Chapter 82 Determination
This is an unsigned editorial of the Tokyo Hirishi Shimbun. The title is "On the Strange Current Situation in Tokyo in the Recent Times", but the content is to denounce Yama Prefecture Atsuto government, saying that when the Prime Minister first came to power, the way to national independence and self-defense lies in guarding the sovereignty line and protecting and expanding the interests. As we all know, the interests of the Great Japanese Empire were in the Qing Dynasty and North Korea. But it is strange that the Yama Prefecture cabinet was calm and calm when it was very impolite to reprimand Weng from the Qing Dynasty and the emperor of the country. How strange is that many female workers suddenly appeared on the streets of Tokyo, which fully demonstrated that the territory of the Great Japanese Empire could no longer carry the Yamato nation's population. This is an inevitable result. The inevitable result must have an inevitable conclusion: the Yamato nation needs to expand colonization! Colonization!
One of the news below is that the Emperor appointed Prince Akihito Komatsu Miya as the Grand Governor and took charge of the national army. The news said that the bold and enterprising Prince Komatsu would let the army teach the cowardly government officials a lesson, how should they face the arrogant Qing Dynasty?
Although this is just news, who knows that this is not instructed by the Japanese government, so that it has gained support from public opinion!
I slapped the newspaper on the table and twisted it hard. The newspaper cracked with a loud bang. I raised my hand and looked at the palms that were blackened by the ink. I felt angry and angry: Do you want to colonize? Humph! The Chinese nation needs more space to survive than you!
Before going to Fengtian, I met with several senior officials in Beijing, Prince Heshuochun Zaifeng, Shiduo, and Li Hongzhang, and the three of them were in charge of major affairs when I was away. They asked Shiduo to be a traitor, Li Hongzhang and Zaifeng to praise him. In addition, I also had a secret order to Yixin. If there is a major event in the capital, he would come out to conquer a town.
Shi Duo was sitting on the vermicelli, and of course the Dragon Flag Army would not stay in Beijing. Ronglu continued to be responsible for the supply of foreigners in the research institute, etc. Therefore, more than 10,000 Dragon Flag Army soldiers were led by Nie Shicheng and went north with the emperor.
Especially when I saw Yung Wing again, I gave him another shot of a heart attack. The key point is that no matter what the situation is, no matter how hard the country is, no matter how poor the country is, it will not be poor in education, and no matter how poor the military is. The status of education is still before the military. Let him spread the education as soon as possible according to the established policy, and organize overseas students to send them out as soon as possible. The United States and Europe can do so. Schools with comprehensive teaching runs in various places should be placed at the county level this year, and repair the original school buildings in various places, and prepare for the start of school next year.
Why next year? Here I would like to explain, because this year is the year of the palace examination, the provincial examination, the imperial examination, and the palace examination, which are three-level national literati exams, and every three years. The palace examination year is particularly important because it will produce top scholars, and people from all walks of life are also paying attention to this thing. In addition, this year, the school building will be renovated, the school system will be rectified, and the recruitment of teachers, especially Western teachers, has a lot of trivial matters to be carried out.
Of course, there are also orders to send them to Yuan Shikai and Liu Buchan in a hurry, asking them to be more cautious and prepared for the Japanese, so as not to get busy.
On the fifth day of the second month, the emperor's ancestor worship stewards were protected by the Dragon Banner Army, Forwards Camp, Xiaoqi Camp, and Jianrui Camp. The emperor's personal guards, and the four battalions came out of Beijing, passing through Chengde Prefecture, Chaoyang Prefecture, Xinmin Prefecture, and Shengjing Prefecture. The battle reports from the north flew like snowflakes, and the Russian army was in progress. Fortunately, the Far East Railway had not yet been completed. By February 20, when I arrived at the Forbidden City of Shengjing, according to the report of Yiketanga, the Russian army assembled in Hailanpao had reached 20,000 people, and the equipment was similar to our army. At the same time, there were also urgent reports from Lubin Prefecture and Hulun Hall on the Neixinganling. The Russian army held a large-scale military exercise in Nebuchu. The vanguard troops reached the Ergune River. Wherever the troops arrived, a large number of local hunters and herders had migrated south, and the government office was unable to suppress them.
The memorial on Ding Ruchang's side was several days late. The Russian army on the opposite side had completed the mobilization, with a force of about 6,000 to 8,000. Ding had ordered Mongolian tribes such as Youzuoqi and Youzuoshi Banner to be careful of their precautions. Ding's more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry also moved northward accordingly, ready to face the enemy, and deploy defenses on the Selangge River and Orkun River south of Chaktu.
The situation on the front line has surprised me a little. The Russians have really made up their minds for war? In fact, the Russians have no psychological advantage over the Chinese. They were unable to win during the Kangxi period, and in recent decades, they have not fought hard battles with the Chinese. They are just taking advantage of the time when Britain and France bullying people. Are he so sure?
I don’t know what the situation is like in Yili Mansion. The land is too vast. It is probably almost April that the news has been spreading from Yili to me. I can’t control that end for the time being. I hope that Chang Geng is a good guy.
Although I was not sure of winning, I still met with important civil affairs chiefs from all over Liaodong in the Forbidden City with a smile and listened to the civil affairs situation in various places. Since the partial opening of the ban on the ban in Xianfeng in the tenth year of Xianfeng, the population of Liaodong has gradually increased, and by this year it has reached more than 1.4 million. The local resources are abundant and have not been developed for one or two centuries, and the land has long been fertile. When the Han people without land arrive in Liaodong, they have land seeds. I don’t know how many times better than when they were in the pass.
Since I was in Liaodong, there was nothing big about the capital at the moment, so I stepped up my pre-war preparations and issued an order to Li Bingheng and Shi Duo, the Ministry of War, to immediately prepare for support from Liaodong, and the Navy must also be prepared.
Diplomacy, because Zaiying didn't know the secret between me and his father, I had a lot of resentment recently, so I asked Li Hongzhang to do the diplomatic affairs well, one was to protest to the Russians, and the other was to ask the British for support, and promised him that after conquering Vladivostok in the future, Vladivostok could be used as the home port of the joint fleet. The above things were done one by one.
On February 19th, Kasini also sent a letter of declaration of war to the Prime Minister's affairs office. He heard that he was very arrogant that day and said that he wanted to let the arrogant Chinese pig see the power of the Cossack cavalry. Li Hongzhang, the Military Affairs Office, was in charge of the military affairs office, was not vague and immediately ordered the Prime Minister's government to write a letter of reprimand to the world, and informed the British Minister Weimarto at the same time.
At the same time, I issued an order to Iketang. Each of the garrison troops paid double salaries, and they were fully fed and had enough food and drink, and were ready to fight at any time. Regarding Ding Ruchang, I fully trust him there. He is a good soldier of the army. If the seven or eight thousand people on the other side could not handle it, then it would be a pity to die.
All preparations have stopped, and my intention to use troops has reached the first level of the Associate Leadership and Chief Executive. (Jala Ezhen, the third rank, is equivalent to the deputy general and general in the military rank.)
On the 22nd day, when I was in the suburbs, I swept away the calm posture I had made in the past few days and made a pre-war mobilization on the altar.
"You are the vanguard camp of the vanguard camp of the Knight Camp and the Dragon Flag Army, you!" I paused and looked at the soldiers of the battalions standing around. My expression darkened, and then said, "You are all my personal guards, my imperial guards, and all the guards of the Tian family. Logically speaking, many of you, their hometowns are on this land of Liaodong. When the founding of the country, our ancestors entered the pass from Long to leave this homeland. I came to Shengjing to worship our ancestors, and you can also pay tribute to our ancestors."
The soldiers who were guarding each battalion were all sad when they heard this. The leader of the army knelt down and then knelt down, "Kow on the emperor, thank you for your kindness, long live my emperor!" The voice was so loud that the earth shook.
I turned around and waved my horse whip and pointed to the north, saying, "I have received reports of uneasy border affairs recently, saying that someone wants to eat my Liaodong and your hometown! Eat the place of my ancestral tomb! Although I am young and lack virtue, I will never dare to be afraid of the enemy and ced the land!" At this point, I pressed the horse whip and increased my voice and said, "Are you willing to hand over your hometown? Leave this land of Liaodong to the Russians!"
"I don't want to!"
"Very good!" I nodded and shouted, "Stand up for me! Get up! Go and beat the Russians with me, are you afraid?"
"Not afraid!"
Chapter completed!