Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Ye Zhikui believes that even if he has messed up history, he will only cause the outbreak of the Philippine War of Independence in advance, because the victory of China in the Sino-Russian War has shown Asian countries that the white race is not invincible, and has given them great confidence.

As soon as the Philippine War of Independence started, the Yankees saw the needle and got involved. First, they helped the Filipino people fight the Spanish invaders in friendship, and then the Philippines almost won. When they were about to establish a country, the Yankees turned their guns and declared the Philippines to be his colony. The Philippines is a tragedy. Just after the wolf was driven away, the tiger was attracted.

Ye Zhikui, who understood the ins and outs of the matter, couldn't help but sneered twice, damn it, if you want to take advantage of me, you are still short.

Is the Philippines something you can swallow alone?I'm not afraid to swallow you to death. .

Volume Two, The Wind and Cloud of the Capital, Chapter Two Sixty-eight

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Tian Xiali saw Ye Zhikui lowering his head with a deep expression, but he didn't speak. He couldn't help being anxious, but his face pretended not to care. He thought that even if Ye Zhikui knew that the US government would take action in Asia, he would not have thought of it. Hands on the Philippines.

If the U.S. government can lease Hong Kong, then the next military operation will be much more convenient. Otherwise, the navy will have to travel more than half of the Pacific Ocean

The U.S. government can't afford to hurt it.

The Philippines, the Philippines, cooperate with the Americans to jointly occupy the Philippines. Let alone whether the Americans are willing or not, even if they are willing now, there will definitely be many contradictions after joint management.

If the United States sends troops to occupy the Philippines, we send troops to occupy Hawaii, I don’t know if it will work.

A crazy idea suddenly flashed in Ye Zhikui's mind. Hawaii is not the territory of the United States now, but is now managed by the provisional government of the Republic of Hawaii.

Of course, the republic is still essentially controlled by white people, and the original Hawaiian queen was imprisoned by white people.

Now Hawaii has four forces.

One is the power of the white race, that is, the power of the Americans, which is the strongest at this stage.

The second is the power of the Japanese. Japan had been competing with the Americans for Hawaii before the Sino-Japanese War, and a large number of Japanese farmers immigrated to the island.

Then there is the power of the Chinese. Long before the Americans and Japanese paid attention to Hawaii, Chinese merchants had trade relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Among them, the "Fangzhiji" firm of Cantonese Chen Fang is known as one of the eight major firms in Hawaii. In 1879, he himself supported the then King of Hawaii to get the throne, and helped the King of Hawaii quell two rebellions, and was appointed as the Kingdom of Hawaii. Advisor to the Privy Council.

The number of Chinese once reached one-third of the population of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which aroused the panic of the US government and had to vigorously suppress and exclude them. Only then did the Japanese take advantage of the gap, and the latecomers prevailed.

The fate of overseas Chinese is closely related to the strength of the Chinese government. The corruption and weakness of the Qing government directly affected the power of the Chinese in Hawaii. No matter how powerful they are, they still cannot compete with the strength of a country.

In 1890, Chen Fang sold part of the shares in her plantation, left part to her children, and had no choice but to return to China.

Most Chinese businessmen such as Chen Fang have dual citizenship of China and Hawaii. He made a fortune in Hawaii and then returned to China to repay the Chinese people. He is completely different from the businessmen who made Chinese money in China and then moved to other countries to enjoy .

From the fact that Sun Yat-sen established a political party in Honolulu, Hawaii and received strong support from local overseas Chinese forces, we can know how powerful the Chinese in Hawaii are.

Americans have long coveted Hawaii, which is close at hand. The old Hawaiian kings saw the ambitions of the Americans and traveled around the world, looking for countries that could compete with the Americans.

Of course, he had also been to China, but it was a pity that Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu did not meet him at that time, and finally Li Hongzhang, then Minister of Beiyang, met him.

The old king asked Li Hongzhang bluntly at that time whether the Chinese fleet could compete with the American fleet.

Li Hongzhang, who always liked to talk in a roundabout way, was left speechless when asked.

If nothing else, after the Spanish-American War, Hawaii fell into the hands of the Americans.

Therefore, the upcoming Spanish-American War is the last chance for the Chinese government. If it wants to win Hawaii from the Yankees in the future, it will be extremely difficult.

Whether the Pacific Ocean can become a small pond for the Chinese government depends on whether Ye Zhikui can seize this last easier opportunity.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Zhikui had a lot of thoughts and made a decision in the blink of an eye.

He smiled faintly, and said to American Minister Tian Xiali: "Mr. Tian Xiali, this matter is very important. I, Ye Zhikui, cannot make a decision on this matter. How about I give you the answer after discussing with other government officials?"

Seeing that Ye Zhikui didn't say anything to death, Tian Xiali couldn't help but be overjoyed, there seemed to be something going on.

When U.S. Minister Tian Xiali arrived, Ye Zhikui called officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and asked them to quickly find Chen Fang and others. During the period before the Spanish-American War, Ye Zhikui was going to let them return to Hawaii and get in touch with the Queen of Ryukyu.

Dongjiaomin Lane, Japanese Embassy.

Ito Hirobumi hunched over, staring at the notification that the Chinese government had just sent him with a livid face.

Not long ago, he was complacent. He was making trouble in China, but he suddenly felt that the Chinese would give him a loud slap in the face.

"China's North Sea Fleet was conducting exercises in the waters of Ryukyu. The Chiyoda stepped forward to provoke and was sunk. The Chinese government asked my Japanese government to give them an explanation." Ito Hirobumi almost roared.

Shameless, so shameless, I have seen shameless ones, but I have never seen such shameless ones.

The Chinese government actually pushed the matter completely to the Japanese government.

"Protest to the Chinese government that the Ryukyu sea area is the sea area of ​​our Great Japanese Empire. The Chinese government's intrusion into the Ryukyu Sea area for no reason is a provocation to our Great Japanese Empire and a declaration of war against our Great Japanese Empire. Immediately demand an apology from the Chinese government. And compensate for the loss." Ito Hirobumi threw the notice on the ground at once, stepped on his feet hard, and said trembling with anger.

The clerk next to him took pictures of his power, but he still reminded him tremblingly: "Your Excellency Ito, the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shangtai, escaped from our country not long ago, and announced that he would entrust the Ryukyu Kingdom to the Chinese government to take over, and demanded that the Great Japanese Empire immediately Withdraw troops from Ryukyu."

Ito Hirobumi's face changed, and he said angrily: "Baga, Kuroda Kiyotaka is a shit-eating worker, and he can't even look down on a useless person, and he has caused such a big trouble for the empire."

"Your Excellency Ito, what should we do now?" The clerk bowed and asked bitterly.

"What should I do? What do other countries think of this matter?" Ito Hirobumi calmed down and asked with a sullen face.

"So far, the French government has not issued any comments on this matter. The US government hopes that we can sit down and have a good talk. The German government, the German government said that China is the suzerain of the Ryukyu country and has the right to handle Ryukyu affairs." The clerk looked a little flashing.

"These guys who have milk are mothers," Ito Hirobumi said cursingly.

Obviously, in this matter, no country has clearly sided with Japan. Of course, it is estimated that the British will scold China after receiving the news, but who cares.

Everyone knows that the British government is now invading Tibet and is at war with China, and of course it will stand on Japan's side.

"This is war, this is war." Hirobumi Ito had a mouthful of old phlegm stuck in his throat, blushing, and it took him a long time to say these two words.

"Your Excellency Ito, please calm down." The clerk hurried forward and patted Ito's back with his hand.

A beer, Ito Hirobumi finally spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, as if something bad just spit on the clerk's face.

Ito, who had regained his composure, asked, "What did the cabinet say, what did Kiyotaka Kuroda say? What did His Majesty say?"

With three consecutive questions, it can be seen that Ito is in a state of anger.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a protest with the Chinese government, demanding a reasonable explanation from the Chinese government." The clerk replied immediately, wiping thick phlegm with a bitter face.

"Explain, and explain ass, the Chinese government seems to be determined to fight against our Great Japanese Empire. My Great Japanese Empire should be prepared for war." Ito Hirobumi said coldly.

"Pack up, we're going back to China." Ito Hirobumi couldn't stand it any longer. He couldn't guarantee Ye Zhikui's character. Once there was a war, he might be detained by the Chinese government, so he might as well pack it up and go home and make plans.

As soon as the Chiyoda incident was disclosed in the newspapers, there was an uproar all over the world. China and Japan tried their best to accuse each other with their own reasons.

The Chinese government said that the Chiyoda was attacking a Chinese merchant ship for no reason at that time. In the end, the merchant ship called Pioneer was sunk by the Chiyoda, and the Chinese boat people were killed and injured.

The Japanese government said they attacked a smuggling boat.