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In August 1882, the Imperial State Council announced that it would own more than 50 percent of the Suez Canal, and at the same time the Empire and the Ottoman Autonomous Province of Egypt began to discuss the issue of stationing troops in the canal area.

In November, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria defeated the main forces of the Triple Alliance, and at the end of the month, Macedonia declared independence under Serbian rule.

Russia issued a strongly worded statement demanding that the Austrian-Bulgarian forces refrain from invading the Serbian border, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, this time on the side of the Romanian, Serbian, and Montenegrin coalitions.

Ye Zhao had been mentally prepared for this for a long time, just like the second Balkan war in history, Ottoman Turkey did not want Bulgaria to return to its former glory in the Balkans.

In fact, the struggle for the Balkans, Austria-Hungary, the Turkish Empire, and Russia has always played a three-country struggle for hegemony, and the positions of the three countries have changed with the changes in the situation in the Balkans.

In January 1883, Italy suddenly launched a war against Turkey, which had long been plotting to encroach on Turkey's North African possessions, Tripoli and Cyrenaica. It is inhospitable but strategically important, especially since Tripoli is located on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa, which echoes Sicily and monitors the narrower waters of the Mediterranean. Italy saw the occupation of Tripoli as an important step in seizing hegemony in the Mediterranean and expanding into North Africa.

In order to seize this land, Italy made a lot of preparations, and now while the Balkan battlefield is in full swing, the Italian army marches into Tripoli, and the Italo-Turkish war breaks out.

In March of the same year, just when Turkey demanded that the Imperial Government appoint Minister Hong Jun of Constantinople to coordinate the signing of a peace treaty between Italy and Turkey on behalf of the Imperial Government, a large Chinese march broke out in Singapore caused by an independence petition organized by the Singapore Independence Party.

On March 27, in the face of the intensifying independence petition march that gradually spread to all walks of life, the British colonial authorities in Singapore dispatched the military and police to disperse the protests, and the military police and the demonstrators gradually turned into bloody clashes, and many industries in Singapore went on strike, and the most prosperous city in Malacca was almost paralyzed.

On March 28, Singapore's British Governor Bi Qilin issued a state of emergency bill, declaring the imposition of military control on Singapore and martial law in the whole city, issued a wanted warrant to arrest the leader of the Independence Party, more than 30 backbone members of the Independence Party were arrested and imprisoned, and at the same time, the crowd of demonstrators outside the Governor's Palace was driven away with sticks, and after fierce clashes broke out between the two sides, British soldiers opened fire on the demonstrators, resulting in 17 deaths and 69 injuries, which was the "3.28" tragedy in Singapore's history.

In the conference room on the top floor of the Empire State Building, the heavyweights of the imperial political, military, and economic circles are gathered together, and through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can overlook the scenery of the capital.

Sitting at the head of the long conference table, Ye Zhao was holding a meeting of the Privy Council, and now he is convening the ministers to discuss the meeting, which has gradually evolved into a modern government council. …,

Because of the chaotic situation in Eurasia, Ye Zhao was unable to go to Laining this spring as he wished, and after the Spring Festival, he was drowned in the urgent reports that flew to the capital like snowflakes almost every day.

"What do you think of the dispute between Turkey and Italy?" Ye Zhao inspected the venue, obviously, the members of the Privy Council are all bigwigs from all sides, but there are many ministers who do not have insight into the complex political situation in Europe, according to reason, Italy is an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and it should naturally be closer to the empire, but Ottoman Turkey, and the relationship with the empire has always been friendly, because many ministers believe that the outbreak of war between the two countries has put the empire into a dilemma, and they should reconcile their positions and end this conflict as soon as possible.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheng Wei was an old courtier who had followed Ye Zhao since the time of the Pingyuan Army, and had served as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the Minister of Tibet, and the Governor of Boni, and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs after the imperial election.

He looked left and right, and saw that no one accosted him, so he said: "This Italian-Turkish war is related to the intimacy of the countries of the European continent, and the minister thinks that it is not mediation that can be resolved, and my country should not be like before, vaguely trying to win the understanding of the two countries......" He wanted to speak but stopped.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Speaking of which, do you mean that we are going to stand in line this time and have a position?" So tell me, what should we do? ”

The audience was almost full of bigwigs from all parties with deeper qualifications than him, and with Ye Zhao's encouragement, Cheng Yi's spirit was lifted, and then he continued: "Although Italy has formed an alliance with Germany and Austria, but judging by its government behavior, it is uncertain to ride the wall, and before the war with Turkey, it has been understood by France and Russia, on the other hand, Turkey, although it is at odds with Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, but also because Russia is now lonely in the Balkans, if the Russians return to the Balkans, Turkey and Austria will inevitably reconcile." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Well, you mean that we support Turkey." ”

Cheng Yi hesitated for a moment, and said: "The minister means to use the battle of Italy and Turkey, the Balkan war, to persuade Germany and Austria, and consolidate the alliance with the Italians, Italy is an emerging power, its navy is second only to France in the Mediterranean countries, and Turkey, the integration of politics and religion brutally suppresses foreign races, is already in a crumbling situation, it seems to be powerful, but it is actually the sick man of the foreign power, if our country does its best to maintain its rule, it will make the independent nations under the oppression of Europe chill, which is inconsistent with our policy, but it is not just driven by interests. ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, in fact, what Cheng Yi said, quite in line with his mind, although in history Italy finally fell to the three Entente countries for various reasons, but now the factors that prompted Italy to defect have not happened, and the king of Umberto, who is close to Germany and Austria-Hungary, has not been assassinated by the anarchists, coupled with China's joining, the strength of the German-Austrian group is enough to resist the Entente countries, and the Italians will definitely think carefully about it this time.

In fact, Ye Zhao had already written a long letter to King Umberto of Italy last year, which others thought was a courtesy greeting, but in fact, the content was far more than that.

After taking a sip of tea, Ye Zhao said: "Forming an alliance with Italy and supporting the independence of all ethnic groups in Turkey ......, well, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs seems to have done its homework." The words are simple, but the foreign policy is determined by this.

Cheng Yi felt at ease in his heart, he was very worried when he said this just now, and said, "Yes, Your Majesty understands." ”

The smile on Ye Zhao's face gradually disappeared at this time, and said: "Okay, discuss the matter of Singapore, our expatriates have been killed......" He turned his head to look at Li Hongzhang and said, "Shaoquan, you can talk about it." ”

In the Privy Council meeting, although Harwich, Han Jinchun and others have resigned from their positions in the military, including Zhou Jingshan and other former political veterans, they are still members of the Privy Council, and the Privy Council is like an advisory committee. …,

For example, Wu Fenghao and several other business talents are also members of the Privy Council and "close friends of the emperor", but they are only observers at the Privy Council meetings.

Wu Fenghao is the son of Wu Chongyao, and after his father died, he became the third generation head of the Wu family.

At the Privy Council meeting, most of the business bigwigs did not speak, not to mention that what was being discussed now was military affairs, and the military circles such as Harwich, Han Jinchun, and Zhao Sanbao were the only ones who looked forward, and it was Li Hongzhang and others who often discussed political affairs.

Li Hongzhang said solemnly: "Everything obeys the emperor's holy decree." ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, in fact, no matter what, Li Hongzhang still has a weakness in his character, and when he encounters such a choice related to the fortunes of the country, his courage is slightly insufficient.

Patrolling left and right, his eyes swept over the faces of one minister after another, Ye Zhao sighed softly in his heart, the general trend of history, if you want to avoid it after all, if you don't show your sword and other Entente countries to deploy properly, and compress the strategic space of the empire a little bit, then your decades of operation will eventually come to naught

But how tragic will this war be, if it is likely to become the largest war in human history?

Looking at the information in hand, over the years, the European powers have been frantically expanding their armies, especially the French, although they lost in the Franco-Prussian War due to the arrogance and nonsense of Napoleon III, the army has not diminished and has always been Germany's biggest enemy. Since the death of Napoleon III, his son Eugène Dauphin ascended the throne for Napoleon IV, and at the same time the government and parliament controlled the political situation, this orderly transition not only ensured the stability of the empire, but also made France enter the ranks of modern countries, more than ten years after the Franco-Prussian War, the French economy grew rapidly.

Although Russia was dismembered by itself, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, although its economy stagnated, the national standard of living plummeted, and it was even worse than in the sixties, but many poor Russians believe that all this is caused by the Chinese, because of the loss of the Urals, with the majority of Russians supporting the invasion of the Ural principality by force, as if recovering the Ural Principality can restore its former glory, this poor military country, according to intelligence, the regular army reached two million, This does not take into account the arming of some local warlords, and because the Baath government allows private people to own guns, the country can be almost universally armed.

The British Empire, not to mention the overwhelming superiority of the navy, was now integrated into five major fleets, the Channel Fleet [stationed in the English Channel], the Mediterranean Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet (stationed in India and Singapore), the Pacific Fleet [stationed in Australia and the west coast of the Americas], and the Atlantic Fleet [stationed in South Africa and the east coast of the Americas]/

In fact, its native Strait Fleet alone could completely suppress the fledgling German Navy, and of the five major fleets, the Indian Ocean Fleet is now the largest, followed by the Pacific Fleet.

In this way, the three countries with very different policies formed an alliance for various historical reasons, and to a certain extent, the Triple Entente bloc, which can complement each other's inferiorities, is really an indestructible military alliance.

Will China, which has just emerged from its weakness, really be able to challenge this military bloc and thus write its own chapter in the new world order?

For a long time, the decision to kill is like Ye Zhao, but at this moment, he can't help but think about the pros and cons repeatedly.

In the letter on the table, there is still an analysis of the economic and military development of the United States, because of the revival of oriental civilization, the prosperity of science and technology, and the active ideology, the first choice for European scientific and technological personnel to immigrate to China, followed by the United States, and in recent years, its steel and oil industries have suffered considerable losses in speculative capital trading, and on the whole, its development trend is far from the United States that Ye Zhao knows. …,

Finally, Ye Zhao slowly raised his head, "Gentlemen, the empire is emerging, it should have worked hard to develop, so that my industry, agriculture and commerce have entered the road of prosperity, my country is not strong, for many years, relying on science and technology to make small profits in the East, compared with the changes of the Taixi countries in the past century, the empire has a long way to go, this is a loyal estimate of the country's strength, not arrogant." ”

All the ministers sat upright and listened, Ye Zhao rarely spoke at length, and he never spoke to them so seriously.

"However, today's situation is urgent, at the time of the convergence of Eastern and Western civilizations, perhaps because of the weakness of the former Qing Dynasty, our country's goods are of high quality and low price, but they are picked on by many parties in the European market, and Britain is only three islands, but it regards our country as nothing, and tries its best to maintain its hegemonic position in the East, in a vain attempt to make our country trapped inland like the former Qing Dynasty, and become an outcast of the civilized world at its mercy."

"But how can I suppress the vigorous public opinion and the spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement in my Chinese? If we give in, Turkey will be a lesson from the past, sooner or later China will fall apart, civil strife will continue, and lose the last opportunity for the development of this industrial age, a hundred years later, my Chinese people will definitely be lost in the complex of the glory of the millennium and the status of a second-rate country, so I, Ye Zhao, am the sinner of history! ”

"The British used knives in Singapore, slaughtering our expatriates, but severing the ties between Nanyang and China, this is their first step, blindly hoping for mediation is appeasement, is appeasement, will only make the British go farther and farther, so that the fire of independence and freedom of the Nanyang tribes will be extinguished, so that the Nanyang tribes will gradually enter the track expected by the British, and from then on and China will be separated, so that since the Tang and Song dynasties, the influence of our dynasty on the Nanyang will be wiped out, and at that time, I will also say that I, Ye Zhaohe, are the sinners of history

"An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, I don't agree, I'm not a warmonger, if I can make the people safe, why don't I be this sinner? But you can think about it, in the world of free trade, we are not only sinners of history, but also sinners of civilization inheritance because of the fear of war, we will hand over the market that could have been blessed for thousands of years to future generations, and push the eastern countries with the same roots and blood as the empire into the arms of the West. ”

"Even if we give up the vast overseas market, will the British give up? Gentlemen, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and there are still traces of the British and Indian support for the Tibetan separatist empire in the past! Next, they will surely dismember our country step by step.

"Why? Because they're afraid of us! The British Isles, is there a big province in our Zhili? So, in the face of a huge country that they could not imagine, they are afraid! They are afraid! Each of our 50,000,000 people made an iron nail can sink his five fleets! ”

"So no matter how we take a stand, the British, who want to dominate the world, are still afraid, scared to death! Sometimes, fear is the source of war. ”

"In this case, I think that only through war can the British people understand that the world is diverse, civilized, diverse, and they need to learn to respect different countries and different peoples."

"The last thing I want to say is that I will stand with you and 50,000,000 people, and let the British, in the midst of war, taste what real fear is!"

"Wow", in the conference room, there was a sudden burst of warm applause, this was the first time that Ye Zhao dared to make a move, although it was applause.

But at this moment, these subordinates who followed him from birth to death really didn't know how to express their respect for him and the excitement in their hearts, they could only applaud and applaud desperately!

I don't believe in pie in the sky new book "Absolute Power", I just received a pie text message to take a look, sweat to death, like my new book, it is back to the officialdom of the eighties, and the new book I was brewing has just written a few thousand words, I started writing a while ago, I wanted to write a new book every day to change my brain, but recently stopped, I want to write the outer part of this book when it is easier to start writing.

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