Chapter 20: The Imperial Court's Secret Order
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"Did you hear that? Our Taiwan is about to be ceded to the Japanese Invaders! A man who looked like a common man said.
"What? Are we going to cede Taiwan? "Yes! Is Taiwan going to be ceded? "Have we been abandoned by the imperial court?" "How can the imperial court abandon us?" "Oh my God! How do we live! "Yes! We've lived here for generations, so what now! "I heard that the Japanese don't blink an eye when they kill people, what should we do!" ……
With the news that Taiwan was going to be ceded to the outside world, it immediately detonated the nerves of the Taiwan people. The people of Taiwan were stunned, because they never thought that Taiwan would be ceded. In the past, they heard that where it was ceded, it was a matter of legend. Moreover, the areas that were ceded were also frontier areas, and there were not many people. At that time, Hong Kong was also a small fishing village, so there were not many people who opposed it. Later, the northeast and northwest were considered barbaric places by the imperial court, and there were not many people, and the ceding was not too painful. As for the later Vietnam, as well as Korea, those were all subject countries, and they did not feel the pain of the loss of the imperial court of the subject countries.
But this time it is different, Taiwan is a place with a population of more than 2 million, and places with a population of more than 2 million are also ceded, and this is painful to the bones. If Taiwan is ceded this time, it can be said that China will lose the largest number of people at one time. What's more, these Taiwanese people are all "abandoned" people, and they feel the pain of their skin. No matter what they say, they still recognize themselves as Chinese, and they still have loyal ideas to the Manchu court. Now it has been ceded by the Manchu court, so everyone feels extremely painful. If this is the case, then they will become slaves of the Japanese from now on, and this is something they cannot stand.
"Let's go to Governor Tang and ask him if the imperial court wants to cede Taiwan?" "Let's go! Ask Governor Tang, we have to get an answer! "Yes! Let's go to Governor Tang! ”……
Soon, hundreds of people, under the leadership of the local gentry in Taiwan, came to the outside of the governor's yamen, hoping that Tang Jingsong would give an explanation. This time, it's a big deal, and it's about whether you want to be a slave to the Japanese in the future, can you not care about this? So next, no one dares to take it lightly. And the outside of the governor's yamen was soon trapped outside, obviously without giving an answer, they did not leave. And Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan, also began to gather Taiwan's officials above the seventh grade to prepare to discuss.
"Your Excellency, is Taiwan about to be ceded up? You give us a bottom, are you really going to be ceded? Taiwan's soldier Dao Zhongman asked.
This Taiwan military garrison is the person responsible for the rectification of military armaments in the Taiwan region. The Manchu court may have been afraid that something would happen to Taiwan, so it specially sent a Manchu to serve as a soldier to supervise Taiwan's army. At this time, the news that Taiwan was going to be ceded spread all over Taiwanese officialdom, and even the people knew about it. At this time, everyone's interests are at stake, and no one can be left alone, even if this loyal Manchurian is concerned, he must be concerned about the future of the island of Taiwan.
Tang Jingsong immediately said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of Taiwan's cession can already be determined. Now in the city of Shimonoseki, the Japanese have drawn up a treaty and forced Li Zhongtang to sign it. According to the information I received from the center, Li Zhongtang's signature this time has become inevitable. Li Zhongtang's signature has become inevitable, and the imperial court will inevitably approve it. This time it was Liaodong that was ceded, as well as Taiwan, and the imperial court would also recognize it. ”
"What?"
When the news really came, everyone was stunned, because even though they had been officials for many years and had seen a lot of things, it was the first time they had encountered this kind of thing. They finally felt the humiliation, because this was not a small place, but a province of more than two million people. Ceding one province at a time is a big deal. This is still Taiwan, and the north has also ceded Liaodong.
"What is the court doing here? Liaodong is the land of our full dragon! Chungman said bitterly.
Zhongman is a Manchu people, and his feelings for Liaodong, the land of Manchu Longxing, are very profound. But now that I heard that the land of Longxing was going to be ceded up, the pain in it was not something that anyone could accept.
"However, now the emperor and the queen mother have sent a secret telegram with similar content, please prepare to receive the order!" Tang Jingsong said.
Everyone heard that Guangxu and Cixi had come with a secret decree, and the content was almost the same, and they immediately began to prepare.
"The secret decree of the emperor and the queen mother is to tell us to continue to fight in Taiwan and strive to drive out the Japanese invaders. It can be delayed for a day, mobilizing the whole people to fight against the Japanese invaders. If we can force the Japanese to spit out Taiwan, then we will all be a great hero! Tang Jingsong said.
Wang Guorui at the scene, as well as countless officials, were all passing by with 10,000 grass and mud horses in their hearts. The hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong, as well as the Beiyang Naval Division, which claims to be the first in East Asia and the ninth in the world, have not been able to defeat Japan. So although everyone didn't say anything, they also scolded the Manchu court countless times in their hearts.
"If you don't have my Red Alert base, you can defend Taiwan, it's all because the sun comes out of the west!" Wang Guorui thought to himself.
Wang Guorui knew that the idea of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was very whimsical, and he actually wanted to resist through Taiwan, and then let the Japanese army find that they could not defeat Taiwan, so they were forced to spit out Taiwan. At that time, after Japan spits out Taiwan, the Manchus will be able to continue to maintain their rule over Taiwan. But the Manchu guys who were full of-filled stool didn't think that their hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were much better equipped than Taiwan, and they also had a relatively strong navy, none of them could defeat Japan, could Taiwan do this?
The Manchu bureaucrats didn't even think about it, they thought of this method with their butts, let Taiwan itself be naughty to Japan, and then Japan found that it was impossible to occupy Taiwan at all and gave up. However, Japan has been staring at Taiwan for a long time, can they give up just as soon as they say they will give up? Unless the strength of several of their divisions and regiments was annihilated, it would be impossible for Japan to abandon Taiwan. Now Taiwan's meat in the eyes of Japan, that is, to the inside of the mouth, where can it be spit out? If there is no Red Police base in Wang Guorui, it will inevitably be a heavy loss, and Taiwan will not be able to be saved.
"Wang Guorui!" Tang Jingsong suddenly named Wang Guorui's name.
Wang Guorui immediately said: "Xia Guan is here!" ”
"Wang Guorui, can you still get in touch with that Western arms dealer?" Tang Jingsong asked.
"Yes, they can provide arms at any time!" Wang Guorui said.
Tang Jingsong immediately said: "Now, the time has come to test everyone's loyalty to the imperial court, everyone hurry up and take out all the money in their hands, and then go to buy arms and arm the army and the people." Even though those rifles were from 90 years ago, they were better than nothing! The court promised the old man that as long as you can come up with your own money to replenish the imperial court with armaments now, then the imperial court will compensate you no matter where your money comes from. Even, whoever pays more money will have more credit! ”
When everyone heard the news, their eyes lit up. Originally, the money obtained by everyone through corruption was not visible. Although the Manchus were already very corrupt, there were some rules that still had to be followed, and the money was not visible. And now that everyone has heard the news, as long as you use it to buy ordnance, then the court will compensate you regardless of how you got the money. This makes everyone feel that this is a great opportunity to launder the dirty money in the past! In the past, everyone's money couldn't see the light, but now there is an opportunity to launder it, and everyone wants to seize it.
"Lord Tang, since the imperial court is in need, then I will definitely take out my coffin book and use it to buy ordnance for the imperial court to defend Taiwan!" Immediately someone shouted.
Next, they all began to show their loyalty, because this matter has launder the good opportunity of the dirty money in the past, and everyone wants to seize this opportunity.
And Wang Guorui immediately thought to himself: "Grandma, I'm going to send it this time." You corrupt officials have come to buy guns from me, how much money do you have to have! Every rifle of the kind ninety years ago, sold by the pound, almost every gun made a net profit of ten silver dollars. Since you are so rich, then I don't take the opportunity to get it, so what is it? With all of your money, I can quickly expand the Red Police Force again. ”
Wang Guorui felt really happy that these corrupt officials finally took out all the money they were corrupt from, so that he could take the opportunity to use the money of these corrupt officials to develop his own troops. Wang Guorui was worried about military spending, and these corrupt officials also sent money, and they would be blamed if they didn't take it that day.
"Wang Zhixian, can the arms dealer you contacted provide enough arms?" Tang Jingsong asked.
"Yes, surely! As long as there is money, it can be provided. However, they only accept cash and do not accept any other banknotes, this ......," Wang Guorui said hesitantly.
"Okay, everyone is doing their best to prepare cash, and take out everything you have. At this time, the national crisis is at hand, so don't have any thoughts about keeping it. Anyway, the imperial court will also replenish you completely, so don't be afraid of anything that is insufficient! Tang Jingsong said.
"The lower officials obey Lord Tang's orders!" Everyone hurriedly said. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! )