Took a nap

After Li Fushou got up, he washed up under the service of the palace maid, drank a few sips of fragrant tea, and immediately felt refreshed, and then came to the East Pole Hall again.

The East Pole Hall is an important place for daily government affairs, and no one is allowed to enter unless summoned by the Holy Lord, only the secretary on duty in shifts can serve nearby, and no other palace maids and chamberlains are allowed to enter.

Today, Cai Tinggan, the head of the secretariat, happened to be on duty, and after learning that the holy morning was resting, he waited early at the passage outside the hall.

"Oh, Tinggan, so early." After Li Fushou came over, he casually said hello when he saw Cai Tinggan, and continued to walk in without stopping.

"Wechen respectfully invites Your Majesty to be Saint." After Cai Tinggan gave a salute, he hurriedly followed the saint into the hall, watched the saint walk to the throne and sit down, took a sip of the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and seemed to have no intention of dealing with the government immediately, so he stepped forward to ask for instructions; "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhang Li; Today, King George V's envoy, the Marquess McKellan, asked to be seen before the Holy One. ”

"The weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting~ There is no good thing, let's dry it first."

"Wechen obeys." Cai Tinggan gave a salute and continued to return to the courtesy; "Your Majesty, the Russian envoy Marlovsky has recently arrived to discuss with the Imperial Government the issue of large material and military orders, and the Tsarist Russian Imperial Family intends to marry with the Empire and request an audience with the Holy One."

"No, you can sell the material order or anything with money, and you don't owe it on credit." Li Fushou replied a little impatiently, thought about it for a while, and felt that the tone was too blunt, so he couldn't help but command; "This matter is at the discretion of the relevant cabinet ministers, from the seized weapons in the Oregon stockpile, 10,000 rifles and 100 artillery pieces will be allocated to Tsarist Russia, and other things will be done according to the rules, as for marriages or anything, don't mention it, I don't lack this relative."

"Wechen obeys." Cai Ting bowed down and replied.

This Tsar Nicholas II is also an extremely rigid and conceited madman, and wants to marry his second daughter to the emperor's eldest grandson, that is, His Royal Highness Li Zhongqi, the son of Prince Li Siyuan of Qin, is this thinking about fart?

His Royal Highness Li Zhongqi is the eldest grandson of the emperor, with a noble status, and must marry a Han girl as his wife, which is not a place to leave people to chew the root of the tongue, and the impure blood means that he has no chance with the big position, which is a big thing that cannot be messed up at all in the royal family that has always paid attention to etiquette.

As for why the second son, Duke Wright, Li Sihan, can marry the granddaughter of the king of Bavaria, Germany, the reason for this is very understandable.

Because Li Sihan was born by the imperial concubine Fiona, he was born with a lot of money because of his impure blood, whether he married a white man as a duchess, or married a commoner as a duchess, in fact, there was no major obstacle, as long as he didn't discredit the royal family.

In this regard

Li Fushou behaved very generously, compared to the royal families of Europe, who must not accept the noble bloodline of the common people, the royal family of the Ocean Empire is much more enlightened, adhering to the attitude of equality of all beings, and the aristocracy is only the glory given by the empire to the meritorious family that has been established, and it does not mean that the bloodline is superior.

The emperor's eldest grandson, Li Sihan, can also marry a white woman, which is equivalent to automatically giving up the qualification to inherit the unification, anyway, there is not much else for the royal family, and the royal descendants will catch a lot of them.

There are 15 princes born to Li Fushou, the youngest is Li Sibo, the fifteenth son of the emperor born to the favorite concubine Lu Yan'er, who is just two years old this year, which is the age of babbling, and is 11 years younger than the emperor's grandson Li Zhongqi.

Why did Tsar Nicholas II of Russia suddenly remember to marry?

Naturally, the Ocean Empire had money, guns and strength, and at the urging of its allies such as Britain and France, Tsarist Russia hastily sent more than 000000 troops to the Eastern Front battlefield, and these army soldiers were 1/not equipped with rifles, and they also used cold weapons such as long knives and battle axes.

Moreover, the logistics supply of the Russian army is extremely poor, officials at all levels are corrupt to the point of madness, and the black bread supplied to the front-line soldiers is mixed with sawdust and leaves, and they are not enough to eat.

How could such an army satisfy the ambitions of Tsar Nicholas II?

Therefore, the idea was hit on the head of the Ocean Empire, if the two countries can marry, a large amount of materials and weapons and equipment can be continuously sent to Russia to support Tsar Nicholas II to fight the war in Europe.

For the sake of Russia, marriage became the most realistic option.

Li Fushou obviously didn't want to be the wronged leader, let alone climb this unlucky relative, so he sent him away with 10,000 rifles, and he was not interested in dealing with him anymore.

When Nicholas II was young in Fuso, he was stabbed in the head by the Fuso ronin, and since then he has been full of hatred for the Fuso people, and has been thinking about revenge.

The Russo-Japanese War, which broke out 10 years ago, could hardly be guaranteed to have no such factor, but unfortunately it was defeated.

After the Holy Lord's instructions, Cai Tinggan recorded it in his notebook, and when he went down later, the Secretariat would forward the Holy Lord's will and the cabinet would handle it at its discretion.

Li Fushou picked up the documents on the imperial case and looked at them, and saw that Cai Tinggan was still standing there, so he asked; "Is there anything else?"

"Returning to Your Majesty;

After the outbreak of the war, Britain, France and other countries wanted to seek large export loans due to the sharp increase in the demand for materials and a large gap in government funds, so they wanted to seek large export loans, and the amount of this period was as high as 800 million gold oceans. ”

"Oh, there's no money." Li Fushou said comfortably lying back on the chair, his slender fingers gently tapped the rosewood throne, thought about it, and said;

"Britain and France are both old colonial powers, with deep heritage, but there is no need to worry about them not paying off the account, the loan can be borrowed, but the interest rate is higher, let them talk about it themselves.

Out of the need to avoid risks

Loans from Britain and France had to be collateralized, such as the Rand gold mine in South Africa, or the territorial interests of other colonies, islands in the Pacific or Atlantic, and so on.

The most important point

That is the Jinyang loan we issued, and the repayment of principal and interest needs to be calculated by Jinyang, which is the bottom line. For example, for goods exported by Goldjoy loans, the settlement currency must be in a reputable Goldjoy and not any other currency, not the British pound.

In the future, similar situations will be handled in this way, and there is no need to ask for additional instructions.

In addition, a medical team of 1,000 people was organized to go to Europe to treat the wounded and convey the goodwill and friendly gestures of the Empire.

Although we cannot directly send troops to help the war, we can still play a role in the humanitarian field and indirectly help the Entente group so that they cannot find fault with it. ”

"Qiqi Sheng, will the allies send it?"

"Hmm...... Send two medical teams of more than 100 people, after all, you still have to do business, and you just need to get by with a big face. ”

"Understood, Wechen will draft the decree immediately."

After receiving the order, Cai Tinggan stepped down and went to the secretariat duty room not far from the East Pole Hall, where he drafted the decree and transferred it to the cabinet ministries and the internal affairs office for implementation.

Due to the outbreak of large-scale wars in Europe, various affairs suddenly increased, and Li Fushou was more diligent than usual, and he spent a lot more time in the East Pole Hall to deal with government affairs.

Usually, it is only half a day in the morning, 5 days a week, and the remaining two days are off.

Now he spends his days here, meeting with courtiers, holding imperial councils to discuss the current situation, meeting with foreign envoys, dealing with important international and domestic affairs, and controlling the steady progress of the great ship of the empire.

Li Fushou picked up the latest battle report on the European battlefield, flipped through it briefly, mentioned a few strokes and approved the word "read," and then casually put it aside and no longer cared about it.

In his view, the major matters concerning the life and death of the European powers are not their own affairs, and they are hung high. How many troops were lost and how many people died, that was the business of the Europeans, and it had nothing to do with the Ocean Empire.

If you want to fight, you can fight! Anyway, you can't tell the winner in a short time.

He had a report from Panama in his hand and studied it carefully.

Panama itself is a small Central American country, and the main city is Panama City, which has been plagued by a local thug government for four or five years.

With less than 10,000 indigenous people and more than 50,000 Chinese, it's time to close the net.

The Chinese residents mainly live in the canal zone under the jurisdiction of the Panama Canal Company, which is a country within a country that belongs to the Panama Canal Company, and is responsible for the daily operation of the canal, the trans-oceanic trading company, the cargo transportation and storage company, and the operation of daily commodities and rice mills, oil mills, cement factories and other enterprises, and live a relatively wealthy life.

However, due to the embarrassment of life, the indigenous people often cross the border and take advantage of the night to enter the canal zone and commit vicious cases of theft, robbery and even murder, which has become a major headache.

Therefore, it is imperative to plow the court and sweep the holes.

After carefully studying the report, Li Fushou quite approved of a series of measures in the report, including judicial action in the name of "joint law enforcement" to put all the idle gangs and street gangsters in Panama into concentration camps.

Instigated a coup d'état, imprisoned the current government and corrupt bureaucrats, established the Provisional Unity Government of Panama, and then held a referendum to voluntarily join the Ocean Empire and become the state of Panama.

After doing this, there are not many local indigenous men.

The remaining young indigenous men were all conscripted into the army, and they were organized into two divisions when they reached the top, and they were sent to the European battlefield to be cannon fodder in the future, and they were basically alive.

With the current size of the Ocean Empire, to solve this small place, it is really three fingers to pinch the snail ~ steady.

Li Fushou looked at the person who submitted the report, the director of the North American Affairs Supervisory Committee of the Imperial Colonial Department~ Duan Changjiang, and couldn't help but nodded.

This person, he knows, is the prince of Duan Qixiang, a very capable young and middle-aged official.

For such a courtier who is well versed in Li Fushou's style of acting, he never hesitates to give heavy responsibilities, so Li Fushou picked up the pen and commented on the report;

Yes, it will be supervised by the reporter. (To be continued)

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