In the nineteenth century, when Western colonial powers seized colonies, Asia was one of the areas they fought for. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Not to be outdone, the French colonists sent missionaries, expeditions, and merchants to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos as the vanguard, and then sent troops to slowly encroach on these countries. In 1858, the French and Spanish navies jointly attacked Yan Harbor. Two years later, the French colonists captured Gia Dinh, Dinh Thuan, Bien Hoa, and Vinh Long in the eastern part of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam). In 1862, Emperor Nguyen Thi Duc of Vietnam signed the first Saigon Treaty with France. According to the treaty, Vietnam ceded Saigon, Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh, Dinh Xiang and Kunlun Island to France, and compensated 20 million francs for the war expenses. In 1863, French colonists invaded Khmer, making Khmer a French protectorate. In 1867, the French colonists occupied the eastern provinces of Vinh Long, An Giang and Ha Tien in the eastern part of Cochinchina. By 1868, the French colonizers had seized all of southern Vietnam.

"Weichen thinks that the Vietnamese are luring wolves into the house and inflicting their own problems," Wang Kaiyun raised his head slightly and looked at the face of the Queen Mother, "Take the blame and let him fend for himself." ”

"Originally, yes, the virtues of the Vietnamese, I don't need you to say it, I also know," the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows, "It's just that I thought, Tsarist Russia is in our north, although it is close, but their center of gravity is in Europe, and they will not fight with us in the Far East, they should be arrogant in India, but across the snow-capped mountains of Tibet, they can't make any big trouble, not to mention that we are in India, we are not unprepared, we don't expect to occupy India, fill in the British blockage, and have no time to look east to covet China, Portugal and Spain have declined, The warships in Asia are probably only transporting goods, and the Beiyang Naval Division can throw them off a few streets. In this way, the Western powers surrounding China will be left with only one France. ”

Empress Dowager Cixi stood up from the kang and walked to the opposite side, looking at the map of the Qing Dynasty, the vassals outside China were vivid, the Empress Dowager looked at the map of Vietnam, "Khmer and Cambodia are vassal states of Vietnam, if these three countries are all destroyed by the French," the Empress Dowager asked Gao Xinkui, "What do you say?" ”

"There are only three forces left in the South. Burma, Siam, and the French, Siam is quite strong, for China has always been not very deferential, Burma from the Gaozong Dynasty, has declined, fortunately Shi Dakai and others blocked the British eastward road, now can still survive, but there is inevitably a rumor of the grass and trees are soldiers, if Vietnam all falls, Siam must be isolated, Burma will also look at the wind, so that the south is all the land of France. Gao Xinkui said, "Liangguang Yungui will never have peace." ”

"Yungui for the time being, just say that Liangguang, Guangdong is a treaty port, the number of tariffs, ranked second in the country, the governor of Liangguang Zeng Guoquan complained in the old days, the French in Vietnam to set up cotton cloth, silk flour and other factories, the goods in the name of Vietnam into China, evade taxes, because of the good quality and low price, and less tariffs, so the two Guangxi and the area are all French goods, the local gentry complained, if only so, it is enough, the herres came to report, the border between the two Guangzhou, more and more French missionaries are unruly, What to do to spy on intelligence, survey the terrain? The Queen Mother said slowly, turned around and sat on the throne, she turned her head and shouted, "Little Lizi." ”

Behind the throne, a eunuch quietly walked out, this eunuch was the eunuch who had a secret meeting with Wang Kaiyun in the Fumanyuan Theater, he was wearing a red dress, obviously the leader of the eunuchs, he held a bowl, dedicated to the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Queen Mother took the bowl, "What kind of tea?" ”

"Back to Lafayette, it is wolfberry dendrobium honey tea, which is the most calming."

The Queen Mother nodded, "Xiao Lizi, you can tell the two adults about the content of the treaty that the French are going to sign with the Great Southern Emperor in Vietnam." ”

"Yes," Eunuch Li bowed his head and stood on the edge of the throne of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and said, "Vietnam sent its minister Le Jun and French Rear Admiral Du Bolei to negotiate the signing of the Franco-Vietnamese Treaty of Peace and Alliance, and the first clause of the negotiation between the two sides was that France would recognize Vietnam's independence and no longer submit to China. ”

Wang Kaiyun's eyebrows jumped sharply, but Gao Xinkui heard such words for the first time, and couldn't help shouting, "What? This must not be! ”

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"This must not be!" Qinghai jumped up and shouted in surprise, "Vietnamese independence? Never! ”

Qinghai is sitting in the duty room of the Prime Minister Yamen Guo Songtao drinking tea, Guo Songtao since the British and French ambassadors returned from a ten-year term, he has entered the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, as the assistant minister in charge of foreign affairs, a few days ago he added the title of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is an authentic imperial minister, Guo Songtao saw Qinghai reaction, couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Zhongtang, don't you listen to it first?" "Say your opinion again?

"What's so nice to hear in the back, these foreign devils, they all look the same ugly," Qinghai waved his hand, "It's nothing more than what garrisons, open ports, reparations, etc., are all carved out of a mold, I just need to hear this first article, Vietnam independence?" Hehe, I knew it was going to be finished," Qinghai didn't say who was finished, but just asked again, "This matter is known outside?" ”

Guo Songtao shook his head, "I don't know yet, Xisheng ordered Li Lianying to give it to us." ”

"That's the case with foreigners," Qinghai shook his head and sighed, "It's good that the content of this treaty has not been spread, as long as it is spread, then the sea will boil and the world will be in an uproar." ”

"Speaking of which, the French have a deep relationship with the current Nguyen Dynasty, and it was normal for them to meddle in Vietnam," Guo Songtao knew what the French had done in the south over the years, "Nanqi was cut off to the French in the first year of Tongzhi, and they paid a huge amount of money, which has been 20 years, and many French privileges in Vietnam have been agreed upon. ”

"The first year of Tongzhi?" Qinghai said, "At this time and that time, you also said that it was 20 years ago, when Xisheng had just lowered the curtain, and the Prime Minister Yamen did not have a master as proficient in diplomacy as you, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in China was not too busy to take care of itself, where would there be time to care about the outside?" Prime Minister Yamen is nothing more than buying, buying, buying, buying muskets, buying warships, buying artillery, and being able to take care of the rebellion in the south, the twisted army in the Central Plains, and later Bai Yanhu Agu Bai It would be good if he got it first, where would he have time to care about the bad things of the Vietnamese? I'll tell you the truth, if the Sulu Kingdom was not lucky, and Spain was in decline, it was favored by the Western Sage, and it would have been swallowed by the Spaniards long ago if it had to be neutral among the vassals. (To be continued.) )