After Cixi and her comrades discussed, they also began to deprive the Nanyang Minister of the rights from the hands, and then openly re-established the so-called Wukou Minister of Commerce, and the original Nanyang Minister's rights such as ports, military power, and sailors were also transferred to the hands of the Wukou Minister of Commerce. As usual, the Minister of Commerce of Wukou still had the governor of Liangjiang to concurrently serve as the governor, but this minister of Nanyang was not abolished. As for the aftermath, everyone couldn't figure out what Cixi was playing, but this was originally not very valued by the Nanyang Minister, and the power of the Nanyang Minister was also transferred to the hands of the Wukou Minister of International Trade, so everyone did not object.

"Governor Wang, our family has received the news of the Queen Mother, and soon the appointment of the Minister of Nanyang will come to you. When the time comes, don't forget to speak out in support of the Queen Mother! Li Lianying said.

And Wang Guorui said with certainty: "Okay, we will definitely support the Queen Mother!" ”

Soon, Li Lianying also left the Governor's Palace, and then went to rest in the Taiwan Hotel.

"Husband, the news I got from Liu Feng is that this Nanyang Minister is just an empty position, and the Qing court has transferred all the rights in the Nanyang Minister before, do you still want this position of Nanyang Minister?" Zheng Hong said.

Wang Guorui smiled and said, "What I care about is not the military power and treaty ports in the hands of the Minister of Nanyang, but his right to be responsible for Nanyang diplomacy." ”

"Nanyang diplomacy? Husband, don't you want those treaty ports, and then go to the mainland? Zheng Hong asked.

At first, Zheng Hong thought that Wang Guorui wanted to seize the port, and then began to encroach on the mainland. But now it doesn't seem to be the case, Wang Guorui wants to have his own purpose, that is, he has taken a fancy to the right of the Nanyang Minister to be in charge of foreign affairs, which really makes Zheng Hong feel strange.

"Hong'er, you don't understand. I asked for the position of Nanyang Minister, which means that I can have the right to exercise some diplomatic power in place of the Manchus, so that I also have the right to directly face the foreign powers. Otherwise, we are now just a region, and the so-called Liaison Office for Friendship with Foreign Countries is just a thing that hides its ears and steals the bell, and it is not recognized by many people in the international community at all. And the exchanges between countries are justifiable. If it's not right, then no one wants to pay attention to you! And with this status as the minister of Nanyang, then I also have a part of the diplomatic rights to represent this country, so that we can also communicate with foreign countries openly and honestly, without worrying about nominal restrictions. And what you said about wanting to enter the mainland as much as possible, then the time is not yet ripe. Now my prestige is not enough to rule the entire continent, and if we are going to enter the continent now, then I am afraid that the foreign devils will also rebound. Our current resources are not enough to fight a fateful decisive battle with foreign devils. We want to attack the mainland, and the biggest enemy is not the Manchus. It's a foreign devil. Once we make up our minds to attack the mainland, they will inevitably have a desperate decisive battle with us, and we must defeat them before we can truly enter the mainland. Otherwise, we don't have a chance. Therefore, we want to accumulate strength, and I want the position of Nanyang Minister to accumulate strength. Wang Guorui said.

"However, this minister of the South Seas is only in charge of the south. That is, diplomacy in the southeast. However, it is a colony of Westerners, and there are hardly any independent countries. What is the use of this diplomatic right? Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui didn't speak, just opened a large map, and then said: "Hong'er, you know that our current development in Taiwan has reached a bottleneck. And what restricts our development is not machinery, nor talent, but resources. We in Taiwan have too few resources. Taiwan does not produce resources in its own country, nor does it store many resources, and we only have a small number of coal mines in Taiwan. And these coal mines are used in the whole of Taiwan, and they have begun to be stretched. And other metal resources are in short supply, although we in Taiwan are now cultivating hundreds of thousands of skilled workers. But there are not enough resources to get these workers to work. Now, according to the information reported by the Executive Yuan, many private factories have begun to stop expanding their staff, and even began to consider layoffs. As for the reason for the layoffs, it is because of the rising number of raw materials. ”

"We in Taiwan are an isolated island, and we don't have any resources, and every resource has to be transported from outside. In the process of transportation, freight is generated, and there are more and more factories on the island of Taiwan, and there are limits to the resources that can be transported from outside, and they are constantly competing with each other, which also raises the price of resources. In the end, the factory could not bear it, and then it was able to solve the economic problem by laying off employees. ”

"Layoffs mean that people lose their jobs, which is very dangerous. Taiwan no longer has any surplus land to divide, and can only rely on industry to absorb the surplus labor. If too many people are unable to participate in productive work, then the unemployment rate will continue to rise, and their support for us in Taiwan will plummet. Therefore, resources have become the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of Taiwan, and we must find a way to expand, and the object of our next expansion is Nanyang. Must say here, and here! ”

Wang Guorui pointed to Indonesia and the Philippines on the world map, and these two places are where Wang Guorui will expand next. Indonesia is still a colony of the Dutch, while the Philippines is a Spanish colony. But Spain would soon lose the Philippines, which was snatched by the Americans less than two years later at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. The Philippines is an archipelago made of almost copper, and according to later statistics, the Philippines contains more than 4 billion tons of copper ore, and there are countless precious metals of various kinds. And the oil in the Philippines is also quite considerable, so this is a place where you can expand your power.

As for Indonesia, it is more of a fertile place. Indonesia's oil has played a pivotal role in the world for generations to come, and coal is a large exporter in the world. Indonesia's coal almost fed the three major Asian economies of China, Japan and India. And now this Indonesia is still in the hands of the Dutch, and they have not found anything. The Dutch in this era did not find that Indonesia had so many resources, and if people from other countries knew that this place had such huge resources, the British would also turn against the Dutch.

And for Wang Guorui from later generations, this is nothing, of course, he knows very well how rich the resources are, Wang Guorui directly focused on this Indonesian resource. The most difficult exploration of resources for others is not a matter for Wang Guorui. As long as the Red Police mining truck on the island of Taiwan is sent to Indonesia, he will be able to help Wang Guorui find minerals. Although it could not be sent back to Taiwan as an additional currency, it could also save a lot of exploration costs. As for the money for mining vehicles, it is already worthless for Taiwan at present, so it is more valuable to use this mining vehicle for exploration.

And the bigger reason for Wang Guorui's idea of beating the South Seas is that although the Dutch and Spaniards were powerful countries in the past, they are only in the past tense. Now the Dutch and Spaniards, Wang Guorui is not afraid of them at all. Although Wang Guorui didn't dare to go to India to touch the tiger's butt of the British, he could have hit the Dutch and Spaniards with his idea. Take advantage of this time to quickly take down the Philippines and Indonesia, so that the country will be full of very sufficient resources in the future, and there will be no need to worry about resources for at least a hundred years. Now it is using coal as the main power source, and the future is oil, and with Indonesia, there will be no shortage of oil or coal in the future.

This kind of good place was put in the hands of two weak countries, and Wang Guorui didn't take the opportunity to grab it, so he was really sorry for himself. These two weak countries are the truth that the puppet is innocent and guilty, they have obviously declined, and they still hold these two fertile places, so isn't this just inviting disaster for themselves?

"But, husband, we can't beat them for no reason, can we? You must know that in the international community, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that a teacher is famous, and if the teacher is unknown, I am afraid that it will be guarded against and boycotted by other countries, which is the same as the situation in China since ancient times. If they don't provoke us, then we can't take the initiative to provoke them. When the time comes, we will definitely be targeted by Westerners. You know, those Westerners wear a pair of pants, and if we don't have the right reason, then they will really reject us together. Zheng Hong said.

"Hehe, this is the reason why I asked for this Nanyang minister." Wang Guorui said very insidiously.

Wang Guorui knew that with the title of Minister of Nanyang, it would be very helpful for him to take over the capture of Nanyang. Of course, it is not that the official title of the Minister of Nanyang has Nanyang in its name, but that the official position of the Minister of Nanyang is responsible for the diplomatic work of various parts of Nanyang, and that is the most important thing. And this position of minister of Nanyang can bring Wang Guorui an excuse, an excuse to meddle in Nanyang. Wang Guorui just needs an excuse, and he doesn't need much. With the "broken ships" of the Dutch and Spaniards in Asia, Wang Guorui could ask the navy to send them to be the sons-in-law of the dragon prince at any time. (To be continued......)