And now the conflict that Lin Yizhe wants Hong Jun to help solve is caused by this French businessman named Du Buyi. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with history, although he is thousands of miles away, knows the ins and outs of what happened in Vietnam at that time.

At that time, transporting arms to Yunnan by land from treaty ports such as Shanghai on the southeast coast of China was a difficult and long route, and the law and order situation in the provinces along the route was of varying quality, which was time-consuming and safety could not be effectively guaranteed. When he heard that the Red River channel from Vietnam to Yunnan had been discovered, he immediately had the idea that he would be able to make a lot of money by transporting arms from Vietnam along the Red River to Yunnan for sale, and then shipping minerals from Yunnan back to Vietnam and back to France.

Under the trend of heavy profits, Du Buyi immediately put the idea into practice. First of all, it opened up the joints of Chinese officialdom and signed arms purchase and sales agreements with Yunnan Governor Cen Yuying and Admiral Ma Rulong. He then used this as evidence that he was the spokesman of the Yunnan government, and sought the support of the French government for his activities to go up the Red River. The French government, which had made the discovery of the Red River channel, was also considering how to develop and exploit this golden waterway outside the colonial area of Cochinchina, and the activities of blocking Buyi could undoubtedly be regarded as a useful experiment.

After obtaining the dual license of China and France, a team aimed at conducting a Red River transport expedition began to be formed. In view of the fact that the Red River channel was located in northern Vietnam, outside the colony of Cochinchina, in order to ensure the safety of navigation, in 1872 he purchased two British naval gunboats as escorts through the German merchant Tailai in Shanghai. In addition, a steamship and a Chinese sailing ship were acquired for use as transport ships. At the same time, 27 Europeans and 125 Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and other Asians were recruited, including Chinese soldiers sent by the Yunnan Admiralty. In October 1872, the fleet of Tu Bu Yi set sail with a large number of war materials, including munitions consigned by the German merchant Tailai & Co., from Haiphong to the Red River, passing through Hanoi, the old capital of Vietnam, and sailing along the river. The Vietnamese government, which was already indignant at France's forcible lease of Cochinchina, naturally protested when it saw that the fleet flying the tricolor flag was swaggering in its own jurisdiction, and that it was about to pass through Hanoi, an important city in the north, without paying any taxes, and that this was a violation of the treaty signed by France and Vietnam. However, he continued to go his own way, and successfully arrived in Yunnan at the end of the same year, and for the convenience of trade, he also talked to himself and set up an office and a warehouse in Hanoi, which was not a foreign trade city. In the spring of 1873, when he returned to Hanoi from Yunnan, he found that some of his Asian employees in Hanoi had been arrested by the Vietnamese government, so he clashed with local Vietnamese officials and made a radical move to kidnap Vietnamese officials and burn Vietnamese government notices. The Governor of Cochinchina, after consulting with the French Navy and the Colonial Ministry, sent An Ye, the discoverer of the Red River channel, to Hanoi with a force of two gunboats and 50 officers and men. On the surface, the French wanted to investigate and deal with this dispute, but privately, the French government had seen the huge economic potential of the Red River waterway through the practice of blocking Buyi, and wanted to include the Red River waterway in the French sphere of influence.

On the afternoon of November 5, 1873, the "gendarmes" led by An Nye arrived in Hanoi under the welcome of Khü Bu Yi. Upon arriving, An Ye immediately posted notices around the city, announcing that his purpose was to "expel the pirates", without mentioning the fact that he was blocking Buyi. An Nye said that his mission was only to mediate the dispute, not to expel him, and the implication was to force the Vietnamese government to acquiesce in the blockade action. At the same time, five treaty clauses, including "the Red River will be reserved exclusively for the navigation of French and Chinese ships", were proposed to force the Vietnamese government to accept them. Upon learning of the Vietnamese government's refusal to write the treaty, An Nye decided to resort to force. After dawn on November 20, 1873, An Yen led the French army and 180 mercenaries from Au Po Yi to attack the Vietnamese army in Hanoi. At 10 o'clock, the French army easily took control of Hanoi without paying any casualties, and the governor of Hanoi, Nguyen Chi Fang, committed suicide by hunger strike after being captured.

After taking control of Hanoi, more than 100 French troops and mercenaries continued to attack from all sides, the Vietnamese army fled, and the provinces along the Red River in the north, such as Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, and Nam Dinh, fell one after another. The invincible An Nye did not realize that his actions had actually touched the interests of a special mercenary force of the Vietnamese government, the Black Flag Army.

At that time, northern Vietnam, which was adjacent to China, gathered many rebel forces of various kinds who had fled from China. Some of them accepted Zhao'an, attached themselves to the Vietnamese government, and became group training hired by the Vietnamese government. Some of them attacked cities and plundered land in Vietnam on their own, occupying territory and establishing themselves as kings. The Vietnamese government's own military strength was simply unable to clear the border, so it took extensive measures to recruit a group of people and attack a group, so that the Chinese armed forces in the territory could attack and destroy each other.

After entering Vietnam, the Black Flag Army chose to rely on the Vietnamese government to attack the local Vietnamese rebel forces and other Chinese rebels who retreated into Vietnam. In 1869, the Black Flag Army repelled the most powerful Chinese rebel army in exile in northern Vietnam, the Yellow Flag Army led by Liu Yongfu and his comrade-in-arms in the Wu Yazhong rebel army, Huang Chongying. At this point, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army had gained a firm foothold in northern Vietnam, taking the Vietnamese border city of Bao Thanh (Lao Cai) at the junction of China and Vietnam as its general base, holding the important dividing point of the Red River flowing through China and Vietnam, building the fortress wall, and setting up checkpoints on the Red River to collect taxes on merchant ships. In addition to the regular rations and salaries issued by the King of Vietnam, the Black Flag Army collected more than 80,000 taels of taxes per year, and since then they have lived a worry-free life, and North Vietnam has become a comfortable nest for the Black Flag Army.

At the end of 1873, when An Nye took control of Hanoi, the French invaded northern Vietnam, and the Vietnamese court was shaken, and the Black Flag Army, which received the news, was also extremely angry, believing that the French had invaded their territory. The Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuc Thi issued an order to prepare for negotiations and diplomatic consultations with the French government on the one hand, and on the other hand, to dispatch troops to prevent further aggression by the French. Hoang Zuo Yan, a Vietnamese horse who was in charge of the military affairs of Beiqi, fully understood the true feelings of the festering and unbearable use of the Vietnamese official army, so he mobilized Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, played this battle trump card, and ordered it to go to the outskirts of Hanoi to prevent the French army from continuing to invade the north.

In December 1873, Liu Yongfu led more than 1,000 people of the Black Flag Army to camp in Luo Chi outside the West Gate of Hanoi, and at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 21, An Ye suddenly heard a report from his subordinates, saying that some Vietnamese soldiers outside Hanoi were shouting and challenging, and An Ye immediately ordered the team to set off to attack and suppress these Vietnamese who did not know life and death. Since it was a Sunday, only 20 soldiers were gathered in a hurry, but An Die, who had the experience of defeating 7,000 Vietnamese troops with 180 people, did not pay attention to the small number of Vietnamese who challenged the city.

An Ye and his deputy, Navy Lieutenant Barney, each led 10 soldiers out of the city with a fierce attitude, and the Vietnamese soldiers who were "dancing their teeth and claws" outside the city immediately fled, and An Ye was even more furious and decided to pursue and suppress them. When the French army pursued all the way to the vicinity of the paper bridge outside Hanoi, An Ye and his 20 French soldiers fell into the tragic situation of being surrounded by more than 1,000 Black Flag troops and engaged in white-knuckle warfare. An Ye fell into a trap during the battle, and after shooting out of pistol bullets, he was beheaded by the Black Flag Army who surrounded him. An Ye led the French army out of the city, killed 3 soldiers, An Ye's deputy Barney also lost his head in the melee, and the rest of the French army fought hard and broke through (1000 Black Flag soldiers surrounded 20 French soldiers, only 5 were killed, and the rest ran away, and the actual combat effectiveness of the brave and invincible Black Flag Army in many later film and television literary works is like this).

Sweeping through the north of Vietnam and opening up the Red River was just when the road was full of spring breeze, the sudden death of An Ye was like a sudden brake, which suddenly made the French in Vietnam a little helpless, and the originally arrogant aggression also stopped. But Lin Yizhe knew that things would definitely not stop there.

If it had been the British Empire, suffering as humiliation as the Battle of the Paper Bridge, it would have immediately launched a powerful retaliatory action, and the French were calm about the occurrence of this incident. The reason is very simple, the French Empire had just experienced a war with Prussia at that time, and its national strength was greatly damaged, and it did not want to carry out a large-scale war with foreign countries for the time being.

Different from the results of the Franco-Prussian War in history, this time under Lin Yizhe's "black box operation", France was not immediately swept away from the club of the great powers, France did not suffer the shame of defeat, temporarily prevented Prussia from unifying Germany, and the national glory of the Second Reich was also continued, but because the main battlefield was carried out in France itself, the French army not only suffered more casualties than in the original history, but also suffered a great blow to the economy, and it was difficult to recover for a while. The French government is reluctant to devote too much energy to the issue of Vietnam, which is on the far side of the world. But Lin Yizhe knows that this does not mean that France does not have this ability.

It must be known that in this conflict, Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan Province, who has a reputation for being tough and xenophobic, was involved in it. If this leads to a head-on conflict between China and France, not only will all its previous efforts be in vain, but China will lose its most important foreign aid in the face of Japanese invasion!

So for Lin Yizhe, the incident must not be allowed to escalate!

Now the French side is only a captain and a lieutenant who have died, and the French will not feel anything, but if it is an officer of the rank of colonel who dies, I am afraid that the French will not give up!

"I see, I didn't expect the matter to be so serious!" Hong Jun finished listening to Lin Yizhe's speech, his brows were already tightened, "If you start a provocation because of this, I am afraid it will be a big disaster for my country!" ”

"So this time, it's all up to Brother Tao." Lin Yizhe said, "I will write a letter to the Dharma Lord and his parents, and also ask Brother Tao Shi to pass it on for me. ”

"This matter cannot be relied on only Kunyu's letters, the French political system is different from ours, the legal lord has a heart for peace, and if the government's opinion is different from the monarch's, the monarch has to pay attention to it, so it is still necessary to negotiate." Hong Jun said, "Only with such a two-pronged approach can it work." ”

"What Brother Tao Shi said is extremely true." Hearing Hong Jun say such insightful words, Lin Yizhe secretly admired in his heart, "Brother Tao Shi has already understood the ins and outs of this matter, and when Brother Tao Shi negotiated with the French government, the main point that must be grasped is that An Ye is the commander of his own affairs, acting without authorization, and without the government's orders, he vainly occupies Hanoi and the surrounding ground, and forces the governor of An Nam to death, which is a serious crime." He was killed by the Annan army, but he was to blame. France must not refer to Annan and China in this way. The legal person is a reason, and Brother Tao Shi knows the benefits and harms, and he will not abolish the friendship between the two countries for one or two reckless people, and the matter will be done. ”

"I've written it down for my brother." Hong Jun nodded.

"Brother Tao Shi is going to France, it is better to put more effort into that Fantine royal sister." Lin Yizhe seriously suggested to Hong Jun, "If she can help Brother Tao Shi, she should get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Kunyu, this is going to the heart of my heart, haha!" Hong Jun laughed, "Kunyu thinks that he has worked hard for his brother to get the position of envoy to Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, what is he doing?" ”

"This is a matter of public and private interests, so why not?" Lin Yizhe also laughed.

While the two were talking, a maid in Chen Wan's room came to the living room, and after giving a salute to the two, she said to Hong Jun: "Lord Hong, Madame asks the slave to tell you that she is unstable and inconvenient to meet guests, and I want to ask Lord Hong to name the second lady." ”

"Yes, yes, Madame and I want to go together." Lin Yizhe also said happily, "Just ask Brother Tao Shi to give my newborn daughter a good name." ”

Hong Jun said happily: "Okay! Good! Good! Just grab a pen and paper! ”

The maid took the four treasures of the study for Hong Jun, Lin Yizhe sharpened the ink with his own hands, dipped the pen in ink for Hong Jun, and handed it to him.

"How about calling Lin Yuting?" Hong Jun asked.

"Good!" Lin Yizhe stroked his palms and praised, "Brother Tao's name is good, and his handwriting is also good!" I should keep this ink treasure for my daughter, thinking it is a family heirloom! ”

At this time, Lin Yizhe didn't know that at this time, an unexpected guest was carrying more unexpected "Mobao" on the way to Fuzhou.

"There seem to be more ships in this area than there used to be."

Standing on the deck of a passenger ship, Yanagihara Maemitsu looked at the passing ships and sailboats on the sea, and sighed at Mizuno beside him.

"This area was once a pirate-prone area, but now it has become a busy area for merchant ships to pass safely." Mizuno nodded, "The steam gunboats of the Qing Navy have already expelled all the pirates here. ”

"It turned out that the British Navy had a very headache, and I didn't expect it to be solved by the Qing Navy in such a short period of time. The speed at which the Qing navy developed was astonishing. Yanagihara said, "I now understand why Ito-kun is so worried. ”

Mizuno Noriya sighed, and neither of them spoke, but silently looked at the sea in the distance.

Not long after, the passenger ferry arrived at Mawei Port in Fuzhou, and Yanagihara Qianguang and others got off the ship, stood on the pier, looked at the surrounding scenery, and sighed.

He and Lin Yizhe met once, and it was here.

Recalling that unbearable experience, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Yanagihara Maemitsu's mouth.

But this time, his mood was completely different.

Yanagihara Maeguang settled down, called a carriage, went to buy a wreath first, and then went straight to Lin Yizhe's mansion.

As soon as he came to the Lin Mansion, what Liu Yuan saw in front of him was a vast white patch.

At this time, all the bright colors of the Lin Mansion were covered with white linen. The people who entered were all dressed in white and had white hats.

Yanagihara Maemitsu stepped forward and handed over his business card to the porter to inform him, and the porter saw the wreath among Yanagihara and his party, and understood that they were here to mourn, so he hurriedly welcomed these people from foreign countries into the courtyard, and then flew in to report.

Not long after, Lin Yizhe, who was dressed in a white filial piety suit, rushed out to greet him.

Seeing the sad look on Lin Yizhe's face, his eyes were red, Yanagihara Qianguang hurriedly stepped forward and comforted him a few words, Lin Yizhe was very moved, took Yanagihara Qianguang's hand, and welcomed Yanagihara and his party into Lin Puqing's mourning hall in the back hall.

Seeing the Lin Puqing tablet placed in the middle of the mourning hall, Yanagihara Qianguang waved his hand, and the entourage immediately stepped forward to put the wreaths he had just bought, and Lin Yizhe saw that among the signatures under these wreaths, the names of "Ito Hirobumi" and "Xiyuan Temple Gongwang" were listed, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Yanagihara Maemitsu did not bow to Lin Puqing's spiritual seat like the traditional Chinese ceremony to pay tribute to his relatives, but according to the traditional Japanese way, he led everyone to kneel in front of the spiritual seat, clapped his hands three times, bowed three times, and then burned incense in his hands, put his hands together, and after silently praying, he stepped forward and inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then got up.

Seeing Yanagihara Qianguang doing this meticulously, Lin Yizhe was surprised and moved.

After Yanagihara Maeko finished worshipping, he came to Lin Yizhe and bowed again.

"Please also ask Lin Jun to mourn the change!" Yanagihara said solemnly.

"Thank you, Mr. Yanagihara!" Lin Yizhe said gratefully and held Yanagihara Maemitsu's hand, Yanagihara Maemitsu could feel that his thanks were sincere and sincere, and he couldn't help but have a new impression of this person.