Rebirth of the Qing Empire

At this time, the arms race between the two major camps in Europe: the Allies and the Entente was intensifying, and war was about to break out. Both sides were looking for allies around the world to gain more support and increase their chances of victory.

The Qing Empire is now the largest power in Asia with the support of the powerful Beining jurisdiction. Its external expansion momentum is undoubtedly obvious. Its strong comprehensive national power is a very heavy weight for either of the two major European camps.

Neither side can afford the code, so it has become the goal that the two camps strive for.

In order to win the support of the Qing Empire, the first thing the two camps have to do is to return all the colonial benefits they have gained in the Qing Empire. Both sides know that if their colonial forces continue to hold out in the Qing Empire,

, will definitely lead to ruthless revenge from this country in the near future. Russia, Japan, Germany and other countries are examples! By then, the outcome will only be worse! Now is not only the time to withdraw colonial forces from the Qing Empire, but also

It’s time to withdraw colonial forces from a wider area of ​​Asia! Because these areas have been the sphere of influence of the Qing Empire since ancient times. The Qing Empire, which has become stronger again, has no reason not to pick up what it once threw away at its own doorstep.

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So, for the sake of our own future, if the Qing Empire wants to pick it up, we have to pay it back.

In July, Germany first announced on behalf of the Allied camp that it would give up all the unequal rights and interests that the member states of its camp still held in the southern provinces of the Qing Empire, return their concessions and leased lands in the Qing Empire, and restore mutual relations with the Qing Empire.

Respecting the normal state-to-state relations of national sovereignty, in exchange for the support of the Qing Empire, we at least hope that the Qing Empire will agree to remain neutral and not enter into a war alliance with the Allied Powers or become our own enemy.

Among the member states of the Allied Powers camp, Britain still had a large sphere of influence in the Yangtze River Basin of the Qing Empire and actually controlled several important port cities on the southeast coast of the Qing Empire, such as Shanghai and Ningbo, as well as in Nanjing, Wuhan, and Chongqing.

, Chengdu and other places have many concessions and concessions, while France still occupies Guangzhou Bay and actually controls several provinces such as Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong, as well as the South China Sea. These two countries are on the Bac Ninh military's "clearance" operation list

The last two Western powers that have not been cleaned up in China are also the two most powerful powers.

After the Allies announced that they would withdraw all their forces from the Qing Empire, Britain and France did not take any actual action at first. They just dealt with the Beining government blindly and had no intention of withdrawing from the Qing Empire. It is no wonder that the two countries were in the Qing Dynasty.

These benefits obtained by force from the empire are too tempting, and no one is willing to give them up easily. But no matter how tempting, these are other people's things, and you must return them!

After all the forces of the Allied Powers camp withdrew from the Qing Empire, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bac Ninh announced to the outside world that the Bac Ninh jurisdiction would conduct extensive cooperation with the Allied Powers camp countries in the economic and political fields, and would also provide limited support to the Allied Powers camp in the military aspect.

This also shows that if a war breaks out between the two European camps, the Beining military will definitely take the opportunity to take back all the colonial benefits obtained by the Allied Powers camp in the Qing Empire. At that time, even if the Allied Powers camp led by Britain and France

No matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to divide its troops in Asia to fight the Beining army while Europe is fighting against the Allied forces. It can only be surrendered. Therefore, it is better to withdraw its forces from the Qing Empire now and reduce a powerful enemy.

To cope with the Allied camp's increasing advance in Europe.

In September, Britain, on behalf of the Allied camp, also signed an agreement with the Qing Empire to give up all the unequal rights and interests that the member states in the camp still had in the southern provinces of the Qing Empire, return their concessions and leased lands in the Qing Empire, and restore relations with the Qing Empire.

The Qing empire had an agreement on normal state-to-state relations based on mutual respect for national sovereignty, and tit-for-tat confrontation with Germany at all costs.

All this surprised Kang Fan! For the Qing Empire, eliminating European colonial forces in the country was a top priority for all Chinese nations, and this time he just wanted to take advantage of the relationship between the two major European camps.

He did not expect that Britain and France, the two old European powers, would be able to evacuate their colonial forces from the Qing Empire in the same manner as other European countries. He underestimated

The British attach great importance to Germany, a powerful enemy in Europe, and seriously underestimated the current national power of the Qing Empire! Now, not only has the British position been clear, but the intentions of other European countries have also been revealed. Of course, Kang Fan must comply with the order.

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As for those bad things between the two major camps in Europe, Kang Fan has no intention of getting involved - that's a fight between your European brothers. What does it have to do with the Qing Empire? Take Britain and Germany as an example.

King George V of England and Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany are actually the grandsons of Queen Victoria of England. The difference is that the Queen is George V’s grandmother, but she is William II’s grandma!

The Qing Empire was not stupid enough to join the family feud of the "European Family" and was happy to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.

The main reason why Kang Fan did not directly use war to eliminate these European colonial powers that relied on the Qing Empire this time, as he did against Russia, Japan, Germany and other countries, was because he did not want to deal with the entire Qing Empire before the Beining government had completed

With full control, they went to war with the two established European powers, Britain and France. Another important reason was domestic.

Because the expansion of the jurisdiction of Beining in recent years has been in the area north of the Yellow River, its power has not actually intervened in the provinces south of the Yellow River, and of course it will not affect the provinces south of the Yangtze River. Previously, it was carried out in the southern provinces under the orders of the Qing Dynasty.

The "maintaining the stability of the situation" operation was only a superficial deterrent and did not actually penetrate. The Bac Ninh army immediately withdrew from Bac Ninh's jurisdiction after the social order in the southern provinces reached initial stability.

But now, the Beining government has completed the "clearance" operation in the northern part of the Qing Empire, and can concentrate all its efforts on sending troops southward. That is what Kang Fan has always wanted to do, "clear out foreign forces and domestic local forces in the south" and create a new empire.

The clean and complete Qing Empire was powerfully controlled by centralized power!

But in this way, some southern feudal officials would not hand over their power easily. If the Beining government acted rashly, a military conflict would most likely break out. Therefore, Kang Fan had to force the Qing court to

According to the decree, the governors, governors, etc. of the southern provinces were revoked from the post of admiral, that is, military power, and only their civilian duties were retained. They continued to exercise local jurisdiction and stabilize the officialdom to avoid civil strife. The Bac Ninh military will assume the responsibility of defending the southern provinces.

responsibilities, and at the same time disarm or integrate the local armed forces of various provinces, which means that all military power will be returned to the Qing court, and local governments will only be responsible for administrative responsibilities.

October 1, 1913, is a great day that the 40 million people of the Qing Empire should always remember.

On this day, the Bac Ninh government, on behalf of the Qing government, abolished all unequal treaties signed with various world powers since the 19th century, and signed an agreement with the two major European camps that the Qing Empire would remain neutral and not form a military alliance with any party.

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On this day, Beining's army marched into the area south of the Yellow River, crossed the Qinling Mountains again, crossed the Yangtze River, and entered the southern region of the Qing Empire. They took advantage of their own mechanized rapid response advantages and forcibly took over the area without waiting for European countries to take action.

Their concessions, leased lands and various assets in the southern provinces, etc., the soldiers must disarm, and all European soldiers and civilians are not allowed to take away any Chinese property, and are not allowed to destroy any military or civilian facilities, and they legitimately took over Wuhan in the name of the Qing Dynasty.

The defense of important cities such as Nanjing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Nanning, Guangzhou, Fuzhou and strategic locations in various provinces recovered all the lost territory and national sovereignty without bloodshed, and completely drove the European colonial forces out of mainland China.

Taking this opportunity, the influence of the Beining government directly penetrated into the southern provinces, paving the way for the next step of controlling the entire Qing Empire, further weakening the power of the feudal officials in the southern provinces.

The Beining Army has already won widespread support and support from the people in these areas. This time it caused a large number of local Qing troops to defect to the Beining Army, solving the problem of insufficient garrison troops on the spot. As for the material supply problem of the Beining Army

, as long as needed, the people of each province will generously help. The Bac Ninh military logistics department only needs to send money to the Bac Ninh garrison in each province, eliminating the inconvenience of directly transporting supplies.

At this point, the Qing Empire finally entered a new period of historical development. After suffering half a century of destruction by foreign enemies, a complete Chinese dragon finally stood proudly on this ancient land again, although the scars have not completely disappeared.

, but it has already waved its powerful claws and started to fight back against the enemies who had hurt it!

On December 1, 1913, the Bac Ninh Army was awarded the title of "Army Directly Affiliated to the Central Government of the Qing Dynasty" by the Qing Court, and was upgraded to a regular army directly under the Qing Court. All troops were renamed the Central Army from then on. Correspondingly, other domestic troops outside the jurisdiction of Bac Ninh

The provincial troops are collectively called the local army, and their military expenses are raised by the provincial and local governments themselves, and the central government no longer bears the burden.

As a result, due to the huge gap in the comprehensive strength of the provinces, the local armies of each province cannot compare with the central army in terms of military treatment, weapons and equipment, infrastructure, training level, quality of officers and soldiers, tactics and strategic status, especially in

In terms of military treatment: from the original Jin Army to today's Central Army, officers and soldiers not only receive very generous treatment during active service, but also officers and soldiers who have served for 5, 10, 15 years or longer according to regulations, as well as those who have served for more than 10 years.

Officers and soldiers killed or disabled in the war can receive generous retirement subsidies, death pensions, disability compensation, etc. from the government. Retired officers and soldiers and disabled officers and soldiers will be given priority in employment by government departments, and at the end of the day they can also be employed in the government.

Get a stable job in a government-run enterprise and live a worry-free life. In addition to enjoying various preferential policies provided by the government, the families of fallen officers and soldiers can also choose to join the army or work in work units arranged by the military. Officers and soldiers

If you do not want to be arranged by the military, you can freely choose a career in society and have great autonomy and flexibility.

This kind of treatment, coupled with the good influence of Bac Ninh Army in the country, prompted a large number of high-quality soldiers and young and middle-aged people to switch to the Central Army. This caused the size and strength of local armies to shrink rapidly, and they lost the ability to compete with the Central Army.

capital, and this is exactly what Kang Fan wants.

In this way, after the Beining Army was upgraded to the Central Army of the Qing Empire, it immediately began the work of integrating and banning local armed forces across the country, eliminating domestic unrest and taking over the national defense.