Expedition to Europe

The last emperor of the Qing Empire was Aixinjueluo Puyi.

Eight years ago, Puyi officially abdicated and announced the end of the Qing Empire.

After abdicating, Puyi still lived in the Forbidden City and enjoyed 4 million silver dollars of royal expenses provided by the Republic of China Government every year. This figure was later changed to 4 million new dollars, which is still a considerable amount of money.

In fact, Puyi was also a tragedy. In 1920, Puyi was just 15 years old, but he had been the emperor for 13 years. During this period, Puyi experienced the Xinhai Revolution, abdication, and restoration. It could have been colorful, but because of his young age, he was helpless and became a complete tragedy.

Well, this "13-year Yellow Emperor" seems a bit imprecise. After all, Puyi was forced to abdicate after only three years of being the emperor.

In fact, it's almost the same. Although Puyi has abdicated, Puyi's life in the Forbidden City is undoubtedly the same as that of the emperor. He still uses the Xuantong reign title, and there are still a large number of eunuchs and palace maids serving him. His food, clothing and expenses are no less than when he was the Yellow Emperor of the Qing Empire.

This fact is a bit speechless. Although the Republic of China claims to be a democratic country and has overthrown the monarchy, the emperor is still being served in the Forbidden City with good food and drink, and there are still a group of people in the capital who dream of restoring the "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era". This fact is full of absurd irony.

Qin Zhiyuan actually doesn't have much bad feelings towards Puyi. After all, he has never dealt with him. Puyi is just a child, and he is a child who can't help himself. I'm afraid Puyi himself doesn't know what he is doing. Puyi's life is not up to him. He is also a puppet supported by others as a cover.

Even if Puyi is still the emperor of the Qing Empire, there is nothing to show off in front of Qin Zhiyuan. Qin Zhiyuan is still the King of Lanfang, and he is also the founding monarch. Compared with Puyi, there is a world of difference.

Keep a normal mind. It's not easy for anyone. Being an emperor also has its own sufferings.

Bah, bah, bah, this is really hypocritical.

The destination of Qin Zhiyuan and his group is Taiye Lake, which is the presidential palace of the Beiyang government, and Qin Zhiyuan will also live there during his visit.

Taiye Lake is also called "Xiyuan", which is actually Zhongnanhai. Since the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, it has become the presidential palace of the Beiyang government. After Xu Shichang took office as president, he naturally followed the rules.

There is no way to avoid following the rules. Xu Shichang can be said to be the weakest president in the history of the Republic of China. His ability is not bad, but unfortunately he has no strength. He can't do anything if he wants to, so he can only go with the flow.

Qin Zhiyuan is also a Chinese. Although he is the King of Lan Fang, the procedure of his visit is similar to that of ordinary Chinese families visiting relatives. There is always a welcoming banquet first to win over the relationship.

This welcoming banquet is nothing special. Although the food is delicious and the service is thoughtful, for Qin Zhiyuan, the banquet is just a form of winning over the relationship, and there is not much special meaning in it.

Many Chinese are used to discussing things over a wine table, but that is limited to a general context. No one will bring the specific details to the table, and no results will be achieved, and it will not have much effect. The tradition of the Chinese world is that if you invite me to dinner, I will go to give you face. What is said at the wine table does not count. If you have anything to say, wait until you are not drinking.

So Qin Zhiyuan opened his mind and accepted everyone who came to drink until the glass was dry. No matter who was in front of him, he was quite generous.

However, in Qin Zhiyuan's position, many things are not controlled by Qin Zhiyuan.

When the banquet was halfway through, Gao Hongshi came to report: "Your Majesty, I just received news that Huang Zongguan was detained by the Southern Military Government in Wuchang."

Detained?

Qin Zhiyuan was a little stunned, and he came to his senses in an instant.

Huang Zongguan was Huang Fugui. More than half a year ago, Qin Zhiyuan sent Huang Fugui to the Republic of China to take charge of immigration matters personally.

Huang Fugui was also dedicated. After receiving Qin Zhiyuan's order, he worked tirelessly in the Republic of China. In the past six months, the number of immigrants from the Republic of China to Lan Fang continued to increase. Nearly one million people went to Lan Fang from various ports every month. Huang Fugui played a great role in this.

"What's going on?" Qin Zhiyuan's face immediately turned cold.

During the Lantern Festival, Qin Zhiyuan just conferred the title of "Earl" on Huang Fugui, just to make it easier for Huang Fugui to travel in the Republic of China. But unexpectedly, Huang Fugui was detained just a few days after the title was conferred, and it was during Qin Zhiyuan's visit to China. This was simply a naked slap in the face.

"Originally, a ship of immigrants was going from Sichuan to Cam Ranh Bay yesterday. The ship arrived in Wuchang last night. The British brought people from the Southern Military Government to board the ship for inspection, saying that there were contraband on the ship and that we violated the agreement not to transport arms to the Republic of China. Therefore, the entire ship was detained. After Huang Zongguan learned the news, he went to the British to mediate, but he was also detained." Gao Hongshi looked gloomy.

There is a saying in the Chinese world that "the master humiliates the minister, and the minister dies". Although it seems a bit foolishly loyal, it also reflects the order that should exist between the ruler and the minister. Huang Fugui's detention is equivalent to a slap in the face of Qin Zhiyuan, and Qin Zhiyuan's slap in the face is equivalent to an insult to Gao Hongshi. If the idea of ​​"the master humiliates the minister, and the minister dies" is followed, Gao Hongshi will bleed to save Qin Zhiyuan's face.

Regarding this "agreement not to transport arms to the Republic of China", the official name is "Agreement on the Prohibition of Trade with China by Various Countries". This agreement was proposed by the Americans in order to cut off the source of arms for the warlords in the Republic of China and force the war in the Republic of China to subside.

In fact, Americans are quite cute. In the minds of Americans, since the Republic of China cannot even manufacture weapons and ammunition, as long as the arms trade with China is stopped, the warlords in the Republic of China will lose their arms sources, and the war will naturally stop, and the Republic of China will return to peace.

It's a pity that Americans still don't understand the Chinese well enough. The Chinese are unparalleled in the world in terms of war. In the eyes of Americans, if there are no machine guns and cannons, there will be no war. But before the invention of modern hot weapons, the Chinese have been fighting for thousands of years, and the scale is not small at all.

Lan Fang will also be one of the signatories of the "Agreement on the Prohibition of Trade with China". From the perspective of Lan Fang, if there is no war in the Republic of China, it will be more powerful for Lan Fang. Qin Zhiyuan does not want to see a Republic of China where people suffer. Although there are many Chinese, none of them is redundant. The Chinese are indeed good at destruction, but compared with other ethnic groups, the Chinese are better at creation, so the Chinese should not waste too much energy on war.

Lan Fang did what it said. Since signing the "Agreement on the Prohibition of Trade between Countries and China", Lan Fang has not sold a single gun to the Republic of China. Even when training troops for the Beiyang government, Qin Zhiyuan strictly ordered Lan Fang soldiers not to participate in the war.

Qin Zhiyuan can be sure that no one dares to disobey Qin Zhiyuan's orders in this regard.

Then, it can only be the British who are deliberately looking for trouble.

"Telegram the Prime Minister and ask him to negotiate with Owen Jonah immediately. The British must release the people and ships immediately, otherwise let Antonio seal Malacca for me." Qin Zhiyuan was decisive.

In the Far East, Qin Zhiyuan has many ways to counter the British.

Not to mention the British, even if the British and Americans collude together, they must give Lan Fang three points in the Far East. Qin Zhiyuan has this confidence.

The British used to rely on controlling the Strait of Malacca to unscrupulously block the throat of East Asia.

This hidden danger does not exist for Lan Fang. On the contrary, because Lan Fang controls half of the Strait of Malacca, Lan Fang can blockade Malacca to counter the British.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Although the British do not need to pass through Malacca to get from Europe to British Malaya, the British still have Hong Kong in the Far East, which is more valued by the British than British Malaya.

"The situation is not optimistic. There is no definite news yet. What is certain is that guns were fired and there must be casualties. The situation of Huang Zongguan is still unclear." Gao Hongshi's face was ugly.

"Asshole!" Qin Zhiyuan subconsciously clenched the cup in his hand.

The secret words between Qin Zhiyuan and Gao Hongshi still attracted the attention of others, especially Zhang Yuting. Just when Qin Zhiyuan's worry between his eyebrows had not been resolved, Zhang Yuting came over silently.

In the Republic of China, Zhang Yuting is now in the closest contact with Lan Fang, so Zhang Yuting has always been paying attention to Qin Zhiyuan's every move. Gao Hongshi just found Qin Zhiyuan here, and Zhang Yuting has already found something wrong.

Zhang Yuting, who came over, did not speak. This is just an attitude, just express it.

Qin Zhiyuan calmed down, then found Xu Shichang to apologize, and led Gao Hongshi out of the banquet hall.

"Tell me, what happened specifically?" In the side hall, Qin Zhiyuan's face was as gloomy as water.

At this time, there were only Qin Zhiyuan and Gao Hongshi in the side hall. Huang Fugui's detention was not very glorious, and it was not suitable for a big fanfare. It still had to be handled secretly.

"At present, the intelligence is insufficient, and the specific situation is still unclear. The Southern Military Government has just conquered Wuchang, which was Wu Ziyu's territory before. Wu Ziyu is also brave and good at fighting. He fought well, but the Beiyang Government asked Zhang Xunchen to cooperate with Wu Ziyu. Wu Ziyu was conquering cities in the front, and Zhang Xunchen was taking advantage of the situation in the back. Wu Ziyu was dissatisfied, but Duan Zhiquan protected Zhang Xunchen, so Wu Ziyu was a little lazy during this period, and thus lost Wuchang. Huang Zongguan was also unlucky. He happened to arrive in Wuchang at this juncture, and was detained as a result." Gao Hongshi didn't understand it very well.

It's not easy to explain the mess of the Republic of China.

It involves the previous "dispute between the government and the parliament", the struggle between the Zhili clique and the Anhui clique, and the friction between the Southern Military Government and the Beiyang Government. It's really hard to sort it out.

"Focus on the key point, where is Huang Zongguan now?" Qin Zhiyuan tried to find the core of the problem.

"It's not clear yet." Without enough information, Gao Hongshi had no choice.

"Where did Huang Zongguan appear last?" Qin Zhiyuan still paid attention to the person and made sure he was okay first.

"The Governor's Mansion." This time Gao Hongshi gave an answer quickly.

Qin Zhiyuan wanted to ask more, but Dong Xingxiu knocked on the door and came in: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yuting wants to see you."

Zhang Yuting, the biggest local boss in the Republic of China, came at the right time.