I have to say that Britain and the United States have seen it very accurately, and China now seems to be very strong, first sending troops to Europe, then to the Middle East and the Outer Northeast, and now to Central Asia and Siberia, almost at the same time, it can be said that four battlefields have been opened at the same time.

In fact, however, since the outbreak of the war in Europe, the financial pressure on the government has been very great, especially after the Wehrmacht expanded to 2.55 million, and the annual military salary required alone is an astronomical amount, not to mention a series of other expenses required for the war, as well as the expenses required for domestic administration and construction.

In the final analysis, at present, the financial revenue of the national government is only more than one billion, and the military salary for the national defense force alone needs more than 350 million yuan a year, and this is still because since 1913, the military salary of the national defense army has always been 10 yuan per month, and there has been no change, if it is increased even by one piece per month, considering the huge number of national defense forces, the annual expenditure of military salaries alone may reach the point of 400 million yuan―――――― in fact, for five consecutive years, the army's military salaries have not been raised. This was not without grievances within the Wehrmacht.

After all, the reason why the soldiers chose to join the army in the first place was because the wages of workers at that time were only 3 yuan, which was not even enough, and even the most ordinary soldiers were paid 10 yuan a month.

However, in the past five years, due to the European war, domestic industry and commerce have developed rapidly, and even the income of workers has increased. In the past, in economically developed areas such as Shanghai, workers' daily wages were about 1 to 1 jiao 5 cents, while in the mainland, 5 to 1 jiao per day.

And now. In big cities like Shanghai, workers' wages have risen to about 2 dimes, and even more in cities like Yushi Group. And the mainland has basically reached 8 cents to 1 dime Cheng dù.

On the other hand, the army? It's still 10 bucks...

In such a situation, of course, there is nothing for a soldier with a high level of consciousness, but you certainly cannot guarantee that every soldier's consciousness is so high, or more precisely, it is impossible for the vast majority of soldiers to have such a high level of consciousness.

Therefore, there will definitely be complaints and complaints, but the current domestic environment is very stable, and it can be said that there is a world of difference compared with before 1913. At the same time, the improvement of China's international status and the development of domestic people's livelihood have also made the prestige of the national government unprecedentedly high. In addition, although the salary of military personnel has not been increased in the past five years. But the income of the military was still much higher than that of the ordinary workers, not to mention the peasants, so although there were some complaints, there was no big problem―――――― after excluding the landlords. The income of the workers is always higher than that of the peasants. It is also necessary to be more steady, and it is clear that there are far more peasants than workers in China today...

The military salary of the soldiers alone is more than 350 million yuan a year, plus daily food, clothing, procurement of weapons and equipment, as well as wear and tear and ammunition consumption, etc.

Add to that a range of supplies needed for the war, especially the recent dispatch of troops to Central Asia and Siberia. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Finance, the military expenditure of the national government is now as high as nearly one billion yuan. And it could break the billion mark at any time...

What is the annual revenue of the national government today? Almost 1.3 billion...

Excluding the 1 billion yuan in military expenditures, plus domestic administrative and construction expenditures, the government's financial expenditures may be as high as 16.7 billion yuan―――――― and this is because the Dilan Railway has been opened to traffic, otherwise the expenditure will be even more, but even if the railway has been opened to traffic, there are still many places in the country that need to build railways.

In fact, the reason why the Dilan Railway was completed so quickly is purely because Yan Shao has always ranked the construction of this railway in the first place, even higher than all railways in China. In the process of construction, not only did they send the bandits captured by the domestic bandits to Xinjiang to build the railway, killing many people, but they even worked 24 hours a day, so that the railway could be repaired in just a few years.

But other railways don't have this treatment, after all, the Dilan Railway is related to Yan Shao's plan, and other railways can certainly drive local development, as well as transportation, etc., but...

Building so many railways at the same time, the pressure is still too great after all...

In addition, a series of arrears accumulated in the past must also be repaid, such as the reparations of Britain, the United States and Japan, for example, the indemnities borrowed by the Qing government and the Beiyang government in the past, plus the 100 million pounds borrowed by the Guoshe government from Yushi Bank, the principal and interest that must be repaid every year, and so on.

In the end, it is almost about 200 million yuan to be repaid every year.

This also led to the government's expenditure suddenly becoming 18.9 billion, close to 2 billion, and no one even knew when they would pass the 2 billion mark carelessly.

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In the past, although the Communist government sent 700,000 expeditionary troops to fight in Europe and the Middle East, because in Europe and the Middle East, France and Britain provided a considerable amount of logistical supplies, so the financial pressure on the Commune government was not very great, among which the 20 million pounds of fixed aid provided by Britain and the United States every year, as well as 20 million temporary aid, played a great role, which also led to the financial pressure of the Nationalist government, although it was very large, but it was much easier than other countries that participated in the war.

It can be said that the reason why the Nationalist government has been able to maintain such ease is due to the large amount of aid provided by Britain and the United States every year.

But what if countries such as Britain and the United States cut off this part of the aid? Without this annual financial aid of 300 million or 400 million, after sending troops to Central Asia and the Outer Northeast, the fiscal deficit of the national government will be as high as 700 million yuan, and maybe even more...

In other words, if the aid is terminated, it is very likely that the national government will retreat in the face of financial problems, and such a large fiscal gap will definitely not be able to survive by gritting its teeth.

Of course, China's domestic fiscal and tax revenues have always been at a relatively low level, and if they can be raised, it is possible to make up for this part. But this is definitely not something that can be done in a short period of time, and it wants to make up for the gap of almost 700 million yuan. I'm afraid these 'some' have to be very high, and this can easily lead to dissatisfaction with the domestic situation...

In fact, Britain and the United States have other means, such as if China continues to send troops. There will be no more recognition of China's ownership of the Middle East and other places, as well as a series of other measures, but these will not be used by Britain and the United States until the last minute.

After all, China has been one of the most loyal members of the Entente until now. Moreover, the power of the Allies is still very strong, and the Entente also needs the power of China.

Another point is that China's dispatch of troops to Central Asia and Siberia has certainly aroused the vigilance and disgust of many people. But few people complained for the Russians, and some even felt that if China could help solve the problem of Soviet Russia. Even giving Central Asia and Siberia to China doesn't seem to be a big deal―――――― of course, it's definitely a minority among the minority, both in the governments and in all walks of life...

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Of course, Britain and the United States have not taken into account Yan Shao's factors, to be precise, Yushi Bank. The Chinese government may not have the money. But Rain Stone Bank can definitely come up with such a large amount of money.

Don't say it's hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars. According to the estimates of various governments, even if it is 100 million pounds, Yushi Bank can take it out very easily―――――― by the way, the 100 million pounds that Yan Shao lent to the government at the beginning has already been spent by the national government.

It's not surprising, after all, almost five years have passed, and no matter how resistant the 100 million pounds are, it is impossible to spend them until now.

The question is. The government has borrowed 100 million pounds from Yan Shao, which means that they have to repay more than 100 million yuan of principal and interest to Yushi Bank every year. In this case. Will they be willing to borrow another £100 million?

Borrowing 100 million sounds easy, but considering the principal and interest that need to be repaid every year...

That's an astronomical amount...

According to the expectations of Zhu Erdian and others within the Chinese government, people in the civilian family will never be willing to do this.

In fact, it is true that after Britain and the United States announced the suspension of aid, although the Chinese Foreign Ministry protested against the British and American countries, many officials within the government also suggested that they take a step back and withdraw from Siberia and only occupy part of Central Asia.

In this way, in terms of face, I can give an explanation to Britain and the United States and other countries...

As mentioned earlier, in private, there are even some government officials who have contacted Britain and the United States and asked in a roundabout way whether Britain and the United States would be able to accept China's withdrawal from Siberia and only occupy Central Asia...

From a certain point of view, the judgment of Britain and the United States and other countries on this matter is still very correct...

If things continue like this, in the face of a fiscal deficit of almost 700 million yuan, and may even become even more, Yan Shao has only two options, one is to choose to take a step back, withdraw from Siberia, or even withdraw from Central Asia.

The other is to increase the types of taxes or raise the tax rate, so as to increase fiscal revenue and help the national government to survive this hurdle.

But...

The former is equivalent to Yan Shao admitting his defeat, which will definitely affect his reputation.

As for the latter option...

Aside from anything else, domestic opposition and discontent will definitely increase considerably.

And absolutely all-round...

Especially businessmen or parliamentarians, whether it is a tax increase or an increase in the tax rate, it will affect their interests, and this is absolutely intolerable to them...

If Yan Shao really dared to do this, they would inevitably oppose it.

And as long as there is chaos in China, it is clear that there is no way for the Wehrmacht to continue westward...

It's just that...

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Britain, the United States, and other countries certainly made accurate judgments about China's domestic situation, but they did not understand Yan Shao, or rather, Yan Shao's character and determination.

Just when they thought that in the face of the predicament, Yan Shao would definitely choose to retreat, but Yan Shao gave them a slap in the face...

100 million pounds...

Yan Shao donated 100 million pounds to the government in his personal name...

This is almost equivalent to more than 70% of the annual fiscal revenue of the national government...

And Yan Shao's move also shocked the whole world...

Naturally, all sectors of society in China were jubilant, and some of the more radical newspapers were even more openly clamoring. Even if Britain and the United States and other countries cut off their aid to China, China will continue to act and completely eliminate the red elements entrenched in Central Asia and Siberia.

Some newspapers even clamored for the withdrawal of the expeditionary force from Europe. Let the whites solve their own wars.

The fact that the British and American powers threatened China in this way naturally caused national dissatisfaction, especially after considering the humiliation that China had suffered in the past hundred years, and because of this, the latter kind of rhetoric has a strong market in China, and there are even a few members of the National Assembly who have really put forward such proposals.

And this. Because of this, Britain and the United States and other countries panicked.

The Chinese army is very capable of fighting, and this has almost become a consensus among all countries in the world. Although they were a little puzzled, why the Qing army in the past was so ............... But the strength of the expeditionary force. They still admit it.

Now, with the Entente having sent some troops to land in northern Russia, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has become one of the main forces resisting the Allied forces on the Western Front.

If China does announce its withdrawal from this war...

Well, of course, after the entry of the United States into the war. The Entente already had an all-round advantage over the Allies. But if China withdraws from this war............... In this case, the impact is too great.

First of all, the advantage of the Entente over the Central Powers will inevitably be greatly reduced, and even if the Entente wants to defeat the Central Powers, I am afraid that it will have to pay a very huge price. Thinking about the fact that Britain and the United States and other countries have already lost an unknown number of young people on the battlefield on the Western Front, almost an entire generation, and now even one more young person is enough to make Britain and France feel distressed.

Especially France. If Britain is only almost, then France is complete. Completely threw a whole generation of young people into the trenches of the Western Front. It is precisely because of this that the French government is most worried that China will withdraw from this war.

Moreover, it is especially important that the current Central Powers, Turkey and Austria-Hungary, are almost on the verge of collapse due to perennial wars, and only because of Germany can they hold on. But what about Germany today? The internal strikes continued, and the tendencies for peace talks became more and more severe, because the Germans were well aware that they might not be able to win...

If this continues, perhaps the war can be resolved peacefully without any further fighting.

But if China really chooses to withdraw from the war...

Will the Germans, who felt as if they were likely to win, instead strengthen their stance to continue fighting? In that case, it would definitely be a disaster for the Entente―――――― in fact, after 4 years, not only the Allies, but even they will not be able to hold on...

It is precisely because of this that after learning that China has such a tendency in public opinion, the Entente countries immediately sent diplomats to hold a series of dialogues with the Chinese government. Especially after they learned that the Germans were operating inside China again, and that the Chinese military seemed to have some intentions, they were even more anxious...

The reason why Britain and the United States do not dare to adopt more sanctions has a lot to do with this.

After all, they just want China to withdraw from Central Asia and Siberia, and they definitely don't want to force China to the side of the Allies...

If that's the case, it's...

The United States does not mention it for the time being, at least Britain and France know very well that the two countries today have absolutely no ability to deal with China, especially after several years of war, the war weariness in the two countries is very serious, if they really start a war with China because of Russia, and even do not need China to do it, their domestic citizens will overthrow the ruling government...

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On the other hand, the news received by countries such as Britain and the United States was correct.

After learning that China had almost fallen out with Britain and the United States because of Russia's problems, Germany, as if it had seized some opportunity, immediately asked Marzan, who remained in China, to contact the Chinese government, and the Allies even took out all the Asian parts of Russia, hoping that China would join the Allies.

Even if China could not be admitted to the Central Powers, it would be very beneficial for the Germans to get the Chinese government to stop continuing to fulfill the Entente's commitments.

In fact, because of this incident, the momentum of the main peace in Germany has weakened a lot, and the talk of the main war has risen again...

From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as confirming the worries of several countries in Britain and the United States from the side.

But...

Although there was some excitement within the Chinese government, because of the recent contradictions, the expeditionary force on the Western Front was also in some commotion, and there was a sense that they did not want to continue to work for the Entente, which made France and Britain anxious.

But Yan Shao didn't think about this at all.

Of course, he was also unhappy with the actions of Britain and the United States, but he also understood that after the war, China still had a great demand for Britain and the United States and other countries. It is definitely not a good thing to offend Britain and the United States to death, at least at this stage.

Therefore, after learning of the commotion of the expeditionary force, Yan Shao immediately sent a telegram to Jiang Baili in Europe, asking him to appease the expeditionary force.

At the same time, it also gave a very clear message to Zhu Erdian and others who came to visit, that is, China will never withdraw from this war, even if there is a little contradiction between China and Britain and the United States at this stage, China will still fulfill its responsibilities to the cause of the Entente...

Yan Shao's assurances were very 'touching' to the Entente side, but they still hoped that China would withdraw from Russia.

And what about Yan Shao...

But after making the promise, it donated 100 million pounds in a blink of an eye, and with this 100 million pounds, even without the assistance of Britain and the United States and other countries, China can complete the military operation against Russia on its own...

Similarly, this 100 million pounds also let Britain and the United States and other countries see Yan Shao's determination... (To be continued......)