The 291st Dimension faction split

"Boom Boom"

As the deck of the Baya trembled, and the Penghu Island in the distance was full of fire, the commander of the French Far East Detachment, Guigot de la Bidorière, nodded with satisfaction. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Although the opponent is the same, this is different from Vietnam, Penghu is just an island, and its powerful naval artillery can teach a hard lesson to the Qing generals who humiliated France ten years ago and almost made France a laughing stock in Europe.

"Your Majesty, Commander, I have sent soldiers to land." The adjutant walked up to Gigot and reported: "But our ambassador has sent someone to bring news, the Qing government has rejected their request, and is ready to send their fleet to stop us. ”

"Fleet? Ha ha. Dear Lange, did you hear me right? Does the Qing still have a fleet? Gigot seemed to hear the good jokes in this world, and laughed, even the officers around him.

Lange pursed the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although there are not many warships in the Qing Kingdom, they still have a certain threat, and I think it is necessary for me to remind you not to forget Taiwan's neighbors." ”

"Pacific Fleet, they're in the Ryukyus"

The adjutant's words made Gigot raise his eyebrows, which is indeed a ** annoyance.

The Pacific Fleet is not a fancy and useless Russian, nor is it a Japan that desperately built a fleet but was sunk, it is not the Qing Dynasty, which did not even have ironclad ships, and its prestige was not obtained by frenzied shipbuilding, but was established through many naval battles, especially in the just-concluded war against Japan, two naval interception battles, which were praised again and again by observers of various countries.

But what is tricky is not the ability they showed in naval battles, but how they suddenly sank four Japanese capital ships through the mine-ridden Uraga waterway, not to mention France, and even Britain, which has always been known as the number one in the world, is a headache, because it indicates that if necessary, the Pacific Fleet can freely enter and exit every military port and destroy any huge battleship in defiance of the blockade of mines

God, if the port of Portsmouth, if the port of Marseille is nothing in the eyes of the Pacific Fleet, then it means that they can sneak up on any military port, and Cam Ranh Bay, the stronghold of the French Far East Fleet, will not be able to withstand such a mysterious attack at all

Giggott looked coldly at Penghu Island in the distance, the Germans and Li Mo didn't know what agreement they had reached, but they actually succeeded in entering Japan, and also captured Japan's Kyushu Island, the United States also entered Japan, and Britain had already planted its national flag all over the coast of the Qing Dynasty.

Although a few months ago France forced the Qing government to agree to a treaty of "never ceding Hainan Island to any other country", it has not sent troops to occupy it, and the country is also criticizing him for being slow and slow, which has deprived France of a lot of opportunities, and even His Majesty the President has personally written to him, hoping that he can make efforts to maintain the balance of the Far East for France.

Now, Penghu is already trembling under its own artillery fire, and if it ends hastily at this time because of an excuse that the Pacific Fleet will intervene, then the whole of France will be laughed at

"Go on the offensive." Guiggott gracefully took off his white gloves and said: "I will personally write to Minister Bonet to explain the situation here and ask him to send more warships to support him, but before receiving a reply, I hope that you will make a concerted effort to maintain France's superiority in the Far East as soon as possible." ”

"Please rest assured, next."

Under the watchful eyes of the lieutenants and captains, Giggott flew back to the rest compartment, ready to immediately relay his concerns and news about the Pacific Fleet back home.

On August 20, 1897, the city of Beijing was full of restlessness and uneasiness, and the French ** ship was hiding from the typhoon fire in Penghu, and now the news of attacking Penghu could not help but leave, covering this ancient capital with a layer of clouds.

It is said that the emperor has ordered the remaining Nanyang Navy Division and Fujian Navy Division to go to sea to fight to ensure the safety of Taiwan, and the Empress Dowager Lafayette, who actually controls the Qing Dynasty, has not yet had any will. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

What is strange is that the Qiang Society, which had just been seized for a long time, suddenly opened its doors again overnight, which made many people feel surprised.

"Could it be that the wind in Beijing is about to change?" Passers-by hurried, dodging the scorching sun overhead, also seemed to notice the strangeness of Beijing City, and even gasped for breath to avoid people and did not dare to make a loud noise.

Liang Qichao pushed open the window of the inn and looked at the thoroughfare where people came and went, and seemed to feel a little discouraged, especially when he saw the kind of shouting and sweating construction scene in Lushun Jinzhou, he couldn't help but fantasize about how good it would be if the Qing Dynasty could glow with that kind of vigor.

However, he also knew very well that the Qing Dynasty had accumulated deep evils, and the women who took power after listening to the government left a deep legacy, the two parties of the emperor and queen were constantly fighting, and the governors in various places had their own selfish intentions, unless a stormy reform swept away these drawbacks, otherwise the country would continue to be depressed.

So he invited Kang Youwei to come to Beijing, but after passing through Lushun, he began to wonder deeply, is Wei really useful? After seeing the prosperity of Lushun Golden State, even he felt that the internal reform might be a mistake at all, and it was better to make a radical change

Liang Qichao sighed, picked up the newspaper that he brought back from Lushun on the table, this is a newspaper founded by Li Mo himself called China Media Group, no one knows why he called the newspaper the media, anyway, he only heard that this company is now spread over every inch of land under his control, Hawaii, Ryukyu, Luzon and now the three northeastern provinces, there are newspapers published by this company.

However, in addition to this company's newspaper, he did not restrict others from publishing newspapers, and now there are several other newspapers in Lushun and other places, so he also bought several other newspapers.

In today's Qing Dynasty, newspapers are not a new thing, there are already all kinds of newspapers in the south, and he himself has run a few newspapers not long ago, but he has never seen one with such a large scale, and unlike those newspapers that quietly appeared in the Qing Dynasty with preaching, there is no large amount of preaching in this Hua Daily, and the words are very simple and popular, almost the vernacular that everyone usually speaks, as long as the coarse literate people can roughly understand.

The first page was full of information about politics and some laws and regulations, which he was already familiar with, but the second and third pages made him slightly shocked when he saw it, because it was full of all kinds of advertisements and recruitment information, and he even saw the news of conscription.

The next few pages are interesting, and there are even personal articles by the government council and army generals, and the strange thing is that behind the newspaper, there are some jokes and serialized stories, especially some of the serialized stories, which are very fontalike, and now the storytellers in Lushun and even many teahouses are using the stories in the newspaper.

Among them is a story he heard about the naval battle against Japanese sailors, which everyone listened to with great interest, and it is said that it was also published in newspapers for everyone to see.

This kind of strange method, let alone him, even many foreigners have never heard of it.

"Who is this Li Mo? Why come up with so many quirky things that aren't offensive? Liang Qichao had just put down the newspaper when there was a sudden knock on the door outside the door, and he hurriedly got up to greet him.

"It turned out to be Brother Tan and Brother Guangsha, please." After opening the door, it was Kang Youwei and Tan Sitong, the two leaders who are now famous in Beijing and called for Wei to learn, Liang Qichao hurriedly invited the other party into the house with a smile.

"Brother Zhuo Ru is now famous in Hunan, preaching the Fa, and everyone praises him, and he is really a model for us." Tan Sitong praised with a smile.

"Brother Tan praised it falsely." Liang Qichao arched his hand and poured tea for the two of them with a smile, Tan Sitong had already opened several newspapers on the table, and when the word Hua just came into his eyes, he was surprised: "Zhuoru, what is this?" ”

"Huh." Seeing this, Liang Qichao smiled: "When I came, I went to Shanghai, and I wanted to take a boat to Tianjin, but I didn't expect the ship to meet a fault at Lushunkou, and then I had to go to Lushun to change ships, and I stayed there for a few days." ”

"Oh? I said, Zhuo Ru has always been punctual, why was it suddenly delayed, but I didn't expect to go to Lushun. Kang Youwei smiled, suddenly remembered what had been discussed on the streets and alleys in the past few days, and hurriedly asked: "Zhuo Ru, I heard that Li Mo has held a sailor day in the past few days, and openly opened the warship to people to visit, but is there really such a thing?" ”

"Oh? You've heard about it too? He seemed to recall the excitement when he boarded the warship, and his eyes were leisurely: "Yes, Zhuo Ruo was fortunate to have boarded the Duke with everyone, saw the cannon of the giant ship, and also met those sergeants." ”

"Really open the warship to show people" Tan Sitong picked up the teacup and squinted his eyes, he was very surprised, it stands to reason that the warship is a weapon of the country, and it can't be easily shown, why does that Li Mo have such courage to dare to show people generously?

"Hmph, wolf ambition wolf ambition" Kang Youwei slapped the table fiercely: "He is deliberate, he wants to demagogue people in this way, the heart of splitting the territory and sealing the land is already obvious, he is deceiving me and no one in the Qing Dynasty"

Kang Youwei's words made Liang Qichao's heart tremble, knowing that the other party had been persuading the emperor to step up maintenance, and the heart of protecting the emperor and constitution had long been as strong as iron, so naturally he couldn't see Li Mo's kind of separatism.

However, he did not speak, but smiled and turned the second page of the newspaper: "Don't hide it, this newspaper Zhuo Ru has really never seen it, you look here, it is all news of buying things, recruiting workers and attracting investment." ”

"Oh? This kind of thing is also in the newspapers? Kang Youwei couldn't help frowning and looking at it, until he saw the news of a sewing machine factory, and he couldn't help but be moved.

He also recently heard that foreigners have come up with a kind of thing called a sewing machine in recent years, which can replace needlework, and a machine is enough to reach hundreds of skilled garment workers, but he didn't expect to see it in this newspaper, and this is not the news of sale, but the news of the special production of the investment factory.

According to the newspaper, anyone who is willing to build a factory to build a sewing machine, the technology will be provided by the Chinese Government Council, and only need to contribute to build the factory, and the government will use technology to account for 30% of the shares for 10 years, and after 10 years, all the shares will be returned to the investors.

Although Kang Youwei does not pay much attention to commercial affairs, but there are many industrial and commercial buildings in the law, and the content of building industry, he naturally knows the value of this sewing machine, I am afraid that as long as people with a little knowledge can see that this thing is put in the Qing Dynasty, that is a big business, although it will be occupied for ten years of thirty percent of the shares, but even if only one percent is left, it is enough for many people to have no worries about food and clothing.

In such a lucrative business, Li Mo didn't do it himself, but took it out to attract investment, could it be that he burned his hands with a lot of money?

Seeing Kang Youwei looking at the news of the sewing machine in a daze, Tan Sitong smiled: "What's the matter, Brother Guangsha also has the idea of going into business?" What is this sewing machine? Can you take it so seriously? ”

Liang Qichao smiled: "Brother Guangsha's wish is probably not good, I heard when I was in Lushun that this sewing machine business has been taken over by two merchants who came back from Honolulu and a merchant in Lushun, and at this moment people may have been choosing a site to build a factory." ”

"Oh? So Li Mo really wants to run the sewing machine business for others? This is a big business, I don't dare to say that I am making money every day, but if it is run well, three or four million taels of silver in three or five years is more than enough. ”

"What three or four million taels." Kang Youwei's words made Tan Sitong jump up suddenly, and even Liang Qichao, who had heard a little about the value of sewing machines, trembled.

"How is this possible, how is it possible" Tan Sitong paced back and forth in the room, as if he couldn't believe Kang Youwei's words, and muttered vigorously: "That Li Mo, how can he give up any big business, three or four million, you can buy an ironclad ship"

"Yes, in my opinion, this may have been deliberately made by him, in order to make people think that he was generous and used to win people's hearts." Kang Youwei said: "His actions are to divide the territory, which is really hateful."

Liang Qichao took a breath, and suddenly he found a problem, whether it was Kang Youwei or Tan Sitong, although they were both well-educated people, and they were well-informed and ready to implement Wei, they both lacked an important thing.

practice

Yes, there are also industry and commerce in France, and there are also ideas of setting up factories and building industries, but in fact, none of them have experience in doing this kind of thing, so they will feel incredible when they see Li Mo giving up such a big benefit, in fact, he also felt impossible when he heard about it, and after seeing Yan Fu, he gradually understood that Li Mo didn't care about this kind of huge profit in the eyes of some people at all, he had the means to make money, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make such a large fleet and feed so many troops.

Everyone only saw that he gave up huge profits to others, but they did not see how many workers those three factories would absorb, how many people would have no worries about food, food, clothing, and food, and how many other industries would be created.

Liang Qichao suddenly felt a little lazy, changed the topic and asked, "Brother Tan, I've been hearing people say that Penghu is fighting in the past few days, what's going on?" ”

Speaking of Taiwan, Kang Youwei suddenly forgot what he had just said, and hurriedly told the cause of the Taiwan incident, Tan Sitong was so angry that he slapped the table and angrily reprimanded the shameless behavior of the French, but when it came to the warring situation, they all shook their heads and did not dare to be optimistic.

"So the imperial court hasn't come up with any countermeasures yet? Aren't there still Nanyang and Fuzhou sailors? Why don't you let the sailors fight? Liang Qichao asked.

Ay.

Speaking of the sailors, the two sighed at the same time: "The Fujian sailors have been captured by the French three days ago, and all the warships have been seized. ”

"So, there is nothing the court can do?"

Kang Youwei shook his head: "I have met the emperor before, he has already strengthened his determination to fight this battle, and has issued an edict to allow Taiwan to organize militia groups to resist the enemy, and at the same time prepare to mobilize troops from Fujian and Zhejiang to bravely enter Taiwan to resist the war. ”

"Asking the British again? Can't I even make a boat in the Qing Dynasty? When Liang Qichao heard this, he frowned, and suddenly said: "If you ask for Britain, why don't you go to Li Mo?" ”

"Zhuo Ru, are you confused, the British are no longer good for me in the Qing Dynasty, but after all, it is far away in Europe, but what about Li Mo? His sailor is in Lushun, if you ask him to come forward, do you think Taiwan can return to the hands of my Qing Dynasty?"

Seeing Kang Youwei rejecting Li Mo and the Pacific Army so much, Liang Qichao sighed regretfully, and suddenly got up: "The two of you, don't hide it, I have already met Master Yan Fuyan and talked to him when Zhuo Ru was in Lushun, so I can't participate in the righteous act with the two of you this time." ”

"Zhuoru, you are going to Lushun"

Tan Sitong jumped up first, looked at him and opened his mouth wide, I don't understand why Liang Qichao, who insisted on maintaining a dimension and had also worshiped Kang Youwei's disciple, changed his mind after staying in Lushun for a few days?

Liang Qichao didn't nod, but looked at the two of them and took a breath: "Brother Guangsha, maybe you will think that Zhuo Ru is a villain and treacherous, but I also want to correct your mistake, it is not the sailor who is stationed at Lushunkou, but the fleet, the Pacific Fleet."

"And you can't imagine what it was like to be on that huge battleship"

"At that time, I forgot my home and country, I forgot the law, and I only had one thought, what did this country need? Radical change is still needed."

"Originally, I didn't understand, but what the two of them just said about Taiwan has made me figure it out, Mr. Yan is right, scholars don't bring soldiers, but they can't forget soldiers."

"Any law must be built within the range of the cannon"

"Otherwise, it's empty talk"

"So Zhuo Ru doesn't want to talk about it like this." Liang Qichao's voice suddenly high-pitched: "Where do I want to go, to see how they are down-to-earth and lead our generation out of this sky"

"Zhuoru, do you know what you're talking about? This is Beijing, what you just said is a taboo" Tan Sitong glanced at Kang Youwei, who was deeply eyed, and reminded him.

Liang Qichao was not afraid, and smiled slightly: "If you are not free in words, you are not free in things, so what is the reform and how to talk about the dimension"

"But." Tan Sitong wanted to persuade again, but suddenly the door was pushed open, only to see Kang Guangren suddenly break in, shouting: "Brother, it's not good, Guangzhou is violent."

"What"