Chapter 27 You need to know how many bowls of dry rice you eat
() Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, when the fleet of the Eight-Power Allied Forces was hacked, the maritime power of the world's major powers in Asia has been greatly damaged. Among them, Tsarist Russia suffered the greatest losses. Two newly built battleships sank in the Bohai Sea. Coupled with Russia's financial resources,
Due to the level of shipbuilding and transportation, Russia's maritime power in East Asia has never recovered.
Another country that suffered a lot was Japan. After being ambushed three times, the Japanese Imperial Navy basically lost all its battleships. It finally used the compensation from the Qing Dynasty to buy three heavy cruisers from the United Kingdom.
Killing one vessel meant that the naval force was reduced by one-third. However, Japan, a maritime country, obviously paid more attention to its navy than Russia, a land country. It immediately raised funds and ordered two more advanced London ships from the United Kingdom.
-class battleship.
In order to unite with Japan to curb Russia's development in Asia, the British not only sold a newly commissioned London-class battleship directly to Japan, but also sent engineering and technical personnel to Japan to help Japan imitate the London Battleship in China.
Battleships. From 1900 to 1902, the Japanese even bought and built them, and they had already come up with a number of battleships including
More than 30 warships including 2 London-class battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 8 destroyers and a few auxiliary ships not only restored the strength of the Japanese Navy, but also further improved the level of warships before the Sino-Japanese War. The most important thing is
What's more, with the help of the British, Japan has been able to build battleships and heavy cruisers on its own.
After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, Russia acquired large areas of occupied territory and ports in Northeast China, and also sent a large number of garrisons into the Northeast. This not only angered the Japanese, but also made the British, an established power, feel a sense of crisis. In order to deal with the ambitions of the Russians,
The British spared no effort to win over Japan
people, and reached an agreement to jointly protect the interests of the two countries in China and North Korea, and the target was directed at the Russians. Japan and Russia, which had always looked at each other, after a two-year recovery period, began to
In Northeast China and North Korea, everyone is gearing up and trying it out.
Except for Russia and Japan, the British have paid very little attention to Asia during this period. This is not because they intend to give up on China, but because they, the descendants of the Netherlands and the Germans fought extremely hard in South Africa. After 2 years
After much fighting, they finally won victory in early 1902, but they did not gain any advantage at all, and instead showed further fatigue. Otherwise, the Japanese would not have been given many benefits to contain the Russians in China.
The expansion of the Northeast.
Due to the tense situation in Europe, the remaining French and Germans have returned their sights to their home bases. Regarding East Asia, they basically want to maintain the same status quo and are unable to expand for the time being.
In the past two years, the most active people in East Asia have been the Americans who finally came to Asia. Since occupying the Philippine Islands, the Americans have been strengthening their armed forces in the Philippines, not only deploying armies from home, but also
The battleship "Oregon" was transferred from the east coast and joined the Pacific Squadron. Since the Spanish were too weak during the Spanish-American War, the Americans paid a small price but achieved great gains.
, thus inspiring the American government
fu, accelerating its entry into the era of imperialism. However, the Americans have no idea about Taiwan for the time being. After all, the Du Li uprising in the Philippines has broken out every three days. Just to suppress the uprising, it occupied the Pacific Squadron and the garrison station.
Most of the military personnel in the Philippines.
Time soon came to 1903. At this time, the Qing Dynasty had already felt its own crisis and began to try to make some changes. Not only did universities open in Shanxi, Hubei, Nanjing and other places, Cixi Lafayette also removed the curtains.
, personally received envoys from various countries; zheng
Fu has taken a small step, and the people have taken a big step. Various newspapers and associations have been established one after another, and they have begun to prescribe medicine for the Chinese nation from all angles. From constitutional monarchy to republic, from comprehensive westernization to foreignization
In China, various discussions emerged one after another, various small-scale uprisings also occurred one after another, and the entire land of China showed an impulse for change and reform.
The information Liu Fu learned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed that in Japan, several influential ethnic self-rescue organizations had been established. Two of the names were very familiar to Liu Fu, one was Zhang Taiyan and the other was Sun Wen. For this
For the two pioneers who fought against the Qing Dynasty and saved the country, Liu Fu had neither reverence nor disdain for different reasons.
It's because Liu Fu's thoughts are deeper than theirs, but Liu Fu really doesn't know them well. Most of his limited knowledge of these two people comes from textbooks, movies, TV shows, and some literary works. Later generations also have different evaluations of them.
There were both praise and criticism, so Liu Fu didn't know which comments were true and which ones were false.
The intelligence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs includes not only Zhang Taiyan, Sun Wen, but also Yuan Shikai, the successor of Beiyang. Liu Fu also knew very little about Yuan Shikai, the first president of the Republic of China. In later textbooks and literary works,
This great president is basically a villain, but Liu Fu knows very well that none of them can be trusted. A person can be a minister of Beiyang, and also a villain.
Being elected as the first president of the Republic of China, it cannot be said that he has no merits at all. This is too unreasonable. As for whether President Yuan is loyal or loyal, Liu Fu has no time to study his character and ambition. In fact, it is Liu Fu.
Fu wanted to do research, but he didn't have the ability to make friends and work with Lao Yuan. Even if Liu Fu wanted to do it, President Yuan might not be able to agree.
Although Liu Fu didn't know much about these famous figures and wasn't interested in them, Liu Fu's limited historical knowledge told him that with their appearance, the fall of the Qing government would not be far away.
When the Republic of China fell, it was the Republic of China. Although there was no direct armed intervention by foreign forces in a short period of time, various warlords and forces all relied on one or several foreign forces to fight domestically.
Regarding whether to participate in the struggle on the mainland, Liu Fu has been thinking about it since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, but has never considered it clearly. First of all, relying on Taiwan's current military and economic strength, rashly landing on the mainland may not necessarily yield good results.
Qingzheng of this era
Fu may not be terrible, but on the entire continent, from Guangzhou in the south to Lushun in the north, almost all major port cities are the territory of the great powers. If you choose to land there, you will touch the interests of the great powers. If the great powers are allowed to operate on the mainland and
If Taiwan were to choose between the two markets, it is estimated that no one would choose to protect Taiwan, a tiny place. The mainland has a consumer market of hundreds of millions of people, but Taiwan's population is less than one percent of the mainland.
Some readers have said that you can make deals with the great powers, such as giving them various advanced weapons and information, etc., in exchange for the great powers' support or lack of opposition. I think this view is a bit naive. Most European countries in China are engaged in trade.
What kind of weapons can you come up with to offset the gains from trade? Even if you come up with a shocking invention, I guess the great powers will directly send troops to rob them. In their eyes, in order to open up the market, even the behemoth of the Qing Dynasty can do it
Conquer by force, then Taiwan
As long as there is enough interest in this small island, it is a good idea to drive a warship to snatch it. For example, a very small company in Zhongguancun has invented a more advanced operation system. If this operation system
When it comes out, it will rob most of Microsoft's Windows operating systems. Do you think Microsoft will come and negotiate fairly with you, and then exchange 30% of Microsoft's stock with you for this operating system? I don't think so, Microsoft will
Use various tricks to succeed
Put pressure on this small company at the level of fu, international relations, patents, and all kinds of unexpected aspects, and then acquire this company or this technology at a very low price. If you don't agree, then you are welcome
It’s a series of lawsuits. Microsoft has enough money to drag you down. One year will not make two years, and two years will not make ten years. In any case, your product will not be sold in Europe, the United States, or even domestically.
Sell, this example has actually happened more than once.
Even if the great powers were blind and pretended not to see Liu Fu attack the mainland and overturn their various businesses and privileges, Liu Fu would still have another headache, which is how to treat these people of the same race and species. Qingzheng
Fu will definitely not give up his power to himself, so there will be wars one after another, from south to north to the north.
Jing or the Northeast. Although Liu Fu can say that this is for the future of the working people, to resist various oppressions, etc., no matter what title it is given, it is still a war. War means the destruction of cities, the desolation of fertile fields, and the destruction of families.
, with countless casualties, after destroying the entire continent and destroying its wasteland, he then stood on the ruins and announced victory to the survivors, and then buried his head in licking his wounds.
This victory is assumed to be achieved without the intervention of the great powers. If the great powers also join this war for the benefit of their own country, then Liu Fu really cannot calculate who will be the winner in the end of this war. In
In Liu Fu's view, Asia in this era not only had the Qing Dynasty, a country that ruled a huge land, that could develop, but instead of digging into this quagmire, it would be better to look elsewhere. There are more and broader opportunities.
There is room for expansion.
As for whether there will be wars in these places, that is not something Liu Fu needs to consider. In an environment where war and invasion are necessary to survive, it is better to go out and kill others than to stay at home and chop each other down.
It is relatively easy to accept, and humans all have a common problem, which is
It is only reasonable to always think that other nations can think like us. If not, then try every means to change it. At the beginning, you will preach, then use tactics. If it still doesn't work in the end, you will directly take action, and usually the first two
None of the steps worked very well, and the final result was to go into battle shirtless.
Regarding the term patriotism, Liu Fu found a passage he read in his previous life very interesting: "Patriotism is to make you believe that this country is superior to all other countries, just because you were born here."
