Tuqing: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 275 The storm in Beijing! A great victory in the naval battle!
After Su Yi left the capital, everyone in the capital seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Those who didn’t dare to connect in series before are now doing so.

In the palace of Prince Hui Mianyu, high-level officials gathered once again.

At this time, Mianyu's body was already relatively weak and he lay directly on the couch.

Prince Gong Yi, Minister of Military and Aircraft Bao Yun, Prince Dun Yi Pei, and Prince Chun Yi Fei were all present.

"Su Yi's flag affairs reform office is ostensibly formulating policies and has not announced them yet, but in fact the reform has already begun." Bao Jun said: "Three-quarters of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been laid off."

Baojun was the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there were many of his direct descendants.

Many things are only done but not talked about, and no gunshot is fired to say that reform has begun, but in fact some things are in full swing.

Ruilin became the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he was also the minister of military aircraft and the minister of household affairs, so many matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were handed over to two people.

Su Yi's uncle, Tong Jiewu.

Another one is Su Yi's confidant, now the deputy chief eunuch Gui'er.

In fact, it is difficult to reform the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Because the main responsibility of this organization is to manage the royal family's property and provide the royal family's annual expenses.

It is actually very difficult to be completely clean.

A relatively complete system needs to be established, and it requires very professional personnel, as well as checks and balances, etc.

But for the time being, Su Yi doesn't have enough talents or energy to deal with these.

In the future, after the Westernization Movement is fully launched, there will be a special audit department and a disciplinary department, which will then include the relevant affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But now it is very simple and crude, layoffs.

Directly eliminate four-fifths of the total, reduce intermediary links, and reduce the cost of corruption.

Use extremely high-pressure policies and confidants to control key links.

This is definitely not long-lasting, but as long as it has an effect in the near future, it will be fine.

Tong Jiewu spent more than a year in the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, and was not very outstanding in all aspects.

When the Ministry of Internal Affairs was vigorously launched this time, Master Ruilin said that he had more responsibilities and many specific tasks still had to be left to his deputies. Then he recommended Su Yi's uncle Tong Jiewu.

Su Yi was not very satisfied with this choice.

Su Yi didn't like Tong Jiewu and Su Dong very much, these two close relatives.

Su Dong is smooth and snobbish.

On the surface, Tong Jiewu is much more upright and taciturn, but in fact, he is relatively cold-blooded and may not be able to take on tasks.

Master Ruilin said to Su Yi, "Your Majesty, where do you get so many talents?"

Many times, you don't need such great talent, just above average. The key is whether it can be implemented to the letter. Now, whether it is the flag affairs reform or the internal affairs reform, it is still in the initial stage. It only needs to be simple and rough. The most important thing is to be able to implement the prince's will. This Tong Jiewu has been in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time, and he has always been evaluated as being cool and cautious. In terms of corruption, he has good moral integrity.

Su Yi thought about what Master Ruilin said, and it made sense.

Uncle Tong Jiewu's performance in terms of corruption is really pretty good. When he went to seek a job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his family had no money, so he borrowed a large sum of money from Su Yi's family. After getting the official position, he was afraid that Bai Feifei would come to him to do something, so he quickly repaid the money with interest, fearing that he would owe a favor, and then hurriedly distanced himself, and did not think about colluding with Bai Feifei internally and externally to make a lot of money. .

Su Yi had not made up his mind at the time, but Tong Jiewu took the initiative to quit his job in Jiujiang and go to Beijing on the pretext of helping Su Yi arrange her marriage. Then he came to Su Yi again and again to report on his work, expressing his various views on the shortcomings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and his various ideas on reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

So Su Yi said, uncle, this is an offending job, and you might be assassinated. Moreover, this department will be completely reorganized in the future, and it is hard to say whether there will even be a department.

Tong Jiewu patted his chest and said, "This slave is not afraid of death. For the sake of our own affairs, I will risk more than a hundred pounds."

This sentence made Su Yi frown.

What do you mean by your own business? Have you already thought this far?

At the moment, Su Yi still didn't agree, feeling that Tong Jiewu was too explicit. After returning home, Tong Jiewu also knew that he had said the wrong thing. When he came to Su Yi again, he slapped himself several times and said that he was sorry to the prince. He, as an uncle, had said the wrong thing.

Then, Tong Jiewu went to find Guier, then Ruilin, and even the Queen Mother Ci'an.

It just shows determination.

For the reform of flag affairs, he did not hesitate to break his body.

Then, he revealed something. The Tong family had not made any contribution to Su Yi's major events, and they were really anxious now. He would never be greedy for a penny, nor would he care about anyone's face. He only wanted to do something for himself. Every family earns a hope.

Then, he went to Chongen to express his determination and said that he was willing to unconditionally obey Lord Chongen's reform will.

In the end, Empress Dowager Ci'an spoke to Su Ye, who nodded in agreement and appointed Tong Jiewu as Acting Minister of the Interior.

At this time, there were a total of three ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, led by Zaiyuan, Ruilin was the actual leader, and Baojun was also the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As for Tong Jiewu, the acting minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his rank is lower than several others, third rank.

As a result, after Tong Jiewu took office, it had unexpected effects.

He is an old man from the House of Internal Affairs. He was promoted from the seventh rank to the fourth rank in the House of Internal Affairs and stayed there for more than twenty years. What kind of joints does he not know?
Is there anything that can be hidden from him?
Even many dirty things before were done by him personally under orders from above.

Afterwards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs carried out drastic layoffs, directly cutting more than 2,000 people from more than 3,000.

In fact, you have to be very careful at this time, because if you don't know the inside story, you may directly cut the main artery and paralyze the entire institution.

But with Tong Jiewu here, this cutting knife is very accurate.

With the stroke of a pen, more than two thousand people lost their jobs.

Countless people hate him to the core. Damn it, Tong Jiewu. During the friendship we had when we were eating and drinking together, you actually acted so cruelly?
Why did you flatter me then? forget?
Did you bribe me with three thousand taels of silver? forget?

These Tong Jiewu's bosses rushed directly to his home to curse and tell all these things.

As a result, as soon as the memorial from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was issued, the Penalty Department beat him with a stick, Dali Temple's prison was entered, and his home was raided, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were returned to the company, and the boss's family was sent directly to Heilongjiang to build a defense line.

Later everyone found out.

After the abolition, anyone who caused trouble would have his or her house ransacked and the money returned to the public.

In this way, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made some slight reforms, and the national treasury gained several million taels of silver, and the battlefield in Heilongjiang suddenly became a lot more comfortable.

As for those who do not make trouble, the money they embezzled before will not be pursued for the time being.

In just a few months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs laid off more than 2,000 people. Heck, it doesn't affect the operation at all, and it's even much smoother.

Moreover, the items supplied to the palace were more than 50% cheaper and the quality was much better.

Even the Empress Dowager Ci'an said that the things in the palace were so rich that the emperor was willing to eat more.

There are so many vegetables, fruits, and various snacks all at once.

These are all true. The food in the palace is really hard to describe.

Expensive and not tasty.

Rare dishes and seasonal items were not served very often, for fear that the Queen Mother and the Emperor would become addicted to them, and they would be gone after a few meals.

"It's really interesting. In the past, the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all princes and ministers, either ministers of military aircraft or cabinet ministers. As a result, Tong Jiewu became the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Bao Jun sneered: "At least he is not a relative of the emperor now. Relatives of the country.”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people present changed slightly.

What does this mean? Does it mean that Su Yi wants to usurp the throne?

"Before, Tong Jiewu was so humble in front of me. Even when he spoke, he never raised his head and walked without making a sound, for fear of trampling on ants. But now? He is so arrogant in front of me. It's really annoying. "Disdainful." Baojun said, "Princes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Do you want to take advantage of it?"

Several princes present fell into silence.

This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All of Su Yi's troops are outside and they are at a disadvantage.

At least in the capital, Ronglu and Jingshou's army was already more than twice the size of Su Yi's army.

The key troops of Ronglu and Jingshou have also gone through rounds of training and elimination, and are now elite troops.

Before I changed it, I could not wait to get started.

But now... all the princes are silent.

Afraid of being killed.

Every time, Su Yi took the initiative to leave, allowing the opponents to jump out.

Then, Su Yi returned to Beijing with a great victory and killed all these opponents.

Baojun suddenly fell into sadness. The princes present were already the most noble people in the court and the backbone of the Aisin Gioro family.

But even if Su Yi was no longer in the capital, they did not dare to move.

Yi said: "The two queen mothers are on his side. Even if Su Yi is defeated this time, so what? At most, it will only be a demotion. Will the two queen mothers depose him?"

Yi Pei said: "It was previously discussed that all the ministers of the Eight Banners would resign, paralyzing the court and letting the Queen Mother make a choice. Should we keep the court running, or should we continue to stand by Su Yi's side. What's the result? Your Majesty The Queen Mother was infected with smallpox and also fell ill, which put an end to this matter. The Queen Mother before was still reluctant to be impartial, and she was willing to stand on our side in some matters. But now it is better, and she is completely on his side. , Su Yi did whatever he said, he didn’t even read the memorial, he just closed his eyes and stamped it. "

Yidao: "Fifth brother, be careful what you say!"

Yi Pei said: "Why should we be cautious? We might have already slept on the same bed, and the whole capital has spread the news. We are the only ones who are too cautious to mention it."

Now the entire banner ministers, all the princes and ministers are very depressed. They could rely on Empress Dowager Ci'an before, but now they have no one to rely on at all.

The Queen Mother of the West still had reservations about Su Yi's support.

Now the Empress Dowager Ci'an was completely supporting Su Yi with her eyes closed. She didn't care about the Qing Dynasty or the foundation of the Eight Banners. Su Yi was the only one with all her heart and eyes.

"When a woman is in charge of the house, the house collapses, the country is ruined and the family is destroyed." Yi Pei couldn't help but say.

Bao Yun said: "If Su Yi loses this battle, can we force the empress dowagers of the two palaces to withdraw the curtain? After Su Yi steps down, all power will return to the Political Affairs Hall."

Yi Pei said: "What about the late emperor's imperial reward and the seal of Tongdaotang? Do you still need it?"

Baojun said: "If Su Yi loses this battle, we will force the queen mothers of the two palaces to hand over these two seals."

Yi Pei said: "Without soldiers, Jing Shou is still okay. How can you get along with Ronglu? He is the Queen Mother of the West's dog."

Several people came and discussed, and found that neither this nor that worked.

"In this case, we can only wait until the emperor grows up?"

Several people discussed it for most of the night, but they couldn't come up with anything.

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The next day, Baojun was on duty at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Sir, this is the new abolition list." A fourth-grade official handed over a list.

Baojun took one look and trembled all over.

Still want to abolish it?

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has more than 3,000 people, has laid off 2,000 people. Are there still more layoffs?

And just by looking at this name, I feel extremely vicious.

Because the industries being abolished here are all outside industries, including the ginseng industry, Jiangnan weaving industry, and hundreds of other industries, all relevant personnel will be laid off.

This...how can this be done?

Is this a lot of people’s pockets?
The key is that there are many confidants of Baojun, and he and the people behind him have a lot of interests in it.

"This list was drawn up by Master Tong?" Baojun asked.

"Yes, your signature approval is required."

Baojun immediately took the list of more than 200 people and went to Tong Jiewu's check-in room.

Tong Jiewu immediately stood up to greet him: "See Mr. Bao."

Bao Jun said with a smile: "Master Tong, you are so resolute and bold."

Tong Jiewu said: "My lord is laughing."

Baojun said: "Master Tong, to be honest, I have approved all the lists you submitted for approval before, and I have never given you any trouble."

Tong Jiewu said: "For this, I can't thank you enough."

Baojun said: "Normally I shouldn't talk too much, but this list is different. There are three weaving companies in the south of the Yangtze River, there are also people from the Northeast Ginseng Manor, and there are also people from the Imperial Kiln Factory that supplies ceramics to the palace. These are the ones in the East and West Palace. It’s essential every day. If you lay off all the people on these lists, the supply will be cut off.”

Tong Jiewu said: "Don't worry, it can't be stopped. If nothing else, Jiangnan Sanwei alone has lost its competitiveness long ago. Whether it's silk, cotton, etc., they all rely on the palace to support them, and they can't generate income at all. For the same silk and the same cotton, how much more expensive is Jiangnan Sanwei’s price than Jiujiang’s?”

Baojun said, "How can they be the same? The silk fabrics used in the palace are different after all. Can the fabrics produced by Jiujiang Textile Factory be used on the Empress Dowager and the Emperor?"

Tong Jie Wuhan said: "Why not? The silk and cloth are produced in Jiujiang. Is there anything wrong with them?"

"Lord Baojun, the Jiujiang Royal Clothing Bureau has opened a shop in the capital, and your female family members must also visit it. Ask yourself, how is the quality of the clothes here compared to the silk and cloth woven in Jiangnan? What if we set up the clothing workshop of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?”

Before, Tong Jiewu was respectful in front of Baojun, but this was actually the first time that he had spoken rudely.

After all, Baojun's official position was much higher than his. He was not only the Minister of Internal Affairs, but also the Minister of Military Aircraft.

Baojun suddenly trembled with anger. He had never seen a small character like Tong Jiewu in his eyes before, but now such a character was yelling at him.

He originally had many reasons, such as the current war between several parties, so he would slow down some steps.

But at this time, when he was scolded by the other party, he, the military minister, couldn't keep his face and walked away.

After Baojun left, two fourth-rank officials came in immediately and sneered: "Are you still pretending to be a military minister? Mr. Tong was polite before, but he took it seriously? Who doesn't know that Mr. Tong is the prince's uncle? Doesn’t he know who is in charge?”

Tong Jiewu said with a cold face: "Don't talk nonsense, there are only servants of the prince here, not uncles of the prince."

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The next day, in the court hall.

A censor impeached Tong Jiewu for dominating his wife.

To be precise, she occupied the second wife of Ning Chun, his former boss, Guangzhou Si Lang.

And Ning Chun was the benefactor who once promoted him, Tong Jiewu.

In fact, Tong Jiewu has always called him his teacher.

This time Ning Chun was dismissed. Because he made trouble, his home was confiscated and sent to the Heilongjiang battlefield to build defense lines and dig trenches.

It just so happens that he has a second wife, who is thirty-nine years old this year and very beautiful. More importantly, she must have been Tong Jiewu's dream lover.

This woman was the daughter of a second-rank official. Tong Jiewu liked her so much at the time that he begged her family to propose marriage. As a result, she was looked down upon and married to Ning Chun, who was older but had a better future.

This time, Ning Chun was exiled.

Tong Jiewu fulfilled his dream and took the former Bai Yueguang into his outer room and secretly raised her.

Unexpectedly, this matter was exposed.

Sleeping with my mentor’s real wife?

Although Ning Chun was exiled, but... he was still alive after all.

This is a matter of moral character. When Tong Jiewu presided over the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he offended countless people. When this happened, it immediately caused an uproar.

I don’t know how many officials and censors impeached him one after another.

For a time, Tong Jiewu was also very anxious.

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Inside Sanxi Hall.

"What do you want the Aijia to say?" Empress Dowager Ci'an asked, "Su Yi just left Beijing and this happened not long ago?"

"Don't you know how heavy the burden is on you? Don't you know how many people are staring at you?"

"It's okay if something happens to you. If you delay the reform of flag affairs, can you shoulder this responsibility?"

Empress Dowager Ci'an scolded Tong Jiewu.

Tong Jiewu kowtowed and said, "I know my mistakes, I know my sins, and all my mistakes are my fault."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "That woman, what are you going to do?"

Tong Jiewu thought for a while and said: "Slave, I plan to let her reconcile with Ning Chun, and then..."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "Even now, you...are you still stubborn?"

Tong Jiewu said: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, if this slave knew the consequences, he would definitely not touch her. But...but since I have accepted her, I can only make one mistake in this matter."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said angrily: "Is this woman so beautiful? Has she confused you? Uncle..."

After finishing speaking, Empress Dowager Ci'an quickly shut up.

Dying, dying.

Fortunately there were no others.

Su Yi called her uncle, and she was so angry that she also called him uncle for no reason.

Tong Jiewu was ecstatic in his heart, but he acted as if he hadn't heard anything. Instead, he said seriously: "You are already forty, how beautiful can you be? It's really a slave who failed to live up to expectations and let down the Queen Mother."

"Originally, I said you did a good job and that you would be removed from your post as acting official. But now, not only can you not remove the word 'acting official', you can no longer keep your position as Minister of the Imperial Household Department." Empress Dowager Ci'an said, "You must be removed from this position."

Tong Jiewu said: "I know my mistake. As long as I can continue to be the queen mother and run errands for the prince, I don't have to accept any official position."

Empress Dowager Ci'an's face turned red. What does it mean to be the empress dowager and run errands for the prince? Fortunately, through the screen, no one else could see her flushed face.

"Who is the instigator behind this matter?" Empress Dowager Ci'an asked.

Tong Jiewu said: "It's Baojun, because the more than 200 people who were laid off as slaves are the key to the corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and many people's pockets are involved."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "I know this, please kneel down and pay your respects."

Tong Jiewu said: "I resign."

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After returning home, Bai Yueguang pounced directly on him.

"Master, master, are you okay? After I heard about it, I really hated myself. Not only was my age and beauty declining, it also affected my future. Otherwise... give me a bag of arsenic." Wang Jiashi cried.

She may have been very beautiful once, but now that she is getting older, it can only be said that her charm is still there.

If it were just for sex, with Tong Jiewu's current power, I don't know how many young and beautiful women would come to his door.

"It's okay, it's okay." Tong Jiewu hugged her and said, "Don't think about it, sir, I'm fine."

Wang Jia asked: "Will you lose your official position?"

Tong Jiewu said: "With such a big commotion, the Minister of the Interior will definitely not be able to keep it, but it doesn't matter, I will not lose my power. I am the prince's uncle, who can do anything to me? Who dares to do anything to me? Just take this opportunity and you and Ning Chunhe is divorced. From now on, he will live with you in peace and contentment. I will treat your daughter as my own daughter and marry her off happily. "

Wang Jiashi said: "Master, it is my blessing to meet you in my lifetime."

"Otherwise, I will give birth to another child for you."

Tong Jiewu said: "How old are you?"

Wang Jiashi said: "People who are older than me can give birth, why can't I give birth?"

Next, the two people groaned and rolled together without looking.

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At court the next day.

Empress Dowager Ci'an directly issued an order to remove Tong Jiewu from the post of Acting Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and demoted him to the rank of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a rank of fourth rank.

Everyone is shocked?
In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has there ever been a deputy minister?

Never before.

Then, Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "Baojun."

Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of Internal Affairs Bao Jun came out.

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "You are busy with government affairs, so don't be the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wen Xiang!"

Wen Xiang stepped out and said, "I'm here."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "You can serve as the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Baojun screamed in his heart, I... I only have two errands? Minister of War and Aircraft and Minister of the Interior, what am I busy with?

As for Wen Xiang, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, the Minister of the Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Office, and now the Minister of Internal Affairs, he is really busy.

Queen Mother, are you...are you so unreasonable?
No one impeached Baojun at all, and he was directly dismissed from his post as Minister of the Interior. Didn't he even go through the process?

Are you just so fascinated by Su Yi?

Tong Jiewu stood on the edge, sneering in his heart.

Baojun, Baojun, what’s so great about being your military minister?
The Queen Mother is obsessed with my prince both physically and mentally, what can you do to me?
Tong Jiewu, who returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, became even more ruthless.

They wantonly promoted low-level officials with no foundation, wantonly cleaned up the intricate network of relationships within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and used a big knife to slash the original chain of interests.

In the capital, the anti-Su Yi forces originally planned to launch a vigorous counterattack, but they had just begun to show signs of being counterattacked, but they were immediately extinguished.

He couldn't even take down a mere Tong Jiewu, let alone the other giants of the Su Yi faction?

Baojun and others secretly went to visit two military giants in the capital, Ronglu and Jingshou.

Before, the two of them dared to meet each other, but now they simply don't dare to meet him at all.

While Su Yi was away from the capital, Ronglu and Jingshou were completely on the same page.

Go to court and go home every day.

He doesn't participate in any social activities, and he doesn't even go to the military camp, for fear of sending any wrong signal.

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Su Yi was in no hurry to rush to the battlefield immediately.

Because there is another battlefield that is more important, and that is the naval battle.

In this battle to suppress the Hunan Army, the core key is to control the Yangtze River waterway.

Only after completely defeating the navies of the United States and Russia can we fully control the Yangtze River.

The last time the navies of the two countries encountered an ambush in the Jiangyin section, they suffered huge losses and made a prompt decision to retreat out of the Yangtze River.

After Su Yi's navy finished resting, they immediately pursued him.

In this way, another battle broke out between the two navies at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In this battle, the combined navies of the two countries still suffered a loss because Su Yi's army was on both sides of the Yangtze River to assist in the battle.

As a result, the U.S. and Russian navies completely gave up operations in the Yangtze River and retreated directly to the open sea.

Xu Youren and Earl Jurgen led the fleet and pursued them directly to the outer sea.

At this time, the strength of the combined navies of the two countries in terms of pure battleships was no longer as good as Su Yi's navy.

If measured by tonnage and artillery, the navies of the two countries were only 70% of Su Yi's navy, and some warships were injured.

But even so, the naval battle that broke out was still very tragic.

Su Yi's navy encountered unprecedented challenges.

So much so that Count Jurgen regretted whether it was too intense as the Chinese Navy's first real naval battle.

All in all, it was a very tough fight.

This also taught these new recruits of the Chinese Navy a lesson: the victory in the Yangtze River was not the norm.

The current naval battle is the real normal state.

The United States and Russia are already so difficult to deal with even though they are not naval powers.

Therefore, there is a long way to go before China's navy becomes powerful.

In this way, the fierce fighting lasted for several days and nights.

Finally, Xu Youren and Count Jurgen ordered the fleet to return to the Yangtze River.

Because in this vast ocean, as time goes by, we will gradually fall into a disadvantage.

In order to protect the fleet from too much loss, and the Yangtze River is more convenient.

The U.S. and Russian navies pursued him.

They do not want to enter the Yangtze River again, but they want to bite Su Yi's navy to ensure the Hunan Navy's initiative in the Yangtze River and the Hunan Army's battlefield advantage.

Moreover, they still have a huge flaw, that is, they lack supply ports in China. They must either go to Japanese ports for supplies, or they have to go to the port of the Hunan Army in Anqing.

In this way, the navies of the two countries continued to pursue them.

Especially the American ironclads, after arriving on the ocean, displayed amazing combat effectiveness.

Although they are few in number, they fight fiercely.

But before entering the Yangtze River, there is no need to worry about mines. They had salvaged some of Su Yi's mines and dismantled them. Although many of the structures inside were incomprehensible, they were certain that they were detonated by wires.

Therefore, it is impossible to lay mines in the vast sea.

Only after entering the Yangtze River should you be very, very careful. Don't worry too much on the ocean.

however……

"Boom boom boom boom..."

There was a loud noise!
There was a shocking explosion. Two American ironclad ships exploded violently.

A huge gap was opened directly, and sea water continued to pour in.

Is the U.S. Navy frightened?

There can't be wire mines in this ocean.

Moreover, why were other warships in the same position okay when they passed by, but when their two ironclad ships passed by, they exploded directly.

This is a magnetic mine, specially designed to deal with ironclad ships.

Hundreds of magnetic mines were deployed in this sea area, but only a few dozen were detonated.

However, it is enough.

These two ironclad ships were the absolute main force. After being injured, they directly lost their combat effectiveness.

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Shen Baozhen once again went to secretly meet with the American Minister Hua Ruohan.

"Does your last condition still count?" Hua Ruohan asked.

Shen Baozhen said: "Of course it doesn't count, because the war situation is different, and your navy has suffered unprecedented trauma."

Hua Ruohan said: "But we can still fight, can't we?"

Shen Baozhen took out a few points of the contract, handed it to the other party and said: "This is a new contract. As long as you withdraw from this war, we can sign it."

After reading the contract, Hua Ruohan was furious: "Compared with the last time, the benefits are much less. Do you think we are beggars?"

Shen Baozhen said: "Yes, it is better than nothing. Starting to cooperate is more important than anything else. And if you don't agree, the door will be completely closed."

"Your country has no supply ports in China, so you won't be able to fight for long."

Hua Ruohan closed his eyes and said nothing.

Shen Baozhen said: "And if you persist until now, if you withdraw from the battle at this time, it will not damage your country's reputation."

After a long while, Hua Ruohan said slowly: "Okay, I agree!"

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Three days later!

A fast ship caught up with the combined fleet of the two countries and conveyed new orders to the commander of the American fleet.

Then, amid the extreme anger of the Russian admiral, the U.S. fleet announced that because the damage was so severe, they had to return to Japan for maintenance and supplies.

Therefore, we can only withdraw from the battle first.

In this way, amid the condemnation and anger of the Russian Navy, the U.S. Navy withdrew from the battlefield and headed for Japanese ports.

Without the U.S. Navy, the Russian Navy's power and morale were greatly reduced.

At this time, Xu Youren and Count Jurgen once again fought out from the Yangtze River Estuary with the fully supplied Chinese navy.

This time, the Chinese Navy won a complete victory.

Chased the Russian navy for thousands of miles.

In the end, the Russian Navy had to abandon all previous strategic goals and desperately fled north to the port of Vladivostok.

At this point, the war at sea ended.

The new Chinese Navy won a rare and brilliant victory.

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Note: It’s so late and I’m speechless! I would like to apologize to all my benefactors.

(End of this chapter)