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- Tianjin harbor. {.
The reception received in China is much smaller.
iBen, Hobart saw the meaning of Emperor Meiji at the port
i Most members of the cabinet, but in Tianjin, only China¡¯s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pei Ji came to receive him.
When I was in Japan, I sent a telegram to China, but I¡¯m afraid even China¡¯s Minister of Foreign Affairs couldn¡¯t see it. This is the comparison of national power!
I am afraid of the United States, but China is not afraid at all. Thinking that he was also a vice president, but in China he could not even see the prime minister, Hobart felt very unhappy. If it weren't for the political mission, he would have turned around and left now. The Chinese Navy only came to greet them with two Lovely-class cruisers.
i is much better, but who doesn¡¯t know,
There are currently no warships that we can use.
Hobart also learned that the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs is not yet a member of the cabinet. I really don¡¯t know how the Chinese cabinet is run. Is this a constitutional monarchy?
and in
This was different. Naval officers such as Hobart and George Dewey were received separately. This was all because
The navy has no ships that can be used.
In the back seat of the BMW V-shaped car, Pei Ji asked very directly: "I wonder what the main purpose of Mr. Hobart's visit to our country is?" Generally speaking, conversations between officials are relatively tactful, but sometimes directness is also a matter of course. kind of skill.
Hobart is very unhappy with the Chinese Foreign Minister, because this guy always calls himself "Mr. Hobart", why can't he call himself Mr. Vice President? This guy is simply ignoring his position! This is simply looking down on yourself! Although he was very unhappy, Hobart still kept smiling and said: "I came to China to improve the relationship between the United States and China." Hum. As a gentleman, I won't argue with you barbarians who don't understand etiquette! Hobart thought.
"Oh? If the United States is really willing to improve diplomatic relations with our country, that would be great!" Pei Ji said happily.
Pei Ji chose to meet Hobart at Wanghai Tower in Tianjin. When he saw Hobart eating vegetables, Pei Ji wondered if he had starved to death in his previous life. The way he wolfed down food did not look like a gentleman at all.
Although Hobart doesn¡¯t know how to use chopsticks. But Wanghailou has a large toothpick that cuts the mouth of the chopsticks, so he can pick up the vegetables and put them in his mouth. These dishes are so delicious. I have never tasted such delicious dishes before. I really don¡¯t know how these Chinese people can make such delicious dishes.
Hobart saw that Pei Ji didn¡¯t eat, but just watched him eat, and realized that he had lost his temper. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, these dishes are so delicious that they make you laugh."
"Haha, it's okay. If Mr. Hobart likes to eat, I can order some more," Pei Ji said.
"Okay, okay!"
Pei Ji whispered a few words to the secretary, and then the secretary came out of the private room. After a while, someone brought several dishes. Pei Ji also started to move. Compared to his Hobart gobbling up food, Pei Ji is extremely gentle.
After dinner, a man came in from outside and said to Pei Ji: "Minister, the emperor said that he will take the foreign devils to the capital in two days and he will talk to him personally."
Pei Ji nodded. He turned to Hobart and said, "Mr. Hobart, in two days the emperor will personally receive you to discuss matters between the two countries."
"Emperor Qin (Emperor Qin) wants to discuss it with me in person? Oh, that's great, then" Hobart did not say "in line with my status"
"What is it?" Pei Ji asked.
"Nothing! Nothing!"
¡°Well, let me take Mr. Hobart to visit Tianjin today!¡±
The ruins of Dagu Fort.
"Major Deng, don't you plan to rebuild this fort?" George Dewey asked, pointing to the gun barrel in the ruins.
"ThisI really don't know. But the Navy Department does not have such a budget." Deng Shichang said.
"Well, it would be a pity if it is not rebuilt. Building a fort here will completely block the entrance to this river!"
Deng Shichang said: "Not necessarily, this place was destroyed by the Hawaiian Queen. The powerful firepower of the Hawaiian Queen can already hit this place on the coast!"
"A fire control system? Humph! The United States will soon have one too!" George Dewey thought to himself.
Two days later, Qin Ge met with US Vice President Hobart at the Summer Palace.
The two were walking on the promenade by Kunming Lake, talking and laughing.
Qin Ge asked: "What does Mr. Hobart think of this place?"
¡°It¡¯s beautiful, it¡¯s beautiful!"The English vocabulary is single. Apart from beauty, Hobart can't think of other words. He has seen many various Chinese buildings in Tianjin before, but they are not as good as here. "Emperor Qin, does this place belong to you alone? "
"Yes, this place belongs to me alone, and the palace also belongs to me. There is a saying in China, 'All the land in the world is imperial land.' In this country, any unowned land can be said to be mine." Qin Ge Dao.
"Oh! How big a land that is! By the way, I heard that this Summer Palace was built during the Qing Dynasty
The Empress Dowager Cixi of Fu embezzled navy funds to build it. It was because of this that the Beiyang Navy was defeated.
ibook, is that so? "Hobart also heard about it, but he was more curious about it.
"No, there are many officers from the Beiyang Navy in my navy. I asked them and they said there is no such thing."
"Oh!" Hobart didn't know why, but he felt a little disappointed.
Walking to Qiushui Pavilion, after Qin Ge and Hobart sat down, someone brought fruits to them.
Qin Ge took a few glucose pills and asked: "I heard that the United States and Spain are arguing over an old warship?"
"Well, these Spaniards sank the Maine with torpedoes, and they still don't admit it now. It's really infuriating!"
"It's just a dilapidated battleship. How about asking Spain to pay some money?" Qin Ge said.
"Spain is so shameless and refuses to admit it, how can we make them lose money?" Hobart smiled bitterly.
"Well, let's talk about the purpose of Mr. Vice President's visit this time!" Qin Ge began to get to the point.
Hobart sat up straight and said: "I came to China this time mainly to improve the relationship between the United States and China. I have received domestic authorization to recognize the relationship between the United States and the Qing Dynasty.
The treaty signed by fu is invalidated. At the same time, the United States will also repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act. But Emperor Qin, you have to publish an apology to the United States for burning the treaty! "
There were not many unequal treaties signed by the United States and the Qing Dynasty, and none of the treaties required the cession of territory. All of them opened ports, allowed missionaries, and consular jurisdiction, etc. In fact, after Qin Ge destroyed all unequal treaties, he only erased the terms of consular jurisdiction and most-favored-nation treatment. However, the treaty port of Qin Ge was open to the whole country, and priests were not prohibited from preaching, so they recognized that these treaties were invalid. No profit is lost. and repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act. In fact, there are currently no more than 20,000 Chinese in the entire United States, and the Chinese Exclusion Act has lost its meaning.
Although Qin Ge is not good at politics, he also knows that there is not much difference between the United States doing these things and not doing them. Qin Ge tapped his fingers on the marble tabletop. Said: "It is impossible for me to apologize to the United States for burning the treaty in a newspaper! Not to mention publicly apologizing in a newspaper, even if it is a private apology. It is impossible."
"Your Excellency, Emperor Qin, I come here with sincerity! As long as you apologize publicly, our country will admit that those treaties are invalid!"
Qin Ge shook his head and said: "Mr. Vice President, you may not understand that those treaties are no longer valid! As long as I don't recognize them, they are just a piece of waste paper! This is China. Everything is said by us Chinese. I'm not afraid to tell you that before the Chinese New Year, I will take back the sovereignty of Macau from Portugal! I will also take back the sovereignty of Hong Kong at the appropriate time! Those treaties, I don't need you to admit their invalidity, I said they are invalid. , then he is invalid!"
"Oh. You can't do this! This is what barbarians do! You should try to negotiate with the signatory countries first! Then the two parties will discuss, come up with the results, sign a joint declaration, and declare those treaties invalid! You are unilaterally destroying them like this! To drop the treaty is to show contempt for the United States of America!" Hobart shouted.
"Whatever you think! Anyway, you want me to apologize for burning the treaty, everyone! On the contrary. The United States should publicly apologize to China for such a strongly racially discriminatory bill as the Chinese Exclusion Act." Qin Ge said.
"The United States apologizes to China? This is impossible to happen! Although China's navy is very strong, it is not to the point where the United States is afraid! And I came all the way and found that China does not even have one more factory, which shows that China is still Very backward! Your Excellency, Emperor Qin, as long as you apologize, China can achieve normal relations with the United States. This is very beneficial to China! When China was first founded, no country came to congratulate it. I believe it would be much more useful to gain international status recognized by the United States at this time than to drive away the Russians in the Far East!" Hobart advised.
Qin Ge shook his head and said with a smile: "China's international status does not need your approval. We, China, can fight for it ourselves!" Historically, the United States recognized the Soviet Union more than ten years after the founding of the Soviet Union, and recognized China after the founding of New China. More than twenty years later. aA country's international status does not need to be recognized by others, it needs to be fought for by yourself. As long as you are strong, no one will disagree with you.
Hobart said: "So, Emperor Qin, you won't agree to apologize to the United States?"
"Never." Qin Ge looked at Hobart and said.
"Oh~~ Since we can't talk anymore, then I'm leaving!" Hobart stood up dejectedly. I originally thought that everything would be easy. As long as Qin Ge apologized, the relationship between the two countries could temporarily become friendly. However, I didn't expect that Qin Ge was unwilling to apologize at all and said a lot of arrogant and unreasonable things.
Qin Ge naturally will not apologize to the United States. As the monarch of a country, his words and deeds represent the entire empire. Do you want to apologize to an invader? This is absolutely ridiculous!
"Who's up there? Come down to see off the Vice President of the United States for me. Not many people on the way understand English. I'm afraid he will get lost." Qin Ge raised his head and said.
"Uhwe've been discovered!" A man on the beam on the top of the Qiu Shui Pavilion said depressedly. He put the rifle away and jumped down.
Hobart was startled by the man falling from the sky. He saw this man wearing a gray-green military uniform with a pistol on his waist!
"This safety work is really in place!" Hobart sighed in his heart. Then he looked around: "I don't know how many hidden whistles are hidden in this Summer Palace!"
¡°Mr. Vice President of the United States, this way please.¡±
After seeing Hobart off, Qin Ge sat quietly in the pavilion, looking at the quiet Kunming Lake. The empire has now reached this point, which is not too difficult. Everything can go so smoothly because of my foresight. Now that the empire has begun to gradually embark on the road of industrialization, people with vision have begun to invest in light industry, while heavy industry is entirely handled by Qin Ge. It is not easy to engage in heavy industry. It requires a lot of funds, resources and technology. Therefore, heavy industry can only be carried out by Qin Ge or the imperial government.
Fu will do it.
Nowadays, the most troublesome thing to bypass Qin Ge is Russia. The wooly bear is a fighting race. Although Russia was defeated in Vladivostok. But the northwest was in a mess. Qin Ge really didn't have any good ideas on how to make the bear stop.
"Hey! The empire wants to gain a foothold in the world. There is still a long way to go!" Qin Ge sighed.
After Hobart left, he met Hank, the minister to China, outside.
Hank saw that the Vice President's face was not very good, and knew that the Vice President must be angry. Don't dare to ask any more questions.
Hobart said to Hank: "Let's go, take me to the telegraph room!"
Although radio is no secret, the United States does not purchase many radio stations! This thing is too expensive! One unit costs ten thousand pounds, and buying thirty of them is enough to build a cruiser. Moreover, this thing weighs hundreds of kilograms and is not very flexible. Therefore, not only the United States but many countries are still using wired telegraph machines from telegraph companies.
Hobart sent the situation of the meeting with Qin Ge back to China. As for how to deal with it, that is a domestic matter. Give President McKinley a headache! I'm going to try Chinese food.
After coming out of the telegraph room, Hobart had changed into a smiling face. He said to Hank: "Let's go, show me around, and then eat some delicious food. You are so lucky to work in China. You can eat such delicious dishes every day. Well. When I retire, I will come Live in China for a while.¡±
"Master!" After some time, Qin Erbao interrupted Qin Ge's thinking.
"Huh? Erbao, what's the matter?"
"Dong Fuxiang requested surrender, and Li Niu sent a telegram to ask what you meant."
"You are the chief of the General Staff, so you can decide this matter. And of course you have to accept the surrender. Why are you still asking me about this?" Qin Ge said.
"Dong Fuxiang has a request." Qin Erbao said.
"any request?"
"We can't confiscate his property and give him a governor who is just a living person."
Qin Ge frowned and said, "How much property does Dong Fuxiang have?"
"He has been an official in Beiyang these years. According to Song Qing's estimation, he should have three to four hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Three to four hundred thousand taels of silver? That's no problem. This bastard governoris considered a provincial governor, right?" Qin Ge said. After the cabinet was established, the old system of prefectures, provinces, and prefectures was abolished, and the provinces, cities, counties, and towns of later generations that Qin Ge was familiar with were implemented. The planning of each province was also based on later generations, except that some municipalities did not appear. Xiang Chong
Qing is still under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province.
"Yes, he said that as long as he is given a temporary job and can have a monthly salary to support his retirement, that will be enough."
"That's right, let him take charge of Gansu!"
Dong Fuxiang's surrender was also expected. More than 100,000 elite troops surrounded and suppressed him, but less than 20,000 people refused to surrender.You can only escape to the northwest, but the northwest is the Mongols and Xin
The sphere of influence of ethnic minorities has been reduced. If they run over, they can only be controlled by others. Surrender and ask Qin Ge for some conditions. If you agree, then surrender. If you don't agree, it's not too late to run away. After incorporating Dong Fuxiang's tribe, the Hui people also asked for a Hui girl to marry Qin Ge. Qin Ge also agreed. Since the southwest has already married two, it is not a problem to marry another from the northwest.
McKinley could only sigh after receiving Hobart's telegram. If China does not apologize, then it is impossible for the United States to proactively admit its relationship with the Qing Dynasty.
The treaty signed by fu is invalid. Once he does this, the people will definitely let him step down. I originally wanted to ease relations with China in order to avoid a naval arms race in the future. Germany has announced that it will have a naval race with Britain. McKinley does not want such a thing to happen to the United States. If possible, he does not want the upcoming Spanish-American War to occur, but this is almost a certainty. . McKinley called Hobart back, asking him to give up trying to persuade China and return home as soon as possible.
"Deputy Secretary Roosevelt, the Spanish have requested to investigate the Maine no less than twenty times. If this continues, it will easily arouse the suspicion of others." The person who spoke was Rear Admiral Ivins, who was Dabai. The commander of the fleet was originally going to visit around the world, but when he arrived in Peru, something like the Maine happened. Since the Panama Canal had not been dug, we had to go back around South America and let George Dewey lead a few battleships.
i visit Japan and China.
"Hmm~~ Is there any way to prevent the Spanish from investigating the Maine?" Roosevelt asked.
"To prevent Spain from investigating the Maine?" Ivins said. This is different from not allowing Spain to be investigated on the Maine.
"Yeah!" Roosevelt nodded.
¡°There is a Chinese saying that ¡®destroy the corpse and eliminate the traces¡¯. Once the corpse is destroyed, there will be no traces of murder.¡± Ivins used an idiom.
"Destroy the hull of the Maine?"
"Yeah." Evans said.
"Well, if the Maine is towed to the Atlantic and sank, the Spaniards won't be able to investigate anything!" Roosevelt said.
A few days later, Hobart reluctantly boarded a cruise ship in Tianjin, and with him was Ichiro Kobe.
"You said Hobart boarded a cruise ship? Not a US warship? Are you sure it was a cruise ship? Then where did the US warship go?" Qin Ge asked. After all, he is the vice president of the United States. Qin Ge sent many people to protect him secretly, and he also had the intention of following him.
"It's definitely a cruise ship. As for where the US warship went, we don't know!"
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