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Text Chapter 418 "The hole is dug, let's jump!"

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    Lin Yizhe saw off Re Fuli, Bao Hai and others, and was walking back when he saw British Minister Witoma and a few people walking towards them.  The 57-year-old Wetoma is of medium build, has a thin face, long eyebrows and a high nose, a pair of eyes like a falcon, and a smooth chin, but he has two thick beards on his temples. His face is usually stern.  It will make people feel fearful.  As the appearance shows, Wetoma can be said to be a very strong person.  Wytoma was born in 1818, studied at Cambridge University, joined the British Army in 1838, and invaded China with the British army in 1841, participating in the First Opium War.  He once served as counselor of the British Embassy in China and British Minister to China.  In 1843, he served as an interpreter for the British colonial authorities in Hong Kong.  He retired from the army in 1847 and served as deputy Chinese envoy to the British Commercial Supervision Office in China.  In 1853, he was appointed British Vice Consul in Shanghai.  After Britain, France and the United States gained control of Shanghai Customs in 1854, they were appointed as the first Foreign Taxation Department of Shanghai Customs and resigned the following year.  In 1855, he was appointed as the Chinese Envoy of the Legation in China.  In 1858, he served as the translator for Elgin, the British Plenipotentiary Envoy, and participated in the signing of the Treaty of Tianjin and the Treaty of Beijing between China and Britain.  In 1861, he served as counselor of the British Embassy in China, and in 1871, he was promoted to minister to China.  When Wytoma handled foreign affairs, he fully demonstrated the tyranny and arrogance of the British Empire. All Chinese officials who had dealt with him did not have a good impression of him.  However, as the China expert who invented the "Wytoma Pinyin", Wytoma has made certain contributions to promoting cultural exchanges between China and the UK.  As for Japan's invasion of Taiwan this time, Witoma had already learned the news from Elgin, the British Minister to Japan.  Perhaps out of jealousy of the close relationship between China and France, he did not inform the Chinese side in time.  However, after the war broke out, he did not choose to support Japan, but took a bystander attitude. When Japan asked Britain for help, Wetoma made it clear that he did not support Japan's invasion of Taiwan.  Of course, he also said that if Japan develops towards North Korea, Britain will definitely support it.  Weituma noticed that Lin Yizhe was seeing off the French minister and his party, and a strange light flashed in his eyes unconsciously.  "Hello! Mr. Witoma." Lin Yizhe noticed the strange look in Witoma's eyes.  But on the surface, he still greeted him in English with a smile on his face.  "Hello! Lin!" Witoma also smiled and nodded.  Lin Yizhe suddenly noticed that the big, curly-haired translator Ma Jiali, who he always brought with him, was missing from Wade's side. He remembered something and asked with a smile, "Your translator, Mr. Ma Jiali, hasn't come back yet?" Listen  Upon hearing Lin Yizhe's question, Wade's heart skipped a beat. He smiled and replied, "Mr. Margaret likes traveling very much. This time he plans to 'travel' in Yunnan for a while, and maybe he is on his way back now."  "Weitoma felt that Lin Yizhe looked at Ma Jiali with an unusual look, and knew that he was suspicious of Ma Jiali, so he immediately explained before Lin Yizhe asked, and emphasized the purpose of Ma Jiali's trip to Yunnan.  It's "travel".  I heard Wade keep emphasizing that Magali went to Yunnan to "travel".  Lin Yizhe couldn't help but sneered in his heart.  As a time traveler who is familiar with history, Lin Yizhe certainly knows what Ma Jiali is going to Yunnan!  After the failure of the Hui rebels in Yunnan, the British colonial authorities in India and Myanmar immediately initiated the organization of a new exploration team to once again go north from Mandalay to explore the land transportation between Yunnan and Myanmar.  They also asked the British Minister to China to send an official who was proficient in Chinese and familiar with China's situation to come to Myanmar to accompany the expedition team into China.  So the British Embassy in Beijing asked the Prime Minister's Office for the passports of "three or four officials" who had come to the Yunnan border from Myanmar to "travel"; although the Prime Minister's Office insisted that the border area was not peaceful, it still agreed to the embassy's request.  Wytoma immediately chose Margaree as his translator and went to Yunnan to meet the British expedition team.  This pathfinding team was led by H.A. Browne.  After getting his passport through fraud, Ma Jiali set off from Shanghai.  After passing through Hankou, Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, it took several months to arrive in Bhamo on January 17, 1875, and met up with Bai Lang and others who had arrived in Bhamo via Mandalay two days ago.  In early February, the expedition team left Bhamo and headed for the Chinese border.  This path-exploring team with a "traveling" sign does not simply consist of "three or four officials". In addition to the official officials, it is also "escorted" by heavily armed soldiers sent by India. The entire team is actually  An army of nearly 200 men.  After a long period of war, the residents of Yunnan's border areas naturally had great suspicion and fear towards this British invading team.  On February 21, when the British expedition entered the Manyun area, they were blocked by the local soldiers and civilians. The arrogant Ma Jiali shot and killed a Chinese. As a result, he was attacked by Chinese civilians, and several accompanying Chinese  They were killed together, and Bai Lang was also blocked on the way. He did not dare to move forward and immediately returned to Bhamo.  The murder of Ma Jiali and the obstruction of Bai Lang and others are generally referred to as the "Ma Jiali Incident", the "Yunnan Incident" or so on.It is called the "Dian Case".  Britain should first blame itself for the reason why Ma Jiali was killed, because if it had not wanted to invade Yunnan by opening up the Yunnan-Burma trade route, this incident would never have happened.  But Britain wants to use this incident to blackmail China.  Since China's "coastal defense" and "block defense" were both troublesome at that time, the British deliberately took the opportunity to expand the Magali incident. Magali was killed and Bai Lang and others returned to Bhamo, which temporarily set back the British plan to detect land transportation in Yunnan and Burma.  .  However, it had no intention of giving up that plot. After learning of the preliminary report of the incident, British Foreign Secretary Derby immediately ordered Waitoma to ask the Qing government to conduct a detailed investigation, and told him to "keep India in mind" when planning further steps to be taken.  The purpose of the government sending Colonel Bai Lang to lead the exploration team to Yunnan."  Weituma then formally made specific requests to the Prime Minister's Yamen.  These demands formed the basis for the British to carry out blackmail under the pretext of the Yunnan incident. During the entire year and a half of negotiations that followed, Wade attempted to realize these extensive demands for invasion of China.  He used every means of coercion to expand and concretize his demands.  From the very beginning, Waituma negotiated with the Qing government regarding the Magali incident.  Use force to intimidate.  He originally played a mediating role with ministers from some countries in the negotiations between China and Spain on the "Chinese Workers in Cuba" issue, and now used it as a means to blackmail China.  After the Prime Minister's Office learned about the Yunnan case, it immediately informed Weituma that it would immediately notify the Yunnan authorities to investigate.  The edict even more strictly ordered Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, to "investigate and deal with this case promptly."  The Qing government initially flatly rejected the British six unreasonable demands.  Wytoma focused on asking for passports so that the British could send personnel to Yunnan to observe the trial and to send personnel from India to Yunnan to investigate. He also threatened that if he could not get these passports, he would sever diplomatic relations with China.  The Qing government had to back down and issue passports in full, and Britain has since gained the right to intervene in the investigation and trial of cases involving British people in the mainland.  After receiving the passport he requested, Wade claimed that he "still had to go to Shanghai in person in order to send personnel" to Yunnan.  He left Beijing for Shanghai on April 3.  His purpose was to take advantage of Shanghai's communication facilities (at that time, only Shanghai could communicate with London by telegraph) to provide his country's government with strategies to implement the requirements of the invasion of China as soon as possible; on the other hand, he was going to invite Bai Lang to come to China to personally report to him on the Yunnan case.  plot.  During the Qing government, Li Hanzhang, the governor of Huguang, was appointed as the imperial envoy to investigate the Yunnan case.  Witoma did not send anyone to Yunnan at this time, but asked Counselor Gwinner to go to Hubei to meet Li Hanzhang.  Li Hanzhang said in the conversation that he was ordered only to investigate the murder of Ma Jiali and not to investigate the obstruction of Bai Lang. This expression became the excuse for the British invaders to "prove" that the Qing government was not sincere in completely solving the Yunnan case.  Witoma seized on this excuse and brought the plot of the Yunnan case that he compiled after meeting with Bai Lang.  At the end of July, he headed north from Shanghai in an attempt to intimidate the Qing government again.  In early May, he had emphasized to the British government: "No matter what we say or do, the Chinese government will never be the first to launch hostile actions." This is tantamount to saying: Britain can intimidate in every possible way, but the Qing government will not  I will resist resolutely.  This estimate governed all of Wade's activities in the Yunnan case.  Before Wade came to Tianjin, he first sent his Chinese secretary Mei Huili to Beijing to question Li Hanzhang's mission.  After he arrived in Tianjin in early August.  In front of Li Hongzhang, he slandered the Prime Minister's Yamen and said that "a few people in the General Administration must be replaced first."  He expressed his willingness to negotiate with Li Hongzhang, and then made various demands in Tianjin, including: the removal of Lika from the treaty ports; the opening of more commercial ports in the mainland; the Qing government was responsible for escorting Gwinner to the Yunnan border and even to Bhamo, and India would send people  He must also be responsible for escorting when he comes to Yunnan; he must send a "first- and second-grade real official" to Britain to express his apology for the Yunnan case; this envoy should pass through India on his way to Britain.  Discuss with the Indian authorities the measures for trade in Yunnan and Burma; the imperial court should issue an edict to hold Cen Yuying and others accountable for their oversight of the Yunnan case; the edicts to send envoys and hold Cen Yuying and others accountable must be made clear and published in the "Beijing News"; among these edicts, any "British"  Two words.  It must be mentioned, "If it is not mentioned, it will be contempt for Britain" and so on, which greatly expands the content of the six points proposed in March.  These demands first focused on expanding Britain's actual interests in China. In order to achieve this goal, Waituma tried his best to attack the prestige of the Qing rulers and the feudal system. The so-called "British" promoted and publicly questioned the feudal officials, the Ming Dynasty  The imperial edict and other demands all reflected the British invaders' intentions.  Witoma claimed to have mastered the detailed materials of the Yunnan case. During the negotiations with Li Hongzhang, he repeatedly threatened to withdraw diplomatic missions, break off diplomatic relations, and use force, insisting that all his conditions be met.  During more than half a year of coercion against China, Wade has been putting aside ministers from other countries.  During the negotiation process of the Yunnan case, Britain and other European and American aggressors became alienated in their diplomacy towards China. The British government considered joining forces with Japan to blackmail China, and Wade believed that Britain had enough power to bring the Qing government to its knees.  The Yunnan incident occurred at a time when China's northwest and southeastern borders were feeling threatened. The Qing government's lessons in handling the Ili and Taiwan incidents were still fresh in its memory. In order to prevent the occurrence of southwest border troubles, the Qing government had no choice but to agree to the British "pacification".Conditions such as "compensation, compensation, punishment of perpetrators, sending envoys to apologize, and increasing ports" were the basis for the later "Yantai Treaty." And Wytoma also became a major contributor to the United Kingdom because of the conclusion of the "Yantai Treaty"! But now,  The "Yantai Treaty" will never appear! Thinking that he had dug a big hole for him early in order to deal with Weituma, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but secretly laugh. "The hole has been dug, just waiting for you to jump in!"  " "On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and our government, I have just submitted my credentials to Minister Guo Songtao of your country to express my deep condolences for the death of His Majesty the Great Emperor of your country.  "Waitoma didn't know what Lin Yizhe was saying in his heart. Instead, he told him the purpose of his trip. "I am very grateful to Her Majesty the Queen and your government for their condolences.  Lin Yizhe said politely to him. "By the way, when I visited your country."  I have proposed to Her Majesty the Queen not to organize any form of expedition to our uncivilized areas and not to seek new trade routes before the two countries have concluded a new trade agreement.  Her Majesty has given me that assurance.  Lin Yizhe calmly brought the topic back to Magali, "I would like to draw Mr. Witoma's attention, and preferably remind Mr. Magali not to engage in so-called adventure activities in the name of 'travel'."  " "Her Majesty the Queen's guarantee is the most powerful constraint on our behavior.  I assure you.  Mr. Lin, that will never happen.  "Waitoma heard the warning in Lin Yizhe's words, and immediately replied confidently, "I assure you, Mr. Margari went to Yunnan just to travel, without any other purpose.  There were only three or four people accompanying him, and they all applied for passports from your government.  This is just a small traveling team and has no ability to carry out adventure activities.  " Hearing Weitoma's assurance, Lin Yizhe couldn't help laughing in his heart. "Mr. Weitoma, you are really good at telling lies! Of course Lin Yizhe knew that the team led by Bai Lang who set out from India. There were 15 surveying and mapping personnel alone.  People! And they are protected by 150 fully armed British soldiers! "Then, I sincerely wish Mr. Magali a happy trip!  " Lin Yizhe said calmly. He knew that he would never see Ma Jiali again. And Weitoma would not stay in China for too long! "Thank you.  "Weitoma bowed slightly and left immediately. Lin Yizhe watched the arrogant Weitoma and his entourage go away, with an imperceptible sneer on his lips. After finishing his business for the day, Lin Yizhe returned to his apartment in Xianliang Temple.  Lin Fu, a trusted servant, stepped forward and said to him in a low voice: "Sir, the second manager Li sent someone to deliver a message about that matter. Manager Liu has already handed over the message according to your wishes, and the Empress Dowager has already  That's settled.  " Lin Yizhe nodded, "It's settled!  " Almost at the same time, in the Changchun Palace in the Forbidden City, the Empress Dowager Cixi was talking to Prince Gong about the method that Lin Yizhe asked Liu Chengyin to secretly pass on to the Empress Dowager Cixi to save the queen's child. "Sixth Master, this matter is settled, and you also  There is no need to refuse.  "The Empress Dowager Cixi glanced slightly at Liu Chengyin, who was standing aside, and said to Prince Gong Yixin with a smile, "If the emperor and heaven protect him, the baby will be a boy, and the sixth master will have a successor.  " "SlaveThank you, the Queen Mother, for your kindness!  "Prince Gong burst into tears for a while, left his seat and knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice. "Sixth Master, there is no need to be polite, just get up quickly.  "The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Liu Chengyin, help Mr. Six get up.  "Liu Chengyin responded, hurriedly stepped forward, and helped Prince Gong up. "This matter must not be leaked.  "The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the grateful Prince Gong and reminded him, "Sixth Master knows the stakes in this, so I won't nag you any more.  " "I understand!"  Please rest assured, Queen Mother!  This matter is rotting in my stomach!  "Prince Gong said in panic. "This matter will end here.  "The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the maids and eunuchs waiting outside the Nuan Pavilion, and said to Prince Gong, "Lin Yizhe submitted a petition to establish a naval yamen to oversee the country's naval affairs. What do you think of this matter?  " "Returning to the Queen Mother, Lin Yizhe has a very good idea.  "Prince Gong unexpectedly turned the topic to the navy, and he couldn't help but be startled, but he reacted quickly and immediately replied, "In order to unify the navy's powers and ensure successful battles and defenses, the Western Kingdom has naval offices. Although the coastal provinces of our country have  The navy, however, is in one place and cannot be integrated into one in the face of war. If a naval office can be established and unified, it will not only be able to defend the war, but also avoid the danger of vassal towns.  " "Master Liu said it well.  "After hearing what Prince Gong said, Empress Dowager Cixi's eyes flashed with approval. "She already knew from Prince Gong's answer that there was absolutely no possibility of Prince Gong becoming "Dorgon's second"!  "The dangers of this vassal town are the most worrying. Lin Yizhe can think like this. He is really public-minded and out of sincerity. He deserves to be the queen of Lin Wenzhong. And Lin Yizhe has been in shipping administration for a long time and has fought with Japan. He has a deep understanding of maritime affairs.  The most familiar one is that after the Maritime Administration was established, it would be better to have Lin Yizhe help handle the coastal defense affairs." Of course, Prince Gong understood the Empress Dowager Cixi's intentions and praised Lin Yizhe appropriately, which was not only equivalent to sponsoring Lin Yizhe, but also indirectly expressed it to the Empress Dowager Cixi.  Got the traces of my heart.  "Sixth Master is right." Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "However, although Lin Yizhe is familiar with shipping administration and maritime affairs, his qualifications are still young after all. I'm afraid he won't be able to control the situation. The Maritime Administration is responsible for the national coastal defense, so he needs someone."  The important ministers are in control, so I plan to ask the Seventh Master to take charge of the Navy Yamen. What do you think of the Sixth Master? " "Empress Dowager Shengming! I also think that the Navy Yamen must be in charge of Prince Chun!" Prince Gong quickly expressed his position!  road.  Of course he understood what Empress Dowager Cixi wanted Prince Chun to be in charge of the Navy Yamen.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.) PS: Please collect it!  Please recommend!  Please subscribe!  Please click!  Asking for a monthly ticket!
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