Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

No matter how much Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Long Yu had accomplished or failed in their various evaluations in history, at least in terms of the peaceful regime transfer, they had contributed greatly to history. With this abdication decree, it would not be an exaggeration to say that China had lost five million people.

More importantly, the abdication was recognized by international law, which meant that the Western countries could not deny the rationality of the abdication, and thus could not deny the rationality of the content of the abdication, thus preventing their attempt to divide China.

Look, this is the important meaning of law. Your Western Powers will be unhappy to see this edict, but there is no way you can deny it. Because if you deny the edict, then you deny the legitimacy of the Emperor and Empress Dowager Long Yu.

If you want to deny the legitimacy of these two people, then you have to deny the legitimacy of Ci Xi's rule, because these two people were both chosen by Ci Xi.

But if you rejected Ci Xi, then you rejected the treaties that Ci Xi and the both of you signed at the same time. You should know that those treaties were absolutely beneficial to the West.

The problem is, after all, Ci Xi had ruled over the Qing Dynasty for fifty years, which was recognized by all. If you want to deny Ci Xi's rule, you have to deny the Great Qing Empire's rule.

However, from the First Opium War to now, how many treaties the West has signed with the Great Qing Empire? If you deny the Great Qing Empire, you deny the legitimacy of the treaties in your hands.

Thus, Empress Dowager Long's abdication decree could not be doubted not only by the Manchu, Meng, Tibetan, Hui, and Han races, but also by the Western Powers, although they really wanted to tear down China's territory.

Thinking about this, Xiao Letian subconsciously sighed and raised his cup to drink, but when he moved his lips, he discovered that his cup was already empty.

"Master, let me pour some wine for you!" Zai Chun very dutifully poured Qing Dynasty Wine for his master. At this moment, Xiao Letian realised that Zai Chun's forehead was covered in sweat, he had actually been fanning him this whole time.

Looking at Zai Chun's filial look, Xiao Letian's heart softened. He knew that due to the relationship between master and disciple, the first option of becoming more armed and more powerful would never work. From the looks of it, he could only consider the second option Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Long Yu had chosen.

But is the second way really that easy? There were pros and cons to everything in the world. The peaceful handover of power could indeed save the country a lot of blood and many people less, but without the baptism of war and the elimination of a large number of factions, the final outcome would definitely be a civil war.

After dozens of years of management by the local daoyin, the provinces already had their own independent weapons. When the Qing Dynasty was still around, everyone had the same hat, but now that the Qing Dynasty was no longer here, who would submit to anyone?

Although Yuan Shikai had inherited the power of the Northern Ocean and had the strongest army, but at that time, in the eyes of the Chinese people, you, the President, was actually one of the warlords.

The Emperor takes turns... No, no, no, it's the President who's taking turns coming to my house this year, each department's warlord.

Even when President Jiang came to power, the political world of Military was still filled with factions, and those factions were all very related. The Central Army belonged to Chiang Kai-shek, the Northeast Army to Zhang Xue-liang, the Northwest Army to Feng Yu-xiang, the Jinxi Army to Yan Xishan, the Northwest Hui Army to Ma Jiajia, and Li Zongren to Bai Chongxi.

There were also many other factions, such as Hubei Army, Ganjun, Zhejiang Army, Cantonese Army, Xiang Army, Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, Qianyan Army... Wait a minute.

These armies were not only separated by their name, they also had their own origins, and could go directly to the late Qing. Each army had their own history and heritage, and also had their own connections.

In name, they would listen to Old Jiang, but when they saw their superiors and subordinates, their old friendship would never be forgiven. Furthermore, the warlords of various places all had their own interests, such as Yanzhi Mountain, which could turn the railway line in Shanxi into a single size.

How could such an army not be defeated? One person, one character, one bugle!

Sometimes, thinking about it, it was not a good thing to not have a war. It was just like how it was a warm winter this year, and there was no cold weather so you could burn less coal, but a large number of bug eggs could not be frozen to death, so next year's plague of locusts would be very bitter.

If the war between the warlords became even more vicious, it would give the Japanese an opportunity to take action one by one. Without a strong and unified government, the Japanese would be able to invade the city step by step, and in the end, an all-out war of resistance would erupt.

How many people died in the War of Resistance Against Japan? The unified figure for future generations of scholars was 35 million. According to the prices at the end of World War II, the amount of property lost was more than 560 billion.

Phew... Xiao Letian exhaled the foul air in his heart, he painfully shook his head, this road was not good, he could not walk on it! For the time being, it seemed like there would be less bloodshed. However, there would be too many troubles in the future and the circumstances were too complicated. In the end, they could only allow their enemies to take advantage of them.

Even if I can subdue Japan, as long as China is in chaos, who knows if the all-out invasion of China is the Russian or the British, or the Americans?

All the countries on this earth believed in the law of the jungle, if there was an advantage, wouldn't they become bastards?

The second path was also blocked by Xiao Letian, and he had to consecutively deny two paths, which caused him to be extremely unhappy. ))

On the surface, it looked like there was a problem with the bonds held by over ten million households, but this problem could affect the direction of the political situation in the future, and would affect Xiao Letian's overall strategy.

Zai Chun's heart became colder and colder, he could already see the rejection on his master's face. Seems like Master Kong of the Department of Revenue had no interest in helping him, he forced out a smile and said.

"Master, you don't need to worry too much. If it doesn't work out, you can use my shares in the Fusang Bank to mortgage a sum of silver. Four million is four million. In any case, this is an unexpected amount of money for the imperial government …" "Humans still have to rely on themselves. They have to think of their own ways to survive this crisis …"

"My two Mother s both believe in Buddha and have taught me since I was young that individuals have their own karma and that they also have their own destiny. Even if they were to live a prosperous life, wouldn't they be unable to live on?"

"The Great Qing has not been doing well for the past few years, but the imperial government has no choice but to be reasonable …" In the words of the common people, who could be expected to pay their bills? "Destiny, karma, and the backside …"