. With the signing of armistice agreements between Russia and Japan and the Chinese Empire, the war, which lasted for nearly 10 months, finally ended with the victory of the Chinese Empire.

In this war, the Chinese Empire defeated the Entente Britain, France and Russia, the Allied Germany, Italy, Austria and Turkey, as well as the United States and Japan, a total of 9 world powers, the victory is brilliant, in addition to the war reparations obtained from the opponent's 9 countries, the Chinese Empire in this war to achieve the greatest dividend, is undoubtedly up to an area of nearly 14 million square kilometers of land.

Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, and all the islands belonging to Britain in Oceania, which originally belonged to Britain before the war, totaled 8.8 million square kilometers, all of which were snatched by the Chinese Empire in this war.

In addition, there is Alaska, which covers an area of more than 1.71 million square kilometers, which was also taken over from the Americans by the Chinese Empire, and then counting the 580,000 square kilometers of Kenya by the Germans, 637,000 square kilometers by Somalia, 637,000 square kilometers by Italy, more than 2.2 million square kilometers of land east of the Ural Mountains in Russia, numerous archipelagos in Oceania in France, and some archipelagos in Japan, all of which are only a little short of 14 million square kilometers. The war dividends of the Chinese Empire undoubtedly exhilarated the people of the entire Chinese Empire.

All of these acquired lands, with the exception of Kenya, Somalia and Kuwait, were assigned by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin, as provinces directly under the Chinese Empire, or directly as part of the original provinces.

Australia and the surrounding islands are divided into 4 provinces: Eastern Australia, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Australia. Each province covers an area of nearly 2 million square kilometres.

New Zealand and numerous islands in Oceania were merged into the province of New Zealand, and Myanmar was renamed the province of Myanmar. Alaska was converted into the White Sea Province and received more than 2.2 million square kilometers of land from Russia. It was directly divided into a Ural province.

Nepal and Bhutan, on the other hand, were directly placed under the jurisdiction of Tibet Province and were not separately divided into new provinces, and some of the islands obtained from Japan were placed under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Special Administrative Region.

In Africa, the regions of Kenya and Somalia were merged into the East African Overseas Provinces of the Chinese Empire, or the East African Overseas Colonies were more appropriate, while Kuwait was divided into the Middle East Special Administrative Region of the Chinese Empire.

Count it this way. The number of provinces directly under the Chinese Empire has increased from 45 to 53, as well as 2 special administrative regions and 1 overseas province, which is still Lin Daxin's deliberate reduction of the newly added provinces, otherwise nearly 14 million square kilometers of land is enough for Lin Daxin to divide twenty or thirty new provinces.

However, one more province requires an additional set of administrative staff, and according to the idea of streamlining the organization, Lin Daxin came up with a new 8 provinces directly under it. He was a bit too much, originally according to Lin Daxin's intentions, the whole of Australia was changed to a province, but Prime Minister Wang Yan persuaded Lin Daxin. If the whole of Australia were to become a province, the province would be too large to be conducive to the functioning of the administration. This made it difficult for Lin Daxin to divide Australia into 4 provinces.

Most of the lands that the Chinese Empire had acquired through this war had been in the hands of the Imperial Chinese Army. Only Kenya, Somalia, Kuwait, those islands around Japan, and some islands in Oceania have not yet been received by the Chinese Empire. After signing armistice agreements with Russia and Japan, the Royal Army of the Imperial Chinese Army, escorted by the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Empire, began to gradually receive these war dividends.

Receiving these territories now is a small matter for the Chinese Empire, and controlling the outbreak of the epidemic in Yalujiang Province is the top priority of the Chinese Empire.

At this time, with the signing of an armistice agreement between Russia and Japan, the war has completely ended, and the Chinese Empire no longer controls the news of the epidemic so strictly, and in order to prevent the epidemic from suddenly breaking out on a large scale in other parts of the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire advocates that the domestic people, especially those in Yalu River Province, try not to participate in rallies or go to crowded places.

In some areas of Yalu River province close to the outbreak, schools have been closed, factories have been shut down, and even some large shopping malls and restaurants have been closed.

Countries around the world have also known the news of the outbreak of the epidemic in the Chinese Empire, and at the same time know the ferocity of the epidemic, in the area where the epidemic broke out in the Chinese Empire, thousands of people have died from this epidemic, which has made countries take measures to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic in the Chinese Empire, which infects their own countries.

However, thanks to the Chinese Empire's epidemic prevention and control system, as well as the importance attached to this epidemic, the epidemic that broke out in Yalu River Province did not spread outward, and in October 1909, no case of influenza-like infectious disease was found in Yalu River Province, and the Chinese Empire also announced that the alarm level of this epidemic was reduced from the highest red to the alert orange.

In the imperial palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Meiji slammed a delicate porcelain teacup to the ground and turned it into a pile of porcelain fragments, and Emperor Meiji also felt that there was no hatred, and then picked up the other 5 exquisite porcelain teacups one by one and threw them on the ground, and finally even the exquisite porcelain teapot was smashed into a pile of porcelain fragments by Emperor Meiji.

Prime Minister Saionji Kobo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi, War Minister Katsura Taro, and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro were all standing not far from Emperor Meiji.

"That emperor of the Chinese Empire is too cunning! If this emperor had known that the epidemic had broken out in the Chinese Empire, he would not have reached an armistice agreement with the Chinese Empire so easily, and the Great Japanese Empire would not only have lost Tsushima Island, the Goto Islands, the Oki Islands, the Tokara Islands and the Osumi Islands, but also needed to pay the Chinese Empire 80 million pounds in war reparations, which is enough for our Great Japanese Empire to build more than 20 Fuso-class super dreadnought battleships! Emperor Meiji said indignantly.

Listening to Emperor Meiji's words, Prime Minister Saionji Konozo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi, War Minister Katsura Taro, and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro couldn't help but look at each other. Mutual helplessness showed a wry smile.

If you get cheap and sell well, the current Meiji Emperor is definitely the best interpretation of this sentence. You must know that if it were not for the sudden outbreak of the epidemic in the Yalu River Province of the Chinese Empire, perhaps with the deep contradictions between China and Japan. This time, the Chinese Empire will not let Japan go so easily.

Although Japan paid some islands and 80 million pounds in war reparations, but to withdraw from this war, Japan is not a loss, and it should even be considered very cheap, look at the other countries that joined this war, Japan should actually be secretly happy, after all, Britain has lost more than 8.8 million square kilometers of territory at once, dozens of Japan's size.

If an armistice agreement is not signed with the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire can completely carry out the prevention and control of the epidemic on the same side. It would be a disaster for Japan to mobilize millions of army units to carry out landing operations on Japan's coastal cities under the cover of the powerful Imperial Chinese Navy.

If we do not know that the Chinese Empire has an astonishing amount of mustard gas, Japan is still confident that it can compete with the millions of army units of the Chinese Empire with its 96 standing heavy divisions, 40 standing light divisions, and 100 garrison brigades, which are about 5 million regular troops, plus nearly 10 million members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces equipped with cold weapons. Break your wrists.

However, the Chinese Empire had a mustard gas that allowed the Japanese army officers and soldiers to die on a large scale in a short period of time, and suddenly the prospect of Japan defending the homeland became bleak, and these costs could be used. In exchange for Japan's withdrawal from this war, it can really be regarded as a bargain, and Emperor Meiji is so indignant. It's not cheap and good, what can it be.

However, there are 4 important Japanese ministers. Of course, I didn't dare to show that Emperor Osamu was cheap and behaved in front of Emperor Meiji. Only Emperor Meiji can be echoed.

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang said: "The Chinese Empire is indeed cunning enough, if our Great Japanese Empire could have known that the epidemic broke out in the Yalujiang Province of the Chinese Empire, maybe our Great Japanese Empire can reduce some more losses, and now the war reparations of 80 million pounds, although we can pay off the Great Japanese Empire in 10 years, and there is no need to pay interest, but the annual reparations of 8 million pounds will still make the finances of the Great Japanese Empire very, very difficult, Especially after the first war indemnity of 8 million pounds was paid to the Chinese Empire this year, our Great Japanese Empire has no money in its finances, and now government officials have not been paid salaries for more than two months. ”

Speaking of the question of money, War Minister Katsura Taro said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our army has 5 million troops to feed, and now we have not allocated military funds for our army for two months. ”

Navy Minister Heihachiro Togo also sighed and said: "The imperial treasury has also been in the treasury for 2 months, and there is no allocation for the navy, if the military expenses are not given to the navy, the minister can only draw a part of the funds from the funds that are being built 6 Fuso-class super dreadnought battleships, and the officers and men of the imperial navy must not be left without food!" ”

Prime Minister Xiyuan Temple Gongwang shrugged his shoulders and said: "The imperial treasury really has no money, even this month's tax revenue is allocated to the army and navy, and it is not enough to maintain a 5 million troops, as well as the expenses of the navy combined fleet for a month. ”

In this war that has just ended, Japan, for its own interests, regardless of the fact that the United States is an ally, brazenly blackmailed the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy, and snatched hundreds of warships of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy, which made Japan's reputation among the allies in this war very stinky, and they were unwilling to give Japan any aid and loans, especially the United States, which had been providing Japan with a lot of money before. It is even more impossible to give Japan a penny, so that Japan now has no support from outside funds, and relying solely on Japan's own financial revenue, Japan's finances are about to collapse, after all, there is a 5 million army that needs to be supported by Japan's finances.

Emperor Meiji said helplessly: "The remaining funds of our Great Japanese Empire before were used for this year's war reparations, if we could have known that the epidemic broke out in the Chinese Empire, how could we reduce the amount of war reparations!" It's a pity that it's too late to say anything, so let's study how to get our great Japanese empire through the current difficulties! ”

With Emperor Meiji's words, the four important Japanese ministers fell silent, and now Japan's finances have a total of a little money every month, which is more than 15 million yen, which is converted into less than 1.5 million pounds, and these funds not only need to be allocated to the Japanese imperial family, but also used for the expenses of Japanese government personnel and the military expenses of the Japanese army.

The size of the Japanese army and navy alone, which allocates 15 million yen of fiscal revenue to the Japanese military every month, may be able to barely sustain it, but there are still many other places where Japan uses money, and the Japanese imperial family can't afford not to eat!

In addition, Japan still needs to save money to pay 8 million yuan a year in war reparations, so the four Japanese ministers know in their hearts that Japan must disarm next.

"Prime Minister, tell me about it!" Seeing that none of the four ministers spoke, Emperor Meiji directly called the name of Prime Minister Saionji Kotochi.

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang sighed helplessly and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, apart from disarmament, the minister has no other way!" ”

Emperor Meiji also understood that Japan's current situation was no longer able to maintain Japan's current army, especially the Japanese Army, with a regular army of 5 million, which was too heavy a burden on Japan's finances.

However, Emperor Meiji was reluctant to be proposed by him, and now Prime Minister Saionji Kotoshi said it, and Emperor Meiji said: "The 100 garrison brigades of the army should be abolished first!" Our Great Japanese Empire is still facing the threat of the Chinese Empire at all times, and the army cannot be cut too ruthlessly, but the navy cannot be dismantled, and we should even increase the strength of our Imperial Japanese Navy. ”

Hearing that Emperor Meiji was only going to dismantle 100 garrison brigades, War Minister Katsura Taro couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and exchanged glances with the Navy Minister Heihachiro Togo, who was also relieved.

(To be continued.) )

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