Chapter 459: The Ambition of the Vassal State
The Imperial Congress lasted for more than ten days, and this congress not only affected the empire, but also shook the surrounding vassal states and colonists in India.
"Shadow! The Empire is finally set sail! "Mitsui Ueno is also old, but he has also succeeded in taking control of the power of the Toei Kingdom.
Prime Minister Mitsui Ueno, General Nagawa and Princess Kamikage of the temple, these three also form the ruling triangle of Toei. As for the former imperial family, now it is only a dispensable symbol of Dongying, if it were not for the imperial title of Wawang, I am afraid that the royal family would also decline into an ordinary family.
In recent years, Dongying has also established four colonies on the west coast of the Americas, with a total population of 300,000. It is also the country with the largest number of colonies and immigrants among the six feudal states.
Dongying, who has always longed for land, even wants to remove half of the Japanese people! Toei is not a good place, with perennial earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis and even volcanoes! This island is like a lonely ship, and the pirates have endured it for thousands of years!
"Great, great! If it weren't for the face of the Empire! We have been able to settle millions of people! "The god of desires and rights, which has been satisfied every day, has now begun to care about national affairs and national affairs.
Mitsui Xiang smiled and nodded: "Princess, the annual meeting of the empire also stipulates the rank of the feudal state. We Dongying belong to the second-level county king level, and the new land we can own cannot exceed one million square kilometers, the new territory cannot be clustered in two places, and the control of the new people must not exceed five million! ”
"Good! Enough is enough! I am now only 100,000 square kilometers! There are less than 5 million households! "Princess Lotus is already very satisfied with this setting! After all, she is a woman, and she is not so eager for the land!
General Naikawa, who was finally able to speak, also said! "The princely territory can reach three million square kilometers, and the number of people can reach fifteen million! However, the prince level is the territory of the royal children! Without Imperial escort, we may not have been able to reach the Americas safely! Consolidating millions of square kilometers of new land is not a few! ”
Prime Minister Mitsui also suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that we haven't been able to build a large ship yet, and we have to rent a cargo ship from an imperial merchant!" ”
Fortunately, the empire's shipping industry was well developed, otherwise the Japanese would not have been able to settle 300,000 people in a few years.
"Well, let's not talk about that! The territory is fertile and barren, and we should also discuss the future territory of the Japanese kingdom! The princess's words also brought the two middle-aged and old men back to business.
General Nagawa nodded, and immediately pointed to the world map behind him. "Princess, the fattest place in the two Americas is still the east coast, but where is the territory of the Europeans, we can only occupy the west coast."
"Indeed, the Empire has decreed that new territories must be divided into three, so we will have to choose one in each of the Americas and Central Africa! The empire also stipulates that a place cannot exceed half of the total area, so it is best to have no more than 500,000 square kilometers of main territory and no less than 200,000 square kilometers of secondary territory. Prime Minister Mitsui also expressed his opinion.
Princess Shadow chuckled and nodded, "That's great!" It's a pity that it's not so easy on the African side! ”
"Don't worry, princess, the empire will send troops next year! Otherwise, in three or two years, the European pirates will have to flee the Western Ocean. But the geography of Central Africa is not very good! Admiral Nagawa sighed after speaking!
Princess Lotus shook her head and said: "The essence of Africa is in the north and south, but the south is the empire's, and the north is the European backyard, but we can't take it!" ”
"Well, the princess is very right! But it's rare to have a piece of territory! ”
Similarly, the Goryeo Kingdom is also very much looking forward to it, as long as the imperial army is dispatched on a large scale, they can follow and pick up some bargains!
"Your Majesty, it's best to ask the Le Lang Army to go to Chaodong City!" Park You, who had just rushed back from the Zhanpeng Big Bird, said as soon as he saw the King of Goryeo.
This Zhan Peng is still his relationship with Wang Wei, and he applied for a refund from the empire, otherwise he would not be able to return to Goryeo several times a year. He also had to rush back to such a big event as the Empire's Ten-Year Conference.
The king of Goryeo is also old, and it seems that he will last for a few years. Now is the time for the revival of the Goryeo Kingdom, how can he be willing to fall down.
"It's hard work in the Governor's Mansion!" The Chaodong Governor's Office was still respectful, which made the King of Goryeo very pleased. Seeing that he was getting old, some people also began to hook up with the prince! The prince is the younger brother of the emperor, and he also takes the initiative to be the new king in the future, so he doesn't dare to change!
Park You said movingly: "Thank Wang for his care, it is a blessing to be able to serve Goryeo!" ”
"Oh yes!" With a satisfied smile, the king of Goryeo said solemnly: "The hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops are pressing the border, so that my tens of thousands of troops in Goryeo can't move lightly, and it's time for the empire to clean them up!" ”
As the Manchus slowly expanded, they were discovered by the Goryeo Expeditionary Force. The Manchu Qing Dynasty, fearing that the empire would send troops, also began to expand on a large scale. Now there are more than one million troops, more than 100,000 guns, and even more than a lot of large and small artillery.
Park nodded: "Only the Lelang Army can help our country wholeheartedly!" Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, the Lelang Army was also equipped with 40,000 Yanhuang rifles! It was enough to resist two or three firearms armies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”
Today's army of the three feudatories has also begun to shrink, with more than 60,000 men in one army, 40,000 riflemen, 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 artillery, and thousands of guard battalions. The only difference from the main Han army is that they do not have bazookas, mountain artillery, and the number of heavy artillery is only half of that of the Han army.
The three feudal armies, who had been loyal to the empire for more than ten years, had fully settled and integrated into the empire, and their loyalty had also stood the test of time.
"We're going to speed up, we can't let the pirates take all the good places! One point is a hundred kilometers of territory, and now we have fallen one step behind! "The king of Goryeo also wanted to restore the hegemony of Goryeo as soon as possible in his lifetime. If it has millions of square kilometers of land, it is already several times that of Goryeo.
Holding back the secret joy in his heart, Park You also said regretfully: "The main thing is that there are too few manpower!" The Japanese had 60,000 troops and 300,000 troops in the four colonies! And in our three cities, there are only 40,000 soldiers and less than 200,000 people! ”
Goryeo now has a population of more than 3 million, and at most 200,000 soldiers!
Seeing that the king of Goryeo stopped talking, Jin Zhiqiang immediately said: "Your Majesty, the empire will send troops to the West next year!" We also need to preserve our manpower and material resources to expand our new territory to the south! Otherwise, Central Africa is not a good place! Now that we are in the age of firearms, we should focus on making rifles and new artillery, not expanding these redundant armies! ”
The great cause of the Jin family is finally about to set sail, and Jin Zhiqiang can't let the Park family steal all the old capital of Goryeo!
Most of the land for the interests of the new territory was handed over to the royal family, but Jin Zhiqiang would not think that the Park family was really so loyal! However, the two families also secretly reached a consensus, one for each of the two new territories, and the third territory was left for the Goryeo Zhujie to develop in the future.
"Good! Continue to recruit apprentices to artisans, and preferably hire the Empire's master craftsmen to guide and train them! "Everything needs silver, and for the sake of Goryeo, the king of Goryeo can only invest his finances as much as possible in the production of weapons.
Now the two countries of Dongying and Goryeo have also explored the steam engine and musket rifled cannon, but the production cost is huge, and more importantly, their yellow explosives have not yet been maturely used, and they can only buy bullets and shells from the empire!