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On August 31, 1908, in the presence of ambassadors, a peace treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., known as the Washington Treaty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ambassador Li Jingfa signed the treaty on behalf of the Xia Empire.

The treaty stipulates that the U.S. government apologizes to the Chinese for the land cession and compensation, of which the amount of compensation is 600 million taels of silver, which will be repaid in 10 years, with an annual interest of 5, and only 13 states remain in the United States after the land cession, with a land area of about 740,000 square kilometers; Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina were all occupied by the Xia Empire west of the mountains, and the area of these lands was about 60,000 square kilometers, and the Xia Empire would not be returned to the United States, so the United States still had 680,000 square kilometers left.

The occupied portion of western New York went to Ohio; The northern part of western Pennsylvania goes to Ohio and the south to West Virginia; The western part of Maryland also falls under West Virginia; The portion of Virginia west of the mountains is attributed to Kentucky; The western tip of North Carolina goes to Tennessee.

As a result of this adjustment, the border with the United States has been shortened a lot, making it easier for both sides to defend.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, Shandong Province, where he lived in his last life, covered an area of less than 160,000 square kilometers, but fed a population of 100 million, and now the population of the United States is less than 100 million, and he actually left them nearly 700,000 square kilometers of land.

At the behest of Li Jingfa, the ambassador of the Xia Empire, the United States was forced to sign peace treaties with the Qing and Japanese states, respectively, which stipulated that the two countries would be recognized as victorious powers, that loans and indemnities would be forgiven by the two countries, and that assets confiscated by the two countries would not be returned.

It made Japan taste the sweetness, and felt that following the powerful Xia Empire, even if they shared some scraps, the harvest was not small, and the Xia Empire was fair and enjoyed the same treatment as the Qing Dynasty, which strengthened their determination to follow the pace of the Xia Empire in the future.

Now the United States is only a small country on the west coast of the Atlantic, and it still retains an intact Atlantic fleet for the time being, but it is not enough to attack the strength of the Qing Kingdom and Japan, mainly because the distance is too far, and it also has to pass through the waters controlled by the Xia Empire, and it depends on the face of the Xia Empire.

In order to intensify the contradictions between the United States and the small countries in the Americas, and to play the role of savior in the future, the Xia Empire did not seek to replace the American colonies in Central and South America in the treaty, nor did it attack the Atlantic Fleet.

After the signing of the "Washington Treaty", Zhang Wei of the Xia Empire announced the establishment of two kingdoms in North America, Zhang Wei served as the king of the two kingdoms, Zhang Wei lived in Shandong in his previous life, known as Qilu, so he named these two kingdoms Qi and Lu respectively.

Lu is the 35 states in the Midwest of the United States that it occupied, plus two municipalities directly under the central government established by Zhang Wei, Zhongjing (formerly Kansas City) and Los Angeles, with the capital in Zhongjing; Qi is the Alaska region and four provinces exchanged from the United Kingdom, with its capital in Vancouver.

The two kingdoms all implemented the policy of separation of military and government, the chief of the general staff of the Lu State was General Hua Guoqiang, and the prime minister of the Government Council was Song Shijie; The chief of the general staff of Qi is Chen Yifeng, and the prime minister of the government is Zheng Zheng, the former governor of the archipelago province.

After this system upgrade, Wu Yuqiang, the original commander of the security company, was promoted to level 1 and became an intermediate rank, and Zhang Wei appointed him as the director of the Luguo Police Bureau, replacing the vacancy left by Chen Yifeng's transfer.

For this arrangement, everyone can accept it, of course, the cheapest is Hua Guoqiang, although he became the chief of staff of the kingdom, which is lower than the rank of the governor appointed at the beginning, but among the four people, he came the latest, and the position he occupied was the most prominent, so he had no reason to be dissatisfied.

Song Shijie has been in the United States for 2 years, and he is very familiar with the situation in the United States.

Zheng Qiang and Chen Yifeng can also accept the appointment of the two, Chen Yifeng was looking forward to the position of Chief of General Staff of Lu State, but was taken by the latecomer Feng Guohua, and later was only appointed as the director of the Police General Headquarters, which is not ideal, and now Zhang Wei has reappointed him as the Chief of General Staff of Qi State, and the level is the same high.

The administrative councils of the two kingdoms of Qi and Lu were at the same level as those of the Xia Empire, except that they did not have full diplomatic power, and the other powers were the same, and they were all under the direct leadership of Zhang Wei; The general staff of the two countries is at the same level as the general staff of the Xia Empire, that is, the naval forces are still in a blank state, and they are also under the direct leadership of Zhang Wei.

The foreign affairs of the two kingdoms were entirely the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire.

For the navy of the two kings, Zhang Wei only asked the Pacific Fleet to deploy one battle cruiser and 5 destroyers, as well as 10 fast torpedo boats in Los Angeles, mainly to serve as a deterrent, and for Vancouver and Seattle, only a few destroyers and fast torpedo boats were arranged, mainly to prevent the emergence of pirate forces.

The "Constitutions" and all other laws of the two kingdoms are all in accordance with the laws of the Xia Empire, and the presidents of the supreme courts of the two countries are also the two ** officials sent by the Xia Empire.

Neither kingdom had a central bank, and the currency was the paper money of the Xia Empire, which was issued by the Central Bank of the Xia Empire.

Zhang Wei thought about it for a long time and decided to assign the 19th Army to the jurisdiction of the General Staff of Qi State, and then set up the 20th Army for Qi State, the 20th Army was similar to the 19th Army, with 1 cavalry division, and 3 brigades of Japanese mercenaries of the 19th Army were assigned to the 20th Army, and 1 brigade was under the direct jurisdiction of the General Staff; Both armies were not equipped with heavy artillery and auxiliary troops, and the commander of the army was concurrently served by the commander of the Praetorian Guard Division, so that each corps had 62,000 regular soldiers and a total strength of 124,000 people.

In order to strengthen local law and order, Zhang Wei reorganized two divisions of the National Defense Force into armed police forces and sent them to Qi to maintain order in British Columbia and Albert respectively.

In order to ensure the administrative cadres needed by the two kingdoms, the Xia Imperial Government Council transferred a deputy from each province, city, and county to serve in the two kingdoms; The various ministries of the empire were also required to send at least one vice-ministerial-level cadre and several city-level cadres to support the two new kingdoms; The lack of personnel can only be supplemented by Zhang Wei.

After this system upgrade, many administrative staff have been promoted to North America.

According to Zhang Wei's plan, the framework of the administrative organization should be set up within three months, and then the administrative power in North America should be gradually strengthened.

As for immigration, Zhang Wei's idea is that all the 2 million couples who are rewarded by the system are resettled in the Americas every year, and he neither encourages nor opposes spontaneous immigration from the Qing Dynasty to Qilu. (To be continued.) )