Red Fort

"Hahaha, Grandma Te, this battle is cool!" Li Fushou laughed cheerfully, stretched out his hand and touched the purple gold crown on his head, and said to Admiral He Fang in high spirits;

"These little devils are staring at you and Geng Precious all day long, is there only the two of you in my navy, don't they know that Li Jie is also very capable of fighting? What a bunch of idiots with funny heads.

But...... I love the feeling of bullying.

Unfortunately, London was already in a rage, and British Foreign Secretary Allister Jack sent an urgent telegram across the ocean, saying that the current act of war was unacceptable, and if it continued, it would be necessary for the Ocean Kingdom to fill the deep hole in Northeast Asia

Wow fuck, do I look really good at bullying? ”

broke out another foul language, it can be seen that Li Fushou is in a very good mood at the moment, and the foul language that is rare on weekdays bursts out one after another, otherwise he can't express his happy mood.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, now we are the only ones who bully the Fusang people, where is the turn of the British to kick the nose in the face."

Admiral He Fang also had a beaming look on his face, this time Vice Admiral Li Jie led the naval mobile strike formation to serve the Fusang Combined Fleet in one pot, and the impact was extremely far-reaching, far from being able to see this point on the surface.

After this battle

The Ocean Kingdom has completely established the golden signboard of the first power in the Western Pacific region, its international status has risen sharply, and its strength has also been recognized by the European and American powers, and it has begun to be regarded as an international player of the same level, which is stronger than that of a country like Canada.

The most obvious difference is that in the past, it was always the British Colonial Department that sent telegrams to the Ocean Kingdom, but now it is the British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, and France, Germany, Russia and other powerful countries are also the first heads of state to send telegrams, either the prime minister or the prime minister, showing that the international status has been greatly improved.

There is more discussion, less command, more polite expression, and less sarcasm.

Li Fushou is the person who feels the deepest feelings; as the king of the Ocean Kingdom, these days, he has to receive more than 10 telegrams from the heads of state of the world every day, some expressing concern about the situation in the Far East, some encouraging and cheering up, some are not afraid of big things when they see the excitement, and they are interested in strengthening bilateral relations.

The only thing that made him unhappy was the telegram sent by the Prime Minister of Fuso Country, Ito Hirobumi, who dared to question whether the Ocean Kingdom wanted an all-out war?

Li Fushou's answer was very simple;

Four heavy cruisers, Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu, have been dispatched, with 10 Brave-class cruisers to form a powerful strike formation, and will arrive in Fuso in the near future for armed patrols, if they do not agree to the conditions of the Ocean Kingdom, then Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Saitama, Kanagawa, Kobe, and Nagasaki will be turned into a sea of fire.

As for the conditions, it is very simple, that is, I hope to get a share of the reparations from the First Sino-Japanese War, and the requirements are not high, just take out half of it.

This money should not be paid by the Fusang government, but directly by the Manchus through an intergovernmental agreement, and it should be paid first.

That is to say, the Sino-Japanese War indemnity of 70 million taels of silver, the Ocean Kingdom will take away 35 million taels of silver, and before this money is obtained, the war reparations of the Fuso Kingdom will be suspended.

Agreed...... Then there is a truce.

Don't agree...... As mentioned above, if all the coastal cities of Fuso Island are turned into a sea of fire, and the money for the final shells fired will have to be paid by the Fuso government, at that time, it will not be a matter that can be solved by 3,500 taels of silver.

Hirobumi Ito has only two choices, yes or no.

Li Fushou's ability to hate is absolutely first-class, do you say that such an answer is infuriating?

My naval formation bombed your city into a sea of fire, and you still have to pay for the shells, it's so arrogant, it's so domineering, it's so unreasonable, it's just such a dick!

If you dare to provoke me, then you will leave a deep shadow in the heart of Fusang that will not be forgotten for a hundred years, and it is so ruthless.

"Your Majesty, after you get this money, isn't it time to add a few battleships to our navy?" Before the money was in hand, Admiral He Fang was already thinking about buying something.

Earl Xin Changjun, the prime minister next to him, immediately became anxious and followed suitably; "Wait, this money will have to go into the government's public account after it comes back, and the specific distribution of the cabinet still needs to be discussed, and the Admiralty can't make a small report in front of His Majesty, and the government needs to consider it as a whole."

Indeed, if His Majesty opens Chrysostom, this large sum of money will fly, at least it will shrink a lot, and the Prime Minister, Earl Xin Changjun, will not be willing to do so anyway.

Others are afraid of the influence of the Admiralty, but he doesn't care.

The Chief of Staff of the Army, General Conrad Adenauer, has retired, and the Chief of Staff, General Chi Shouchou, is not a good talker, and today he is not there, and the two of them will have to quarrel in the court again.

Admiral He Fang couldn't help but roll his eyes and said; "Your Majesty has long established the concept of building the army of the Ocean Kingdom, which is to focus on the navy and focus on the construction of the pillar forces of the sea, which will cost a lot of money.

"Count Zhenyuan's words are wrong, this battle of the Ryukyus is a joint operation of the army and navy, although it has been a week, don't forget that the battle is still ongoing, and the army units are still fighting bravely on the front line."

Prime Minister Xin Changjun is using the army as a shield, because the government departments really did not contribute much in this battle, and it is a little unspeakable to want to share the benefits.

"Cut, those guys in the army will take the Ryukyu mountain people to rush to the front line, in the name of tempering the team, defending the country, and really thinking that others don't know what's going on." Admiral He Fang pursed his lips, with a look of disdain, which immediately angered Count Xin Changjun and retorted; "Admiral Wei Chi is here, do you dare to say that?"

"Of course I dare to say, are you still afraid that he will bite me?"

"Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister of all government affairs, and I have the right to express my opinion on the war reparations, and on behalf of the Cabinet, I strongly request that this money be put into the public account and distributed as appropriate, and not privately ......granted and received."

Prime Minister Xin Changjun was a little flustered, and said all these words in private, which immediately made Li Fushou look unsightly, and said unhappily; "Earl Kaiyuan, please be careful."

"Oh...... The ministers deserve to die, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness. ”

"Okay, this matter hasn't been skimmed yet, you two are here to fight first, ridiculous, if there is nothing to do, let's disperse, wait until the joint strike formation arrives in the sea off Tokyo."

"The ministers are terrified."

"Humph!"

Li Fushou's good mood was ruined, and he stood up and brushed his sleeves away.

Only Prime Minister Xin Changjun and Admiral He Fang stared at each other like cockfights, and other senior government officials seemed to shake their heads and smile bitterly.

Fan Asheng, the only old Earl of Zhongyuan, stepped forward, grabbed the two of them one by one, and said with a smile; "It's a good thing to make a lot of money for nothing, why did you two make trouble first, this kind of good thing is a share of the seeing, no one wants to swallow it alone, just discuss it slowly, don't block Your Majesty here, and go with me for a drink."

"No, no."

"Not available."

"If you two want to do this, then I will immediately go to His Majesty to submit it, there is still a lot of money left to build the Grand Palace, and this huge amount of money will be filled in after it comes back, and basically the problem of the past few years will be solved."

"Oh, Count Zhongyuan, you must not ...... I'll just go with you, don't mention it. ”

"Yes, yes, harmony is precious, everyone go for a drink."

Earl Zhongyuan is now presiding over the construction of the royal palace, turning out the palace building materials of the Tang Dynasty from the historical classics, and renovating the royal city on the original site of the Red Fort, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has allocated 5 million gold yuan to prepare for the preliminary project, and the construction will start within the year.

This project is huge, the building is magnificent, and there is really not enough money to fill in, 5 million gold yuan is equivalent to 15 million taels of silver, and this is only the preliminary project preparation.

A large number of rosewood, rosewood from Myanmar, small-leaved rosewood, sandalwood from India, imported from the mainland of China golden silk nanmu, ironwood, mahogany and other precious wood, from Spain custom expensive marble, in the Qing Dynasty custom glazed tiles, fired eaves beasts, eaves, the number of materials is based on hundreds of tons and thousands of tons as the unit of calculation, in preparation for the construction of the palace.

This huge construction cost was determined to be paid by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the government only needed appropriate assistance, which was not easy due to the large cost of the project.

If Count Zhongyuan spoke, it would be really bad.

Who can say that the construction of the royal city (royal palace) is not important?

Touching the head on his shoulder, isn't it particularly swollen, the owner of the Red Fort is not a person who can rub sand in his eyes, can he tolerate you jumping so rampantly?

Therefore, Prime Minister Xin Changjun and Admiral He Fang immediately shrank their eggs, and in turn they held the arm of Fan Asheng, Earl of Zhongyuan, and prepared to have a drink with a smile.

Looking at the appearance, it couldn't be better.

A week has passed since the Battle of Makiko, and the British, French, German, and Russian powers have sent ships to watch, and from time to time you can see floating and swollen corpses far away from the Ryukyu Islands.

Now more than 4,800 officers and soldiers of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army who have landed ashore, after more than a week of fighting, there are still more than 2,700 people left, and the casualties are just over 2,000, but they have caused heavy casualties of more than 7,700 people to the first, second and third divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom on the opposite side.

This is still the result of occupying the advantage of firepower and position, which shows that the Japanese army of the Sixth Division is extremely fierce, and repeatedly launches white-knuckle battles in the case of a shortage of ammunition, often a Japanese soldier can stab 4~5 soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom, showing that the combat skills are proficient and the combat effectiveness is quite high.

The 2nd Division of the Royal Praetorian Guard, which was dispatched to the Ryukyu Kingdom, has been playing the role of instructor and backing, clearing the fire of the Japanese soldiers who broke through the position, and mainly pulling the main division of the Ryukyu Kingdom up to fight in turns, so that they can grow up in the flames of war.

Although bloody and brutal, the effect is also obvious and outstanding.

Pity these so-called 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which were only militia before, how could they beat the elite soldiers of the 6th Division, which was known for its ferocity?

Fortunately, there are a large number of local mountain people, and they have also been grinding the other party to death by relying on crowd tactics.

King Li Fushou still very much agrees with the approach of the 2nd Division of the Royal Guard, the Ryukyu Islands are the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, you don't shed blood and sacrifice yourself, how can you expect people to help you?

In his plans;

Although it will help King Shonori strengthen the majesty of royal power and maintain the feudal ruling system, it will not help the Ryukyu Kingdom to develop its economy, but will position it as a dumping ground for industrial products and implement economic colonization.

Li Fushou's decision is a little cold, although he married his eldest daughter Princess Victoria, but there is no unilateral selfless dedication and dedication between countries, and some are just exchange of interests.

In this regard, the kingdoms of Europe have done a good job

Although the Fuso government tried its best to blockade the news of the naval battle in Makigang, due to the propaganda of the foreign powers' concession newspapers on Fusang Island, it had already become known to everyone, causing a sharp upheaval in the domestic social situation in Fuso.

It's like a boiling pot suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, how can it not cause a violent reaction?

Some radicals and samurai tried to storm the newspaper by force, and they were shot dead one after another on the streets of the Nagasaki Concession, deducing the "July Massacre".

Seeing that the troubles in the concession area had failed, various social groups pointed the finger of anger at the Fuso government, and demonstrations and protests continued, and the emotional people often fought violently, resulting in bloody repression by the government.

In various parts of Fuso country

In the past, the extreme hardship and exploitation could be overcome by the method of self-deception and spiritual victory, but now the illusion has been shattered, and the people in the society have begun to make a "rice" tide, and it has further developed into an uprising, which has become a general outbreak of social contradictions, causing the society of Fuso to fall into a sharp upheaval.

Due to the comprehensive Westernization policy of Fuso since the Meiji Restoration, the indiscriminate greed to absorb Western culture, technology, and ideological trends has led to the current Fuso Island just like Paris half a century ago, where all kinds of anarchism, utopianism, and bourgeois revolutionary ideas are rampant and collide fiercely, further aggravating the ideological confusion.

The fiasco in the Battle of Mugang is like opening the lid of Pandora's box, filling the society with all kinds of defeatist arguments and fatalistic arguments.

The current Fuso country has not undergone 10 years of imperial ****** education, and various currents of thought in society are in a state of freedom and overflow, and even the high-level government does not agree with each other.

One more word to say;

The funds that the Fusang government has spent on the education of the whole society and the inculcation of the ideology of **ism in the past 10 years are the use of the First Sino-Japanese Indemnity in terms of people's livelihood, and now it is obviously in vain.

The Ocean Kingdom dealt a heavy blow to the high-spirited upward momentum of the Fuso Kingdom through the Battle of Makigang, which can be said to be unforgettable.

Li Fushou still hasn't given up, ready to tear off a large piece of flesh and blood from them.

Before that

He had to convince the British that this was not a matter of vassalage or servility, but of the national development strategy of the new kingdom, which was to integrate deeply into the trade circles formed by the vast colonies of the British Empire, and to rely on this as a basis for extensive trade with the French-speaking countries, the Spanish-speaking countries, the United States, and the countries of East Asia.

In a nutshell; Industry and trade country.

Since you are mixed in the English-speaking colonial circle, you don't give the leading brother face at all, I don't know if it's a little inflated!

Wanting to fly solo without hard wings is a very dangerous adventurist idea.