"Reason?" Emperor Yang pondered for a moment. Although he is now as full of ambitions to dominate the world as if possessed by a mustache, the Chinese people are still kind after all. They are fundamentally different from war madmen like him. There is no one
It's always a little unreasonable to join a war for any reason.
"Have any Chinese citizens been bullied and killed in the territories of Britain, France and Russia recently?" he asked Zhang Quan expectantly, who was waiting for him to come up with an excuse to start a war.
Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary shook his head without hesitation. At this time, the Chinese people outside wish to be worshiped as their ancestors, especially in the colonies of Britain, France and Russia. Whether they are Chinese businessmen or expatriates, they can be treated as if they were their ancestors.
Come on, it's good if they don't bully others. How can anyone dare to bully them? Last time, a Chinese businessman was robbed and killed in India. The Governor-General of India personally apologized to the Chinese Consul General in New Delhi. Later, more than a dozen suspects were hanged.
Yes, even robbers now know not to rob Chinese people.
"Have there been any public opinions in these countries that insult us recently?" Yang Feng asked again.
"No, the entire Entente is praising your virtues and the friendship of the Chinese people. Although occasionally some low-profile tabloids publish similar sensational remarks, the result is severe crackdowns from various governments, and it is said that the French are still calling on the Holy See
I will make you a saint." Zhang Quan said with a smile.
"Huh?" Yang Feng didn't expect that it would be so difficult for him to find an excuse to start a war.
"Forget it, if you can't find it, just make one yourself!" He said depressedly.
"Make one yourself?" Zhang Quan didn't quite understand.
"Of course, remember that when we want to beat someone in the future, it is good to have a reason. If there is no reason, we will make it ourselves. For example, if a Chinese citizen is killed, a soldier disappears in the other country's territory, or a Chinese ship is attacked by the other side's submarine, even if they don't have a submarine
Even bomb attacks by anti-Chinese elements are possible. In short, if you want to have it, you must have it. Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not need to deal with this issue. Just leave it to the Auxiliary Department. They have more experience in this area." Emperor Yang was very happy.
Said casually.
Since he said this, there was no need for Zhang Quan to ask any more questions. In the final analysis, it was just a trivial matter. With His Majesty's prestige in the eyes of the people, he would generally not have any objections to anyone he said he would beat.
It is naturally more appropriate to leave the matter of creating an excuse for war to the Attendant Yuan. However, given that His Majesty the Emperor has been tossing him around in recent years, the domestic pro-German and pro-British forces are basically evenly matched. Therefore, His Excellency the Attendant believes that it is best to make this pretext for war stronger, such as
explain…
"Your Majesty, what's the reason if one of our warships is blown up in a Russian port?" Yuan Shikai asked cautiously.
"How to operate?" Yang Feng asked.
"The Cheonan destroyer is currently in Manila. If this destroyer accidentally explodes and sinks, and a few more sailors die, then we can say that it was the Russian anti-Chinese elements who did it. In recent years, because we have sold arms to the Germans, although Russia
The upper echelons of the military have a friendly relationship with us because of the rubber business. But the soldiers at the lower level who don't get much of the benefits are still very dissatisfied with us. It makes sense to say that they blew up our destroyer out of anger, so we don't have an excuse.
Is there a war against Russia and the entire Allied Powers?" Attendant Yuan said sinisterly.
I have to say that the USS Maine incident where he changed his hands to a vest is indeed feasible. It is public that the Russian soldiers in the Philippines are not friendly to China. They have died nearly 100,000 people so far, all of them died from Chinese-made weapons.
The Chinese merchant ships that deliver arms from Noda Island to Medan are swaggering on the sea every day relying on their backing. Even the Chinese fleet stationed in Panay Island provides them with protection. The Russian ships don't even dare to check. The relationship between them is indeed not good.
, and even if the Chinese rubber merchants there colluded to engage in all-money transactions, they would only do so with Russian officials. It was impossible for ordinary gray animals to benefit, so it was difficult for the lower-level Russian soldiers to be friendly to the Chinese.
It is theoretically reasonable for some people to blow up a Chinese ship out of resentment. Besides, this kind of thing only needs to fool the people in the country. There is no need to make it too complicated, it is almost enough. Anyway, as long as there is such a thing, it doesn't matter.
Whether it is done by the Russians, it can only be done by the Russians.
"Yes, yes, but it's best not to kill our soldiers." Yang Feng nodded and said.
"How about finding a few Korean and Vietnamese sailors?" Attendant Yuan knew His Majesty the Emperor very well. As a federal empire, China has a certain number of soldiers from various countries in its navy and army, including North Korea and Vietnam.
The proportion of soldiers in the member states with the largest population is basically maintained at about 5%. It would not make His Majesty the Emperor feel bad to sacrifice them now.
"Okay, it's just the Tianan, the name..." Emperor Yang pondered for a moment, and then said with some surprise: "When did the Tianan appear in our navy?"
"An ocean-going destroyer that was just commissioned the year before last year was named like this because it commemorated Gao Yuan's victory in blocking the Japanese army in Tian'an." Yuan Shikai said.
The next plan was very simple. Captain Han Wen of the destroyer Tianan of the Chinese Navy's Nanyang Fleet who was visiting Manila received a local Chinese businessman in his captain's room. Shortly after the businessman left, the ship's captain
The commander was so happy that he gave most of the sailors a day off, leaving only about twenty people on duty on the ship.
However, just two hours later, when the Chinese sailors who came ashore were having fun with passionate girls from Russia and Japan, a huge explosion suddenly broke up their joyful singing and dancing. When Captain Han and his men
When they rushed out of the gyin, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. The destroyer Cheonan, which was originally docked at the pier, was slowly sinking into the berth with flames.
Immediately afterwards, the Chinese Navy destroyer Tianan was attacked and sank in the Russian colony of Manila. The news that six sailors on the ship were killed and ten injured quickly shocked the world. As for China, it was immediately overwhelmed by anger. Almost all newspapers spoke in unison.
The finger pointed at the Russian garrison, because only they had the ability to do such a thing, and they also had the motivation to do so. Then these newspapers began to list the various unfriendly behaviors of the Russian garrison on Luzon Island towards the Chinese over the years.
Things like beating up Chinese businessmen on weekdays do happen from time to time when the Russians have a drunken temper and humiliate Chinese diplomats. When the Chinese Consul General in Manila attended the banquet of His Excellency the Governor, a Russian guard did once attack him.
Spitting, in short, all kinds of trivial things are summed up, and it becomes the hostility of the entire Russia towards China.
Next, combined with the huge loan given to Russia by the People's Bank of China not long ago, the Russians were immediately linked to being ungrateful and ungrateful. For a time, the whole of China was condemning Russia, including the old enemies in history. The war
The sound is endless.
Under such circumstances, the Chinese government naturally had to express that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs would formally protest to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and at the same time require the Russian side to hand over the murderers involved in the attack within 48 hours, otherwise it would not rule out declaring war on Russia.
The Allied Powers, who were originally eagerly waiting for China to join their team to end the war, were all dumbfounded. Everyone knows the rules these days. Although the Cheonan was sunk by Russian soldiers out of anger, the consensus from Chinese newspapers and radio stations was that
Judging from the reaction, it is obvious that there is something fishy here. To be honest, this matter is not a big deal. The Cheonan ship has not sunk to the bottom of the sea and cannot be checked. The sea water has just reached the deck now. Find a few divers to go down and check first.
The accidental explosion of the ammunition inside caused someone to plant the bomb outside. This is the normal procedure. Now, as soon as it comes up, the target is immediately pointed at the Russian garrison without any doubt. It would be hell if there is no conspiracy in this!
However, at this time, Britain, France and Russia had not thought about China joining the Allies, because just after the explosion of the Tianan ship, trains selling arms to Russia were still entering Russia normally. From the perspective of Britain, France and Russia, it was obvious that Yang
The emperor wanted to play blackmail again this time. He would take advantage of the opportunity that the Allies were waiting for him to join the war to get the Russian colonies in the Philippines. After all, Yang Feng had long been notorious in this regard. From the beginning of the war in Europe to now, he had used this method to get from
The two major groups extorted more than one million square kilometers of land, and it is not surprising that they finally got another Philippines.
Moreover, Britain, France, and Russia were indeed not sure whether the Cheonan was sunk by the Russian garrison. At this time, all kinds of ideas in Russia were very chaotic. The large number of casualties in the war meant that Russia had no restrictions on recruiting troops, and all kinds of people were mixed in.
There are many people in the army, including the garrison on Luzon Island, who hate the tsarist government. It is not surprising that these people have some purpose in sinking the midship to create trouble for Nikolai.
And once China determines that Russia is responsible, it will definitely not be able to join the Allies. Then it will definitely join the Central Powers. These chaotic parties that have been supported by the Germans will definitely do so at the request of their bosses behind the scenes.
Yes, in fact, after the explosion, the Russian Governor-General in the Philippines did think so, and went on a large-scale hunt for gangsters in Manila, causing hundreds of innocent people to suffer misfortune.
Therefore, the first thing the Allied Powers thought of was not to prevent China from joining the Allies, but to go to Emperor Yang first to see what he wanted to do this time. If he really wanted the Philippines, then Nicholas really would not refuse.
Qualification, he is already tortured by two enemies at home and abroad, how can he still have the energy to set up another powerful enemy that can kill him for a colony.
Although the rubber plantations in the Philippines can be said to be like mountains of gold, after all, they are not a place where life is at stake. If Yang Feng is really pushed to the side of the Allies, life is really at stake. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature.