Seven months passed from April 16, 1888, when troops were sent to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, to before the New Year of 1889. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In these seven months, Yan Xueyi became the ruler of the Chinese Empire, a huge country with 13.84 million square kilometers of land and a population of 410 million, and led the Chinese Empire to defeat the Four-Power Alliance composed of the armies of Britain, France, Russia, and Yueben, and forced Britain, France, and Yueben to sign an armistice agreement, and the Chinese Empire received more than 300 million taels of silver in compensation, contributing to the development of the Chinese Empire.

13.84 million square kilometers of land, 410 million people, what a huge data, the country's total population ranks first in the world, land area ranks second in the world, maybe in a few years, the land area will become the first.

Prior to this, Yan Xueyi controlled only the Siqi Province with an area of 750,000 square kilometers and a population of 40 million, but now it has increased more than tenfold, which is a huge test for the original cabinet of the Han Kingdom and the current cabinet of the Chinese Empire.

Fortunately, in the past five years, the province has popularized basic education and cultivated a large number of intellectuals, so that the land area and population under the control of Yan Xueyi have increased dramatically, and at the same time, they can quickly take over the government affairs of various regions and maintain the stability of law and order in various regions.

Seven months passed, and in the last month before the New Year of 1889, the governments of the Chinese Empire finally took complete control of their respective jurisdictions and were on the right track.

On the day before the new year, the last court meeting of the year was held in the council hall of the Han Palace, to summarize the year 1888 and arrange the work plan for the new year.

Before April 1884, only Yan Xueyi and 12 cabinet members participated in the meeting, which were the prime minister, the vice premier, and the ministers of the ten major departments.

Nowadays, there are more people participating in the court meeting, or more precisely, the number of cabinet members has increased, which also represents an increase in the departments of the Chinese Empire.

In addition to the original nine departments of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Land, and the Ministry of Energy have been added.

This change increased the number of cabinet members by five to 17, and at the same time, it also made the power of each department further divided to avoid accidents caused by the lack of detailed division of powers.

In the past seven months, the greatest impact on the Chinese Empire has probably been a series of wars, the war of internal reunification and the war of aggression against the four countries.

When the war is over, compensation for the families of martyrs and soldiers who have been discharged from the army due to injuries is also underway.

For the compensation of the families of the martyrs, the families of the martyrs will receive the salary corresponding to the position of the martyr every month for 20 years, and the families of the martyrs will also receive 10 acres of arable land, and the compensation of the wounded veterans will be compensated according to the degree of injury of the soldiers.

The cost of compensation for the families of the martyrs and the soldiers who were discharged from the army due to injuries will account for a significant proportion of the military expenditure of the Chinese Empire.

In 1887, British military expenditure was 30 million pounds, a total of 90 million taels of silver, and if war had not broken out, British military expenditure in 1888 would have been about 100 million taels of silver.

You must know that Britain, as the most powerful country in the world, has the largest number of colonies, so Britain needs to maintain its own navy and army construction, so military spending can reach such a high level.

But in 1888 the military expenditure of the Chinese Empire had reached 60 million taels of silver, which was a very high figure, higher than the German military expenditure in the same period, of course, the Chinese Empire had such a high military expenditure mainly because of these two wars.

In 1889, the Chinese Empire planned to spend as much as 150 million taels of silver, and the bulk of military expenditure was the cost of military expansion, and the Imperial Chinese Army would expand from the existing nearly 300,000 troops to 600,000 (in a few years), and the salary of an ordinary soldier would be 5 taels of silver a month, and 60 taels of silver a year, and the salary of the 300,000 troops would exceed 20 million taels of silver a year, in addition to the cost of weapons and ammunition, which was still only the military expenditure of the army.

The navy needs to build new warships, the air force needs to build more airships, and the navy, army, and air force all need large sums of military spending.

There is also the ongoing Sino-Russian war, which also costs a huge amount of money.

These projects down, maybe the amount of 150 million is not enough, but this huge military expenditure can not be reduced in any way, and even has to be increased depending on the situation, the continuation of the Sino-Russian war is only one aspect, the Chinese Empire has always been a yellow country, the rise of the Chinese Empire, seriously damage the interests of Britain and France and other countries, even if the Chinese Empire uses airship deterrence to force Britain and France and the Chinese Empire to cease war, once Britain and France can solve the problem of airship deterrence in the future, Britain and France would also wage war against the Chinese Empire, which could not be avoided.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire must quickly build up an army strong enough to withstand the attack of the Chinese Empire in the future by the armies of Britain and France, and even more countries.

It's just that the high military spending is beyond the reach of the Imperial Chinese government, which is already in a serious deficit, and can only be borne by the imperial family.

There is also the issue of military affairs, and the armed forces of the Chinese Empire include the navy, army, and air force, as well as the armed police force.

The navy, army, and air force are more responsible for guarding national security and waging wars with foreign countries, while the armed police force is a force that is responsible for the internal security of the country and is responsible for encircling the internal security of the country.

At present, the armed police of the Chinese Empire, together with the public security police and auxiliary police, are responsible for public security issues in various areas within the Chinese Empire.

According to the population of more than 400 million in the Chinese Empire, the number of armed police and public security police should reach more than 200,000, but now the number of armed police is only 70,000, and the number of public security police is less than 100,000.

When the number of armed police and security police reaches the predetermined target, the domestic security problems of the Chinese Empire will no longer need the intervention of the navy, land and air force, and most of the problems can be solved by relying on the armed police and public security police.