1890 King of Southeast Asia

"What is the diagnosis result? Can he continue to perform his duties?" Huang Keqiang rushed into Sun Zaizhi's office.

The Plateau Frontier Defense Army sent more than ten telegrams to Jinling in a short period of time, mainly to publicize the victory with great fanfare.

This is very abnormal, very abnormal.

After all, China and the British had reached a tacit understanding that in order to maintain civil relations, the battles between the two sides should not be publicized as much as possible.

So, when Sun Zaizhi got the second telegram, he knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, the third telegram was followed by a secret report that Zhao Erfeng had a stroke. Fortunately, the treatment was timely and nothing serious happened.

"Zhao Erfeng has woken up, but the situation is not good. This is his telegram." Sun Zaizhi was not surprised at all and handed him a telegram.

"The left half of the body is slightly paralyzed. He can still control the troops for the time being, but he is no longer able to continue the attack with the army... Let us send someone to replace him. Who should we send?" Huang Keqiang put down the telegram and looked at Sun Zaizhi.

He has never been used to these feudal old warlords, and believes that the revolutionary army's absorption of feudal old forces is extremely incorrect, and feudal warlords should be the objects of revolution.

To explain, although the Qing Empire has the Eight Banners, Green Camp Soldiers, Training Army, Brave Camp, Hunan Army, Huai Army, New Army, etc., these are not its direct armies, including the Eight Banners.

Digging a little deeper, the banner soldiers belong to their own masters, ordinary banner soldiers belong to nobles or banner owners, and nobles and banner owners belong to the emperor.

As for the Green Camp, it is a group of big military leaders coaxing small military leaders, and finally they can't coax them anymore, either kill or be killed.

For example, Zeng Wenzheng and Yuan Gongbao are the most vivid examples.

They all have the same identity, warlords.

The army belongs to the military leader, and the military leader controls the troops with prestige.

Of course, there is no big deal in normal times, but it is different now. Although the Plateau Frontier Defense Army is also one of the main forces in the revolutionary army sequence, its equipment level and personnel composition are quite average.

Moreover, more than half of the two divisions and auxiliary forces of the Plateau Frontier Defense Army were Zhao Erfeng's men, and Huang Keqiang had long been fed up with it.

But when the time came, he found that things were not so simple.

"Instead of randomly sending someone over, it is better to let him stay for the time being." Sun Zaizhi shook his head.

The bad consequences of absorbing these people appeared. Once some uncontrollable situations occurred, they would not be able to intervene at the first time.

Otherwise, it might cause panic.

"Let's do it this way for the time being. The telegram said that the British left more than 2,000 corpses and prisoners and retreated to the direction of Yadong. Can you be sure that it is true?" Huang Keqiang asked again with a little excitement.

"It has been confirmed by the Seventh Division. The record and results are all true. We won, although it was a small victory." Sun Zaizhi's mouth corners unconsciously curled up slightly.

"But, winning is winning. For decades, the British have bullied and humiliated us, and treated the Chinese as grass. Isn't it because they can't beat them?"

"More than two thousand people, it's great! It's really great!"

Huang Keqiang couldn't sit still, he stood up and walked back and forth, waving the telegram in his hand and shouting excitedly.

Although this was only a victory in a small battle, the significance was completely different.

Although China had already fallen behind the West before the Opium War, there shouldn't be such a big difference in macro-overall strength.

In the two Opium Wars, the Qing Empire was completely defeated, the capital, the central hub of the empire, was occupied, and the royal gardens were burned down.

From then on, the national prestige was lost, and the land of China sank.

Countless people of lofty ideals saw the danger and began to save the nation. For a while, many heroes emerged.

Unfortunately, the corruption of the Qing Empire did not make these people's efforts get due rewards. Instead, on the road to saving the nation, the Qing Empire, as the target of rescue, became the biggest obstacle.

It is really ironic that it was the Qing Empire that prevented the people from saving the Qing Empire, and it was also the Qing Empire that contributed the most to overthrowing the Qing Empire.

Until modern times, the dream of Tongzhi's rejuvenation was broken by continuous wars. The Chinese people who were unwilling to cover their heads and wait for death were surprised to find that they had become a piece of fat meat that anyone could eat.

This situation has not happened many times in the 5,000-year history of China. The most recent one can be traced back to the period of the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when the Five Barbarians invaded China after the Eight Kings Rebellion.

(It was not that the Song Dynasty could not win. In fact, the Song Dynasty had many victories on the front line, but the internal structure and vested interest groups were unwilling to fight.

Perhaps it was because they were afraid of the rise of military officers, or perhaps it was because military expenditures were much more than the annual tribute. In short, the Song Dynasty chose the most outrageous way.)

At this critical moment, a great victory against the British (annihilating more than 2,000 people was completely a great victory during the Qing Empire period.)

(And considering that it was on the plateau, more than 2,000 people were enough to affect the entire war situation.)

"Okay, sit down." Sun Zaizhi couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.

"What? Is there anything else?" Huang Keqiang saw this and sat down curiously.

"Two things. The battle on the plateau will come to an end if nothing unexpected happens. The British will definitely come to cause trouble. You go and talk."

As soon as Sun Zaizhi finished speaking, Huang Keqiang was about to refuse.

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. I have something important to deal with."

Huang Keqiang looked at him with suspicion, as if he couldn't say anything, so he couldn't leave today.

"Our people have infiltrated every county in the country, and even in the towns in the south and the Central Plains."

"After this period of rest and recuperation, our strength is getting stronger and stronger, with more and more people, and our control over the local area is getting stronger and stronger."

"The time for reform is ripe..."

The more Sun Zaizhi said, the more solemn Huang Keqiang's face became.

"The battle on the plateau has not ended yet, and the Japanese Tsarist Russia is also eyeing it covetously..." Huang Keqiang wanted to persuade him to slow down, the situation was not so good.

"So, you have to delay the British." Sun Zaizhi just smiled lightly.

"We can wait and implement it in the final stage..." Huang Keqiang tapped the table lightly and lowered his head.

"You know we don't have so much time, I also want to take it slowly, but you know, we don't have so much time." Sun Zaizhi sighed.

"That group of gentry and landlords are not so easy to talk to." After working, Huang Keqiang already knew the importance of landlords and gentry.

They are the cornerstone of this social stability. Yes, whether this society is stable or not is decided by the landlords and gentry.

What Sun Zaizhi meant was to have a thorough reshuffle in order to liberate the labor force from the farmland.

At the same time, it is also a redistribution of the wealth accumulated by the landlords. This process is destined to be not smooth. If you are not careful, it will be turbulent.

"This year, we will do this thing and make it almost perfect. Next year, we will be able to gradually connect."

"A unified and extremely large China is larger than the territory of the Yuan Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

"History will remember us."