Chapter 569: It's not that easy to change your ways
The mutiny and riot in Rome seemed to be a signal of the beginning, like a fire falling on a haystack.
The three-year melee has caused all industries in the Taixi Continent to wither, and the living conditions of ordinary people in many places have been trapped to the limit.
Aside from the British who were isolated on the island, there were now only three independent countries left on the entire continent of Tessie, Lucia, Germany, and Italy.
Except for the core areas of the three countries, the other regions are colonies of the three countries.
These de facto colonial groups are all marginal ethnic groups in the system of the three countries, and they are also the most oppressed and controlled.
After the industrial age, after the second industrial revolution, the mobilization capacity of the industrial countries increased significantly.
Able to mobilize or even control more than 10 percent of the population for war.
This was unimaginable in classical times.
However, the squeeze of the power of the country and the people has also reached the same unprecedented peak.
In the agrarian era, the state could not control all the population of the country, and could not precisely control the population of all regions, but the industrial countries could.
Men were to go to the battlefield as soldiers or servants, and women were to work in factories to produce military supplies.
No one can escape the already cohesive state apparatus.
In fact, even the core ethnic groups in the core of the three major national cores of Lucia, Germany, and Italy are definitely not in good shape.
All three countries, before the Great War of Tessie, were in a state of economic crisis and Great Depression.
They were originally unable to solve domestic contradictions and problems, so they have long been able to divert contradictions and solve problems through foreign wars.
At that time, the state finances were very problematic, and military expenses could only be raised through bonds and loans, and the proceeds of the war were used to repay bonds and loans.
If a foreign war can be won, of course, bonds and loans can be repaid.
The result was a happy ending.
The hope and possibility of victory in the war can push up the national war bonds and stocks in various industries, and even drive the heat of the entire market.
The entire state apparatus would be able to keep afloat on the dividends of war.
However, if the war cannot be won, the country will of course not be able to repay the relevant loans and bonds.
Investors see no hope of victory, no hope of making a profit on war-related bonds, and related bonds and stocks will quickly collapse.
The economic crisis, which was diverted and suppressed in a state of war, will be unleashed doubly.
The divine punishment of the city of Constantinople is verifiably real and credible, and it is directly seen by millions of people, and there is no insoluble divine punishment that truly exists.
It shattered the last illusions of victory in the Roman Three Powers.
It also completely crushed the last confidence of all the capital invested in the war, and shattered their last illusion of profit.
They must find a new way out.
Starting from Rome in Italy, there are many cities on the entire continent of Tessie, and there are mutinies, riots, and uprisings one after another......
The Italians, who reacted most actively and quickly, were the Poles in Lucia.
The local Polish nobles and merchants in Warsaw, some of the Lucian nobles and merchants who remained in Warsaw, staged a premeditated collective uprising.
Part of the local garrison, which collaborated with them, arrested the governors and officials arranged by Emperor Lucia.
After barely taking control of the city, they immediately contacted the Daming Taisi Operational Command in the name of the Royal Polish Army.
Indicates that Poland will become independent from Lucia and Germany and become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
I hope to invite a prince of the Ming Dynasty to be the king of Poland.
The popular uprisings in Greece, originally suppressed by Lucia, have gradually entered a state of guerrilla and flight.
As a result, these days, they suddenly gained strength again and began to attack and even occupy the city.
Because many merchants and nobles in the city were willing to cooperate.
In Romania, Hungary, Serbia and other regions, similar situations have begun to occur one after another.
The rioters in Greece, Romania, Hungary, and Serbia also tried to contact the Daming Taisi Operational Command.
said that he wanted to become independent from the original country and was willing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
And hope to invite the prince of the Ming Dynasty to be the king.
France, Spain, Norway, Sweden and other regions also began to have riots and uprisings.
However, instead of contacting the Ming Dynasty, they tried to contact the original royal family, hoping that the fleeing royal family would return to continue the fight against the Romans.
Whatever the reason, and with whatever purpose.
The organizers of these rebellions have obviously seen it completely clearly, and it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty, who has mastered the divine punishment, to lose.
And the three kingdoms of Rome were bound to lose.
Even most people believe that the Roman Three Kingdoms will be defeated very quickly.
Divine punishment will completely destroy the faith of the three Roman kingdoms, and destroy the last remaining will to fight among the soldiers of the three kingdoms.
The ensuing war was more of a march than a war.
Just see how much time Da Ming is willing to spend to occupy the remaining land in the Taixi Continent.
Whether they really want to liberate their hometown, or they are trying to speculate on the benefits of the establishment of a new world pattern, they can't wait to start acting.
Yang Yuchun, the commander-in-chief of the Daming Taixi combat operation, returned directly to Haifa City, the headquarters of the League of Nations, after watching the nuclear explosion in Constantinople.
Haifa City is also the current Taixi Operational Headquarters.
Yang Yuchun, as the commander-in-chief, in most cases, does not need and should not go to the front line.
Remote control is possible in large cities close to the front line for communications and transportation.
Soon after Yang Yuchun returned to the headquarters, he received a message from the Italian authorities that Prince Carlo Emanuele was coming to ask for surrender.
The Italian mission wants to come to the Ming army to ask for surrender, of course, it must first communicate with the Ming side.
At present, the air and sea supremacy in most areas of the Great Qin Sea are controlled by the Daming Air Force and Navy.
The Italian ship that did not have permission would probably be directly sunk if it sailed on the Great Qin Sea by itself.
Yang Yuchun was not surprised by this news at all.
As a career officer and commander-in-chief of the entire battlefield, Yang Yuchun knew very well the impact of the open use of strategic weapons.
Some countries and regions may take the initiative to surrender in advance, and may even engage in riots for independence.
And Italy is the most likely of them all.
Yang Yuchun himself and the Military Aircraft Department made predictions in advance, and formulated treatment plans in various directions for the generals including Yang Yuchun to choose and use.
Yang Yuchun directly gave an order to let the army at sea let it go and allowed Emanuele to come over.
After Emanuele arrived in Haifa, the command received news from the Poles, Greeks, Hungarians, and Romanians.
Yang Yuchun did not immediately reply to the people from those countries, but first met with Emanuele in person.
Accompanied by Mazzini, Emanuele held a letter of surrender in the form of a scroll in both hands and knelt directly in front of Yang Yuchun, who was sitting on it.
Mazzini hesitated, and finally knelt down with him.
Then he looked at Emanuele with his head down and said a whole bunch of words that had been prepared in advance.
The first is a deep reflection on the mistakes of the Italian royal family, and should not follow Lucia and the Germans to do evil on the continent of Ctessy.
Now that they have realized their mistake, they have decided to change their ways.
Willing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, accept the comprehensive education of the Ming Dynasty, and obey the overall management of the Ming Dynasty.
Ask the Ming army to enter directly to take over and protect the Italian people.
Yang Yuchun asked his staff and guards to go over together, took the documents in Emanuele's hand, and carefully confirmed the safety before sending them to Yang Yuchun.
Yang Yuchun glanced at it slightly, most of it was nonsense, but the nature of this thing was fine.
The King of Italy personally signed the surrender to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of Italy.
Then Yang Yuchun put the document on the table beside him and said a holy sentence of Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty:
"If just apologizing and admitting mistakes can solve the problem, what do we need Jinyiwei and Dali Temple and prison for?
"People or any organization or even the state have to bear the price of doing wrong things after they have done wrong things.
"Reformation must be after all the sins have been atoned for.
"Are you Italian royalty, and all of Italy, ready to atone for your sins of the past three years?"
Emanuele felt that Yang Yuchun's statement was a bit strange, but there was no other answer to this question.
can only honestly and directly:
"We, the Sardinian royal family of Savoy in Sardinia, and the entire Italian people of Sardinia are ready."
After Yang Yuchun heard this, he smiled dryly and said:
"It's better to answer this question after you know your method of atonement.
"If you are really ready to atone for your sins, then the Ming army will completely occupy all of Italy and impose military control.
"We will confiscate assets worth more than one hundred silver bills in the possession of all personnel.
"Then all the members of the royal family, all the nobles and bureaucrats, all the soldiers and officers, all exiled to the colony of Mozhou......"
When Yang Yuchun said the first two sentences, Emanuele and Mazzini were not too surprised.
The Ming Dynasty was originally prepared to completely garrison and control Italy.
But after the last two sentences were spoken, the two were stunned.
All of them could only keep assets of no more than one hundred silver banknotes, which was a strategy implemented by the Ming against the former Lucian occupation zone.
Emanuele and Mazzini, as well as the Italian leadership, have heard of it.
But they all took it for granted that it was a plan for dealing with cities captured through war.
For countries that surrendered as a whole before the outbreak of the war, there should be better treatment, and it is likely that there will be treatment similar to that of Dongyi.
As a result, this is now good, and it is directly disposed of in accordance with the armed occupation zone.
The point is that all the nobles, bureaucrats, and military officers were exiled to Mozhou, which is really outrageous.
With only one hundred silver bills left, they were exiled to Mozhou at the same time, and for many nobles, merchants, and officials, it was no different from killing them.
Even Mazzini, a young officer, was hard to accept.
What are we rebelling and surrendering for? Isn't it just because you don't want to fight, so that you can continue to live a stable life in your hometown?
Now that you have surrendered, you still have to send it to Mozhou?
So Mazzini's reaction was faster than Emanuele's, and he directly couldn't control his emotions and said loudly:
"General, we are willing to surrender, we are not directly engaged in battle with the Ming Dynasty.
"We have recognized our mistakes and are willing to accept the teachings of the Great Ming.
"You should not treat all the Italian people as war criminals......"
Yang Yuchun waved his hand and interrupted Ma Zhini's words:
"How Da Ming wants to treat you is Da Ming's own business, not something you need to consider.
"Whether or not you are willing to reform will not lessen the sins you have already committed.
"The point is that your so-called admitting mistakes, your so-called reform and acceptance of indoctrination do not have the slightest sincerity at all.
"Before the Ming Dynasty officially entered the war, it had three times expressed its willingness to mediate the relations between the Taixi countries, and called for three consecutive calls for a solution through peaceful negotiations.
But you have never known repentance, and you have always ignored the wise reminders and warnings.
"When the Ming Dynasty entered the war, you found that you could not see the hope of victory, so you knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Your purpose is nothing but to save your life, your wealth, your position, and that's it.
"As I said earlier, you'd better be prepared to atone for your sins.
"Reformation is after the atonement."
Under the stunned gazes of Emanuele and Mazzini, Yang Yuchun instructed the secretary after finishing speaking:
"Reply to those what Poles in Warsaw, Hungarians in Budapest, Serbs in Belgrade, Romanians in Bucharest.
"Just follow what I just said, plus the same standard of disposition and atonement, and ask them if they want to surrender.
"Inform Tessie's newspaper and broadcast of these things and let them disclose them to all Tessie.
"If they are still willing to surrender, then we will discuss with them the details of surrender and takeover."
Emanuele and Mazzini at the scene were completely speechless.
The current situation of the Italians, of course, cannot accept such conditions.
Among the few demands of the Ming Dynasty, the most serious is not even the confiscation of wealth.
Instead, it demanded that all active duty soldiers be exiled to Mozhou.
Now it is the military who actually controls the situation, and the wealth of ordinary soldiers is actually not much.
It is likely that ordinary soldiers and workers would be willing to accept the conditions of disposition of wealth.
But he definitely couldn't accept the conditions of exile in Mozhou.
They mutinied, took control of the king, and surrendered, just because they wanted to stay on their homeland and not go to the front to suffer.
Mozhou ...... Maybe there will be no war, but life may be more painful than the front lines in the Tessy countries.
Da Ming will definitely not let them live there simply when they get to the place.
Will definitely use them as free labor.
Emanuele and Mazzini, of course, could not have made this decision.
So now I just have nothing to say.
Yang Yuchun looked at the reactions of the two of them, and was directly thrown back by the surrender of the two:
"So, go back and think for yourselves, and then decide whether or not to submit this surrender.
"Remember, this is the last chance, and if you can't accept this condition, then go back and prepare for war."