"What? Zhang Yunfei became the admiral of the Nanyang Navy?" Li Hongzhang obviously didn't know about this because he had been busy buying ships. Thinking of the Nanyang Navy, the old man sighed again: "I didn't expect that Liu Kunyi would still be so unfamiliar with me? He actually came up with such a bad idea! Haha!" Li Hongzhang felt helpless at this time. When would the Qing Dynasty not continue to fight in the internal battle!

"Since Liu Kunyi is determined to pull his back, sir, sir, don't bother with those broken ships anymore! sir! I have a plan to eliminate the Nanyang Navy who brought Liu Kunyi with him!" Ling Huan said.

"You think too simple. How capable is Zhang Yunfei? Others don't know, but I don't know yet? Dare to rape the princess, embezzle and accept bribes, resell arms and opium, trafficking people, sell official positions and titles. That's not a serious crime? But he still lives well? These are on me, Li Hongzhang, and several heads were cut off! But he was at ease with the mercy like nothing else! I think the queen mother's fucking nephew is three points more than the current emperor's nephew! Did you kill him? Don't I want to get rid of this big rat!" Li Hongzhang glanced at Ling Huan and said.

"What the lord said is! We can't kill him in China, but if we go abroad, what if we accidentally let foreigners kill him?" Ling Huan threw out his thoughts.

"Oh! Let's talk about it quickly!" Li Hongzhang and others immediately became energetic.

"Since our Beiyang Navy cannot supply ammunition in Lushun in a short period of time, and the escort cannot be postponed, the risk is too great, so we have to divert the risk and lead the Japanese combined fleet to the Nanyang Navy!" Ling Huanzheng said as he was suddenly interrupted by Li Hongzhang.

"Slow! Ling Huan doesn't know anything! As early as when the Gaosheng was killed, Britain put pressure on Japan on the grounds that the Japanese attack on neutral ships violated international law, and invited the United States to intervene three times to prevent the outbreak of the war. As a result, the United States not only opposed it, but also secretly instigated Japan to start a war. In the end, Britain saw that it was impossible to do anything and gave up the pursuit of the Japanese ship attack on the Gaosheng, but gave the bottom line of British interference, that is, the British sphere of influence south of Shanghai, and Japanese ships were forbidden from approaching. Otherwise, Britain would interfere with force! The Japanese also agreed to the British warning. So it is impossible for you to let the Japanese ship attack the Nanyang Navy!" Li Hongzhang said.

"Sir, I don't mean to let the Japanese ships go south to attack the Nanyang Navy. We told the court that the Nanyang Navy attracted the attention of the Japanese ships and did not exchange fire with the Japanese ships to cover the Beiyang Navy's transport troops. The court would answer and secretly release the news to Japan. The Beiyang Navy was covering the Nanyang Navy's sneak attack on Nagasaki and Sasebo's military port. The Japanese did not know that my Navy had few bullets and did not dare to attack on the initiative. They would believe that they would intercept the Nanyang Navy, and I

The Beiyang Navy can safely escort officers and soldiers. As for getting rid of Zhang Yunfei, you only need to send two elite battalions of elites to let Zhang Yunfei escort land in Nagasaki. When you get to the sea, you have no choice but to order the elites of the two battalions of elites to control Zhang Yunfei, take the opportunity to kill him, and sink the ship in Nanyang again, saying that it was sunk by the Japanese ship!" After Ling Huan finished speaking, Zhang Peilun and others took a breath and said intimately: What a poisonous plan. But Li Hongzhang unexpectedly agreed.

"Okay! Instead of letting the Nanyang Navy watch me laugh at me, it is better to let them be loyal to the country as soon as possible!" Li Hongzhang applauded.

"I just have too many troops from the two battalions? They are my own people! Maybe they will explain them all." Li Hongzhang said with heartache again.

"Zhang Yunfei has more than 400 people under his command. Although the Nanyang Navy is not strong in combat, there are still hundreds of people. There are not many people sent by one thousand troops in the middle hall!" Ling Huan added.

"Okay! Just act according to Ling Huan's plan, and let Zhang Guo emphasize the elite of the two battalions and rush to the Nanyang Navy Camp. I will ask for an order!" Li Hongzhang said excitedly.

This is Liu Fen, the bookkeeper of the Machinery Bureau, said: "Sir! The Chilean minister asked you to discuss the purchase of warships!" He heard all the conversations between Li Hongzhang and others just now, but no one would doubt him because he was Li Hongzhang's nephew.

"You go back to them for me, and I say that their warships are too broken, I don't like them, and the price is too high, so I can buy battleships!" Li Hongzhang said when he saw that it was his nephew Liu Fen.

"Cross!" Liu Fen responded and turned around and left.

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At this time, in a villa outside Tianjin, the two were talking.

"Liu Sheng, I wonder if there is any good news today?" Ishikawa Wuichi asked.

"Yes, but I'm afraid you can't afford it?" Liu Fen said.

"Oh, don't worry, Liu Sheng, as long as it is valuable information, the Japanese Empire will pay no matter how much it costs. You can offer a price!" Ishikawa Wu said with a pat on his chest.

"Okay! I won't waste time with you. The information this time is very large. I came to see you at the risk of beheading! Don't bargain, 300,000 taels!" Liu Fen quoted the price.

"What! Three hundred thousand taels!" Ishikawa Wuichi was shocked, what an important piece of information!

"That's right! I can guarantee it!" Liu Fen dispelled Ishikawa Wuichi's doubts.

"Okay! Agree, tell me! We are all people on the same boat. If you lie to me, you will not have a good end!" Ishikawa Wuichi threatened.

"I know this more than you! Let's take a look first! I don't think you're stupid and don't give money!" Liu Fen also knew the threat.

After Ishikawa Wu finished watching it, he let out a deep breath, which was so shocking. At this time, the Qing court was still intrigue. It was a blessing for the empire. He was not worried that it was fake, because the last time the Gaosheng number was revealed by Liu Fen! So he immediately wrote a promissory note from the Japanese bank and gave it to Liu Fen.

“Happy cooperation!”

Historical: Under the introduction of Wang Kaijia, Ishikawa met Li Hongzhang's nephew that day, Liu Fen, who was the Book Office of the Ordnance Bureau at that time. After talking and observing, Ishikawa quickly saw clearly Liu Fen in front of him, who was also a common person with lust and greed.

Next, Ishikawa carefully planned. He had to satisfy Liu Fen's greed first, so he brought a precious antique, which made Liu Fen happy. Then Ishikawa also brought Liu Fen to the Japanese brothel. Liu Fen later said that only Ishikawa was following the words of Ishikawa, and he could get the lust and wealth he wanted every time. As a result, Ishikawa successfully obtained the information of the Qing army aiding Korea without any effort. After learning about the Japanese base camp, he quickly adjusted the deployment of the troops.

On July 23, 1894, the commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet and Lieutenant General Ito Yukio led the fleet from Sasebo to sail to the coast of North Korea and entered a state of war. On July 25, the tragic incident occurred on the Toyoshima sea where the Qing army was besieged by the Japanese Joint Fleet's first guerrilla "Yoshino", "Langsu" and "Akizushi" ships, all of which were killed. The "Guangyi" ships of the Beiyang Fleet escorted were destroyed and the "Caojiang" ships were captured.

Wang Kaijia's behavior of making friends with Japanese people attracted the attention of Ren Rusheng, the general general of Tianjin City. After interrogation, Wang Kaijia confessed that Ishikawa Wuichi. Ren Rusheng immediately reported to Tianjin Customs Road Sheng Xuanhuai. Ishikawa Wuichi was worried that foreign business in Tianjin would be unsafe, so he quietly moved to Liu Fen's house, but was arrested by the Tianjin Yamen, who had been monitoring him. This was the first spy case cracked by the Qing government. On September 20 of that year, Ishikawa Wuichi was taken to the execution ground and "shot with foreign guns according to public law". Liu Fen was "bound to the city to Cao" and executed. Due to this case, officials at all levels of the Qing government began to pay attention to Japanese spies.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Li Hongzhang regarded the Beiyang Navy as a private guard. When Liaodong was in crisis, the Beiyang Navy was prohibited from reinforcement of Liaodong and the Beiyang Navy was also prohibited from going to sea to fight, which led to the Beiyang Navy established by the imperial court being held in the port by Japanese pirates. Li Hongzhang's nephew, Zhang Shiheng, general officer of the Tianjin Arsenal Bureau, sold arms to the Japanese army to make huge profits, and received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. The Qing government ordered Wang Wenjin to check the documents, and Wang Wenjin reported that most of the arms sold by Zhang Shiheng were bought by the Japanese. The Qing government ordered Zhang Zhidong to investigate and investigate Zhang Shiheng in a hurry. Zhang Shiheng was forced to surrender to Zhang Zhidong, and the Qing government ordered Zhang Zhidong to interrogate Zhang Shiheng and punish him according to the law. In the end, Zhang Shiheng was dismissed for his defense.

In addition, Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingfang sold rice and other food to the Japanese army through the Shanghai alternate road Zhang Honglu. Li Hongzhang also clearly protected the spies captured by the Qing army. Not only did he not kill them, but he also gave them travel expenses on the grounds that he had to pay for the money to kill them and was released and returned to his country.
Chapter completed!