"Ali, what do you think?" Li Fushou asked casually.

This is the habit of His Majesty the King, who often consults the secretaries around him on domestic and foreign affairs, which is not only an examination school, but also a training, forcing the secretaries around him to strengthen their studies at all times, temper their international vision and overall awareness, and quickly grow into all-round talents who have the ability to take charge of one side.

His Majesty consulted himself on such an important issue, Zhang Li was a little excited and couldn't breathe, he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down in his pounding mood, and replied after thinking seriously;

"Weichen thinks that no matter how the international situation changes, the kingdom will still have to implement the established guidelines and policies, and it must not disrupt the established rhythm for foreign emergencies, which is not beautiful."

"Oh, tell me your reasoning."

Zhang Li said after respectfully bowing;

"Your Majesty

The Surabaya incident exposed the shortcomings of the Dutch colonialist system, which still relied on backward human rule to manage the colonies, and the policy of one governor and one term was extremely arbitrary.

Compared with the previous Governor-General, Lord Fergus, the current Governor-General, Viscount Van Heelsma Buffon, was eager to win more political capital for himself by intensifying the exploitation of the colonies in order to curry favor with the traditional royalist forces in the country.

Because of its approaching policy, Batavia Kapitan Sheng Yeyun was also forced to leave, unable to continue to exist as a traditional tax collector, resulting in the Dutch themselves going into battle shirtless, greatly exacerbating internal contradictions, and losing their transcendent status.

This man is short-sighted and incompetent, and under his rule we are ready to find fault with the Viceroyalty of the Dutch East Indies and to send troops to deal it with a heavy blow in exchange for the necessary benefits.

Given Citi's increasingly obvious expansionist intentions, these two years have not been the best time to strike at the Dutch colonists.

His Majesty has emphasized on many occasions; Eat the rice in one bite.

Weichen deeply believes that the overall situation of the kingdom at present is economic development, and the country is facing the construction of many large-scale industrial projects, and the international brunt is the immigration problem, followed by the Luzon Islands problem.

Until the above issues are settled, it is not advisable to open a new battlefield, so that the kingdom will be confined to the dilemma of being left and right.

The words of the minister's family, I beg your majesty to admonish. ”

Li Fushou's expression was noncommittal, Zhang Li peeked at it carefully, and then immediately lowered his head respectfully, his heart seemed to be pressed against a heavy boulder, and he could feel the suffocating pressure.

After a while, I only heard Li Fushou say quietly; "The red-haired fan acts recklessly, if he is not punished and set an example, where is the majesty of the monarch?"

Zhang Li heard this, and knew that His Majesty the King had already killed the Governor's Office of the Dutch East Indies, and as a "protector of overseas Chinese immigrants", he must not sit idly by and watch similar vicious incidents happen, which is a naked challenge to the majesty of the monarch.

Zhang Li did not have the slightest good impression of the crazy Dutchman, and he seriously considered it and replied;

"The minister has the audacity to say that while taking diplomatic action, he can make the Borneo fleet carry out deterrent patrols off the coast of Balavia, and order the Dutch Governor's Palace to give a satisfactory answer within a limited number of days, otherwise he will not mind shelling Batavia, and reserve the possibility of further military response, presumably the other side is full of mush in his head, and it is time to react and make a wise choice."

"But, you can handle this matter."

"Respectfully receive the king's edict."

As soon as His Majesty's golden mouth opened, Zhang Li's whole body immediately became relaxed.

Don't say that the one who is happy in his heart, just like eating ginseng fruit, the 36,000 pores all over his body reveal the word "Shushuang", and after receiving the order, he stepped on the cotton on his feet and went out, and the whole person was dizzy.

It is a great honor for His Majesty to be able to adopt his suggestion, which means that he has passed His Majesty's examination and has been recognized, what greater honor could there be than this?

Zhang Li's performance was in Li Fushou's eyes, he just turned his head calmly, after being in a high position for a long time, this little thing could not stir his mind.

Now that the Borneo fleet has been ordered to attack, the rest of Li Fushou no longer cares.

In the final analysis, the Surabaya riots were the business of the Dutch East Indies, and it was not easy for the Ocean Kingdom to achieve this level.

Doesn't it cost money to strike in the fleet?

A cruiser formation attack costs at least tens of thousands of gold dollars, and the high-quality coal burned by the boilers, heavy oil, ships and personnel are not a small amount, and this is only a close deterrent cruise.

From the home port of the Borneo Fleet Sammaringe to the sea off Batavia (Jakarta) on the island of Java, it takes 4 days each way, plus cruising and deterrence cruising in the open sea, and if it is successful, it will take half a month to carry out the mission.

Cruisers are all gold-swallowing beasts, and at least thousands of tons of high-quality coal and hundreds of tons of heavy oil will be burned in one trip, which is all money!

In the case of the bombardment of Batavia, the cost is multiplied by 10 or more.

Therefore, Li Fushou was not willing to make a big move unless he had to do it, and this money was enough to build hundreds of kilometers of railway lines in the country (referring to the bombardment of Batavia), and he could not even hear a sound in the sea of Java.

Li Fushou looked at the strange waterfall stones in the distance, and his mind had already flown elsewhere.

It has been three and a half months since the "Guangzhou Incident" occurred, and the Qing court has been acting as a turtle with a shrunken head, still less daring to intensify the contradictions, and has pinned its hopes entirely on multinational mediation, and there is still no clear charter.

The international mediation of many countries is due to the fact that the kingdoms of the ocean have become thunderous and rainy, and the French have now become the most active troublemakers, vowing to disrupt this international action.

London is helpless about this, after all, the main contradiction in Europe is Britain and Germany, and the relationship between the two sides has now fallen to a freezing point, and there is no time to worry about anything else.

The rapid rise of Germany has aroused great alarm in the British Empire, and this month two Majestic-class battleships of India's Third Battlefleet have been redeployed to the mainland in order to strengthen the absolute superiority of the home fleet and meet the challenge from the aggressive German Empire.

The German Empire under Wilhelm II knew nothing about the hidden ways, and from top to bottom it was full of confidence because of Germany's rapid development, and it did not bother to hide its expansion intentions, which seriously affected the inherent interests of Britain.

Ardent nationalists like Friedrich Norman boasted about the significance of Germany's economic growth to the world; "Prosperity was brought to the Germanic peoples, and the German Empire brought with it an army, a navy, money, and power... Only when the active and hard-working people of a country feel that they are full of spring blood can the great power of modern times emerge. ”

The Pan-Germanic League and far-right political forces have repeatedly urged Germany to expand its influence in Europe, fanatically advocating aggressive expansionist policies in the era of "neo-imperialism".

Gilbert Murray stated; "We are the best in the world... We are best qualified to rule over others. ”

Admiral Tirpitz of the German Empire said;

German industrialization and the conquest of others abroad were as irresistible as the laws of nature.

Prime Minister Bullow declared; "The question is not whether we should conquer the colonies or not, but whether we want to do it or not."

Kaiser Wilhelm nonchalantly declared that Germany "was to carry out its great mission beyond the narrow borders of old Europe, to pursue the sun-kissed lands of the world, to which the German people were entitled."

Bismarck's policy views have changed 180 degrees from his predecessor, Bismarck, and are in direct conflict with the interests of the British Empire.

The German Empire was in the midst of four wars in Europe, and in order to dispel the defensive mentality of its neighbors and Britain, Bismarck insisted that ~ Germany was a "saturated" country, concerned with keeping the status quo in Europe unchanged, and was not keen on seizing overseas territories.

Today, everything has changed.

German Admiral Tirpitz put forward an ambitious plan to develop the "High Seas Fleet", with the ultimate goal of competing with the powerful British Royal Navy, which greatly touched the sensitive nerves of London.

In this case, London had no intention of caring about the small things that were happening in the Far East, and in addition to the high-profile Germans, there were also arrogant Boer grasshoppers that upset the British, but had to deal with them head-on.

Because South Africa's huge gold and diamond reserves will have a profound impact on the world financial hegemony of the British pound, London must firmly control it and not let the slightest mistake be missed.

Compared with these important interests, the Far East is only the edge of the marginal interests, and London can't afford to offend the younger brother for this, so it chooses to fish.

The two Guangxi regions vigorously implemented the New Deal, relaxed the Qing government's suppression of newspaper mouthpieces, and introduced new schools and new ideas.

The surrounding provinces remained strangely silent, the imperial court did not say anything, and there was no actual action for international joint mediation, so it was deadlocked there.

In the face of this situation, Li Fushou has no good way, the rigid doomsday imperial system is corrupt, people's minds change, and the implementation of actions is always extremely slow, which makes people hate him and anger his inaction.

Then again, there's nothing you can do about him.

As the top priority and foundation of the Ocean Kingdom, immigration work has to gradually stop in this strange environment, and it is difficult to continue.

Although the Liangguang region can continue to export immigrants, the Gu clan is operating as a fundamental place in this territory, and they do not want to see a large number of people lost.

Millions of immigrants every year are a drop in the bucket for the huge Shenzhou, and they don't matter at all.

But the two regions are different, all of them add up to more than 24 million people, what is the concept of immigrating more than one million a year?

What's more, the country of Vietnam is also in urgent need of immigrants to consolidate the foundation of its rule, and the two regions have the heart but are powerless, and the immigration work can only come to a standstill.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Fushou sighed; "The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, it is true."

Speaking of this, he himself couldn't help laughing; NND made a mistake, isn't this saying that he is a eunuch?

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