The Qing declared war on the Netherlands. Did the Qing state declare war on the Netherlands? The Qing Kingdom has declared war on the Netherlands!

The French are confused and hesitant, what are the Qing people doing? The Russians were dumbfounded, the Qing State had just finished fighting them, and they were going to fight the Netherlands, what did the Qing people want to do? The Americans trembled, what does it mean for the Qing Kingdom to do this? The Germans were at a loss, and the Qing did this, so should they continue to support the Qing people or restrict the Qing people in the future? ……

All the countries of the world were overwhelmed by the sudden declaration of war by the Qing State, and the Netherlands was already old, and it was impossible for the Netherlands to be the opponent of the Qing State with its dispensable or wooden Far East Fleet in the Far East. The Dutch army was no match for the Qing army, which could defeat the Russian Cossack cavalry, not to mention that the Chinese everywhere there could provide intelligence and support to the Qing army. The Qing declaration of war had been officially submitted to the Dutch minister, which meant that the Dutch influence in the Far East would be swept away by the Qing people.

The defeat of the Dutch in the Qing-Dutch War was assured, but the Dutch must have represented the white people as well. Qing declared war on the Netherlands and undoubtedly slapped all whites in the face, when did the yellow race dare to challenge the white race? Whites felt humiliated by the yellow race.

In addition to the Qing and Britain, there were also Spain and France around the South China Sea, but their Far East Fleet was no match for the Qing in terms of total tonnage, number of guns, and ship capacity. Because the Qing took the opportunity of going south to find the missing treasure for the British, they put the Pacific Fleet and the South Sea Fleet into the South China Sea. In this way, the Qing had three battleships, five heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and as many as 10 destroyers in the South China Sea. With such a huge sea force, even in the face of the strongest British Far East Fleet, it has the strength to fight a war. Thereupon. All eyes are on Britain, and the reaction of Britain, as the world hegemon, has become a bellwether for other countries.

The British response can be described in one word – annoyed and angry. The treasure that was brought back to China was intercepted by pirates on the way, which was already very infuriating. As a result, so many countries are on the sea, and since they can't find any clues, this is annoying. But your Qing Kingdom declared war on the white people at this time, doesn't this slap the face of the British Empire? How not to be angry. So a telegram from the British government was sent to the British minister to China, Ogna, ordering him to withdraw the Qing fleet from Indonesia now, immediately, and immediately.

In fact, Ogner was already shocked when he learned that the Qing Kingdom had declared war on the Netherlands, and he entered the palace to meet Guangxu in the afternoon of the same day. Shi Tong, who severely criticized the Qing State for destroying peace, had already made this request. But Guangxu's answer made him unable to refute.

"I also regret the declaration of war on the Netherlands. However, I had made a formal protest to the Dutch Minister two days earlier, and had made it clear that I would bear the consequences. Mr. Ogna also knows the results. The Qing Dynasty was neglected by the Dutch. Therefore, in order to protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese in the Qing Dynasty, I can only make this decision. The Qing Kingdom has just ended its dispute with Russia, and I have just calmed down the chaos in the country. In fact, at this time, the Qing Dynasty hoped for peace the most. ”

Protests have been protested, and time has been given. The final bottom line also shows that the result has been ignored. If this had been placed in Britain, war would have been inevitable. No matter what Ogener said, Guangxu was a diplomatic rhetoric. Ogener said too much, and Guangxu was not happy. It was the Dutch who started the war, not you British. Why are you a British minister in China more anxious than a Dutch minister? Ogener proposed that the British Far East Fleet mediate the war. As the British Empire, it is incumbent upon us to work for world peace.

Guangxu praised Ogner's idea of serving the common good, and at the same time stated that there was no need for the British Far East Fleet to mediate, as long as the Dutch government stated that the Chinese under their rule would enjoy national treatment. Upon receipt of this statement, the Qing State will immediately withdraw all Indonesian forces.

Ogner went back satisfied, and he sent the results of this conversation back to China, but what he did not expect to receive was a rebuke from home. National Treatment? Do you want the yellow race to be treated the same as the white race? Ogna cried out that he was deceived by Guangxu's diplomatic rhetoric.

Angry in his heart but calm on the surface, Ogner chose a formal diplomatic procedure, and asked Guangxu in the Taihe Palace: "'The Celestial Empire has abandoned the people. He did not hesitate to carry the tomb of his ancestors and go abroad for profit. The court didn't even ask.'" This is what Emperor Qianlong said in 1740, and the Qing country has always been allowed to follow the teachings of the ancestors. Has Your Majesty forgotten? ”

"Qianlong knows a fart, do you think I'm as stupid as him. Qianlong was an outcast of the Celestial Empire, and now I say that those are Chinese wanderers overseas. I have never forgotten that the Chinese in Nanyang are also Chinese, and as the Chinese government, we must provide protection to the best of our ability. Guangxu said very resolutely and heroically: "I want to ask Mr. Minister, if your people left the country to do business in our Qing Dynasty, is that an outcast of the British?" ”

Ogener has and can't forget Guangxu's short-lived smile when he finished the last sentence, and behind that smile represents Guangxu's hope that Ogener will answer: Yes. In this way, Guangxu could openly rob the British in the Qing Dynasty without any care, and Ogener believed that Guangxu would do so. Because since the disappearance of Nanyang treasures, there have been many more inexplicable Chinese outside the major British banks in China.

Of course, Ogner did not dare to say yes, what he said was: "Please pay attention to the words Your Majesty, it will anger the British Empire." ”

Guangxu said loudly: "But the Dutch are despising my Daqing, this is a humiliation to my Daqing." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Ogner to react, Guangxu continued: "China has been fighting for 5,000 years. So the Chinese don't like war, but they are not afraid of it. We will not occupy an inch of Dutch land, nor do we expect the Chinese to enjoy the same treatment as the Dutch, but the Dutch must ensure that the Chinese in Nanyang must at least have the same treatment as the local natives. If not, then the Qing Dynasty could only find someone who agreed to this condition to replace the Netherlands. I think they might be able to do it in France or Germany. ”

After speaking, he stepped down from the dragon chair and said close to Ogner: "Don't forget, there are 40,000 people in the Qing Dynasty." After saying that, he walked out the door.

Forty thousand! Ogna chuckled inwardly. That's more than the entire British Empire. once dared to go to war with the Qing State, which was to take advantage of the already precarious Manchu and Han disputes within the Qing State. Today's Qing State, under the leadership of this emperor, has been united. Really want to fight an all-out war...... Ogna didn't dare to think about it anymore. As for the Dutch. If the Qing State really won't occupy the land of Nanyang, then it's better to return it to the Dutch. Otherwise, if France or Germany were to take over the island, the British Empire would be fully challenged.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment......" Ogner hurriedly wanted to pull Guangxu who was leaving.

"Mr. Ogna, I think the emperor has made it very clear. The Chinese in Nanyang were to be treated at least the same as the local natives, and if the Dutch could not agree, then the Qing Dynasty would have to go to France or Germany. Wu Tingfang made a move to stop Ogna.

As the Emperor, the final verdict on the matter has been made. Once the final bottom line is set, the specific negotiation matters will naturally be handled by the minister. After some talking, Wu Tingfang emphasized that the Qing State had no intention of the land in Nanyang: treatment. The Chinese in Nanyang had to be treated in the same way as the local natives. During the conversation, Wu Tingfang quietly changed his wording, from the emperor's necessary guarantee to his obligation.

Ogener was satisfied with Qing Guo's statement, but he disagreed with Wu Tingfang's necessity. Because the guarantee is waiting for change, and the acquisition is obtained on the initiative. Besides, Ogener must have been the British minister. He is not yet Lord of Holland. So he needed time to explain to the British government and inform the Dutch government. What Ogener didn't expect was that he walked out of the door of the Qing Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the front foot, and Tang Shaoyi hosted a banquet for the French and German ministers on the back foot.

Ogner returned to the legation, grabbed a piece of porcelain and was about to fall to the ground. But think about it, forget it, although this is an imitation, it must be something rewarded by the Qing Emperor, and he can only be angry and scold the group of fools in the parliament. It's just that when did the Qing Dynasty become bold enough to start a war with foreigners?

In Ogner's opinion. The Qing State has a huge population and abundant resources, as long as it maintains a good diplomatic situation with the Qing State. The Qing Dynasty could have become the second jewel in the crown of the British Empire after India. As a result, British businessmen's investments and earnings in China have begun to increase dramatically thanks to his efforts. It took only two years for the Qing state to concentrate the nation's efforts to complete the railway from Beijing to Guangzhou, and because of the sudden increase in freight traffic between the north and the south, the Qing state had already begun to discuss with the original contractors of various countries the proposal to build a double line. As a result, because of a warship resale incident, the construction rights of the Shanghai-Hunan Railway were handed over to the Germans by the Qing people in retaliation. Jiangnan, which was supposed to be the British sphere of influence, was forcibly stuffed into a Germany, and the construction of the railway from Guangzhou to Jiaozhi made the French extend their tentacles. As a result, instead of adjusting its China policy, the government forcibly closed down the "Shi Ji Bao" newspaper in the British Concession in Shanghai, which always advertised what Britain had done again. Do newspapers have to be opened in the British Concession? I didn't see that people directly chartered several courtyards in the Chinese border, and a squad of royal guards stood guard for others. The result? Qing Guo directly signed a Lend-Lease Agreement for Mirs Bay with Germany. Now there are fewer and fewer Chinese willing to enter the British Concession, and it is becoming more and more difficult for British merchants to recruit workers in their factories, and even Chinese who have deposits in British banks in China will be beaten inexplicably after walking out of the gates, until they withdraw their deposits and deposit them in the Daqing Bank. Although not a penny of the beaten person was robbed, the deposits of the British banks in China were getting smaller and smaller, and if it were not for the fact that the foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty still needed to carry out capital transactions from the British banks in China, perhaps the British banks in China would have closed their doors directly.

Is it worth it for Japan to offend the Qing Dynasty so much? There is nothing wrong with a regional balance policy, but can Japan balance the Qing Dynasty? The British Empire used its own strength to cut off the passage for the Qing to purchase new warships, so that Japan's new fleet was more powerful than the Qing navy, but the parliament could not see that Japan, which had lost Korea, could only smuggle grain from the Qing at high prices at the risk of being searched. Japan thought that with a strong fleet, it could do whatever it wanted, but was the British government stupid to the point of this? The Japanese, who couldn't even eat enough, went to challenge the Qing Kingdom, and the joke was not like that.

Ogner was very irritable, in fact, Guangxu was also very irritable, he had already stood in Cining Palace all morning. I was taken aback when I got out of the court early in the morning, since Cixi, who had never been out of the Summer Palace, had gone to Cining Palace with Cihui, and asked Guangxu to go to Cining Palace for questioning. said that it was just a question, why did Emperor Gao Zongren become a fool when he came to Guangxu? However, this question derives from a series of questions about ancestral teachings, ancestors, and the status of the Nanyang Chinese. The world situation and the overall strategy of the country's external penetration cannot be said or discussed, and even if it is said, it is not something that these two old ladies who have never stepped out of the palace gate can understand. can only put the matter of robbing the Dutch treasury out, but the old ladies are not happy, you are already the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and you are still short of this little money. Guangxu couldn't explain clearly, he didn't do anything in the morning, and his legs were weak.

In order to avoid continuing to be attacked by the old ladies in the afternoon, Guangxu turned around and left the palace after lunch.

The university hall can not have the same troubles as the British, although they are dissatisfied with the imperial court and a piece of land in the concession, but it has further inspired the students to strive for a strong country. After the graduation ceremony, the students will spend their last night in the University Hall tonight, and they will go their separate ways tomorrow after dawn. Those who are selected as official historians after the big examination will report to the history department, and then accept appointments to serve in various places. Those who are not selected will not stay in the university hall to teach, but will also return home and start taking over the family business, and their expertise will be needed by the major businesses that are not very good. This is the first class of regular graduates, and their solid knowledge not only opens up good prospects for themselves, but also makes officials and businessmen from all over the world fight for them.

Zhang Zhidong said that Zhili is the key place of the country, and the students of the university hall must be selected by him first. Liu Kunyi said that the Northeast is rich in resources, and it is the land of Longxing, which is an important place for the development of heavy industry, and it must not be careless. Now they are sitting in the history department, arguing over who will choose someone first. These two are the lords that the old ministers can't afford to offend, and Yan Fu, as a new official, must be the emperor's heart-to-heart minister, so he naturally has some small means. But now he is sitting at the military plane and complaining to Li Hongzhang, the premier of the current dynasty, about the violent beating of Li Yuanhong, the incoming governor of Guangzhou.

When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Li Yuanhong was only the second officer of the Guangjia ship. In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the ship was sunk by a Japanese ship, and Li Touhai was rescued, which won the favor of the Qing court officials and entered Guangxu's eyes at this time. Li Yuanhong, who was originally preparing to send the Nanyang Marquis, was sent to Guangzhou by Guangxu to repair the port for the Nanyang Fleet. When he was in office, he persuaded the governor of Liangguang, Tan Zhonglin, to develop industry. At the time of the Guangzhou Rebellion, he was also promoted to the governor of Guangdong by Guangxu because of his proper handling (in fact, it was a proper transportation and interception of British treasures), and now he is about to take office. Although Yan Fu has actually received the two rivers, his official position is still the title of the Jiangsu Governor to receive the two rivers on behalf of the governor. It's not that Guangxu forgot, but that Li Hongzhang thinks that such a promotion to Yan Fu will lead to pride and complacency, and he is suspected of killing. Therefore, with the support of Tan Zhonglinxing, the governor of Liangguang, Li Yuanhong was beaten because he was intercepted by Yan Fu.

In addition to these people, the governors of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces, the governors of Huguang, and others all folded their heads to set up industries and asked the Ministry of History to send personnel to take up posts. The fold in front of him is very thick, Li Hongzhang is now full of lawsuits, and the Qing Dynasty, which has been moving step by step for thousands of years, has changed. The Qing State, which experienced the Sino-Japanese War and the Sino-Russian War, gained too much confidence from the two victories, and the emperor himself was starting an industry, which attracted the world to follow suit. Coupled with the emperor's deliberate guidance from the shipbuilding industry, ten years of foreign affairs are not comparable to the development of these two years, and he can no longer understand the world. And the emperor didn't even look at the fold he handed over, so he threw it back to him for processing, and said that he, the prime minister, couldn't do anything well. For this kind of change in the country, Guangxu is still happy to see it. Although no matter how carefully we guide the industrial layout, after all, the country is still too big and the talent is too small, and it is inevitable that there will be repeated investment and wrong investment. Guangxu believes that this is also the inevitable process of the country moving from a traditional agricultural society to an industrial society, and now the state has external funds for blood transfusion, which can afford to pay the tuition.

Is the emperor going to abandon him? But when Li Hongzhang used the power of the prime minister to forcibly distribute students, which caused dissatisfaction among the governors in various places, the emperor openly supported him in the court: "This is a matter within the scope of the prime minister's authority, since the prime minister has decided that I will not interfere anymore." He also accused him in court of having the courage to 'want to be a marquis three thousand miles away'.

It's not that he, Li Hongzhang, has lost the courage of the past, but that the Qing Dynasty has completely changed under the leadership of the emperor. The chimneys of the Great Qing Dynasty are towering, the locomotives of the Great Qing Dynasty are roaring, the Great Qing Dynasty dares to declare war on foreigners, and the Great Qing Dynasty is no longer like the Great Qing Dynasty. (To be continued......) u