The establishment of the Chinese Empire gave Lin Haijiang an inexplicable sense of mission, just as the so-called name is not right, now that the name is correct, the words will naturally be smooth, but the official uniform of the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, the complement, and the Chaozhu Lin Haijiang are not willing to lose it, it is all bought back with their real money!

It's really not good, after Chaozhu is dismantled, it's good to use it as a glass ball for his son in the future! As soon as I mentioned my son Lin Haijiang, I remembered that the two little girls in the family who had already made a name and had a banquet had a big banquet, and they actually had concubines? Sometimes looking at the two jealous little girls, Lin Haijiang feels that they are really extremely happy.

Because Zijuan and Lily's only purpose is to make him happy, the two of them will naturally be happy when he is happy, and Lin Haijiang has the entire China and even the international strategy in his heart, and the diplomatic note to Britain, France and other countries has not yet been sent, and this matter Lin Haijiang handed over to a person who is still in the observation period.

Zhang Yunji, the chief master of Ye Mingchen, the former governor of Liangguang, was a guy who had received Lin Haijiang's benefits before, Zhang Yunji entrusted Ye Mingchen's door to serve under Lin Haijiang's door, Lin Haijiang's first sentence told Zhang Yunji that Lao Tzu was going to rebel, thinking that he could scare this half-old master, but Zhang Yunji let out a long breath and said: "If you don't rebel, I won't come there!" I don't do anything that doesn't come in. ”

Lin Haijiang must admit that Zhang Yunji has a talent for foreign teachers and is empathetic, so he knows what you are thinking about in a blink of an eye, what is the top gold paper fan among the Shaoxing masters who have been working for thirty years, but Zhang Yunji also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, he loves money too much, but fortunately, he also has a loyalty.

In Lin Haijiang's view, Zhang Yunji can be regarded as a strange person, greed and loyalty are all in one, a typical complex of contradictions.

In the seven days after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lin Haijiang has been busy preparing for the recovery of Hainan, for Lin Haijiang to recover Hainan is not difficult, the difficult thing is how to build Hainan Island and build roads? Laying railways? Mining? Addressing local historical legacies? Solving the Historical Ethnic Question? It seems that there are a lot of things that need to be solved urgently.

The entire fleet for the transportation of Hainan Island was already in charge of his father Lin Hanlin, but the identity of the old man had changed from a merchant to the head of the Imperial Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and twelve third-class battleships and thirty-six fourth- and fifth-class cruisers constituted the main force of the old port transport fleet.

These battleships and cruisers were selected by Lin Haijiang to be the best after several major battles, and when he took Ato Nahito and Tokugawa Sakurako to visit the battleships that were to be handed over, these warships had been transferred in advance, and Lin Haijiang's actions could be said to be a frank gesture of goodwill to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Lin Haijiang already had a deep impression of the humble, self-deprecating, and lack of self-confidence of this era, and said that he was far from the arrogant and extremely confident expansion of the First Sino-Japanese War, and in their eyes China was absolutely invincible, and China was still mythologized by the businessmen who came and went between China.

China's richness also makes him extremely envious, a low-level samurai family can only take out rice every year at the time of the annual festival, for them who can only eat black beans, it is a kind of happiness to be able to eat a real white rice, if it is on the streets of Guangzhou, even a beggar will not think that eating a meal of rice is happiness, and this is the gap, a gap that cannot be bridged.

Lin Haijiang was very generous and domineering in the affairs of the shogunate, and treated the shogunate as if it were his own vassal state, and the venison, pheasant, fox, tiger skin, emerald, and crystal that Tokugawa Ieshige brought with him when he visited in person before were according to the standard of tribute to the Celestial Empire.

Lin Haijiang did not treat them badly, and according to the generosity of the Celestial Empire, he gave them 50,000 grenades and 3,000 rifles, so that they could carry out the great cause of the civil war more vigorously.

Regarding the fact that he did not invite Tokugawa Iemoko to become the head of the Chinese Empire, Lin Haijiang's reaction was that they were not worthy, but for Tokugawa Iemo's sister Tokugawa Sakurako, Lin Haijiang felt good, because the women of this era all had legendary radish legs, and he was the first time he had seen a woman with a pair of white and straight long legs, and it was said that Ma Jiang was very interested in this Tokugawa Sakurako.

Lin Haijiang deliberately created a few opportunities, but he had no choice but to fall into the flowers and deliberately flow ruthlessly, Lin Haijiang's suggestion to Ma Jiang was to directly send troops to press down and strip off the tied bed, come to a bully and make a bow, wipe her mouth and pants and refuse to admit it, let her cry and shout and beg us, and then consider taking a concubine.

Lin Haijiang's earnest education was quite shocking to Ma Jiang, and the two brothers discussed it for a few days and finally did not dare to put it into practice, and finally Ma Jiang took advantage of the wine to ask Lin Haijiang if he had done such a thing? Why is the head the Tao? As a result, Lin Haijiang told him that he was only a theory, and the rest was up to you to figure it out, and as a result, Ma Jiang turned to pursue a Prussian female technician? In terms of language, it is still a chicken and a duck that don't match the words, but this time it's obviously a pair of dogs and a man, just a little bit.

It can be said that Lin Haijiang is already full of confidence, and it is imperative to recover Hainan Island, just when the fleet is about to anchor and set off, he received a very unexpected information, Xianfeng did not survive until 1861, to be precise, he died on December 15, 1857! Xianfeng's death was originally very conducive to Lin Haijiang's recovery of Hainan, but now compared to the Qing court's face has not been torn, his own appointment as the head of the Chinese Empire can be said to be very low-key, and finally Lin Haijiang decided to slightly postpone the recovery of Hainan in order to not change the situation.

Lin Haijiang knew very well that Emperor Xianfeng did three major things before his death in history, one was to establish the emperor's eldest son Zaichun as the crown prince. The second is to order the former ministers Zaiyuan, Ruihua, and Jingshou, the university scholar Sushun, and the ministers of military aircraft, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying, as the ministers of state in Zanxiang, and the eight ministers controlled the political situation. The third is to award the empress Niu Hulu with the "imperial reward" seal, and the crown prince Zaichun with the "Tongdaotang" seal (under the control of Cixi). After the minister drafted the decree, he had to stamp the "imperial reward" and "Tongdaotang" seals, which directly led to the conflict between the eight ministers and the queen mother of the two palaces.

In history, after Emperor Xianfeng was buried, in the name of Emperor Tongzhi, Empress Xiaozhen was honored as the Empress Dowager, that is, the Queen Mother, and Concubine Yi was honored as the Empress Dowager of Xiaoqin, that is, the Queen Mother.

Soon, the follow-up information came over, because the information was transmitted for too long, it had lost the value of the information, and these information were intermittent, so that Lin Haijiang could only know from it that the two palaces really joined forces with Prince Gong to cut off the eight ministers, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Su Shun were removed from their knighthoods, and handed over to the Zongren Mansion, and together with the scholars, Jiuqing, Han, Zhan, Ke, and Dao to be convicted, they were executed according to the great law Ling Chi. Cixi, who was known as the Empress Dowager of Xiaoqin, changed the two princes of Zaiyuan and Duanhua to commit suicide. Duanhua's brother Su Shun changed to a beheading decision. The remaining five were originally planned to be dismissed from their posts and sent to Xinjiang Province to atone for their crimes.

Prince Gong was appointed as the king of parliament and the minister of military aircraft. Subsequently, the Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Xiang asked the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to listen to the government.

The Qing court was turned upside down, and the two palaces joined forces to kill the Manchurian relatives and nobles, Lin Haijiang could only say that this situation was very beneficial to him, and at the same time it was more powerful for Zeng Guofan, who was Zeng Guofan? Great Confucian, who can be called the most proficient official in the Manchu Qing court, may not be the fastest, but his position is the most stable, and he knows how to advance and retreat the most.

For Zeng Guofan and his Beiyang, Lin Haijiang has long attached importance to it from a strategic point of view, and for Li Hongzhang, who has not yet become a climate, Lin Haijiang is ready to strike at and suppress it, and if he can't do it, he will directly use force.

Lin Haijiang knows that he doesn't have the so-called Wang Ba's spirit, and it is a joke to want these people to be loyal to him, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang are not full of poetry and books, and have been studying the Analects, universities, and the mean all their lives, I am afraid that his few words with incendiary surnames have not yet achieved their purpose, and they will be dumbfounded by others, and the views of modern thought and modern oral narrative are fundamentally two tracks, and there is no debate at all, and it takes a lot of effort to explain if you want the other party to understand what you mean.

When Lin Haijiang made his final judgment, he was surprised by a holy decree that he was rushed from Gyeonggi to Guangzhou through 800 miles and then sent to the old port by speedboat. Headpiece? Dazzling? Give me a yellow coat? Purple bridles? Feng Zhong Yongbo? Lin Mu Yipin ordered that the Nanyang Navy Division admiral the military affairs of the Southeast Navy Division, and Lin Haijiang was the prime minister of Nanyang affairs, but this so-called will actually had a strong personal meaning.

This graceful decree made Lin Haijiang a little inexplicable? Xianfeng went crazy before, desperately suppressing himself? And now the two palaces are vigorously rewarding themselves? returned the previous salty harvest, and even increased the reward?

Lin Haijiang felt a little ridiculous about this so-called imperial mental trick, this was a very obvious delay tactic, but on the whole, this holy decree came very timely, and the governor's southeast coastal defense was equivalent to indirectly gaining control of Hainan and Taiwan? The Qing court can't be so stupid, right? Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to send what he urgently needed to the door? But that doesn't matter anymore.

The most important thing is that Hainan and Taiwan can be obtained under peaceful conditions, after all, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and shouting and shouting to kill their own people is also what Lin Haijiang does not want to see.

However, Lin Haijiang was still a little surprised by this obvious will of Lan'er Cixi that he had seen back then, and there were different opinions on Cixi's cultural level in history, some people said that she had a very high level of education, and some people said that she had no culture, but Lin Haijiang thought that it was necessary to look at it relatively, just this not very regular will can be seen that Cixi still has some skills, otherwise it would be impossible to help Xianfeng review the rules.

In the early days of her reign, with the assistance of Wang Yixin, she rectified the rule of officials and reused Han Chen, relying on Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and other Han ministers, and with the support of foreign powers, she successively suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Twist Army, the Miao Min, and the Hui uprisings, alleviating the biggest ruling crisis of the Qing court.

However, in order to maintain the feudal rule, she reused the Westernists, developed some military and civilian industries, and trained the navy and army to strengthen the power of the regime with the policy of self-improvement and seeking wealth. Objectively, it has played a certain positive role in China's modernization.

However, because Cixi knew little about the advanced science and technology of the West, she also made many stupid decisions that hindered the progress of the Westernization Movement; Moreover, when the reform may damage her rule, she supports the diehards to contain the Westernists in order to strengthen the centralization of power, it can be said that Cixi is an idealistic power-holder, so in the face of her so-called will, Lin Haijiang can only smile calmly, this kind of woman who is rolling in the political whirlpool will have a sincere relationship?

Twenty-three-year-old Cixi, twenty-five-year-old Ci'an, twenty-nine-year-old Prince Gong, a huge country in the hands of these three people? Lin Haijiang was really worried, and he completely forgot that he was only twenty-four years old!

In Lin Haijiang's view, since the Qing court has already lowered the curtain and listened to the government, it seems that a part of history is still on the original track, Lin Haijiang finally decided to set off at anchor and set off on Hainan Island, and now there is nothing to stop him.

On January 22, 1859, the huge ironclad fleet of the Chinese Empire had set sail for the transport fleet behind it, and the front of the army was directed towards Hainan Island.

When passing through Hong Kong, Lin Haijiang deliberately organized a fleet to add coal and water, and the sailors disembarked to rest! And Dalhousie with Dumont. Ruseff hosted a very lively ball dinner for Lin Haijiang, which was set up on the foredeck of the Zhenyuan ship.

It can be said that today's reception is no way, and people with long brains know that this evil star will definitely not go on an outing this time, and stay in Hong Kong with himself and Dumont. The meeting with Rotherff is also easy to cause a misunderstanding to the outside world, just like the Dutch incident, the outside world is surprised that Britain and France are behind the back, and Lin Haijiang's old port is the black hand, and Britain and France actually did not get much benefit after carving up the sphere of influence controlled by the Netherlands, but on the contrary, they were regarded as the masterminds.

It can be said that the fish is fishy instead of eating! Today, Lin Haijiang's fleet can be said to be pouring out, and there are two behemoths in it that they have never seen before? In this regard, Dalhousie with Dumont. Ruseff was extremely shocked, they knew that these were the two giant ships that Lin Haijiang had ordered at the Prussian Hamburg shipyard.

It is precisely because of these two warships that the Empire's shipbuilding plan has been greatly adjusted, and the best weapons to compete with the giant ships are larger warships and larger caliber guns.

But at the moment Dalhousie is the same as Dumont. Rousseff was already stunned by the 360-millimeter cannons of the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan ships! It can be said that this is the first time that Britain and France have known about the existence of such a giant cannon, and this information is too crucial for Britain and France, and the Krupp artillery factory in Prussia is able to make a 360-mm cannon? What is this concept?

Dalhousie and Dumont. Ruseff was already a little unthinkable, as if the two old empires of Britain and France were already lagging behind the new Prussia in this respect. Rousseff was also extremely shocked to learn that there were no French either! This made Dalhousie secretly relieved, although Prussia has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, the emerging countries will never be able to compete with the old empire in terms of strategic layout and resources, and even economic industry.

Although Lin Haijiang's old port forces are showing their teeth and claws, it can only be said that because the strategic focus of the empire is not in the east, and the empire attaches more importance to the investment-harvest ratio of obtaining benefits, the implication is that the empire does not like to lose money, this invasion is obviously a huge loss-making business, the British surname is always so terrible, since they have lost money, the British began to think about how to reduce losses, instead of investing more capital to make money like normal gamblers.

In Dalhousie's subconscious, the French and Prussians were the real threats to the empire, and Lin Haijiang was at best a lucky man who recognized the power of the new warships.

For Lin Haijiang's deliberate show-off, Dalhousie and Dumont, who have already stayed in Hong Kong. Rousseff was so depressed that he was so bold as to use a third-class battleship as a transport ship? But those familiar looking warships made Dumont. Rotherf and Dalhousie could always feel the inexplicable heartache.

After the repatriation of the prisoners of war, the British and French parliaments issued a question on how to redeem the captured warships, but because of Lin Haijiang's sky-high asking price, no agreement was finally reached.

Dalhousie was proud to recognize the totem of the dragon, China's oldest sacred animal. After Rossef showed off, Dalhousie asked Lin Haijiang: "Mr. Lin, the flag of your old port is much more beautiful and atmospheric than the Tuanlong flag of the Great Qing Kingdom, but I am curious about those stars, what do they mean?" ”

Lin Haijiang smiled happily, he knew that the diplomatic note on the establishment of the Chinese Empire had not yet been submitted to Britain, France and other countries, and the purpose of postponing the submission of the diplomatic note was to avoid falling into passivity, after all, the principle of international diplomacy is basically based on strength, and speaking with strength, so Lin Haijiang changed the decision to attack Hainan and submit a diplomatic note at the same time, asking Britain and France to give recognition to the Chinese Empire.

Lin Haijiang believed that after he completely occupied Hainan Island, he would be more powerful to himself in sending this note.

Thinking of this, Lin Haijiang said with a smile: "The five stars around the dragon totem represent the old port, Ryukyu, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Hainan Island!" ”

Dalhousie said meaningfully, "Lin! You're greedy! Even Taiwan is included? ”

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "Greed is the driving force of human progress, this Ryukyu, Taiwan, the old port, Indonesia, and Hainan Island have been my inseparable sacred territory of China since ancient times, and I am just exercising sovereignty now!" ”

Dumont on the side. Ruseff frowned when he heard this, so he said coldly: "When did the old port, Java, and Indonesia also become the territory of the Qing State?" ”

(To be continued)