Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 262 Bai Feifei asks for a son! The Hunan Army breaks up!
(Damn, it was published successfully, but it was reviewed again)
In Shanghai, Su Yi and Weitoma held talks.

According to history, this man was already the number two figure in the British Empire in the Far East at this time, and he would be promoted to number one in a few years.

But in this world, he is still working hard, competing for the position of minister, and doing everything possible in London to send Sir Bruce away.

"Your Majesty, I really can't believe that in just a few years, my title for you has changed from Sir to Your Highness." Witoma said: "Speaking of which, I am still your earliest friend."

Seven years ago, when Su Yi came to Shanghai to buy weapons, the first person he visited was Sir Wetoma.

Of course, that was not a good memory. In a sense, Su Yi was framed and humiliated, and therefore killed Zhang Yuzhao, and staged a dog-eat-dog drama in front of the British.

Su Yi smiled and said: "Of course, I still remember the first meeting with you. It was really pleasant. In terms of the entire British Empire's understanding of China, you and Ba Xiali have the deepest understanding of Chinese culture. You even know more about Chinese culture than 80% of the Chinese people.”

"No, it should be more than 90%." Sir Witoma said: "I am a Sinologist, and most people in your country are illiterate."

Su Yi said: "There is a long way to go, and this is entirely my responsibility."

Sir Witoma said: "Your Majesty, don't you think the responsibility you bear is too heavy?"

Su Yi said: "Really?"

Sir Witoma said: "I would like to ask you a question."

Su Yi said: "Please tell me."

Sir Witoma said: "In your country's political affairs hall, who is the chief political minister? Is it you? Or Prince Gong Yi?"

Su Yi said: "By default, it should be Prince Gong."

Witoma: "But, we only heard your voice."

Su Yi said: "That's probably because Prince Gong is more conservative."

Sir Witoma said: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, but it also means the greater the consequences. In many cases, political consequences are difficult to use military means to offset."

Su Yi said: "Do you know that I have a very big headache when communicating with your country's knights? What is it?"

"My fault, my fault." Witoma said: "Let me be more direct. After you were promoted to the county king, you led the political hall alongside Prince Gong Yi. You proposed four new policies?"

Su Yi said: "Yes, but this is entirely our country's internal affairs."

Sir Wytoma said: "The third one may not be completely your country's internal affairs. Opium trade is prohibited."

Su Yi said: "Of course this is also our country's internal affairs."

Sir Witoma said: "No, no, no, the opium sold to your country by our country now exceeds one million pounds per year. If the opium trade is banned, this will be a huge loss for our country."

Su Yi said: "Then do you know how much money your country earns from the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone every year? It is several times more than the opium trade."

Sir Witoma said: "But this is just a group of people making money, isn't it? From the perspective of a former friend, I advise you not to touch the opium money."

"And Your Highness, it's hard for me to understand that our British Empire is the most powerful country in the world, but there are still countless people smoking opium. What does it matter?"

Su Yi said slowly: "That's because your country has stood up and is already strong. It doesn't matter if it becomes decadent or degraded. But our country is so weak and still lying on the ground that it cannot withstand a little decadence and degradation. "

In fact, if we want to calculate the economic general ledger, banning opium will be a loss.

According to history, it would not take many years for opium to become one of the main sources of income for the Qing government. Today, the annual opium tax is about 2 million taels of silver. In a dozen years, the opium tax revenue will reach about 6 or 7 million taels.

There is a mystery in history. After the Qing Dynasty experienced the Hongyang Rebellion, the Nian Bandit Rebellion, and the Second Opium War, there were already signs of national subjugation. Why did it continue to support it for decades?

Relevant people analyzed that there were probably three reasons for this. The Qing court transferred enough power to the Han local governors to maintain a reluctant balance.

The foreigners used war to open up the country and carried out the Westernization Movement. The various taxes they paid to the central government of the Qing Dynasty greatly increased the Qing government's fiscal revenue, especially the customs tax revenue controlled by foreigners.

Because of opium, the fiscal revenue of the Qing court increased by nearly 20%.

Therefore, history is so absurd. The war between foreigners and the Qing Dynasty, as well as evil things like opium, actually kept the Manchus alive.

Sir Wytoma said: "Now the British Empire is indeed full of friendship towards His Royal Highness, but this friendship is very precious and cannot withstand consumption. Your policy of banning opium will consume this friendship. Don't forget it. , the first Sino-British trade war was because of your country’s gunfire behavior.”

Su Yi said: "Thank you very much, Sir, for the reminder, but please rest assured that I will properly coordinate with your government on the policy of banning opium."

Then he picked up the tea cup.

Sir Witoma's expression changed slightly.

Su Yi's move was undoubtedly very impolite, because the ban on opium was just an introduction to the conversation between the two, which was to put pressure on Su Yi first and then talk about the next important issue.

In the next few years, the Westernization Movement was launched in an all-out manner, with more than a dozen major projects, and the consortium behind Weituma wanted a share of the pie.

But he just doesn't want to talk to him. It's a typical negotiation method among great powers. He first finds a difficult problem to put pressure on you and lets you take the initiative to ask him. Then he reluctantly put forward a condition, as if it were a gift.

It was obvious that the consortium behind Weituma wanted to invest in Su Yi's next Westernization project, but it made Su Yi beg them.

What bothered Su Yi the most was this method of negotiation.

Sir Witoma stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you know what we want, but don't forget, you are not the only one we can choose."

Doesn’t that mean that you plan to invest in and support the Hunan Army Group?
Su Yi raised the tea cup directly towards the other party.

Sir Wytoma left angrily.

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That afternoon, Su Yi received dozens of big businessmen from Shanghai and accepted interviews from several Western newspapers.

"The China Investment Promotion Agency will be the top priority of our country's next work."

"With Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone Zhuyu at the forefront, I firmly believe that the Investment Promotion Conference in a few days will be a great success."

Then, in the study room.

Su Yi listened to Shen Baoer's various reports.

All are about Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, with more than hundreds of reports.

Today, there are more than 100 factories of all kinds in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone.

Of course, most of it is about the supporting facilities of those giant factories.

"After one and a half years of construction, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has begun to take shape, and the total investment has reached 790 million taels."

"Regarding the introduction of the continuous rifle production line, there is still a fierce debate, and our representatives are in difficult negotiations."

"According to estimates, if we manufacture Soviet-style rifles ourselves, the cost may be more than 30% higher than the imported price."

Su Yi frowned and said, "Why is it so expensive?"

Shen Baoer said: "Because of the cost of introducing the production line, and having to pay several times the salary of foreign engineers, and several other core components also need to be imported from the UK, our manufacturing bureau cannot make them."

Su Yi said: "The patent right of Su's continuous rifle belongs to us."

Shen Baoer said: "This is already the cost after deducting the patent fees. This is how the British prevaricate us, telling us that it is better to buy than to build. However, they are willing to transfer the Enfield 1851 rifle production line to China at a relatively low price. us."

Su Yi frowned, this sounded very rude.

This is a rifle from more than ten years ago. What am I going to do?
Su Yi fell into silence, thinking and weighing.

Although the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone has a special board of directors and even established a special committee, all major events require his approval.

With the current introduction of this production line, Bai Yan, Bai Feifei and others cannot make the final decision.

While waiting for Su Yi to make a decision, Shen Baoer looked at him with eyes that were filled with intense love and admiration.

She glanced behind her, gently sat on Su Yi's lap, and said softly: "Husband, among the many sisters, who do you think loves you the most?"

Su Yi was weighing the problems of the production line in his mind and said, "What do you think?"

Shen Baoer said in a disgusting voice: "It seems that Sister Qingqing loves you the most, but I can only say that her love is the purest. She loves your appearance and talent."

"Shang'er, that silly girl, was the last to realize the truth. She has become a mother of two children. It is at this age that she really understands the relationship between men and women. And her fascination with you is also pure. She just loves your appearance, even your face. Identity is ignored.”

"Only my love, Shen Baoer's, is the strongest and most complex. Because my love includes the pure attraction between men and women, the adoration of you, vanity, and love for you. Obsession with the dark side blah blah blah.”

"So, I think I am the woman who loves you the most."

While talking, she knelt down and untied Su Yi.

Bao'er, are you so wild?

At this time, Su Yi was thinking about the production line. Of course he wanted to show his strong will and try his best to overpower the British side.

However, he knew deeply that time was the most important to him.

At least in weapons manufacturing, economic interests are not important, independent production is the most important.

Especially since he has many blueprints for large-scale weapons in his hands, he cannot hand over all of them to the British arsenal.

Therefore, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau should produce products as early as possible, and there is no way to suffer economic losses.

"In this way, we agreed to introduce the Enfield 1853 production line, even though it is a second-hand production line."

"In addition, I am willing to give up on the overseas patent fees for Su's rifles. This means that they will no longer need to pay patent fees to me when they produce these rifles and sell them to the global market."

"But the production line of the continuous rifle, as well as the several production lines I requested, must be introduced."

"I am willing to pay the high salary of British engineers, but there is one condition. A British engineer must bring two Chinese apprentices."

Shen Baoer made a sound from his nasal cavity while engaging in a verbal battle.

Immediately afterwards, there was a knock on the door. It was Fu Shanxiang, Su Yi's other confidential secretary.

"Your Majesty, there are some important documents here that require your signature. Can I come in?"

Su Yi said: "Come in."

Fu Shanxiang walked in, holding several documents in his hands.

She was really dressed up today, her pure uniform was tempting.

It's no longer a cheongsam, but a knee-length narrow skirt, and she also wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

There is also an inconspicuous industry in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, the Royal Clothing Bureau.

The royal family here does not refer to the royal family of the British Empire, but the royal family of Su Yi, the county king.

The previous name was Duke Clothing Bureau, but after Su Yi was promoted to County King, it was immediately renamed Royal Clothing Bureau.

This clothing bureau is responsible for manufacturing the clothing of all high-level officials in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, as well as the empire's new army officer uniforms.

Another direction is the fashion frontier of men's and women's clothing.

Men's clothing is okay, that is, windbreakers, suits, and Chinese tunic suits.

But women's clothing, that's a lot.

Su Ye gave out a large number of drawings, initially just to please his women and let them wear different clothes.

The British have a large number of female relatives in Jiujiang, thousands of them.

A small number of them are staff, and most of them are lovers, wives, or daughters of high-ranking British men.

They quickly noticed all kinds of beautiful clothes of Su Yi's wife and concubines, and then asked to buy them.

Then, with money and leisure, they joined the garment bureau one after another.

And also participated in design learning.

As a result, this garment making bureau unknowingly led the trend, and all kinds of beautiful and fashionable women's clothing were produced here.

Su Ye's wives and concubines, this group of foreign female relatives, became the first batch of consumers.

Now, the Royal Clothing Bureau has opened a total of more than ten stores in Shanghai, London and Paris.

Under the guidance of several noble ladies, Princess Alice, the jewel in the eye of the Queen of the British Empire, also became a shareholder and designer of the Royal Clothing Bureau.

Every piece of clothing in this store is extremely expensive. For example, the skirt Fu Shanxiang is wearing sells for seventy taels of silver, which is exactly the annual income of ordinary workers in Jiujiang.

Moreover, she bought it with her own money.

Her income is also very high, because she has two incomes, one is the salary of Su Yi's confidential secretary, and the other is the allowance of Su Yi's concubine.

Shen Baoer's income is even higher. In addition to these two incomes, she also has dividends from some stores and factories.

Fu Shanxiang also deliberately unbuttoned the silk shirt on his upper body, revealing a bottomless white ravine.

The bra cups inside are also from the Royal Clothing Bureau, costing five taels of silver each.

The perfume she wears is from the Royal Clothing Bureau. It costs two taels of silver for a small bottle, and she has a quota every year.

"The first document is that some of the most loyal veterans of the Kingdom of Heaven surrender to the prince and are willing to go to open up wasteland outside the customs. The first batch of people is 12,000 people."

There was no public document from the imperial court about emigrating outside the customs. It was entirely Su Yi's personal decision, and it was something that was only done but not said.

"The relevant authority of this group of immigrants, as well as the size of the armed forces, have been stipulated. The other thirty leaders are all disabled veterans of the new army and are absolutely loyal to the prince."

Su Yi still took this step. Although it was a bit risky, it was dangerous outside the customs. There would definitely be a series of conflicts with the bannermen, and the honest people would definitely not be able to do it.

Therefore, I still chose the veteran of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

They had been educated for several months, a very simple and rough education, which was completely instilling Su Yi's ideas and loyalty to Su Yi.

Moreover, these more than 10,000 people were armed.

It is somewhat similar to the meaning of the Production and Construction Corps, more accurately, it should be the second-line militia.

Su Yi took a deep breath and signed the document.

"The second document is about the elimination of soldiers from the Nian Army and the Taiping Army to work in the Dexing Copper Mine, Pingxiang County Coal Mine, and Fuxian (Xinyu) Iron Mine, a total of 32,000 people."

Su Yi read the document carefully. There were 32,000 people, and the settlement money alone exceeded one million.

Su Yi signed the text.

"The third document is about the surrender of the female relatives of the Kingdom of Heaven. After three months of training, the first batch has been able to enter the textile factory for internship work. The total number is 17,000."

This does not mean that all of the more than 10,000 people will be directly arranged to work as textile workers, and there will not be such a huge vacancy.

Most of them were arranged to work on sericulture farms, cotton farms, and flax farms.

The fourth document is about the surrender of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Those who are young and strong and have certain military qualities, but are not qualified enough to enter the Empire's new army, have undergone professional training for several months and have been arranged to enter the Jiujiang Police Department, Mining Bureau Police Department, Yangtze River Police Department There are a total of 1,300 people working in the Transportation Police Department. "

Su Yi signed the fourth document.

This time the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as a whole surrendered to Su Yi, and the Nian army surrendered to Su Yi. Finally, the total number of soldiers was 1.26 million.

Surrender is really just the beginning, the next placement is the top priority.

There are more than 100,000 of them, who are considered to be relatively elite people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army, and they need to be arranged into more suitable positions.

Su Yi said: "Is there any more?"

Fu Shanxiang said: "The last one is about the surrendered generals of the Kingdom of Heaven and the surrendered generals of the Nian Army who entered the Imperial Army Academy for the first time. A total of 526 people."

Today's Imperial Army Academy has more than a thousand students at all times.

The number of instructors and mentors also exceeds 600.

These 600 people were really brought out by Su Yi personally, including more than 100 foreigners, who were all considered students of Su Yi.

Whenever Su Yi was free, he would go to Tianjin to teach students. Even though the past one or two months were extremely busy and the situation in the capital was extremely depressing, he still went to attend twelve classes.

While he was away, Lin Li took charge of the affairs of the college.

This Su Yi's most fanatic and top theorist devoted himself to the educational work of the college almost burning his life.

He has more than 200 key members under his command, all of whom have the same attributes as him.

Sometimes, Su Yi felt that his theories were too extreme, too inflammatory, and could easily lead to militarism, so she had to pull him back.

Before, basically all the books in the entire Imperial Army Academy library were provided by Su Yi, including the entire theoretical system.

Now, Lin Li's team has begun to extend this theoretical system.

And it extends towards Su Yi's personal worship.

Su Yi signed the last document.

After finishing the work, Fu Shanxiang faced Su Yi, and his whole delicate body lay directly over, gently lying on the table, and said softly: "Your Majesty, can you take me with you when you go to Nanjing this time?"

It didn't matter if she leaned over, she immediately saw Shen Bao'er lying under the table. She exclaimed softly, her face red. Shen Baoer, I knew you were shameless, but I didn’t expect you to be so shameless? I am reporting, but you are hesitating.

The instinct is to run away.

But just after running two steps, he turned back, squatted down and said to Shen Baoer: "Sister Baoer, give in a little bit."

Su Yi's female relatives are divided into three factions, the Manchu faction, the Han faction, and the Tianguo faction.

Hong Renli is the leader of the Heavenly Kingdom Faction. He despises Lin Chang'er every day for being stupid and useless. He tells Fu Shanxiang that if you keep up the good work, the future of the Heavenly Kingdom Faction depends entirely on you.

Therefore, Shen Baoer is Fu Shanxiang's biggest competitor, but both of them are talented women and confidential secretaries.

So next, the story of the two women competing for the bamboo shoots was staged.

Next, there is Jenga, Pai Pai music, four-petal flowers, two heavens.

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The next day, Su Yi temporarily left Shanghai and went to Nanjing to dismantle the Eight Banners in several southeastern provinces.

This city is almost Su Yi's second base camp.

Because of the surrender of the entire team of Kingdom of Heaven, this city also has extremely high loyalty.

In addition, in the Westernization Movement planned by Su Yi, Hangzhou and Nanjing were both key cities.

There are many large-scale projects that will fall on Nanjing.

In the old palace of the Heavenly King, Su Yi was meeting with the Manchurian generals from the southeastern provinces.

"General Jiangning, Tuo Ming'a, pays homage to the prince." Tuo Ming'a greeted Su Yi skillfully.

Once a first-class general, he lost all power after this disarmament.

The position of General Jiang Ning will be directly eliminated.

This person had the earliest and deepest friendship with Su Yi.

But he is still estranged now, because he has chosen to back down many times when he has taken sides. No one on either side wants to offend, and he just wants to be his own high-ranking official in peace.

Now that the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom is destroyed, there is no need for Jiangbei Camp to exist.

Su Yi said slowly: "Toming, this time, not only the Eight Banners Army in the southeastern provinces will be abolished, but also your Jiangbei Camp, all of which will be abolished. You go to Beijing, your new position, the Political Affairs Hall and Officials will make arrangements again.”

Tominga looked at Su Yi with a pleading expression. Su Yi said: "Of course, if you have any ideas, you can also write to me."

Tuoming'a kowtowed and said, "I would like to thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

A few years ago, Tominga was still the coach and a superior officer. He even called himself his brother in front of Su Yi just to show courtesy to the corporal.

But now, he calls himself a slave.

In fact, Tomin'a still has another chance to stand in line, but I don't know if he can seize it.

It's just that this time he has to take the risk and stand up on his own initiative, and Su Yi will never remind him again.

Then, he kowtowed respectfully and said, "I resign, my servant!"

Su Yi said: "Go."

The second person to come to see Su Yi was Duolonga, one of the Manchurian Tigers.

As mentioned before, the Eight Banners of Manchuria are now in decline, but there are still famous generals, one is Du Xing'a, and the other is the Mongolian capital, Jingzhou General Duolong'a.

It's just that this person has fought under the command of the Hunan Army for a long time, so he has a very close relationship with the Hunan Army.

This time, all the troops under his command will also be disbanded.

"Your Majesty pays homage to Prince Yi." Duolonga stepped forward and saluted.

Su Yi stepped forward and helped him up, saying: "In the auditorium, there is no more courtesy, no more courtesy."

"I've seen it. The Eight Banners troops from the southeastern provinces that will be abolished this time total about 20,000 to 30,000. They are your most elite soldiers and horses. You are a meritorious minister." Su Yi said: "This time in Nanjing, The Eight Southeast Banners, plus the Jiangbei Camp, total 46,000 people, and 8,000 of them will be selected to join the Empire's new army. I am very optimistic about the troops under your command. "

Duolonga said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

Su Yi said: "The northwest will face a big war and a large number of cavalry will be needed. Currently we have several famous cavalry generals, Wang Shiqing and Zhang Zongyu. I hope you can be one of them."

Zhang Zongyu is a cavalry genius. After entering the Imperial Army Academy, Su Yi instructed others to suppress him, but he still stood out in various indicators.

Duolonga still said rigidly: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

Su Yi said: "Next, I would like to recommend you to study at the Imperial Army Academy. The specific position you can take in the future depends on your own assessment results, whether you are willing to do so."

Duolong'a said: "I am willing."

He was not surprised by this result.

Duolonga is close to the Hunan Army because of the needs of the previous war. As far as he is concerned, he does not belong to the Hunan Army, he belongs to the bannermen.

Now Su Yi is dismantling the Eight Banners Army. As a tiger of the Bannermen, his biggest ideal and goal is to gain a firm foothold in the new army of the future empire and retain some vitality for the Bannermen.

The next person to meet was Guangzhou General Mukdene. This position reminded people of Wu Mengda in "The Military Champion Su Qier".

However, the two obviously have nothing to do with each other.

"This slave pays homage to the prince." Another person claimed to be a slave.

It's just that the Guangzhou general was very ill. It was obvious that after his dismissal, he was completely out of officialdom and retired completely.

The reason why he had such a humble attitude was because he had made money before and suppressed Tiandihui too harshly, and he was afraid of Su Yi's liquidation.

Nowadays, many backbones of the Tiandihui have also entered Su Yi's influence, and many are engaged in secret work. Mukdene has also heard about this. As a bannerman general, this matter is really unbelievable to him.

Su Yi's dignified clan left the Banner Man unused, and actually went to use the Tiandihui to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

What's even more interesting about this group of rebels from the Heaven and Earth Society is that they actually pledged their allegiance to Su Yi, the Prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Su Yi casually explained a few words and waved her hand.

Mukdene kowtowed: "Slave, please resign!"

Next, the summons of the Eight Banners generals such as the Fuzhou General, the Qingzhou Governor, and the Hangzhou General were all just a formality.

It only took more than half an hour for all the interviews to be completed.

Next, Su Yi took Fu Shanxiang and Shen Baoer to revisit their old places in Tianwang Mansion and Dongwang Mansion.

It's just that the memory of Dongwangfu is obviously not very good, and Fu Shanxiang is a little repelled.

Bao'er held Su Yi's hand and walked in the Dongwang Mansion, hesitating to speak.

"What's wrong?" Su Yi asked.

Shen Baoer said: "The eldest brother is like a fish in water in the economic experimental zone. He has accumulated a lot of experience and is very impressive."

Of course Su Yi knew that his eldest brother Su Quan's strict character was very unpopular in the officialdom of the Qing court, but in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, it was as if it was tailor-made for him.

He is sensitive to numbers, and his requirements for integrity are almost pedantic. He has to review and review every part of the budget.

Corruption is really hard to hide under his nose.

Next, we need to develop Nanjing and Hangzhou. Hu Xueyan is in charge of Hangzhou, while Su Quan is in charge of Nanjing.

"By the way, eldest brother has taken concubines recently." Shen Baoer said.

Su Yi was stunned, he really didn't know about this.

The eldest brother Su Quan is extremely devoted to Bai Feifei, how can he take a concubine?

Shen Baoer said: "It was my sister-in-law who gave him a concubine."

Su Yi asked: "Are you asking for a child?"

Shen Baoer nodded and said, "Yes."

Su Yi asked: "How long have you been keeping concubines?"

Shen Baoer said: "More than five months."

Su Yi said: "Is there any news?"

"No." Shen Baoer shook his head and said, "My mother-in-law is very anxious, and Su Dong and even several of my father-in-law's brothers want to adopt their grandson to the eldest brother, but the eldest brother is unwilling."

After Su Yi became rich, he became very distant from his uncle's family and his uncle's family.

However, there was no choice but to get involved in Su Yi's career on a large scale.

At present, he does not hold any important positions, and is at the middle level at most.

Of course Father Su He is happy and accepts the praise from his brothers and his wife and brothers every day.

This time Su Yi was conferred the title of county king, his father Su He was also promoted to duke, and his eldest brother Su Quan was also promoted to earl.

The happiest one belongs to Su He.

He wore the Duke's robe all day long and didn't want to take it off.

On the contrary, the old-fashioned eldest brother Su Quan wore a Chinese tunic uniform all day long, completely abandoning the robes of the Qing Dynasty.

Su Yi said: "In the future, we will have more children here, and we will adopt one or two for our eldest brother."

"This, of course this is a way." Shen Baoer suddenly became nervous and said: "There is one thing, if I say something wrong, please don't scold me."

Su Yi said: "What?"

Shen Baoer said: "What my mother-in-law means is that my sister-in-law has worked hard and made great achievements. She is the most important relative of our family. It is unfair not to have a biological child. There will also be a huge family fortune that needs to be inherited in the future, but as a simple woman, She... also wants a child."

Su Yi said: "It's nonsense, don't mention it again at this time."

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The next day, the general disarmament officially took place.

Wang Shiqing led the first division and personally suppressed the entire scene.

Disarmament and the recruitment of a new imperial army were carried out simultaneously.

Although many people have questioned that the movement of tens of thousands of people requires a large cost, and commissioners should be sent to the Eight Banners garrison for disarmament.

But Su Yi still insisted on letting the Minister of War preside over the disarmament and let the Eight Banners from each province go to a certain place to assemble.

Although this will cost more than three hundred thousand taels of silver.

This time Su Yi wanted to dismantle nearly 50,000 troops. All parties were facing a formidable enemy, fearing that someone would mutiny or cause trouble.

Especially in the entire south, there are many people with ulterior motives.

Several hidden dangers did arise.

There were more than a few hundred Eight Banners soldiers who planned to cause trouble at the disarmament site and scolded Su Yi.

However, they were reported in advance by other Eight Banners soldiers, and all these hundreds of people were arrested.

Dozens of others were secretly executed.

The remaining few hundred people were directly expelled from the flag, so all disarmament subsidies were withdrawn.

Not only that, but three assassination plans against Su Yi were also discovered.

This frightened the officials of the Intelligence Department into a cold sweat. They searched and searched to find out whether there was a big fish behind it and whether it was the prince of the Eight Banners in Beijing who was behind it.

Hundreds of people were arrested at once, and the case is still under trial.

However, according to the judgment of professionals, it is most likely a random incident. There is no big conspiracy behind the scenes. It is just a few bold bannermen officers who are angry and plan to assassinate Su Yi.

Because their assassination plan was full of loopholes and they had already revealed it to themselves while drunk before they even started executing it, so they were reported in advance.

Although there were some hidden dangers, they were all eliminated in advance.

The whole great disarmament went very smoothly.

The Eight Banners in several southeastern provinces, as well as nearly 50,000 people in the Jiangbei camp, were all successfully abolished.

In addition, 8,000 elite soldiers were selected and shipped directly to the Tianjin Military Station to become the empire's new army.

As expected by Su Yi, less than half of them were Duolonga's subordinates.

The remaining nearly 40,000 people all received their own abolition subsidies, plus travel subsidies, and under the leadership of their respective commanders, returned to their homes to make a living on their own.

Moreover, 70% of the abolition subsidy will be distributed from Jiangnan Bank every month in the future.

If the laid-off personnel cause trouble or commit evil in the future, the payment of subsidies will be stopped.

In addition, several major iron ore mines, coal mines, and even factories are recruiting on-site, and providing work arrangements for these disbanded Eight Banners soldiers is a preview of the reform of the flag affairs.

The results were not good, with very few people signing up.

These Eight Banners soldiers are used to it and are not willing to engage in these so-called menial jobs.

Su Yi doesn't force it. When the flag affairs are reformed in the future, I hope your savings will be enough to support your life.

If you don’t do the work assigned to you, don’t blame me if you go to the streets to beg for food in the future.

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August seventeenth.

The China Merchants Conference has officially begun.

The scene was very grand.

Ministers, counselors, and consuls from Britain, the United States, Russia, France and other countries were all present.

Governor of Liangjiang Zeng Guofan, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Xu Youren, Governor of Huguang Guanwen, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Yan Duanshu, Governor of Zhejiang Wang Youling, Governor of Jiangsu Li Hongzhang, Governor of Jiangxi, Governor of Hubei, Governor of Hunan, Governor of Anhui, Governor of Guangdong, Governor of Guangxi, etc., all turn up.

Reporters from newspapers from Britain, the United States, France and other countries were also present.

In addition, there are more than a hundred wealthy businessmen.

But everyone could see that this investment conference was aimed at the Hunan Army.

Because all the wealthy businessmen invited were closely related to the Hunan Army.

In other words, it is a wealthy business group under the control of the Hunan Army.

Can't Su Yi invite other financial groups? Of course not, many financial groups are flocking to it.

However, this investment conference was held specifically for the Hunan Army.

Use huge benefits in exchange for the disarmament of the Hunan Army and the handover of power to the southern provinces.

The atmosphere was very depressing.

Because Su Yi's formation was too big.

All the Chinese and foreign camps that can be invited are invited.

In other words, whether the Hunan Army surrenders or confronts, it is vigorous and has nowhere to hide.

Witnesses from China and abroad.

Once you've made your choice, don't regret it.

There were two presiding officers, one was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wen Xiang, and the other was the future Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Baozhen.

Wen Xiang once advised Su Yi and asked if he could invite the Shanxi Consortium, the Mongolian Consortium, etc. to the scene. In that case, if the Hunan Army did not surrender, they could be asked to fill in immediately to avoid the situation being too ugly.

Lest anyone say that Prince Su Yi's investment promotion conference failed.

But Su Yi refused. What she wanted was clarity and clarity.

Moreover, after arriving in Shanghai, Zeng Guofan repeatedly asked to see Su Yi, but was rejected.

Because there was no need to meet again, Su Yi had already given him the highest bargaining chip he could.

You either say yes or you say no.

Several gunshots!

The China Merchants Conference has officially begun.

Su Yi did not speak, the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Wen Xiang spoke, the British Counselor in China Basia Li spoke, and then the Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Baozhen spoke.

Of course, no one cares about the content of these people's speeches.

Everyone only focuses on one thing: Will the Hunan Army surrender?
Soon the signing ceremony officially began.

Business representatives from the Hunan Army faction came to sign various cooperation agreements.

Of course, this is just a draft agreement.

It's a bit like our boss visiting a foreign country and signing hundreds of billions of intended orders right now. Whether or not he does that later depends on how the situation changes.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Countless cameras at the scene kept taking pictures.

The entire signing ceremony lasted approximately two quarters of an hour.

Afterwards, all the signed agreements of intent were presented in front of Su Yi.

Moreover, Hu Xueyan immediately made calculations and summaries on the spot.

Seeing this scene, the faces of Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and several other Hunan army bosses changed.

Actually, do you want to announce it in public?
Is it really not even a little bit of leeway?
Only a quarter of an hour later, Hu Xueyan completed the summary.

Shen Baozhen, Assistant Minister of the China Investment Bureau, had a serious face. He stood up and announced: "At this China Investment Bureau conference, the amount of intention to sign is 6.92 million taels!"

Su Yi's goal was 50 million taels, 60% of which went to the Hunan Army Consortium.

In other words, if the Hunan Army wants to surrender, the intended amount is 30 million taels.

And that’s the total investment over the next six years.

As a result, the other party only signed more than six million taels.

This...is a refusal to surrender.

This is when negotiations break down.

But I was worried about falling out, so I signed nearly 7 million taels as if to save my face.

Everyone in the audience held their breath.

This means that Su Yi's recruitment meeting failed.

This means that the Hunan Army Group officially intends to stand on the opposite side.

Su Yi slowly stood up.

Suddenly, all the cameras flashed wildly.

The Times reporter asked: "Prince Su Yi, does this mean that the China Investment Conference has failed?"

A reporter from the American "Domestic and Foreign Public Affairs" newspaper asked: "Prince Su Yi, does this mean that your negotiations with the Hunan Army have failed?"

"Excuse me, does this mean that a civil war is about to break out in the Qing Dynasty?"

The questions of this group of foreign reporters became bolder than the last, and the faces of Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and others kept trembling.

Su Yi didn't answer, just nodded towards them.

Then he shook hands with the ministers of several countries.

Then, he took Shen Baozhen, Wang Youling, Xu Youren, Wen Xiang and several other direct line officials to formally leave.

Zeng Guofan led Li Hongzhang, Peng Yulin and others to catch up and said: "Prime Minister Su, Prime Minister Su, please allow me a word."

Su Yi turned around and said, "There's nothing to say, Mr. Zeng."

"Just remember, this is the path you choose."

"Farewell!"

Then, Su Yi walked away.

The two sides formally broke off.

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Note: It’s late again today. Set a goal for yourself and finish writing at 10:30 tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)