Chapter 152: The Government's Mission
Chapter 152: The Task of the Government
Just when the Nanjing government was preparing for Guangxu's visit to the United States, a very surprising news came from the United States!
The president of the United States felt that China's actions in Asia had gone too far and seriously disrupted the political and economic situation in the Far East, so the US government hoped that the Chinese Empire would reflect on its own mistakes, and there was no need for the relationship between the United States and the Chinese Empire to be closer until no one in China was aware of its own mistakes!
Judging from the intelligence of the National Security Agency and the CIA, the relationship between Britain and the United States is the most intimate. O Saxon brothers!
This time, the Chinese Empire released some immature financial bombs in Europe, which caused Britain heavy losses, and then Britain increased its financial control and imposed restrictions on foreign capital and economic relations, especially the maximum limit for futures products, which was later the qifll system!
Originally, China's policy was to immediately send diplomats and cash to Britain to help, but Britain had already received a lot of loans from the United States, and Britain temporarily resolved the crisis, but fortunately, the empire now has a good relationship with the Jews, and many loans are issued through Jewish bank loans. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But this is not good news for China, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II has reached the point where Germany and Britain began to spread the bad of the Chinese Empire, and the German Emperor Wilhelm II is also very dissatisfied with China and has begun to organize an alliance against China in Europe!
What's even worse is that the royal families of the whole of Europe are now related to each other, and the Victoria II is known as the grandmother of the European royal family, and in this case, the whole of Europe has become a monolith, so it will slowly make the Chinese Empire isolated in Europe and the United States.
There is more news that Britain has begun to contact Japan, and Russia and Germany have begun to contact Japan again, Guangxu did not expect that taking back the territory of the Chinese Empire, but it has attracted the hostility of the whole world, such a diplomatic environment is really too isolated, so Guangxu urgently wants to change the diplomatic dilemma!
But the current world pattern is very narrow, except for those countries in Europe that are independent, and the Americas that have just become independent, but there is also the backyard of the Americans. The rest of the world was colonized by the great powers. Therefore, it is very difficult for Huaxia to find helpers!
After receiving such a reply from the United States, Tang Shaoyi in Nanjing was helpless, originally there was still a clear sky, and he had just become the largest country in the world in terms of land area, but in an instant he became the public enemy of the world again!
Guangxu saw such a thing, and also felt a huge pressure, but the opportunity for the rise of Huaxia must not be prematurely destroyed, and the territory of the same empire must not be spit out, if Guangxu did not take back these territories, the people of the empire would not ask for it, but now that the empire has taken it back, it must not be spit out again!
Even if Guangxu agreed, the people of the empire would not agree!
But now the situation has exceeded Guangxu's expectations, Tsarist Russia's counterattack ability has been greatly improved, after the Chinese Empire withdrew troops, Tsarist Russia concentrated his superior forces and began to eliminate those countries that stabbed him in the back one by one.
First, the Russian navy began to frantically attack Sweden and Norway, two countries that had cut off his back route, in the Baltic Sea, but the Russian army did not have the ability to carry out land strikes against these two countries, but these two countries lost their sea supremacy.
The most terrible thing is that the army opened by Tsarist Russia began to attack the Ottoman Empire frantically, venting all its anger on the Ragdoll Empire in West Asia, and Britain came out to coordinate in the last Crimean War, but this time Britain thought that the biggest enemy had changed, so it did not interfere with this Tsarist Russia's action. This is even more assertive of the arrogance of Tsarist Russia.
There are also many small European countries that have also been counterattacked by Tsarist Russia, which makes the situation around Tsarist Russia very bad! Ma Wu, the supreme administrator of Xijing, China, also had to cheer up, and his main force was deployed on the front line, and the Eighth Army stationed in Xinjiang was also ready at any time, and as soon as there was a situation, he could immediately go out of Xinjiang to fight!
The bullied European countries in Europe have also begun to ask for help from the Chinese Empire, and the Nanjing government quickly reacted to these countries, that is, to give money! But we can't send troops!
The government of the Chinese Empire also made a promise that they could send students to China. Learn the world's most advanced military and industrial technology, the Chinese Empire will export technology to friendly countries, after learning these technologies, your country can also become a great country!
In the face of the anti-China sentiment in the whole of Europe, France, which actively supported China, was also silent, especially when his opposite was Germany, so the vast majority of European countries chose not to speak at this time, but no one would stop doing business with China, so once again there was a very cold political situation between China and Europe, but economic exchanges were very hot.
Guangxu ordered the visiting team to continue to prepare, but the current situation Guangxu is no longer suitable for visiting the United States, but this does not prevent the government officials and businessmen of the empire from visiting!
Therefore, Nanjing's foreign visit must not only not be stopped, but will also continue to expand, and this time it will be divided into three directions.
The first direction is to go to Europe, the government official Tang Shaoyi is in charge, the main target is the Netherlands, as the former hegemon of the world, although there is no longer the majesty of the year, but his ideological tradition is very valuable, Tang Shaoyi The most important thing is to take businessmen to the Netherlands to learn this mercantile thinking.
There are also Spain and Portugal, the two original overlords who are not very competitive, and the Orange Saxons united to bully them, first buying the Mississippi River Valley, and then occupying the Philippines, which made Spain very unconvinced.
What is even more infuriating is the double standard practiced by the United States, after the United States occupied the Philippines, it was originally to propagate the independence of the Philippines, but in the end he implemented colonial rule in the Philippines, resulting in the current Philippines is not peaceful, and the national independence armed forces in the Philippines have been confronting the US government.
The second direction is the United States, this time the new vice premier of the government He Ziyuan, and at the same time Wu Junren on the way back to China also brought back, this time the identity of Wu Junren is the Minister of Commerce of the Chinese Empire, plus the new Chinese Empire's ambassador Lin Lianhui, these three people all went to the United States to visit, which is also a high-level foreign visit.
Their main purpose is to do business, and they don't talk about other things, any territorial disputes, relations with Tsarist Russia, etc., except for economic and trade affairs, all things are pushed to the emperor of Guangxu, that is, simply to do business with the United States.
The third direction is South America, and now there are a lot of South American businessmen in China, and these people are also the upper class of society in China, but this kind of interaction is not enough for the current Chinese Empire, Huaxia starts from the backyard of the United States, you don't take me to play, I will finish it myself, and I can still find my own little friends.
Especially now Colombia, at this time Colombia has not been divided into many small countries, at this time Colombia and the United States on the issue of the Panama Canal is very unhappy, since there is a contradiction, the Chinese Empire does not mind participating in the development of the Panama Canal, whether it is money or technology, the current Chinese Empire is not afraid, not to mention that the Chinese Empire will give them a very important thing, that is, dignity.
The current President of the United States, Theodore. Roosevelt's foreign policy was one of them: "With a stick in your hand, with a smile on your face, all the best!" ”。 If there are no other equivalent forces, this policy must be very useful, but the current Chinese Empire is not what it used to be, if you are not honest, then don't blame me!
Zhao Bingjun stayed, but he heard that the task was also very heavy, the government was organizing a new legislature, and the election of legislators in the Chinese Empire was very urgent, so the police, courts, and procuratorates across the country were busy!
Because the development of the economy has led to the imbalance of economic development, the resulting difference has made the gap between the western provinces and the eastern provinces bigger and bigger, so many provinces in the western provinces have bandits, these people began to gather in the mountains and forests, occupying the mountains as the king, which seriously hindered the economic exchanges between the east and the west, resulting in the development gap between the east and the west is even greater, the bigger the gap, the more bandits.
In the same way, commercial fraud in various cities has also begun to increase, people in this period want to be rich, and it is also a very good way to do business with the government, because many of the money-making industries are now controlled in the royal industry, so there are a lot of scammers, they pretend to be government officials, and start to cheat money here, resulting in many people dare not invest.
This made Guangxu very annoyed, these two things had to be solved, otherwise it would definitely affect the economic construction of the empire, so Zhao Bingjun started his work in Nanjing, and this time he was responsible for solving these things.
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In the Emei Mountains of Sichuan, Li Jie, the director of the National Security Bureau of the Chinese Empire, came here, at the foot of a scenic mountain, he took his men to start a difficult climbing process, and then climbed halfway up the mountain, they saw a very large square, above the square is a Taoist temple built on the mountainside!
Looking at those very energetic subordinates, Li Jie felt very angry, these bastards are in such good health, don't they know how to take care of the fat man?
Seeing this clearing, Li Jie knew that it was almost there, so he ordered, so the people rested in place, and then someone began to guard around with guns, protecting Li Jie in the center, Li Jie found a clean place and sat down!
At this time, one of his two secretaries took out the water, and Li Jie wanted to take the water, but the woman said; "Open your mouth! Yes! ”
Li Jie had no choice but to open his mouth and let the woman feed him water, while the other woman took out a handkerchief to wipe Li Jie's sweat, and his subordinates were very conscious of turning their backs at this time, and they definitely didn't dare to disturb the director's Yaxing.
Although there were two beautiful secretaries waiting, Li Jie couldn't stop Li Jie's panting, and then Li Jie said to himself; "It seems that I have lost weight, if this was before, it would be a mountain higher than this!"
The two women spoke; "This has nothing to do with the director's body, the director's health is very good, but this mountain is too high, and this mountain is too remote, so the director is tired!"
Although Li Jie knew that what these two little girls said was a lie, he was very useful in his heart, so he didn't refute, just squinted and watched the two seductive beauties in front of him scratching their heads there!
Then the two asked; "Director, what are we doing in this place where birds don't!"
Li Jie did not return, but looked at his watch and said; "Let's go!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked in front, and when he had walked about two hundred meters, he noticed that something was wrong, and his men followed, and when he looked back, his men began to vomit there!
Li Jie walked back and helped the two little girls up, looking at the two little girls' faces were very pale, just a moment ago they were fine, but now they can't walk!
A little girl said; "Director! People's heads hurt so much! I'm so dizzy! ”
At this time, Li Jie's guard captain was still slowly crawling towards Li Jie, shouting in his mouth! Protect the Director!
The other team members also crawled in the direction of Li Jie!
Li Jie said after seeing such a situation; "That's it! Go back to where you came, you'll be fine when you get there, it seems that the next road is my own way, if you want to live, go back to the outside immediately! ”
These people are all shouting in place for the director!
Li Jie ignored their shouts, but came to the other woman's side, took the box she was carrying, carried it on his own, and then said; "If you want to live, just wait outside for me right away, I'll be back soon!"
After saying that, he headed for the path ahead!
His subordinates looked at each other and tried to keep up but really couldn't stand up, so they all crawled back outside, and when they returned to the place where they had rested, they immediately felt much better, and after resting for a while, their bodies were restored.
But at this time they can no longer see their director!
Li Jie then walked towards the mountain, the steps of this mountain are really steep enough, which is simply a kind of torture for a big fat man, but he has no choice, who let him have the emperor's life in his body!
After stepping on the last few stages of the festival, what appeared in front of Li Jie was a small Guanyu, looking at the cleaning in front of the mountain gate very clean, he knew that it was inhabited, Li Jie cleaned the dust on his body, and strode towards the audience!
When he was about to reach the gate, he heard a woman's voice shouting; "Stop! The Purest Place! Who's breaking in! ”
Li Jie looked behind him to see that there was no one, and there was no one in front of him. Therefore, there is only a bow and a fist in the bow; "Li Jie, director of the National Security Bureau of the Chinese Empire, came here to see the "Supreme" on the order of the emperor, and I have not yet brought this "offering" to the Supreme. Please have mercy on you! Let the lower officials see! ”
After Li Jie finished speaking, he waited for a long time without a sound, and he was very tired from maintaining a respectful posture, and when he saw that there was no movement around, he began to speak; "Okay, can't you see it, say something!"
But no one answered him!
At this time, Li Jie put down the burden on his body, came to the steps in front of the door and sat down, took out a cigarette, lit a cigarette and smoked it.
The emperor said that it is best to meet with the Supreme, if people don't see us, things must be left, otherwise it will definitely invite a catastrophe!
Just when Li Jie was worried, the door opened, Li Jie looked back, and saw twenty or thirty beauties coming out of it, although they were all wearing robe-style clothing, but such a big robe couldn't hide their convex and backward delicate figures!
At this time, Li Jie felt a sharp pain in his fingers, and when Li Jie looked at his hand, he realized that it was the cigarette butt that burned his hand. Li Jie immediately shook off the cigarette butt, and Li Jie found that the cigarette butt gradually decomposed when it hit the ground, and gradually disappeared before it hit the ground.
At this moment a woman's voice sounded behind him; "Lightbringer! The Supreme has something to ask you! Come with me! ”
Li Jie patted the dust on his buttocks, and then followed behind this woman, this woman is about twenty years old, she looks like a beauty, Li Jie is also a veteran in the flowers, but for such a beautiful and touching woman, I don't know how to talk to her, surrounded by these solemn beauties, Li Jie's arrogant mortal heart seems to have cooled.
Came to the door of a large hall, the woman opened the door, Li Jie looked up at the plaque on the lintel, which reads "Dayu Hall" three words, the word is written in a small seal, each word is a bird with wings ready to fly, indescribable vivid!
The woman spoke; "Lightbringer! The Supreme is waiting for you inside! ”
Li Jie replied; "There's Sister Lao!"
Li Jie strode to the inner hall, this threshold is really high, fifty centimeters high, fortunately, Li Jie's height is quite normal, otherwise he will be ugly on this threshold!
Came to the inner hall, the inner hall is very strange, because the inner hall does not have any statues, in the center of the door is an offering table, on which there is an incense burner, the fragrance wafting out of it is a kind of fragrance that Li Jie can't call, but it smells good.
There doesn't seem to be any statue or portrait on the top of the table, and it seems to be very old, and the whole wall is like this, compared to the other walls, it is better and cleaner. On the opposite side of the offering table sat a man.
The long hair on her cloak had fallen to the ground, she was facing the wall, and she didn't look back when she heard Li Jie and they sent it, Li Jie could only see her back.
Then the two women who led the way spoke; "Supreme! The Lighteer has arrived! ”
The man nodded!
Li Jie immediately said; "The director of the National Strategic Security Bureau of the Chinese Empire has seen the Supreme! This time I came to disturb the Supreme, one is to come and worship you. In addition, I would like to report to you the progress of the matter, in the war that just ended, we have handed over a total of more than 7 million life yuan, as long as things go well, we can complete the task! ”
The man ignored this, but spoke; "Why didn't Zhuge not come?"
Li Jie hesitated for a moment and didn't answer immediately!
Then the woman who led the way spoke; "Lightbear, if you don't want to say it, I can go to your brain and find it myself!"
Li Jie immediately waved his hand and said; "Don't bother my sister, I say!"
Li Jie said; "The sect master of the Heavenly Machine Sect died in the battle to defend the tomb of Qin Shi Huang!"
What the! He's dead!
How can it be?
Li Jie said; "The current Chinese Empire is not the same as the original, the previous grassland peoples invaded the Central Plains a total of seven times, but in the end, almost all of them were integrated by the Chinese civilization, but the enemy of this invasion is the Western Sect, this sect has been against China since the first century AD, until now they still can't live in Annai and attack our homeland!"
At this time, the Supreme didn't seem to listen to what Li Jie was talking about at all, but was repeating, Zhuge Weiming was dead!
How could he die!
Li Jie stared at the person in front of him!
The Supreme spoke to the guide; "Check it out and see how Zhuge Weiming died!"
Li Jie was defenseless, the woman who led the way came to Li Jie like the wind, and put her hands on Li Jie's head, Li Jie felt that his head was very dizzy, and he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit!
When Li Jie was let go, the woman who led the way said; "Thanks for sharing!"
Li Jie scolded her in his heart, waiting for you, a slut, to fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu must make you want to die! “
I didn't expect this Nizi to seem to know what Li Jie was thinking, and turned around; "Really?"
Li Jie didn't dare to think about it immediately, this is too terrible!
The guide came to the side of the Supreme and whispered to her.
After listening to this, the Supreme slowly turned his head to look at Li Jie.
Li Jie saw his face this time, but it was disappointing, because this woman was wearing a mask, as if it was made of crystal, and it also looked like ice or glass, and it should be a beautiful face under that blurred mask.
The Supreme said; "Messenger of Light, who is the whip now?"
Li Jie replied; "It's the Guangxu Emperor of the Chinese Empire!"
The Supreme said; "He shouldn't have any rights, according to time, he will soon be hollowed out, without any real power, and then there will be troubled times!"
Li Jie said; "It's a different story now!"
The Supreme said; "I'm tired! Now that Zhuge Weiming is dead, then the next thing will trouble you, Bai Ji! ”
Guide the way back; "The disciple is here!"
The Supreme said; "Let's go down the mountain!"
Disciple obeys!
At this time, the Supreme stood up, and Li Jie obviously saw that this woman's belly was bulging, and Li Jie was very clear and affirmed, the Supreme was pregnant!
But the Supreme didn't seem to pay attention to Li Jie's eyes at all, and walked towards the apse by himself.
At this time, Li Jie found out that the guide named Bai Ji was looking at him!
Have you seen enough? I'm still here!
Li Jie asked while waiting for his eyes; "The Supreme is pregnant! Who is the child's father! That's too bold, isn't it? Could it be that Zhuge is not clear! ”
Bang!
Li Jie was thrown out of the hall!
Fortunately, Li Jie's fat accumulation is thick and his ability to resist impact is strong, but even so, Li Jie feels that his buttocks are no longer his own, and he lies on the ground and hums!
The sky in front of him was obscured, and Bai Ji appeared in front of him hungry and spoke; "If it weren't for the fact that you are a messenger of light, the old lady would have killed you a long time ago, and she is talking nonsense, and the old man pulled out your tongue!"
Then he took the burden from Li Jie and left!
Li Jie was very unconvinced, you dare to do it, are you afraid of being said!
Unexpectedly, Bai Ji's face appeared in front of Li Jie again, and Li Jie immediately occupied it and read silently; "The eyes look at the nose, the nose looks at the mouth, and the mouth looks at the heart!"
That Hakuhime is gone!
Only then did Li Jie think of something serious and shouted outside the main hall; "Supreme, so far the war with Tsarist Russia is that the empire is very passive, and the Western Sect has begun to organize a major counteroffensive, and the remaining forces of Zhuge Weiming are not the opponents of the Western Sect at all!
When the Tianji Sect was the strongest, there were more than 1,700 people, but now there are less than 30 people, and if it continues, the Tianji Sect will be extinct, so please open the net for a year! Let's break the seals of each mountain a little!
Otherwise, the whole of China will suffer!
Supreme! Supreme!
But no one in there paid any attention to him!
And the women who greeted him just now also disappeared, as if there was no one in the entire hall at all!
Li Jie was still banging on the door hard, and he started kicking with his feet in a small voice!
Kick it and shout Supreme!
Supreme!
When Li Jie was kicking very hard, he remembered a very familiar voice again!
You're kicking, I'm going to cut off your feet!
Li Jie immediately stopped!
Turning his head, he saw that Bai Ji had already changed into a set of clothes, this set of clothes was the military uniform of the Chinese Imperial Navy, all white, and Li Jie drooled when he saw it!
There is such a saying; "If you want to be pretty, you are filial, and you are wearing a white dress on such a delicate figure, the beauty is excessive, and this kind of nothing can be found in the world!"
At the same time, what Zero Li Jie didn't expect was his epaulettes! The military uniform worn by this Bai Ji is actually a general, and the military uniform of the rear admiral at this time!
Now the generals of the empire are very few, and this Bai Ji came up and made himself a major general, which is too much, you must know that Li Jie himself is attached to the General Staff, and he is only a colonel!
Bai Ji spoke at this time; "Look at it again and gouge out your eyeballs!"
Li Jie realized at this time that she knew everything she was thinking, so she immediately shut up!
Bai Ji said; "Don't waste any more time, let's go down the mountain right away!"
Li Jie didn't dare to hesitate, so he immediately led the way in front, Bai Ji walked behind, looking at Li Jie like a hungry rooster defeated, with his head down! It's very funny! ”
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In the city of Ulabaatar in Mobei Province, Monk Greenqin received a handwritten letter from Guangxu, which surprised him very much, at this time Guangxu sent a new administrative area map, from the map, Guangxu expanded the area of Heilongjiang Province a lot, including the entire Heilongjiang River Basin, as well as the entire Sakhalin coastline all the way to the Bering Strait, and at the same time ordered the formation of the Heilongjiang naval fleet, responsible for the security of the northern sea frontier of the Chinese Empire.
The Mobei Province under his jurisdiction is east of the Ural Mountains, north to the Arctic Ocean, south to Outer Mongolia Province, and east to Heilongjiang Province, which is a little smaller than the original, but Guangxu still gave him a compensation, which is to agree to Zeng Greenqin to establish a grand duchy in Mobei Province.
The Grand Duchy will exist as an independent administrative entity, something that has never been done before! This will mean that the Duchy of Mobei will have its own army, its own political system structure, after Guangxu really wants to implement such a strategy, the future royal control of Mobei will be very small.
Zeng Greenqin passed the edict to all the princes and nobles present, saying; "You all take a good look, whether this is true or not, I am always very unsure!"
One of the princes spoke after reading it; "If according to the meaning of the Great Khan, we will contract half of the territory to the Han people to operate, and a contract is two hundred years, and the rest of the land will also be managed by the Han people, although they do not have the title of nobles, but they can be the landlord, first come, first served, run horses to occupy the famine!"
Another prince said; "Our Mobei Duchy was established, isn't the Khan afraid that we will rebel?"
"It's not a problem that we give land and minerals to the Han people to manage, they have always been in charge, and they have been doing a good job, the question is whether this edict is true? Our war with Tsarist Russia is already imminent, will the emperor personally conquer this time? ”
One of the old princes, who was very old, said; "The front line is already in a scorched state now, and the troops we have deployed on the front line are enough to block the attack of Tsarist Russia, so I think it is better to let Zeng Greenqin personally go to Beijing to take a trip!
In this way, you can directly ask the emperor in front of the Great Khan, and ask the emperor's true intentions, if the emperor really wants to develop the Mobei Duchy well, and really wants to reward us with a new title, we will obey the will of the Great Khan, after all, this is a good thing to be promoted and make a fortune!
Ha ha! A laugh!
Monk Grinqin said; "Good! I'm going to take a trip to Beijing and see what the situation is. "Also receiving the notice were the Silla Province, the Champong Province, and the Western Regions Province, and the administrators of these places were very puzzled by Guangxu's order, and now that the empire has a strong military strength, why should these new provinces be autonomous?
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Zhao Bingjun, who stayed behind, was also very busy, not only because the current high-ranking government officials have gone out to do business, but more importantly, because the land of the Chinese Empire has begun to be independent, not only those Tusi, but also local small warlords, the number of troops in the Chinese Empire is not large, and it is impossible to garrison everywhere, so these guys began to be independent.
The imperial army began to assemble in Kunming, Guiyang, Guilin, Zuo Zongtang also received the latest order from Guangxu, the empire's diplomatic situation almost fell into isolation, a lot of Tusi began to brew resistance, especially in the place of Champong, the original Vietnamese king had already thrown himself to France, and then in the last Sino-French war, the king of Vietnam broke the jade seal given by the former Qing Dynasty in public, and the empire no longer had the responsibility to protect it.
But at that time, the military strength of the Chinese Empire was strong, and the French did not oppose the Chinese Empire at that time, and they did not have the strength to resist at that time, but now as soon as the Chinese Empire had weaknesses, the governments of France and the Vietnamese colonies began to act and began to create friction in the city.
Once the war started, Zhang Zhidong's Southwest Army was affected by the domestic Tusi rebellion in a short period of time, and may be too busy to take care of the city, so Guangxu gave them two a reassurance, as long as they can keep the province of Champa and enjoy the right of self-control, it is the central government in a decentralized power, and the city is equivalent to an independent kingdom.
Zhang Jian and Xu Zhixuan saw such an urgent matter, and immediately made a decision, Zhang Jian went to Beijing to see Guangxu, and began to redivide the military operations of Zhancheng, dividing the province into more small theaters, each theater is the territory of these military generals, from now on these territories are your own, in the face of the French attack, these generals are no longer fighting for the empire and the country, but for their own vital interests.
Although they will shout for the honor of the empire, they will know very well in their hearts that behind them is their homeland, and if they defend the line, their children and grandchildren will own large territories, which will be passed down from generation to generation, and they are the first generation to defend the territory, and none of their decisions and actions will be written into history.
After these generals got their own territory, they immediately changed their previous lazy state, they immediately began to find their clan children, and divided their territory again, these people found their own clan, and the entire Champa province was stirred.
In less than three months, the entire Champa Province gathered a lot of money and manpower, at this time, the Champa Province, like an accelerator, all the particles are accelerating, what kind of things will collide in the end, Xu Zhixuan does not know, Guangxu also does not know, but this system is very popular with the people of the empire.
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In the Summer Palace in Beijing, Guangxu held a meeting, now Guangxu is rarely summoning courtiers, whether it is a government official or a military official, Guangxu can not see is not seen, with Guangxu's own summary of the conclusion is that the small things those marshals and generals, the prime minister and the minister have also decided, and the big thing is to overthrow him as the emperor, so if you decide to abolish the emperor, you must inform me, and you can do other things yourself.
At the moment of such an order, all the government officials did not dare to play it, but there was nothing wrong with the operation of the empire, the economy was developing steadily, and the people's living standards exceeded the best time in history.
Guangxu is also very busy now, the most important thing is to implement technical reserves, science and technology lead the progress of the times, Guangxu has no time to meet those ministers, he will spend more time on training technical talents.
With his memory, Guangxu began to publicize the latest scientific and technological knowledge in many scientific research and schools such as the Imperial Military University, the Imperial University of Science and Technology, the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and many other scientific research and schools, as well as many of the latest philosophical theories, and all the students and faculty members were dumbfounded, what is a black hole, what is quantum physics, what is the principles of modern economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and so on.
These theories are spreading rapidly throughout China, many of these principles are subversive, even in later generations, they have been questioned a lot, and some have been verified many times before they were finally recognized by the world, many people have paid a heavy price for this, but Guangxu said it all at once, if it was put on ordinary people, Guangxu would have been regarded as a madman and sent to the Fourth People's Hospital.
But Guangxu is not an ordinary person, he is the supreme leader of the empire, and the excellent tradition of the Chinese Empire is that the leader's speech will be regarded as a golden rule, written down, and then will be made into a newspaper, spread to the four corners of the Chinese land, and then there will be countless experts and scholars, and even small people in the market to study.
These theories will soon blossom in the folk of the empire, in the empire's science, culture, art, military and so on in all the fields, Guangxu does not know what the result will be, but Guangxu knows that the empire is no longer a country resting on its laurels, the future empire must be a prosperous empire.
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If you want to have a place in the forest of the world's strong in the future, the empire must now face the most important war, Guangxu received an express, and now Guangxu can receive a lot of reports, these are the things reported by various officials, Guangxu generally does not make a statement of approval for these reports.
At the beginning, many officials were very uncomfortable, and then Guangxu directly issued, don't ask me, you decide for yourself, if you can't bear this responsibility, you governors and military commanders have put it forward, I will replace people to do it, and everything will come to ask me, my energy is limited, I am a person, not a god!
Soon these high-ranking officials will learn to be obedient, they will no longer ask specific questions, but they will still maintain the habit of filing with the emperor Guangxu, and after a thing is completed, they will write a chapter to report the process, how to deal with it, what the result is, what will I do in the future, etc.!
For such a recital, Guangxu will soon approve it! Just a good one! Very good! Very good! Well done! Wait for a simple review!
There are still many things that have not been dealt with, such as disasters, floods, droughts, earthquakes, etc., such things happen every day in the huge empire, no one dares to slack off the officials of the empire at this time, the vast majority of them are fighting on the front line, and those officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death will not escape the eyes of the masses.
Guangxu encounters such a movement, will personally wholesale, disaster relief is a big deal, how many feudal dynasties have been overthrown at such a moment, Guangxu can no longer be like this, but now Guangxu has an advantage!
That is, there is no shortage of money, no shortage of food!
But the disaster will not give Guangxu too much time, when the disaster appears, these imperial officials are the representatives of Guangxu, at this time what they do represents Guangxu, the emperor, so if it is difficult to make a fortune at this time, it must not be spared!
On this day, Guangxu received a recital from Liu Buyun, commander of the Imperial North Sea Fleet, in which he only made a suggestion, he suggested that the coal used by the warships of the Imperial Navy should be better "anthracite!" ”
After opening this recital, a shadow that could not be waved away hovered in Guangxu's mind, which made Guangxu unable to calm down for a long time, Guangxu held this recital hard, his eyes were full of anger!
Ma De, who was on the side, asked after seeing Guangxu's expression; "Your Majesty! What's wrong with you! ”
Guangxu said very calmly; "I'm going to kill!"
Ma De stared at Guangxu, who seemed very calm when he said these words. But Ma De knew that the emperor was really angry at this time, and what the emperor said was true, many people would really die this time!
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In the early spring of 1893, the weather was still very cold, because the relations with Germany and Britain were not good, and the warships ordered by the Reich in these two countries were returned to China ahead of schedule, and the battleships Renyuan and Yiyuan docked at the port of Shanghai for armament.
After the Liyuan and Zhiyuan battleships are installed in Guangzhou, they will sail to Shanghai for power transformation, because the current Shanghai Taishan and Huangshan battleships are under construction, so the dock cannot keep up at all, and the Liyuan and Zhiyuan battleships still use steam engine power.
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The Donglin uprising in Korea had broken out, and Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong had already begun to play to Guangxu, hoping that the empire would send troops to help Korea suppress the riot, but Guangxu had not approved it, but asked them to enter Beijing immediately.
Guangxu has not deducted the navy's military spending in the past few years, and has also actively purchased new ships and adopted new military equipment, but what Guangxu did not expect is that the old concept is so deep-rooted, the overall strength of the Northern Fleet is still so fragile, and such a naval strength is simply impossible to compete with Japan, which has always been "gambling with the country".
More importantly, Guangxu has withdrawn a lot of capital ships from the Northern Fleet for the safety of other sea areas, and the Dingyuan is now in Taiwan, which is the flagship of the original Beiyang Naval Division, and the current flagship of the Beihai Fleet is the Zhenyuan, and the overall strength is not as strong as the original Beiyang Naval Division, and once such a fleet conflicts with Japan, there is no possibility of winning at all.
Originally, Guangxu was still very optimistic, thinking that the Chinese Empire now has advanced science and technology and strong financial support, and will definitely be able to avoid this national disaster, but what Guangxu didn't expect was that these bastards were too hateful, and corruption was still prevalent in places that did not change their corruption.
Ding Ruchang wrote a letter to Zhang Yi, the general office of Kaiping Coal Mine: "...... The coal dust is scattered, the smoke is heavy and the ash is heavy, and it is difficult to form a force. But Zhang Yi ignored it at all, it turned out that the offer given by the North Sea Fleet was too low and he couldn't afford to buy good coal, but the current navy was not bad at all, but because many officials had a lot to do with Zhang Yi, and even the provincial government of Zhili had a stake in the Kaiping Coal Mine, Ding Ruchang couldn't do anything about him.
Guangxu has always thought that human nature is kind, but he didn't expect that these people are a group of wolves, and then Guangxu thought of other problems with the warship, the warships of the North Sea Fleet have been purchased for more than ten years, and the time has long been for the boiler to be replaced, as well as the stock of shells, training status, welfare benefits, and more importantly, whether the coordinated operation of the navy and the army has improved.
Guangxu originally thought that when the situation in the whole country improved, it would definitely solve it on its own, because the current navy is not short of funds, and our technology is also in the forefront of the world, and the production of artillery shells can be produced by itself, and in Tianjin and Fengtian Ordnance Factories, we can completely produce artillery shells of various models and functions.
The production process and process of these shells have been issued by Guangxu, and Guangxu has sent someone to verify it, and the result is very successful, the next thing is to assemble it on the ships of the navy, but what Guangxu did not expect is that the navy has not enjoyed the benefits of all this progress.
The decadent bureaucratic mentality has not changed at all because of the change of a country name, and the current Beiyang Navy is as old as the original Beiyang Naval Division, the boilers have not been replaced, the allocation of artillery shells is still not uniform, the treatment of the army has not been improved, and the ability of the navy and the army to coordinate operations has not been improved.
This made Guangxu feel very cold on his spine for a while, and what was worse was that there was no time, and the current international situation faced by the Chinese Empire was even worse, and the old empires of the United States and Britain now had no sympathy for Huaxia at all.
The situation is urgent.
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In the Summer Palace in Beijing, Guangxu looked at the officials, and now the officials no longer wear the official uniforms of the previous Qing Dynasty, and the current clothes are similar to military uniforms, some like Zhongshan suits, and a little like military uniforms, but there is no military medal!
Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhidong, and Li Hongzhang, three marshals who were relatively close to Beijing, Rong Shangqian, chief of staff of the army, Ding Ruchang, chief of staff of the navy, Dai Zongjian, an army general for the defense of the northern coast, and Lu Yonghu, Lu Yongbao, Ye Zhichao, Wei Rugui, Zhao Huaiye, Huang Shilin, Wei Rucheng, Gong Zhaoyu, Sun Xianyin, Liu Shengxiu, etc., who were stationed in the northeast and Beijing-Tianjin; admirals Liu Buyun, Lin Taizeng, Luo Fenglu, etc.; host Beihai rear service personnel such as Sheng Xuanhuai, Hu Liao, Ma Jianzhong; There are also old ministers of the previous dynasty, the current senior minister of the Nanjing government, and other old ministers such as Weng Tongyi, who is also Guangxu's teacher, and even Xi Lang Weili, the chief teacher of the North Sea Fleet, who has been squeezed out, also came to the Summer Palace.
Zhao Bingjun of the Nanjing government, as well as Dai Li, the current director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Jin Ke, the minister of finance, Jin Ruyi, the governor of the central bank, and others, almost most of the high-level officials of the Chinese Empire came to the Summer Palace, and when they saw so many officials coming here, everyone felt that something big was about to happen, but they didn't know what kind of thing happened.
Guangxu took the copy of Ding Ruchang's recital and said; "Since I became in power, I have not embezzled the military funds of the navy, but why is it that the navy still fails to use anthracite, and why the boilers of the navy's ships have not been replaced with new ones!
After finishing speaking, he folded the music and threw it to the ground, and then he didn't speak, but silently left tears!
All the ministers, neither the marshal nor the prime minister thought that the emperor would cry to them!
Guangxu has always given them the feeling of being a god-like existence, able to know astronomy and geography, know trivial things, and be able to predict the prophet, just led the Central Army to defeat Tsarist Russia, and laid down a large area of the country, and there is no fear in the face of the threat of the two major powers of Britain and the United States.
calmly arranges the measures to counterattack, and the moves are very effective, and now it can be seen that the future empire ZTE is already unstoppable, but such a small thing has made the always strong Vantage cry.
Guangxu didn't cry, but sat there alone and whimpered silently, without a sound, but his tears couldn't stop pouring out.
At this time, all the ministers present realized that the emperor opposite was not very old, he was still a child less than twenty years old, and all the ministers on the opposite side were much older than this emperor, but now the emperor was crying, and everyone was helpless.
At this time, Weng Tongyi took the lead in expressing his position, he rushed to Guangxu and knelt down. Your Majesty! The old minister is incompetent! Let the emperor be humiliated!
At this time, all the old ministers took the lead in starting to have seizures, and they began to cry together, and the entire Qian'an Hall was filled with mournful sounds.
At this time, Li Hongzhang took the lead in standing up and speaking; "Your Majesty! The Navy's funds are mainly used to purchase new ships, as well as to manufacture ammunition, and the supply of troops is very high, so that our original warships have not yet used anthracite, and the boilers have not been replaced. ”
Guangxu said; "Is it a lack of money?"
Li Hongzhang said; "The new procurement plan and maintenance plan have been submitted to the Nanjing government, but they have not been approved for a long time!"
Guangxu looked at Zhao Bingjun with tears in his eyes!
Zhao Bingjun's head is big!
Said to Guangxu; "Your Majesty! Premier Tang Shaoyi has already approved the report, but the relevant departments have not implemented it for a long time, so it has led to repeated delays in the construction period! ”
Guangxu said; "How long is it going to be delayed, do you have to wait for the North Sea Fleet to be wiped out, and then replace the new boilers?"
Zhao Bingjun said; "I have already investigated this matter, and some of the officials have serious corruption, which has led to the diversion of special funds, many of which have even been used to build new office buildings, and what is even more infuriating is that there is now a lot of money that cannot be traced!
After Guangxu heard this, he raised the music on the seat high, but it did not fall in mid-air, and finally Guangxu put these music on the table and spoke softly; "I have worked hard to rejuvenate China, and I have recognized these things, but I still can't save the building from falling, and the elephant of the country!"
O elephant of the dead country!
Japan is gambling on Israel! A large number of new warships were ordered, and new guns were also purchased, new 105 mm howitzers, which can fire 5 to 7 rounds per minute, but our warships are still using old guns, which can only fire one round per minute.
The Japanese warships can now reach fifteen knots, but our warships are old and in disrepair, and the coal is not good, and they can't even reach ten knots.
Do you use your skull to hit a Japanese warship?
The admirals of the navy heard Guangxu's words, as if the grievances in their hearts had been resolved all at once, they had always been regarded as losers, and they had been wronged a lot, and no one had spoken for them, Li Hongzhang was even more of a pragmatist, and he had always been holding back.
There is an atmosphere of sorrow in the entire navy, they know their current weakness, the seemingly powerful North Sea Fleet, which claims to be the ninth in the world and the first in Asia, but the real situation is known only to themselves.
The sadness in the hearts of all the admirals was said by Guangxu, and Ding Ruchang had been staring at the construction of the Taishan battleship, just to enable the Huaxia Navy to be replenished with new ships as soon as possible. But as the first day approached, he didn't know that time was running out for him.
All the admirals also knelt in front of Guangxu under the leadership of Ding Ruchang, and many generals also began to bow their heads and cry quietly, silently telling the grievances in their hearts.
The Nanjing government and other officials didn't even stand at first, so they almost all knelt down and cried!
At this time, the chief instructor of the navy, Xi Lang Weili, laughed loudly, Lang Weili is a British, and has been the chief instructor of the Beiyang Naval Division since its establishment, but this Englishman does not understand Chinese interpersonal relations, and at the beginning, officers at all levels can still respect this teacher.
However, after the officers at all levels learned some skills, they began to no longer respect this instructor as before, and finally forced this instructor to leave the Beiyang Naval Division, and after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the chief instructor went to the United States, and finally died in the United States.
In fact, the chief coach is very fond of China, when the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan visited Japan, the Chinese crew and the Japanese ronin clashed, Lang Weili felt very atmosphere, at that time suggested that China use the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan powerful artillery fire to attack Edo, in order to show the national prestige, but this suggestion was rejected by Ding Ruchang.
As a foreigner, it is rare to be able to consider problems from the perspective of Chinese and remember to safeguard the dignity of China, which is why Chinese still remember his merits.
Seeing that Lang Weili was laughing, Weng Tongyi began to speak first; "Luang Weili, you are bold!"
Li Hongzhang also shouted; "Luang Willi! Don't gaffe, go too far! ”
In the face of the warnings of the two important ministers, Lang Weili did not have the slightest fear, but spoke calmly and calmly in very fluent Chinese; "Your Majesty! I see that the Chinese Empire is not only not a sign of national destruction, but also victory is in sight! ”
Then everyone looked at him!
Luang Weili said, "The greatest enemy of man is arrogance and ignorance!" But now that the top brass of the entire empire is aware of the problems of the navy, and knows our weaknesses at this time, then we can find a way to solve them.
If you face these problems in a small country, it must be the end, because there is no chance to start again, but these problems are not a problem at all in China, and we have a way to solve these problems now, Your Majesty, you don't have to despair at all! ”
All the generals below listened, yes!
That's not a problem! Our technology and finances can solve these problems!
So why are you crying!
At this time, Guangxu knew that it was almost over, and wiped the tears on his face!
He took a cigarette out of the cigarette case and lit it. And then it comes to; "Mader! Let the Imperial Dining Room prepare meals! I want to feast with all the ministers! ”
Then have someone bring a chair and everyone sit down!
Guangxu said; "Zhao Bingjun, Dai Li, let's announce the results of your investigation! Otherwise, a lot of food will be wasted! ”
At this time, Zhao Bingjun and Dai Li took out the materials that had been prepared a long time ago, there were a few boxes in total, it seems that there are a lot of black materials here!
Dai Lian pointed to the materials of a box and said; At this time, Wei Tingxin, the assistant of Kaiping Coal Mine, had a new illegal record of corruption and corruption, as well as Li Geming, the assistant of the Tianjin Ordnance Company, Chen Jiake, the second mate of the Laiyuan Ship, and a number of naval officers of the North Sea Fleet withheld military salaries, **, and evidence of abusing lynching.
Dai Li pointed to another box, but did not speak, but looked at Zhao Bingjun, Zhao Bingjun knew the seriousness of the consequences, and took a few boxes and pointed to the high-ranking officials of the empire, if you dig deeper, everyone in this Qian'an Palace will not be able to run, so Zhao Bingjun looked at Guangxu.
Guangxu understood what Zhao Bingjun meant, if these materials were announced, the result would be the "death of the country", and he, the emperor, would fall immediately, but if the current situation has not been moved, the result will be the death of the country.
Guangxu said; "The names you named just now will be dealt with in accordance with the law, and if the situation is true, they will not be tolerated, and the rest will not be announced here, but I am reaffirming it here, and I will no longer pursue the previous things, but from now on, no more illegal activities will be tolerated.
then said to Zhao Bingjun; "From now on, we will strengthen supervision, and once there is a violation of the law, it will be made public immediately, so that he has nothing to hide, and you should know the power of freedom of speech by now! If you don't know self-love, even if I want to rescue you in the future, I'm afraid the people won't agree to it! ”
Let's talk about those criminals! Fortunately, I won't be beheaded casually now, otherwise I would really like to kill a few people and sacrifice the flag here!
At this time, the people all knelt on the ground and shouted! The emperor is framed at this time! The minister was wronged!
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After those people were pulled away, Guangxu said; "Think about it, everyone, once the warrior is fought, how will we respond! The Navy still has a strategy! What are our strategic goals?
And how many Marines are there in our North Sea Fleet now, how do we coordinate our naval and land operations, and if we lose sea supremacy, how will the land forces guarding the batteries and forts respond?
How can the Imperial Army and the Navy work together, and can the Army block the enemy on the coastline in the event of a war, and without the support of the Navy, can our land artillery compete with the enemy's shipborne artillery? What is the range of our coastal defense artillery, have you calculated? Can you hit people when shooting at enemy warships?
Have you thought about these questions, my lovely admiral?
After Li Hongzhang heard Guangxu ask this, he immediately looked at Ding Ruchang, and then Ding Ruchang came to Guangxu and said; "Our navy has not specifically studied the issue of strategy and tactics, but our entire navy has the determination to sacrifice our lives for the country, resist to the death, and refuse to surrender!"
Guangxu said; "If you fail, are you going to kill yourself by swallowing poisons? Shameless!
The empire has spent so much manpower and financial resources, and if you fail, you want to die, do you let me go to the front line after you die? Let me face the cannons?
Do you die and the enemy's warship will sink automatically? Are you dead, and the enemy withdraws and surrenders?
You are evading responsibility, what is the difference between your idea of dying and those ignorant children! ”
Guangxu slapped the table and shouted; "Shameless! Shameless! If you are defeated, you will die or live, what will you do with the people of China if you die, and what will happen to the thousands of miles of sea frontiers of the empire! Here I order again!
The Chinese Empire can have generals who die in battle for honor, there are no generals who cut themselves in order to evade responsibility, I do not accept any form of self-judgment, all self-judgment is a coward, cowardly, irresponsible performance!
then said to Ding Ruchang; "You are the chief of staff of the Imperial Navy, you are responsible for the strategy and tactics of the Imperial Navy, you didn't think about it before, I don't blame you, but you have to give me a good idea of the strategy of the Imperial Navy, that is, 'sea supremacy', no matter what time it comes, the imperial navy must firmly grasp the 'sea supremacy'!"
The meaning of the existence of the Imperial Navy is the supremacy of the sea, and the supremacy of our 10,000-mile sea frontier must be firmly in the hands of the Imperial Navy at any time.
Now you can think about the strategic problems of the Imperial Navy around this topic!
Then Guangxu looked at Dai Zongjian, the commander of the Marine Corps of the North Sea Fleet, and asked; "Once the enemy lands, without land reinforcements and naval support, how are you going to hold the batteries and fortresses?"
Dai Zongjian said; "The minister will lead 50,000 soldiers to defend to the death, and not give up an inch of land!"
Guangxu is fighting again!
What the? You're saying it again! 50,000, and only 50,000 marines guarding the Yellow and Bohai Seas?
Guangxu looked at Li Hongzhang!
Li Hongzhang said; "After the empire transitioned, all the other soldiers were abolished, these 50,000 troops were all attached to the name of the navy, plus the formation of the previous Royal Army, a large number of generals and personnel were drawn from the marines, so now we really only have 50,000!"
Guangxu sat back in his seat, now Japan has 7 field divisions, this is his mobile force, a total of 120,000 troops, but the Chinese Empire's marines are only 50,000, most of them are guarding the fortress and battery, and the rest of the mobile troops will not exceed 20,000 people, that is, a fraction of the people, such a difference in strength is too great.
At this time, Dai Zongjian said; "Your Majesty! The ministers are determined to be loyal to their duties, and they are dead! ”
Guangxu no longer had the strength to be excited, he said; "After you die, Huaxia can win without a fight, and I will definitely fulfill you, but it seems that I can't!"
Dai Zongjian knew that the horse's fart was on the horse's hooves, so he immediately bowed his head and said nothing!
Guangxu said; "Expand the size of the Marine Corps, and at the same time the Sixth Army of the Pro-Guard Army stationed in Jinan, as well as the Third Army of the Royal Army stationed in Mukden, are ready to support the Marine Corps at any time, and we must start actual combat exercises now, do not be afraid to spend money, and complete three joint combat exercises by the end of this year.
And to overhaul and maintain all the coastal defense artillery fire, isn't the Mukden coastal defense cannon very useful? You then upgrade the artillery fire of the entire coastal defense, so the installation and personnel training must be completed before the end of this year!
All this work was handed over to Marshal Li Hongzhang to complete! ”
At this time, Li Hongzhang said; "Your Majesty! It takes a lot of money! According to the minister's understanding, the Nanjing government's finances are very tight, a large part of it is used to build railways and highways, and the military expenditure of the imperial army is also very huge, and the government really has no money! ”
Guangxu looked at Zhao Bingjun!
Zhao Bingjun said; "Back to the emperor! Now the government's side is indeed financially tight, and this year's fiscal plan is also a large deficit, and there is a lot of debt! And you still don't agree with us to raise the tax rate, so the government's life is really sad! ”
Guangxu said; "Is your government really out of money?"
Zhao Bingjun said; "Your Majesty! There really isn't! ”
Guangxu said; "I'm glad I have!"
Guangxu called Jin Ruyi, the president of the Central Bank of the Huaxia Empire, and asked; "President Jin, how much cash profit do I have on my books this year!"
Jin Ruyi said; "Counting remittances from Europe and the Americas, the cash balance of the royal assets is 170 million, but there is a lot of real estate in it, and there is a lot of work to expand the production, as well as depreciation, and the company's arrears that will be repaid when due!
Guangxu said; "Tell me. How much cash do I have at my disposal right now? ”
Jin Ruyi lowered his head again and counted for a while; "One thousand one hundred and twenty nine thousand three hundred seventy dragon yuan!"
Guangxu said; "Is it still quite a lot?"
At this time, Jin Ruyi said; "Your Majesty! Don't forget, next month's military budget is about to expire, the current Nanjing government has no money to pay for military spending, since the establishment of the Royal Army, huge military spending is funded from the royal assets, and the regular military expenditure is also 5 million dragon yuan, so the cash you can use now is only 6 million dragon yuan! ”
As soon as Guangxu heard something, there were six million, and these six million seemed to be a lot, but it was nothing when applied to the huge navy, but now Guangxu has no choice, and he can't save money on it!
Guangxu said; "Let's issue treasury bonds!"
Jin Ruyi said; "Your Majesty! We have already issued a lot of treasury bonds recently, and if we do, I am afraid that our financial system will be unable to bear it! ”
Guangxu thought for a while and said; "Can't I really keep a single residence?"
Guangxu said; "Sell your royal assets! In the future, even if I am poor and want to ask for food, I can't let the empire's navy run out of money to spend, and the navy's military expenses can't be saved no matter what! ”
The sale of royal shares in various enterprises, as well as the royal industries overseas, these are all high-quality assets, no matter what, we must raise 500 million dragon park naval development fund, one of which is set up a special fund, which is specially used to distribute the consolation money of naval officers.
We can't let our soldiers shed blood, and we must shed tears without due compensation after the war!
After Jin Ruyi wrote down Guangxu's order, he began to go back to raise money for Guangxu, and then the urgent report was sent to Shang Rongqian of the army staff station, seeing that Guangxu finally finished speaking, he immediately came to Guangxu's face!
Guangxu opened it and looked at it, half speechless!
Zhang Zhidong walked over and asked; "What's going on?"
Rong Shangqian said; "Temasek missed, and Lieutenant General Li Hongzao died in battle!"
When Li Hongzhang heard that his old opponent had died in battle, his eyes were a little distracted!
Yuan Shikai was the first to scold and said; "This damn Britain, villainous behavior, we have already agreed, Temasek lends it to our country, we will not disturb Hong Kong, but this Britain has destroyed the peace first, then don't blame us.
Emperor! The minister is willing to lead the army to fight and recover Hong Kong!
Guangxu ignored the marshal's suggestion, but said; "Temasek's mistake is my fault!"
Temasek mainly exiled many powerful ministers of the former Qing Dynasty, but Guangxu was still very good at them, equipped with 3,000 defenders, and the main task was to protect the merchant ships of the Chinese Empire, and the South China Sea Fleet would also carry out regular patrols here.
However, due to tensions with the United States, the South China Sea Navy has increased its patrols against the Philippines, a colony of the United States, and Temasek has not been able to take care of it. That image was exploited by the British, and Temasek's miss also means that the last ray of brilliance of the former Qing Dynasty has also drifted away!
Guangxu said; "All the spiritual tablets of all the officers and soldiers in Temasek have been enshrined in the temple for generations, and all the officers and soldiers who died in this battle must be paid with the highest amount of consolation money, so as to comfort the soldiers who died on the front line!"
Yuan Shikai said; "Your Majesty! Give the order! ”
Guangxu looked at Yuan Shikai and said; "This time we have to endure! The empire could not deal with too many enemies at the same time, especially Britain and the United States, Britain's finances had entered a period of exhaustion, but they still launched an attack on the Chinese Empire, which showed that Britain had begun to pay attention to the Chinese Empire.
Order Cao Kun, who is in Guangzhou with his left hand, to move in the direction of Hong Kong, but we should not take the initiative to attack, after all, the border of Hong Kong is also Chinese, and our war with Britain cannot be fought on the territory of the Chinese Empire, so it is ultimately our people of the Chinese Empire who will suffer losses.
Ordered the South China Sea Fleet to step up patrols in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, especially in the Hong Kong area, and then spoke to the generals of the Navy and Army in front of him; Remember, our purpose is not to engage in peace talks with the British army, but to make peace with the British, who have just had an economic crisis, and as long as we don't go too far, they won't do anything to us anymore, and they will certainly make peace with us.
Zhao Bingjun, you immediately inform Tang Shaoyi of our strategic intentions, let him find the Netherlands and Spain as our envoys for peace talks, our bottom line is that Temasek is independent and self-governing, and will not be controlled by either of the British and China, and finally realize the internationalization of the Strait of Malacca.
When the meeting reached here, Guangxu found that all the people had not eaten yet, and it was already dark at this time, and all the people were very tired, at this time Guangxu ordered; "Go to the Imperial Dining Room and get some food for yourselves. Let's go away! Remember your duty, I'll send someone closer!
After finishing speaking, all the officials stood up, Guangxu took the lead to leave, returned to his harem, Guangxu first came to the Cining Palace of the hungry queen mother, and the current queen mother is still waiting for Guangxu to eat!