Three days later

The imperial capital of Chang'an, Daming Palace

Emperor Richard put down the piece in his hand, leaned back comfortably on the back of the chair, and his fingers unconsciously tapped the rosewood armrest, thinking thoughtfully......

Is the Austro-Prussian war about to break out?

After watching the emergency recital, the performance of the seventh son of the emperor, Tang Li Kun, made his eyes shine, and he was able to follow the clues from the complicated data and summarize important information, which is a skill that requires some spiritual wisdom.

Emperor Richard could not clearly remember the time point when the Austro-Prussian War broke out, and Tang Li Kun's judgment won time for the empire's calm layout, which was really a stroke of genius!

In his impression;

The Austro-Prussian War was a great power war that shook Europe, with more than a million troops on both sides, and it was a fierce confrontation, heavy casualties, and short-lasting general battle, which ended with the Kingdom of Prussia defeating the Austrian Empire and winning the leadership of the German region.

This war destroyed dozens of small and medium-sized German states, including the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Kingdom of Saxony, the Kingdom of Baden, and the Grand Duchy of Württemberg, and some powerful states, and achieved the unification of part of the German nation.

Bismarck, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, worked closely with General Moltke, the Chief of Staff, to win space and time through clever European diplomacy and defeat the Austrian army through powerful military action, thus establishing victory in a short period of time, leaving no opportunity for foreign powers to intervene in the war.

In view of the fact that the Kingdom of Prussia is in a difficult situation in the current sensitive and complex situation in Europe, the preparation for war against Austria is more like dancing on a tightrope.

Therefore, the Prussian royal family did not inform the close transatlantic allies of the exact timing of the war, such highly classified information is too central and too deadly, and it is related to the unification of the Prussian kingdom.

I didn't expect ...... The Seventh Prince sent a surprise there.

If the message is correct

With more than a month to go before the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War, Emperor Richard can now calmly lay out two important matters that have long been ripe.

The first is the implementation of the Yukon Dominion referendum and annexation to the Tang Empire.

Since last year

Britain promoted the popular autonomy resolution, and merged the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into the Canadian Federation, becoming the first Dominion in the British colonies and gaining de facto autonomous status.

The Yukon Territory and British Columbia were granted the same right to popular self-government through previous compromises, and the two provinces joined forces to pass a popular self-government resolution to become the Yukon Dominion.

There are several remote provinces in the northwest and central of British Canada, which are sparsely populated and not interested in self-government, and are still in the status of a colonial province of the British Empire, unwilling to mix with either Canada or the Yukon.

At this time in time, we are in an awkward transition period.

Knowing that a short but high-impact war was about to break out in Europe, the British Empire's entire attention would be drawn to it, and it became a matter of urgency to take advantage of the Yukon Dominion.

Don't care how angry Britain is afterwards, swallow the fat in front of you first, otherwise you don't know when it will be a head?

Even if in another 10 years, 20 or even 50 years, if their children are taken away, isn't Britain angry?

Richard was sure that Britain would never turn against the Tang Empire, and fighting without breaking would be the long-term main tone between the two countries.

What's more, what can you do if you turn your face?

The rapid development of the strength of the Tang Empire and the geostrategic advantage of dominating North America gave Emperor Richard full self-confidence.

He didn't mind a head-to-head fight with Britain, and if the British Empire blocked the Atlantic trade routes to Europe, the Tang Empire would dare to send troops to land in Australia and even Southeast Asia, thus threatening its Indian colonial rule.

Hurt each other!

Who's afraid of whom?

As the second power in the world to enter full industrialization, the Tang Empire is not a bully.

London is the standard pragmatic policy, and as long as it is in its global interest to maintain a fragile and sensitive relationship with the Tang Empire, it will not do irrational things and become too obsessed with the Yukon issue.

The second thing is to include the three Central American countries.

Since the end of last year

The Imperial Frontier Army had already marched into the former Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua and Central America, carrying out organized clearances and repeated sweeps in the region, and taking full control of the regional situation.

The proposed establishment of the "Central Plains Province" is in progress, and since March, Chinese immigrants have been entering the towns and cities in the region to promote the resumption of production and life.

Now it seems

It is necessary to speed up this process, tilt the focus of resources and government work towards the resettlement of Central Plains Province, and strive to resettle more than 100,000 people to Central Plains Province between now and the next three months, and complete the work of returning to the province for reconstruction.

By the time the war in Europe was over, the situation in Central America had settled and become an established fact.

Raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, and now is the best opportunity to avoid the nonsense of international interference, bullying, and influencing the situation in the Americas by Britain and France.

As for the Central Plains Province, which was formed by the merger of three small Central American countries, Emperor Richard had already figured out who would lead the construction.

That is the former secretary of the Earl Dong Jie, who has shown strong overall leadership ability in the economic recovery and construction of Paradise Island, Yin Linuo Yinzhou and Michigan after the North American War, and has become a dazzling star in the imperial political circles.

Richard was transferred from Count Dong Jie to the post of Governor of Central America in the Imperial Government, specifically responsible for the economic construction and government affairs of the Central Plains Province, the Straits Province, the Zhennan Province, the Costa Rica Province and the Panama Province, and further accumulated the seniority of the senior officials in the central government, so as to prepare for entering the center.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I'm sorry not to make full use of it.

Agreed

Emperor Richard summoned the deputy director Liang Bojun and commanded;

"Tell me the will;

The prime minister and all the cabinet staff were urgently summoned to the palace for an audience, and Count Dong Jie was summoned to return to the imperial capital Chang'an to report on his work.

In addition, a telegram was sent to General Tian Mantun, commander of the Southern Military Region;

In view of the changes in the current situation, it is not wrong to order your ministry to speed up the military operation to eliminate the remnants of the local forces, and to cooperate with the local administrative departments to make preparations for large-scale resettlement.

By May 20 at the latest, I will see a clean Central Plains Province. ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Liang Bojun did not dare to slack off, and immediately bowed down after recording the will, and was busy summoning the cabinet and issuing the decree.

In the main hall

Did the Austro-Prussian war break out in June?

Richard had this in mind when a bold idea sprung up;

As a master who could not bear the loneliness, he wanted to go to Europe to witness this huge and fierce war, which did not last long anyway.

It has been 20 years since the establishment of the empire, and Richard is only 37 years old, looking much younger than his actual age, and he has nowhere to release his abundant energy, and he is not willing to make villains all day long in this huge palace.

The world is wonderful, and it takes a little more to experience it to be interesting!

When this thought germinated in Richard's mind, it began to grow like weeds.

Think about it

In terms of timing, it was time to start a visit to the central and northern provinces of the empire in mid-May, which was basically an annual routine and would not cause excessive interpretation.

At that time, it will take 12~13 days to take a fast cruise from Detroit to the Kingdom of Prussia.

If you hide your identity and go back quickly, it won't cause much trouble.

Well, that's it!