Chapter 203: Declaration of War (I)
According to the rules of this era, the diplomatic relations between the two countries are divided into two levels, the first is the highest level of diplomatic relations in this era, which is the minister-level diplomatic relations, and the second is the chargé d'affaires-level diplomatic relations. In a few decades, there will be a more senior diplomatic relationship at the ambassadorial level, but this will be decades later. And in the current era, diplomatic relations at the ministerial level are already the highest. The two sides will send ministers to each other in diplomatic relations at the ministerial level, which can be regarded as the establishment of real diplomatic relations.
Of course, diplomatic relations at the chargé d'affaires level cannot really be called the establishment of diplomatic relations, they just send some acting staff to each other to be permanently stationed in that country, and they are not regular diplomats. China did not establish diplomatic relations with the Dutch during the Qing Dynasty, so the Dutch in China was a chargé d'affaires, and this chargé d'affaires was called Schroeder. But now Schroeder actually heard that the Grand Protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate in Taiwan, China, actually went to the Lanfang Republic to inspect at the invitation of the Governor of the Lanfang Republic, which made his face turn pale.
As a Dutch diplomat, he certainly knew what was going on in the Republic of Lanfang. The Republic of Lanfang also had conflicts with the Dutch as early as the founding of the country, and at that time when the Dutch were still the East India Company, the Dutch and Lanfang had already begun to fight. Later, Lan Fang was always at a disadvantage, and then gradually encroached on her rights by the Dutch. Later, more than ten years ago, the Republic of Lanfang was completely destroyed, but it was not made public. Because the Dutch were also afraid of the Manchus, they did not dare to die openly. After all, the Dutch are not big countries like Britain and France, and they can knead China like dough casually, so he still has to give the Chinese some face. In history, it was only after the fall of the Qing Dynasty that they really destroyed Lanfang publicly.
But now Taiwan actually went to inspect Lanfang in the name of the invitation of the Republic of Lanfang. He could think of it with his ass that this was a precursor for Taiwan to extend its hand to the Nanyang area. So. Of course he knew what it meant, so he had to take the initiative.
"I am against, we in the Netherlands are against the Chinese going to the so-called Lanfang Republic. That area of the South Seas is our Dutch colony, and you can't just go there! Schroeder immediately shouted.
However, Li Xilian immediately said: "We in Taiwan are going to inspect our subordinate country, the Republic of Lanfang, so is there anything wrong with this?" According to your Western convention, a subject is equivalent to a colony. If, according to your request, our Chinese officials are not allowed to inspect the colonies of our own country, then the Governor of the British Empire will not be able to inspect India either? ”
Li Xilian also hopes to drag Britain into the water, anyway, if this Schroeder dares to oppose himself, it is also against the British to inspect India. But then, I'm afraid this Schroeder is going to be tricked.
"No, the Republic of Lanfang has been destroyed, it was already destroyed more than ten years ago. So, now there is no zài what Lanfang Republic! Schroeder shouted.
Li Xilian immediately said: "No. Why wasn't it noticed, when did the Republic of Lanfang fall? By whom? ”
"The General Office of the Republic of Lanfang was demolished by our Indonesian Governor's Office more than ten years ago!" Schroeder said.
Li Xilian was waiting for this sentence, and he immediately said, "Did you hear that? It is really unreasonable that the Dutch invaded our Chinese colonies more than ten years ago. The Dutch brutally invaded our colonies and treated us Chinese with massacres, and we Chinese people were miserable under Dutch rule. ”
"So, the Governor of the Republic of Lanfang invited us back to China. Invite our Governor of Taiwan, Nanyang Metropolitan Protector, to help them restore the country, and ask our Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate to garrison troops in the Nanyang Chinese countries such as the Lanfang Republic. and to administer justice to them. ”
"Therefore, here, on behalf of the Governor of Taiwan, the Protectorate of Nanyang, I declare that the Dutch are in a state of war from this day forward. If the Dutch do not withdraw from our Chinese colonies. Then we Chinese will remain at war with the Dutch until the Dutch withdraw! ”
"Spokesman Li Xilian, are you declaring war on the Netherlands on behalf of Taiwan?" A reporter asked.
"Yes, we are declaring war on the Dutch, and from now on we in Taiwan are already at war with the Dutch!" Li Xilian said on behalf of Taiwan.
With Li Xilian's words. Everyone present was shocked because they actually heard that Taiwan was going to declare war on the Dutch, which made them feel incredible. They thought a lot, but they never thought that Taiwan would take the initiative to declare war on Western countries. You must know that in the past, it was Western countries that took the initiative to declare war on China, and then China was forced to respond to the enemy. But now he actually took the initiative to declare war on the Dutch, which is simply ruined everyone's three views. This kind of bandit logic, which is also the Westerners, only allows Western countries to declare war on them, but now once the Chinese side declares war on Western countries, I am afraid it will make them feel incredible.
And many reporters immediately began to prepare, hoping to pass on the news as much as possible. And these reporters began to write articles one after another, and then quickly let the newspapers start publishing news, and then added a special issue to sell. And this is big news, Taiwan can declare war on the Dutch, this is simply too fast and incredible.
"Mr. Schroeder, now that we Taiwan and you Dutch are already at war, so please leave our Taiwan Office in Beijing, you are not welcome here! If you stay here, you're a spy. Zhou Chen said.
Schroeder reacted at this time, and Taiwan was actually in a state of war with the Dutch from then on, which made him confused. Because he couldn't have imagined that Taiwan would dare to declare war on the Dutch, and Taiwan is only a region of China, but it would dare to declare war on the Netherlands, a sovereign European country, which made Schroeder very angry.
"You know what, you're going to pay for this!" Schroeder said angrily.
"Hehe, Mr. Schroeder, whether we have to pay the price or not, that's our business. I just know that we in Taiwan are now in a state of war with the Netherlands, so please leave. You better hurry up and rule the Netherlands, and get ready for war! Our fleet should have reached the vicinity of the South Seas and can land at any time, and then we will really be going to fight! Li Xilian said.
Schroeder then remembered that they were now at war, and Schroeder thought that he had to send the news back to China as much as possible, so that he could prepare the country. Otherwise, they will probably suffer a big loss next. And he considered an unforgivable sin for the Chinese to dare to declare war on the noble Dutch. He believed that the Dutch would definitely be able to teach the Chinese a good lesson, and they would definitely be able to drive these Chinese away, and even make the Chinese compensate them for their losses. This is also Schroeder's idea, he does not think that the Chinese can defeat the Dutch.
"Outside the nickname, Taiwan declared war on the Netherlands and announced that it would restore the Republic of Lanfang!" "In addition to the nickname, Taiwan took the initiative to declare war on the Netherlands." ……
"Is there another war?"
Hearing the news, everyone couldn't help but start worrying, after all, every time China fights a war, it means a land reparation, so now they have heard that there is another war, which makes them feel very scared. And this time, it was China's Taiwan that took the initiative to declare war on foreign countries, which made everyone even more worried, what if there was a problem.
"This time, it was our Qing Dynasty who took the initiative to help the subject country to restore the country, and the foreigners first occupied our subject country, so we naturally have to restore the country for the subject country! And foreigners bully us so much, then we must be tougher! ”
But on the street, when Liang Qichao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Taiwan is really unreasonable, it actually declares war on foreign countries behind our court's back, how much trouble will this bring to our court?" Moreover, they declared war on foreign countries without authorization, so if they lost, how much trouble would it bring to our Qing court! ”
Liang Qichao immediately began to write a manuscript and sprayed Wang Guorui again, obviously wanting to spray Wang Guorui to death. Of course, there are also some hot-blooded people who have also begun to applaud Wang Guorui, because Taiwan can take the initiative to declare war on foreigners. Although the vast majority of people in the Netherlands don't know about it, because the Netherlands is not a big country such as Britain, France and Germany, as long as it is a Western country. The Chinese in this era do not know that Western countries are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, if strictly speaking, the national strength of the Netherlands is similar to that of the current China, except for the leading system, nothing else is ahead.
However, many people also subconsciously think that China is weaker than Western countries, so it takes a lot of courage to dare to take the initiative to declare war on Western countries. Therefore, Wang Guorui is like this, which makes many hot-blooded people feel that Wang Guorui is a kind of real man.
Soon, the news of Taiwan's declaration of war on the Netherlands soon spread to European countries along with the newly invented wireless telegraphy, and European countries began to make further discussions, hoping to deduce what the meaning of Taiwan's declaration of war on the Netherlands represented. And if Taiwan is allowed to gain the South Seas, then what big impact will they have next.
Taiwan has now touched the hearts of countless people, so Westerners have also begun to pay attention to Taiwan. And when the Dutch got the news, they immediately became furious, and apparently began to rage. (To be continued......)