When the news that the French reinforcements landed from Haiphong Port and were still on the bank of the Red River towards Thang Long Mansion reached China, the big guys were even more surging and there was a tendency of wildfires to set fire to the plains, everyone shouted and beaten, everyone demanded a declaration of war, and there was a great ambition to overhaul the army and raise troops, and conquer the Palace of Versailles tomorrow. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When he arrived in Nanyang, the main battle argument was clearly visible from his 10 consecutive recitals, and he emphasized in his excerpts that China and Vietnam are interdependent, and the more they die, China will suffer. It is believed that China has three reasons to win: first, the Franco-Prussian War has just ended, France has ceded land and paid reparations after its defeat, and its national strength is quite poor; Second, the distance between China and France was far away, and it took 20 or 30 days for the French army to reach Vietnam from the mainland, while the Qing army could reach Vietnam in three days and 10 days at the latest, which was superior in numbers; 3. After the French occupied Vietnam, they exercised tyranny, and as long as they sent people to make a call, the Vietnamese people would respond to it, and the French army would be surrounded by enemies on all sides.

As soon as the words came out, shocking the world, Zhang Peilun jumped from the original Lantai Qing advice to a tough pioneer who dared to be the first in the world, and even Zuo Zongtang looked sideways and said to the people around him, "The heart of this son is like Chen Tang."

The intention of declaring war on France seems to have become the mainstream of the DPRK and China, and even Bao Jun, who has always believed that silver money should not be wasted in Vietnam, seems to have a headache, and he also thinks that the French actually sent a large army to fight in Beiqi again, obviously thinking about the destruction of Vietnam, and it is definitely not just to force Vietnam to sign an alliance under the city as originally envisaged.

The Empress Dowager's intentions have always been uncertain, and only three days ago she made a decree declaring that the friendship between China and France is unbreakable, and that no contradictions and disputes can shake the determination of the two countries to join hands in the 20 th century, and that all the excerpts calling for a declaration of war have not been left in China, indicating that he is very disapproving of this matter, and Guo Songtao, who has not seen the French ambassador for a long time, also came forward to summon Albert, repeatedly protested and expressed the hope that the French Republic can cherish the friendship between our two countries and maintain a restrained attitude in Vietnamese affairs. And through negotiations between the two sides to resolve related disputes, such a statement, it seems that the Chinese have never had the intention of fighting against France, the crowd is turbulent, if the superior has a decision, just like the Jinshan Temple in the heart of the river, even if you are stormy, he will not move.

There are also people who slowly walk out such rumors, "The court doesn't want to fight, but someone has the title of the devil six, and he wagged his tail at the foreigner, but he forgot what his surname was, and now he has borrowed the power of the foreigner to oppress the loyal ministers and filial sons in the court." ”

Under the leadership of Li Hongzao, Xu Tong and others, wave after wave of excerpts petitioned to start a war, and the momentum was very good, and the four nine cities were quite respectful when they saw the imperial history, but there were also many people who were disdainful, "These are all masters, they are good at talking, whether they start a war or not, it has nothing to do with them, if there is a war in the future, as long as they help transfer some grain and grass in the south, Lao Tzu admires him." ”

A carriage with the coat of arms of France hurriedly drove into Dongjiaomin Lane, a few days before the French embassy was in front of the city, many people took advantage of the momentum of the paper bridge victory to go to the embassy to see the excitement, but this will not be put on the market to say, so these days to see nothing new to see, and they are all dispersed, the carriage got down a civil official with a briefcase, walked into the embassy, he crossed the corridor, went straight to the office of the French ambassador Albert, he knocked on the door, After getting permission, he entered the office, and was surprised to see that there were other people in Albert's office, a thin and tall oriental man, if it were not for the tuxedo that the Qing people would not pass on today, the civil official must have thought that the ambassador and the Chinese were plotting something.

It was the Japanese ambassador Taichi Tanabe, who interrupted the conversation when he saw the civilian official coming in, "Mr. Ambassador, I hope we can further reach cooperation," he closed the notebook in his hand, put the pen in his jacket pocket, and stood up, "I will take my leave today." ”

When Taiichi Tanabe went out, the civil servant handed Albert a letter in his hand, "Mr. Ambassador, this is a personal letter from the Prime Minister to you. ”

"Dear Albert, it is a pleasure that I am able to write to you after the two chambers have passed concrete support for military action in Vietnam, yes, I am sure that when you received this letter, you already knew that we were going to send additional troops and build a fleet aimed at smoothly controlling and pacifying the situation in North Vietnam, and the specific amount had been paid in place, and concrete action could be taken immediately, oh yes, by the time you received this letter, the action should have already begun, and the speed of the telegram was a hundred times faster than that of the old letters. I hope that you will be able to show restraint in the defeat of North Vietnam, just like our previous Emperor His Majesty was captured in Sedan, this is a fact that cannot be denied, the rise of any country and nation requires the price of blood, in this regard, I admire Bismarck of Germany very much, even if he stepped on the bones of France to help Germany become a European power. ”

“....... With regard to our national policy, as a colleague and friend who came out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together, I feel that it is necessary for me to explain to you Albert that we and Germany need to actively confront each other, which is of course true, but when Bismarck threw out an olive branch, we did not take it seriously, and actively carried out overseas colonization and broadened our influence in the world while avoiding the needless confrontation between the two countries because there was no economic or political benefit, which is an established policy that cannot be changed. Moreover, Germany expressed its support for French colonization abroad, and they colonized only a small area in southern Africa, and they abandoned everything else. Both Germany and France have an adversary, and that is Great Britain, and Bismarck and I both hope that the two countries will take this as an opportunity to join forces against Britain and establish an alliance between the two Western European countries. As a temporary compromise with Germany, the price we pay is to temporarily crumble among the people for the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine, yes, this is only temporary, and any person and country that wants the rise and fall of France will surely fail, and all we are doing now is to put away our minds and pretend to be lurking. ”

"So, this is what we need to achieve in Vietnam, not only to show our determination, but not to be overly strong, so that people can see, we need to be anxious to restore the former glory, so I need you, dear friend, to preside over the diplomatic affairs with China in the Far East, first, to show our desire for Vietnam, which we have ruled in Nam Ki for many years, even if the Vietnamese king has the most powerful force in the Far East, and he cannot drive out our deep-rooted power in Nam Ki, This desire needs to be shown through active and limited action, with a combination of diplomacy and military affairs, active action is in the military of Pak Khi, anyone who dares to harm her glorious children of France will pay the price of blood, and the Black Flag Army must be struck, so I need you to ensure that Chinese will not interfere in the affairs of Vietnam, at least militarily, not to let Chinese interfere, and the presence of diplomats in Hue City does not matter. ”

"As long as we quickly solve the Black Flag Army in Beiqi, then the Chinese will not have a reason to interfere in Vietnam's affairs, then diplomatic means need to serve the military, whether we can quickly solve the Vietnamese problem, not only represents the ruling power of my cabinet, but also whether it proves that France can rise again after the Franco-Prussian War, there must not be any problems, now the public opinion in the country has been stirred, as long as the war is won, anything can be temporarily regressed, Including the vesting of Suez Canal shares. (To be continued.) )