Although it was not Lin Daxin's intention to present such a situation in Beijing, but the matter has come to this point, Lin Daxin has also put down his hypocrisy and began to plan for his ascension to the throne and the emperor.

After Lin Daxin arrived in Beijing, he ordered the Dingbei Army to march to the provinces originally controlled by the Qing court, take over these territories, complete the unification of China, and lay the foundation for his ascension to the throne.

At the same time, he also sent a threatening telegram to the governors of the Qing provinces, hoping to complete the unification of the whole of China without bloodshed as much as possible.

Liu Kunyi, Governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, Cen Chunxuan, Governor of Liangguang, and Xu Yingqi, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, these four southern governors knew each other very well, and soon sent a telegram back to Lin Daxin, willing to enter their respective jurisdictions of the Dingbei Army, and agreed to the troops of their provinces to accept the reorganization of the Dingbei Army.

In addition to Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, who was in poor health, the other three governors promised to leave for Beijing in the near future to discuss the matter of the national system with Lin Daxin.

As for the governor of Sichuan, Xiliang, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Wang Wenshao, and the governor of Shaanxi, Shengyun, these three governors who did not hit the southern wall and did not look back, Lin Daxin unceremoniously ordered the Dingbei Army to launch an attack on the provinces under their jurisdiction.

After the end of the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the 9th and 10th Field Armies of the Dingbei Army have been resting in the original French colonies, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, that is, the two new provinces under Lin Daxin, Vietnam Province and Funan Province.

The Governor of Sichuan, Xiliang, and the Governor of Yunnan, Wang Wenshao, rejected Lin Daxin's olive branch, and the Ninth and Tenth Field Armies each sent one division of troops directly from Vietnam Province and Funan Province into the neighboring Yunnan Province. One division of the Ninth Field Army was preparing to settle Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, while one division of the Tenth Field Army was preparing to borrow Yunnan Province. Advance to Sichuan Province and solve the problems of Sichuan Province.

Wang Wenshao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, governed the provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. However, these two provinces are poor provinces, and the local finances are in difficulty, although the 24th and 25th towns of the Great Fresh Army have also been organized, but the two towns together are less than 10,000 people, and the weapons are outdated, and most of them are still equipped with single-shot rifles, counting the 30,000 or 40,000 people of the patrol battalions of the two provinces that are weaker, although the number is similar to the number of the 1st division of the Ninth Field Army, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is definitely 108,000 miles apart.

One division of the Ninth Field Army entered Yunnan Province on September 16. It can be described as overwhelming, basically did not encounter any resistance, and on the morning of September 20, he came to Kunming, Yunnan Province, the seat of the Yunnan-Guizhou Governor's Palace.

When the 1st division of the Ninth Field Army approached the city of Kunming, Wang Wenshao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, had already concentrated the main forces of the 24th and 25th towns in Kunming, as well as a large number of patrol battalions around the city of Kunming, with a total of 25,000 troops, but under the strong firepower of the attack force of the Ninth Field Army, the Qing Dynasty defenders in Kunming City were almost immediately defeated. After a burst of artillery fire, the Qing army defending the city collapsed, and the attacking troops of the Ninth Field Army, a division, occupied the entire city of Kunming on the afternoon of the 20th without much effort. Wang Wenshao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was captured alive in the governor's palace in the city.

The route of the march of the 1st Division of the 10th Field Army in Yunnan Province was the line between Dali and Lijiang, and this route was almost immediately surrendered when it encountered a city. Although Wang Wenshao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, has an elm brain, the situation is already obvious. still clinging to the Qing Dynasty, but the officials of the prefectures and counties under his command. I don't want to be a martyr of the Qing Dynasty, there are still very, very many people who know the times.

After leaving Lijiang City, this division of the 10th Field Army followed the west of Yulong Mountain and finally entered the territory of Sichuan Province on September 23. Originally, Tibet Province, Qinghai Province, and Gansu Province under Lin Daxin's command all bordered Sichuan Province, but the above three provinces were all brought over by Lin Daxin from the Manchu court before the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the garrison armies in the three provinces had not yet been established, so Lin Daxin did not transfer troops into Sichuan Province in these three provinces, and the strength of one division of the Tenth Field Army was enough to solve the problem in Sichuan Province.

Sichuan Governor Xiliang trained only one town in Sichuan Province, that is, the 23rd town, with a strength of 15,000 troops, plus 6 or 70,000 patrol battalions from all over Sichuan Province, which was more than one division of the Tenth Field Army in terms of numbers, but the comparison of the strength of the two sides was too far behind.

After the division of the 10th Field Army entered Sichuan Province, it was also like a bamboo, and went straight to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, to kill it, but when the 10th Field Army was still hundreds of miles away from Chengdu, perhaps the governor of Sichuan, Xiliang, also knew that with the Qing army in Chengdu and even the entire Sichuan Province, he was powerless to resist the powerful Dingbei Army, so the governor of Sichuan, who was known for his integrity, honesty, diligence and pragmatism, mysteriously disappeared.

After the disappearance of Xiliang, the governor of Sichuan, his subordinates were totaled, and the leader was gone, and he continued to insist at this time, which was a fool's business, so the Sichuan Governor's Office issued an order to the troops in all parts of Sichuan Province to stop resisting the Dingbei Army and cooperate with the Dingbei Army to take over the defense of the entire Sichuan Province.

Shaanxi Governor Sheng Yun turned out to be the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, but unfortunately Gansu Province had already been robbed by Lin Daxin, and Sheng Yun had to change from the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu to the Governor of Shaanxi.

Shengyun established the 26th and 27th towns of the Great New Army in Shaanxi and Gansu, but the finances of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces were more difficult, and as a result, Shengyun made full efforts to get 15,000 new troops in the two towns, and the equipment was very poor, and many soldiers were even equipped with shotguns.

After Gansu Province was occupied by Lin Daxin, Shengyun withdrew the new army of the two towns to the territory of Shaanxi Province, plus about 35,000 patrol battalions in Shaanxi Province, so that Shengyun's troops also had 50,000 troops.

However, after Shengyun rejected Lin Daxin's suggestion, the Inner Mongolia Provincial Garrison under Lin Daxin only sent 1 division into Shaanxi Province, which made Shengyun unbearable.

Although there are only more than 10,000 people in the 1 division of the garrison, the equipment is fundamentally incomparable with the Qing army in Shaanxi Province. On September 21, one division of the Inner Mongolia Provincial Garrison marched all the way to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province.

Although the Qing troops in Xi'an City totaled more than 20,000, their morale had fallen to the bottom, and the gap in equipment between the two sides was too great. Fighting the Dingbei Army, armed to the teeth, is almost like sending to death. Deserters continued to appear in the Qing army. The governor of Shaanxi, Sheng Yun, saw that the general trend had gone, and was persuaded by his subordinates. gloomily chose Kaesong to surrender.

The three governors of the Qing Dynasty who did not know the current affairs almost did not cause Lin Daxin any trouble, and they were solved by the Dingbei Army, while the other governors who knew the current affairs could not help but feel glad for their choice. In order to control the original provinces of the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible, Lin Daxin even sent a transport ship to transport the troops of the Dingbei Army to land in the southern provinces, take over the defense of the southern provinces, and incorporate the new troops and patrol battalions of the provinces.

At the same time, the troops of the Dingbei Army also entered Nanzhili and the central and eastern parts of Shandong. and even Henan Province, taking over the territory of the Beiyang system under Li Hongzhang, incorporating the 6 towns of the Beiyang Army, as well as more than 100,000 elites of the Lao Huai Army, as well as the patrol battalion troops on the territory of the Beiyang system.

At the beginning of October 1902, the entire Qing Dynasty originally governed Zhili Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province, Guizhou Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province, a total of 17 provinces, were basically under the control of Lin Daxin.

These 17 provinces together cover an area of nearly 3.3 million square kilometers, plus more than 24.5 million square kilometers of land in 28 provinces under Lin Daxin's command. To this is the Hokkaido, the province of Kitajima, which was seized from the Japanese, and the rest of Kalimantan, which was blackmailed from the Dutch.

In this way, Lin Daxin's empire is about to be established. The total area will exceed 27.8 million square kilometers, with a population of more than 450 million, plus Lin Daxin's strong military strength. A jaw-droppingly vast empire is about to rise in the East.

Although countries around the world had long expected Lin Daxin to replace the Qing Dynasty, when it really happened. Policymakers in many countries still shook their heads helplessly.

Lin Daxin's original strength is already big enough, and he is almost superior to the United Kingdom. has become a new generation of world hegemon, and now he has obtained the territory and population of the entire Qing Dynasty, which will make Lin Daxin's strength go to a higher level, you must know that most of the 17 provinces of the Qing Dynasty are provinces with large populations, adding up to 300 million people, not counting the rich southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, it is the population of 300 million, so Lin Daxinle's fart has to be upside down.

In the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, in the Prime Minister's office, Prime Minister Henry ? Campbell? Banervin reluctantly said to the British War Secretary Henry Wiley, the Admiral Fisher, and the Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne: "Gentlemen, now that Lin Daxin in the East has completely overthrown the decaying Manchu Dynasty, it may be that in the near future, he will ascend the throne of that ancient empire and establish a huge new empire, what do you think about this?" ”

The three important ministers of the British military and political circles couldn't help but look at each other, and they all shook their heads with a wry smile, and Foreign Minister Landsdowne said: "With the current situation in our Britain, there is no way to stop Lin Daxin's action against the Manchus, and we can only watch from the sidelines, so that Lin Daxin's strength has developed by a leap forward." ”

War Minister Henry Willy frowned and said: "It's too late to interfere now, Lin Daxin's plan this time is very thorough, first he rebelled against most of the Manchu Qing troops in Beijing, and controlled Beijing City and the Manchu emperor and queen mother in one fell swoop, and the Dingbei Army took over the territory of the original Manchu provinces in a short period of time, don't say that we don't have the strength to interfere, even if we want to interfere, it's too late in time." ”

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin rubbed his temples and said bitterly: "That Lin Daxin is really a headache, by the way, how is our aid plan for Japan progressing?" The Japanese are an important chess piece for us in Britain to deal with Lin Daxin. ”

"Our first interest-free loan of £12 million to the Japanese has been put in place, and the rest of the money has already begun to be used by the Japanese to rebuild Japan's coastal cities, in addition to paying part of the war reparations," Lansdoorn said. ”

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavin frowned and said: "We support Japan in order to make trouble for Lin Daxin, we must let the Japanese rearm their army and navy, only when Japan's army and navy become strong can we achieve our goal." ”

Lansdorn nodded and said: "Please rest assured Prime Minister that the Japanese are in a hurry to re-establish their navy and army than we are, and the reconstruction of Japan's coastal cities includes the reconstruction plan of the Japanese arsenal and shipyards." ”

If he hadn't experienced the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, Lin Daxin would have attacked the Manchu court this time, and the British would never have stood idly by, and saying anything would have prevented Lin Daxin from unifying the whole of China.

However, after the war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, the British have suffered very heavy losses, not only many Asian colonies have been seized by Lin Daxin, but even the British are proud of the navy, and they have folded their wings on the Asian seas.

What is even more unacceptable to the British is that they have just built a new type of battleship, the all-gun battleship of the Dreadnought, which has made the all-steel battleships built by the navies of various countries in terms of performance much worse, and it can be said that as soon as the British Dreadnought came out, all the previous battleships in the world became obsolete.

But suddenly, the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin suddenly came up with 13 dreadnought battleships that were more fierce than the Dreadnought, and the British were suddenly saddened.

Now the British are building dreadnought battleships, and they really don't have the energy or strength to stop Lin Daxin's actions against the Manchus.

Admiral Fisher said at this time: "The Japanese also sent a telegram to our Admiralty asking for an offer for our Blerophon-class dreadnought battleships, and it seems that the Japanese want to buy dreadnought. ”

Prime Minister Henry? Campbell? Banavon frowned and asked: "We gave the Japanese a low-interest loan of 12 million pounds, they must come up with 7 million pounds to pay the first war reparations, and the remaining 5 million pounds, the Japanese have to rebuild coastal cities, and they have to rebuild arsenals and shipyards, where do they still have the funds to order our British Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleships?" ”

Foreign Minister Lansdowne interjected: "Prime Minister, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received information on this issue that the Emperor of Japan is ready to use the royal funds to purchase our British dreadnought battleships, as well as obtain the design drawings of our dreadnought battleships, and then carry out the manufacture of dreadnought battleships in shipyards on the Japanese mainland." (To be continued......)