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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 393: Sichuan Road Shengmo

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    Watching Bao Ling and others walk away, Xiao Yungui raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, recalling in his mind the scene when he met with the Japanese delegation Chuanlu Shengmo and his delegation in Suzhou more than ten days ago.

    Earlier, after Xiao Yungui got the news about Tan Shaoguang's accidental contact with the Japanese in Sakhalin Island, he discussed Japan's diplomatic matters with Hong Yun'er, Zuo Zongtang, Wang Kaiyun and others.

    It is undeniable that Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er have very strong hostility towards the Japanese, and can even be said to be hostile, and are very disgusted with Tan Shaoguang's transaction with Japan, but Zuo Zongtang and Wang Kaiyun convinced them.

    Japan's Hokkaido is adjacent to Sakhalin Island, and although Japan has been closed to the outside world, Nagasaki Port has always been open to merchants from China, the Netherlands, North Korea and other countries. At the same time, Japan is not a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty like North Korea, and is a place where trade can be carried out  , use and win over countries.

    After listening to the analysis of Zuo Zongtang and Wang Kaiyun, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er discussed behind closed doors for a long time, and finally came to the unanimous conclusion that at this stage, they need to use Japan for the time being, so they must first maintain good relations with Japan.

    Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er are no longer the angry young people they once were. They keep national hatred and family hatred in mind, but when acting, they must first consider the issue of gain and loss. This is a  What a good politician should do is not to ignore the situation and clamor to destroy little Japan.  Moreover, in Xiao Yungui's words, there are many ways to destroy Japan, including conspiracy and conspiracy.

    After the tone was set, Tan Shaoguang received a secret order from the King of the West, ordering him to settle relations with the Japanese.  However, we cannot relax our vigilance, and at the same time, we must conduct secret surveys of the terrain and landforms of South Sakhalin Island.

    Sakhalin Island and Temple Street are in important locations.  Xiao Yungui has been undecided on whether to defend or withdraw.  Withdrawing from these two places, the Russian forces have made a comeback. Due to the failure of the Crimean War, they have lost the opportunity to expand to the west. Then the Russian polar bear, an expansionist behemoth, will actively expand eastward.  Xiao Yungui wanted to establish strongholds in Temple Street and Sakhalin Island in advance as a deterrent and as a nail in advance. He did not want to see the Manchus overthrown in the future.  Most of the land outside the customs was occupied by Russia.

    Moreover, Xiao Yungui also did something bad. Several places such as Dalian, Temple Street and Sakhalin Island were nailed to the land outside the Manchu and Qing customs. He stared at the land of Longxing with few people outside the pass. The Manchu and Qing people  The three important Manchu and Qing military towns of General Shengjing, General Heilongjiang, and General Jilin must not take it lightly. They may organize regiment training or mobilize reinforcements outside the Pass. In this way, Russia may not be able to take advantage of the Qing army outside the Pass as it did in history.  During the internal adjustment, it is easy to annex large areas of land.  Due to the intervention of the Taiping Army, the situation outside the Pass will become a tripartite confrontation between the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Army and Russia.

    Some people may think that Xiao Yungui is too ambitious, but as the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.  Xiao Yungui must have this kind of ambition. How big your heart is, how big your country will be in the future. If you don't even dare to think about it, then even God won't know what you want.

    But after all, there is a difference between thinking and doing. Dalian, Temple Street and Sakhalin are all too far away from Shanghai.  Maritime supply transportation is a heavy burden. If West Palace wants to defend Dalian, Temple Street and Sakhalin Island, it must consider how to solve the supply problem.  Bao Ling was right. The Taiping Army's navy was not yet suitable for ocean navigation, and the cost of a simple military supply operation was too high. Fortunately, the arrival of the Japanese mission gave Xiao Yungui a glimmer of hope to solve the problem.

    Holding huge hatred.  Xiao Yungui "cordially" met with the Japanese Chuanlu Shengmo delegation at the Xiwang Mansion.  After talking, Xiao Yungui learned the identity of Chuanlu Shengmo.  He was an important minister of the Tokugawa Shogunate and played an extremely important role in the negotiation and signing of diplomatic treaties between Japan, the United States, and Japan and Russia.  At the same time, Kawaro Shomo was a reformer who still had illusions about the shogunate and clung to the decadent shogunate system.  What he was obsessed with was the "reform of the shogunate" rather than the "disintegration of the shogunate", so that it could continue to exist by improving the Tokugawa shogunate.

    Xiao Yungui smiled even brighter. It would be nice if Chuanlu Shengmo was a reformist rather than a radical overthrower. He is now very happy to help the Tokugawa shogunate maintain Japan's rule and make some improvements at the same time. These improvements will not make Japan look like  Historically, the Meiji Restoration has become stronger and stronger quickly, but it will not lead to the loss of domestic popular support and accelerate the collapse of the shogunate like the conservative faction in history.  What Xiao Yungui would like to see most is for Japan to follow the reform path of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in fact nothing has changed at all.

    Chuanlu Shengmo came to China this time for two purposes. One was to contact the Taiping Army and understand the strength of the Taiping Army.  The Japanese have always respected the strong. They were forced to negotiate treaties with Russia and the United States. The whole country felt extremely humiliated. However, they did not expect that not long ago, the mercenary group of the Taiping Army actually went north to fight with the British and French fleets.  Beat the Russians.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The first time was when the Russians lost an important military port on the Kamchatka Peninsula, which shocked the Japanese greatly.  In the eyes of the Japanese, China under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not the Zhengshuo dynasty. They always believed that there would be no China after the fall of the Song Dynasty, and China under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was Japan's enemy.  At the beginning of the 19th century, the Tokugawa shogunate held a nationwide essay competition titled How to Conquer the Qing Kingdom.  As a result, many Japanese strategists splashed their ink, pointed out the country, and inspired words. In the dust, tens of thousands of princes talked about the strategy of conquering the Qing Dynasty.  After the event, all the articles were compiled into a volume called "Secret Strategies for Confusion in the Universe".  The original intention of the Tokugawa shogunate at that time was to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this thing later allowed the Japanese to interpret it into something more ambitious.  But it is undeniable that Japan does not welcome the Manchus.

    After the Japanese Black Ship Incident, the Tokugawa shogunate changed its mentality of seclusion. The first thing they thought of was how China would respond to the invasion of Western forces.  As a result, a large number of Japanese translators translated Chinese literary policies in an attempt to understand the current situation in China. It is said that all the materials were compiled into "Chronicles of Qing Customs".  However, the results of the investigation made those Japanese translators despair. They had always had fanatical fantasies about Chinese civilization since the Tang Dynasty. The investigation found that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually a backward, outdated and lifeless country, and was being used by Western powers like Japan.  Bullying.  Their dreams were completely shattered, which triggered a serious psychological crisis. Some of the Japanese translators and Chinese businessmen committed suicide out of despair after the report was completed, which turned into a cultural tragedy.

    However, Japan's despair did not last long. The emerging rebel force of the Taiping Army gave the Japanese hope. They were able to join forces with the powerful British and French fleets to fight against the Russians, and they also won. In the eyes of the Japanese,  It's simply incredible.  This rebel army was also fighting with the Manchu and Qing government troops. The scale of the battle was tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people, which was beyond the imagination of the Japanese.  In their impression, except for the Korean War led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi Monkey and the Sekigahara Battle led by the Tokugawa family, which may have reached a scale of more than 100,000 people, Japan has not experienced such a large-scale war for a long time.  And I heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was fighting three battles with more than 100,000 people in the north, south, west and north against the Manchu army at the same time, and they were still winning successively. What is this concept?

    At the same time, what surprised the Japanese was that the idea of ??this rebel army was to restore the Han family and revive the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. This made the Japanese feel that they had suddenly found a backbone. They had long studied Han culture and Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism.  Impatiently, he sent an envoy to contact the Taiping Army and learn about the Taiping Army.

    Chuanlu Shengmo and his party landed in Shanghai. They saw the prosperous commerce, the endless flow of sea-going ships, and the large tracts of factories being built.  With the consent of the King of the West, they were even able to visit the Shanghai Martial Arts School. Xiao Yungui knew the temper of the Japanese, and he wanted to use strong force to scare these dwarfs.

    In the martial arts school, Chuanlu Shengmo witnessed a military exercise with tens of thousands of people, and also saw the powerful and crazy fighting belief of the Taiping Army, so Chuanlu Shengmo automatically started the mission's second goal, which was  Seek cooperation opportunities with the Taiping Army to free the Tokugawa Shogunate from the ravages of foreign powers.

    Naturally, Xiao Yungui would not offend the Western powers for Japan. After hearing Chuanlu Shengmo's desire to cooperate, he first affirmed Japan's contribution as a perennial student of China, thanked the Japanese for their role in spreading Chinese culture, and secondly thanked Japan for its role in the Ming Dynasty.  When he died, he took in many Han people who were crossing eastward.

    Then the King of the West changed the subject. He analyzed the invasion of Western forces and proposed to Chuanlu Shengmo that the East is the East for Easterners. This greatly boosted Chuanlu Shengmo's spirit. At the same time, he also admired the King of the West for his insight and knowledge.  tolerance.

    King Xi made a timely analysis of Russia, the United States and other countries that are most eager to invade Japan. He told Chuanlu Shengmo that Russia is adjacent to Japan and poses a great threat to Japan's territory. It is the common enemy of the Taiping Army and Japan.  As for the United States, Britain, France and other countries, their needs are more for trade and not for territorial occupation. It is recommended that Japan can win over these countries, but the most important thing is that Japan itself must be able to use force to protect itself, otherwise it may still fall into the hands of others.  of colonies.

    Chuanlu Shengmo then humbly asked for advice on how to strengthen the country. Xiao Yungui strongly agreed with the Tokugawa Shogunate's rule of Japan, but he felt that the Tokugawa Shogunate needed to make necessary reforms.  Xiao Yungui told Chuanlu Shengmo about Wei Yuan's idea of ??learning from the barbarians to control them, and told him that the Taiping Army was now learning from the West, and would use it to deal with the Western powers.

    Xiao Yungui naturally knew that no matter how hard he studied Westernization, a corrupt and backward political system would remain the same in its bones. This kind of strength was just a gorgeous appearance, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty after Tongzhi resurgence in history.  The Tokugawa shogunate learned from the West. Even if he had Western military technology, his first thought was to maintain the shogunate's rule over Japan, just like the Manchus guarded against the Han people.  Although the Manchu and the shogunate?There is a big difference, but Xiao Yungui does not mind letting the Japanese shogunate follow the path of the Westernization Movement of the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Tokugawa shogunate will be overthrown by the rebels in the end, it can at least delay the pace of Japan's reform.  Chuanlu Shengmo unknowingly believed the King of the West's words to be the truth. After all, everything he saw about the Taiping Army was learning from the West.
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