Chapter 388: The Constitution of the King, the Republic, and the Battle of Orthodoxy! (Please order and vote)
Xujiahui, originally a French Concession, has entered a period of rapid development since it was taken back by Luo Xueyan. It has now become a high-end residential area where celebrities and wealthy people gather in Shanghai. Although it is not as prosperous as Shanghai County and the original British Concession area, it is
Built like bamboo shoots after a rain
There are many Western-style or Chinese-style garden residences. Rich people who came from Jiangnan and Jiangbei, compradors who made foreign fortunes in Shanghai, and some wealthy foreigners who did big business in Shanghai bought land and built luxury houses here.
.Including Aitang, the former French consul in Shanghai.
After the French Minister Bourblon moved to Shanghai, he no longer served as a consul. Instead, he went into business and opened Aitang Foreign Company. He quickly became rich by selling arms and speculating in land, so he purchased thirty-five acres of land in Xujiahui.
, and spent a huge amount of money to build an Aitang Garden.
Li Hongzhang and his Marty have been living in this mansion for the past two days. After Laluo Xueyan failed to jointly push for the constitution, he was going to Huai'an to join his father Li Wenxuan and his teacher Zeng Guofan. He planned to get the money from his father and teacher first.
Several battalions of "soldiers" were established, and then they went to their hometown in Hefei to recruit soldiers.
As long as there are 10,000 or 20,000 foreign troops, everything will be fine!
However, his Marty will not go to the Anhui countryside to suffer hardships with him. As a noble French princess and the future "Queen of the Tang Dynasty", she has to live in a city like Shanghai under the care of the French Minister to China, Bourblon.
Among them, she would not leave Shanghai until Li Hongzhang got a city that could be run as an imperial or royal capital.
Therefore, Li Hongzhang has been busy settling Mathilde in the past two days, while discussing with Lieutenant Colonel Henri-Gustave Devecine, the military adviser sent to him by Napoleon III, how to mobilize the "participating troops".
This French army lieutenant colonel in his forties, with dark skin and a weather-beaten look, has been fighting in Algeria for many years. He has rich experience and is also a firearms expert. He once developed an excellent front-loading rifled gun with Migne.
The famous Migne rifle.
This time he brought with him an advisory group composed of fifty French officers and non-commissioned officers, as well as ten thousand rifled Type 1777 rifles, one thousand Migne rifles and fifty cannons of various calibers.
Pao arrived in Shanghai with Li Hongzhang and Mathilde.
And his first task was to help Li Hongzhang organize a division of "War Army" as soon as possible, and put this army into the war against Russia in 1855...::. As long as this War Army can capture the Kamchatka Peninsula
Petropavlovsk, then Napoleon III’s investment in Li Hongzhang on behalf of the French government would be considered a return.
Yesterday, I discussed military affairs with Lieutenant Colonel Devine for an entire afternoon, and was "caught" by Mathilde who was about to leave in the evening to "horse a horse". Li Hongzhang, who had been busy until late at night before closing his eyes, was standing in the study room of Aitang Garden at this time.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, I stared out blankly, looking from near to far
It looks prosperous and lively. This is a rapidly growing city that has attracted the wealth of half of China. Unfortunately, it fell into the hands of the Republican Luo Xueyan...:::. And if he, Li Hongzhang, wanted to achieve great things,
It would be best to have a city as prosperous as Shanghai as your base camp.
But where is his Shanghai? Tianjin is good, but how to get it?
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the window. He looked closely and found hundreds of rough people wearing short clothes, red scarves on their heads, and holding paper placards appearing on the originally quiet road outside.
The man, who looked like a dock worker, was walking along the road shouting something.
"Is this a demonstration?"
Li Hongzhang paused.
He had seen this scene several times in England and France!
I didn’t expect to see him again after returning to Shanghai!
He hurriedly walked to the window, opened it, and then heard slogans outside.
"Support the Republic! Defeat the demon...
Support the Republic?
Li Hongzhang, who had broadened his horizons in England and France, immediately understood what happened?
Luo Xueyan is manipulating public opinion to find a way for him to betray the Qing Dynasty and become a second minister!
It's really hateful...::..He was the one who beat me to this move!
People on the street have already started knocking on the doors of various courtyards from house to house. While knocking, they shouted: "Open the door quickly and support the republic!"
Can it still be like this?
Li Hongzhang suddenly saw Aitang, the owner of Aitang Garden, and several servants coming out of the house quickly, running to the door of the yard, opening a side door, and going to talk to the marchers outside. After a while,
He rushed back to the house with a piece of paper. After a while, there was a gentle knock on the door of the study room where Li Hongzhang was.
"Shaoquan, it's me."
Feng Guifen's voice came from outside.
"Mr. Jingting? Come in quickly."
Li Hongzhang quickly greeted Feng Guifen to come in.
Feng Guifen came in with Aitang, holding an unsigned "petition" in her hand, and handed it to Li Hongzhang: "Shaoquan, look at this."
Li Hongzhang took it and looked at it, and said in a low voice: "Please ask Luo Xueshuai to join the Republic Book?"
"Shao Quan," Feng Guifen said angrily, "this petition says that the meeting of kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom passed a resolution calling on all parts of the world to participate in the great republican event and elect representatives of the people to go to Tianjing to attend the meeting of the people.
Through the "Covenant", we will build a republic together, and we will also eliminate the Tartars and restore China... I never expected that Luo Xueyan would actually do this!"
But Li Hongzhang shook his head slightly, his face extremely solemn: "Now I am afraid that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will really call on all parties to support the Republic!"
"Calling all parties?" Feng Guifen frowned, "No one will really follow Changmao just because of their call, right?"
"It's hard to say...\n.\n..\n.\n" Li Hongzhang frowned deeply, "Jingting, you don't know something...\n...\n.\nCalled the four parties to jointly hold a National People's Conference and pass the agreement
, declaring a republic is giving legal authority to the republic!"
"Fatism? Does this count as legality?" Feng Guifen looked incredulous.
Li Hongzhang explained: "The legal system of the Republic comes from the National People's Congress...\n::.\n. If only Shanghai responds, the legal system of the Republic cannot be established, but if it responds to the Republic, many places send people to attend the National People's Conference.
, then the legal system of the Republic will be established!
Once they have legal authority, they will have a rightful name, and they will be orthodox!"
"Orthodox?" Feng Guifen asked in surprise, "Can everyone in the world recognize it?"
"It's hard to say...\n." Li Hongzhang whispered, "The emperor is a Manchurian after all! The anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming dynasties are legal, not to mention the republic approved by the National People's Congress?"
"this.
Feng Guifen looked at Li Hongzhang and was speechless for a moment.
Li Hongzhang said to Aitang: "Mr. Aitang, go ask when the Dongfang can leave? I want to leave Shanghai for Tianjin as soon as possible!"
Aitang nodded: "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
After saying that, he hurriedly left the study.
"Going to Tianjin?" Feng Guifen asked, "Aren't you going to Huai'an?"
"Go to Tianjin...::...and then go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit!" Li Hongzhang said solemnly, "The monarch and the constitution must fight for legal authority with the republic! They want to hold a people's conference, and we also have to hold a monarch and constitution conference, and we also have to call on the world
The gentry came to Beijing for a meeting to discuss the establishment of a constitution.
Otherwise, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's republic is unanimously supported by the people of the world, and our monarch's constitution has no legitimacy at all! The legitimacy of the monarch's constitution lies in the king. If the king is not orthodox, what kind of constitution is there? We can all be republican!"
Weng Family Garden.
When Luo Xueyan "learned" that Shanghai citizens had spontaneously petitioned for the implementation of a republic, he was on a "blind date" at Weng Tong's house with a little girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old...just to get to know each other.
But you can't "kiss" her, she's too young.
"Wanzhen, you are still young...\nYou can study in Shanghai first and grow up slowly."
Luo Xueyan looked at the little sister of "Empress Dowager Cixi" who was pink and tender, with a shy look on her face, and couldn't help but feel a "heart of friendship". In addition to "friendship", there was also the thought of not letting Guangxu be born...:
::.Nothing else!
"Study?" Wanzhen looked at Luo Xueyan timidly, "I have studied and know a lot of words."
"Oh, that's right," Luo Xueyan said with a smile, "Shanghai will soon open a primary school and implement a national education that combines Chinese and Western education. You can finish primary school at least."
Wanzhen didn't seem to like reading very much, so she asked, "Is it difficult to combine Chinese and Western styles...?"
Weng Tong on the side smiled and said: "It's not difficult, not difficult at all...\n.:.\n. I have learned arithmetic from the first to third grade of primary school with Mr. Qian in the past two days. It is very simple and you can learn it as soon as you learn it."
.”
Well, historically he was the top pick! The person who taught him was Qian Sanqiang’s grandfather...
"Okay," Wanzhen smiled, "I will listen to the master and go to elementary school first...:
Chapter completed!