The French have wanted to declare war for a long time, they don't have enough evidence, but there are some facts, which do not need evidence, and they are also reality. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The French are clear that everything is behind the Ming Dynasty, they have sent weapons and equipment before, and now they are directly sending troops.

They found that the Ming army could be called the Vietnamese Righteous Army in a different way, and they could fight the French army as much as they wanted, but the French army could not move against the Ming garrison in northern Vietnam wearing the uniforms of the Ming army, let alone advance into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, in this case, France could not suppress the Vietnamese rebellion in any case.

Only by declaring war on the Ming Dynasty, defeating the Ming army, and forcing them to withdraw from the war, could the French army concentrate on suppressing the rebellion.

But before the French army did not have a superiority in strength in Vietnam, especially the navy, which was an absolute disadvantage, so they needed time.

When they succeeded in increasing the strength of the Indochina Expeditionary Force to 400,000 and the main naval fleet arrived in Saigon, they immediately declared war on the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, before the declaration of war, they issued an ultimatum, this time they didn't want to rip off, they didn't mention the Ming army camouflaging the Vietnamese rebels, only asked the Ming army in northern Vietnam to retreat, after the Ming government clearly refused, the French Republic regretfully announced that it could not accept the illegal infringement of the interests of France by the Ming Dynasty, and the French Republic would defend its rights and dignity by force, the French ambassador handed over to the Ming government the credentials of the two sides entering a state of war, and then the ambassador himself left the Ming Dynasty, and the French embassy was officially closed.

The news of France's declaration of war on the Ming Dynasty exploded in an instant, igniting a country in transition that was still taking a leg with mud from its deep-rooted traditional society.

In the Ming Dynasty public opinion circles before, there had been quarrels for several years about the possibility of war, and there were all kinds of voices. In the shadow of war, some people feel panic, some feel excitement, some feel disappointed, and some feel excited. Their voices are freely disseminated through unrestrained public opinion.

But there are two main streams, the main battle and the main peace.

The main battle faction is divided into the old school and the new faction, the old school believes that the Ming Dynasty should form an alliance with Vietnam to resist France, their basis is the truth of the death of the lips and teeth, that once France annexes Vietnam, the next step will definitely be to encroach on the Ming Dynasty, the main battle of the old school of thought is obviously conservative, worried about the attack of others, the reason why the main war is to protect themselves, the nature of the war they advocate is defensive war. The new faction came up with all kinds of colonialist arguments, believing that all countries in the world are competing for hegemony in the world for the sake of interests, and that the Ming Dynasty should not watch Vietnam, which is close at hand, be annexed by France, and should boldly go south to compete with France for profit.

The new faction in the main battle faction stands out from the crowd, mainly because the old-school theory of death and cold teeth prevails, and it is obvious that the folk ideology is still the defensive agricultural civilization ideology.

There are also two kinds of Lords and factions.

The lord and the old school believe that peace should be precious, that Vietnam has no master-slave relationship with the Ming Dynasty, does not belong to the Ming Dynasty's subject country, let alone the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Vietnam are not Ming subjects, and there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to go to war with a strong enemy like France for Vietnam; The main and new factions were guided by French diplomatic propaganda, believing that what the Ming did in Vietnam was indeed dishonorable, and that it was suspected of sneaking up on the French army and violating international conventions and norms.

However, the arguments of the Lord and the new faction are not supported by other factions at all, and even the Lord and the old faction are encircling and suppressing them in public opinion, and everyone has a position, since the Ming government claims that it has not pretended to be a Vietnamese soldier, that is, no, how can it listen to the words of the French and slander their own soldiers.

Seeing this stance of public opinion, Zhu Jinglun felt relieved that after more than 20 years, the identification of the people of the Ming Dynasty with the government has finally become strong, and they have finally begun to accept the credibility of the government, even if the government has indeed done disgraceful things, they either believe it or do not believe it, they will not admit it.

And Zhu Jinglun knows that the so-called Lord and the New School, according to the standards of later generations, are completely traitorous remarks on the side of foreigners, but they can be popular in newspapers, not because of how many such people there are, but because this kind of argument can attract attention.

Under the deliberate incrimination of some newspapers for the sake of profit and sales, the intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty gradually began to get closer and unify their thinking through the strangulation of public opinion on these traitorous acts.

Finally, in the case of France taking the lead in declaring war on the Ming Dynasty, the folk ideology was unprecedentedly united, after the outbreak of the war, they couldn't believe it at first, whether it was the main peace or the main war, the voice was instantly silent, all the newspapers were reporting the fact that France declared war, and the comments were temporarily vacant.

It was only then that some newspapers began to publish professional commentaries, inviting experts in various legal and diplomatic fields to explain to the common people what a declaration of war was, what a state of war was, what a state of war was, and how to end the procedure.

Public opinion did not begin to break out until the next day, this time both the main battle faction and the main peace faction have unified their thinking, the main war faction believes that this war should have been fought a long time ago, and the main peace faction believes that since the war has broken out, it is the French who want to attack the Ming Dynasty, not the Ming Dynasty wants to attack France, then the government should actively respond, and the soldiers should fight bravely, there is no other way.

As if caught off guard by the declaration of war, the next day Da Ming issued a notice to tell his citizens that Da Ming had submitted a declaration of war to France, and Da Ming and France entered a state of war.

On the third day, the Ming government announced that according to the provisions of the laws of war, in a state of war, the emperor would take over all military and political powers of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor had the right to levy any of his own citizens to serve the war.

On the fourth day, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty issued a notice that a provisional cabinet had been formed, and that during the war, the emperor would exercise power as the supreme commander of the state, and that the emperor's power would not be restricted, and that universal legal principles would not be followed when necessary.

The announcement of the government and the emperor not only did not arouse the anger of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they wondered, isn't the emperor supreme, is the emperor's behavior still subject to legal restrictions, and can judges who judge civilians by law still judge the emperor?

The laws of the Ming Dynasty have referred to many Western legal principles, but the thinking of the Ming people has obviously never referred to the ideas of the Western people.

After that, Baozi continued to report on various announcements issued by the cabinet in the capacity of emperor during the war, such as announcing that the railways had entered a wartime state, the beginning of military control, the declaration that all means of transportation such as merchant ships in the country must obey the needs of the state, and that they should be ready to be requisitioned by the government at any time, and that the country would enter a state of emergency, and the government would impose restrictions on the prices of livelihood commodities such as grain, salt, cloth, and medicine.

In short, after the declaration of war, the Ming wartime cabinet was activated instantly, and the emperor took away all power, including the life and property rights of the Ming people, and now the emperor can legally do whatever he wants with any citizen.

But the Ming Emperor obviously did not intend to take the last copper plate in everyone's pocket, but issued a call to all walks of life and even everyone, hoping that everyone could contribute to the war within their ability.

The major chambers of commerce took the lead in taking action, issuing a donation pledge in the newspaper, expressing their willingness to donate more money to the government, and the local public bureaus also began to organize fundraising, and set up the same war money box as the merit box in various public places, Guandi Temple, Mazu Temple, Guanyin Temple and other temples, and sent special personnel to take care of the inventory, hoping that good men and women who come and go to these places can contribute a little material strength in addition to praying for the war.

The coolies on the wharf who carried the bags announced that each bag of raw silk would be charged an additional three cents for the transportation fee, in the name of paying for the war. The driver who pulled the Oriental car on the street also said that he would charge an extra penny for a mile because the car dealer had to pump water to donate military expenses. Hurd, on behalf of the Beijing officials of the three provinces and six ministries, said that from the day of the outbreak of the war, half of the money would be donated.

The forces of all kinds of organizations were mobilized, and the government presided over by the civilian officials, the merchants' chambers of commerce, the gentry's public bureaus, and the gang-like foot and car dealers all began to express their support for the war, and it was obvious that this phenomenon could not be spontaneous, because these autonomous organizations had always cooperated with the government in managing civil affairs, so when the government needed them to express their position, they only needed the magistrates to talk to the people in question, and they could mobilize the whole industry.

It's really not like knocking out a lot of oil and water from the bitter haha, but mainly to create a unified atmosphere for the whole country, in which everyone will be unconsciously affected, and the groups who are dissatisfied with the society will be more able to endure temporary hardships, because they will think that all this is because of the impact of the war, and the country is very difficult, let alone individuals.

Through a series of means, despite the impact of the war, many industries instantly entered a depression, but the Ming Dynasty was in good order, everyone began to endure silently, no one would notice, the people of the Ming Dynasty have changed, in the dynastic era, every war, the people are marginal people, did not participate in it, but were affected, were involved, the war was only unfortunate for them, but this time, through two or three years of public opinion discussion, the people have slowly stopped treating the war as something that has nothing to do with themselves, The people of the Ming Dynasty did not realize it themselves, and quietly they had entered the modern era and became citizens with the concept of a modern state.

After the official outbreak of the war, the Western countries, which had been aesthetically fatigued by the endless diplomatic tussle between France and the Ming Dynasty, suddenly had a feeling that "the war had finally broken out", and they had long believed that the war would inevitably break out, but the two sides had been back and forth for several years, and this sudden outbreak made people feel that it should be so, but it felt a little unreal.

But for most Westerners, this is also a talking point, how many people don't know what kind of country Daming is on weekdays, even if they drink tea from Daming every day, and the silk clothes on their bodies may be made of silk spit out by Daming's silkworm babies, but they have never paid attention to this country.

Because this is a Western-dominated world, where white countries are expanding all over the world, how can there be no white war against other races?

Therefore, the outbreak of the war between Daming and France only made them pay attention to it, except for the French, people from other countries did not care too much.

Life had to go on as usual, and soon forgot that a war was going on in the far East.