After Li Jingfang left for a while, Li Hongzhang actually dragged Li Jingfang to Wang Guorui's Tainan mansion again.

"Leader Wang, my son didn't know the situation just now, so I offended you so much, please don't mind Mrs. Wang. As for the future fate of Taiwan, then we can continue to talk slowly, and don't make a fuss because of my son's momentary confusion!" Li Hongzhang said.

Li Hongzhang was more sensible than his own son, so after he found out about the situation, he also took the initiative to apologize to Wang Guorui, hoping not to completely cut off the idea of ​​Taiwan returning to the mainland. After all, if Taiwan cannot return to the mainland, I am afraid that Li Hongzhang and his son Li Jingfang will also bear a lot of domestic pressure. Now the country believes that after defeating the Japanese army, Taiwan should return to the mainland as a matter of course, so that it can be regarded as the completion of Li Hongzhang's previous ideas.

But Li Hongzhang knew that things were not that simple, because Taiwan was now under Wang Guorui's control, even if Wang Guorui wanted to establish himself as a country, it was reasonable and legal. And those idiots in China, who have never been in touch with international laws, naturally think that once they defeat the Japanese army, they will return as a matter of course. However, Li Hongzhang knew that whether Taiwan would return to China or not depended on Wang Guorui alone, and no one else could decide. But his son actually angered Wang Guorui just now, and made Wang Guorui shoot the imperial edict with a pistol. In this way, he completely fell out with the court. If Wang Guorui did not make up for it as soon as possible, then Wang Guorui would really be independent by then, so what should he do?

If Wang Guorui became independent in Taiwan by then, the Manchu and Qing courts would have nothing to do. Because the platooning of troops is no match for the attack, Wang Guorui can even defeat the Japanese, so how could he not be able to defeat them? Moreover, the British ambassador to China, Don Nale, also told Li Hongzhang that the British army would not be able to defeat Wang Guorui with confidence if it did not have an army of more than ten times. Hearing what the British said, Li Hongzhang also completely gave up the idea of ​​sending troops to attack. After all, the British needed ten times to defeat them. Didn't the Manchus need at least a hundred times? Is it a joke to send 6 million troops to conquer Taiwan? So now Li Hongzhang can only appease Wang Guorui, hoping that Wang Guorui will not rebel against independence. Only in this way can the face of the so-called imperial court of the Qing Dynasty be decent. But now his son was so stupid that he directly angered Wang Guorui, which obviously made things worse.

"Hmph, I won't argue with a pig!" Wang Guorui said.

"You—" Li Jingfang was too angry to speak.

but. Soon Li Jingfang immediately said: "Wang Guorui, you have to think clearly, your relatives from the nine clans are all in our mainland. Although your father has passed away, you still have an older brother and a mother. Your older brother You and your sister-in-law, nephews and nieces are all in Fujian, China. You are from Fujian. So your family is in Quanzhou, Fujian. If you dare to disobey the order of the imperial court and raise troops to rebel, your family will also be punished. The imperial court is destroyed. The mainland, after all, is our world. I advise you to accept the arrangement of the imperial court, or your family members will be killed! I have sent a letter through Feige to let people in the country detain your family members Wake up, you have to think about it."

Wang Guorui's face flashed with anger, but he quickly calmed down. And this Li Jingfang actually threatened Wang Guorui with his so-called family members. This is actually useless to Wang Guorui. Because Wang Guorui is a time traveler, he directly crossed over to Wang Guorui, who was already the magistrate of Taiwan. In this way, he doesn't have much affection for Wang Guorui's family members, so threatening his so-called family members has almost no effect. Li Jingfang made a wrong calculation.

The reason why Wang Guorui was so angry was because Li Jingfang was so shameless that he used his family to threaten him if he couldn't talk about it. This kind of method is so indiscriminate that it was actually used by Li Jingfang on the negotiating table. This is obviously against morality. With diplomats like this, it is no wonder that the Manchus failed repeatedly. He doesn't know how to use serious means, but he can use such indiscretions that he doesn't even understand the basics of diplomacy. With such stupid diplomats, it is strange that the court did not fail.

He doesn't even understand a little bit of diplomatic common sense and basic rules, but only understands the domestic ones, using family members as threats. This method is very unpopular in diplomacy. It is of no use at all. But they can use it against their own people. Once they have no room to use this method on international occasions, they will naturally not be able to use it. They don't understand the international situation, and stubbornly use their own domestic methods to measure foreign exchanges. Can this not fail? Now this Li Jingfang actually used this method of catching his family as a threat. Isn't this because he is at the end of his wits? This method is very hated. But he actually used it for himself, which is enough to show that the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had no idea of ​​foreign exchanges at all. They usually dare not use this method against foreigners, but they dared to do so against a native, Wang Guorui. This has to be said to be a sorrow, a sorrow that is strict on the inside and wide on the outside. This kind of guy doesn't expect them to be able to revive the country at all.

"Let me think about it! See off the guests!" Wang Guorui said.

After Li Hongzhang went out, he immediately began to say to his son: "Jing Fang, why are you doing this? Don't you know that doing so will anger that Wang Guorui?"

"Father, this Wang Guorui is probably going to betray the court, so if I don't give him something powerful, then he might really be going to betray!" Li Jingfang said.

And Li Hongzhang immediately hated iron and steel and said: "Jingfang, you have to know that a hero never cares about his family. When Liu Bang's father was arrested by Xiang Yu, how did he answer, that is, give him A cup of meat soup. Since Wang Guorui is determined to betray the court, how can he care about his family? First of all, his parents have passed away, so there is no need to worry. The so-called brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces are not recognized So, not only is your threat ineffective, but it will completely irritate Wang Guorui and make things worse! So, your method may not be of much use, but it has already completely angered that Wang Guorui, "

And Wang Guorui was also very angry immediately, and said angrily: "Li Jingfang, you are so shameless, you actually used this method to play for me!"

Wang Guorui is not a native of Taiwan, but a native of Fujian. He has lived in Fujian since he was a child, so he naturally has family in Fujian. So now that Li Jingfang is using his family as a threat, then Wang Guorui really has nothing to do. Especially since his brother and sister-in-law are both in Fujian, they are naturally exposed to Manqing's control at any time. Although Wang Guorui didn't care too much, it didn't mean that his subordinates didn't care.

If Wang Guorui did something like not caring about his brother, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, and mother, then Wang Guorui's subordinates would probably also murmur, what a cold person Wang Guorui is! At that time, everyone will also doubt that if something happens to them, will Wang Guorui abandon him? A person who can even abandon his own relatives, isn't it very normal to abandon his subordinates? So once everyone starts to doubt, will they just start to mutter, then Wang Guorui is very dangerous.

Therefore, Wang Guorui must care about his family, so that people can know that he cares about his family. Although Wang Guorui doesn't care much about his family emotionally, he must care about his family politically, otherwise he will definitely be suspected by his subordinates. If a person doesn't even care about his own mother, then his character is so cold, so what morals are there? When the time comes, will your subordinates still follow you as a leader?

"Tanya, why don't you take a trip this time! You go to Quanzhou and bring back my brother and sister-in-law! As long as I can bring my brother and sister-in-law back, then naturally no one can threaten me. This Li Jingfang, really Shameless, if you save my family, don't blame me for attacking him." Wang Guorui said.

This time, Wang Guorui must save his so-called family members~lightnovelpub.net~ Otherwise, it would be too cool. No one likes to follow a cold leader, after all, no one wants to be abandoned by the leader one day. If Wang Guorui could even give up on his family, he might not be able to reassure his subordinates. Ruthless, that is one of the elements of great success. But this element cannot be exposed in front of others. You must pretend to be affectionate and righteous in front of others, so that you can fool those people into working for you.

As for Li Jingfang, a despicable villain, Wang Guorui will definitely deal with him severely at that time, and if he is not allowed to peel off his skin, Wang Guorui will be a prince in vain. If I let this kind of villain dare to bully me, then I am afraid that no one will dare to do anything to me in the future, so is it worth it? Therefore, Li Jingfang had to clean up, and he didn't need to give Li Hongzhang any face, he just cleaned it up. Li Hongzhang is nothing, a toothless tiger. However, Wang Guorui was a vassal with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and it was impossible for the bureaucrats in the Qing Dynasty to do anything to him.

As for the threat from the relatives of the nine clans, Wang Guorui didn't care. At most, Wang Guorui could just save the relatives who were close in blood, and those who were far in blood don't need to worry about it, they can go as they please! Anyway, Man Qing people should also know that these relatives with distant ancestry are no threat to Wang Guorui, and killing them will make Man Qing lose his reputation of benevolence and righteousness, so Man Qing should not be stupid. (To be continued.) xh118