() Having said so much about the Revolution of 1911, I just want to explain the general history of this period clearly, because there were many figures in this period, and many big names slowly started to move into China from this period.
political arena.
Regardless of whether the Nanjing government is victorious or the Beiyang government is strong on the mainland, whether Sun Yat-sen is the interim president or Yuan Shikai is succeeding him, Liu Fu in Taiwan just asks the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send briefings every day to understand a little bit, because he has a good understanding of history.
President Liu, who had no background to begin with, could not find any clues from these things. In addition, he had no intention of getting involved, so he just treated it like a history class. He just listened and took notes at most.
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In this history class, although Liu Fu did not read more meanings or understand the political methods of these powerful people, Liu Fu still saw a problem, that is, this time in mainland China
During the change of dynasties, the European and American powers did not interfere too much, except to come out at the appropriate time.
Apart from expressing their opinions, they seldom came out to shout anything. But it was because these powerful powers suddenly became so docile that Liu Fu felt something was wrong. He never believed that the big bad wolf could turn into a pleasant goat, so Liu Fu carefully examined these few
The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a European briefing in the middle of the month, but there were no clues from it.
With the establishment of the Republic of China and the provisional government
With the formation of fu, many issues that had not been taken into account or could not be managed began to slowly surface, and the Hainan Island issue was one of them. Shortly after the formation of Yuan Shikai's first cabinet, far away in Hainan
Liu Yong enjoys happiness on the island
Dian received a commendation order and a telegram from the Ministry of War. In addition to praising Liu Yongdian for his meritorious service in the uprising and guarding Hainan Island, the commendation order also specially promoted Liu Yongdian to the rank of major general and asked Liu Yongdian to go to Beijing to participate in Yuan Shikai's appointment.
ceremony.
Although Liu Yongdian was a soldier, he came from an official family and was as familiar with these political techniques as he was with food. After reading the commendation order and the telegram, he chuckled and handed the two documents to his master. He, this master,
I just glanced at it twice and immediately came to the conclusion that I could be a major general, but I didn't have to go to Beijing to attend any ceremony. So, a telegram was sent back to bei.
Jing, in the telegram Liu Yongdian said how much he supported the new government, but he had not contributed much and was not rewarded for his efforts. He declined the major general and said that he was bitten by a poisonous snake in the mountains and could not act now.
, so I didn’t go to the ceremony, and at the end of the telegram, I swore frankly that I would guard Hainan Island for the Republic of China, devote myself to it, and die!!!
Duan Qirui, who was then the Provisional Chief of Army of the Republic of China, gritted his teeth with hatred after receiving this telegram. He wished that Liu Yongdian, who refused to obey orders, would be bitten to death by a poisonous snake immediately. But the emperor is far away,
Now let alone Hainan Island, there are many provinces south of the Yangtze River, right?
Fu also clearly supports the solid evidence. Many orders and policies change after crossing the Yangtze River. There are all kinds of pushback, prevarication, and wrangling. Anyway, the central idea is to strictly prevent the central government and local governments from seizing power.
However, these local officials all have deep backgrounds and connections. Zhong Yang has nothing to do with them for the time being. He can only slowly negotiate terms. But Liu Yongdian in Hainan Island does not belong to this situation. Before the Great Revolution,
Who knows Qiongya Bingbei Road? Even if his father had been a feudal official, at his generation, he had no strong connections for a long time. Just like this, it was like imitating the big guys and the central government.
Yang is playing tricks, grandma!!!
Duan Qirui found the Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong with just one phone call and told him about the situation in Hainan Island. He originally expected Liu Guanxiong to send a few warships to Haikou to fire a few cannons to scare Liu Yongdian and let him do this.
The country bumpkin saw the strength of the People's Liberation Army, and then brought him back from Hainan Island and replaced him with his cronies.
Who would have thought that after Liu Guanxiong listened to Duan Qirui's words, he remained silent for a long time, and finally said on the phone:
"Brother Zhiquan, I know a little bit about Liu Yongdian. His ancestor was once the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In his generation, he became a Qiongya soldier. Although he can't be considered a poor family, he is not an ambitious person. This
There was a quarrel in Hainan Island last time, and there was a quarrel with Hu Hanmin, Chen Jiongming and others, but Hu and Chen did not stand still. It is said that there is Taiwanese government involved.
In the shadow of fu, Liu Yongdian now has two destroyers in his hands, which were sold to him by Taiwan. However, according to my thinking, Liu Yongdian cannot afford to buy such two warships, so there must be some inside story."
"What's the secret?" Duan Qirui calmed down while listening to Liu Guanxiong.
"I don't know the specific details, but Shaochuan is from the Tongmenghui and knows the situation in Guangdong relatively well. We might as well go to him and ask." Liu Guanxiong suggested.
"Okay, come to my house that night and let's have a drink. By the way, I'll call you Zixin. He is the Minister-General of Foreign Affairs and should be more aware of external affairs." Duan Qirui arranged the people for the banquet in the evening and put it down.
I picked up the phone, walked behind the desk, and stared at the map on the wall in a daze.
That night, at Duan Qirui's residence, Yun Hu, the 22nd son of the former Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi, Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong, and Foreign Affairs Minister Lu Zhengxiang sat around the warm pavilion in the back garden, eating.
While eating Dong Laishun's hotpot mutton, I listened to Duan Qirui talk about Liu Yongdian's story.
When Duan Qirui finished describing the telegrams and general situation he had exchanged with Liu Yongdian these days, the first person to speak was not Tang Shaoyi, but the Foreign Affairs Minister Lu Zhengxiang.
Lu Zhengxiang was originally from Shanghai. He lost his father when he was young, and his mother was a devout Christian. At the age of 13, he entered the Guangfang Dialect Hall, a new school run by the Prime Minister's Yamen, and later entered bei
Jing Tong Wen Guan specializes in foreign languages, especially Russian. In 1893, he was assigned to serve as the translator of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, and met a Belgian woman, Ms. De Pei, and despite the opposition of the embassy, they got married in 1899. After that, he was promoted to
China's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, after Yuan Shikai became president, returned to China and served as the Director-General of Foreign Affairs of Tang Shaoyi's cabinet.
Since Lu Zhengxiang has lived in Europe for a long time and served as China's ambassador to the Netherlands, he has a good understanding of the political trends in European countries. Moreover, as one of the few Chinese people who has met the current Taiwanese President Liu Fu, Lu Zhengxiang can be regarded as the leader of the Republic of China.
Zheng Fu is the person who knows Taiwan best.
After listening to Duan Qirui's introduction and Liu Guanxiong's additions, Lu Zhengxiang was the first to express his opinion, which was three words: Can't beat him.
In front of the surprised expressions of Duan Qirui, Liu Guanxiong and Tang Shaoyi, Lu Zhengxiang slowly revealed the general outline of Taiwan that he had learned and heard about in Europe over the years.
"This Liu Mingchuan gave birth to an amazing son. This president is very mysterious. Legend has it that more than ten years ago, the Japanese Navy sent fleets to take over Taiwan Island three times in a row, but they all mysteriously disappeared midway. The Japanese have been looking for him for many years.
, they didn’t even know where their fleet had gone, so the matter was left alone. Later, during the Japanese-Russian War, the Japanese and Russian fleets were again attacked by mysterious warships.
Sneak attack, this time, the Japanese finally discovered the secret of the previous disappearance of the fleet. It turned out that it was all the good deeds of President Liu Fu. They Taiwan built a ship that can launch torpedoes underwater without making a sound.
They killed most of the Japanese navy, and more than half of the Russian navy." Lu Zhengxiang became more and more excited as he spoke. He picked up the wine glass, raised his head, drank the white wine in the glass, and wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand.
"It's a submarine. There used to be something like that in Beiyang, but it wasn't as powerful as you said. I've heard about this too, especially the British Navy in Hong Kong. I heard that they were also attacked by Taiwanese submarines." Chief of the Navy
Although Liu Guanxiong has never been abroad, he is an old navy man after all, and he still knows a little about these famous naval battles.
"Well, it's not just the British. In 2006, the Japanese brought together the British, French, Germans, Russians and Americans to build dozens of warships and tens of thousands of troops, planning to attack Taiwan Island.
Who would have known that as soon as the fleet approached Taiwan, it was attacked by a submarine. I heard from a German naval officer in the Netherlands who had participated in this battle that, except for a few small boats, the entire fleet was attacked by a submarine in one hour.
They were all sunk, and it was said that Taiwan not only had
There is a submarine hidden under the water, and a small boat that flies on the sea. The guns on the warship can't reach it at all, but as long as it gets close to within 1,000 meters of the warship, a lot of weapons will be fired from the small boat.
torpedo
, At that time, even the largest British warship had to wait for death. Oh, by the way, brother Ziying is in the navy. Have you seen that kind of small boat?" Lu Zhengxiang said a little thirsty, and poured it for himself again.
A glass of wine, and I drank it all as soon as I raised my neck.
