Chapter 574: The Wa King

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Wang Yuze nodded, the big market of 40 million people is indeed something that China cannot give up now. In addition, with the rapid development of the economy, the wage level of workers in China has also risen sharply, such as road construction and mining and construction industry, the wage of workers has risen to 20 yuan per month, although there is still a lot of gap compared with Western countries, but in China, it is already a very good wage. One Chinese dollar is equal to one tael of silver, and in China, I am afraid that most people will not earn so much in a year. If you use the Japanese to do this, it is estimated that you will be given seven or eight yuan a month, or at most ten yuan. This can not only save a lot of costs, after all, infrastructure construction is invested by the state, all minerals are also state-owned, and manpower can also be invested in other aspects.

"Japan is very important to the empire. However, the Japanese are born with a backbone in their heads, and once the empire lets its guard down and allows them to develop, they will take a bite out of the empire. Therefore, the empire had to tighten its grip on Japan. In addition, the Japanese are very xenophobic, and the empire cannot directly establish a ruling body in Japan as it did with the Filipinos, but can only support the pro-Chinese Japanese to come to power! In that case, we must strengthen our military presence in Japan. The Japanese have always believed in the strong, and in this war, we have beaten the Japanese down, as long as the empire does not decline. Or if there is a big change, the Japanese will not dare to rebel against us! Wang Yuze said.

"陛xià. The General Staff is ready. We will ask Japan to give the Imperial Navy the concessions of Yokosuka, Sasebo and other bases. Meantime. In order to maintain Japan's stability, the Second Army will also be temporarily stationed in Japan, and will slowly withdraw to China when Japan is stable. Japan has now been disarmed, and leaving the Second Army in Japan can completely control the situation in Japan! Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wu said.

Wang Yuze nodded, stationed in Japan, this is for sure. Even after the Japanese society stabilizes, the garrison can be appropriately reduced. But it is very necessary to preserve China's military presence in Japan. In later generations, the United States stationed troops in Japan, and didn't Japan always dare not make any changes? As long as the army is retained in Japan and then Japan is not allowed to develop its military strength, it will be able to completely control Japan.

"Your Majesty, except for the military aspect. In terms of the economy, it is also very important to control Japan. Japan has been developing for decades and already has a well-established industrial base. We can use this war to destroy all the industrial strength of the Japanese, or to develop only a few industries allowed by the empire. Heavy polluting industries such as paper and cement. Then they bought Japanese products in an all-round way, and tied Japan's economy firmly to the empire. The Minister of Industry also expressed his opinion for Li Zhiqian.

"陛xià. We can have all the schools in Japan teach Chinese, and when these Japanese grow up, they speak Chinese. Write kanji, when the time comes. will identify with the empire, and the threat to the empire will be reduced a lot! The Minister of Education, Zhang Zhen, also built a yì road.

Wang Yuze agrees with these methods very much. If Japan's economy is kidnapped by China and its culture is controlled by China, then Japan really will no longer be a threat to China.

"Very well, the cabinet will come up with specific opinions on the disposition of Japan, and then prepare to negotiate with the Japanese. In this battle, we have won, then it is time for the empire to reap the benefits! Wang Yuze said with a smile. The Empire has defeated Japan and will make it impossible for Japan to turn over forever. Without worries, China will be able to concentrate its efforts on competing with the Western powers for world leadership.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the military has made more than a billion Chinese dollars in Japan. Now that the empire's financial expenses are very large, can this money be added to the treasury? Chancellor of the Exchequer Wang Wenhua said.

"No! His Majesty personally promised that the money would be used as a special military expense for the military, so don't even think about staring at this money. Now the development of the army requires a lot of investment, and the annual military expenditure is so small, this money is the development fund of the army! Chief of the General Staff Xiong Wu immediately said.

"Yes! The annual military expenditure accounts for only 10 percent of the fiscal revenue, which is less than 200 million Chinese yuan. To maintain the size of an army of millions, this military spending is simply not enough. So, the Cabinet still doesn't want to stare at the money we have worked so hard to get! War Minister Cai Yun also said. In the new military reform, the scale of the army will be even larger than it is now, and all of this will require a lot of money!

"Our navy is preparing to build new warships on a large scale to replace old warships, which will cost a lot of money." Navy Minister Zhang Cheng also hurriedly said. The old battleships equipped by the Navy will be completely replaced. The design of the new 'Han-class' battleships is in full swing, and Wang Yuze allows the navy to build six 'Han-class' battleships at one time, and the cost alone will reach about 100 million Chinese yuan!

"The war has been won, is there no need for us to keep so many troops anymore? Wouldn't it be nice to control the size of the army at the pre-war level? Chancellor of the Exchequer Wang Wenhua said.

"No! While the size of the army has increased, our territory has more than tripled. At the same time, although the empire won this war, it also formed mortal enemies with Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries, and it was necessary to keep enough troops to ensure the interests of the empire! Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo also said. More than 25 million square kilometers of land to protect, at least more than 2 million troops are enough!

"Okay, there's no need to argue about that. I promised the military that the funds I got in Japan would be used as special military expenses for the military. The military's current expenses are very large, and when military spending cannot be satisfied, this can only be used to top it first. Besides, we have won the battle against the Japanese, and we are about to start negotiations with Japan. When the time comes, you can just stab you Japan's body! Wang Yuze said.

"Your Majesty, Japan has been deprived of military guns, even if we ask Japan to compensate more, they can't take it out!" Chancellor of the Exchequer Wang Wenhua said. Although China's territory has more than tripled, large-scale infrastructure construction, as well as large-scale immigration, as well as industrial upgrading, require a lot of money. Even with the £700 million in war reparations, it was still insufficient. However, this has stimulated the rapid development of China's economy. At least in terms of revenue, China has surpassed the Western powers to become the world's first. It's just that China needs more money, and the Western powers can still exploit it in the colonies. As a result, China is still not as financially wealthy as the Western powers. However, this is only temporary. Once China develops its newly occupied areas, especially the Nanyang region, China's national power can be significantly enhanced. It will not be a problem to surpass the Western powers and become the number one power in the world.

"The Japanese don't have money now, but we can let them pay it back slowly, 100 million or 200 million yuan a year, for twenty or thirty years. It's a big deal! Wang Yuze said.

The eyes of the crowd couldn't help but light up. Japan is now poor, but Japan can make money by exporting labor and by transferring polluting industries from China to Japan. Moreover, after disbanding the armed forces, Japan will no longer have to bear the high military expenditure, and it will be able to repay the war reparations owed to China by the majority of its fiscal revenues. Before World War II, Japan's fiscal revenue was 450 million yen, equivalent to 1. 800 million Chinese dollars. If you repay the debt of 100 million Chinese dollars a year, it will be no problem at all.

"Your Majesty, this method is very good. However, when the time comes, it will be necessary for Lord Wu to slaughter Japan fiercely in the negotiations with Japan! Prime Minister Yang Hua said with a smile on his face.

"Haha! There is no problem with this at all, for the sake of the empire, I, Wu Tingfang, have to be such a villain! Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang also laughed and said.

"However, Your Majesty, the finances are indeed a little tight at the moment. Otherwise, the money obtained by the military will first be lent to the Ministry of Finance, and when the time comes, the Ministry of Finance will allocate funds to the military. The Ministry of Finance promises not to be greedy for the money of the Mexican military! Chancellor of the Exchequer Wang Wenhua said.

"That's fine! Anyway, the military will not use so much money at one time, and use it where it is needed first. Wang Yuze said.

This is also a happy result, the Ministry of Finance has sufficient funds, and the military does not have to worry about not having enough military spending.

After that, the cabinet came up with a comprehensive plan for dealing with Japan, and Foreign Minister Ng Dinh Phuong was ready to hold peace talks with the new Japanese government. And before that, a new government in Japan had been formed.

Because of the support of the Chinese side, Saionji was able to serve as the prime minister of the new Japanese government, and concurrently served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Saigo became Japan's Minister of the Interior, and Matsukata Matsukata still held the financial responsibility. As for the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy, there is no one to hold them yet. After all, Japan's defeat this time can be seen from China's attitude towards Japan, and China is afraid that China will not allow Japan to have an army.

After the establishment of the new government, Emperor Meiji was also buried, which was considered to be buried in peace. As for the new emperor, his name was changed from Emperor to Wa King, and he was to go to Beijing to receive the canonization of the Emperor of China. This change caused dissatisfaction among many Japanese people, and even riots broke out in various places. However, the two armies, which were still in Japan, were quickly dispatched and the riots were quickly quelled. In the process, the Japanese killed and wounded tens of thousands of people, and the Chinese soldiers who quelled the riots did not treat them as human beings at all, and as long as they participated in the riots, all of them were executed.