Red Alert 1895 Chapter 202

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At the entrance to the sea at Dagukou in Tianjin, three huge ships came immediately from the open sea, and these three ships blew their whistles together. The sound of the whistle made the Qing soldiers in the entire Dagukou Fort start to feel scared. update the fastest

"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!"

Tianjin Dagukou Fort immediately rang the bell, which then represented an emergency. And those Qing troops thought that foreign countries came to invade again, because decades ago, the British and French allied forces attacked from here, and then attacked all the way from Tianjin to Beijing, and finally burned the Old Summer Palace. And these things have been heard by the soldiers in Dagukou all the time, so everyone feels that the sky is falling, especially when they see the three huge warships. So they feel very scared, and now they don't know what's going on.

"Don't panic, don't panic, look at the flags on these warships, they are yellow dragon flags! This is our own warship, and there is a blue ground yellow tiger flag beside it, this is a warship from Taiwan!" the Qing army commander said quickly.

The Yellow Dragon Flag is the national flag of the Qing Dynasty, and the Blue Land Yellow Tiger Flag is the flag of the special administrative region formulated by Wang Guorui according to the flag of Taiwan and the Democratic Republic in history. These two flags are hung together on naval ships. It represents that this is one of Taiwan's Fleet 36458/" online games Gunshot Headshot();.

Soon, a bold Taku Fort officer came to the warship in a small boat, and met Qiu Baoren, the commander of the battleship detachment.

"My lords from Taiwan, what are you planning to do with your warships?" the Qing army officer asked.

"It's okay. We were just ordered to cruise here, and we have no other ideas! Don't worry, we won't attack Dagukou yet." Qiu Baoren said.

"What? Temporarily? Does that mean they will attack in the future?" the Qing army officer asked.

"I don't know. If there is an order from above, then we will really attack! The specific situation will be discussed with you by the director of Taiwan's Beijing Office." Qiu Baoren said.

At the same time, the officials of the Qing Dynasty also received relevant news, that is, the Taiwan fleet actually sent three giant battleships to cruise outside Dagukou, Tianjin. And many people thought that Taiwan was going to attack the mainland, but now many people started to pack their bags and prepare to run away. They know Taiwan's combat effectiveness. It is not easy to deal with all the Japanese soldiers who have conquered the country. Even if it can't sweep the country. However, it is not a problem to break through the city of Beijing. So everyone also wanted to run away quickly, so that they could have a chance to counterattack!

"What are you panicking about? Invite me the director of the Taiwan Office in Beijing!" Cixi shouted.

After all, Cixi is an old fritter, and he is very clear that Taiwan has no plans to attack the mainland. If Taiwan wants to attack the mainland. First of all, the Western powers will not agree. Cixi is a person who conspired a lifetime late, of course he can see this clearly, he knows that it is impossible for Wang Guorui to start a war on the mainland. However, the mainland should not provoke them, otherwise Wang Guorui will really start a war at all costs, and the mainland will be at fault. After all, reinforcements from the West would not come in a short period of time, and Wang Guorui could completely break through the city of Beijing within a short period of time. So if you can not stimulate Taiwan, it is better not to stimulate Taiwan.

"Queen Mother, we in Taiwan hope that the imperial court can enshrine our Lord Wang as the Grand Protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate." Zhou Chen, director of the Beijing Office, said.

"Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate Metropolitan Protector?" Cixi felt a little speechless.

Although Cixi did not study much in those days. But after entering the palace, they all studied. After all, it is impossible to rule such a large country without studying. Of course, Cixi had read history books, and of course he knew what the Dufu Mansion said. The so-called Duhufu originated from the coordination and management organization of the Han Dynasty for the small countries in the Western Regions. It is tantamount to accepting and attacking those small countries in the Western Regions instead of the Central Plains Dynasty, and rewarding and punishing those small countries in the Western Regions instead of the Central Plains Dynasty. Anyone who is close to the Central Plains will benefit, and if they dare to betray, they will be beaten.

And the system of the Protectorate reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, when the four protectorates of Andong, Xi'an, South An, and North were established, and the four protectorates ruled more than half of the nominal territory of the Tang Dynasty. And this kind of system of the Protectorate. In fact, it is similar to the British management system in India. Although Britain established the post of governor in India, there are still many nobles in India. These aristocrats are the real rulers, and the British governor is only representing the United Kingdom to be an overlord. Of course, Britain is really exploiting India, but China's Protectorate system is only a nominal rule, and in fact it is just a coordinating agency.

And this kind of Protectorate is for the management of the country, but now Wang Guorui actually wants the court to confer the title of the Protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Government, which is simply unbelievable. Cixi has also acquired a lot of international geography knowledge in the past few decades. Of course, he knows that the Nanyang generation refers to those areas in the south. Those areas have also paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, and many countries in Nanyang were once the vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty. But now it has long been divided up by the Western colonists, and the vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty have long since disappeared. Now even if they exist, they will not recognize the Central Plains Dynasty, but will recognize the Western colonists 36457/"Tang Dynasty good doctor ();.

But Wang Guorui actually wanted to set up a Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate at this time, which made Cixi feel incredible. There are no other vassal states in the Central Plains in Nanyang, and it doesn't make much sense for Wang Guorui to want this Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate. Wang Guorui asked for the Minister of Nanyang before, which was equivalent to taking away part of the Manchu Qing's diplomatic rights, and then asked for the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate. This is an official position that they did not have before, which made Cixi feel baffled. Does Wang Guorui have any special meaning for asking for this official position?

"Queen Mother, just say whether you would like to give us the position of Mr. Wang. If you don't want to, then our navy outside Dagukou may not be so obedient!" Zhou Chen said.

"You—" Cixi was short of breath.

Cixi was really very angry. This Wang Guorui actually threatened him again. Anyway, the three battleships with a tonnage of over 10,000 tons were all outside Dagukou. If Cixi dared not agree, the battleships would start bombarding Dagukou. The cannons at Dagukou were all old-fashioned cannons. If they were really bombarded by Wang Guorui, it would be really dangerous. At that time, the tacit understanding between Taiwan and the mainland was completely broken, and the conflict between the two sides was put on the table. At that time, would Taiwan still give Manchu face? At that time, if Wang Guorui didn't give face directly, then the Manchu Qing might really have to move the capital.

Of course, the Manchus knew that this era is different now. In this era, foreigners can attack from the sea at any time, and at that time they could attack at any time. The reason why the Manchu Qing did not move the capital was because they knew that foreigners could not threaten their dominance, but instead wanted to maintain their domination. But Wang Guorui is different. Wang Guorui can take over their world. If Wang Guorui and the Manqing fall out completely, the Manqing will be in great danger. At that time, they will have to move their capital. After all, Wang Guorui You can land from the sea at any time!

But once the capital is moved, it is a gamble, and no one knows what will happen. Once the capital is moved, it will be a very huge turmoil for a country. If there is a little carelessness, the country will be destroyed. So why so many ancient people did not move the capital, that is the reason.

"Okay, the Ai family will also confer on you, Mr. Wang, as the Grand Protector of Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate!" Cixi said.

"Thanks to the Queen Mother on behalf of our Lord Wang!" Zhou Chen replied.

Soon, Cixi issued an edict again, claiming to confer Wang Guorui as the chief protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate of the Qing Dynasty. But this order makes everyone feel inexplicable, because wherever there are any Chinese vassal states in Nanyang, they are already the territory of Western colonists. And those officials of the Qing Dynasty never thought that Taiwan would go to war with Western powers. After all, in their eyes, it is enough for the Chinese to guard their one-acre three-point land, and they cannot go to war with foreign countries at all. Not only do foreigners subconsciously not think that the Chinese will go to war, but even the Chinese themselves don't believe that someone in their own country can dare to go to war!

However, about an hour after Cixi publicly announced the appointment of Wang Guorui as the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, the Taiwan Office in Beijing also held a press conference to announce the news to the world. And this is the first press conference held by the Taiwan Office in Beijing, so it has attracted many foreign friends, ministers stationed in China from various countries, and various reporters. And they all wanted to know what news Taiwan's first press conference was going to release, so they hurried over to wait for the arrival of Zhou Chen, the director of Taiwan's Beijing Office, and prepared to announce the public news.

"Hello, everyone. I am the spokesperson of the Taiwan Office in Beijing. My name is Li Xilian. Our Nanyang Dadufu Dadu was invited by Liu Enguan, the head of the Lanfang Republic of China, to inspect the Lanfang Republic on behalf of the Chinese central government. Next, we will carry out a careful and in-depth inspection of the Lanfang Republic, and bring the glory of our Chinese kingdom to our Nanyang vassal state." Press spokesman Li Xilian said.

After hearing this, many people knew that China actually had a vassal state in Nanyang called the Lanfang Republic, which everyone did not expect. However, unlike everyone else, Schroeder, the charge d'affaires of the Netherlands in China, turned pale, and did not expect this to happen again. (to be continued)

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