the bureaucratic aristocratic group. It was unlikely that she would be like this  It's easy to convince those die-hards.  Xiao Yungui held a hint of comfort and did not make any big arrangements. He just ordered Bai Zetang's forces in Jiangbei to spread some rumors.  Spreading rumors and saying that the Manchus planned to make peace with foreigners and betray the country's ugly face might create some trouble for Song Qingyun.

    A few days later, the fleet returning from the United States arrived, and a large number of cheap equipment and machines purchased by Hu Xueyan arrived.  and hundreds of skilled American workers, technicians, engineers, and more.  Xiao Yungui didn't know what they were capable of, but he still accepted them.  The machines, equipment and personnel were dispersed and arranged to three shipyards, and then he set his sights on the battle in Guangdong.

    Li Xiucheng began to shrink his troops after receiving the report that Zhang Wenxiang's attack was frustrated. However, the prerequisite for him to withdraw his troops from the east was to eliminate the last Qing army stationed in Chaozhou, Li Tingyu's Qing army!

    Li Tingyu was also a veteran who fought repeatedly and never gave up. He also gained the trust of the Qing Dynasty. Especially after Empress Dowager Cixi came to power, she even reinstated Li Tingyu to his post.  Due to the loss of most of Fujian's territory, Li Tingyu was dismissed by the Qing Dynasty and retained. This means that Li Tingyu has been leading the Qing army to fight against the Taiping Army at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian for more than a year.

    Originally, Li Tingyu was going to be beheaded. According to the Qing Dynasty, officials died when they lost their land. There were many memorials to impeach Li Tingyu at that time. Xianfeng was furious when he was still there and planned to punish him heavily. However, Xingzhen and he who were accompanying him to review the memorials at that time  After saying something, "The emperor has killed Li Tingyu, who else can lead the troops to resist Fujian Changmao? Besides, most of Li Tingyu's troops now have their own regiment training, so if he sends one person to go, all these troops will be dispersed overnight."  That¡¯s it.¡±

    To put it bluntly, this soldier is a regiment training soldier that Li Tingyu raised his own money and food. Let¡¯s not talk about the consequences of killing Li Tingyu. Even if he can kill him, who can take over?  Then Xianfeng suddenly realized it, and Xingzhen smiled and suggested writing a sentence on each impeachment memorial, which would be regarded as approved.  This sentence is written like this: "If the guilty minister is questioned, what if you go to Fujian to lead the army?" Since then, no one has come forward to report it.  However, Sushun still fought against all opinions and gave Li Tingyu a punishment of dismissal and retention. Sushun's reason at the time was also very simple. If a minister lost his land, it was unreasonable that the court would not punish him. So in the end, Li Tingyu led the army in vain.  his influenceNo big deal, this soldier is actually his private regiment's training horse.

    After Xingzhen came to power, she immediately restored Li Tingyu's official position because of Li Tingyu's success in resisting Changmao. Although it won people's hearts, it made Li Tingyu even more determined to work for his life.  The Taiping Army attacked Guangdong, Wang Yide guarded Meizhou, and Li Tingyu guarded Chaozhou. Finally, Meizhou fell, Wang Yide committed suicide, and all the states and counties in eastern Guangdong were lost. However, Li Tingyu still stubbornly defended the isolated city of Chaozhou, like a nail that refused to be easily defeated.  Pull it out.

    Therefore, if the Taiping Army in the east of Guangdong wants to shrink its forces and move westward, the first thing is to get rid of this annoying nail as soon as possible, and it is an old nail!
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