Chapter 71: The Spread of Influence (End)

After the Daqing Dynasty began to run the Beiyang Fleet, the first to be stimulated was neither the Westerners of the Nineteen Kingdoms who flaunted their might on the land of Daqing, nor was they targeted by Daqing.

If it is said that the 19 countries invaded the East in a big way, the Daqing Dynasty was the largest and fattest piece of cake they "ate".

Then at that time, the decaying Toei under the rule of the samurai Tokugawa shogunate could only be called a cherry on the cake.

Compared with the Daqing Dynasty in the mainland country, Dongying is only an island country after all.

After ending the war against Daqing and gaining a lot of benefits, the Western Nineteen Powers Alliance only divided a combined fleet of the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a partial division, and easily defeated the shogunate's windsurfing offshore fleet at that time.

This detachment brutally bombarded more than a dozen large cities along the coastline of the Toei Islands with large-caliber naval guns, easily bringing the cowardly and fearful shogunate to its knees.

It's just that, unlike the Daqing Dynasty, because of the prevalence of samurai culture, the consequences of the defeat of the shogunate, the leader of the samurai, are far more terrible and serious than the defeat of the Daqing braided royal family.

After the samurai Tokugawa shogunate humiliatingly signed an unequal treaty after the defeat of the war, its regime lasted less than a year before it was overthrown by a coalition of feudal lords and middle- and lower-ranking samurai in the Toei Islands under the name of "Daisei Hokkai".

At this point, the Restoration government, led by Emperor Naji Toei, began to govern.

The government of the Restoration abolished the feudal domains and counties, and achieved centralized power; translating O'Barro's writings and improving the education system; The navy and navy were reformed, and the Great Dongying Navy was established······ In just a few years, Dongying has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In Tokyo, the capital of Toying, in a medium-sized wooden house not far from the Imperial Palace of Emperor Meiji.

"Saigo-kun, have you seen the newspaper?"

Two men in kimonos sat on tatami mats and talked about the recent news from the other side of the sea.

"Why didn't you see it, Kido-kun."

"The kingdom of Shenzhou has also begun to build a navy."

"I heard that they are going to buy the latest steam ironclad ships of the Kingdom of St. George's in one go, and no longer buy sail warships."

The burly man known as Saigo-kun, with a katana at his waist, took a sip of tea on the tatami mat and continued.

"How?"

"Is the government worried that the Beiyang Naval Division of the Shangguo Navy will threaten my Dongying?"

He and Kido-kun, a thin Japanese man opposite, were both important figures in the Restoration government, and they were close comrades-in-arms who fell together that year.

"That's right, the Daqing Dynasty is close to my Dongying, if you let it build a powerful navy."

"It is bound to pose a threat to the safety of my Dongying Islands!"

In the face of Saigo's inquiry, the man known as Kido nodded and said in a deep voice.

Kido's words silenced Saigo for a moment, and he pondered for a moment before he spoke.

"But we don't have the power to stop it!"

"The people of St. George need a lot of money from Daqing to build a navy to help them win the war with the Bansi Sultanate!"

"Moreover, our reform has achieved considerable results in recent years, but there is still a very far gap between us and St. George's national strength, and we can only continue to wait for the great changes in the world situation!"

Saigo's words in front of him made Kido nod in agreement, and the entire wooden house fell silent for a while.

They were all quietly thinking about the future fortune of Dongying, and it was a long time before Kido-kun spoke again.

"Xixiang-kun, what do you think of that Taiping?"

"I can't see through it, I can't see through it, and there is still too little information coming through."

The burly Toei man shook his head as he said to Kido across from him.

"When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stirred up the southeast of Daqing, the concept of that Hong Tianwang was too extreme."

"Even if that person had not fallen into the poison of faith, the concept of 'farming, food, clothing, and money' that he preached would not have won the support of the majority of people."

"That's basically digging up the roots of those Daqingshi people."

There is a saying that "the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear", and Saigo-kun's words can be said to be one of the important reasons for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"But there are hundreds of millions of people in China, and there are only 3 million people in the colony of Naga."

"The son of the king who started by relying on the 'railway yellow slave' can completely ignore the 3 million white people and can travel lightly."

Now the news of America's "purchase" of Naga whites has not yet spread to the world, and Saigo-kun and others do not know about it.

"Can you be there, to achieve that goal?"

"Kido-kun, I really can't see through it!"

As a person from Toei who has been looking at the world for several years, Saigo-kun and other high-level officials of the Restoration government knew about the existence of "railway yellow slaves".

Many of the Amerika "Yellow Slave" ships bound for Yinzhou would be replenished at the port of Dongying.

In recent years, only three or four out of ten of these "yellow slave" ships have been able to reach the United States of America, and they are all clear.

It can be said that the power of the Taiping Club that was latent a few years ago has actually revealed the tip of the iceberg in front of Dongying, but because of its own need for the development of Taoguang Yanghui, Dongying did not pay attention to it and understand its inside story.

But now, the Taiping Society, which has such a strong force again, will be resurrected, and whether it can fulfill the grand wish they made in the vast and sparsely populated and sparsely populated region of Nagar, which has few strengths, is impossible to make an accurate judgment at all.

"Saigo-kun, the government of the Restoration wants to send a civilian caravan to Naga to find out."

"Do you have any recommendations?"

Kido-kun's tone was relaxed, although the Restoration government did not know how capable the Taiping Society was at the moment, but judging from the news of St. George's gift of land, St. George must have suffered a loss this time, and he suffered a lot of losses!

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In the wooden house, two men with extraordinary status in Dongying Island continued to discuss the affairs of the Taiping Society, and they quickly decided on the personnel of the private merchant group.

Because the Taiping Society had not yet established a state, it was not suitable to send official missions, and most of the personnel of this private merchant group were from the lower-level samurai groups in Dongying, except for a very small number of middle and high-level people.

It's just that Kido and Saigo don't know what kind of amazing and brilliant person this private merchant group that they think is just a spy to learn about some Taiping Society news in the future.

In this non-governmental business group of less than 50 people, the first pioneers of Dongying Taiping Doctrine came out one after another in the future.

And with the efforts of these pioneers, Dongying became the second Taiping country in the world after the Taiping Society overthrew Daqing and officially established the first Taiping Republic······