Weng Tongxiu has been upset by British and Japanese envoys these days. Now Britain and Japan have already offered bids. First, he said that it is impossible to behead himself. He will definitely be harmed by Prime Minister Weng.

Britain demanded compensation of 200 million taels of silver. Japan also demanded compensation of 200 million taels of silver, and all ships and torpedo boats of more than 2,000 tons of ships and torpedo boats of the Beiyang Navy, as well as the island of Taishen and withdrew from North Korea.

The reason why Japan did not want the Northeast this time was because Russia disagreed, and the Russians had long regarded the northern part of the Qing Dynasty as their backyard.

The British felt that it might be difficult for a country to fight against the Beiyang - the hundreds of thousands of Boers had put the British Empire in the quagmire of war. In the Far East, they did not want to offend Russia too much, and even had to use Russia's power to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty. When their number one dog-legged man, Japan, grew up, let Japan fight with Russia.

Now that I am fighting against Russia, Japan has to say: I really can't do it.

After the conditions for compensation were proposed, Britain and Japan, joined forces with Russia, the United States, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy, Spain, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands and other countries to put pressure on the Qing court.

This is almost an enemy of the world. At that time, the British and French forces captured the capital, scaring Emperor Xianfeng to death. Now more than a dozen European countries have joined forces to attack Cixi was so scared that she woke up all night. Guangxu was unable to speak out for several days - he did not turn over the sign at night.

These days, Weng Tongxiu, who is at the forefront of the storm, has disappeared.

Only a few people who know the news know that Weng Tongxi has been living in the Yuanshun Escort Agency of Dadao Wang Wukai these days.

Weng Tongxi stayed at Yuanshun Escort Agency for three days and three nights. After leaving, he left a letter to his home. Then he went to the palace to meet the little emperor Guangxu. However, this time Weng Tongxi did not say anything, but just sorted out his clothes and kowtowed to Guangxu three times, then got up and left.

After Weng Tongxi left, the young emperor Guangxu burst into tears.

Weng Tongxi left the palace and took a car to the British Embassy. Weng Tongxi was still the Prime Minister and the British knew him, so he let Weng Tongxi go in alone.

Weng Tongxi's carriage driver saw Weng Tongxi enter the British Embassy and immediately rushed home to deliver the letter.

At this time, the British minister with a special and purview was Sir Dounale who came from Hong Kong.

When he entered the courtyard of the British Embassy, ​​Weng Tongshu shouted at the newly appointed Sir Dou Nale: "Rat! Do you dare to die if you bully me!"

While speaking, Weng Tongxi grabbed his braid with his left hand, and showed a short knife of two feet long with his right hand. He raised his knife and cut off his head with his backhand.

Although Weng Tongshu died, he held a knife in one hand and raised his head with the other, but he stood firm. The tiger's eyes were wide open on his left hand. A group of British people were trembling with fear. A few days ago, this group of people shouted that someone would never behead themselves. Today, the retribution came. The Minister of Revenue of the Qing Dynasty, Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of the Prime Minister's Affairs Office, and the most important thing is that this was also the teacher of the two emperors of the Qing Dynasty. He beheaded himself in the British Embassy.

You said he committed suicide. A few days ago, the notes that he had swear to say that people must not behead themselves were piled on the other emperor's desk.

You said he didn't commit suicide? Then he killed himself? Is there any revenge? Of course, I kept slandering this old man for killing Ogne and Jurden a few days ago.

But the biggest problem is that I didn’t do anything, it’s considered a wax sitting. This must be a wax sitting.

There were not many choices from the British. So many people saw this old man wearing the Qing Dynasty government coming in inside and outside. It was impossible to hide it. It would be notified to the Qing Dynasty officials and embassies of various countries. Of course, the scene should be protected.

When the news spread, the British embassy was full of people. Officials from the Qing Dynasty, embassies from various countries, and civilians came to see this top Qing Dynasty official who could behead himself and still stand firm.

After the official coroner of the Qing Dynasty, after checking it in the outer circle, the analysis said: "Based on my years of experience and combined with Chinese and foreign experience, I judged that Lord Weng was killed. Because the death case was consistent with the former British and Japanese ministers. The judgment was made by a group of people."

Sir Dou Nale really wanted to say that this guy was nonsense, but half of the so-called experiences between Chinese and foreign countries were proposed by himself. If he scolded the other party, he would scold himself. Sir Dou Nale knew that the other party was deliberately slapped in the face and ignored it, but why did I hate it so much?

At this time, another first-rank official came to the British embassy. This person was Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the Beiyang Navy.

Ding Ruchang came to Beijing to reimburse military expenditures - after fighting the war with gunpowder, these leading officials had to fight a war without gunpowder with the Ministry of Revenue.

Even Weng Tongshu was involved in handling the fraud case of military expenditure reimbursement in Yunnan when he was just appointed as the Ministry of Revenue.

During the Xianfeng period, when Zeng Guofan was talking to the Ministry of Revenue to write off the military rebate price, Emperor Xianfeng learned that Emperor Xianfeng was convinced that Zeng Guofan was devoted to serving the country and ordered the Hunan Army to reimburse the military spending. Originally, Zeng Guofan could use this decree to save the Ministry of Revenue to repay the kickbacks, but Zeng Guofan finally gave the Ministry of Revenue to the agreed price.

Everyone in the Ministry of Revenue praised Zeng Guofan for his ability to do business. For example, Nian Gengyao and Shengbao, who began to be arrogant because of the emperor's favor, were simply seeking death.

The Minister of Revenue was Weng Tongxiu, so the officials under the Ministry of Revenue knew that Weng and Li were in conflict. As soon as Ding Ruchang came, the Ministry of Revenue spoke loudly and called a sky-high kickback of six cents.

Ding Ruchang was not in the first day of joining the army, and knew that the Ministry of Revenue had cancelled the maximum rebate of 6%. Those who received this rebate were basically those who were unlucky if they lost the battle.

I won a battle myself, and I won’t say that I would give the best discount of 25% and 35% to Ding Ruchang’s bottom line - Ding Ruchang also knew that he was not as good as Zeng Guofan of the past.

Both sides have been bargaining prices in the Eight Great Hutongs for several days - although even the emperor knows this kind of thing, it is not suitable for talking about it in the ministry.

Finally, Ding Ruchang relied on the prestige of the Navy and Army Victory and talked about Sanli. It is said that a cannon will cost ten thousand taels of gold, Sanli will also allow the Ministry of Revenue to have a good New Year.

The silver consumed in this Sino-Japanese War of 1894 is calculated in units of tens of millions of taels of silver. The Ministry of Revenue alone allocated funds to buy ships to reach 6.5 million taels of silver. The three cents of every tens of millions of taels of silver are 30,000 taels. The problem is that the Ministry of Revenue does not need to do anything. This income is delivered to the door by the generals from all over the country after the war. Even if Emperor Xianfeng knew about this, he did not dare to touch the interests of these people. Zeng Guofan still had to pay the money obediently even after the emperor's special order.

The Eight Great Hutongs in Beijing are not far from the Embassy District, and the Eight Great Hutongs are known for their well-informed information. The most recent news in the Eight Great Hutongs in Beijing is circulating in the Eight Great Hutongs.

This also includes the death of the British Embassy. If you don’t go out for good things, you will travel thousands of miles without going out for bad things, not to mention that the Eight Great Hutongs are not even a straight line distance of ten miles from the British Embassy.

After hearing this, Ding Ruchang immediately put on the government office and rushed to the British Embassy. It was already the second wave. Other members of the embassy, ​​such as coroners, had arrived early.

After Ding Ruchang, who was wearing an official uniform and a red top, entered, he saw Weng Tongxi's body still standing.

Although Ding Ruchang was not a Jinshi, he had also heard the story of Mo Ye and Meiji. Ding Ruchang thought of this, lifting up the hem of the official robe outside the cordon, kneeling in front of Weng Tongxi's standing body, kowtowed three times, and said loudly: "Songchan Gongjian, our soldiers must kill all the invaders to comfort Song Chan Gong's spirit in heaven. If you violate this oath, both humans and gods will kill him. Please ask Song Chan Gong to set out with peace of mind."

It was strange that as soon as Ding Ruchang finished speaking, Weng Tongxi's head was lifted in his hand and suddenly closed his eyes. The body that had been standing for a long time fell backward and smashed a piece of smoke and dust. The short knife in his hand also fell to the ground.

Not long after Ding Ruchang left, Weng Tongxi's family also came with a coffin and came here according to the suicide note to restrain Weng Tongxi's body.

This incident was rumored to the capital in half a day. Not to mention that the Weng family was grateful to Ding Ruchang, even the Ministry of Revenue took the initiative to propose that the Beiyang Navy and Army military expenditure reimbursement will be reimbursed in the future, and no one cent rebate will be required.

Of course, Ding Ruchang would not be stupid at this time. His old boss, Li Hongzhang, who was desperately an official, would not see him being stupid. He would still reimburse military expenses at the agreed price of three cents.

At this moment, in addition to being able to fight, Ding Ruchang also added a halo of affection and righteousness, which is really praised by everyone.

However, the vacant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in the court can temporarily be appointed as the Minister of Revenue, and it doesn't matter if there is one less minister of military affairs. The Prime Minister must not be missing at this time. After thinking about it, Cixi Guangxu still thought of Li Hongzhang. After all, she is the first talent in diplomacy.

As for the illness Li Hongzhang was raised in Tianjin, Cixi promoted Li Hongzhang to a first-class marquis and asked Li Hongzhang to come out to serve as Prime Minister.

There is a trick of three words and three words in between, but fortunately it is already the era of telegraphs, and three words and three words are completed within an hour.

Li Hongzhang, who had already stopped working, took a carriage to the capital. There was no way. Ten years ago, Li Hongzhang proposed to build the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, but was clamored by the stubborn people, which scared Cixi and failed to build it.

The theory proposed by the diehards is very reasonable, it is railways changing Feng Shui and so on. If you don’t believe it, you can see that Britain, which was the first to build a railway a hundred years later, has indeed become a long time since the Feng Shui has worsened. The United States, which has built more railways, is homeless, and India is also a place where the British built a lot of railways. As a result, everyone understands, I won’t be here to black brother.

In the late period of the Westernization Movement, our Qing Dynasty also built a lot of railways, but in the end the country was destroyed due to the road protection movement. The founding father, Mr. Sun, threatened to build 200,000 kilometers of railways, and in the end his men had to go to Dayuan Island to build a railway. After the reform of Japan, he also built a lot of railways, and as a result, he changed from an uncolonial country to a semi-colonial country.

Germany's railway system before World War I was the most developed in Europe, but it turned out to be a defeated country in the world war twice. During the Tsarist Russian era, Russia built the longest railway in the world, and the result was that Tsarist Russia was destroyed and the royal family died. The Soviet Union did not learn a lesson and even repaired the railway. As a result, it fell down without even 70 years of being overwhelmed.

So, the diehards are right. From a fifty-year or one hundred years perspective, the railway is indeed going to change Feng Shui.
Chapter completed!