In an officer's dormitory in the 19th town of the New Army in Zhangzhou, Fujian, more than a dozen officers of the 2nd Association are gathering here, and the atmosphere is somewhat depressing; there are 2 associations in the 19th town, the 1st Association is stationed in Fuzhou, and the 2nd Association is stationed in Zhangzhou, and there are more than 8,000 people in the entire 19th town and more than 3,500 people in the 2nd Association.

The establishment of the Daqing Army is divided into towns, associations, standards, battalions, teams, platoons, and sheds, while the corresponding new-style army is divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. The names of the officers of Daqing are commandery, co-ordinated, standard, pipe, team officer, platoon commander, and principal and deputy leaders.

The 19th town does not have as many troops as the previous 13 towns, the 2nd Association of the 19th town has only 2 standards, 2 battalions per standard, 3 teams per battalion, and 1 cavalry standard, 2 battalions per standard, 3 teams per battalion, and 1 artillery battalion, equipped with 6 57-mm mountain guns and 2 75-mm mountain guns, 1 battalion of engineers, and 1 battalion of baggage. Infantry, artillery, and engineering three arms, each team has 3 rows, each row has 3 sheds, cavalry has 2 rows, each row has 2 sheds, each row has 2 rows, each row has 3 sheds, and each branch has 12 soldiers per shed.

At this time, Wang Heshun, the leader of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Bid 1st Battalion, which has the largest official position in this officer's dormitory, said in a deep voice to the remaining dozen officers of the 2nd Association of 9 Towns: "Comrades, there has been news that after Li Hongzhang, the governor of the Qing court arrived in Fuzhou a few days ago, Xu Yingqi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, asked Li Hongzhang to let one of the six towns in Beiyang go south into Fujian, Zhejiang, and Taiwan provinces, and clear the comrades in our 19 towns, 20 towns, and 21 towns, and the Beiyang Army may soon send troops. Now that our cause is facing a huge crisis, what do you think comrades? ”

"What else is there to say about this, while the Beiyang Army has not come over, it will directly turn against his mother!" One of the party members shouted excitedly.

"That's right, let's slaughter all those officers who are not our party and your Xingzhong Association, and we can take the 2nd Association into our hands at once, and then march directly to Fuzhou and occupy the entire Fujian Province!" Another platoon commander of the Huaxing Club followed.

Another member of the Xingzhong Association said: "As long as we start to act here, our brothers in the other provincial capitals will definitely respond to us, and when the time comes, we will be able to drive out the Tartars, restore China, and establish a united government!" ”

Then someone from the party chimed in: "Yes, it's the other way around! Wang Guan, the party brothers in Zhangzhou City will also respond to us, if we succeed, we can establish that government! ”

Wang Heshun is the backbone of the Xingzhong Society sent to the new army, and it is also the highest official position in the current Xingzhong Association in the Great Fresh Army, he participated in the war between the Qing Dynasty and France in his early years, joined Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, after the war between the Qing Dynasty and France, retired and returned to his hometown, and then witnessed the corruption of the Qing court, joined the party, deliberately opposed the Qing, joined the Xingzhong Society a few years ago, and used the experience of participating in the Qing-French War to enter the newly formed Fujian New Army, and in a few years, boiled into a pipe band.

Wang Heshun hesitated for a moment and said: "But the higher authorities ordered our backbone personnel to withdraw from the new army in Fujian and Zhejiang, rush to Guangzhou, and prepare to launch another uprising in Guangzhou. ”

The officer of the Xingzhong Association who spoke just now continued: "Brother Wang, there is a way that the generals are not subject to foreign military orders, and the headquarters knows too little about the situation here in our place, and we already have 39 members of the Xingzhong Association in the entire 19 towns and 2nd Association, plus more than 300 brothers from other associations, plus the soldiers we can control, one-third of the entire association is in our hands, so as to be prepared to fight unprepared, and directly eliminate those officers who are loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I believe that it will not be too difficult for the entire association to control zhì in our hands." ”

"Go ahead, Wang Guanjiao!"

"Don't hesitate, Wang Guan, lead us to do it!"

"Yes! Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, Brother Wang, let's do the opposite! ”

Seeing that more than a dozen officers and representatives of the 19th Township No. 2 Association in the dormitory agreed to revolt in Zhangzhou, Wang Heshun nodded and said: "Okay, I will do my best to report our decision to the headquarters, decide the time of the uprising, everyone will start preparing when you go back now, but be careful, you must keep it secret, at present, this decision is only known to the people in our room, and when the time of the uprising is decided, it will be announced to others before the uprising." ”

The Northeast Navy and the Beiyang Naval Division, 2 all-steel battleships, 4 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers, and 2 destroyers escorted the Xuetang luxury yacht from Fuzhou, and sailed all the way south, staying in Manila in Luzon Province for one day, replenishing some fresh water and food, and then continuing to sail south.

In a palatial cabin on the luxury yacht Xuetang, Wang Yan was chatting with Li Hongzhang and Ding Ruchang.

Li Hongzhang sighed and said: "I didn't expect that after you occupied Luzon, you built Luzon so well, in that Manila, high-rise buildings one after another, not inferior to those big cities in your northeast, but why did the old man see most of the people in Manila are our people, it turns out that those natives didn't see much?" ”

Wang Yan replied: "Zhongtang, since Daxin bought Luzon Province in the hands of Spain, a large part of the immigrants from the south to our jurisdiction have come to Luzon Province, according to our statistics a year ago, now the Chinese in Luzon have reached 9.5 million, and the original indigenous people of Luzon Province, because of the policy formulated by Daxin, plus we built a railway in the north, transported a large number of indigenous people in Luzon Province, and the number of indigenous people in Luzon Province was less than 3.7 million in the statistics of the year ago. ”

Wang Yan also told Li Hongzhang about Lin Daxin's policies for the indigenous people in Luzon Province, especially the family planning policy implemented among the indigenous people of various ethnic groups in Luzon Province, as well as the preferential policies enjoyed by indigenous women marrying Chinese, which together make it very difficult for many indigenous men in the Philippines to find wives, and the indigenous population in Luzon Province will become smaller and smaller.

After listening to Lin Daxin's indigenous policy, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but sigh in amazement: "Daxin, this kid, this is to exterminate the natives of Luzon Province!" ”

Wang Yan then popularized the tragic history of blood and tears of the Chinese people in various parts of Nanyang to Li Hongzhang, and then Li Hongzhang said with red eyes: "I didn't expect the compatriots in Nanyang to have such an experience, these natives should not stay in this world, Daxin did the right thing!" ”

After a pause, Li Hongzhang said: "Sue sù Wenyu, the old man wants to go to Pontianak in Lanfang to see, Lanfang sent people to ask the court for help, but unfortunately the court had just ended the war with the French at that time, and the Fujian Navy Division was wiped out, and my Beiyang Navy Division has not yet been built, so I can't support it, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Listening to Wang Yan talk about the tragic history of blood and tears of the Chinese in Nanyang, Comrade Lao Li suddenly remembered that many years ago, Lan Fang had asked the Qing Dynasty for help, but at that time, Lao Li was also against the imperial court sending troops to Lan Fang, and now he was a little reluctant to go, and he was ready to go to that small Nanyang country on a whim to have a look.

Lan Fang, the full name of Lan Fang is the Great Republic of Lan Fang, which is the first republic founded by overseas Chinese who existed on the island of Kalimantan in Indonesia between the seventies of the eighteenth century and the eighties of the nineteenth century, and the first republic in the history of Asia.

In the 37th year of Qianlong, that is, in 1772, the 35-year-old Luo Fangbo decided to go to Nanyang to make a living. The third is the western part of the Indonesian island of Kalimantan.

Before Luo Fangbo's arrival, many people from China's southeastern coastal region had come to Kalimantan to make a living, mostly in the coastal city of Pontianak on the island, where they grew rice, coconut, coffee and pepper in the countryside and extracted oil and coal in the mountains.

The local natural conditions and living environment were extremely difficult, and due to the long distance, they could not get the care and care of the motherland, and were called the outcasts of the Celestial Empire by Emperor Qianlong. In order to survive, they needed to unite and help each other, so they automatically formed a number of organizations similar to the townspeople's associations.

Luo Fangbai and more than 100 relatives and friends crossed the ocean to Kalimantan Island, which is rich in gold mines and diamonds. At first, Luo Fangbai took teaching as his profession, he was educated, courageous, talented, and knew martial arts, and his body was strong, so he could not only unite overseas Chinese, but also cooperate with the local people, and was deeply supported by the local people and overseas Chinese.

Kalimantan Island is fertile, arable and pasturable, with mountains, forests, gold mines, abundant resources, and harbors for the development of transportation, but at that time, the island's internal mining companies were fighting with each other, and there was an armed invasion of the Dutch Empire's East India Company from Indonesia, and the internal and external troubles were extremely violent. After gaining a firm foothold, Luo Fangbai actively contacted the Sultan and the local Turkish chieftains, established an army combining overseas Chinese and local people, fought hard to repel foreign invaders, and obtained the jurisdiction of Pontianak. In 1777, according to the opinions of the local people, Luo Fangbai set out to establish the Lan Fong Company with Pontianak as the capital, and established the Lan Fong General Republic.

In the election of national leaders, Lanfang combined the ancient Chinese Zen concession system to create a form of combining Zen concession and democratic election. Before the previous leader dies or steps down, he recommends the next leader, but whether he can become the chief minister requires the approval of the majority of citizens.

Lanfang has established a general office at the top, with officials at all levels assisting the government, organizing local self-government organs, and appointing overseas Chinese and local leaders as heads and deputy heads of organs at all levels to implement moral governance, which is the earliest prototype of a democratic government established in the modern history of the world.

In order to protect the security of its subordinates, Lanfang established a system of all soldiers, integrating workers, peasants and soldiers, and often organized young and middle-aged people to conduct military training, so that the people learned boxing sticks, and were engaged in production, farming, and business in peacetime, and once there was a war, they gathered to fight, and at the same time created an arsenal to manufacture all kinds of guns and cannons to establish a solid defense.

In terms of national governance, Lan Fang implemented the rule of law and strictly abided by these laws and regulations, which greatly increased its strength and influence, attracting many local indigenous tribes to come and join, and the territory of Lan Fang Republic quickly expanded to the whole of Kalimantan.

However, God does not want to see the Chinese take root in the South Seas so smoothly, you must know that the greedy Dutch colonists have already regarded Kalimantan Island as a thing in their pockets, and they are eyeing the Lanfang General Republic!

As soon as the founding of the country, Luo Fangbo sent people back to China, met with Emperor Qianlong, and asked to be declared a vassal state, wanting to include the western part of Kalimantan Island into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, or become a vassal state. But Emperor Qianlong didn't want to pay attention to these outcasts of the Celestial Empire at all, he definitely had a sick head, and he didn't want the land he gave him for nothing. Emperor Qianlong also did not recognize this country established overseas by the Nanyang Chinese. For this reason, Luo Fangbo died depressed, and before his death, he also explained to the people that no matter who is the leader of the country in the future, the heart of submitting to the Qing Dynasty must not change.

Of course, another reason why Luo Fangbo and others wanted to return to the Qing Dynasty was to find a strong backer, the Dutch colonists had been eyeing the Republic of Lanfang, and constantly sent troops to invade, and they had rolled up their arms and sleeves to prepare for a big fight. Luo Fangbo and other national leaders believed that it would be difficult to resist the Dutch colonists if they only relied on the strength of the small country of Lanfang, and only with the help of the Qing Dynasty could the Dutch be suppressed.

This move by Lan Fang had a certain effect, and although Luo Fangbo's wish to claim vassal status to the Qing Dynasty was not realized, the Qing court finally agreed to trade with the Republic of Lan Fang. Lan Fang also took advantage of this point to create a false impression, claiming that Lan Fang was already a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, which really frightened the Dutch, the Qing Dynasty at that time was in the prosperous era of Kangqian, the Dutch were worried that the invasion of Lan Fang would cause opposition from the Qing Dynasty, and they had to stop harassing Lan Fang, which was definitely a representative of bullying the weak and fearing the hard.

Unfortunately, the Qing government soon went into decline, and the two Opium Wars of 1840 and 1856 exposed the corruption and incompetence of the Qing Empire. Due to the repeated defeats of the Qing Dynasty to the Western powers, the Dutch realized that the Qing Dynasty had weakened and could no longer take care of matters outside its borders. Hehe, can this still spare you, so the Dutch took advantage of the Qing-French War in 1884 to invade the Republic of Lanfang.

Under the leadership of its commander-in-chief, the Republic of Lanfang resisted with all its might on the one hand, and on the other hand, quickly sent people to ask the Qing Dynasty to send troops to support. But by this time, the Qing Dynasty's own rule was shaky, and it could not care about rescuing the country established by overseas outcasts. Without the support of the Qing Dynasty, and the weapons and equipment were far from the invading army, the Republic of Lanfang was finally defeated by the local aborigines and Dutch colonists instigated by the Dutch colonists, tens of thousands of Chinese were killed by the aborigines and the Dutch, children and women were bullied and tortured, and the entire Lanfang Republic was occupied by the Dutch colonists. However, fearing a reaction from the Qing government, the Dutch did not dare to publicly declare that they had destroyed Lanfang, but instead set up another puppet state to rule.

Hearing that Li Hongzhang was going to Pontianak to have a look, Wang Yan hesitated for a moment and then nodded and said, "I will immediately send a telegram to Wen Yu of the Changchun, and let the fleet sail to Pontianak!" ”R1152