Red Alert 1895

Chapter 70 – Famous All Over The World (Part 1)

In Tainan Prefecture, many homing pigeons flew out from Tainan, and these homing pigeons began to fly towards the mainland.

“Hey, it’s a pity that the radio has not been able to be used on a large scale, otherwise I will definitely use the radio to power on this time!” Wang Guorui said helplessly.

Although radio has been invented in the world now, and Wang Guorui can also get radio equipment from the Red Police system. But that price is darker than Bao Zheng’s face. The price of this red alert system is determined according to the age. The shorter the time for some high-tech weapons to be invented, the more expensive the relative price will be. The wireless telegraph has just been invented, so the price of a wireless telegraph in the red alarm system is almost comparable to more than 30 cannons, so Wang Guorui can’t afford it.

And now that the wireless telegraph has just been invented, there are not many in the world. If you use the wireless, you will not be able to let people all over the world know. The only cable telegraph in Taiwan is in Taipei, but now that Taipei is in the hands of the Japanese army, Wang Guorui cannot use the cable telegraph in Taipei. So on the whole, it is through carrier pigeons. Taiwan and the mainland have always been connected, and the fastest way to do so is through carrier pigeons. Wang Guorui tied many pigeons with corresponding letters, and then let them fly back to the mainland by themselves.

“Hopefully, we will shock the world this time!” Wang Guorui said.

A few days later, in the pigeon station of the Fujian and Zhejiang Governor’s Mansion in the mainland, a letter began to be received.

“Taiwan victory!” “Taiwan victory!” “Taiwan victory”…

The Manchu official who was in charge of receiving the pigeons couldn’t help shouting, apparently unable to conceal his excitement. As for the related news, once it returned to the mainland, it would spread even faster. A lot of telegraph lines have been established in the mainland, so the Fujian-Zhejiang Governor’s Mansion received the news and immediately spread it to the whole country, faster than the carrier pigeon from Taiwan.

“Great victory in Taiwan!” “Great victory in Taiwan!”…

In the Li Mansion in Tianjin, Li Hongzhang, who had been removed from his position because of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, was listening to his third son, Li Jingmai, telling him about the great victory in Taiwan.

“Father, Taiwan is a great victory! The local soldiers and civilians in Taiwan fought continuously and successfully wiped out most of the Japanese Guards Division. The Japanese Guards Division only left thousands of remnants. The defeated generals retreated to Taipei, and they did not hesitate to use the people of Taipei as hostages to resist The attack of Taiwan’s military and civilians. Taiwan’s victory, Taiwan’s military and civilians can wipe out the Japanese army in Taipei at any time.” Li Jingmai said excitedly.

Li Jingmai is only nineteen years old now. He is still a very young person, and the blood in his heart has not yet cooled down. So now that he heard the great victory in Taiwan, he felt even more excited. And of course he knew that his father Li Hongzhang was removed from his post because of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and ceding Taiwan made his father and elder brother lose face, so now Taiwan has won the battle. Li Jingmai was very happy.

But Li Hongzhang looked at the battle report with bitterness on his face, and said: “Jingmai! You are really not suitable to be an official. A great victory in Taiwan may not be a good thing for us!”

“What?” Li Jingmai was puzzled.

“Master, our house is surrounded by a large group of scholars!” Immediately, a servant of the Li family shouted.

Outside Li’s house, a large group of so-called scholars came outside Li Hongzhang’s mansion, and then they surrounded Li Hongzhang’s house.

“Everyone in the same year, I am Kang Youwei. The student wrote a letter a few months ago, and that is what I advocated. At that time, I advocated that the Qing Dynasty should not sign a contract with the Japanese pirates. It was impossible to cede land and pay compensation. We must fight to the death. In the hands of the stupid officials, they actually disregarded the anti-Japanese people’s support in the world, and stubbornly wanted to compromise with the Japanese pirates and betray the country. The Japanese pirates are actually not terrible. As long as our army and people in the Qing Dynasty can unite, it will be easy to eliminate the Japanese pirates. But some stupid officials are Ignoring the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Japanese, and fearing the Japanese pirates for my own self-interest, I took the initiative to sign the traitorous treaty, which is really hateful.”

“And now Taiwan is under the leadership of Wang Guorui, a small county magistrate. They were able to annihilate the Japanese Guards Division. This is enough to show that the Japanese pirates are just a bunch of useless things, and they can only bluff. A small Taiwan is gathering some In the case of the green battalion of the militia, they were able to wipe out the Imperial Forest Army of the Japanese army. That is enough to show that the Japanese pirates are not terrible, they are just a group of paper tigers. Therefore, all this shows that I led everyone to write a letter to the emperor, that should be there. And our court must We must carry out reforms, and then clear up the stupid officials above the court, so that we can revive our Qing Dynasty!”

“Everyone is the same year. A few months ago, Li Hongzhang signed the traitorous treaty himself, ceding Taiwan to the Japanese pirates like a paper tiger. It is really a heinous crime. We are here to denounce him today. Li Hongzhang is our eternal sinner of the Qing Dynasty!”

And Kang Youwei’s speech made everyone feel the same. Because Taiwan, a place with a small territory and no strong military force, was able to defeat a Japanese regiment. The Qing Dynasty, which had 400 million people in the entire mainland, wouldn’t defeating Japan be the same as beating up a grandson? And this group of scholars have problems in their minds. They all see the surface, but they don’t care about the reality at all. They just believe in themselves. These guys don’t understand the military at all, and they think that the Qing Dynasty should be able to clean up Japan. They just saw that Taiwan has a small territory and few people, and was able to defeat the Japanese army. Shouldn’t the whole Qing Dynasty be like this?

However, Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the court, actually gave Japan land and compensation. Isn’t this a brain twitch? It’s fine to cede land and pay compensation to Western powers, but even a “weak country” is riding on their heads and shit? As for those guys who advocated that the resistance against Japan must be defeated, they are all depressed and unable to speak now, because the real example of Taiwan is right in front of them. It seems that Taiwan is so weak that it can wipe out a Japanese army. Shouldn’t it be easy to fight Japan?

Many stupid scholars were also fooled by this kind of thinking, and they came to Li Hongzhang’s house to protest. Because it was Li Hongzhang who negotiated peace and ceded land for compensation, and Li Hongzhang’s Huai Army and Beiyang Navy fought in the previous Sino-Japanese War. In this case, Li Hongzhang became everyone’s punching bag. If Taiwan’s resistance against Japan fails, there is nothing to say, but now Taiwan’s resistance against Japan is so effective, and the Japanese army’s combat effectiveness is so “weak”, then Li Hongzhang was able to defeat so many “good cards” of the Qing Dynasty. Now, doesn’t this mean that Li Hongzhang is incompetent? Now everyone has concentrated their grievances on Li Hongzhang, so naturally they want to find Li Hongzhang’s bad luck.

In the palace, Empress Dowager Cixi was also shocked, asking: “Has Taiwan really won the battle?”

“Queen Mother, it’s true. Taiwan really won a big victory. According to the battle report, the Japanese army has been squeezed in Taipei and can’t move. More than 20,000 Japanese Imperial Forest Army have been almost wiped out. Now Taiwan’s anti-Japanese situation is in turmoil. Great, the Japanese army may be driven into the sea at any time! Now countless scholars are gathered outside Li Hongzhang’s house, wanting to denounce him. And it won’t be long before many people will come to our palace, hoping that we can abolish the Japanese pirates. What about the contract!” Li Lianying, the head of the Ouchi, said.

Empress Dowager Cixi’s expression became very strange, and she didn’t know whether she was angry or happy. At this moment, even Li Lianying, who had been with Cixi for many years, didn’t know what the Empress Dowager Cixi was thinking. The Empress Dowager Cixi is moody, especially this incident can be said to be a happy event or a bad one.

No one can predict the direction of this matter. If the Japanese army in Taiwan was completely wiped out by the soldiers and civilians in Taiwan, what would happen to Taiwan’s ownership? It is a return to the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this does not make sense from a legal point of view. The Qing Dynasty had signed a treaty and ceded Taiwan to Japan, so it could not be taken back. But now Japan is so incompetent that even a small Taiwan can’t eat it, which makes the Empress Dowager Cixi speechless. If Japan eats Taiwan, then everything will be over. But now Japan can’t eat Taiwan, so everything is very complicated.

And now Taiwan’s resistance to Japan has actually succeeded, which can be said to have a huge impact on the interior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. At that time, the queen party headed by Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang was the main peace faction, while the imperial party headed by Emperor Guangxu and Emperor Shi Weng Tongsu was the main war faction. And the Empress Dowager Cixi also took the initiative to help the Japanese army brag, as if the Japanese army was invincible. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com And the Empress Dowager Cixi successfully signed a contract with Japan and ceded Taiwan.

But now things are in trouble, and Taiwan’s Anti-Japanese War has achieved a brilliant victory, so this will embarrass the rear party a little bit. At the beginning, he helped the Japanese army brag that the Japanese army was invincible, but now the reality slapped them in the face. A poor isolated island in Taiwan can succeed in resisting Japanese aggression, but how can a country with the entire mainland, a population of 400 million, and an army of millions fail? If this is told to ordinary people, no one will believe it. They just think that it is the incompetence of the upper echelon of the imperial court, which is why they signed the traitorous treaty when they clearly had a high chance of winning. The success of Taiwan’s anti-Japanese war just set off the incompetence of those peacemakers, especially Li Hongzhang and his Huai Army, Beiyang Navy and other troops.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi’s thoughts are also very complicated now. She didn’t know if she should be happy, or if she thought Wang Guorui had tricked her indirectly.

“Wang Guorui!” The Empress Dowager Cixi repeated the name, as if she wanted to keep the name in her heart.

“Queen Mother, it’s not good, it’s not good, many scholars outside the palace have come to ask our court to annul the contract with Japan, and then fight against Japan again.” A young **** shouted in panic. (To be continued.) xh118