Guo Jinzhang finally gave up his calculations on Yuan Shikai. After all, no matter what Yuan Datou did in his later generations and what was unfavorable to the country, he is now the most determined defender of China's interests. Otherwise, he would not have done so many things in North Korea. Perhaps, the young Yuan Shikai was a bit too simple and rough in terms of means, but he effectively curbed the infiltration of Japan and Tsarist Russia into North Korea and was a meritorious minister. And he could not say anything about framed meritorious ministers. Moreover, according to formal means, it is still a bit different to whether Yuan Shikai could be killed. If he could not kill him, wouldn't this guy take power in the future be unfavorable to Tangzhou?

"The four of you have two months to conduct preliminary study in Tangzhou, and will leave here to go to Colombia, and receive officers and soldiers from the Qing Dynasty there, and preside over the reorganization, training, and pre-war mobilization..."

If he couldn't get rid of Yuan Shikai, Guo Jinzhang naturally lost interest in Cixi's confidant Ronglu, and did not say much, so he asked someone to take them to rest.

The next day afterwards, the "reception" begins.

Guo Jinzhang first sent someone to tell the modern history of Europe to four military representatives of the Qing Dynasty, allowing the four people to understand more clearly the reasons why European countries could come from behind and surpass China. At the same time, it also gave the four people a more intuitive understanding of the ways in which European and American countries act.

However, the facts proved that Guo Jinzhang's arrangement did have a great impact on Ronglu and Yuan Shikai. Although the four had their own opinions on Europe and the United States, after learning, they were still shocked by the other party's style of conduct that was very different from China. Ronglu even expressed his feelings that "we must be guarded against." Compared with Ronglu's code of conduct for the supremacy of the interests of Western countries and his style of conduct that turned against each other and his vigilance and vigilance of turning against each other's style of conduct like flipping books, Yuan Shikai was very interested in Napoleon's deeds. This Mr. Datou, who was supposed to be "Emperor Hong Xian", admired Napoleon's military achievements very much. However, he was very unaware of the other party's strategy and political means. In his opinion, although Napoleon was very good at dismantling his opponents and preventing them from uniting, for example, when dealing with Austria, he later fought.

In Prussia, the Tsar was kept neutral. He always dealt with one or two single opponents, rather than declared war on the entire Europe. In particular, the alliance with the Tsar further guaranteed the establishment of the Napoleon Empire. However, Napoleon failed to control his enemies to death, especially after defeating Austria and Prussia, but did not destroy these two countries, but signed the city alliance. This was a complete failure, and reserved the strength to oppose him in the future. Moreover, Yuan Shikai also felt that Napoleon had expanded to the outside world for more than ten years, and only stopped the troops for two years. He was fighting with first-class European troops at the rest of the time. He was "too much waste", unable to bear the financial situation, and the soldiers could not bear it, otherwise he would not have even recruited fifteen-year-old dolls by the Waterloo period. This was also an important reason for Napoleon's final failure.

Finally, Yuan Shikai summarized: "If you don't want to fight wolves, just kill a dog; rest and preserve your strength; kill the weeds and eliminate roots, and leave no future troubles..." In addition to these, what Guo Jinzhang unexpectedly was that Yuan Shikai actually felt sorry for Napoleon's act of proclaiming emperor, calling him "too rash"!

...

"Although the emperor was called France, unified the thoughts, eliminated chaos, and established a new order. At the same time, it also established a totalitarian military empire from top to bottom, with extremely strong combat and attack power. However, at that time, when the revolution was in full swing, Napoleon's move was too eager. Although he allowed those who were afraid of chaos and freedom to calm the country and brought stability to the country, he also made the young people who supported him, that is, the so-called "revolutionaries". The greatest influence of this was that Napoleon forgot or said that he ignored the source of his military strength. In addition to his military talents, Napoleon also had the "natural right" to enter other countries, because he was a revolutionary,

They were the 'human liberator' in the eyes of those people, and were warmly welcomed by the people, especially the lower classes of other countries. The knowledgeable people from many countries hoped that Napoleon's army would arrive at their country as soon as possible and bring them the free system and thoughts. Before he was emperor, the deaf Beethoven excitedly composed a "Heroic Symphony" for him. However, after he became emperor, he became an invader and an occupier. His former rivals became liberators. Since then, he no longer received support from local forces in various countries, especially those young people, and instead became the target of assassin assassination. This kind of loss is extremely huge. It can be said that Napoleon personally laid the foundation for the failure of the First Empire!"

"So, are you against Napoleon's emperor?"

Guo Jinzhang has always been with Yuan Shikai and often had some after-school exchanges with them, of course, because the four people have different positions. For example, Ronglu is definitely a firm supporter of the Qing Dynasty. If he was asked to chat with Liu Yongfu or Yuan Shikai, the other two would definitely hide it. Although this may be difficult to affect anything now, it will definitely have an impact on the long-term exchanges and cooperation between Tangzhou and the Qing Dynasty, or China. After all, two of the four people are people who hold China's power in the future. After leaving the navy, Ding Ruchang escaped the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and may not become a local force in the future... In addition to avoiding the mutual influence of the four people, separate communication is more conducive to establishing "friendship" or friendship with the four people. This is beneficial to Tangzhou's future interests in China.

"Actually, it can't be considered an objection." Looking at Guo Jinzhang lying on the sofa, Yuan Shikai smacked his lips, "The dragon of the wild is stinging, and the deer of the Central Plains is fat. At that time, France was in chaos. If Napoleon didn't take it, others would take it. After all, France still has a royalist party until now... It's just that Napoleon has not handled all these relationships well. He was too anxious and too straightforward. Especially when dealing with those who threatened him, the methods were too simple and straightforward, just like a child!"

"Haha, do you look down on others too much?" Guo Jinzhang said with a smile.

"As for me now, I naturally have no right to look down on the emperor who is most favored by others, but Napoleon's method of fighting for politics is indeed not as good as a prefect of the Qing Dynasty, and I'm afraid it's more than some county magistrates." Yuan Shikai smiled again. He knew from the beginning that Guo Jinzhang's plan to chat with the four of them after the "class". He even knew that Guo Jinzhang was actually the same as some people in the Qing Dynasty. They all believed that those who could command the "Survival Army" in the future would become the second Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang. Even if they didn't work, they would have a great chance of becoming important officials or officials in the border areas, so they wanted to establish a good relationship in advance so that they could get along better in the future. Of course, they were definitely not trying to curry favor with themselves. Not to mention the vague arrogance he felt in the relationship these days, it was just based on Tangzhou in the north

The relationships in the capital can only be to curry favor with others. But what can he, an outside official, use to curry favor with others? Money? Guo Jinzhang and others throw away the research fee for hundreds of thousands of taels. Compared with that, he is a pauper; beautiful? Guo Jinzhang is still single, but where can I find a woman to send it to him? So, the best way to curry favor with him now is to show his talents in front of the other side. Of course, he does not have any other purpose. Isn’t it just for power? He just wants to be Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang’s second place, and even has it! But Zeng Guofan didn’t say that, he met the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, why did Li Hongzhang be so powerful? Apart from having a Huai Army in hand, isn’t it because the old man was the only person who could make a move when the Qing Dynasty faced the great powers?

"I know that we Chinese have some methods in infighting, but Napoleon is really so ineffective?" Guo Jinzhang continued to smile.

"Haha, if Brother Guo doesn't believe it, then I'll give you an example." Yuan Shikai smiled and thought about it again, "Pope, let's talk about that pope."

"This example is conspicuous...you said." Guo Jinzhang signaled.

"Then I'm welcome." Yuan Shikai paused, "According to the information I have seen, Napoleon has always wanted to use the influence of the pope to stabilize his status and reputation. But when he faced the pope, he used intimidation methods, just to make the pope surrender to his tyranny. He also wanted to make the pope become his puppet. As a result, the pope did not obey his requests against Britain, so he sent his army to swallow the pope's territory in one bite. But as far as I know, the pope had extremely huge influence in the people at that time, and could almost be compared with the living Buddhas of Mongolia and Qinghai-Tibet, which was incalculable. Before Napoleon, many European kings. No matter how strong they were, they had to show respect when facing the pope, but Napoleon wanted to manipulate the pope... Such actions were huge mistakes and short-sighted, and there was no benefit."

"If it were you, what would you do?" Guo Jinzhang asked again.

"If it's me," Yuan Shikai looked up at the ceiling, "If it's me, I'll hide it, or just give the Pope. Isn't he a spokesperson for God? Then let him learn the truth all day long and chat with God himself, but I sent someone to control the Holy See and unify the power of the Church."

"Isn't this just a puppet?" Guo Jinzhang smiled.

"Of course it's a puppet." Yuan Shikai smiled: "It's a pity that Napoleon doesn't understand. There are many kinds of puppets. The pope is the kind that must have a bright face. He will beat him whenever he wants, and when he wants to be scared, what kind of decent form?"

"With that being said, the puppet, the Pope, has a unique country. It is not possible to secretly undermine it in a day or two." Guo Jinzhang smiled.

"This requires some subtle means." Yuan Shikai laughed dryly, "However, compared to his methods of dealing with the Pope, Napoleon's biggest failure was that he was too mean to his subordinates."

"Oh? What do you say?" Guo Jinzhang asked with a smile.

"The one named Aithlu said: Napoleon's failure was not due to the people's rise to resist their monarch, nor to the four hostile countries united to fight him. He was defeated by a moral servant and a friend who betrayed him, and all this was carried out under the command of a person who was both a servant and a friend..." Yuan Shikai sighed, "The guy who said this respected Napoleon, but he forgot that the reason why Napoleon finally betrayed his relatives was because of his own fault."

“…”

"When Napoleon was in power, he talked about his helpers publicly to others, and actually said, "These smart people who were criminal masters not long ago are now building a new building for me." What does it mean? These people helped him launch a coup and pushed him to the throne of the consul. He even said that they were "criminal masters" in the past, which clearly looked down on others. In this way, his subordinates will naturally not be close to him anymore. Instead, they will be on guard against him. When he became an emperor, he often used true and false thunder anger to hit others, but Europe is different from my China. In my China, thunder and rain are all kind to the king, and those who are ministers should be glad to accept it. The king called the minister to die, the minister must die, the father called the son to die, and the son must die...

...But even so, there are often rebellious sons and ministers, and they are unfaithful in Europe. In contrast, Europe has no idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and the emperor was robbed. Such shallow attacks will only make those talented people rebellious and the monarch and ministers become no longer trustworthy. Without trust, they cannot be able to reconcile the monarch and ministers on weekdays. Napoleon could only judge whether a person is loyal through words and expressions. But in this way, how could he know that the other party had betrayed him long ago? ... In addition, Napoleon was extremely domineering to the brothers of his own family and wanted to manipulate them. As a result, even if he let those brothers become kings, those people finally stood up to resist him one by one..."

"Napoleon once said to people: 'My only friend is Dawu. He is cruel and ruthless, just in line with me.''The driving force that drives people forward is self-interest and fear...''The ruler should be full of majesty in the face of the people...You ask me. Why are the measures severe? The reason I threaten them is to avoid intimidating them?''The goodness of the emperor must have the majesty of the emperor... If the people call him a good man, then his rule will fail'... These words are extremely biased. Although a ruler needs majesty and cruel, it is not always expressed. Because that will only make the king farther and farther away from his subjects. Moreover, he also forgot about justice and morality. He ignored this aspect, although he became more pure and powerful, he lost his flexibility and vision, and lost his true control over the government..."

"So, he was eventually defeated."

"...You see very deeply." After listening to Yuan Shikai's article, Bai Zhong also had some Western-style statements, Guo Jinzhang nodded slightly, "But after saying so much, what are you getting?"

"Official intentions and public opinion... both are indispensable." Yuan Shikai said seriously.

"I understand the public opinion, but this official opinion..."

"hey-hey……"

...

Yuan Shikai has been observing Guo Jinzhang carefully. Although his current identity is not considered a transgression beyond his duty, he also has some taboos. Therefore, in front of Ronglu and others, he has never expressed his interest in Napoleon, but what he did not expect was that Guo Jinzhang had always kept this secret for him. Apart from himself, he didn't know what the other three people had talked to Guo Jinzhang. He had tried it with words, but unfortunately the other party was not exposed at all. As a result, this stimulated his courage even more. Many of them were not originally

What he said was gradually let go even if he could, he didn't dare to say. Today, what he said was the most "excessive" in a month. He even discussed some issues from the standpoint of Napoleon, but Guo Jinzhang did not show any surprises or surprises. Instead, he was very interested in asking him to continue to say... This performance made him more convinced of one thing: Tangzhou, in addition to other reasons, there is probably another very important reason, that is, to figure out this military cooperation and find a spokesperson for interests in the Qing Dynasty.

"Yes, it's the spokesperson for interests!" The newly learned noun was so direct, but Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be excited. Tangzhou, in just one month, had learned how powerful this local regime in the United States had... Perhaps, the young man who was younger than him was far from sending troops to the Qing Dynasty like Britain, France and other countries, but his financial resources were extremely abundant, and the money he could use was even more than the US president and the British prime minister to a certain extent. And as long as he had money, what else could he do in the Qing Dynasty?

Thinking of the Qing Dynasty, the greed of the officials, and the prestige of the country and the people in North Korea, but he was accused of being arrogant and domineering by those bullshit envoys Hanlin, Yuan Shikai was angry without any trouble.

"The opportunity must not be lost, and no more will come. If I don't die in this battle, I, Yuan Shikai, must soar above the nine heavens! Even if I can't become the second in Li Hongzhang, I will not be inferior!"

Yuan Shikai secretly made up his mind and vowed to become a powerful minister. However, as a shrewd Qing official, when he secretly made up his mind, his eyes were still staring at Guo Jinzhang on the opposite side. After only a month of contact, he had already determined that the guy in front of him, who was younger than him, should be of the same generation as Li Hongzhang, and he was of the same generation as Li Hongzhang. Otherwise, he would never have been so old and sloppy. With just over a dozen or two hundred and twenty million people, he was able to compete with Britain, France, the United States and Canada. He was resilient and had a lot of advantages. But he never expected that although he only showed a little bit of ambition in his words, he was "see through" by Guo Jinzhang at first glance, and he did not expect that Guo Jinzhang was so direct and terrifying:

"Brother Weiting, I'm very happy that you have such vision and depth... Are you interested in being our partner?"
Chapter completed!