St. Petersburg, Hermitage.

After the news of Russia's failure in the Far East came back, Russian Emperor Nicholas II was so angry that he roared like thunder and spitting around.

A large group of Russian officials stood in the hall, one by one, silent.

Until Nicholas II was venting most of his anger and was so tired that he didn't want to curse again, Minister of Finance and Transport Vitter immediately gave Foreign Minister Shachanov a look.

Shachanov understood, so he said: "As the governor of East and West Villa, commander of the Far East Military Region and the Navy Far East Fleet, General Kurobert King was improper in his combat against China and was defeated repeatedly, causing the Far East Military Region to lose 100,000 elite Russian troops and the Navy to lose five main warships. This not only puts the Far East Military Region under the powerful military threat of the Qing Empire, but also makes the empire shy. I ask Your Majesty to severely punish Kurobert King for improper command and misconduct."

Former Minister Speransky, Deputy Foreign Minister Okunev, Director of the Asian Affairs Department Kbnister and others all asked Nicholas II to punish Kurobert King.

Nicholas II was angry and immediately agreed to everyone's opinions, removed General Kurobert King from his post, and ordered him to return to St. Petersburg immediately and handed over to the military court for handling.

Originally, Kurobertkin, as a military member, should have received support from the military. However, after discussion, the Secretary of the Army Alexeyev, Navy Secretary Alessandrovic and others decided not to plead for Kurobertkin at this time, because Nicholas II was angry. Anyway, Kurobertkin failed in the battle and was dismissed, and it would take half a year to return to St. Petersburg.

For the moody Nicholas II, they were pleading with Nicholas II in half a year, and they would probably be able to turn big things into small things.

Of course, Alek Tanyev and Alessandrovic were also very dissatisfied with Kurobertkin, mainly because Kurobertkin lost the battle and lost the face of the Russian army and navy. Especially with the military strength, the Qing Empire, which was at the bottom of the world, failed in the battle, and it was a crushing defeat. This was like a discomfort for the arrogant Russian military.

Based on this, the two chose not to help Kurobert King speak for the time being, so that he could suffer some imprisonment and remember it for a long time.

After Nicholas II removed Kurobert King, he felt slightly better.

"Who will take over Kurobert King's position?" Everyone said nothing. At this moment, the Far East was a hot potato, and no one wanted to go to the bitter and cold place to suffer at this time.

Nicholas II looked at Alexeyev and Alessandrovic, but due to military failure, Nicholas II looked at their faces not very good.

“Who are there any candidates for the Department of Army and the Department of Admiralty?”

Alexeyev looked at each other with Alessandrovic, and the former said, "Thank you, I think that Gorodekov, the Governor of Amur Province, can bear great responsibility."

Witt said at this time: "Gorodekov, the Governor of Amur Province, is a civil servant. At present, the Far East is still in a state of war, and it should be mainly military. Therefore, a respected and rich combat experience should be sent to the place."

Nicholas II nodded and looked at Alexeyev and said, "What Vite said makes sense!"

Alexeyev had no choice but to say, "Lieutenant General Gribsky, the Military Administration of Amur Province, is competent!"

Witt also said: "Gribsky, the Military Administration of Amur Province, is barely able to fight, but he is not qualified. At present, the entire Far East Military Region is under the shadow of failure, and his morale is low and his military equipment is insufficient. He must have a respected person to accomplish his career."

Alexeyev said unhappily: "Lord Vite seems to be well versed in military affairs, so why don't you recommend someone to His Majesty!" Prince Alexandrovic next to him also shouted: "I heard that Lord Vite's brother-in-law Lieutenant General Tssurich is also in the Far East, you won't choose him, right? But I heard that in the Far East War, he was the first general to be defeated by the Qing Empire Army, and his Dongman Detachment was captured by more than 20,000 people, but he actually ran away by himself. He really lost the face of the imperial soldiers!"

Witt's lips twitched and he said, "How could I choose a defeated general? Prince, you are too worried." Nicholas II also frowned when he heard this. If Witt hadn't been his favorite minister, then Zasulic would have been shot to death long ago.

"Wit, do you have any candidate?" Vit looked at Alexeyev and Alessandrovic, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, then turned to Nicholas II, saying: "I think General Alexeyev, Minister of the Army, Prince Alexeyev, Minister of the Navy, Prince Alexandrovic, and the two are leaders of the army, and the other are veterans of the Navy, and they can jointly control the situation in the Far East and defeat the arrogant Qing Empire."

Witt's words shocked everyone.

Alexeyev and Alessandrovic were shocked at first, but then they guessed Vette's intention and immediately scolded his ancestors in their hearts.

It is obvious that Vite was deeply favored by Nicholas II, but Alexeyev and Alessandrovic relied on being royal relatives and holding military power, and never took Vite seriously. During the military conflict in Heilongjiang, Vite opposed further military actions against China, advocating first reform of the gold standard to get rid of the international silver loss crisis. However, Alexeyev and Alexandrovic encouraged Nicholas II to further expand the conflict and even mobilized troops to launch a war against China. This made the funds for financial reform that Vite had worked hard to be transferred to the war, and it would be fine if he won. Now he lost, so Vite held a grudge against them.

Now that Kurobert King has lost the Far East, Vite encouraged Nicholas II to carry out financial reforms, and on the other hand, it reduced their wings and removed Kurobert King. But Vite knew in his heart that as long as Alexeyev and Alexander Rovich stayed by the Tsar, they would always block him and cause trouble for him, so Vite wanted to take the opportunity to spend the two of them and spread them far away.

"What are you kidding? Let us go to the Far East with an Army Minister and a Navy minister? I think it's just revenge!" "Yes! You're revenge on us!"

Alexeyev and Alexander Rovich immediately protested and asked Nicholas II for help.

Nicholas II frowned and hesitated. Just when he was about to say something, Vite immediately said: "Your Majesty! I am also thinking about the country! The Empire's failure in the Far East military operations has shown that the Qing Empire is no longer a weak country that can be bullied. Their development speed is too terrible. It was still vulnerable in the war against Japan three years ago, and now it can defeat the 100,000 elite army of the Empire. If the Qing Empire is allowed to develop, the future consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the management of the Far East Army and the Far East Navy. Obviously, no one can compare to Alexeyev and Alessandrovic. They are the best choice. If someone else goes, they will definitely backfire and regret it too late!"

Vette slandered with tears and tears. As a result, Nicholas II immediately listened to his opinion and appointed General Alexeyev as the governor of East and West Villa and commander of the Far East Military Region, and appointed Prince Alexandrovich as the commander of the Russian Far East Fleet, allowing them to join forces to rectify the Far East military affairs.

Alexeyev and Alessandrovihuang argued, but Nikola clearly agreed with Vette's point of view and rejected their request.

"Bastard!" Alexeyev and Alessandrovic immediately cursed Vette's bastard in their hearts, but Nicholas II was firm in his attitude, so they had to agree.

Witt thought proudly: Finally, he drove these two old things away, and no one dared to go against him in St. Petersburg in the future.

Kurobert King was severely punished and appointed new officials, so the terms of peace talks sent back to St. Petersburg were put on the agenda.

After reading the content of the contract, Nikola and the other two couldn't help but get angry and said dissatisfiedly: "The noble Russian Empire actually wanted to sign such a contract with the lowly Qing Empire, which is a great humiliation!" All the Russian officials expressed an angry expression, and some people immediately refused to sign the contract, believing that it was a shame. At the same time, some officials demanded another battle, and even some officials demanded that they formally declare war on China and launch a full-scale war.

Soon, Witt's eyes were staring one by one. When the officials who asked for the fight saw Witt staring at them, they immediately fell silent and stopped talking.

Witt withdrew his eyes and thought to himself: What a group of idiots and stupid warriors who don’t know how to be tall and strong.

"Your Majesty! It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years! The empire is in an economic crisis and is not suitable to mobilize a large army to launch a large-scale war.

Let the Qing Empire be happy for a while before we complete the financial reform, get rid of the crisis of silver loss, send troops to China and find face!"

The former Minister of Imperial Palace Speransky shouted: "Your Majesty, the Siberian Railway is still under construction. Only when the railway is built can the empire's army and supplies continue to drive over.

It will take several years to build the railway, and it will be possible to carry out financial reforms and hoard national strength." Sub-Minister of Foreign Affairs Okunev also came out to echo: "Your Majesty! We must return this shame to the Qing Empire ten times in the future, but the most urgent task now is to carry out financial reforms as soon as possible, otherwise the domestic economic crisis caused by the silver loss crisis will be further expanded!" Sub-Minister of the Ministry of Finance Ramanov also said: "Your Majesty, compared with the losses caused to us by the domestic economic crisis, the losses caused to our empire by the Qing Empire are really insignificant. Please think twice!" Nicholas II listened to Witt and his Ministry of Finance providing him with economic information every day. Russia suffered from the international silver loss crisis, which led to the increasingly serious domestic economic crisis. The money lost every day was much more than the military losses in the Far East.

Nicholas II knew the urgent need to reform finance, because after France's huge loans arrived in St. Petersburg, he ordered Vette to start financial reform.

Now Nicholas and the other two have decided to temporarily end the war against China, but they have to act in their face.

"Do you think we can accept this condition?" Speransky said: "It is rare to make more demanding demands in the Qing Empire without taking advantage of the victory. In fact, they asked us for the land ceded by the Sino-Russian Discussion of the Northwest Border and the Treaty of Aihui. We can use various excuses to drag them away. Even if we give them back, it won't take long to take them back."

Kbnister agreed: "These treaties were signed by the local governor of the Qing Empire. The Qing government never recognized these treaties, but it acknowledged our occupation. Therefore, I think even if we promised Wang Chenhao, as long as the empire recovered its strength in the Far East Military Region for a year and a half, the weak Qing Empire court would not dare to force these areas, and we would still occupy them in fact."

Kbnister's analysis satisfied Nicholas II. As he said, once the state of war ended, as long as Russia does not take the initiative to provoke military force, the cowardly Qing government will never take the initiative to start a war.

All Russian officials thought so, so Nicholas II finally nodded in agreement.

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Beijing, Forbidden City.

In the imperial study, Guangxu took the negotiation content that Wang Chenhao submitted to him, and his face was filled with joy and sorrow.

The joy was that Wang Chenhao forced the Russians to bow their heads. Not only did they win at the same time on the sea and land, but they did not transfer any national sovereignty. Instead, they wanted to return more than 170,000 square kilometers of land that the Russians forced to seize. This victory was the biggest joy in half a century for the Qing Empire, and finally made the Chinese people proud.

However, what Guangxu was worried about was that Wang Chenhao could end the war before the end of the year, which made him prepare to take the opportunity to surrender Wang Chenhao's plan to be ruined. Moreover, the most elite navy and army of the Qing Empire were all under the control of Wang Chenhao. As an emperor, this was something he did not want to see. Especially Wang Chenhao is now rich, with tens of millions of taels of silver, and his financial resources are enough to support the court's income for several years. Moreover, some of the military and civil industries of the court were basically acquired by him under various names, and he promoted the Westernization Affairs Bureau and established a huge Beijing-Tiantang Industrial Base, and the entire country's industrial lifeline was controlled by him.

How could this action not make Guangxu worry? In Hua's eyes, Wang Chenhao was already a serious threat to the court.

But Guangxu had no choice but to deal with Wang Chenhao. He fought with Empress Dowager Cixi, which led to Cixi's re-use of Wang Chenhao in order to stabilize its rights. In this way, the more Guangxu tried his best to suppress Wang Chenhao, the more Cixi re-uses protected Wang Chenhao, which made Guangxu very distressed.

"This Wang Chenhao's strength is really terrifying! Sooner or later, it must be a major concern for the court! But the Empress Dowager"

Guangxu couldn't help but sigh and expressed his thoughts, but he only dared to say this in front of his teacher Weng Tongsu.

Weng Tongsu said: "I think the Empress Dowager should know the threat Wang Chenhao to the court, but the Empress Dowager is confident that she can control Wang Chenhao!"

Guangxu said ruthlessly: "It's all that Li Lianying. This dog slave doesn't know how many gifts he has received from Wang Chenhao. He helps him speak nice things in front of the empress dowager every day....

Weng Tongsu nodded and said, "Eunuch Li is the closest person to the Empress Dowager, and his words are of great importance. Unfortunately, Wang Chenhao is so rich. I heard that this time he returned to China, from the civil and military officials of the court, to the governors and governors of various provinces, female eunuchs in the inner court, and princes and princes of the outer court, almost everyone has a heavy gift."

Guangxu frowned and sighed, "Yes! I heard that I was sending a car to the Queen Mother, which made the Queen Mother very happy."

Then he looked at Weng Tongsu and said, "What gift did you give you?"

Weng Tongsu smiled bitterly and said, "He sent a small car, but how dare I accept his gift?

Weichen refused on the spot, and Weichen also planned to join hands with the officials of the Censorate to impeach him and bribe him and punish him for his crimes."

Guangxu smiled helplessly and said, "Brief up the court officials? Li Hongzao has already impeached him for this. How do you guess he did?"

Weng Tongsu said: "The iron evidence is like a mountain, and he cannot escape the relationship!" Guangxu smiled bitterly and said: "We all underestimate Wang Chenhao, he is not ordinary cunning. He submitted a memorial to argue that this was working for the country and the court. He said that Western countries specially equipped government staff with cars to pick up and drop off officials to and from get off work. When the civil and military officials in our court had to be equipped with sedan chairmen and carriages by themselves when traveling. Therefore, he gave the civil and military officials a carriage as a means of transportation, which was for the court. He argued that the sedan chair was too slow, which affected the efficiency of officials working on the road, and the carriage was fast and convenient. Giving the carriage to the civil and military officials would save the time spent on land and improve the efficiency of work. This was to contribute to the country. Look at his defense!"

As he said that, Guangxu handed Wang Chenhao's rebuttal memorial to Weng Tongsu. Weng Tongsu opened it and said helplessly: "I'm so smart to give gifts in the name of the empress dowager! He even pleased the empress dowager, and let all the civil and military officials accept his gifts with peace of mind, and he was letting him be the good people!" Emperor Guangxu's eyes tightened and he spit out four words.

"The heart is punishable!"

Weng Tongsu hurriedly asked, "What is the emperor planning to deal with this Wang Chenhao?"

Guangxu thought for a while and said, "He is now a great hero of the dynasty, and there is no reason not to move him. You go and study it with Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and the others to see if they have any good ideas."

Weng Tongsu said: "Kang and Liang are loyal to the emperor and know the difficulties of the emperor. Recently, they have been studying ways to help the emperor regain power!" Guangxu asked hurriedly: "Is there a way?"

Weng Tongsu shook his head and said, "Not yet! But I heard from them that they seemed to be planning to let the emperor follow the Japanese Meiji Restoration method and make a reform."

"Reform and reform?"

Guangxu chewed these words back and forth several times, and suddenly said happily: "It's really a good idea, this is a good idea!"

Weng Tongsu was worried and said, "But the emperor has no military power. If the reform and reform are not controlled well, it may be like a direct showdown with the empress dowager!"

Guangxu sighed and said, "Let's take one step at a time!" @.
Chapter completed!