Red Alert 1895 Chapter 181

Soon, Wang Guorui and Cixi also agreed through telegrams that on the day Cixi launched the coup, Cixi appointed Wang Guorui as Minister of Nanyang, and Wang Guorui also publicly supported Cixi. Anyway, they have reached a dirty agreement, Wang Guorui has sold Guangxu.

"Governor Wang, I think it's okay for us to send ambassadors to each other? After all, our court also needs to communicate with you, Governor Wang, otherwise we really can't communicate effectively, so we might as well send ambassadors to each other, and then we can communicate with each other when we have something to do in the future." Communicate in time!" Li Lianying said.

Wang Guorui immediately corrected and said, "What about exchanging envoys, as if we are different countries."

Wang Guorui immediately corrected Li Lianying's statement, that is, the two sides cannot send envoys to each other. After all, exchanging envoys is an act between countries. Wang Guorui is a "subject" of the Qing Dynasty! Therefore, the argument of exchanging ministers is untenable.

Although Wang Guorui didn't want to admit it, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the only legal government in this era after all, and even this statement was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If you rashly establish yourself as a country, then entering the mainland will be an invasion, then this will not be fun. Therefore, Wang Guorui had to maintain his idea of ​​internal contradictions in China, to add disgust to the foreign devils, and to make himself easily accepted by the people. After all, the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the hearts of the people, they are already orthodox, and Wang Guorui is no different. Therefore, Wang Guorui must maintain his image that Taiwan is Chinese territory, so that Taiwan will seize the central government in the future. That is, domestic and internal struggles, not foreign aggression. Otherwise, if it is defined as foreign aggression, the foreign devils will not miss this opportunity to interfere. Even the people in the country will not support themselves.

"Then what should we do? We have to communicate with each other, otherwise it will be difficult for both parties!" Li Lianying said.

Wang Guorui was also thinking that he really should communicate more with the central government of the Qing Dynasty. After all, the two sides have not fallen out yet, so we still need to communicate. And in the future, we must communicate more, so that we can get more benefits for ourselves from the mainland government. And why China and foreign countries send resident envoys to each other, in fact, it is to strengthen exchanges between the two sides, and then they can maintain the relationship between the two sides very well. And this Wang Guorui should indeed set up a fixed organization in the mainland. Otherwise, it is really not suitable for long-term use when encountering such things that require communication in the future.

Just like this time, the two sides have no permanent institutions. Then Li Lianying had to come to Taiwan in person, which was indeed inconvenient. Although there is a telegram, after all, the telegram is not as close as the personal communication between anyone, so this long-term overseas agency is still necessary. In the future, Wang Guorui will inevitably have to communicate with Man Qing. After all, the two sides have not completely fallen out now, so naturally there is no war relationship. So now the relationship between Wang Guorui and Manqing is very complicated. They are future enemies but they have to cooperate in some aspects. Even if the international community knows that they will be enemies in the future, as long as they do not become enemies, they can cooperate with each other. There is no eternal friendship and hatred between countries, only eternal interests. And even now Taiwan and the mainland are like this. Although the two sides will inevitably have a war that will determine the fate of both sides in the future, they must also have certain exchanges and cooperation before that. This is the complexity of diplomacy.

"How about this. I set up an office of the Taiwan Office in Beijing, which is permanently stationed in the capital. And you also set up an office in Taiwan, and then stay in our Taipei for a long time. In this way, we can all communicate with each other. In the future, we will have this Two organizations, it will be much easier for us to communicate. In the future, if you have any news, you can also pass it on to our Beijing office, and then they will naturally find a way to pass it on to us. And they also have a certain degree of self-determination It can promote the exchanges between the two parties to a certain extent." Wang Guorui said.

The so-called Beijing Office and Taiwan Office are nothing but fig leafs for both sides. In fact, it is the embassy of both variants. With these two organizations, the two parties have formally established a relationship. But the relationship is just a bit weird.

After Li Lianying left, Wang Guorui took the initiative to say to Liu Feng of the General Intelligence Agency: "Liu Feng, you sent an order to Zhou Chen in the mainland, saying that he did a good job in digging out the personnel rights of the Beiyang Navy last time. Now he In the mainland, he is responsible for collecting intelligence on the mainland, and I officially appointed him as the director of the Taiwan Office in Beijing. And his military rank was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and the Beijing Office accepts the dual leadership of the General Office of the Governor-General and the General Intelligence Agency.”

"Isn't the Beijing Office in charge of the Office of Friendship and Liaison with Foreign Countries?" Liu Feng asked.

Wang Guorui shook his head and said, "No, the mainland is the same country as us after all, so it is not suitable to be placed in the diplomatic department. This is a necessary attitude, so it should be assigned to the General Office of the Governor's Office."

The reason why Wang Guorui appointed an intelligence officer to serve as the director of the Beijing Office is actually because Zhou Chen showed a very good ability when he scooped up the navy of the Beiyang Navy last time. He was not only very flexible, but also able to organize various relationships. Since then, he has been in charge of intelligence work in the mainland, and he can be regarded as a person with good ability. In the future, the Beijing Office is actually a variant of a legation. As for the legation, in addition to its diplomatic functions, it also has an intelligence-gathering function.

The Beijing Office is also responsible for collecting intelligence, and communication with the Manchus is also necessary. So it's okay to have an intelligence officer in charge, and it's not a special situation. And this Zhou Chen's mind is also very flexible, and he is also competent as a foreign affairs officer. What's more, he has a good relationship with the Hongmen Youth Gang in mainland China. If necessary, he can ask the Hongmen Youth Gang to cooperate. This is also a very necessary point. In the future, the Beijing Office will be an important center for Taiwan to collect intelligence from the mainland. And this Office in Taiwan will inevitably become the first important place for the Manchu Qing to understand Taiwan, so as long as the two sides have a tacit understanding, it will be fine.

However, on the other side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, an overseas telegram was also sent to the Manchu Qing Legation in France.

"What? The center of the imperial court wants to transfer me to Taiwan to serve as the director of the Taiwan office?" Yu Geng exclaimed.

Yu Geng never thought that he would be transferred from a minister in France to Taiwan as the director of the Taiwan Office by the imperial court. What the **** is this? You must know that France is one of the top powers, and being able to serve as a minister in France must have a high status, and they are all second-rank officials in the imperial court. But now he was dragged abruptly to Taiwan, a place that doesn't **** like a bird, and it can't be compared with France. What's more, Yu Geng hates Wang Guorui very much. He thinks Wang Guorui is a rebel, and he actually uses the name of a special administrative region to practice local separatism. So this is an out-and-out rebellion for Yu Geng, but now he has to go to Taiwan to serve as the director of the Taiwan Office, this is simply not what they look up and look down on.

And being an official in the same city with the person I hate is simply making me sick. Yu Geng didn't expect that he would be sent there like this. He hadn't had a good time in France yet, but he was pulled back so soon.

"This is rising in the open and falling in the dark!" Yu Geng said with a wry smile.

In Yu Geng's eyes, this is an out-and-out upswing and downfall, from a big power country to a region that doesn't even have a national identity, this is an out-and-out upswing and downfall. As an envoy to a foreign country, he always goes from a weak country to a strong country, which is considered a promotion. But going from a powerful country to a region that doesn't even have a national identity, that's probably demotion.

"Father, you can't say that! Maybe this is the court's important use of you! You must know that since Taiwan has been divorced from our court, if father can bring them back and become my loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty again, Then isn't this a great credit? So~www.mtlnovel.com~Father, why do you have to be so sad? As long as you can do it well, then the opportunity to wait for the court's reuse will come! At that time, if you can do it Now that this matter has been settled, it will definitely be reused by the imperial court, and at that time even have the opportunity to serve as a minister in the military plane!" said a ten-year-old loli.

But Yu Geng is not as confident as his daughter. After all, he knows that since the Taiwan represented by Wang Guorui is already a separatist party, it will not be easy to return. What's more, Taiwan has soldiers, and the strength of these troops is still very extraordinary, including both the navy and the army, which are simply stronger than the Manchu Qing.

You must know that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are now a large group of parallel import soldiers. They are completely "bear" soldiers with millions of soldiers, and they can't even beat the Japanese. However, Wang Guorui was able to defeat the strong with the weak against the Japanese army, and it was obvious to both sides which was strong and which was weak, so everyone knew the strength of both sides in their hearts. Since ancient times, the strong swallow the weak, but I have never heard of the weak swallowing the strong. This is proved by history. Taiwan is obviously stronger than the mainland, especially its military strength, so Yu Geng's ability to persuade Wang Guorui to become a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty again is simply a fantasy. Could it be that Yu Geng has the eloquence of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and can casually fool others into loyal ministers again?

Moreover, national politics is no longer decided by one person. Even if Wang Guorui wanted to continue to be a loyal servant of the Manchu Qing, none of Wang Guorui's officials would agree easily. (to be continued)

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