"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the success of Operation Cape Town and the success of the Empire. This is the Imperial Concert presented to Your Majesty by the General Staff, and Your Majesty would like to take a look at it. ”

In the imperial study, Prime Minister Zhang Feng immediately presented the Cape Town victory to Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao hurriedly opened the concerto, and immediately shouted three hello at a glance.

"It's exciting!"

Wang Chenhao could not hide his excitement, and the Cape Town operation was victorious, and the gold, silver, jewelry, banknotes, etc. captured were enough to make the 40,000 comrades of the Chinese Empire struggle for ten years.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Feng said: "Judging from the books alone, the gold and cash intercepted are enough to 300 million pounds, which is as much as 1.5 billion imperial dragon coins, plus diamonds, jewelry and other materials, it is not too much to top the empire's ten-year financial income. With such a huge amount of money, the ministers don't know how to arrange it. ”

Wang Chenhao laughed a few times and said, "I think the same way, I really don't know how to spend this money!" ”

All the ministers were also excited, and suddenly got such a huge sum of money, and everyone didn't know how to arrange it for a while.

It's just that Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang showed a worried look and said: "Your Majesty, the victory of the Emperor [***] in the Cape Town Plan is really gratifying. After all, China and Britain are enemies and are in a state of declaration of war, but they have robbed the entire Cape Town bank street, more than 40 foreign banks and financial institutions, which will cause a catastrophe, if the international powers are all enemies of the empire, it will be too dangerous for the empire. ”

Wu Tingfang's words suddenly interrupted everyone's good mood, and Wang Chenhao also became more sober, and he also understood the meaning of Wu Tingfang's words.

"What Aiqing said is very true!" Wang Chenhao's face was solemn, he turned to Wang Shizhen, and asked, "How did the General Staff explain?" ”

Wang Shizhen then said: "Your Majesty, the explanation of the South African Dispatch Command is that before they acted, they had driven all the foreigners away on the grounds of protecting the safety of foreigners, and they quickly left no traces during the action, the scene was burned down, the buildings were also blown up, and all the responsibility was put on the British [***] team, our army was ostensibly defeated and withdrew from Cape Town, even if other countries pursue it, it can be said that the British army took their wealth." ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled bitterly, secretly discussing that this explanation can prevaricate other countries, and other ministers also nodded one after another, thinking that this explanation would not give other countries an excuse.

"So we can't admit that we won the battle, let alone make the money public?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Shizhen nodded and said, "But we can say that although we failed tactically this time, it dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the British Empire, and we won a strategic victory." ”

Wu Tingfang said: "This explanation is just reluctant, if European and American countries investigate in detail, they may not know the truth of the matter?" ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Wu Tingfang replied: "Returning to Your Majesty, the minister means to draw Germany, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia together as soon as possible to take action against the British colonies, and divide the benefits equally among these countries, so that these countries can avoid further investigation into the robbery of the Cape Town Bank, and at the same time can restore the good relations between the empire and them." ”

Zhang Feng said: "France and Russia have the most serious colonial conflict with Britain, and if we win them over to carve up the British colonies together, there should be no problem." Germany and Italy were also expanding in Africa, and their navies were not able to compete with the British navy, so they did not dare to openly challenge the British, but now that the British navy had been severely damaged by the Imperial Navy, they would not miss this opportunity. ”

Zhang Feng paused, and then concluded: "Your Majesty, this plan is feasible!" ”

Wang Chenhao turned to the others and said, "What do you think Aiqing thinks? ”

"The ministers seconded it!" The ministers were also unanimous.

"Divide the British colonies together, the Imperial Navy will contain the British Navy, and other countries should dare to do it." Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "In that case, Wu Tingfang, you immediately contact the ambassadors of various countries, clearly tell them our intentions and sincerity, and divert their attention." ”

"Obey the order!" Wu Tingfang received the order.

Then, Wang Chenhao asked Wang Shizhen: "What is the situation in Australia?" ”

Wang Shizhen replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the Pacific Fleet has blockaded the whole of Australia and eliminated the remnants of the British warships that resisted. At present, with the support of our Imperial Navy, the Marine Corps under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fleet has landed in Sydney, and with the cooperation of the Western Army, the Eastern Army has been driven to the mountainous areas of northern Queensland, and it is believed that the Eastern Army will be completely defeated in a few days. After the Western Army takes control of Australia, it will set up a new Australian political axe, which will be secretly controlled by Chinese and Chinese. After the war, the proportion of white Australians will be greatly reduced, and Australia will be the world of Chinese people. ”

"Good!" Wang Chenhao nodded, Australia's problem seems to be reassuring.

Wang Shizhen continued: "Our Pacific Fleet has swept across the entire Pacific region and occupied all the British Pacific colonies. At present, the Admiralty is planning to create the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet, and before the formation, they hope to find a suitable foothold in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. ”

Wang Chenhao said: "Yes, first find a good foothold, and then try to form a corresponding naval fleet." I thought that the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea was very good, controlling the naval and air bases on the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa. As for a foothold in the Indian Ocean, the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Maldives Islands could be considered. ”

Wang Shizhen then said: "When the minister goes back, he will study it with the General Staff and report to His Majesty!" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "Then do we have to study how to spend this huge amount of money?" ”

Cai Yuanpei suddenly smiled: "Your Majesty often says that education is the foundation of the country, and the current 12-year education of primary and secondary schools has been popularized, with the rapid development of the imperial economy, there is a big gap in the future university majors, it is better to popularize university education, set an international precedent, and become the first country in the world to popularize universities in the 20th century." ”

Wang Chenhao smiled, knowing that Cai Yuanpei would say this.

Zhang Jian said: "It doesn't take so much money to popularize university education, or to develop industry and commerce, and to make money with money is the most important thing." ”

Nguyen Trung Shu said: "At present, although the empire has completed the construction of the medical system in various parts of the country, although the price of medicine is uniformly regulated by the government, the living standards of different regions are different, and the gap between drug prices is still too high. The people of the empire are very concerned about the difficulty of seeing a doctor and treating the disease, and the people of the empire should consider further establishing a better medical system. In addition, the public health system has long existed in developed countries abroad, but the empire is not enough in this regard, and it should also take the opportunity to improve it. ”

Zhan Tianyou said: "Your Majesty also often says that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and the empire will add vast land, in order to be able to control them, the empire needs to add 100,000 kilometers of railways and 50 kilometers of roads, and push the transportation network to Xinjiang Province, northern Xinjiang and eastern Xinjiang to prevent the resurgence of Tsarist Russia." ”

Liu Geng, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, said: "Food is the foundation of the country!" Now the empire is reducing millions of peasants every year, and they all run away to work as workers, and there is no one to farm, what will happen if there are no peasants and no food in the future? Wechen believes that the most important thing at present is to stabilize agricultural income, and the government should abolish all agricultural taxes, and even carry out counter-subsidies for grain planting, and only when there is enough grain will the empire be stable. ”

(To be continued)