Chapter 207: The Autumn of Sorrow

Jiangsu's actions were not idle either. The new task for the new Jiangsu Governor Deng Huaxi was to develop Jiangsu's five-year plan as soon as possible within three months, including provinces, counties and counties, Jiangning Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Huaian Prefecture, must have their own development goals and live a mess. It will not work in the future. Jiangsu Province, one should set an example for the whole country. The military will look at Shaanxi, and the government will look at Jiangsu.

When it was getting colder in early autumn, the situation in the northwest was already settled. More than 60,000 prisoners were registered and registered. Some of the leading figures were sent to the command of Yuan Shikai, the governor of the East China Sea, and the other went to Xinyu Province. The road renovation of Far East Co., Ltd. was under construction in the northeast was in short supply. Some were considered to be from the thief, and the book was released on the spot. The proletariat who lost land from the flood in Hunan received government relief on the spot. It was considered to be a rebirth.

The Hui people left behind on the spot were included in the sequence of the canal diversion project. Yang Changjun volunteered to build a water network here, and there was also a plan for a ranch. The cattle and sheep bought from Xinjiang were also transported. In short, this place also has a glimmer of hope.

Xu Shichang's 180,000 troops did not return to the system on the spot, but Zhao Bingjun was responsible for the new adaptation, which was used as the next article of the Shaanxi-Gansu adaptation. The new army of Xiliang, Shanxi, also returned to the original province. As for Xu Shichang, he brought his original headquarters of the Dragon Banner Army to Lanzhou and returned to Beijing on a train. Originally, I did not plan to arrange for the suburbs to welcome him, but on the one hand, I also wanted to build a new general. If he wanted to work with the Germans, he would first lift his official position. So he personally welcomed him, announced the second marquis of Xu Shichang and the second marquis of Jin, and appointed the Minister of Military Affairs Tongzhi. In this way, after a chaos in the northwest, a new general star was created.

In the past two months, the war friction between Russia and Turkey was still limited at the beginning, and Turkey maintained a certain degree of restraint. After all, the empire in the north gave Turkey endless trauma in this century. The intertwined emotions of hatred and fear forced Sudan to carefully consider his decision. But Sudan gradually began to find that the Ottoman legions under him seemed to have begun to be influenced by other forces. The young Turks began to seize the situation and gradually penetrated into his legion. The nationalist remarks of these people were extremely inciting. The Ottoman legions became increasingly irritable, and they were extremely eager to wash away the shame of a century through a victory.

Sudan certainly didn't know that what caused this crisis was originally the result of the conspiracy between the Young Turkish Party and the Armenian group of fools who thought the Young Turkish Party had called on them before, and it was because of the good people. The purpose of this party that sounds like no threat was to overthrow the Sudan regime, which coincided with the Armenians. The Young Turkish Party hoped to take advantage of a military failure to arouse people's dissatisfaction and launch a coup to gain power, and the Armenians also hoped to use the Russians to gain national self-determination. Of course, the next step for the Young Turks is to eliminate this nation. The Armenians did not know that in this era, there was no one worth relying on except themselves - including their saviors, the Russians and the young Turkish people who seem very friendly at the moment.

This is also indispensable for the Russians' own help. Tsar Nicholas II's grand strategy of southward direction, Tsar Russia, which lost its courage and courage to go east, also hopes to have a chance to seize a port facing the Mediterranean Sea, with four Ekaterina II-class battleships and a quasi-imperial Opstrov-class battleship, was never willing to move only on a small water surface like the Black Sea. Therefore, some soldiers adopted a tacit attitude towards the actions between the Turkish and the Armenians in their control, which directly led to the death of the Georgian Governor.

Another reason why the situation has not yet fully unfolded is that Russia needs time to adjust its diplomatic efforts. In the face of the iron fact that the Governor died, despite the humiliation of Russia in some ways, it took them a lot of time to obtain the consent of the British, whose Baltic fleet was allowed to go straight to the Mediterranean through the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar.

Britain changed its usual hostility to Russia, and the three Saints and the great Sissoi battleships of the Russian Baltic Fleet, as well as three Navarlin-class battleships that shook hands from the North Sea and passed through Germany's private waters, which deeply stimulated the Emperor William II, who had a strong self-esteem.

When the Russian fleet arrived in the Mediterranean and shared the use of Greek military ports with the British Mediterranean fleet, Russia completed all its sea and land mobilization. The Ottoman Turkish Empire was facing the worst crisis of the century. This time, they did not have the help of the British, and the British Empire's attitude was to be rigorous and neutral, but for Turkey, the neutrality of the British Empire was like a bolt from the blue. In this century, they had become accustomed to facing the behemoths in the north under the protection of the British, but now, the sky has changed.

This sky is gone, so naturally I want another sky to protect myself. William II extended his hand of friendship. Under William's instruction, the German press reported to the unlimited rampant arrogance of the Russian fleet when it passed through the North Sea and how terrible it was for Germany. Although I could occasionally see the analysis and warning of the previous Bismarck's disadvantages of developing the navy against Germany, the Germans could no longer calm down. The long-term pride did not allow them to compromise on reality that was not conducive to themselves. In Tirpi

Driven by Zz, the German Parliament quickly passed a new naval plan amendment. Unlike the last time, Tirpitz brought China into a formal program - for the future of Germany, both the army and the navy need the help of the Chinese. This time the naval plan was almost the plan discussed with me, and only listed the output part of Germany in terms of the number. This was just because the rigorous Germans had not yet made a complete and correct estimate of the production capacity of China's two shipyards, the Hamburg Shipyard in Vladivostok and the Furkand Shipyard in Mawei, Fujian.

The on-stage plan quickly stimulated the whole of Europe. Of course, I also received the same text. Is it a blessing or a misfortune to put my country on the table? While worrying about the British attitude, I am also paying attention to the situation in Europe. How can I fight for the greatest interests of my country?

But the situation could not help but think more. Russia's full-line attack on Turkey had already begun. After several months of mobilization, more than 200,000 sharpened Cossacks launched almost all-round attacks on the Ottoman Legion. At the same time, the Russian Baltic Fleet launched a limited shelling of Istanbul - the reason was that Britain did not support Russia's further actions. In conjunction with it, the Black Sea Fleet also launched shellings at important ports and cities along the Black Sea coast, with the support of the sea-surface fleet, a 5,000-man Cossack landed in the Bay of Sinop. For a moment, it seemed that the whole of Turkey was trembling in the wrath of the Tsar.

Of course, Britain did not completely betray Turkey. When the parliament and government studied the German naval plan and the German navy's abnormal actions recently, they were also considering the pattern of the world. It is entirely possible to swallow Turkey with Russia's national strength. But the question is, once such a giant beast has obtained the Mediterranean estuary, will the Russians' position change? Like the ambitious Germans, the young Tsar is also revitalizing his navy. In the past few years, the strength of the Black Sea Fleet has been unprecedentedly improved. The Russians have planned to expand the military equipment of the Black Sea Fleet in advance. Their purpose is obvious. So, what else do they have to do after achieving this goal? As the leaders of the entire earth, the British Empire has the responsibility to think more profoundly.

Therefore, although Britain declared to remain neutral in this battle between Russia and Turkey, it was only moderately neutral under the circumstances at that time. The rulers of the Ottoman Turkish Empire did not need to be afraid. The British Empire would come forward to stop the atrocities of polar bears at the right time - just like several years ago.

In Beijing, I can only be a spectator, and I can only be an energy to be a spectator. After struggling for a summer, the Empress Dowager Nara finally couldn't hold on in autumn. Before her death, she looked at her two sons reluctantly. I knew her wish.

With pain, I announced that the emperor's mother passed away and stopped court for seven days, and decided to posthumous title, moved to the tomb and buried, and was formally mourning for nine days. During these nine days, I was just paying attention to the British's attitude towards the German naval plan and towards China. Another thing was to pay attention to the progress of the Russian-Turkish battle.

Things in China have basically been on the right track. What we have to worry about is the rebound of military reform and the maintenance of administration, and the rest is waiting for the development and rotation of talents. In addition to some hidden worries that have been paid attention to, step-by-step actions are slowly being carried out.

As long as you pay attention to the phenomenon of land annexation, it is easy to deal with. After decreeing the limit on the number of land transactions per household per year, I also asked someone to study how to fundamentally solve this problem. In fact, the development of industry has greatly slowed down this phenomenon. The reason is that the preferential policies of industry are too conducive to investment. Compared with Jiangnan agriculture, which has heavy taxes, investing in industry is also a very attractive measure. In the next step, I would like to limit the maximum number of land acres to stop the large landlords from expanding their land without restrictions and embezzling arable land resources. In the future, while the currency reform is being reformed, I also want the state to repurchase some land to distribute it to the proletariat. Such moderate land reform is something that this country can bear.

Zaifeng also returned to Beijing from the northwest to attend the funeral ceremony. After half a year, I met my ambition brother again. Seeing that he was already much stronger, he still showed his talent and ambition when speaking to the emperor and his ministers. The vitality and enterprising spirit in his eyes often made me feel relieved. At the same time, he also increased his vigor and vigilance against the small movements he made in private. This guy is very useful, but after all, it was not born of a mother, and some abnormal phenomena proved that he had some plans, so it was always not bad to be careful.

After the news of the death of the Empress Dowager Nara spread, the German envoy made a return to the country. Soon, the German Emperor's representative to commemorate Schliffen came. He led the German officers' teaching group to Tianjin by sea for nearly a month and was welcomed by high standards. Nie Shicheng personally led Xu Shichang and other senior generals to welcome him. After coming to Beijing, I also met him in person and agreed to his request to represent the German Emperor to attend the Empress Dowager's funeral.

The arrangement of the German officer teaching regiment was quite Feyrie. He originally planned to place them at the Imperial Land University in the western suburbs, but Xu Shichang raised an objection and wrote a statement saying that the Imperial Land University was to cultivate command talents, and the German officer teaching regiment seemed to be more suitable for guiding infantry training. He wanted to ask for an order to open another infantry school, and the command instructors were selected from the officer teaching regiment and assigned to the Imperial Land University to teach, while the remaining grassroots officers were placed in the new infantry school.

And Schliffen's first adjutant, August.

Feng.

Lieutenant Colonel Markenson insisted that the officer teaching regiment was not suitable for division, and as a whole he had a model teaching role. If China really needed some specialized infantry training talents, it could also recruit other subordinate officers from Germany to hold these positions.

After consulting Schlieffen's opinion, it was decided that the Model Officer Training Corps would be incorporated into the Imperial Land University as a whole and serve as a teacher and student as a separate unit. At the same time, Germany will also provide China with a battalion of infantry demonstration battalion as soon as possible, as a base model battalion for establishing infantry schools. All of these were soon signed by Nie Shicheng and Schlieffen.

During his interview, Schlieffen also proposed a formal Schlieffen plan. Based on the plan I heard of in Germany, Schlieffen sat on a lot of modifications. The number of German divisions on the Eastern Front was greatly reduced, and the weight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was strengthened. At the same time, around the Eastern Front, he hoped to establish a mobile unit of five to fifteen divisions in China, which was jointly commanded by China and Germany, obeyed the German commander in his actions against Russia, and deployed the location on the Ili line.

There was another extremely shocking proposal made by him, which was to reflect the friendship between China and Germany, not only did it have to send a German military regiment to China, but Germany was also willing to train infantry divisions for the Chinese echelons on its own land. The number of infantry divisions stationed in Germany remained at about ten to twenty divisions. In this way, in the past twenty years, Germany could train nearly two hundred infantry divisions for China.

This is an extremely bold plan. Behind the seemingly friendly friendship, I certainly know the intention of the Germans - the German army is relatively small. In order to make up for the impact of insufficient military sources on the Schliffen plan, Germany needs loyal and effective army forces to complete the blitzkrieg war on the Western Front. At the same time, some troops are also involved in the maintenance of the Western Front. Therefore, Germany must obtain effective army support to complete the war on the Western Front. After that, the elite German army troops can be quickly assembled on the Eastern Front through the railway network, and the most deadly blow to the poor Tsarist Russia.

It can be seen that in the big game of Eurasia, the Germans thought for a long time. As long as they defeated the alliance between France and Russia and made great progress in the navy, Germany could rely on the resources of the entire European continent to fight the western island country and win it, replacing the dominance of this empire for hundreds of years.

Madman... I could still find the fanaticism hidden behind Schliffen's deep gaze. Although this fanaticism is not as exposed as Tirpitz, I know that once the suppressed fanaticism erupts, it will be unstoppable. Just like this gentleman, Germany has been suppressed for too long.

I know this plan is quite feasible, but I really don’t have the interest to participate in this ambition. In twenty years, my country’s industrialization level will probably be among the top ten in the world. The total economic output may be ranked among the top three and four in the world, but the foundation of this country is still too thin, without decades of industrial accumulation and tradition, and it is simply not able to participate in such a large-scale competition.

Moreover, once this phenomenon appears, it will easily be strangled. Don’t forget that although the battle between Britain and Germany has shown signs, they are one type of people after all, while Easterners and Westerners are two types of people. Although the current situation shows that the German Emperor’s enthusiasm for me is very real, after all, this is still a use, just like I am using him.

How to deal with Germany's enthusiasm really makes me feel very embarrassed.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother's burial was delayed. After the burial of the Seven Kings of Miaogaofeng, the government was back on track. At this time, Schliffen was waiting for an echo and was paying attention to the war situation in Russia and Turkey.

Germany would not watch wars on the ground of Europe that had nothing to do with its will. As early as when the German Emperor gathered troops in Russia, William II made a disharmonious speech. Due to the fact that Russia had sufficient reasons for sending troops, and it was also a sending army under the name of saving Christians, William II only declared Germany's neutral position, but hoped that the two countries would resolve the problem at the negotiating table. He also sent a special envoy to Istanbul. With the mediation of the German special envoy, Sudan also

A statement was issued, saying that the death of the Georgian governor of the Russian Empire had nothing to do with Turkey. In addition, some discordant things in Armenia have been stopped, and the reasons for the war in Russia were insufficient and improper. I hope that Russia would immediately stop its invasion of Turkey. Ottoman Turkey loves peace, but is never afraid of war and has the confidence to defend its territory. The German envoy endorsed the title of His Majesty the German Emperor.

This is another major crisis in Europe after the baptism of his son by the Grand Duke of Bulgaria two years ago. Similarly, this crisis involved the British and Germans, and the war was still Russia.

It was only because of Russia's position and changes in relations with Britain that the British stance in this crisis was quite intriguing. The British remained nominally neutral until now, but the Mediterranean Fleet had begun to act and monitor the bombardment process of the Russian Baltic Fleet on Istanbul to ensure that this bombardment did not exceed the limit allowed by the British Empire.

The Tsar Nicholas II, far away in St. Petersburg, now felt like he was bathing in a raincoat, or racing against his opponent under the constraints of leather ropes. The progress of his troops was not as smooth as he thought. The landing troops of 5,000 people were firmly pressed within the range of the battleship guns in the Sinop Bay, and the advancement was much more difficult than expected. The progress in Armenia was quite smooth, and the labor prisoners were responsible for the promotion of the new land as the local chief was very smooth. For the Armenians who were looking forward to the Russians as long as the drought, their position was almost unnecessary. The Ottoman Legion was beaten to pieces here.

This is enough. After controlling Armenia, in the eyes of Britain and Germany, Russia had lost the reason to continue to advance, so the British Empire took action. The Baltic Fleet, which was wandering in the Mediterranean, was officially notified by Greece that Greece would no longer be responsible for the fleet's supply issues and would leave the port within a specified period of time.

At the same time, the British envoys also arrived in Istanbul and St. Petersburg respectively. In the name of peace, Russia must stop its military operations in Turkey, otherwise the British Empire will reconsider its position. The German army also frequently mobilized and assembled on the Eastern Front, with the intention of attacking Russia's heart.

Nicholas II felt very cowardly. The great Russian Empire is now like a beast trapped in a cage. I originally thought that after getting along with the keeper, the lock on the cage had been opened. In fact, it was allowed to walk out of the cage. However, when it really wanted to attack the enemy who had teased it, it found that there were still a bundle of chains on its neck. Under the constraints of these bundles, it always kept a few centimeters away from its prey! Of course, as long as it was obedient, it could occasionally be allowed to see the key of the chain - in the hands of the British.

In a blink of an eye, it was the late autumn and early winter of 1896. For the sake of face, the Black Sea Fleet's efforts did not stop, but the Baltic Fleet had to find the next port to settle down. At this moment, His Majesty the Tsar suddenly received good news, and a humble guest gave him a generous gift - but it was a bit hot, but the gift was really heavy. This empire once wanted to get such a gift and paid a heavy price for it.
Chapter completed!