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Chapter 166 Daxing

In 1867 AD, the Qing court suddenly dealt a devastating blow to all British military forces in the country. In the same year, China and the United States joined forces to sail to Changzhou, Japan with as many as 25 warships, and the British warships in Changzhou, Japan After two days of fighting, they finally won the victory with a numerical advantage and successfully landed on Changzhou Beach.

The fallen Japanese government, which had just received the support of the British government, immediately wanted to compromise with the Chinese and American coalition forces, and wanted to use the same method to lure the interests of the United Kingdom and obtain the support of the Chinese and American coalition forces.However, the Qing court refused to accept this book when it received the book. The United States saw the attitude of the allies, and it also expressed a figured-out attitude considering that Japan once connected with the United Kingdom and caused the sudden death of the American envoy Childe in the Pacific Ocean.

The shogunate government inquired about the collapse of the shogunate government's negotiations with China and the United States, and was immediately overjoyed. It revised a letter to the Qing court, intending to claim its vassal status to the Qing court. , It is enshrined in the court every year, and it is enshrined in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, Japan was a subordinate country of China in name. Such a promise was a blank sheet of paper in Zai Chun’s view. Zai Chun ordered the Military Aircraft Department to discuss again, and proposed that if Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Lu’er, etc. could be cut off The Kyushu Islands and the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will help to quell the chaos.The Kyushu Islands are the islands closest to the territory of the Qing Dynasty in Japan's territory. The area is as large as nearly one-fifth of Japan's.

The shogunate government also hesitated when it received the request from the Qing Dynasty. After all, such a large territory, even in the border areas, is very painful.Unexpectedly, when the shogunate government was hesitating, the shogunate party was unwilling to fail, and once again took refuge in Britain, and sent envoys to Malacca to meet with the manager of the East India Company, hoping to get support.As soon as this news came out, the shogunate government couldn't help but made up its mind and agreed to Zai Chun's request. In this way, the Qing government sent another [-] troops to Changzhou via Liaodong, and began to fully support the shogunate's suppression of chaos. Ting's double attack on the east and west lines immediately plunged the fallen government into crisis.

The British who supported the fallen government had enmity with China and the United States. Knowing that the domestic situation in Japan was not good, they quickly drew troops from South Asia, Siam, India, Malacca, and the Philippines where the East India Company was located, and sailed to Japan for support. .This British support learned from the mistake of being pinched by China and the United States in Ryukyu last time, and dispatched more than 30 warships to directly surround the port of Changzhou, where the Chinese and American coalition forces were stationed, and launched a decisive battle here.

This decisive battle can be described as tragic. In the end, there were only 30 surviving ships out of more than 3 British warships, and they were all small ones. The Qing and American coalition forces only had the last one left. Both sides have suffered losses to this point. Ninety percent of the warships built by the Ordnance Institute of the Great Qing'an Army within three years were destroyed in this battle.

The British felt that there were more surviving warships than the Chinese and American coalition forces, and they tried to land in Changzhou with this, but they were blocked by the cannons from the port fortress, and they had to return in frustration.

It's hard to say who will win this battle. The British failed to land in Changzhou, but they also destroyed the main force of the Qingshui Division.The British Parliament felt that the Qing Dynasty had no power to fight anymore, and sent envoys to ask the Qing Dynasty to admit defeat, and tried to repeat the mistakes of the Tianjin Treaty again.At this point, Zai Chun thought it was funny, and said, "The two sides in this war are just about the same. But I am far away in East Asia, and I feel that there is no overseas country except the British colonization, and the United States is watching and helping each other. France faces each other across the sea, once the navy is severely depleted, how can we talk about competing with the big powers for hegemony? It is a fantasy."

After hearing such a reply from the Qing Dynasty, the British envoy also choked, and then fell silent. After about half a month, the British envoy finally gave the ultimatum. The hostages captured in the concession, three, return the right to use the concession.

Zaichun has no objection to the first three items. Anyway, it’s okay to admit defeat to the outside world, and it’s fine to say victory to the inside. As for the hostages, it doesn’t matter. Hostages can also save some food.

But the third one. . .After discussing with the people in the Military Aircraft Department and the empress dowagers of the two palaces, Zai Chun decided that it is okay to return the right to use, but it is not allowed to station troops in the concessions and treaty ports.

This objection from the Qing Dynasty has aroused great uproar in the UK, and countless politicians have expressed great protests, but before they finally negotiated a result, the Qing Dynasty proposed another condition that must be met : Limit the input quantity of opium.

As soon as this move came out, the British were furious, and even the Minister of Defense had a military move to send troops to the Qing Dynasty again.But at this time, France, Germany, and Italy seemed to have learned that the current British naval power had been greatly reduced, and began to rapidly increase naval patrols, and intend to expand their colonies in various states, and jointly suppress the British strategy.And the United States, as a friendly country of the Qing Dynasty, began to pursue the "Britain's attack on the American army, which caused the American consul Childe" to be investigated internationally.

In this way, under the pressure of all parties, Britain finally had to compromise, and did not even sign any victory and defeat documents. It sailed the warship to the Qing Dynasty, packed the prisoners and turned away. This posture is rare and looks bleak. very.

Obviously, the significance of this struggle between China, the United States and Britain in the Pacific Ocean, with Japan as the main body, is of great significance in the world.

On the one hand, it opened the prelude to Britain's fall from the altar of superhegemony, and on the other hand, it also opened the prelude to the official rise of China and the United States.Of course, as far as our old neighbor Japan is concerned, after experiencing this incident, the forces on the bright side of the downfall have also been completely overthrown. Its remaining life has rapidly reduced the development of capitalism in Japan itself.

China's territory now recovers Xinjiang in the west, the Kyushu Islands in the east, the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty in the north, and Ryukyu and Hainan in the south.In order to celebrate the great victory in foreign wars that year, Zaichun decided to change the reign name "Tongzhi" to "Daxing."

Tongzhi originally symbolized that the emperor and the two empress dowagers, and the noble relatives of the Qing Dynasty jointly governed the country. After five years of trying to govern, Zai Chun's control over the country is no longer comparable to the past.

The word "Daxing" is simple and clear, indicating that this ancient country is about to embark on a new journey.

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