On January 3, 1910, the British and French ambassadors to Beijing met with Hua Guoqiang, claiming that both countries had agreed to the terms of the Xia Empire's cease-fire, and had informed several other countries that they would send representatives to attend the meeting, and that the meeting was scheduled to officially begin on February 1, and now asked the Xia Empire to stop the bombing of the port of Mumbai. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the attitude of the British and French ambassadors, Zhang Wei felt the cowardice of Britain and France, the typical character of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, relative to the weakness of the original attitude of the Xia Empire, and now the territory has expanded a lot, Qi State, Mexico, Indochina Peninsula, Australian Federation, etc., the Praetorian Guard has increased a lot of quotas, and can deal with any emergencies at any time, and the current Xia Empire is no longer afraid to be enemies with all white countries, and can no longer be as cautious as before.

In view of the talks, Zhang Wei organized a military meeting, which was attended by Zheng Daoyou, Hua Guoqiang, Li Minmin, and others in addition to the three chief and deputy chiefs of the General Staff Headquarters.

Zhang Wei spoke first: "If the empire wants to be strong, first of all, every citizen's heart must be strong first, for example, in the past, the Chinese within the empire called themselves Hakka, in their hearts it is natural to regard the local natives as the master, let them bully, feel that the master bullying outsiders is a natural thing, now all the Chinese have become citizens of the country, become the master of this land, then the master has the responsibility to build this land well, the explosion of construction enthusiasm far beyond my original imagination." ”

Everyone felt that Zhang Wei's words were very reasonable.

Zhang Wei continued: "In the same way, I decided to change the names of different regions of the world, and the future world will be dominated by Chinese, and the names of various places should also be centered on Chinese, rather than looking at the world from the perspective of white people; For example, the titles of the Middle East, the Near East, the Far East, and even China are all regional names named after white people who see the world from a European perspective; In the future, in the documents and peacetime words and deeds, starting from me, we must put an end to similar words, the Russian Far Eastern Military District is actually the Trans-Khingan Mountains region, and then to the west is the Siberian region, the Western Siberian region and the Novosibirsk region; The Middle East region will be called the Persian Gulf region in the future, and then more specifically, the Arabian Peninsula, the two rivers, the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, the shore of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Holms, etc., and the Indochina Peninsula will be called the Yue country; Only by making the hearts of the people strong first can the empire gradually become stronger, starting from the officials and starting with me. We will now move on to the subject of negotiations. ”

Lu Weimin spoke first: "Your Majesty, first of all, determine which territories the empire wants to occupy in India, and you can send officers and soldiers to occupy them in advance; Secondly, on the issue of immigration, India has a tropical monsoon climate, which is hot and rainy, and if there is no one to cultivate it, the arable land will soon be barren; Finally, there is the question of land exchange raised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the empire has to set its goals; Finally, there is the issue of the border with the Chinese Empire, which should be explored and determined as early as possible. ”

Zhang Wei said: "One by one, first, my opinion, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Bengal, Madras and the United Province of Agra and Austria are necessary, and if you go west, you will need a part of Punjab at most, it is estimated that Britain will not give up Punjab, it doesn't matter if you want more or less, anyway, India will be the territory of the empire sooner or later;

Second, the immigration will still be decided after the peace agreement is signed, and now we will go all out to migrate to Vietnam and the Myanmar Special Administrative Region, and when the time comes, I will release 1 million people from the system to India first;

Third, now the only land that Britain can replace is Africa and the Persian Gulf region, and it doesn't matter where Britain gives it, anyway, it is all free land, if it is given to the empire's territory in Africa, then the empire will develop Africa's power, and if it is given to the Persian Gulf region, it will have a greater effect on the empire;

Fourthly, leave the question of borders to the General Staff, and add a section dedicated to the question of borders in all parts of the empire. ”

At this time, the Indian states were very large, and Bengal included the later Bangladesh and the eastern 10 states of India; Madras encompasses the five states of the southeastern part of the Indian peninsula, and the United Province of Agra and Ode includes the later states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand; These 3 places encompass the entire Gangetic Plain and the western coastal area of the Bay of Bengal.

Lu Weimin said: "This is not bad, the territory occupied belongs to the essence of India, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the irrigation is convenient, which is a large grain producing area of the empire; But how should the border with the Chinese Empire be defined? Southern Tibet, for example, has always been under the de facto control of the British, and the Chinese Empire has not renounced its sovereignty there. ”

Zhang Wei said: "It is the responsibility of every Chinese son and daughter to maintain China's territorial integrity, and if there is a disputed territorial issue like this, the territory will be returned to the Chinese Empire, and the guns of the imperial officers and soldiers should be unanimous with the outside world. ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, from the port of Colombo, the port of Malé, the Chagos Islands, Port Louis in Mauritius to the port of Tamatave on the island island of Madagascar, how to solve the problem of the indigenous people on the islands?" secondly, the need for the Empire to allocate funds specifically for the construction of bases for these seaports; Thirdly, how is the air base managed? ”

After thinking for a while, Zhang Wei said: "The Maldives archipelago, the Chagos archipelago and the Mauritian islands, if there are Chinese, they are free to leave according to their wishes, and they cannot continue to live there; All the blacks will be sent to the island of Madagascar after the infrastructure is built, and the rest will be disposed of in secret, I don't want the news of the base to leak out;

The navy in these places is under the jurisdiction of the Indian Ocean Fleet, and a chief of staff is set up at each base to handle patrol affairs and the management of the bases.

All base construction is under the unified management of the Admiralty; It is necessary to pay attention to the maintenance of the local ecological environment, and these places will be the recuperation bases of the imperial soldiers after peace, and some supporting work will be arranged for the families of some officers and soldiers stationed on the island to undertake;

Each base is equipped with at least one patrol squad, one fighter squad and one bomber squad, each with 10 corresponding aircraft; In addition, there is an airship, so that the safety of the base can be guaranteed;

Each base is equipped with a submarine squadron, at least 3 destroyers and 6 fast torpedo boats, and the rest of the battleships are arranged and managed by the Indian Ocean Fleet. ”

Hua Guoqiang reported: "Your Majesty, what is Your Majesty's opinion on the request of the German Ambassador to the Reich to participate in the negotiating mission and to consult the Reich's attitude towards the German colony of Papua and the Chinese Empire's Jiaoao Lease? ”

"What's your opinion on this issue?" Zhang Wei asked.

Hua Guoqiang said: "If the Reich wants these territories, Germany can be allowed to participate in the negotiating group, otherwise it is meaningless for them to participate." ”

Lu Weimin said: "If you colonize Papua, the empire can exchange warships or other materials, and it will be the territory of the empire in the future, after all, there is an unstable force in the center of the empire, and the empire must be on guard at any time, which is very uncomfortable; As for the Chinese Empire's Jiaoao lease, the Empire's opinion is for reference only, and it still depends on the opinion of the Chinese Empire, after all, it is expensive to recover the Jiaoao Lease, and the Empire cannot pay too much for the Chinese Empire. ”

Zheng Daoyou said: "Germany's investment in the leased land in Jiaoao is huge, and the price of peacefully recovering it must be very high, I am afraid that the Chinese Empire does not have such great financial resources for the time being." ”

Zhang Wei said: "Then agree to them to participate in the negotiation team, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will first negotiate with Germany about the deal of the Papua colony, and the issue of the lease of land in Jiaoao will first consult the meaning of the Chinese Empire and then discuss with the Germans; The Chinese have risen, and it is a very shameful thing to have other countries' concessions on the territory of the Chinese, and if the price is low, the empire will take over first, and then communicate with the Chinese empire, then it will become an internal affair of the Chinese. ”

Hua Guoqiang replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, it is not bad to deal with it this way, after all, the Chinese Empire has recovered Macao and Hong Kong, and only the Jiaoao leased land is left on the territory of the Chinese Empire, and the Germans are not at ease, it is still very good to deal with it peacefully, and it is worth paying a little price, especially if you trade with warships, it can also increase the arms race in Europe, and you can win it with one stone." ”

Lu Weimin retorted: "You don't have too much hope for the war in Europe, the empire's military pressure on Europe is so great, it's hard to say whether they can fight, I feel that they have a great possibility of uniting against the empire, maybe our warship deal will eventually become an act of capital and enemies, from now on, the empire's advanced military technology is prohibited from exporting." ”

Zheng Daoyou took over and said: "Chief of General Staff Lu is very correct, from now on, we must beware of the fact that white Europeans unite against the empire, I hope that the empire can reduce the amount of grain exports, or more than double the price, and prohibit individuals and companies from operating grain export business, and bring the grain trade into the scope of imperial control." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, now the world's major grain producing areas are under the control of the empire, the empire controls more than 80% of the world's grain trade, and now it is time to raise the price of grain, otherwise it is equivalent to the empire to subsidize the world's grain importing countries, which is a huge economic loss for the empire." ”

Zheng Daoyou continued: "Your Majesty, it is necessary not only to raise the export price of grain, but also to raise the export price of sugar, camphor, coffee, tea, cotton, spices, all kinds of feed, all kinds of canned food, meat food, etc.; And gradually increase the domestic purchase price and sales price. ”

"Will it adversely affect domestic industry and the lives of the working class?" Zhang Wei asked.

Zheng Daoyou said: "The United States invaded Brazil, which led to chaos in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, and now India is in chaos, these traditional agricultural exporters are affected, and only the territory controlled by the empire can export agricultural products. Moreover, the domestic is to increase the sales price of agricultural products, which will be lower than that of foreign countries, and the factory will also increase the sales price of the product to offset part of the rising cost, which is still a great advantage compared with foreign factories; As for the very poor families, the families who can't eat, the empire is basically gone, and even if there is, the local government will also give support, and the proportion of food expenditure in the expenditure of urban workers is getting smaller and smaller, so the impact is also positive, there is only good and no harm to the empire, and the most affected are the importing countries of these products; It's just that Your Majesty is going to increase the cost of education. ”

Lu Weimin continued: "Your Majesty, there are more advantages than disadvantages to raising the prices of agricultural products, and another advantage is that it can rely on the function of market regulation to speed up the rapid recovery of grain output in Vietnam and Shandong; As long as the price of food is raised, the number of people who cannot eat in the Chinese Empire will definitely increase, and the number of immigrants will increase accordingly, which will be conducive to the immigration work of the empire. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wei said: "We can raise the price of agricultural products, directly double the export price, and strictly control the quantity of exports, so that the international market will always be in a state of shortage; However, in order to ensure the supply of grain in the domestic market, if there is a shortage, we must notify me in time, and the domestic price will gradually increase, and the purchase price will also be raised at the same time, and the government affairs will be fully responsible for this matter. (To be continued.) )