Saudiel's Far East plan failed again, and the British Royal Navy refused to cooperate with him in the armed exploration. Regardless of whether it is determined that the Chinese are playing tricks in the end, they cannot afford to lose expensive capital warships again and again. In particular, the whole boat is gone, the price is extremely tragic, and no one can make a reasonable explanation if no one carries the black pot.

However, because of the ambiguity of the investigation results, Sa Daoyi was lucky to escape and was not made a scapegoat. In addition, the Far East has now become a mud pit, and no one wants to jump into it and get stained with a stain that cannot be washed away, so no "brave" diplomat has jumped out and taken the initiative to take Sa Daoyi's place.

This allows Mr. Minister to continue his important role. However, the envoys of the Great Powers and the members of the Observer Mission, who were also in Japan, gloated over the great losses suffered by the British.

Sa Daoyi was not willing to fail, and he did not want to step down with a body of humiliation, and the revolutionary military government headed by Yang Hao became an opponent that he had to defeat. After trying to persuade the countries to join him in continuing to arm and try to fail, and determined that there was no better way to break the situation, Sa Daoyi had to turn his attention to another strategy again.

After careful consideration, he wrote a long letter to the current Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, in which he elaborated in detail and carefully on the necessity of joining forces to block the Chinese Revolutionary Army.

Sa Daoyi pointed out almost alarmistly: "If the revolutionary army led by Yang Hao cannot be restrained immediately and resolutely by means, they will surely control the whole of China." We all know what a terrible thing a nationalist can do with a fanatical crowd of 400 million! The Indian security line that you and your loyal followers seek will inevitably be severely challenged. The terrible consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, I sincerely request. You can join us in hand. Create an unbreakable barrier to the fortunes of the British Empire for a hundred years. ”

Sadoyi's words are very tactful. But he made things clear. He asked Lord Curzon to give full play to the power he wielded, mobilize troops and horses from India into Tibet, forcibly seize the control of the plateau, and then condescendingly swept in, opened the main road of Sichuan to invade China, and completed the great feat of British invasion of China from the mainland.

Fearing that the other side would not know enough about the situation, he described the current political situation of China in great detail, especially emphasizing the half-century-long operation of British diplomats. A large number of hands and feet were buried in the Manchu court that retreated to Shaanxi. As long as the two sides worked together, he was sure to persuade the Qing court to back down from its interests in Tibet in exchange for help from the British Empire. When the time comes, the two sides will be integrated, and with the help of the foundation of the two lakes in Sichuan and Shaanxi, they will inevitably be able to create a strong confrontation capital.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not bear the defeat in the end, the British still had Kang in their hands, and it was appropriate to advance and retreat. No matter how powerful the revolutionary junta is, it will be extremely difficult for them to seize it in the face of the cruel environment of the plateau.

Expand your territory. The battle for a bigger market and turf is for every British. It is carved into the bone marrow and integrated into the blood of the mission and desire. This barbarian race, which began with the growth of exiled mob prisoners and was thoroughly baptized by Celtic culture, no matter how bright the cloak of civilization is, cannot change the true nature of robbery and killing in their bones.

When Lord Curzon received Sadaoyi's letter, he felt the feeling that he had found a soulmate.

In fact, he himself has been seeking to build a so-called security barrier for India, attempting to invade the Tibetan Plateau from Sikkim and Bhutan, and then use it as a base to intervene in the western frontier, so as to form a confrontation with the Tsarist forces that are trying to move south, preventing it from annexing the vast western territory.

Great power game, seeking the overall situation. The British played this game perfectly.

Lord Curzon was so impressed with Saddau's vision that he immediately sent the political commissioner Younghusband and the Sikkim commissioner, John Wing, who was on vacation. Claude. White summoned and appointed Younghusband as a commissioner to lead an "expedition" of more than 300 people to Kangzang to explore the route to the interior.

Subsequently, Major General MacDonald was the commander, commanding 3,000 soldiers as the main force, followed by thugs.

According to Lord Curzon's calculations, in order to discover the beauty of the Kang-Tibet Plateau and to verify the evidence of ancient civilization and legends, the so-called "expedition" of Commissioner Younghusband will inevitably go deep into various areas of Tibet with great dedication and study the root cause. That will inevitably touch on the taboo of some locals.

And the thirteenth dalai, who was still very resolute in his resistance to the English in this era, must have resisted their seemingly blasphemous behavior. When the two sides clashed, the "expedition" certainly had to defend the dignity of the British Empire, and "had to" resist.

A small amount of blocking power, they can be forcibly broken with advanced and superior equipment. But if the other side gathers a large number of troops, then the main force of Major General MacDonald can come in handy openly.

The plan was perfect, and Younghusband and MacDonald immediately packed up their equipment and prepared to go.

In December 1897, Youngmer's "expedition" crossed the Zelila Pass and easily captured Pari, and soon after, Tona.

More than 1,000 people led by the Latins and Langserin sent by the Kang-Tibetan government launched a counterattack, and the main force led by Major General MacDonald immediately followed. In the face of all-round overwhelming force, the British still did not forget to play tricks, and deceived the Tibetan soldiers who did not know advanced weapons into extinguishing the arquebus in the name of negotiation. Then the British used the remaining bullets in the chamber of their guns to carry out a one-sided massacre of the Tibetan soldiers who only had burning sticks in their hands! Thousands of Tibetan soldiers died under the hungry guns of the British!

By February 1898, the British army had forced into Gyantse and confronted the tens of thousands of Tibetan troops that had gathered to confront them.

At this time, Younghusband secretly contacted Nachin, the minister in Tibet, and conveyed the purpose of the British Empire to him through a letter.

"We are not worried about the security of India, and we intend to cooperate with the Qing court to jointly defend the stability of the western frontier. He also intends to promote friendly neighbors and fight against lawlessness and rebellion. ”

In a word, the British Empire came to help for the stability and national glory of the Qing Dynasty.

Nachin wasn't shrewd, but he wasn't stupid, and he knew it was too big. It's not something that a petty official like him can make decisions at all. On the one hand, he ordered the Tibetan army to continue to resist the British attack. At the same time, an urgent telegram was sent to the two palaces in Xi'an. State the intentions of the British.

At this time, the two palaces of the Qing court were no longer the panicked wolves who fled in a hurry. With the help of the 50,000 troops left by Yuan Shikai, they smoothly completed the armed suppression of Shanxi and Western Xinjiang provinces, and then expropriated a large amount of assets, rebuilt the imperial palace in Xi'an, and restored their extravagant life.

China's vast land and vast resources, and the brutal rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, formed a comprehensive and overwhelming deterrent to the lower classes. Therefore, no matter how hurtful the Manchu Qing Dynasty's looting methods are. After all, only a very small number of people have the ability to resist.

Moreover, the land reform promoted by the revolutionary army in East and North China has spread to every corner. I heard that the big landlords and local tyrants and gentry will lose their privileges, and they will even openly collect evidence of crimes, raid their homes and kill their heads, which even scared the gentry in the northwest into six gods.

At this time, the loyal Hanchen within the Manchu court came into play, and they carefully fabricated many rumors, which were quickly spread by people about the so-called land reform of the revolutionary army. It is simply a matter of killing the rich and helping the poor, no different from the untouchable rebellion since ancient times!

"If the revolutionary army comes. If you don't fight hard, your house will be destroyed, your relatives will die, your ancestral graves will be dug up and gold and silver will be looted, and your daughters will be taken captive to serve as military prostitutes! This is the catastrophe of thousands of years of Chinese Sven, the purgatory of the Chinese honor, if you want to break free and seek peace, you must help the imperial court to protect it. In this way, the ethics are eternal, and the blessings can be expected to ...... for a long time. ”

If you want not to be destroyed by the revolutionary army, then fully support the Qing court. We still control most of the country, and we have so much support from foreign powers, even if we are defeated and retreat for a while, we can turn the tide under the righteousness after all!

Isn't there no such example, at the beginning of the opening of this dynasty, the rebellion of the three feudatories almost succeeded, and it was easily pacified? Decades ago, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebelled, coupled with the rampage of the Twist Army, and most of the land that was stirred up was not able to live in peace. What's the matter, it's not leveled yet?

How else can we say that the Han bureaucrats are smart? They skillfully avoided the conflict between the Manchus and the Han Dynasty, but focused the conflict on the rule of the gentry and the concept of "equality for all" advocated by the revolutionary military government.

Since ancient times, all dynasties and countries in the world, including all countries, have still adhered to the doctrine of aristocracy. No matter how many years the industrial revolution has advanced in the West, it will not be able to change the status quo of the stark distinction between the upper and lower classes.

In the minds of all, the nobility and the upper echelons of the gentry were naturally entitled to privileges, and the laws and regulations of the state were made for the inferior. The aristocratic gentry enjoyed all kinds of privileges, and they had to be reflected in every way of their superiority.

Therefore, Chinese lords like to be kneeled down to them, like to call themselves "parents and officials" -- to be parents to countless people, like the pleasure of life and death, like barbaric plunder, and hate fair trade.

This strict difference in class, under China's imperial examination system, has given countless people at the bottom a feeling that "I can also change my status by studying through guò". So for thousands of years, they happily and went forward one after another, but the rulers of the dynasty lightly controlled the key to the overall situation.

Countless scholars from the common people changed their fate by reading through guò, and after they jumped out of their own class and became a member of the gentry and bureaucracy, they immediately changed their positions and ways of thinking, and turned their heads to ruthlessly oppress the common people. It has nothing to do with their consciousness, the whole world is governed by such rules. They have become a warrior, but they still have the heart of a commoner, that is called abnormal!

That is, a traverser like Yang Hao, who carries a powerful power of the plane with him, can take advantage of the opportunity of the great changes of three thousand years to turn things around. If this is not the case, a modern person has traveled to ancient times, but he is vainly trying to engage in "equality for all", and he really wants to call for equality and give rights to the untouchables everywhere, either he will be locked up as a madman and immersed in a pig cage, or he will simply be charged with a thousand knives!

Not to mention the world at the end of the 19th century, even in the 21st century, the world's major powers are preaching equality and criticizing all kinds of dictatorships. But in essence? How many of the ruling strata of various countries have not formed a force similar to the aristocracy of the past? The Jews who control Wall Street, the big conglomerates and warlords of various countries, and even the countless county grandparents and parents of the Celestial Empire, have great power in their hands!

Privileged thinking is a deadly toxin that seeps into human bones, and it cannot be changed by economic growth and technological advancement. In the final analysis, it is still up to the human ideological consciousness to slowly sublimate. It truly realizes that the judgment is constrained according to clear laws and regulations. Until then. Equality is truly possible.

Now in China at the end of the XIX century. With the help of the general trend of revolution and strong military pressure, Yang Hao could promote a land reform similar to "equality".

But such a trend has pushed the local tyrants and gentry in the areas that have not been involved for the time being to the opposite side!

The Manchu tricks succeeded easily, and they gained widespread use as de facto representatives of class rule. It was also suppressed by the military, and some voices of resistance were mercilessly killed.

As a result, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the two palaces were full of honors. also from the wolf bèi of the lost dog, quickly recovered the style of respecting extravagance. They looted the people's fat and ointment from the surrounding provinces, exchanged a steady stream of good things from Shanxi and Henan, and supplied a large group of decadent classes to continue to spend their days drinking.

The lower classes of people were originally destitute, and now they can't squeeze a few drops of oil even if they are put into the pot. Under the Manchu Dynasty's expropriation and extortion, the provinces of Shaanxi soon starved to the barbars, and millions of people died of starvation. In order to maintain the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the landlords and gentry had to tighten their belts to support themselves, so that many time-honored landlords who had accumulated for hundreds of years now have a stick to satisfy their hunger. But he was reluctant to eat meat, eggs, and meat.

If this had been placed in the previous dynasty, they would have already borrowed the mouths of the officials they supported. He spat on the emperor of the imperial court, denounced him as a rare faint monarch since ancient times, and then violently forced him to change his policy and reduce taxes. In short, no matter how many people starve to death, they must not suffer a small loss.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so foolish, so from Wanli to Chongzhen, he could only swallow his anger until he died, helpless and helpless.

But the Manchu Qing Dynasty was different, people were born as barbarians, and they naturally had to maintain a traditional demeanor. Don't pay taxes? Dare to speak up and fight? Then let's kill a batch first!

For more than 200 years in the Qing Dynasty, they were forced step by step to pay grain and errand in one body, which was really swept away. But at this time, it is too late to miss the benefits of the previous Ming. The Ming Emperor can be bullied by them, but the Manchu Tartars don't want a bad word, and they are in a hurry!

Although later, with the opportunity of the Taiping rebellion, the Chinese gentry and landlords also began to pay taxes in violation of the law, forcing the Qing court to have no choice, and with the help of the customs in the hands of the British to get some money to maintain expenses, it was actually more than the agricultural and commercial taxes they had looted over the years!

Now that there is no such tax, the coastal provinces are self-governing and self-reliant, and they are in violation of the imperial edicts, and only Sichuan and Zhangzhidong's Hubei are a little more filial piety, and they give hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every once in a while.

There is no need to supply the consumption of millions of Manchurians, just to support the expenses of the small imperial court, and these provinces can barely support it, but they can also get by.

The gentry of the provinces who were gnawing on their nests and drinking porridge gritted their teeth and struggled to support them, hoping that the Qing Dynasty would sweep away the demonic atmosphere and return China to a bright future.

The officials of the Qing Dynasty continued to occupy the mansions of the "good gentry" and "dedication" in Xi'an, and unleashed their barbarism more and more unscrupulously. Despite the many impeachments of the Hanchens, none of them really listened to them. In fact, they also have a kind of presumptuous feeling that the end of the dynasty has descended, and the broken jar can be passed and passed in it.

The Empress Dowager Cixi listened to the government, and after all, she still wanted to be worthy of her ancestors. I can't talk about food and clothing, but I still have it with all my heart. Xi'an can't compare to the Forbidden City, where is his Summer Palace comfortable on the Loess Plateau?

Only then did he get Nachin's report, and quickly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Li Hongzao, the leader of Hanchen, turned his brain quickly, realized that something was wrong, and immediately objected: "The British, the wolf too!" If he is allowed to enter Tibet, the Tibetan people will have different ideas, and the faith of the imperial court will be lost. Yang Dingshi used this as an excuse to conquer, and the people's will will be affected. When the British were ordered to retreat immediately, they really intended to help, and they could supply weapons and funds as much as possible, and we had our own elite soldiers to resist the rebellion. ”

Whether the Great Qing Kingdom can turn around depends on whether the great powers can defeat Yang Hao. If it was not clear before, now the British have begun to find a way to make a detour from India, which is enough to show that their frontal attack has completely failed.

Li Hongzao can become the leader of Qingliu, and there is naturally no shortage of wisdom. Isn't it a joke that he thinks that the British are poor in donkey skills and come around from the mountains and rivers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? The real intention is not to help the master of the Qing Dynasty at all, but to take the opportunity to occupy the territory!

It seems that everyone is not optimistic about the future of the Qing Kingdom, and this is to start carving up the land in advance!

You can't be a second minister, and you can't be a traitor! How did they make Li Hongzhang want to die at the beginning, and now the same trouble has befallen them, of course they refuse to jump into that big pit!

There is no need to remind much, most of the Hanchen present reacted, and immediately protested one after another according to Li Hongzao's words: "The British wolf ambition clearly wants to encroach on our country's soil one bite at a time. This is an example that must not be opened, and they must not be promised to succeed in their plot! ”

The crowd is turbulent, and the word is in the mouth.

Cixi is so shrewd, how can she not see what the intentions of these people are? Through the curtain, there was a cold snort, and the loyal lackey Sun Jianai had a sad face, coughed and spoke: "Are you too worried?" The Ying people did not necessarily have to take our land, and their intention to join forces to fight against Yang was always good. Let's talk to them first. ”

Unexpectedly, the anxious Fortitude jumped out and shouted, "What is there to talk about? It's all at this time, what's the use of thinking so much! The British want that broken ground, so why give it to him! (To be continued......) R1292