If the Huaxia Army is a gang of robbers, then after conquering the land of the Qing State, it can retreat after looting for a while, but the Huaxia Army is an organized and disciplined political organization, and if the land of the Qing State is conquered, it will turn this place into the territory of the Huaxia State and turn it into a place where the blood and fire dragon flag flutters.

Lin Fei had already arranged for the managers of the Qing provinces, and now that he had conquered the land of the Qing court, he only needed to send these managers out, and as for what policies these managers would adopt, the managers would decide at their own discretion according to the situation of each province in the Qing Dynasty.

After conquering most of the area south of the Yellow River, Lin Fei ordered the Tianjin Dispatch Army to change its number, and the new number was directly under the 1st Division, which was under Lin Fei's direct command.

Since the Qing army controlled Taihang Mountain, Lin Fei did not dare to let the 1st Division directly under him attack the south in an all-round way, but ordered the 1st Division directly under him to divide his troops to garrison Shijiazhuang, Beijing and other places to prevent a sudden attack by the Qing army.

In fact, there are still Qing army Shanhaiguan defenders in the northeast of Beijing, but Lin Fei has no worries about the Shanhaiguan defenders, outside Shanhaiguan is the northeast of the Qing Dynasty that is a pot of porridge, and the Qing army must guard against the sudden entry of the Japanese army.

Lin Fei was not worried that the Qing army in Shanhaiguan would introduce the Japanese army into the interior, after all, Japan was now concentrating on fighting Russia and had no time to take care of the war between the Qing and China.

On 10 March, when the Central Plains Campaign was in full swing, the Russian Baltic Fleet, which had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, rendezvoused with the Russian Pacific Fleet at Vladivostok (that is, Vladivostok of the Chinese nation) and formed a powerful fleet of 10 battleships.

On 13 March, this fleet routed the Japanese naval fleet led by Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo in the Tsushima Strait, sank four Yoshino-class cruisers, and the Japanese naval fleet fled to Incheon Harbor in a hurry.

The outcome of this battle was very different from the outcome of Lin Fei's era, in which the Japanese navy completely annihilated the Russian fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, and the reason for this was that Lin Fei's crossing took Taiwan from Japan, and the Qing did not pay the compensation silver of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, so that Japan did not have the same strong strength as Lin Fei's time.

In the ensuing Nanyang World War, the Huaxia Army killed nearly one million Japanese civilians off the coast of Japan, which greatly damaged Japan's vitality.

The Russian fleet then went to Port Arthur to fight the Japanese at Arthur, and the battle was very close, and in this case, Japan was simply not able to intervene in the war between China and Qing.

When Lin Fei consolidated the Qing provinces that had been defeated, the Qing Kingdom began an earth-shattering move!

On March 20, before the smoke of the Battle of the Central Plains had dissipated, Li Hongzhang came to Shanghai, which was the largest import and export port in the Qing Dynasty and the place with the most foreigners.

As soon as Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai, he sent letters of invitation to the consul generals of various countries, inviting them to attend a dinner at Li Hongzhang's private residence on the evening of 21 March.

Invitations were sent to Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and even the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

When the consul generals of various countries came to Li Hongzhang's private residence, they were all stunned, they did not expect that Li Hongzhang would even invite the consul general of a hostile country, and then the British consul general and the German consul general glared angrily, the Russian consul general and the Japanese consul general faced each other coldly, and the French consul general and the consul general of Italy and Austria-Hungary also did not deal with each other, and the scene was extremely cold.

At this moment, a hearty laughter came from the door, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see Li Hongzhang wearing a homely clothes, walking in slowly, and said with a smile as he walked: "Today's meeting of friends, there should be laughter, why is there a dead silence?" ”

The Japanese Consul General first said: "Mr. Li Hongzhang, we in the Japanese Empire respect you very much, but what you have done today is too much, and we have now severed diplomatic relations with Russia, and I cannot meet with the Russian Consul General. ”

When the Russian consul general heard the Japanese consul general say this, he was not to be outdone, and said angrily: "Mr. Li Hongzhang, our Russian Empire is very dissatisfied with this gathering, and I want to leave the venue immediately in protest!" ”

The British Consul General and the German Consul General also stood up and shouted to leave, Li Hongzhang smiled gracefully, "Everyone, we are already facing a common enemy at this time, don't you understand?" ”

"Common enemy, are you talking about Lin Fei's Huaxia Empire, how can the Huaxia Empire be our common enemy?" Among the great powers, Germany and Russia were allies of China, so the Russian consul general stood up and spoke.

Li Hongzhang laughed loudly: "Let's go to the table first and taste our Manchu and Han banquets of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Li Hongzhang said with the consul generals of various countries into the table, in the middle of the banquet hall is a long table, the table is full of all kinds of delicacies, roughly counted, there are as many as fifty, these are just cold dishes, hot dishes have not yet come up, everyone's hearts are shocked, at this time the Qing country has a large area of land has been captured by China, the Qing State important minister Li Hongzhang, even has the heart to make such a big banquet.

The envoys from various countries sat at the table, Li Hongzhang stood up and said with a smile: "The reason why I said that we have a common enemy is by no means groundless, please think about it, if Lin Fei steals our Qing Dynasty, how many benefits will you have in the Qing Dynasty." ”

After a while, the German consul general stood up and said, "Mr. Li Hongzhang, we believe that the Chinese Empire will protect our interests in the Qing Kingdom. ”

"Really?" Li Hongzhang shook his head lightly, "Mr. German Consul General, your country has companies in China and in Qingguo, may I ask if the interests of the company in Qingguo are greater, or the interests of companies in Huaxia are greater?" ”

Of course, there is no doubt that the interests of the company in the Qing Dynasty are great, and the German company has extraterritorial jurisdiction in the Qing State, and the Qing court cannot control anything they do, so the German company takes advantage of this and often does something that is not visible.

However, in the Chinese Empire, there was a special law for foreigners to commit crimes, and foreigners committed crimes in the Chinese Empire were punished more heavily, so the German companies in China were all honest and did not dare to make the slightest change.

The German consul general did not speak for a while, and Li Hongzhang continued to laugh and said: "If Lin Fei steals my Qing foundation, then the Qing Kingdom will become Huaxia, and then your interests will be nothing." ”

The German Consul General's face became ugly, and then the Russian Consul General stood up and said: "Mr. Li Hongzhang, even if Lin Fei really overthrows the Qing government, we think that with Lin Fei's alliance with us, he will recognize all the treaties signed between your government and us. ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "How is this possible, if Lin Fei is really willing to admit those treaties, why hasn't he made a position until now, and when Lin Fei mentions those treaties, he has always had an ambiguous attitude, doesn't this mean anything?" ”

The Russian Consul General's face became solemn, and Li Hongzhang continued: "As far as your country is concerned, there is still a land conflict with Lin Fei, and Lin Fei will not take back the more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land in the outer northeast?" ”

The Russian consul general's expression became more solemn, and Li Hongzhang struck while the iron was hot: "There is also Outer Mongolia, for so many years, you have always wanted to take Outer Mongolia as your own, I know very well that you have bought several Mongolian princes and want to become independent in Outer Mongolia, although Outer Mongolia is a barren land, Lin Fei will never let it go." ”

While Li Hongzhang was talking, the Japanese consul general on the side suddenly interrupted Li Hongzhang's words rudely, and he said angrily: "Mr. Li Hongzhang, what do you mean by these words, do you want the Russian consul general to stop the war with us and deal with Lin Fei with you?" At this time, Russia occupies a large area of our Heilongjiang Province, and our Japanese Empire will never give up those lands. ”

The Russian Consul General did not show weakness and said angrily: "Japanese Consul General, our Russian Empire will definitely not give up those lands, and you Japan don't want to take them away from us." ”

"Alright, alright, don't make any noise." Li Hongzhang smiled and persuaded the Japanese consul general and the Russian consul general, as if pulling away two ignorant children, "Don't be angry, two consul generals, I invite you here this time, mainly to tell you that your interests in our Qing Dynasty will inevitably be violated by Lin Fei." ”

"I have just talked about Germany and Russia, now let's talk about other countries, let me talk about Britain first, Britain has concessions in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, and also occupies Hong Kong Island, these interests, Lin Fei will not let you occupy. There is also Burma, which at this time is your country's treasure in Asia, second only to India. ”

"At this time, Lin Fei has occupied Yunnan, Yunnan and Myanmar have a large area of land bordering, if Lin Fei steals the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, who dares to guarantee that Lin Fei will not take the Qing Dynasty as the foundation and send troops to Burma?"

"Let's talk about France, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos were originally the land of France, but now they are occupied by Lin Fei, at this time, Lin Fei is fighting with my Qing Dynasty with all his might, and the army is empty, the French Republic, don't you want to send troops to recover the lost territory?"

Li Hongzhang's words made the consul generals of various countries speechless, and Li Hongzhang laughed, "Let me talk about some things that you want to hear more." ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang said loudly: "I don't know if you have ever thought about it, the Anglo-German War, the Russo-Japanese War, in fact, Lin Fei is behind the scenes, you are caught in the war, Lin Fei is actually the culprit!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and the consul generals of the four countries of Britain, Germany, Japan and Russia looked at Li Hongzhang one after another and exclaimed: "Mr. Li Hongzhang, this kind of thing cannot be said nonsense. ”