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On the morning of November 9, Zhang Wei convened a cabinet meeting, and after arranging the affairs of the empire, he would leave the empire for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Premier Zheng Daoyou asked: "Your Majesty, the National Day is less than a month away, and this year has achieved good results both economically and militarily, don't you celebrate it in China?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "I am short of time, and I must rush to Lu by mid-December; Before that, I still have to go to Japan to settle the matter of the concubine, I discussed it with the queen, the concubine is very important to the empire, it is better to take it sooner rather than later. ”

Lu Weimin said: "Yes, it is very important to take a concubine, but you don't need Your Majesty to go in person, I feel that Your Majesty's visit to Japan will be very dangerous, and I have to guard against it; In addition, I would like to know His Majesty's views on the Great Qing Kingdom and Yuan Shikai's establishment of the Chinese Empire. ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "I know that the madness of the Japanese may be dangerous to others, but it is nothing to me, and no one can threaten me; What do you think of the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese Empire? Let's talk about it. ”

Li Minmin spoke first: "Your Majesty, our intelligence shows that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom should die in no more than 10 days, so it is advisable to make arrangements as soon as possible." ”

Lu Weimin said: "In accordance with the intelligence, we have already made relevant arrangements, all 10 mixed associations have boarded the ship, 80,000 officers and men and weapons and baggage have already departed, seven mixed associations have already arrived in Taiwan Province, and in three days, the other three mixed associations will reach Haikou; Among the officers and soldiers directly under the direct jurisdiction of Yuan Shikai in the north, one town was stationed in Kaifeng, Jinan, and Taiyuan, and the rest were stationed around the Beijing division, which was very convenient for the incident. In addition, His Majesty has arranged for several divisions of the Praetorian Guard and several divisions of the National Defense Army to have arrived in the Peninsula Special Administrative Region, will these troops participate in the war against the Great Qing State? ”

Zhang Wei said: "These troops stationed in the Special Administrative Region of the peninsula are not aimed at the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the Russian Empire will cause trouble at that time, and it is just a precautionary measure; The regular army of the empire would not participate in operations against the Qing Dynasty; Yuan Shikai has so many troops, if he can't overthrow the Great Qing Kingdom, it is because his level is not good. “

Zheng Daoyou said: "Your Majesty, I can't grasp how to get along with the Chinese Empire next, how should I master this degree?" ”

Lu Weimin also echoed Zheng Daoyou's words: "Yes, we must think about this matter in advance, and come up with suggestions for dealing with it, and don't rush to deal with it at that time." ”

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said: "The disadvantage of the Chinese is that they are insiders and outsiders; When they are in a vulnerable position, we occupy the Southern and Northern Xinjiang Special Administrative Regions to protect them, and they will welcome them. When they are strong, it is a disgrace for them that we occupy the southern and western Xinjiang special regions, and we will definitely oppose our empire vigorously; Therefore, I have long thought of a way out, and in recent years, I have accelerated the speed of immigration, especially in the Western Xinjiang Special Administrative Region and the Southern Xinjiang Special Economic Zone, and all the people who have migrated for the reason have been relocated, and the population is the most important resource; In North and South China, it is also necessary to speed up the pace of immigration. ”

Zheng Daoyou asked, "Your Majesty, how much is your goal to immigrate?" ”

Zhang Wei replied: "More than 50 million immigrants are enough for our development needs, you don't think that this number is very large, but the Southern Xinjiang Special Zone, there are not a few people who are willing to emigrate, there is a large population, little land, opium was planted in the past, but now it can only grow grain, the output is very low, it cannot meet the food and clothing at all, the Western Xinjiang Special Region is even poorer, according to the conditions of the empire, it is very suitable for immigrants; In addition, I requested at that time that industries should not be developed in the southern and western Xinjiang Special Administrative Zones, also to facilitate immigration. This task was very huge, and the immigrants from southern Xinjiang mainly moved to the imperial provinces, northern Xinjiang and northern China mainly moved to Taiwan, Lelang, Xinzhou and other provinces, and southern China mainly migrated to Luzon provinces. ”

Lu Weimin continued to ask: "Your Majesty, what about after immigration?" ”

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "In the past few years of immigration, taking advantage of the development of the Chinese Empire, we want to launch a war, occupy the Far East and Central Asia, as well as the Indochina Peninsula, and then return the Western Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Region and the Peninsula Special Administrative Region to the Chinese Empire in advance, which is the springboard for us to launch a war." ”

Lu Weimin asked, "Your Majesty, what about the order of waging war?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "I have not yet considered whether to occupy the Indochina Peninsula in advance or the Far East first, and finally the Central Asian War; After occupying Indochina, we asked Britain and France to give us a springboard in the Middle East and Africa, so that we could start a war in Central Asia; After occupying Indochina, if Britain does not cede the Middle East to the Empire, then we will threaten their India; If France does not cede Somalia in North Africa to the Empire, then we will attack its other colonies in Africa. ”

Everyone is considering Zhang Wei's words, if he occupies the Middle East and gains a foothold in North Africa, then there will be only Indian colonies left around the empire, and the empire will be much safer.

Zhang Wei considered that the resistance to occupy the Arabian Peninsula is not enough, it is a desert, and no one can think that there is a rich oil buried underneath, so it is necessary to occupy it as soon as possible, and then migrate there and occupy it completely.

Lu Weimin continued to ask: "Your Majesty, what about the Dominion of Canada and the remaining 13 states and cities in the United States?" ”

"Your Majesty, the United States is now preparing for war, and it should start a war against Mexico in December," said Li civilian. ”

Zhang Wei said decisively: "Continue to deploy heavy troops on the US border, and at the same time give Feng Guohua an order to secretly strengthen the troops in several states on the border with Mexico, and after the United States occupies Mexico, it is necessary to quickly send troops to occupy the entire territory of Mexico, and Mexico will be the sphere of influence of the empire in the future; But it's better not to have a conflict with the Americans, this time the Americans taught Mexico a lesson for a legitimate reason, it was Mexico that declared war first, let's just drive the Americans away, they are just to rob food and other wealth, we just need land. As for the Dominion of Canada and the 13 states of the United States, I am not ready to move him in recent years, I don't want to provoke Britain too much, or let him save his strength to deal with Germany, as for Indochina, I will just drive them away, let them shrink the front, and better deal with the Germans. ”

Lu Weimin asked: "Your Majesty, won't we drive the Germans out of Asia?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "There is no need for this, our relations with Germany are not bad, and Germany is in such a small part of Asia, before the outbreak of war, we can strive for peace to obtain their colonies in Papua, as for Qingdao, when the Chinese Empire is strong, they will take it back." “

Speaking of this, everyone basically understood Zhang Wei's next plan of action, and Zheng Daoyou continued to ask: "Your Majesty, you haven't explained how to get along with the Chinese Empire. “

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "In the future, we will face the world, and develop the Xia Empire into the most powerful hegemonic empire in the world, and we will neither take the initiative to help him nor be overly enthusiastic about the Chinese Empire, otherwise it will backfire. And in the future, try not to give low-interest loans to the Chinese Empire, and all of them will be changed to commercial loans. “

Lu Weimin asked: "Your Majesty, Song Jiaoren and other literati have been recommended to serve in the Chinese Empire, how should Zhao Erfeng and others be treated?" “

Zhang Wei said: "Your General Staff can adopt his personal opinion, after all, he has now obtained a very high knighthood in the empire, if he doesn't want to go back, then continue to stay in the empire, the empire will not treat him badly, when he wants to go back in the future, don't stop it, my opinion is to wait until the Indochina Peninsula is conquered before considering the stay of him and his officers and soldiers." Do you still have a lot going on? “

Everyone didn't speak, Zhang Wei continued: "It's about to be the Spring Festival, all departments should check the completion of this year's plan, for the departments that can't complete the task, don't blame me for being unkind when the time comes, I don't have a shortage of resources that can be provided, and then I can't complete the task is a matter of personal ability or attitude." During my absence from the Empire, I continued to do my part. “

Zhang Wei returned to the backyard after the cabinet meeting, ready to say goodbye to the children, the queen and the concubines, and he prepared to leave that evening.

In the queen's villa, the queen asked, "Your Majesty, how did you arrange your trip this time?" “

"I'm going to go to the provinces of Luzon once to leave them with the equipment they need to develop production, then go to Japan once, and finally go to the United States, and leave the farmers who are rewarded for upgrading the system to the country of Lu."

Xiao Yu'er said: "Your Majesty, my opinion is that you can go later, so that after the New Year's Day in Lu State, the peasants of 1909 will also be left, and you will run again." “

Zhang Wei looked at Xiao Yu'er with questioning eyes and asked, "Is this okay?" I also plan to return by New Year's Day, when the battleship will be handed over to the British. ”

Xiao Yu'er glanced at Zhang Wei and said, "Your Majesty still doesn't believe me?" The matter of the battleship is not easy to handle, just put it in the West Military Port in advance, where the defense is tight, and outsiders will not find out, and then let Li Zhaoshui be in charge of the handover, and it is not the first handover. ”

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, and felt that Xiao Yu'er's words were very feasible, so he decided to change his itinerary, put the battleship in Xijun Port tonight, and set off for Luzon tomorrow, and at the same time asked the personnel who followed him to visit Japan to wait at Naha Port in the Ryukyu Islands in advance.

Xiao Yu'er seemed to understand Zhang Wei's thoughts, and said to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, your visit to Japan this time is only a short visit, mainly to see a few princesses in Japan, and you don't need to bring too many retinues, just let the governors of Taiwan and Xinzhou provinces accompany you, you don't need to send retinues from the empire, and you can go directly to Lu after dealing with Japan's affairs, save trouble, waste time on the road, and don't have to rush to set off." ”

Zhang Wei felt that this was not bad, and the time was very relaxed, so he said: "Okay, everything will be done according to the queen's wishes." (To be continued.) )