Ten years later, Zhang Dong made this mistake again, that is, the purchase of iron smelting furnace was not in conformity with Daye Iron Mine, and the production quality was very poor, resulting in a high market.
However, Zuo Zongtang’s construction in Gansu is an episode. His significance in Gansu lies in frontier defense. Although his desire to enter Xinjiang has not been realized, the Qing government does not have the realistic conditions to recover Xinjiang. However, his preparations for entering Xinjiang in Shaanxi and Gansu are a deterrent to the separatist forces in Xinjiang, and it is necessary to guard against Zuo Zongtang’s entry into Xinjiang
But at the beginning of this year, Zuo Zongtang died of illness and lost Zuo Zongtang’s powerful deterrent. Can the government of Akuba in Xinjiang be honest? Now the Qing court should consider that Akuba may have invaded the Hexi Corridor, which often affects the geographical balance pattern rw.
Section six hundred and ninety-one Anti-French royalist movement
In the past 15 years, the navy and the army have entered the final preparation stage. The navy has received all warships and the army has recruited enough soldiers. The peak is 23s. The update is the fastest.
It seems that the international situation has not been affected by the large-scale military expansion and preparations for war. In November 14, the Berlin Conference was called or this conference was called. It was a conference on African affairs, and the American representative tried to put the agenda of prohibition on alcohol on the agenda, which was also rejected by all parties.
This conference, under the banner of expanding trade in Africa, sang a high-profile message to Africans, which could not conceal the essence of carving up Africa. This caused great influence in the world. Oriental Day and big newspapers turned around and reported the headlines that the powers carved up Africa. Not all major newspaper editors have such a strategic vision. The key is that Europe’s own newspapers reported it this way, and their words could easily affect the concepts of other countries and nations.
After education, popular newspapers and textbooks, the intellectuals are not as conservative as they used to be. They know that Africa knows the world. Unfortunately, the agricultural people are naturally uninterested in the outside world, which makes them not sensitive to the event of the great powers dividing Africa. However, the Japanese are very alert. Since the great powers have divided Africa, if Asia does not protect itself, the great powers will divide Asia sooner or later.
However, the combination of the Japanese sense of crisis and the unified emphasis on culture has actually set off. Japan should occupy other lands in Asia before the powers carve up Asia. Asians saved their lives almost immediately after the conference on carving up Africa. Fukuzawa Yukichi, the godfather of thought, published the theory of breaking away from Asia and called on Japan to actively expand outward, not only to own culture but also to lead Korean culture.
Great intellectuals are more interested in foreign expansion than Japanese, because they haven’t seen the benefits from the country’s foreign expansion. At the same time, a huge goal will eventually attract everyone’s attention. That is, the idea of unifying China and the Qing Dynasty will twist the old school and the new school into a rope. The Northern Expedition will eventually be the biggest foreign expansion, and the expansion direction will be oriented to the north. This is why the public opinion circles have finally adhered to the mainstream for so many years. When France is approaching Vietnam, some people think that they should not take care of Vietnam, but seize the opportunity to gain French support for the Northern Expedition to unify the Central Plains.
However, the big "backward" force system has left the power in the hands of a few elites. Although the free press has never stopped criticizing the government, the government has enough power to go its own way. Instead, it has gradually become accustomed to doing things in scolding and no longer cares about the voice of public opinion. However, it has adopted strict press control measures until the day before its defeat in World War II.
The conference on dividing up Africa in Europe, which ended in March, did not affect the large-scale military expansion and preparation for war. The preparation for war is still in progress in an orderly way, and the navy has also formulated a number of war plans.
Hundreds of naval officers entered the British * * school when they went to the Paris Expo with Zhu Jinglun in 167, so the British naval thought was very popular, that is, they advocated the offensive naval line. Their battle plan was mainly offensive. When the war broke out, they immediately transferred the main force to the south to destroy the French colonial naval forces and cooperate with the army to directly land in Saigon to wipe out the French colonial armed forces in one fell swoop.
After France transferred the main naval force to the east, it gathered the capital ship, the French army, to make a decisive battle in the South China Sea to annihilate the navy and gain control of the sea. If the French army failed in the decisive battle, it retreated to the Pearl River Estuary to ensure that the Jingshi Anfen Fleet was stationed in Penghu Hall to patrol the Taiwan-Pengjinxia area to guard against the French navy’s North Sea.
The navy believes that it is very likely that the French army will recapture the Haifa concession that was taken away by the North Sea.
After reading this plan, Zhu Jinglun suggested revising it. He believed that Fujian (including Taiwan Province) should focus on coastal defense, and the main naval auxiliary of the land fortress battery was equal to releasing the Taiwan Province Strait to the French army so that the French army could move from the north.
First, it is very unlikely that France will not fight against the North unless it can completely control the sea. Second, Zhu Jinglun is not worried that France will compete for the sea concession. Once the French forces enter the sea again, the British will be more supportive.
After the expansion of the army, emergency training was carried out, but weapons and equipment could not be produced at the moment
The large arms base can be self-sufficient, but that’s normal. This kind of emergency expansion is not something that big military industries can digest.
The large-scale production of army weapons is mainly the Arsenal and Mao Se Arsenal. The Mao Se 7 rifle is a military-mounted rifle. In fact, it is the Mao Se 171 single-shot rifle equipped by Steder, but the former Arsenal is the largest manufacturer. After copying the Mao Se rifle, it was named "Five-year ordnance" rifle, which means that it was finalized for five years (17 years).
Because the factory copied, Mao Se company had a lawsuit against the factory, but the factory was supported by the army at that time. Because the Mao Se company had just built its roots, it could not meet the needs of the army. After seeing that Mao Se could deliver thousands of rifles to the army a year, the army took the initiative to find the factory to copy.
The arsenal was deeply rooted and soon became the main supplier of rifles. Mao Se Company lost a lot until Mao Se Company promulgated the patent law because of the Schneider incident. In the future, the arsenal paid Mao Se Company a silver patent for each rifle produced, and reached a settlement with Mao Se. Mao Se Company received several hundred thousand taels of compensation for the patent alone. The money has been continuously expanded, and the factory has an annual production capacity of 100,000 rifles, while the arsenal can produce 300,000 rifles.
However, this production capacity is still impossible to meet the needs of millions of troops. Moreover, once the war is exhausted, more troops will hope to ensure adequate weapons.
Other machinery industrial enterprises where the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is in coordination have also seized the opportunity to acquire equipment debugging technology, joined the tide of ordnance production, and the arms dealer Foshan Artillery Company has received a large order, and the iron company has also accepted some orders, and Chen Liantai Machinery Factory also has the ability to produce arms.
For a short time, these enterprises made a lot of profits, but after the war, they were dragged into the abyss of bankruptcy, which is another story.
At present, the situation is that the army has been assured by arms, constantly equipped with new recruits and stepped up training to form combat effectiveness.
The army also has its own military plan, which is inconsistent with the navy’s plan. The navy hopes to directly attack the French colonial center Saigon in the first place, while the army hopes that the railway will rely on the first time to capture the North Vietnamese Ministry of War to coordinate and decide to go hand in hand. At the beginning of the war, there are plenty of troops to fight on two fronts, and they can gain strength advantages on both fronts.
In the first month of the war, the army planned to capture North Vietnam, and at the same time, it also marched in the direction after the navy cooperated to capture the whole south. If the navy can control the sea, it will continue to fight on two fronts. On the one hand, it will recover Vietnam’s capital Hue from North Vietnam, and on the other hand, it will capture the French army to control Cambodia from Saigon’s Mekong River.
If it goes well, the whole Vietnam can be completely recovered in one year, and then the army’s main battle plan should be turned to defense and wait for the result of the decisive battle between the navy and the French army. If the navy wins this war, it will be over. If the navy fails, the army will become the only force to prevent France from making a comeback. In the future, the war will develop into a land warfare, and the navy will have nothing to do.
After completing the basic reorganization of the army, the navy and army all carry out targeted training on the core of their own war plans.
In July, the political situation in Vietnam suddenly changed again, and the small court in Vietnam fell out with the colonial master France.
Last year, the Vietnamese killed another emperor, that is, Ruan Fuhao, who succeeded to Jianfu after being killed by Nguy?n V?n T??ng and other ministers and palace ladies.
The reason why Ruan Fuhao was poisoned was that he tried to kill Nguy?n V?n T??ng because he was dissatisfied with Nguy?n V?n T??ng’s control of state affairs. As a result, he was poisoned by Xuefei the night before he planned to start work, and he died that night.
Ruan Fuhao was only fifteen years old when he ascended the throne. He died at the age of sixteen after half a year in power. At the age of fifteen, he dared to attack the minister. Unfortunately, there was no Kangxi means and his minister had no moral integrity than Ao Bai. Imagine if Ao Bai hooked up with Xiao Zhuang in those years. Can Kangxi move to Ao Bai? He died of folly, and it was his only choice to live in Cixi like Guangxu.
After Ruan Fuhao’s death, his brother Ruan Fu succeeded to the throne. Xian Yi was Emperor Xianyi, which was much more than his brother Xianyi. After he ascended the throne, the only minister was ordered to be safe for half a year, and the emperor was not killed, which also gave me the opportunity to stabilize the political affairs.
After the stability of the political affairs, the French ministers who took away the power of the Vietnamese court step by step finally fought back.
At this time, another minister stepped onto the stage. He just joined Nguy?n V?n T??ng and Nguy?n V?n T??ng controlled the government. He controlled the military and carved up the Vietnamese Li Zun room.
On the night of July 4th to 5th, 15, at dawn, Zun Shi said that he had set out to attack the French embassy in Hue. After several hours of fighting, he resisted the failure of the French army. Zun Shi said that he had escorted Emperor Ruan Fu of Xianyi to flee from the palace to Guangzhi Province.
This is the history of the famous anti-French prince movement in Vietnam. This movement has no influence on the Qing Dynasty, which has been officially at war with France. However, it has been waiting for the opportunity to intervene in Vietnam. It has long been decided to fight Hedma. Zhu Jinglun suggested that Ma contact Xian Yi emperor and minister to take them to the big control area to establish an exiled government and formally negotiate with France.
Section 692 Hurd needs this war
Hurd’s attitude towards the war has always been very clear, that is, if France has the ambition to annex Vietnam, the French war is inevitable. His attitude towards this battle is consistent, without Chen Zhiting’s hesitation and hesitation at that time.
All post-Hurd policies always revolve around the military and actively prepare for the war, which is what makes Zhu Jinglun satisfied, but Zhu Jinglun knows that Hurd’s determination is not really the end of the big interest, but Hurd’s own future consideration. To a certain extent, Hurd needs this war more than the people.
Although he has accumulated in big officialdom for 20 years, he set up a sea to train a large number of civil servants, but being a foreigner is his biggest obstacle, and he can’t gain the approval of the people with strong xenophobia. This makes Hurd temporarily stabilize the political situation through political means, but he has also transferred two important departments, the Ministry and the Ministry, to his chariot, but his prestige in the government and the public is not enough.
If Hurd can lead Da Da to win a war with the great powers, he feels that this warlords’ sword with white French will satisfy the people and make him gain enough prestige. He succeeded in becoming a prime minister because he supported the war and won the approval of the war emperor, but Hurd never intended to be a wartime prime minister. He had his own ideals and ambitions, and being a prime minister was the starting point. It is the most important thing to win this war if the prime minister strives to achieve his goal in life. It is not him. Hurd’s peak is the starting point for him to pave the way to Qingyun.
Therefore, Hurd, on the one hand, strengthened his armament, on the other hand, made constant preparations for public opinion with the help of Western experience. By buying and guiding public opinion, the government constantly emphasized the great threat posed by France’s occupation of Vietnam and promoted the development of patriotic nationalism in public opinion, so as to arouse the hatred of the ruling and opposition parties against France and at the same time let the ruling and opposition parties turn their attention from him as a foreign prime minister to France as a target.
Although the Northern Expedition was the mainstream of public opinion, it occupied an advantage in the short-term resistance to the French, which to some extent diverted everyone’s attention to Hurd’s administration and won Hurd preparations.
With the outbreak of Vietnam’s anti-French movement, Hurd believed that the time was ripe to intervene. After reporting to Zhu Jinglun, he sent someone to contact Vietnam’s monarch and minister while promoting the issuance of the second batch of loans in Britain again. The amount of loans was also 100 million pounds. Due to the sudden tension in the East and the fear of war, the interest rate of British funds increased from 6% to 7%. However, compared with the Japanese issuing 9% interest rate during the Russo-Japanese War, it is still relatively cheap. Obviously, the British people have little confidence. They believe that even if they are defeated, they will not
When the anti-French movement broke out, the Vietnamese took away the Vietnamese emperor after failing to attack the French army. Kelsey, the French ambassador to Vietnam, was very angry. This ambassador was also translated as the supervisor. France sent Vietnam to supervise Vietnam’s political affairs, similar to Ito Bowen or Yuan Shikai’s post in North Korea or MacArthur’s post in Japan after World War II.
After the temporary accident, Kelsima took emergency measures. On the one hand, he directly sent troops to Hue to completely occupy the Vietnamese capital, and controlled some Vietnamese officials. Nguy?n V?n T??ng surrendered to the French and was ordered by the French to give Nguy?n V?n T??ng two months, so that Nguy?n V?n T??ng could bring back the Vietnamese emperor who hid in the mountains.
At the same time, the French supported Emperor Tongqing to ascend to the throne and abolished the throne of Emperor Xianyi, but the French people’s congress expressed their opposition to the French’s unauthorized abolition of an eastern monarch, saying that France protected Vietnam and abolished an unsuitable Vietnamese monarch.
However, it is recognized that France has no relative strength. Even in the Hue Treaty signed between France and Vietnam, France has certain power to manage Vietnam’s diplomacy, but the Vietnamese monarch still exercises full power. France has no power to abolish a legitimate monarch.
The French are indefensible in this matter, but at this time they have no choice but to continue to support their puppet emperor, but they are determined not to admit that the new Vietnamese monarch will continue to support Dili, Xian Yi.
Now the two sides compete for the core and become the little Vietnamese emperor Ruan Fu of Guangzhi Province.
At this time, there are still 20,000 French troops in Vietnam, and it is impossible to control the vast area of Vietnam. In addition to the key control in Nanqi and Beiqi, the central area of Vietnam is still under the jurisdiction of the Vietnamese government. If the French forces can’t infiltrate, Nguy?n V?n T??ng will come forward and hope to bring back Ruan Fu.
However, Nguy?n V?n T??ng failed. Ruan Fu, although young, was supported by a group of resistance groups and resolutely refused to go back to Hue. Besides, he also knew that the French had established a new emperor, and he would not have a good result when he went back. He resisted the French, and these foreigners would be expected to treat him as others.
At the same time, the emissary who bypassed Siam finally established an alliance with the Vietnamese monarch and ministers, expressing their great support for them, which made the Vietnamese resistance in trouble ecstatic, but they were worried about the emissary’s suggestion, because the emperor and ministers were advised to rush to the big control area to set up a bank (temporary capital) to recruit troops and recover lost ground.