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At the entrance to the sea at the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, three huge ships came from the open sea, and these three ships sounded the whistle together, and the sound of the whistle made the Qing soldiers in the entire Dagukou fort begin to feel afraid.

"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!"

The Tianjin Dagukou Fort immediately rang the bell, and then it represented an emergency. And those Qing troops thought that foreign countries were coming to invade again, because decades ago, the British and French forces attacked from here, and then attacked all the way from Tianjin to Beijing, and finally burned the Old Summer Palace. And these things have always been heard by the soldiers of Dagukou, so everyone also feels that the sky is falling, especially when they see the three huge warships. So they were so scared that they didn't know what was going on now.

"Don't panic, don't panic, look at the flags on these warships, it's the Yellow Dragon Flag! This is our own warship, and there is a blue ground and yellow tiger flag next to it, this is Taiwan's warship! The commander of the Qing army hurriedly said.

The Yellow Dragon Flag is the national flag of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Blue Yellow Tiger Flag is also the Taiwan of Wang Guorui according to the original history. The flag of the democratic state, the flag of the special administrative region, is hung together on the navy ships, representing the fleet of China's Taiwan.

Soon, a bold officer of the Dagukou Fort immediately came to the warship in a small boat, and then met the commander of the battleship detachment, Qiu Baoren.

"May I ask all the Taiwanese adults, what do you want to do when you come here on a warship?" The Qing officer asked.

"It's okay, we're just ordered to come and cruise, we don't have anything else to think about! Rest assured, we will not attack Dagukou for the time being. Qiu Baoren said.

"What? Temporarily? Does that mean that it will attack in the future? The Qing officer asked.

"I don't know, if there is an order from above, then we will really attack! Specific circumstances. We will discuss with you with the director of our Taiwan Office in Beijing. Qiu Baoren said.

At the same time, the Manchu officials also received the relevant news, that is, the Taiwanese fleet actually sent three huge battleships to cruise outside the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin. Many people thought that Taiwan was going to attack the mainland, but now many people have begun to pack their bags and prepare to run away. They knew Taiwan's combat effectiveness and were able to defeat all the Japanese troops. It's not easy to clean them up. Even if it can't sweep the whole country, it will not be a problem to break through the city of Beijing. So everyone is also thinking about running away quickly, so that they can have a chance to counterattack!

"What are you panicking about, invite me the director of the Taiwan Office in Beijing!" Cixi shouted.

After all, Cixi is an old fritter, and he knows very well that Taiwan has no intention of attacking the mainland at present. If Taiwan wants to attack the mainland, then in the first place, the Western powers will not agree. Cixi was a person who had been conspiring all his life late, and of course he could see this clearly, and he knew that Wang Guorui was not yet able to start a war on the mainland. However, the mainland side should not provoke them. Otherwise, Wang Guorui really went to war at any cost, and it was the mainland that would be lost. After all, the reinforcements of the Westerners will not come in a short time, and Wang Guorui will be able to break through Beijing City within this time. Therefore, if you can not stimulate Taiwan, you should not stimulate Taiwan.

"Queen Mother, we in Taiwan hope that the imperial court can canonize our Lord Wang as the protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protector." Zhou Chen, director of the Beijing Office, said.

"Nanyang Dadu Protector?" Cixi felt a little speechless.

Although Cixi didn't read much back then, she also studied after entering the palace, after all, she couldn't rule such a big country without studying. And Cixi, of course, had read the history books, and of course he knew what the Protectorate said. The so-called Imperial Protectorate originated from the Han Dynasty's coordination and management of those small states in the Western Regions. It is equivalent to taking the place of the Central Plains Dynasty to accept attacks on those small countries in the Western Regions, and replacing the Central Plains Dynasty to reward and punish those small countries in the Western Regions. Those who are close to the Central Plains will also benefit. If you dare to betray, then beat them.

The system of the Imperial Protectorate reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, with the establishment of the four major Imperial Protectorates, Anton, An'an, Xi'an, Nanan, and North, and the four Imperial Protectorates ruled more than half of the nominal territory of the Tang Dynasty. And this system of the protectorate is actually similar to the British system in India. Although the British had established the governorship in India, there were still many princely nobles in India. These nobles are the real rulers, and the British Governor is only acting as a emperor on behalf of England. Of course, Britain was really exploiting India, but China's protectorate system was only a nominal rule, and in fact it was only a coordinating body.

And this kind of metropolitan protectorate is to administer the subject country. But now Wang Guorui actually wants the imperial court to canonize a Nanyang Dadu Protector, which is simply incredible. Cixi has also made up a lot of international geographical knowledge in the past few decades, and of course he knows that the Nanyang generation is also those areas in the south. Those regions also paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, and many countries in the Nanyang area were subject countries of the Central Plains Dynasty. But now it has long been divided by the Western colonizers, and the vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty have long disappeared. Now, even if they have zài, they will not recognize the Central Plains Dynasty, but only the Western colonists.

But Wang Guorui actually wanted to set up a Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate at this time, which simply made Cixi feel incredible. Where are there any vassal countries of the Central Plains in Nanyang, Wang Guorui wants this Nanyang capital protectorate, and it is not interesting. Wang Guorui asked for the minister of Nanyang before, which is equivalent to dividing part of the diplomatic rights of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then he wants the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, which is an official position that they did not have before, which makes Cixi feel inexplicable. Wang Guorui wants this official position, does it have any special meaning?

"Queen Mother, you just say if you are willing to give us the position of Lord Wang, if you don't want to, then our navy outside Dagukou may not be so obedient!" Zhou Chen said.

"You—" Cixi was furious.

Cixi was really angry, this Wang Guorui actually threatened him again, anyway, the three battleships with a tonnage of more than 10,000 were also outside Dagukou, if Cixi dared not agree, the battleship would start shelling Dagukou. Those cannons at Dagukou are all old-fashioned cannons, if they are really bombarded by Wang Guorui, then I am afraid it will really be dangerous. At that time, it was tantamount to completely breaking the tacit understanding between Taiwan and the mainland and putting the contradictions between the two sides on the table. At that time, if Wang Guorui didn't give face directly, then the Manchu Qing Dynasty might really have to move the capital.

Of course, the Manchus knew that the current era was different, and that the foreigners could attack from the sea at any time, and at that time, they could attack at any time. The reason why the Manchus did not move the capital was because they knew that the foreigners could not threaten their dominance, but wanted to maintain their rule. But Wang Guorui is different, Wang Guorui can seize their world, a little Wang Guorui and the Manchu Qing completely fell out, then I am afraid that the Manchu Qing will face a very huge danger, at that time he has to move the capital, after all, Wang Guorui can land on the sea at any time!

But once the capital is moved, it is a gamble, and no one knows what will happen. Once the capital is moved, it is a very huge turmoil for a country, and if you are not careful, you will lose the country. That's why so many ancient people didn't move their capitals.

"Okay, the mourning family will also canonize your Lord Wang as the protector of the Nanyang Dadu Protector!" Cixi said.

"Ministers instead of us, Lord Wang, thank you Queen Mother!" Zhou Chen replied.

Soon, Cixi issued an edict again, claiming that Wang Guorui had been crowned as the protector of the Nanyang Metropolitan of the Qing Dynasty. But this order makes everyone feel inexplicable, because where there are any Chinese vassal states in the Nanyang area, they are already the territory of Western colonists. And those officials of the Great Qing Dynasty never thought that Taiwan would go to war with the Western powers, after all, in their eyes, the Chinese could defend their own acres and three points of land, and they could not wage war against foreign countries at all. Not only do foreigners subconsciously not think that the Chinese will go to war with the outside world, but even the Chinese themselves do not believe that anyone in their country will dare to go to war with the outside world!

However, about an hour after Cixi publicly announced the appointment of Wang Guorui as the protector of Nanyang, the Taiwan Beijing Office also held a press conference to announce a message to the world. This is the first time that the Taiwan Beijing Office has held a press conference, so it has attracted a lot of foreign friends, ministers from various countries in China, as well as various journalists and other people. And they all wanted to know what news was going to be made public at Taiwan's first press conference, so they all hurried over to wait for the arrival of Zhou Chen, director of Taiwan's Beijing Office, and prepared to announce the public news.

"Hello everyone, I am the spokesperson of the Taiwan Office in Beijing, and my name is Li Xilian. We, the Metropolitan Protector of China's Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate, received an invitation from Liu Enguan, Governor of the Lanfang Republic, a Chinese vassal country, to inspect the Lanfang Republic on behalf of the Chinese Central Government. Spokesman Li Xilian said.

And after hearing this, many people knew that China actually has a subject country in Nanyang called Lanfang Republic, which everyone did not expect. However, unlike everyone, Schroeder, the Dutch chargé d'affaires in China, was pale and did not expect this to happen. (To be continued......)