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In the 9th year of Hongwu, on May 15, in the early morning, Nanjing was covered with clouds, which seemed to be ominous. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was still early in the morning, those fourteen or fifteen-year-old newspaper boys rode bicycles and pulled newspapers to deliver thousands of newspapers to thousands of households, and for many poor teenagers, sending newspapers was a way for them to supplement their families' lives or earn school fees.

Today, the teenagers seem to ride their bikes faster than usual, trying to get the newspaper to the door of their intended readers in the shortest possible time, some with red-eyed eyes as if they had just cried, and more often with anger.

Almost as soon as people saw the newspaper, everyone was enveloped by an unprecedented sense of anger, full of anger gathered in people's hearts, and many people threw the newspaper on the ground in anger and shouted loudly.

"To the Mexican Embassy!"

"Go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"

"Go to the Prime Minister's Office!"

……

The reason why people are angry is very simple, because of the news report in the newspapers - the Torreon tragedy!

As ordinary citizens, they almost dare not believe that this kind of thing happened, the fact that hundreds of overseas Chinese were massacred, like a resounding slap in the face, hit them in the face, let people wake up from the dream of "**** Shangguo", they were shocked to find that for Western countries, Chinese are still inferior colored people, even small Mexico can bully the head of "China", how can this not make those who think that "the country is extremely powerful" after the Sino-Russian war angry?

Anger overwhelmed people's minds in an instant, causing people to take to the streets, trying to show their support for the country through their actions, and of course, more importantly, to show their attitude, so as to avoid diplomats "betraying the country", after all, those diplomats have done more than once or twice to "lose power and humiliate the country".

"What should I do?"

When the people began to take to the streets to express their anger, the police of the Kyoshi Police Department were on standby, and they received a clear order to maintain order in the ranks of the people, but at the same time, the excesses of the citizens must be stopped.

On this day, when millions of people chose to take to the streets to express their patriotic voices, a temporary imperial meeting was held in the imperial palace in Nanjing, and the heated discussion never stopped since the meeting was held.

“…… It's very simple to start a war, just those few broken ships in Mexico, we don't even need to send the main fleet, we only need to send a cruiser detachment, and it will be enough to completely annihilate their navy, but what about after that? ”

As the Minister of the Navy, Han Che is undoubtedly an alternative existence in the Navy, and when everyone is boasting about the "Sino-US confrontation" there, what he advocates is "Sino-US reconciliation", and he even believes that in order to reduce the US hostility towards China, certain concessions can be made on the issue of the Pacific Fleet.

"As long as the size of the fleet is there, whether it is on the mainland or Pearl Harbor, in fact, it doesn't have much impact on the navy......"

It is this remark that has caused Han Che to be criticized by the people, and he who advocates the theory of reconciliation actually represents another faction of the navy, they are undoubtedly calmer, and can clearly see the gap between China's national strength and the United States, and even as admirals, they believe that the sea race with the United States is unfavorable to China, especially from a long-term perspective, as the arms race progresses, it will inevitably have an impact on the economy, and the United States relies on its strong industrial and economic strength, It is simply a matter of time before the size of its fleet surpasses that of China, which has a temporary lead, but only a "first-mover advantage". Under such a premise, it is undoubtedly the most advantageous option for China to resolve the issue through negotiations and limit the naval forces of both sides.

But his ideas were not accepted by the people, not within the navy, and not by the people. However, this did not prevent him, as Minister of the Navy, from doing everything possible to enhance the combat strength of the Navy, so as to ensure superiority over the US Navy in future wars.

"What happens after that? Do the Americans really dare to go to war with us? ”

There is no doubt that no one will worry about Mexico, but anyone who knows a little about the difference in power between the two countries knows that Mexico is unlikely to pose any threat to China at all, and the only thing that will worry people is the United States, to be precise, the "Monroe Doctrine" proposed by the United States.

Over the years, China has tried to meddle in the affairs of the Americas several times, but each time it has provoked a strong reaction from the United States, so much so that it has missed several opportunities, and now the atrocities in Mexico have pushed China into a dilemma.

"If the United States wants to go to war because of the protection of overseas Chinese, then go to war with them!"

"It is absolutely impossible to go to war, after all, the United States will definitely have concerns, but we must take into account that if the imperial court does not take action, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to the people!"

The dispute between the ministers made Tang Haoran's brows frown slightly, looking at the quarrelsome cabinet members, he could imagine what the outside world is like now, and the propaganda for many years has finally been "counterattacked" by it

Part of the reason why the press and public opinion oppose Britain and the United States is that China, which has risen and is trying to change the international order, has been actually suppressed by Britain and the United States, and this suppression comes from all sides, which is of course external reasons, but more importantly, in order to alleviate domestic calls for constitution-making and other issues, the government has achieved its goal of vilifying the British and American political systems by constantly vilifying Britain and the United States and pro-British and American people. It is precisely because of this that the domestic media is full of negative news from Britain and the United States.

It's like electricity, if the media advertises every day that electricity is exposed again, and where someone is electrocuted because of electricity, and so on. After a long time, civilians in a closed state will naturally consciously resist the force and resolutely defend their right not to use electricity, no matter how convenient electricity is.

Not only that, but there are still a lot of problems in the country, of course, which country has no problems in which period? And both themselves and the cabinet blame Britain and the United States for everything. Under the national military and national system, ordinary people were seriously brainwashed, not only hostile to Britain and the United States, but also regarded the pro-British and American domestic people at that time as "lackeys" of the West to suppress China.

In fact, this is just a simple transfer of contradictions, under this kind of contradiction transfer, no one will think about the 12-hour system six days a week, and there will be no consideration of the constitution-making issue, people are just worried about the future of the country, the future, in the eyes of the vast majority of civilians, Britain and the United States and other Western countries are doing all kinds of evil, they are brewing the final "attack" on the yellow race, now everything unsatisfactory in China is the conspiracy of Britain and the United States and other countries, and the sacrifices made by the people now are all for the survival of the nation. In the future, the "war of survival" between people of color and white people will turn hostile to the state and turn to Western countries such as Britain and the United States.

This is reality, the long-term hostile propaganda of reality. In addition, the outbreak of the current Torreon incident has always ignited the national sentiment that the people have just awakened, and in this case, if the government has nothing to do, then the result must be terrible, and the national sentiment can be instigated and exploited, but in the end it will definitely be "counterattacked".

Just like now, as a "dictatorial and dictatorial" monarchy, whether it is the emperor himself or the ministers, they need to take into account public opinion, which in itself is already a certain degree of "backlash".

"If we retaliate, then what are the likelihood that the United States will do it?"

Tang Haoran turned his gaze to Li Muchen, trying to get an answer from him.

The intelligence agencies spoke most authoritatively at this time. After all, the intelligence agencies know more about the situation in the United States than any other department.

"Protecting the safety of overseas Chinese is the inevitable choice of any country, and the reality of the tragic slaughter of more than 300 overseas Chinese makes it inevitable for the government to take action, this matter is not only to appease the national sentiment, but also to show the countries that our country protects overseas Chinese, otherwise from now on, I am afraid that no other country will believe in our country's determination to protect overseas Chinese!"

At this time, Li Muchen's remarks were also extremely fair, and it can even be said that he had a clear position -- China has no way back!

Indeed, China has no way out, and how weak does a country need to be to choose silence when its diaspora is slaughtered?

Just when Tang Haoran had such an exclamation in his heart, Li Muchen's voice raised slightly.

"I believe that as far as this incident is concerned, the United States absolutely does not want to have a direct military conflict with our country!"

Perhaps, Li Muchen is not a politician, but it does not prevent him from telling one thing in the tone of a politician, just like his wording at this time, he did not use "never dare" but used more leeway "absolutely unwilling", unwilling does not mean that he will not.

Years of intelligence career have made him very aware that the country is now faced with a dilemma in this matter, and the responsibility of the intelligence agencies is now to give His Majesty intelligence support, but this is not what he can give, the incident is too sudden.

"If you don't want to, you won't wait! If we choose to go to war with Mexico, how likely is it that the United States will intervene? ”

The reason why Han Che asked this question was actually asking it for others, and he wanted to remind others that Mexico also has a neighbor who sees the Americas as a prison.

"One hundred percent!"

Faced with Han Che's question, Li Muchen gave an answer without hesitation.

"For many years, the United States has pursued the Monroe Doctrine, which regards the Americas as the Americas of the Americans, and in fact the Americas of the Americans, and for 100 years it has done everything possible to prevent other European powers from encroaching on the Americas, and any war related to the European powers in the Americas will be regarded as a hostile act by the United States. Especially in the past two decades, as the United States has surpassed the United Kingdom's economy, it has used "golden dollar diplomacy" to dominate South American countries,...... On the premise that the Americas are imprisoned, if China goes to war against Mexico, it will not only be a hostile act in the eyes of the United States, but may even see it as an infringement of American interests, and then ...... to intervene in the war."

After Li Muchen analyzed it from a historical point of view, everyone's minds sank, the United States is an unavoidable obstacle on the issue of Mexico, if it were other countries, maybe there would be no need for such a headache at all, not to mention the truth of cold lips and teeth, who doesn't understand?

"What if you control the situation?"

As the prime minister, Yuan Shikai has always remained silent at first, which is the "official technique" he learned from Zhang Zhidong, and he must fully listen to the opinions of others before he speaks.

Control the situation......

What Yuan Shikai means...... His suggestion made Tang Haoran's heart suddenly move, control the situation, control the situation......

"What does Premier Yuan mean?"

Li Muchen looked at Yuan Shikai with some puzzlement, looking at the second prime minister of the Chinese Empire after Zhang Zhidong two years ago.

"What if we shell Mexico?"

Yuan Shikai said in an extremely calm tone.

The shelling of Mexico, in Yuan Shikai's view, may be a choice, a relatively more secure option, and it is at most a retaliation than a war.

"The shelling of Mexico is indeed possible, but Premier Yuan, we have to consider another possibility, that is, whether the shelling of its important coastal cities will provoke the resistance of the Mexican coastal defense forces, and if its coastal batteries counterattack, how will it end?"

Without waiting for Han Che to finish speaking, Tang Haoran said straightforwardly.

"Then there is no need for battleship shelling!"

Yes, there is no need to shell with battleships at all, more precisely, there is no need to risk with battleships.

"What we need now is revenge, and we need to give the people an account with the revenge against the Mexicans, but what kind of explanation can satisfy the people? I don't think it's just shelling one or two cities......"

Yuan Shikai's suggestion reminded Tang Haoran of the United States' attacks and shelling of certain countries in another time and space...... There really is no need for that, after all, countries have long been accustomed to shelling. If there is a need to retaliate against Mexico, it should be more targeted.

"Didn't the Mexican explanation say that the rebels did it? Well, we accept their explanation, since they are not in control of the situation, then we help them to control the situation, and I think that we can strike at the areas controlled by the rebels......"

After a slight pause, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips raised slightly.

"With the attack aircraft of our aircraft carriers, carry out the bombing of the cities controlled by the rebel army! Did the Mexicans think we would not retaliate? Okay, then we will use our planes and our bombs to tell them what it means to offend our Chinese people even if they are far away! (To be continued.) )