Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 287 Yuan Shikai's Worries
The war in the north became more and more intense, and the Philippines in the south took the opportunity to make small moves. Britain used its power in the Philippines to become restless in southern China.Yuan Shikai has been worrying about this matter recently. He has been in charge of Malacca's affairs for a year. Although the small department keeps winning, the big department has never made an inch. Financially, it has been unable to make ends meet. In desperation, he had to ask the court for money frequently. The emperor's reprimand.

In order to increase financial revenue, Yuan Shikai came up with the idea of ​​the Philippine Islands. He repeatedly sent fishing boats to the Philippine waters to snatch fishery resources, and sent resource exploration teams to land on Luzon Island as civilians many times. However, the results of these measures were not without success. It was captured and sent back by the Kaputinan authorities, which made people feel ashamed.

Just at the beginning of this month, the Kaputinan authorities issued a warning to China for the first time, claiming that if such behavior occurs again, these Chinese people will be executed directly in accordance with local laws.This was a dangerous signal, and Yuan Shikai naturally knew that the 18th of this month was the day when the Republic of the Philippines was established and also the day when the Republic of the Philippines joined the Commonwealth of Nations.Austin, Secretary of State for India in the British Empire?Chamberlain, the eldest son of Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, will represent the British royal family in the Philippine founding celebrations.This is not only a major event in the history of the Philippines, but also an important signal of changes in Britain's Asia policy.

As a fast-growing old-fashioned official, Yuan Shikai did not go through the orthodox imperial examinations, which reduced some deep-rooted restraints for him. He keenly grasped this message and specifically asked the National Security Bureau to launch investigations.The final answer is yes, starting from this year, the Minister of Indian Affairs of the British Empire will assume the management authority of the colonies in the entire Asia-Pacific region, that is to say.In the Asian colonies, the Secretary of State for India was the plenipotentiary of the British Empire.This means that the policy focus of the British began to tilt towards Asia.

Yuan Shikai immediately reported his worries to the emperor. After reading the memorial, Guan Xuqing's first thought was that the British finally began to fully counterattack the Sino-German alliance, and even began to pay unprecedented attention to China.In this memorial, Yuan Shikai not only analyzed the situation clearly, but also proposed his own solution. One of them was to try to contact the German Asia-Pacific forces to drive away the British forces. In terms of benefits, he also promised to give Germany People from the southern Mindanao Island came to lure them.

Guan Xuqing had to admit that Yuan Shikai's memorial showed that he or his staff had a solid foundation in foreign affairs, and pointed out that the feasibility of this article was due to the fact that the British took the Indonesian islands in the hands of the Dutch. The relationship between Australia and the Philippines in the Commonwealth of Great Britain is bound to arouse uneasiness among the Dutch.And through the Dutch to find the Germans who have an excellent relationship with the Netherlands, on the one hand, they can avoid attracting the attention of the Germans to avoid suspicion of instigating troubles, and on the other hand, they can be sure that the Germans will intervene, thus putting pressure on the United Kingdom. And then profit from it.

Tactically, this advice is almost unassailable.Of course, from a purely military point of view, except for China, which can compete with the British fleet, no country in this region has dared to send a challenge signal to the huge fleet of the British Empire in this regard.The Germans are in dire straits in the war in Europe, and China has twice rejected the request to send troops to the Marne River, so it is still unknown whether the Kaiser will have a grudge against this.

Guan Xuqing pondered for a long time, picked up the ink pen, and replied on Yuan's paper: "I am very happy after reading your article."What pleases me is not what you think, but it is because you live up to my deep hope.In today's world, the two powers are vying for supremacy, and I, China, watch from the sidelines.Here, Qing realizes a lot.However, the sage said that it is too late, and Wang Qing thinks about it.I met all the barbarians in Beijing last year to make a peace treaty, and Qing thought about it.I have nothing to ask for in the southeast, but you can also try one or two.This is it.

Yuan Shikai is a smart person, he should be able to understand my intention of replying to this approval, and do something about it.

In the high position of the emperor, he can no longer say anything like ordinary people.In front of his ministers, he couldn't say everything very straightforwardly. This was a traditional technique of manipulating people. Guan Xuqing had been the emperor for more than ten years, and he had long been familiar with this technique.

Capable ministers in China can often have absolute power within their own jurisdiction, especially in the absence of any political opponents, the chief minister often has no constraints other than the emperor can give him a little pressure, such as Singapore This is the case with Governor Yuan Shikai.Western countries are mainly run by state machinery, while China is run by people. This is the fundamental difference between the political systems of China and the West.

This is also one of the reasons for Guan Xuqing's plan to pay close attention to the reform of the official system.After thinking about it, Guan Xuqing's thoughts have gradually turned back to the domestic situation from the Sino-Russian war, and his mental state has eased. He called Wang Shang to arrange a car for him, and personally called Tang Shaoyi to let him arrange the reform of the official system. The group is ready to meet the driver, so they change their clothes and prepare to go out.

Now Guan Xuqing’s travel tool has changed from a sedan chair to a car. Karl Benz led his working team to build two cars for the emperor, named Longteng and Shunfeng, with a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, and the new buildings in the south of the city are also Surrounded by asphalt roads, the transportation facilities in the capital are increasingly developed.

The car drove out of the Xihua Gate, and the guards were on both sides to protect it, and the convoy slowly drove south.I don't know when, suddenly there was a shout in my ear: "Wrong!"

There was a piercing sound of brakes, and Luo Ming, the head of the security regiment, was threatening to arrest people with a pistol.Guan Xuqing frowned in the car, telling Luo Ming not to embarrass the complainant, just bring him here.

"Ge Fengshan, a grassroots citizen, has grievances and wants to appeal to the emperor, please forgive me." An old man in his 60s knelt in the middle of the road tremblingly, his voice was high-pitched although he was nervous.

Guan Xuqing personally got out of the car and came to Ge Fengshan and waved his hands: "Be flat, if you have any grievances, just tell me."

"Your Majesty. The grassroots have been dealing in medicinal materials for many generations. I implore the emperor to issue a decree to abandon Western medicine and western medicine, otherwise the grassroots will have a hard time." After finishing speaking, Ge Fengshan handed over a letter of advice, and all the bosses in the capital medicine guild were on it. Signatures were left, and there are as many as fifty or sixty according to rough calculations.This posed a difficult problem for Guan Xuqing.

This place is in the downtown area, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching from the street. The people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Shuntian Mansion are already very busy when they receive the news. This Ge Fengshan dares to block the street to file an imperial complaint. It seems that he must be in a hurry. Yes, life and death have long been ignored.

But looking at his appearance, he was sincere. Guan Xuqing signaled the guards to help him up, adjusted his tone and said, "I prescribe western medicine and medicine to open a new way for the people of the world. It is not about replacing traditional Chinese medicine with western medicine. What do you do?" Your business, why can't you live?"

"Your Majesty knows that the Son of Heaven has the virtue of loving life, but the officials who handle things don't understand it." It doesn't matter what Ge Fengshan said, but it frightened the accompanying ministers to their wits.

(End of this chapter)