After entering 1896

The Ocean Kingdom's policy of introducing immigrants from the Shenzhou Continent encountered the most serious challenge to date, and the governors of the provinces of the imperial court received an express order from the imperial court; "It is strictly forbidden to defend the coast, and not to cause the outflow of border people without permission, which will shake the foundation of the country and cause deep harm."

After the First Sino-Japanese War, although the prestige of the current imperial court has plummeted, after all, the tiger is still there, and it may not have the ability to deal with foreigners, but to deal with the officials and people under his command, it is really three fingers pinching the snail - steady.

The originally open faucet was suddenly closed, and only the border provinces of Liangguang, Fujian, and Yunnan were still the same, but the number of immigrants was still inevitably greatly reduced, and the imperial court explicitly forbade it, and it was somewhat taboo.

This also directly led to the fact that in the first eight months of 1896, the total number of Chinese immigrants to the Ocean Kingdom was only 421,500, a sharp decrease of more than 6% compared with the same period last year.

Considering that the imperial court issued an explicit ban on March 17, the number of immigrants before that was not affected, reached more than 230,000 in two and a half months, an increase of 11.2% over the same period last year.

In the five and a half months from March 17 to the end of August, the total number of migrants was just over 190,000, an average of only about 37,000 per month, only 27.6 percent of the size of the same period last year, and this number is still declining significantly.

There are still a few migrant boats in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that can sail out, and inland areas such as north of Jianghuai and Zhili, Shanxi, Henan, and Huguang are all forbidden.

The situation in the southeastern coastal provinces is better, and there are 1~2 migrant ships along the coast of Fujian every month, leaving Hong Kong in the name of immigrating to Taiwan.

Liangguang and Yunnan have been less affected, after all, it is the base camp of Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, who has been operating for many years, in essence, it is a relationship with the ocean kingdom that is both prosperous and lossy, backed by the Nanyang power, the new army in his hands is fierce and daring to fight, plus the Yue country plays a triumphant song, and Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, also has the confidence to speak.

Gu Yanchuan has been in charge of Liangguang for many years, and his protégés and former officials with a close Australian background are all over the southeastern provinces, especially in Liangguang, Fujian, and Yunnan.

September 7, 1896

Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, "withheld military salaries, fished the people, secretly hid firebows and firearms with the intention of rebellion, and disregarded people's lives, and the people were extremely resentful." and other 16 charges, arrested a total of 173 Manchu Guangzhou generals and their staff, sent a brigade of new troops to surround the city of Guangzhou Prefecture, disarmed more than 8,900 Eight Banner soldiers, and single-handedly concocted the "Guangzhou Incident" that shocked China.

It just came at this time

The heavy cruiser "Suzaku," which was on a friendly visit to Haiphong Port in Vietnam, left the Beibu Gulf with three Brave-class cruisers, and immediately after receiving the order, he headed north to Guangzhou, where he docked at the riverside wharf in front of the mountain gate of Haizhuang Temple, where King Li Fushou once stayed.

The four cruisers were lined up, the tall and mighty hulls blooming with an icy sheen in the sunlight, the fist-sized steel rivets symbolizing the indestructible sea beasts, and the muzzles of the black holes exuding invisible majesty.

Although the Ocean Kingdom explained that it was "a coincidental and friendly visit out of concern for the friendship of the country." But a discerning person can easily see that this is purely a platform for Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, to warn the foreign forces behind the Qing government;

It's almost there, don't be troublesome!

Of course, the naval fleet of the Ocean Kingdom did not dare to go too far, no matter how foreign media reporters asked, they all said in a strict tone;

It's a pure coincidence, so stop by to see if there's anything you can help, after all, it's a friend!

Purely in good faith and never directed at any party.

It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, I believe it myself.

As soon as the fleet of the Ocean Kingdom sailed into Guangzhou, the Qing government immediately became dumbfounded, adhering to the principle of always dragging out small things and small things, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and did not say anything about the "Guangzhou incident".

To tell the truth, the Qing government is now very afraid of the little Oriental devils, and it has been psychologically cast by the First Sino-Japanese War.

But the Qing court was even more afraid of the Nanyangs, that was a ruthless character who put the Oriental little devils in the combined fleet, and the corpses of the 6th Division were all over the field, and there were floating corpses floating in the inland sea of Mugang for more than two months, and the fish in the sea were all eaten.

For the Westerners who were far away in Europe, the Qing court was more afraid than afraid, after all, Europe was far away in the world, and the relationship between the two sides was close, the deputy of Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing court, was the British, and the customs had been in charge of the British Hurd for more than ten years, and there were many senior officers from Britain, the United States, and Germany in the army and navy, and the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau and the Mawei Shipyard were built with the help of the British.

Putting these aside for the time being, let's just talk about the Liangguang Governor's Palace.

According to the Qing system;

The Manchurian Eight Banners army stationed in the central cities of Huashenzhou provinces all had independent Manchu cities, where only Manchu people were allowed to live, and the Eight Banners guarded them, and the Eight Banners were used to control the larger number of green battalion soldiers, so as to maintain the ruling foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

The power to appoint, dispatch and transfer the Eight Banners directly belonged to the imperial court, and the local governors of the Qing Dynasty had no right to control the Eight Banners, on the contrary, the Manchu generals had the right to supervise the Han ministers, observe illegal affairs, and have the right to play secretly.

It is a pity that after the Taiping Rebellion, even if the Eight Banners soldiers across the country were abolished, the Green Battalion soldiers were completely eroded, and they were replaced by landlord armies dominated by Huguang and Jianghuai, the most famous of which were Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, plus Gu Yanchuan's Yue Army, which constituted the three major local armed forces of the Great Qing State.

With a strong armed force as the foundation, you can listen to the imperial court and not listen to the tune, if you are forced to bite back, the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's rule will collapse half of the sky, and no one can save such serious consequences.

Among the eight banner soldiers stationed in various places in the Qing Dynasty, the nearly 10,000 Eight Banners army led by Su Muha, the general of Guangzhou, was the strongest one, and participated in the first Qing-French war and performed quite well.

However, in this "Guangzhou Incident", in the face of the black hole of the new army, the 8,900 Eight Banners soldiers did not have the courage to resist at all, and obediently disarmed and surrendered.

If the Qing Dynasty still had a little confidence before, this time it completely dried up the last bit of gas in the balloon, and it was unsurprisingly deflated.

With the support of the Ocean Kingdom fleet, Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, did it drastically.