Iron Dynasty

The waves crashed against the hull of the King-class ironclad ship, the seagulls lingered around the battleship and made a low sound, and the figure of Dengzhou Port was looming in the early morning mist.

After three months of sailing, the fleet heading for the United Kingdom returned smoothly, but at this time there was no sign of joy on the battleship, and everyone looked heavy.

Yue Yun stood on the deck with deep eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

General, I still don't understand why you didn't give an order to attack the Port of London when you left, in order to spread the lives of those diplomats? This is not your style. Liu Chen asked with difficulty: Now we are back. Now, such a shameful and humiliating thing, how do the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty view us, and how do the people of the empire view us.”

Looking at the sea, Yue Yun said solemnly: This matter is my order from Yue Yun, and all the consequences will be borne by me. You don't have to worry about your career.

Hearing this, Liu Chen said angrily, For my career? General, I've followed you to fight in the North and South all these years. How could I ever ask you for an official or a half-job, but now you are saying such things, taking me Liu Chen as someone.

Yue Yun sighed deeply, and he said, I have my own reasons for doing this, and you will naturally understand when you are a supreme minister in the future.

After all, he stopped talking.

At this moment, Liu Chen looked at the other generals behind him. These were all naval generals who followed Yue Yun to death, and they were also drawn by Yue Yun.

In their hearts, Yue Yun's position in the navy is unparalleled, and they respect Yue Yun from the bottom of their hearts.

However, the Port of London incident made them feel a little chilled, because Yue Yun, who was once known for his iron and blood, had repeatedly issued such weak orders.

Seeing Liu Chen's helpless expression, the other generals understood that this time they had achieved nothing, and they returned to their positions in a depressed mood, because he wanted to conceal the Port of London incident, but it was impossible from Yue Yun's attitude.

Dengzhou was getting closer, and after sailing for half an hour, the fleet entered the Dengzhou military port.

At this time, the admiral found that there were already imperial guards waiting for them on the dock of the military port, which made the admiral's heart sink to the bottom.

Obviously, Yue Yun did not conceal this British humiliation incident.

Commander-in-chief Yue Yun, this is the emperor's order, you have been dismissed from your post, please follow us back to Qingzhou to meet the emperor now.

It was Li San who came to Dengzhou this time. He was responsible for personally detaining Yue Yun and returning to Qingzhou.

When the warship was docked in Guangzhou, Yue Yun reported the matter in the UK, which immediately caused a storm in Qingzhou, and the memorial of impeachment against Yue Yun flew to the imperial study like a snowflake.

Under pressure, Xiao Ming and the cabinet discussed the dismissal of Yue Yun.

Your Majesty has the intention of killing me now. Yue Yun said with a wry smile.

Li San said with an expression on his face, The emperor threw the teacup for the first time when he heard the news. The emperor asked you to deter Britain, but you asked the British to put us together.

Yue Yun smiled lightly, It's not that I, Yue Yun, are afraid of death, but that I don't want the empire's battleships and soldiers to be sacrificed in such a senseless way. Forget it, no matter how much I say, it won't help, I accept any punishment from the court. .

After all, he stretched out his hands, meaning to let Li San put the shackles on him.

Li San sighed and asked the secret guard to take Yue Yun away.

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming received a call the moment Yue Yun was arrested.

His eyes swept across the cabinet Jiu Fu, and asked: Yue Yun has been arrested, what are your opinions? This incident has too great a negative impact on the empire, and the imperial court will not be able to calm down if it does not take any action. The people are angry.

Fiji said: Your Majesty, Yue Yun's failure to lead the army has caused the empire to suffer such a humiliating humiliation. If you don't kill it, it is not enough for the common people to be angry. Using this incident, you should kill the chickens and show the monkeys, so that the whole army can understand the consequences of weakness.

Zhan Xingchang said: Your Majesty, it's understandable for Yue Yun to do this. No one would have thought that this group of Europeans would be so despicable and shameless and use such rude means. After all, we are on an official visit, no matter what the reason is. Such savage treatment of visitors.

The British are shameless, but they suffered such humiliation. As the commander-in-chief of the navy, even if they died in battle, they could not bear this humiliation, Fiji said.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while, then said: Your Majesty, it is clear that the West is far from civilization, and this incident just proves that this group of Westerners is not worthy of being included in a civilized country. It all proves that they are just savages with advanced firearms, and the empire does not need to follow the rules of reciprocal diplomacy when dealing with such a country.

My minister agrees.

I agree with you!

...

The cabinet ministers said one by one, agreeing with Pang Yukun's statement.

A strange look flashed in Xiao Ming's eyes, and he said: Since the war in India, there have been many voices in the empire of truce and war, turning the war into jade and silk, saying that the empire has been fighting for years, the people are suffering from war, and the soldiers are tired of war. isn't it?

Xiao Ming's words made the faces of the cabinet ministers a little hot, because they had persuaded Xiao Ming in the same way.

Noticing the expressions of the ministers, he said: Judging from this incident, both you and I were wrong. If the jackals were not killed in time, they would kill us in a way, and it is Yue Yun's responsibility for this matter. Although big, it also made them see the fact that the imperial war machine must be restarted and a full-scale war against Britain was launched.

This time neither Fiji nor Pang Yukun raised any objections, and they did not dare. After all, this incident was enough to mobilize the public opinion of the empire. They realized that the peace that had been in place for more than two years was about to be broken again.

After a pause, Xiao Ming said: Vidomiya thought we were civilized people and would endure her little tricks, but she was wrong. I will use a cannon and a giant ship to tell civilized people to never give in to jackals!

Yes, Your Majesty. Everyone said in unison.

After talking about this, Xiao Ming let everyone go away, only Pang Yukun was left, and then he asked Qian Dafu to go out too, leaving only two people in the room.

Xiao Ming said at this time: You and I both understand Yue Yun's character. Why do you think he gave such an order.

Pang Yukun said: Your Majesty, the old minister thought that Yue Yun was doing this to protect the property of the empire, and secondly, it was purely self-contamination!

Self-contamination? Xiao Ming frowned.

In the past, when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, Xiao He was a very noble official, but his disciple said to him: You are not far from exterminating the clan, and Xiao He has taken the initiative to ruin his reputation since then, and deliberately left Liu Bang a handle, so that Since then, Liu Bang has been very reassured about him. Now the emperor splits the navy, just like splitting the army. Luo Quan and Niu Ben took the initiative to give up military power to exchange the emperor for this reason, and Yue Yun is also a shrewd person. If he continues to sit on the position of commander-in-chief of the navy, Sooner or later it is also the fate of being a prisoner, so it is better to defile yourself.