The Battle of Vladivostok not only caused a strong international response, but also the major powers in the world, and those who are not related to the relevant and unrelated are evaluating the impact of this war on their own country. In China, there are even huge waves.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time that the Chinese have recovered their lost lands in practical sense since the Opium War in 1840. Previously, the East China government recaptured the Tianjin Concession, Weihaiwei, and Qingdao in the past. Theoretically, after the concession expires, these places will automatically return to the Chinese government. Of course, after the concession expires, countries will find ways to extend the lease period. Although Russia has now occupied China's northeastern region, this can only be considered an illegal invasion of Russia. From a legal perspective, the sovereignty of these lands still belongs to the legal government represented by the Qing court, not Russia. Of course, if Russia wins the victory of this war, the Qing court will definitely not be able to protect these lands.

Vladivostok is different. This is in the [China-Russia Yuanhui Treaty] and the [China-Russia Beijing Treaty], the Qing court has ceded Vladivostok to Russia. Therefore, from a legal perspective, Vladivostok is now Russia's territory. Then the East China government captured Vladivostok, which means it has indeed recovered lost territory. Both strategic and political interests are quite huge.

The East China government has always been good at using victory on the battlefield to promote itself, so naturally it will not miss such an opportunity. Therefore, various propaganda machines are launched together to vigorously publicize the achievements of the East China government in recapturing Vladivostok. Of course, it has not forgotten to make the Qing court again.

Of course, the achievements of regaining Vladivostok are indeed worthy of boasting. In addition, the performance of Qing dynasty's previous incompetence in responding to the war between Japan and Russia in the Northeast, the advantages and disadvantages of the two governments are naturally clear at a glance. Even a few loyalists from the Qing court wanted to help the Qing court clean the fields. It can be said that the victory of the Vladivostok battle pushed the reputation of the East China government to a peak again. In Shanghai, Guangzhou and other trends were relatively open to the local area, and some people even publicly appealed to let overseas Chinese take over the country.

In Beijing, the center of the Qing court, I naturally felt the impact of this wave. Although no one in Beijing dared to blatantly promote the need for overseas Chinese to take over the country, many people also believed that the Qing court should cooperate with overseas Chinese rather than confrontation at this time. A large number of officials submitted a memorandum to the Qing court, suggesting that the court let overseas Chinese take charge of the government and preside over the new laws of the Qing court.

In fact, this suggestion has always existed, but in the past, some middle and lower-level officials and local prefecture officials filed a lawsuit. This time, there were many senior officials, such as the Six Ministers, Wai Lang, local governors, governors, etc., and some people advised the Qing court to temporarily stop the suppression of Henan bandits and change to recruitment. Because everyone knows that Henan's bandits are a branch of the East China government, but now the East China government is fighting bloody to recover China's lost territory and defend China's territory, but the Qing court stabbed the knife in the back. This is too unreasonable. Moreover, the people's hearts now are all the parties to the East China government. To be honest, if the East China government raises its arms, it may really be a follower. Therefore, the Qing court's attack on Henan at this time is probably not the best strategy. Even if it succeeds, it will lose all the people's hearts.

Originally, the Qing court decided to send troops to attack Henan and attack the East China government in the name of suppressing bandits and quelling the rebellion, but now there are variables, and the Qing court had to recruit court meetings for several days to discuss whether to continue sending troops.

In fact, when Cixi and Guangxu heard this news, they were very complicated. Because it was Guangxu, he once regarded overseas Chinese as their saviors of the Qing Dynasty, but he did not expect that overseas Chinese would become gravediggers of the Qing court. However, what overseas Chinese have always done now is exactly what Guangxu has always dreamed of, working hard to govern, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and losing territory, and promoting the nation. But why can't overseas Chinese support themselves? If overseas Chinese are willing to support themselves, with their strength, they can easily gain power, and they will also give them great power and let them take charge of the government legitimately. Isn't this better use of their talents? This is much better than trapping a province in Shandong, and there is no need to betrayal. If they want to be called

They were lonely and widowed, and founded the dynasty, but judging from their overseas experience, no one called them kingly and dominates them, but implemented a system of abdication similar to that of the ancient Yao and Shun era.

Why do you oppose the court if you don’t want to be an emperor? Is it because they are descendants of the previous dynasty that they only want to restore the Han people’s world? But the Qing court has been in the pass for nearly 300 years, and the Manchus and Han people have long been integrated, and overseas Chinese are not as narrow-minded.

Whenever I think of this, Guangxu feels depressed and restless, and he wishes he could find an overseas Chinese to ask in person. However, Guangxu also knew that this was impossible.

Now that overseas Chinese have recovered Vladivostok, this is exactly the great achievement that Guangxu dreams of, but now the imperial court is planning to send troops to attack overseas Chinese when the country is empty. It is really a fate. Guangxu couldn't help but think that if overseas Chinese help him seize power, there would be no such things to control him at this time, and he would definitely support them with all his strength.

Guangxu was always imaginary, and he didn't even hear what the ministers were saying clearly. However, Guangxu also understood that there were only those left. Most of the Han ministers advocated the suspension of troops to observe the changes. Some people advocated that the court should make good efforts with overseas Chinese, because overseas Chinese did not formally raise the flag and rebel. In recent years, overseas Chinese have protected overseas Chinese, sent troops to Liaodong, and recovered Vladivostok, which are all acts of benefiting the country and benefiting the country. Therefore, it can be seen that overseas Chinese still have the intention of loyalty and righteousness to serve the country. If the court can entrust with important tasks, it may not be impossible to make good efforts with overseas Chinese.

Some people even bluntly said that the reason why overseas Chinese have reached this day is related to the failure of the imperial court to reuse it. When overseas Chinese returned to China, the country was upright and the country changed in the Boxer period, and the court rushed westward, it was because overseas Chinese turned the tide and defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance that enabled the court to return to the capital. In this way, the court only made great contributions. How could the court only granted him the governor of Shandong? How could it be a meritorious person? Therefore, the court should immediately issue an edict to blame himself and send envoys to Shandong to recruit him to preside over the government, which would surely make overseas Chinese return.

In fact, Guangxu agreed with this opinion. Sometimes he thought that if he could take power, he would definitely send someone to Shandong to invite overseas Chinese to Beijing to preside over the major policies, and he would not blame anything in the past.

The Manchu clan members and officials have another attitude. They believe that overseas Chinese are the survivors of the previous dynasty and have different ambitions. Even if they have overseas protection and regaining lost land, they are just an act of winning people's hearts. It is not for the court. They should be eliminated very early, otherwise there will be endless disasters. Now, the army of overseas Chinese is fighting with Japan and Russia abroad. The court can take advantage of the situation and first eliminate the wings of overseas Chinese in Henan, and then annihilate overseas Chinese, so that future troubles will be eliminated.

Moreover, this plan was fully supported by Britain and France. The two countries not only agreed to sell weapons to the Qing court, but also agreed to give the Qing court a loan of 20 million pounds as military expenditure. This can also solve the problem of insufficient military expenditure in the Qing court. Therefore, it is the best opportunity to weaken the East China government and must not be missed.

In fact, Britain and France were not satisfied with the Qing government's plan to attack Henan, and they hoped that the Qing government would directly attack Shandong. Unfortunately, the Qing government did not have such courage. However, the Qing government's attack on Henan could also contain part of the energy of the East China government, so it was considered second-rate. In order to allow the Qing government to restrain as much of the energy of the East China government as possible, Britain and France naturally had to do their best to give the Qing government some support. Moreover, the loans were not only returned, but also had to calculate interest. Selling weapons to the Qing court would also benefit, so why not do it!

The ministers all had their own opinions and had a dispute. They had a long discussion for a whole morning without any result. Although Guangxu had some thoughts in his heart, he did not dare to say it out at this time. In the end, Cixi could only make the verdict.

In fact, Cixi is also in a very difficult situation now. From her heart, of course she wanted to take the opportunity to teach overseas Chinese a lesson. And now it is indeed a good opportunity, Cixi would agree to send troops. Of course, she could also suppress Yuan Shikai and see if Tieliang, Liangbi and others could be of great use. However, Cixi did not expect that the East China government would recover Vladivostok at this time, which would push up the reputation of overseas Chinese again. If an attack on Henan is still launched at this time, would it arouse civil rebellion? Will overseas Chinese use this reason to officially raise the flag and rebel? All the people and gentry in the world have come to oppose the Qing court. Before this, the overseas Chinese's protection of overseas Chinese and participating in the war have definitely won the hearts of many people, and this time it has made them hopeful. If it really reaches that point, the Qing court will be really dangerous.

Unlike Guangxu who also retained a hint of fantasy about the East China government, Cixi knew very well that overseas Chinese would not reconcile with the Qing court, or commented that overseas Chinese had never been friendly with the Qing court.

However, it is not the best strategy to cancel the military or suspend the military. Although Cixi does not understand military affairs, many wars occurred during her power. Therefore, Cixi also knew a little bit about military tactics. Changing orders every day was a taboo, and the support of the royal family was also a main pillar of Cixi's power. She had previously punished Prince Su Shanqi, and Cixi had offended some royal families. If the military was cancelled now, it would inevitably offend most of the royal family members. After losing these support, can Cixi retain her current power?
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