I can't die

This is not the first time Parker has been detained.Back then, when Zaichun's short-lived father Xianfeng was still there, Sushun and Duanhua ordered Pachari to be detained, which led to the invasion of Beijing by the British and French allied forces.

A country's envoys are the face of each country. When Zeng Guofan made this suggestion, he already had the intention of fighting Britain here.This is also helpless. Now that Childe died in Eastern Pacific, all signs point to the United Kingdom. At this time, the Qing Dynasty no longer has the qualifications to swing left and right, and can only choose one side between Britain and the United States.Obviously, as long as there is nothing wrong with their brains, they will choose the consistently friendly Americans instead of the arrogant British.

After Cixi Ci'an heard that Zaichun made the decision to detain Pachari, she was actually very panicked. As Xianfeng's orphans, they all had a strong psychological shadow on the Second Opium War, even though they were in the early court. At that time, they didn't object face to face, but after the court, the two also blocked Zai Chun in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Emperor, the British are bound to fight us with the arrest of Bacharley. Are you really determined to do so? But what about the treasury?"

The loss of military rations and treasury has always been the main reason for the court's peace.

Hearing this, Zai Chun took a deep breath: "I have already planned to send Li Hongzhang to borrow money and food from the United States and France."

Borrowing money and food from abroad is a helpless move, and it is also a last resort. This is Zeng Guofan's last resort.Hearing this suggestion, Cixi Ci'an couldn't help frowning: "How much do you want to borrow?"

"Ten million taels. Five million taels of silver and five million taels of military rations."

"So much?" The Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces trembled when they heard it. This is equivalent to one-third of the annual tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty.

"Can you pay back so much money?" Ci'an couldn't help asking.Unexpectedly, Zaichun's answer this time was very firm: "If you don't borrow money, why don't you wait for the British to come to your door and then borrow money for compensation? I'm afraid it won't be the amount at that time."

Cixi Ci'an was taken aback when she heard this, and then fell silent.For a while, the Hall of Mental Cultivation was very quiet, with an indescribably weird atmosphere.

"Emperor, now that it's settled, do you want to go to Chengde?"

Cixi finally spit out such a sentence slowly.Obviously agreed with Zai Chun's statement.

Going to Chengde to avoid war, since Emperor Daoguang, has become a must-have measure for the Qing emperors in the past few years. Similarly, it is also a very embarrassing method.When the country goes to war, the emperor runs away first, so what's the matter. . .

"No, I plan to stay in the Forbidden City." Zai Chun said firmly.

When Cixi and Ci'an heard the words, they all sighed, and the two looked at each other, and then fell silent for a while.At the same time, a thought popped up in my heart: I can't help my mother. . . .

Not to mention how the Qing Dynasty discussed and prepared for the British to attack.When the news of the death of the Childe warship in the Pacific reached the mainland of the United States, the whole country was shocked. All the major American newspapers began to report the news of the death, and angrily accused the British of barbarism in the articles. rude.Not only that, a large number of protesters even came to the gate of the White House to march together, demanding that Congress recover a statement.

Faced with such public anger in Parliament, President Johnson immediately used it to guide public opinion, and turned to blame the remaining forces in the South, and vigorously promoted that the former Southern government was the culprit of colluding with the British, and gave birth to a kind of British subversion. Argument.It is said that the British have always wanted to restore the colonial rule of the United States. First, they supported the restoration of the southern slave owners, then assassinated President Lincoln, and finally bombarded American warships in the Pacific Ocean.

Under such an environment of public opinion, the American people were even more furious, and even spontaneously posted on the street: "The ugly icon of the British hunting dog."

President Johnson was originally ordered in the face of danger. At this time, such a major event happened, and he didn't sleep well for several days. He organized the parliament overnight to discuss how to deal with the British affairs.Finally, after a vote, the United States decided to declare war on Britain.

This is the first official declaration of war in the history of the United States, and it is also the first shot of the United States in its struggle for maritime hegemony.

For this war, it has received strong support from the American people and the government. On the one hand, these capitalists who have made a lot of money in the war have achieved sufficient development after winning the Civil War, and are becoming more and more restless with the status quo. To use this to expand its power, on the other hand, the newly established US government has to do so in order to consolidate its rule and vent its anger.

A dozen warships set off from the west coast of the United States, crossed the Pacific Ocean, went straight to the North Island of Ryukyu, and then launched a surprise attack on the main island of Ryukyu. This raid can be described as the largest attack that Britain has ever faced in history.

In the quiet night, Admiral He Bo of the British Navy stationed in Ryukyu only felt a shaking. He woke up from his sleep, and then heard the sailors shouting outside the house: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

He Bo quickly put on his clothes and rushed to the plywood. Looking from a distance, he could see clusters of fires shining not far away. When he looked through the binoculars, he saw the fluttering Mizi flags shining fiercely in the flames.

"It's an American, so it's time to come."

He Bo knew that after the previous attack on the US warship, there would definitely be a battle between the two countries for the maritime rights in the Pacific Ocean.Now that the war is really coming, there is a feeling of relief.

"Calm down! All in place, counterattack!"

Under He Bo's calm command, the well-trained British navy was in place immediately and launched a counterattack.In the night, the accuracy of the artillery fire is obviously not as good as that of the day, but that is also the case. In order to hit the hit rate, the firepower of both sides is opened to the maximum. It is not that there are random artillery fire flying on the island, which has a huge impact. The scattered sparks quickly caused a raging fire, printing and dyeing the entire sea surface in bright red.

The war lasted from night to early morning. When the first ray of sunlight fell on the Pacific Ocean in the early morning, the entire sea was already full of floating corpses, and large pieces of the wreckage of the ship were washed messily onto the nearby beach by the sea. It looks very messy.

After a night of fighting, He Bo knew that the strength of the two sides was evenly matched, and if this dragged on, it would only hurt both sides.

But at this time, I heard a sound of horns from a distance, and saw several warships with the flag of the Qing Dynasty approaching from a distance under the sunlight.

But the Qing court got the news and came to support it!