88. The Eve of the Great War (4)

Chen Wending didn't dare to slack off, quickly stood up, out of the camp tent to Fang Hongyi's big tent, there was a general in his thirties sitting on the top of the handsome seat, that is, Fang Hongyi, the capital of the fifth town, he is a native of Xiangtan, and he is the son of the general of the Hunan army, although he is young, but the previous battles since the Guangxu Dynasty have not been pulled down, and the record is outstanding. After defeating the French army outside Lang Son, it advanced to the Lang Sheng-Lang Lou and Dong Sang fronts, where a large-scale battle was never carried out except for a few small and small conflicts, which was again a very criticized thing, and after a long delay, the difference between the naval division and the army became bigger and bigger in everyone's minds, and the navy threw life and death and marched forward bravely, but the new army became a turtle with a shrunken head, very patient but not motivated, how is this good? Fang Hongyi's impeachment, there are many, most of this impeachment is still from all over the generals and commanders of these military attachés, firstly, they are jealous that Fang Hongyi can be in charge of such a big battle, as long as he wins, he must be a prince and noble, and the glory is extraordinary, and secondly, he also has some objections to today's battle plan. Wait any longer, the daylilies will be cold. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Of course, as the minister of the Qin Mission, the prime minister is naturally impeached for Zuo Zongtang of the French War, but more people know that Zuo Zongtang is in the back of his mind, impeachment is useless, according to the character of Xisheng, I am afraid that I will have to give the black Zuo Zongtang people no face, it is better to forget it, it must be okay to attack a military attaché.

Fang Hongyi was in the midst of criticism, but there was no discoloration on his face, but Chen Wending, although he was in his forties, his sideburns had been faintly frosty recently, his eyes were deeply sunken, and the originally plump flesh on his cheeks had dried up. First, he was heartbroken, his friend Li Yansheng died tragically in Hue City, and secondly, he was shocked that the rise and fall of the king of Vietnam was so brutally manipulated by the French, and the new emperor of the Great Southern Kingdom did not care about the fact that China and France fought against each other on the battlefield in Beiqi without distinguishing the winner or loser, and brazenly burned the gold seal given by China, and threw it all at the French, this is not the humiliation of Hongguoguo, but kicking his nose and face, and trying to on the top of China's head!

Of course, in the case of Hue City, the new monarch had to make a compromise behavior, which is of course understandable, before the absolute strength of the compromise, and the enemy, presumably the Celestial Empire will not care, but also sent troops to help the French increase logistics resources on the Lang Sang front, sent Catholic Vietnamese soldiers to attack the Chinese new army, this behavior is not a "last resort" word can be explained, Chen Van Dinh has no right to say anything, the new monarch of Hue, has completely fallen to the French, The killing of ministers who were neutral and even pro-China, and the exile of Nguyen Van Huang, who were replaced by officials from Saigon, are very telling.

Chen Wending bowed his hand to Fang Hongyi, and also bowed to the white-haired general Feng Zicai below, Fang Hongyi put down the military newspaper in his hand and nodded, "Lord Chen, please take a seat, I asked you to come today, and I have something important to inform you." ”

"Lord Toto, please."

"The Nguyen Dynasty is incompetent," Fang Hongyi said slowly, "losing power and humiliating the country, trapping the Heavenly Dynasty in an unkind and unjust land, there is a will in the capital, and another Vietnamese monarch Le Daoyuan will be established, and the legal system of the Le Dynasty will be reestablished to rule Vietnam." ”

Chen Wending stood up and looked at Fang Hongyi in disbelief, Fang Hongyi's face was very calm, and he didn't look like he was joking. "Li Dynasty?" He let out a low voice, "Where did the Celestial Empire find the descendants of the Li Dynasty?!" ”

"Li Shuzong Beijia is in Beijing, and the descendants who stayed," Fang Hongyi said, "There is a sect of the jade spectrum to check, Lord Chen won't think that my Heavenly Dynasty randomly found someone to pretend to be replaced, right?" ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a lower official, it's just," Chen Wending was obviously in a panic, he really didn't know that China would behave like this, he didn't care about Hue City at all, and the legal status of the new monarch was canceled all of a sudden!

Of course, China can cancel it, China is the suzerainty of Vietnam, and the authority to entitle the king was originally to be reviewed by the Imperial Court and operated by the Ministry of Rites, not by any vassal state itself, in the past, Li Fangyuan, the emperor of the Li Dynasty of Korea, was not the son-in-law or eldest son of King Taizu, and relied on force and power to seize the throne, but China does not recognize you, that is, does not recognize you, Li Fangyuan can only temporarily occupy the position of regent and supervisor, even if the authority is monstrous, he cannot be a vassal to China, and he claims to be the king of Korea, from a legal point of view, Emperor Dong Thanh is a black household, the Chinese do not recognize, of course, can appoint a new Vietnamese king, Chen Van Dinh originally thought that the Chinese's consistent practice is to continue to negotiate, and then occupy the favorable terrain of the North to form a de facto separation, and then carefully search, a suitable Nguyen clan relatives, to inherit the unification, if he ascends the throne in Lang Son, then Chen Van Dinh will not be surprised, and he will fully support this operation, no matter what, in Chen Van Dinh's view, China will always be more reliable than France.

But now such a move is really appalling, the strength and domineering of the Chinese make Chen Wending can't help but lose his voice for a long time, "The Li Dynasty has lost the country for a long time, and I don't know what the public opinion is in Vietnam," Chen Wending thought for a while before he said word by word, "Chen thinks that he can slowly try to do it, and now this world of great changes is so agitated, if it is so decisive and decisive, I am afraid that public opinion will not be able to accept it." ”

"Lord Chen, we are all errand people in the official face," Feng Zicai said in an old fritter, "Ming people don't say dark words, what public opinion, what providence, that's all lies, isn't it?" Isn't the public opinion of the people in Vietnam controlled by those of us who are in power? In the past, the Li Dynasty was the most righteous, expelled the army of my Ming Dynasty and restored the Dayue River, but the Hu Dynasty, which was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty before, was he wronged? I'm afraid that he died unjustly, didn't the current Ruan Dynasty just expel the Xishan Army, and then expel the army of Emperor Gaozong, so that they could win the country? What kind of public opinion, here in Vietnam, whoever has a hard fist will occupy the public opinion! ”

Feng Zicai obviously disagreed with Chen Wending's "public opinion" statement, "If China is defeated by the Navy Division now, and the army is also defeated here, then naturally, the matter of Vietnam wanting to merge with France is naturally the will of the people." (To be continued.) )