"Look! The French have occupied our affiliated kingdom, Annan, and want us to acknowledge their status there!”
"More than that! The French wanted to re-evaluate their borders. It seemed that Guangxi and Yunnan would lose a large piece of land again!”
"How can this be! F * ck him! This time, the imperial court wouldn't be a coward again, right?”
"The emperor wants to fight, but many ministers oppose it. Now, he is asking everyone who has the right to submit a memorial!”
A group of scholarly-looking people were commenting on the Great Qing Daily, and many people were aroused.
At the same time, there were a few people in a teahouse and a market, whether they were storytellers or hooligans, who were traveling between them and spreading the news vividly. Not only did they portray this matter as a conspiracy of the French to annex the territory of the Chinese Empire, but they also dug up old scores and listed the heinous crimes committed by the French in various places.
"Let's go! We'll go to the Governor's Office. They won't leave until they send a letter to start the war!”
A pair of scholars walked towards the governor's office.
"Let's go to Old Master Zhang. Although he has retired, he still has the right to submit a petition. Moreover, his disciples and old officials are all over the world.”
Another group of people rushed to the official's residence.
As a result, a great uproar was immediately set off. Scholars from all over the country wrote letters requesting to declare war on the law. At the same time, the Ten Thousand Blood Letter and the memorial of the retired officials reached the heavens. The petition letters almost piled up on the tables of the local officials.
All the yamens in the prefecture were surrounded by angry students and civilians. At first, they sat quietly. Later, when some governors expressed that they would not submit a petition, they were left with vegetables and eggs on the ground.
Under the immense pressure, the officials from all over the country also submitted letters to request for battle. Whether it was because of their reputation or because they had clean clothes when they went out, they submitted letters.
"Haha! These people are indeed tactful!"
Wang Guangxu looked at the pile of memorials and smiled. Of course, all of this was his idea. He naturally knew the use of kidnapping fishing vessels in the future, so he had started to plan early. They controlled the direction of the entire country's fishing vessels and drowned out the voices of opposition.
Since sending troops had become the general trend, naturally, no one was willing to come out and provoke this misfortune. Even a few old antiques who strongly opposed it hid at home and sulked, not daring to make a sound.
Then, they would argue about how many soldiers to send and how to send them.
Of course, Wang Guangxu didn't pay attention to these people. Using the name of training, he had already begun to secretly set up a plan.
The first and most important thing was to declare war.
In his previous life, even though they had started a war with France, both sides did not declare war, causing the entire country's attitude towards the French to be unclear.
The most direct example was the ponytail sea battle. There was actually a sentence that said," You can't fire a cannon first. If you fire a cannon first, even if you win, you will be punished for losing!"”The Fujian Navy didn't even set sail to meet the enemy and was almost completely annihilated.
In this life, Wang Guangxu would never allow such a thing to happen.
"The Qing government declared war on France!”
" The French government's goal is to conquer Annan and encroach on China's territory. Not only is it to protect the independent survival of the Qing Dynasty and the interests of the suzerain country, but it is also to break the French's aggressive ambitions and protect international law. Otherwise, we will officially declare war on France and announce to the world that all agreements, contracts, and relations between China and France will be abolished.”
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty: Aisin Gioro·Zai Tian
In this announcement, Wang Guangxu originally wanted to change his name to the Chinese Empire, but he held back in the end. He was prepared to change his name after the war between China and France had achieved some results.
At the same time, the entire state machine began to operate. All the finances began to tilt toward the military, and large-scale conscription began.
As soon as the announcement was made, the world was in an uproar. Of course, the entire country was in support, but England, France, Germany, America, Japan, and other countries sent notes to inquire about the situation. The Prime Minister's Office was in a mess.
Some things were happening in the distant Europe, making it even more difficult for China to fight against the big powers…
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