The Battle of Vladivostok not only caused a strong international reaction, but several of the world's major powers, unrelated and unrelated, were assessing the impact of the war on their own countries. And in China, there are huge waves.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time since the Opium War in 1840 that the Chinese have actually recovered their lost territory. Prior to this, the East China government recovered the Tianjin Concession, Weihaiwei, Qingdao is only a concession area, theoretically speaking, after the expiration of the concession, these places will automatically return to the Chinese government, of course, after the expiration of the concession, the countries will find ways to renew the lease period, and although Russia now occupies the northeast region of China, this can only be regarded as Russia's illegal invasion, legally speaking, the sovereignty of these lands still belongs to the legitimate government of China represented by the Qing court, not Russia, of course, if Russia wins this war, then the Qing court will definitely not be able to keep these lands.

Vladivostok is different, this is clearly stipulated in the [Sino-Russian Treaty of Linghui] and the [Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing], the Qing court has ceded Vladivostok to Russia, so legally speaking, the current Vladivostok is already Russian territory. Then the East China government captured Vladivostok, that is, it really regained the lost territory. Both strategic and political interests are quite a huge move.

The East China government has always been good at using the victory on the battlefield to promote itself, so naturally it will not miss such an opportunity, so all kinds of propaganda machines are launched together to vigorously publicize the achievements of the East China government in recovering Vladivostok, and of course it has not forgotten to hack the Qing court again.

Of course, the exploits of recovering Vladivostok are indeed worth boasting about, coupled with the incompetence of the Chun court in dealing with the war between Japan and Russia in the northeast, the advantages and disadvantages of the two governments are naturally clear at a glance, even if there are still a few diehards of the Qing court who want to help the Qing court wash the ground, they can't wash it. It can be said that the victory in the Battle of Vladivostok once again pushed the prestige of the East China government to a new peak, and the atmosphere in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other places was relatively open to localities, and some people even openly called for overseas Chinese to take over the country.

Although no one in Beijing dared to blatantly advocate letting overseas Chinese take over the country, there were also many people who believed that the Qing court should cooperate with overseas Chinese rather than confront them at this time, and a large number of officials were to the Qing court, suggesting that the court let overseas Chinese take charge of the government and preside over the new law of the Qing court.

In fact, this suggestion has always existed, but in the past, some middle- and lower-level officials and local state officials were folded up, but this time there were many high-ranking officials, such as Liubu Shangshu and Zhilang, local governors, political secretaries, etc., and some people made suggestions to the Qing court to temporarily stop the conquest and suppression of bandits in Henan, and instead recruit an as the top. Because everyone knows that the bandits in Henan are a branch of the East China government, but now the East China government is fighting bloodily in order to recover China's lost territory and defend Chinese territory, but the Qing court is stabbing in the back, which is too much to say. What's more, the current people's will is all on the side of the East China government, to put it mildly, if the East China government raises its arms now, I am afraid that it will really be a cloud of followers, so the Qing court at this time to attack Henan, I am afraid that it is not the best policy, even if it succeeds, it will lose the hearts of the people.

Originally, the Qing court decided to send troops to attack Henan and attack the East China government in the name of suppressing bandits and quelling chaos, but now there are also variables, and the Qing court has to hold court meetings for several days to discuss whether to continue to send troops.

In fact, when Cixi and Guangxu heard the news, their feelings were also very complicated, because they were Guangxu, he once regarded overseas Chinese as the savior of himself and the Qing Dynasty, but he did not expect that overseas Chinese would become the gravediggers of the Qing court. It's just that what overseas Chinese are doing now is exactly what Guangxu has always dreamed of, making great efforts to make the country prosperous, enriching the country and strengthening the army, recovering the lost land, and exalting the prestige of the world. If overseas Chinese are willing to support themselves, it will be easy for them to hold great power with their strength, and they will also give them great power and let them run the government in a justifiable manner, so that they can give better play to their talents, and this is much better than being trapped in Shandong Province, and they do not have to betray the name of rebellion. If they want to weigh

Lonely and widowed, the foundation of the dynasty, but looking at their overseas experience, no one called the king the tyrant, but the implementation of a system similar to the ancient Yaoshun era of the virtuous and Zen concession.

If they don't want to be emperors, why should they oppose the imperial court? Is it because they are descendants of the previous dynasty, so they only want to restore the world of the Han people? But it has been nearly 300 years since the Qing court entered the customs, and the Manchu and Han dynasties have long been integrated, and overseas Chinese have never been such narrow-minded people.

Whenever he thought of this, Guangxu felt depressed and restless, and he couldn't wait to find an overseas Chinese to ask him face to face. But Guangxu also knew that this was impossible.

Now that the overseas Chinese have recovered Vladivostok, this is exactly the great achievement that Guangxu dreamed of, but now the imperial court is planning to take advantage of the emptiness of the overseas Chinese to send troops to attack them, it is really a trick, Guangxu can't help but think in his heart, if the overseas Chinese help him seize power, then there will be no such thing as elbowing, and he will inevitably fully support them.

Guangxu has always thought about it, and he didn't even hear what the ministers were saying, but Guangxu also understood that the left was just that, most of the Hanchen advocated postponing the dispatch of troops to see the changes, and some people advocated that the imperial court should reconcile with the overseas Chinese, the reason is that the overseas Chinese did not officially pull the flag and rebel, and in recent years, the overseas Chinese in Java to protect overseas Chinese, send troops to Liaodong, and recover Vladivostok, are all for the benefit of the country, so it can be seen that the overseas Chinese still have the heart of loyalty and righteousness to serve the country, if the imperial court can be entrusted with important tasks, it may not be able to reconcile with overseas Chinese。

Some people even bluntly said that the reason why overseas Chinese have come to this day has a lot to do with the failure of the imperial court to reuse, and that the overseas Chinese returned to China, the upright Gengzi country changed, and the imperial court hunted in the west, and it was the overseas Chinese who turned the tide and thwarted the Eight-Nation Coalition Army so that the imperial court could return to Beijing. Therefore, the imperial court should immediately issue an edict to condemn itself, and send envoys to Shandong to recruit them to Beijing to preside over the government, which will surely bring overseas Chinese to their hearts.

In fact, Guangxu agreed with this opinion, and sometimes he also thought that if he could take power, he would definitely send people to Shandong to invite overseas Chinese to Beijing to preside over the government, and he would not be to blame for the past.

The Manchu clans and officials had another attitude, they believed that the overseas Chinese were originally the remnants of the previous dynasty, and they had always had different aspirations, and even if they were overseas Chinese to protect overseas Chinese and recover the lost land, it was only a move to buy people's hearts, not for the sake of the imperial court, and they should be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise there would be endless disasters in the future, and now it happened that the army of overseas Chinese was competing with Japan and Russia outside, and the imperial court could take advantage of the situation to first reduce the wings of overseas Chinese in Henan, and then annihilate overseas Chinese, so as to prevent future troubles.

This plan was also fully supported by Britain and France, who not only agreed to sell weapons to the Qing court, but also promised to give the Qing court a loan of 20 million pounds to finance their military expenses. This would also solve the problem of insufficient military spending by the Qing court, so now is the best opportunity to weaken the government in East China, and it must not be missed.

In fact, Britain and France were not satisfied with the Qing court's plan to attack Henan, and they preferred the Qing court to attack Shandong directly. It is a pity that the Qing court did not have such courage. However, the Qing court's attack on Henan could also contain some of the energy of the East China government, so it can be regarded as a retreat. In order to enable the Qing court to contain as much energy as possible from the East China government, Britain and France naturally tried their best to give the Qing court some support. Moreover, the loan is not only to be repaid, but also to calculate interest, and there is also a profit from the sale of weapons to the Qing court, so why not!

The ministers gave their own opinions, and they quarreled. After discussing for a morning without results, although Guangxu had some thoughts in his heart, he didn't dare to say it at this time, and in the end it could only be decided by Cixi.

In fact, Cixi is also very embarrassed now, from her heart, of course, she wants to take the opportunity to teach overseas Chinese a lesson, and now is indeed a good opportunity, Cixi will agree to send troops. Of course, by the way, you can also suppress Yuan Shikai, and see if Tie Liang, Liangbi and others can be of great use, but Cixi did not expect that the East China government would recover Vladivostok at this time, which will suddenly push the prestige of overseas Chinese again, if they still launch an attack on Henan at this time, will it provoke a popular uprising? And will the overseas Chinese use this reason to officially pull the flag and rebel, and call for the people and gentry of the world to oppose the Qing court. Actions such as entering the war have definitely won the hearts and minds of many people, and this time they have become highly anticipated. If it really came to that point, the Qing court would be really in danger.

Unlike Guangxu, who still had a trace of illusion about the East China government, Cixi knew very well in her heart that overseas Chinese would not reconcile with the Qing court, or commented that overseas Chinese had never been friendly with the Qing court.

Although Cixi does not understand military affairs, there have been many wars during her time in power, so Cixi also knows a little bit of the art of war, and it is a taboo to change the order of the army, and the support of the clan is also a major pillar of Cixi's power.

At this moment, Yuan Shikai folded up and clearly opposed the dispatch of troops to the imperial court. And after Cixi read it, she finally made up her mind that she must send troops.