On January 1, 1924, the Nanjing government officially elected the president, Duan Qirui. Marking China's rise after turmoil and defeat of Japan, Li Bufan, as the greatest contributor to China's reunification, was the commander-in-chief of the navy, land and air force and minister of defense, while Wu was still Li Bufan's private army division.

China has established diplomatic relations with Western powers, and China's cabinet was effectively not appointed or dismissed until March. After all, Li Bufan mobilized 500,000 elite troops to be stationed in the southwestern border of Yunnan, and has always maintained strong military pressure on the colonies of the Indochina Peninsula of the Western powers.

Li Bufan deliberately did not withdraw, and they had no way at all. Li Bufan is a military strongman, and he has deployed 500,000 elite troops in Yunnan in the first place, even less to avoid the military threat of the Western world, which is clearly a counter-military threat in response to a possible military threat. Although Li Bufan said every day, "We don't want war, but we are never afraid of war," no one believed it at all, because China's military is training intensively every day, and China's defense industry is frantically producing equipment and constantly expanding its scale.

Among them, the most striking development is China's naval equipment manufacturing industry, which basically launches three warships of more than 1,000 tons every month after the Chinese New Year, mainly destroyers and light cruisers. This is naturally due to the large number of Jewish shipbuilding technicians who came to China, although they did not need to design, but most of these people were quite good technicians in the shipbuilding industry.

China's rapid economic and industrial and commercial development almost doubled China's industrial output in less than half a year after defeating Japan. This is not only due to the participation of a large number of Jewish technicians in various fields, but also because of the cooperation with the Rothschilds to secretly import a large number of equipment. During this period, the commodities produced in China have almost been able to meet more than ninety percent of the needs of the domestic people, with advanced equipment management and production technology, cheap industrial raw materials and workers' wages, the national capital industry quickly seized the market, China's industrial and commercial rise, so that the West's trade in China was devastated, the import and export of trade was basically flat, that is because China imported a large amount of equipment, otherwise it will form a huge trade surplus.

There was a fierce dispute at China's Foreign Ministry, but Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi spoke with a calm expression.

"Protest! Your country must abolish the 'Local Protection Tax'. ”

"Where is this local protection tax, this is simply a re-collection of tariffs, no, it is repeated tariffs many times."

"That's right, we need to be treated fairly! Why don't Chinese-funded enterprises levy local protection taxes? You must give us an account. ”

Facing the indignant roar of the diplomatic ambassadors of a group of Western powers, Tang Shaoyi calmed down, took a sip of tea slowly, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry. This 'local protection tax' was a tax temporarily established by the commander-in-chief at that time to ensure the development of the national capital of the country, and since it was temporary, it would be abolished. ”

U.S. Ambassador Conger was very anxious, and he, along with Hollande and Smith, who had mediated the Sino-Japanese war together, were appointed ambassadors to China. Due to China's rise, diplomatic relations at the ministerial level are no longer sufficient to match China's international standing.

The United States is the largest industrial power, during the world war, industrial capacity once reached 40% of the world's proportion, the Rothschilds can easily lobby the United States to give up its interests in China and implement the plan of 'bringing disaster to the north', the most important thing is that China has a huge market. But because China has introduced a local protection tax that only targets foreign investment and foreign products, making it difficult for foreign goods to move an inch, then all this is meaningless.

Conger hurriedly asked, "So when exactly is your country going to abolish the 'local protection tax'?" ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled and said: "According to the commander-in-chief, tariffs are the umbrella of national capital and an important symbol of a country's sovereignty. When will our country withdraw its complete independence from tariffs, then the so-called 'local protection tax' will lose its meaning. He made a "you understand" face as he spoke.

Kang Ge saw Tang Shaoyi, an old man in a sixtieth year, make such a look, how obscene he said it was, and he almost wanted to vomit in his heart. He really wanted to smash this face with one punch, if it weren't for the fact that this face represented China. But now he can only endure it, China's development is faster than the world expected, even if it is China that has just defeated Japan, the Western powers do not want a decisive battle, let alone China, which has now become much stronger?

Smith and Hollande glanced at each other, and Hollande couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, your country is also a member of the Entente, and as an ally, we should respect your country's sovereign interests. There is no problem at all with the return of tariffs, but your country must commit itself to withdrawing its troops and carrying out disarmament. At present, your country has 5 million army, 300,000 navy, and 50,000 air force, which is not at all the national defense force that a country should have in a normal state, and your country has also amassed 500,000 troops in Yunnan to threaten Burma, a colony of the British Empire, and Annam in France. In addition, the withdrawal of troops from Japan that your country promised is still half of the original 670,000 troops in Japan. I want you to understand that China is a member of the Entente, but so is Japan. ”

Tang Shaoyi said with a smile: "I will respond to the military on this issue, I don't think it's a big problem." But I'm afraid that in terms of the size of the army, I think you may be a little misunderstood. The official establishment of the combat sequence of our army is 150 divisions, and the current total establishment is more than 200 people, and as for the so-called 5 million, most of them are reserve forces and local garrison units. You see, Britain and France have only a few hundred thousand square kilometers of territory, and the standing army has reached several hundred thousand, and China has more than 10 million square kilometers of territory and a population of nearly 500 million. I believe that the military power that our country currently has is fully justified. ”

At this moment, Tang Shaoyi can clearly feel the fear and anxiety of Britain and France about China's huge armaments, and his heart is extremely comfortable, as a diplomat for decades, he has always been militarily threatened by Western powers, but he did not expect that in his later years, when he became the foreign minister, he would in turn carry out counter-military threats to the powers, especially the world's largest power like Britain and France, which made him feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart, and a feeling of 'life is so far, what more can a husband ask for'.

Smith said angrily: "But your country has expanded the size of its navy to 300,000. With the size of your country's current naval fleet, 50,000 is enough for the size of your navy. Moreover, your country is currently launching several patrol boats and naval guns, two destroyers, one light cruiser, three Jiangsu-class pocket battleships under construction, three Nanjing-class heavy cruisers under construction, and the Japanese Kongo-class battlecruisers "Kirishima" and "Hiei" maintained by the Jiaozhou bigwigs have basically completed repair and are about to be put into service, and at least six giant ships are under construction at the Sanduao naval base at the same time. Is your country's frenzied development of the navy aimed at provoking a new round of naval arms race? ”

Tang Shaoyi was awe-inspiring in his heart, it was normal for the shipbuilding situation of other naval bases to be discovered, but the shipyard of Sanduao Naval Base had always maintained the highest level of secrecy, and even he didn't know exactly where to build what warships, but he didn't expect the British to already know. As a veteran of diplomacy, his adaptability is extraordinary, and he smiled: "The intelligence capabilities of the British Empire are truly extraordinary, please listen to my explanation." The rise of China is already a well-known thing to the whole world, but the largest warship in our Korean drama you battle sequence is only the 12,000-ton Jiangsu-class pocket battleship, and the salvaged and repaired Japanese Kongo-class battlecruiser is a trophy after all, if it becomes the largest warship in my country, wouldn't it make the world laugh at my Chinese Navy? For this reason, it is also necessary to build two huge ships to fill the façade. As we all know, many warships in our navy have been in service for more than 30 years, and they should have been decommissioned long ago, and it is also necessary for our country to manufacture some new warships for replacement. As for the size of our navy, it is just a matter of recruiting more troops and then selecting the elite from among them, and half of them will be selected as the units of the Marine Corps; because of the large number of islands in our current sea area, in order to ensure the safety of maritime trade, our country has decided to prepare for the selection of three integrated divisions of regular marines from the 150,000 Marine Corps training units by way of survival of the fittest, and cooperate with the navy in a comprehensive eradication. ”

Conger, Smith and Hollande are both angry and helpless, under the current anti-war wave in the Western world, China has enough strength to bargain with them, and they are helpless if China does not cooperate at present.

And in the base car in the newly established Ministry of National Defense, Wu Digan's laughter was very harsh. Li Bufan couldn't cry or laugh: "I didn't expect Lao Tang to be a scoundrel." ”

Wu Di smiled dryly: "There is a saying in our later life, 'meanness is the pass of the despicable', and people are invincible if they are cheap." ”

Li Bufan sneered: "The great powers actually don't really want us to disarm, they still want to 'lead the water to the north', and want us to fight to the death with the Red Soviet Russia." I think their real purpose is to let us withdraw our troops from Japan and the southwest as soon as possible, so that Japan can recover as soon as possible, and they can reduce the military pressure on Indochina and avoid military friction caused by excessive border tension. ”

Wu Di smiled: "The boss is wise. However, we really have to push the boat to the north with the water, and it is necessary to regain the lost territory. If we don't knock Soviet Russia first, then we are still worried about the instability of the rear when we go south. ”

"Humph!" Li Bufan snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with Sen Ran's murderous intent

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