() "You should be talking about torpedoes. There are several in Beiyang, but they don't seem to be as powerful as you said. Not only can they not run as fast as you said, but the torpedoes are not that powerful." Liu Guanxiong thought about Lu Zhengxiang.
Said ship, while answering doubtfully.
"Tsk, don't mention that old Huang Li, the Beiyang Navy...sigh...is not as good as the navy on a small island." Duan Qirui had a bad temper, and he looked down on those people in the Beiyang Navy back then.
, and now, under the influence of alcohol, I am talking a little too much.
"You..." Liu Guanxiong was a few years older than Duan Qirui, but in Yuan Shikai's eyes, he was not as valued as Duan Qirui. Now that he was insulted by Duan, he couldn't find the words to respond, and his face was a little angry.
black.
"Alas... alas... Zhiquan, this is a bit too much. Brother Ziying...Brother Ziying...he drank too much. Ignore him and continue to listen to Zixin." Tang Shaoyi said.
While listening enthusiastically, I suddenly saw that Duan Qirui and Liu Guanxiong had a disagreement. He quickly came over to smooth things over, and got up and sat between Duan Qirui and Liu Guanxiong.
"Hey, these European and American powers caused Taiwan to be completely annihilated. It is said that a prince and tens of thousands of people in Japan died at the hands of the Taiwanese, but guess what the final result was?" Lu Zhengxiang drank another glass.
He was already a little tipsy from the wine, and regardless of the expressions of the other three people, he created a puzzle for them to guess.
"You can't guess it! First, the Americans surrendered and established diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and then a year later, the British, French, Germans, and Russians all established diplomatic relations with Taiwan, leaving only
I myself am still holding on to it, but I heard that last year, the Taiwanese
The submarine ran into Japan's military port again and blew up and sank two large warships built by Japan. It's really a relief. This Liu Fu has avenged our Beiyang." Lu Zhengxiang became more and more excited as he spoke.
He slapped the table and stamped his feet, showing no signs of being a diplomat.
"Okay, you have said so much and you haven't said anything about Hainan Island." Duan Qirui was a little unhappy. Lu Zhengxiang talked for a long time, all on behalf of the Taiwanese people.
"I advise you to think twice about Hainan Island before you act. If it really doesn't work, I will personally go to Taiwan to find out what President Liu Fu and Liu mean. Don't use force if you can. Let's not talk about this for now.
How powerful is Taiwan’s navy?
, even with his relationship with Britain, the United States and other countries, we cannot easily attack him. Moreover, we have no idea what the relationship between Liu Yongdian of Hainan Island and Taiwan is." Lu Zhengxiang put away his drunken madness and was very serious.
Say it to Duan Qirui.
"I also think that we should not use force easily. This time about Hainan Island, no country in China has even said a word. The French and British are so close there. The French have been staring at Hainan Island, but now they pretend not to see it.
"This is not normal." After listening to Lu Zhengxiang's introduction, Tang Shaoyi agreed with the Foreign Minister's opinion.
"In addition, it is said that Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming also wanted to use force, but later they calmed down quietly. They are not fuel-efficient lamps." Tang Shaoyi added.
"Brother Ziying, what do you think?" After listening to Lu Zhengxiang and Tang Shaoyi's suggestions, Duan Qirui was silent for a few minutes, then raised his head and asked Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong.
"I also agree with Zixin and Shaochuan's opinions. In addition, Hainan Island is separated from the mainland by the Qiongzhou Strait. Although it is not wide, the army still cannot get there without the navy. But with the warships I have now,
Not to mention attacking Taiwan's submarines, I'm afraid even the two destroyers bought by Liu Yongdian cannot be defeated." Liu Guanxiong expressed his opinion very directly.
"It seems that Liu Yongdian is hugging a thick leg, but we still have to figure out what is going on. Brother Zixin, this will trouble you, the foreign minister. I will tell the president tomorrow, you run away
How about a trip to Taiwan?" Duan Qirui is known as the God of War in Beiyang. Deep down, he is still somewhat resistant to Taiwan, especially what Lu Zhengxiang said about how powerful Taiwan's navy is.
"Okay, then I'm going to take a trip. I also want to see who President Liu Fu Liu is. That's okay. He was planning to visit the Netherlands, but he changed his schedule midway. I only stayed in Germany from a distance.
I saw him once." Lu Zhengxiang happily agreed to Duan Qirui's request, still mumbling.
In May 1912, the Republic of China officially sent an application to Taiwan. The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of China, Lu Zhengxiang, would lead a team to visit Taiwan. After receiving this telegram, Liu Fu was not surprised, thinking that this visit was probably about Hainan Island.
, he agreed generously, and called Lu Zhengxiang to invite Lu Zhengxiang to come to Taiwan for a state visit in the name of Taiwan’s government.
Regarding this visit and foreign visits, Taiwan and the Republic of China government kept a low profile. Apart from telegram exchanges between the two sides, there were not many news reports. However, since the Republic of China government had just been established at that time, various personnel changes occurred every day, so
The press versus zheng
Fu was very careful about his actions, and they were very surprised that the first foreign minister of the Republic of China visited the small island country of Taiwan after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, various speculations and various analyzes came into being.
Then, these reports quickly spread all over the country with newspapers.
Among these speculations, some said that Taiwan was isolated overseas and was ceded by the Qing Dynasty, and now it is finally returning to the embrace of the motherland; some said that Yuan Shikai wanted to use Taiwan's relations with European and American countries to consolidate his position; some said that Taiwan
Yuan Shikai wants to borrow money from Taiwan... Although there are different opinions, the basic tone is that they are optimistic about this visit, because in the eyes of the Chinese people, regardless of whether the other side of the Taiwan Strait is established or not, they are one of their own. Although the government
Fu can be ceded, but emotions and habits cannot be severed temporarily.
There were not many people greeting Lu Zhengxiang at the Tamsui Port pier, but the standards were quite high. Lu Zhengxiang saw from the ship's side that the entire port was under martial law. There were no idle people on the pier, and it seemed a bit empty. In the port, due to the temporary blockade of the sea,
, so the ships were crowded in the port, which seemed a bit crowded.
While waiting for the gangway to be lowered, Lu Zhengxiang looked at the large and small ships in Tamsui Port with some envy. Although he was not from the navy, he traveled around Europe all year round, so he could probably tell which ones were cargo ships and which ones were
Passenger ships, and their nationalities could be seen from the flags flying on the ships. He counted them silently in his mind.
Probably more than half of these foreign ships are European, flying the flags of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway, and even the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. The remaining half are all flying American flags, and look at their bows.
Many of them were preparing to leave the port. What surprised Lu Zhengxiang the most was that these ships leaving the port were all loaded with cargo.
Before Lu Zhengxiang came to Taiwan, he had done a lot of homework. He visited the consuls of various countries in China and several of his foreign friends, and made a general understanding and assessment of Taiwan's development in recent years from the front and side. The results were very good.
surprise him.
The consuls in the consulate, some in a business-like tone and some in a personal friend tone, talked to him about the current situation in Taiwan. No matter where their starting points were and how different they were, the final message to Lu Zhengxiang was the same.
, the best of the Republic of China and Taiwan
Maintain a good relationship. If disputes and conflicts occur between the two parties, the Republic of China will most likely suffer in the end. Among them, the Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of China Ijuin Hikokichi's request to Lu Zhengxiang made him even more excited. The Japanese himself asked Lu Zhengxiang to ask Taiwan
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fu expresses a desire for peace talks.
Lu Zhengxiang, who is familiar with international affairs, listened to the Japanese ambassador's request, and then thought about Ijuin Hikokichi's tone and the taste of his words, and immediately judged a result, that is, the Japanese could not handle it.
Continuing blockade and attacks by the navy and shipping, Japan
Although this island country occupied some areas in Liaodong, it lost far more than it gained. Moreover, Ijuin Hikoyoshi's words have brought out the word humanitarian, which fully shows that a catastrophe has occurred in Japan, and this kind of
The only major disaster in peacetime, apart from natural disasters, is famine.
Lu Zhengxiang came out of the Japanese embassy and went directly to the Forbidden City instead of continuing to the embassy of the next country. Since the abdication of the Qing emperor, the office of the government of the Republic of China was temporarily moved to the Forbidden City, which is now the Forbidden City in Beijing.
's front hall.
After Lu Zhengxiang met Tang Shaoyi, he told him everything he had learned about the situation in Taiwan. Tang Shaoyi was also surprised, so he held another small-scale government work meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in the Forbidden City.
