Rebirth of the Qing Empire

After the Japanese representative paid the full ransom as promised, Kang Fan just responded with a sneer, faced his officers and soldiers without saying a word, and waved with one hand. Thousands of Jin officers and soldiers retreated in unison.

The sound of military boots rang out, and smoke covered the sky and blocked the sun.

At this time, Nie Shicheng, a famous general of the Qing army stationed in Tianjin, personally led more than 10,000 people from the armed guards to line up on both sides of the official road to greet the Jin army, which surprised Kang Fan!

"I'm here to welcome Governor Kang on his victorious return!" Nie Shicheng clasped his fists and cupped his hands on the horse, smiling broadly.

In his early years, Nie Shicheng joined the Huai army of Zhili Governor Li Hongzhang. He fought for half his life and made great achievements. Especially in the Qing Dynasty's foreign wars, he led the Qing army to fight bravely and shocked the world. To be able to receive such courtesy from this national hero,

Kang Fan was so excited that he hurriedly jumped out of the car, ran a few steps, rushed to Nie Shicheng's horse, bowed and saluted: "Senior Nie can kill this junior if he comes like this!"

Nie Shicheng also hurriedly dismounted and held up his hands, "Governor Kang's words are wrong! There are so many generals in the Qing Dynasty, but how many of them can match your achievements? Don't mention the word 'kill'!"

Kang Fan bowed and saluted again.

Nie Shicheng ordered his men to deliver several carts of wine and meat, and then said goodbye to Kang Fan: "Recently, there has been a lot of trouble caused by the Boxer bandits in Beijing and Tianjin. I have been ordered to go to Beijing to help with military affairs, so I will say goodbye."

Kang Fan then respectfully took the reins of Nie Shicheng's horse. Nie Shicheng smiled, raised his head, clasped his fists, and flew onto the horse.

"Governor Kang, take care! I will definitely pay you a visit in the future to discuss state affairs together," Nie Shicheng said.

After watching for a long time, Kang Fan got back into the car. Judy was sitting in the car looking at this and that, with a look of surprise on her face. When she saw him coming up, she leaned over and got into his arms. The fragrance was lingering, and her charming face was right in front of Kang Fan's eyes.

, those eyes that were completely different from Mei Xiang’s were clear and blue, like two pools of sea water! Kang Fan’s heart was shaken.

"Nice to meet you, Judy." Kang Fan tickled Judy's chin playfully.

Judy smiled brightly, and tears welled up soon after. She choked and said, "Kang Fan, I went through a lot of trouble to come to your country...I did all this for you, do you know?"

After Judy returned to the United States from South Africa, she pretended to be Kang Fan and wanted to come to China. She resisted the pressure from her parents and through her own efforts, she was transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing as she wished. However, because she had just taken office and the handover work was busy, she had been

I don’t have time to come to Tianjin to see everyone. This time, I came here at the invitation of the American mediation team to help deal with this armed conflict, so I had the opportunity to meet these acquaintances. I finally met Kang Fan again. My long-cherished wish came true. How could I not cry with joy?

Kang Fan didn't know what to say, so he just hugged Judy tighter. Judy cried so unrestrainedly that it could be called "howling". Kang Fan felt warm in his heart and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

Calm has returned to the Tianjin base, but the damage caused by Japanese artillery fire is still vivid in our minds. Jin Army engineers are clearing the ruins and unexploded Japanese artillery shells with the assistance of several "Iron Horse" fire trucks, tow trucks, and engineering vehicles. Medical soldiers

Carrying medicine boxes and stretchers, he ran around rescuing the injured. Kang Fan was heartbroken: If the torpedoes and submarines under development could be put into use as soon as possible, a force of torpedo boats and submarines could be formed to attack Japanese warships below the waterline.

If the enemy was given a fatal blow, how could it give the Japanese warships a chance to conduct inshore bombardment!

Donovan, Captain Li and He Shuikuan all came to greet them warmly, and they were extremely happy to meet each other. Now everyone came to the base barracks and ate with the officers and soldiers in the canteen of the barracks. The munitions department specially prepared a sumptuous meal.

With Kang Fan's consent, liquor and beer were also prepared for the officers and soldiers. The munitions department provided good logistical support for the officers and soldiers participating in this combat operation, which was generally praised by the officers and soldiers. Other troops such as engineers and medical soldiers

, communications troops, reconnaissance troops, etc. have also undergone actual combat training, and have accumulated valuable practical experience for better or worse. In addition, a considerable number of grassroots officers and soldiers performed very well in this battle, and it is time to consider promotion issues.

Before the meal was served, the order from the Empress Dowager Cixi arrived, urgently recruiting Kang Fan to return to the capital. Zhu Di also had to return to the embassy to resume his duties and could not stay in Tianjin for a long time. The two had a few hasty bites before bidding farewell to everyone and going on the road.

All the officers and soldiers swarmed out of the canteen to bid farewell to Kang Fan and the two men. The huge canteen was immediately empty, and only the food on the table was smelling lonely...

This situation is normal. During the Tianjin Battle, Kang Fan had completely conquered his Jin officers and soldiers. He is now the God of War in their minds and their idol that they admire so much! How could he leave without having a drink?!

Kang Fan had no choice but to take a glass of white wine handed over by a soldier, raised his head, closed his eyes, frowned, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Officers and soldiers, we have a long way to go!" Kang Fan said goodbye with clasped fists, and his eyes became moist when he saw the reluctance in the eyes of each officer and soldier.

At this time, the Boxer Rebellion had spread like a prairie fire in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Despite Cixi's restrictive edict, the Boxer Rebellion's hatred towards foreigners, foreign goods, foreign priests, and domestic people who believed in foreign religions and used foreign goods had reached an all-time high.

There have been many incidents of burning down churches and killing foreign missionaries and Chinese believers in Shandong, Hebei and other places.

For the sake of safety, Kang Fan ordered the internal security forces of the Jin army to block the Shanxi border and control the infiltration of the Boxers. The officers and soldiers guarding various places entered a state of first-level combat readiness to strictly prevent all kinds of sabotage activities targeting military and civilian facilities and protect foreigners working in Shanxi.

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A reinforced regiment of Jin troops was left at the Tianjin base to cooperate with the Jin army's fort garrison at Dagukou Fort to guard the Tianjin base. The rest of the Jin troops all retreated to Shanxi, and later an internal security force was recruited from Shanxi to station at the Tianjin base.

Assist the base police to maintain the internal order of the base. Call Huifeng and suggest that they take the same action to maintain the stability of the Aihun area and focus on construction. Divide the ransom of 5 million taels of silver from Japan into three parts to provide compensation for the fallen officers and soldiers and

Part of it was used to reward the officers and soldiers who participated in the war, and Donovan was entrusted to send part to the American Embassy. The rest was left to He Shuikuan to be used as construction funds for the Tianjin base.

After everything was arranged, Kang Fan and Zhu Di were escorted by the guard camp and went all the way to Beijing. They originally wanted to take a train, but the train gave priority to transporting the large Jin army retreating to Shanxi. There was no need to worry about going to Beijing.

Disrupting the planned withdrawal plan. It just so happened that Judy was willing to walk quietly with Kang Fan, so they drove sx2300 to Beijing together.

It was very windy, drizzling, and very cold in the wilderness. The officers and soldiers of the guard camp closed the car doors tightly, leaving only the machine gun shooters on the roof of the car on guard. Since the weapons station on the roof of the car was open, the machine gun shooters on guard duty

They all put on camouflage clothes and goggles that could protect them from the wind and rain, and escorted Kang Fan's sx2300 from left to right. The sx2300 was very comfortable, and the air-conditioning temperature was just right. Judy sat in the cab for a while.

I moved to the living room at the back and browsed around the car several times, as if I was suffering from ADHD.

On the way to Beijing, Kang Fan re-drafted a memorial, giving a detailed explanation of the historical events that he knew about from 1899 to 1901 on the pretext of his own predictions, and stated to the Empress Dowager Cixi that due to his connivance with the Boxer Rebellion and the central government,

The xenophobic actions of ministers and others led to the serious consequences of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, and he reported his plan: "With our current national strength, it is absolutely impossible to win a war with the great powers. Among the great powers, Britain, the United States

The "maintaining China's territorial integrity and open door policy" proposed by other countries is the most applicable to me. It means maintaining long-term trade with us for mutual benefit. By interacting with them, both sides can benefit. However, Japan and Japan have sinister intentions.

, you have been plotting against our fertile northeast for a long time, and your intention to occupy my land and enslave our people is fully demonstrated. We should mobilize the strength of the whole country to fight against you, and we must not compromise or show weakness. However, due to the conflict between Russia and Japan,

The plot is against the hopes of Britain and the United States, and threatens the interests of Britain, the United States and other countries in our Qing Dynasty. If the contradiction can be intensified, it can be used to our advantage to drive a wedge between the powerful powers. Now, Xianguan has severely attacked the Japanese pirates in Tianjin, and the powerful powers have been shocked.

For the time being, I think they have no intention of invading us. Russia is the most dangerous threat at the moment. Your Majesty has joined forces with General Shoushan to strengthen our northeastern border defense. I have requested the Queen Mother to show goodwill to Britain, the United States and other countries and to provide you with peace and security.

Principles, a cooperative attitude, seek peace of mind for a while, sleep on fuel and taste courage, actively prepare for war, in order to become strong, and then plan for war. For the Yihe boxers, a war is not a national affair, but a war caused by party disasters. At this time, we should dismiss the Yihe regiment and learn to be benevolent.

The best policy is to appease the national mood, ease conflicts with the powerful powers, and prepare for war with all our strength."

The main reason why Empress Dowager Cixi was hesitant about recruiting or dismissing the Boxers was that she was afraid of the strength of the great powers. To recruit the Boxers, the great powers would have to go to war, and once a war started, the Qing Dynasty would have no chance of winning. Therefore, it did not dare to easily antagonize the great powers, so it did not dare to do so.

They wantonly condoned the Boxer Rebellion and intentionally disbanded it; the second reason was due to the influence of the xenophobic thoughts of a group of important officials in the dynasty such as Gang Yi, Yu Xian, Zhao Shuqiao, etc.

, intending to appease the Boxers and want to use their strength to jointly deal with the outside world.

When I was in a dilemma, after reading Kang Fan's memorial, I thought that Kang Fan could take the initiative to challenge Japan and win, which is enough to see the courage of this young man and the strength of the Jin army. Although the scale of this conflict was not large, it was already

It is an extremely rare victory in the history of the Qing Dynasty's foreign wars in recent years! Looking through the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, only the veteran Feng Zicai who achieved the victory at Zhennanguan in the Sino-French War more than ten years ago can compare with him. Considering this person

With all the shocking actions, Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but feel grateful that she was right to support Kang Fan's work while breaking out in a cold sweat!

Taking into account Kang Fan's strong strength and the loyal support of Shoushan, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang and others, on the one hand, he can make his power position more stable, and on the other hand, he will be stronger and more reliable in resisting the threat of force from the great powers.

Since the soldiers had no worries at home and abroad, they decided to adopt Kang Fan's advice and disband the Boxers, so as to achieve a stable domestic and international situation, and also find a suitable time and domestic and international environment for the New Deal they were preparing to implement, killing two birds with one stone.

Kang Fan couldn't help but beam with joy after receiving a positive reply from the Empress Dowager Cixi, and immediately withdrew from the palace.

When she came to Beijing this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi was extremely concerned about all aspects of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. She said nothing about Kang Fan's resistance to the imperial decree and demanded compensation from the Japanese side. However, Kang Fan had no intention of accepting the kind arrangement of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and only requested that the guard camp be transferred to the camp.

Once the officers and soldiers were properly settled, they could move freely.