What Sir Dou Nale said just now was actually just to scare Prince Gong Yixin, because Sir Dou Nale knew very well the mentality of these officials in the Qing Dynasty.
If you don't intimidate the other party, they won't do their best.
Sure enough, Sir Dou Nale's effect was very good. He just lost his temper. Prince Gong Yixin immediately lowered his posture and coaxed Sir Dou Nale into the living room of the Prime Minister's Yamen.
After arriving at the living room, both parties took their seats, and a servant brought fragrant tea.
Prince Gong Yixin took a sip of tea and then asked: "What important business does Mr. Minister bring to the Prime Minister's Yamen this time?"
After hearing the words of Prince Gong Yixin, Sir Dou Nale immediately put down the tea cup in his hand and said: "This time I make the strongest protest. Your country's Nanyang Navy has caused harm to us and our Gili Kingdom in the Indian Ocean."
Huge loss. I ask you to give me an explanation."
After hearing what the other party said, Prince Gong's heart changed.
He knew that Liu Hai led the Nanyang Navy to send troops to the Strait of Malacca, and he had discussed this matter with the envoy in front of him. Once the Geely Kingdom's fleet severely damaged Liu Hai, he would order the army to enter Liangjiang and regain control of the Liangjiang area.
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And the most important thing is that from now on, the Geely people in the Liangjiang area will have greater rights.
However, Prince Gong Yixin is an old fox in the political arena. When he saw Sir Dou Nale coming over in such a hurry and speaking directly to the Indian Ocean, he understood that the Geely people's expedition fleet not only failed to severely damage Liu Hai, but was instead
Liu Hai was so beaten that he ran away, otherwise, the envoy from the Geely Kingdom would not be so anxious.
Thinking of this, Prince Gong Yixin was also a little troubled. How come Liu Hai is so capable of beating? The majestic Geely Kingdom was beaten so hard by Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy that it couldn't find its way to the north.
"Mr. Minister, let's not shirk responsibility here. What is the specific content? We both know it."
When Sir Dou Nale heard Prince Gong's words, she was quite strong, so she could only lower her attitude and continue: "Okay, let's not talk about the past anymore. Now let's talk about the aftermath."
Prince Gong Yixin saw the other party lowering his posture, and his heart beat again. It seemed that Geely Ren was taught a lesson by Liu Hai. Otherwise, how could Geely Ren lower his posture with his domineering attitude?
"Okay, since Mr. Minister said so, let's talk about it calmly, but before we talk, I hope Mr. Minister can introduce the current situation."
Sir Dou Nale's eyes flickered when he heard Prince Gong Yixin ask this question, but if he didn't introduce the situation, he might not be able to talk about it anymore, so he could only say vaguely: "Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy
There was a naval battle with our country in the Indian Ocean, and both sides suffered losses. However, for the sake of permanent peace, the country of Geely ordered the fleet to start retreating and resolve the dispute through negotiations."
After Prince Gong Yixin heard this, a smile appeared on his lips. Although Prince Gong Yixin also wanted to eliminate Liu Hai as an unstable factor immediately, when he heard that he led the fleet to defeat the Geely people, he still felt a little bit in his heart.
Inexplicable joy.
"Mr. Minister, I already understand the situation, but you also know the cause and effect of this matter. I really can't make the decision here, but we can connect Mr. Minister and Liu Hai, and you two will conduct a negotiation."
Sir Dou Nale was a little unhappy. He slapped the table and said, "Does the Qing Dynasty, as the central government, have no right to govern the military of a local government?"
Prince Gong Yixin looked at Sir Dou Nale's anger and thought that it would be a lie to say he was unhappy. Over the years, he had suffered a lot from Sir Dou Nale.
However, in this matter, Prince Gong Yixin has to stand with Sir Dou Nale, because under the current circumstances, only the support of the Geely government for the Qing Dynasty can allow the Qing Dynasty to temporarily maintain peace with Liu Hai.
Surface calm.
Then Prince Gong Yixin had a wry smile on his face, "Don't you know, Mr. Minister? That Liu Hai is simply a warlord. We, the Qing Dynasty, can no longer mobilize even a single soldier in the Liangjiang area."
Sir Dou Nale is also very helpless now. When Liu Hai first rose to prominence, the Geely government provided him with considerable support. In the opinion of this Sir, without the support of the Geely government, Liu Hai would not have risen as fast as he did.
Quick, so now, Sir Donal, it seems that their government is shooting itself in the foot.
"Well, I also understand your difficulties. Then I hope that the Qingqing government can immediately ask Liu Hai to temporarily stop military operations and then negotiate with us."
After hearing this, Prince Gong Yixin felt that it was quite good, and the Geely people did not continue to embarrass the Qing government.
"I fully agree with the Geely government's expression of yearning for peace. I will issue an order to Liu Hai as soon as possible and ask him to come back and negotiate with you."
At this time, Sir Dou Nale had no choice but to agree, because he was very aware of the current internal situation in the Qing Dynasty, and the Liangjiang area controlled by Liu Hai had almost become a semi-independent kingdom.
After Prince Gong Yixin saw off Sir Dou Nale, he did not return to the palace. Instead, he immediately took a carriage out of Beijing and went straight to the Summer Palace.
At this time, Empress Dowager Cixi, who had just had dinner, was walking by the waterside of the Summer Palace with the support of Li Lianying.
At this time, a eunuch hurried to Li Lianying's side and said a few words in his ear.
Li Lianying frowned after hearing this, and finally beat the eunuch in vain.
The Empress Dowager Cixi saw all this, so she asked nonchalantly: "Xiao Lizi, what's the matter?"
As soon as Li Lianying heard the Empress Dowager Cixi's question, she quickly came over with a smile on her face and said: "Go back to Lafayette, Prince Gong Yixin is outside asking for an audience."
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Cixi frowned. She could not control her emotions towards Prince Gong Yixin.
At the beginning, the two were still allies and supported each other quite well. Later, Prince Gong Yixin began to be greedy for power, and she could only ignore him for a while.
However, in recent years, because there were too many things in the court and no one could handle them, he re-appointed Prince Gong Yixin. But now that Prince Gong Yixin has returned to power, although he still respects him very much, he secretly
Supporting the little emperor caused him several troubles in the court.
Li Lianying looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi frowning and said nothing, knowing that she did not want to see Prince Gong, but Li Lianying heard the eunuchs reported that Prince Gong might be in a hurry this time, so Li Lianying hurriedly spoke again: "Lafayette, the little one below
The boys said that Prince Gong came in a hurry this time, and it seemed that there was something urgent."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Cixi frowned at first, but then gave Li Lianying a meaningful look.
This moment made Li Lianying break out in cold sweat, so he didn't care to speak to Prince Gong anymore. He knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and slapped himself in the face.
Li Lianying slapped himself while begging for mercy in a low voice, "Lafayette, I'm too talkative this time. I hope Lafayette will spare me this time."
When the Empress Dowager Cixi saw Li Lianying, she was quite sensible and said, "That's it, let's go to Prince Gong to see him."
When Li Lianying heard Cixi's words, he stopped and felt relieved. Then he took a step back with a smile and winked at the eunuch behind him.
The little eunuch immediately trotted out of the Summer Palace garden.
After a while, a young eunuch led Prince Gong Yixin to Cixi's side.
Prince Gong first saluted Cixi in accordance with the rules, and then stood up and reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi: "Old Buddha, things have changed. The Geely people have lost the battle. Just now, Sir Dou Nale, the Minister of Geely Kingdom, came to the Prime Minister's Yamen
, do you want to negotiate with us?"
The Empress Dowager Cixi was also very surprised after hearing this, "The Geely people actually lost?"
"Back to the Queen Mother, she was defeated miserably. It seems that Liu Hai has been beaten to Asan Kingdom's side. Now the Geely people are anxious to seek peace with Liu Hai."
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Cixi looked very unhappy. Doesn't that mean that even the most powerful country in the world has no choice but to get bangs?
If this is really the case, then the Qing Dynasty will be in danger.
"Old prince, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Prince Gong Yixin already had a case against him on the way here. Now when the Empress Dowager Cixi asked, he immediately replied: "Let's not get too involved in this matter. On the one hand, we will withdraw all the troops in the Liangjiang area."
, on the other hand, as a middleman, I create opportunities for negotiation between Liu Hai and Geely, and try to win some favorable conditions for the Geely people."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Cixi closed her eyes and thought for a moment, and then said helplessly: "This is the only thing we can do now."
After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished speaking, she sighed again. She could already feel that the fortune of the Qing Dynasty was rapidly disappearing.
However, the Empress Dowager of Cixi still wanted to struggle one last time, so she continued to tell Prince Gong Yixin, "This year's finances will provide some financial support to Li Hongzhang. Now we can only rely on Li Hongzhang."
Prince Gong Yixin could only nod. He was also troubled by the declining state of the Qing Dynasty, but there was no way to remedy the situation.
After Prince Gong Yixin left the Summer Palace of Empress Dowager Cixi, he entered the Forbidden City again and met with Emperor Guangxu.
He repeated what he had just reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi.
After Emperor Guangxu heard the news of the defeat of the Geely Kingdom, he immediately cheered up. Although he was also dissatisfied with Liu Hai, he was still very happy that the people of the Qing Dynasty could defeat the Geely Kingdom. This showed that it was not their Qing Dynasty that
They were unable to defeat the Geely Kingdom because they were unable to work together due to policy reasons.
As long as the Qing Dynasty changes its current policy and the whole country is united, it will soon be able to regain its strength. At that time, the Western powers such as Ji Liguo will no longer dare to underestimate the Qing Dynasty.