"Mr. Bonifacio, what the Filipino people need most right now is not weapons, but ideas. Ideas are the greatest weapons. Without Mr. Rizal's ideas of freedom, I'm afraid you would still be in a state of chaos.
You are ignorant, but his ideas are not suitable for the Philippines. The enemy you need to face is not a king of your own nation, but a foreign colonist. They will use the most brutal means to massacre anyone who dares to resist them. I believe this.
It should be very clear." Just when Guangxu was worried about Cixi's death, Prince Yang was talking eloquently to Boni Faxiu, the leader of the Philippine resistance force, on his yacht.
He arranged for Ye Anping to get in touch with this person through his business relationship in Manila. He is currently looking for Bonifaxiu to help him prepare to launch an uprising. After knowing that this Taiwanese businessman actually knows Prince Yang, who has been making trouble in the East recently, he immediately can't wait
Ye Anping, who had a special purpose in mind, naturally took advantage of the situation and used his own merchant ship to bring him to Fuzhou.
I was originally worried that such a big man would disdain to meet a nobody from a foreign country, but I didn't expect that the respected King of Zhennan not only received him, but even showed great enthusiasm for the courage of the Filipino people to resist tyranny.
"Your Majesty, you are so right. Rizal is my mentor and my guide, but his heart is too kind. The Spaniards are our sworn enemies. They massacred countless of our compatriots.
To deal with these evil colonists, we must use war, and only a bloody war can save my motherland." Bonifaxiu said excitedly.
In fact, he had just returned from Rizal's exile. The Chinese spiritual leader of the Philippine independence movement did not support him and the Katipunan he led in launching an uprising. He even used the excuse that he had no weapons. Can't an uprising be possible without weapons?
Can't we fight without guns? Of course it would be best if we could get enough guns.
"Yes, but have you ever thought about it, are the Filipino people aware of this? Those of you who have read books will naturally understand it, but do ordinary farmers understand it? In addition, have you ever thought about what kind of country you want to build?
Even if you drive away the Spaniards, can you ensure that the Filipino people will have enough to eat, put on clothes, and live happily ever after?
As far as I know you were born into a poor family, so do you think the main culprits responsible for the hunger and cold of the Filipino people are only the colonists? I’m afraid those landowners and wealthy businessmen must bear at least half of the responsibility? How many Spaniards are there in total? Without these people working as a provocateur, you
Will these lower-class people be so poor? There are two big mountains above you, one is the colonists, and the other is the landlords. If you only overthrow one mountain, you will still have to struggle in poverty." Yang Feng told him sinisterly.
Bonifaxiu immediately showed a pensive expression. After his parents died when he was young, the difficult life of growing up with a bunch of younger brothers and sisters gradually emerged. At that time, he not only had to face the extortionate expropriation of the Spanish colonists, but also the rich people.
He was brutally oppressed by others, worked hard from dawn to dusk, and shed blood and sweat. In the end, his younger brothers and sisters groaned from hunger and cold. The Chinese prince was right. It was indeed not only the colonists who ruined the happiness of the Filipino people.
"There are several books here. Don't rush back. Read these books carefully. From here you will find the real way to save your nation. Do you know Spanish or English?" Yang Feng stood up and walked towards him.
The bookshelf that decorated the facade asked.
"Spanish." Bonifaxiu stood up quickly and said humbly.
Yang Feng nodded, and then brought him a lot of Spanish works by Ma Dabeard. After thinking about it, he found Nechayev's great works. Then he walked back with a stack of revolutionary Bibles and handed them to Bo.
Nifa showed off, and the latter quickly took it with both hands.
"Some of them are in English. I will arrange for someone to translate them for you. After reading them a few times, you will understand the truth in this world." Prince Yang finished speaking seriously.
Faxiu was sent to the hotel to study.
"My lord, why do you care about these monkeys? None of these monkeys are good. They are all ungrateful bastards. I think they are most suitable to be ruled by foreigners as slaves." Ye Anping asked in confusion.
"Because I want us to become that foreign race, but their population is too large, which is not convenient for us to rule, so I think it would be better to let the Spaniards kill more, for example, three to five million, but if they
If they don't resist, how can the Spaniards kill them?" Yang Feng said with a smile.
Ye Anping shuddered. He found that his prince was too insidious, but when he thought about the scene of Filipinos bleeding into rivers, he couldn't help but yearn for it.
"Then why do you sow discord between them and the rich? Many of the rich people in the Philippines are overseas Chinese." He then asked.
"Yes, it's just because overseas Chinese are the most wealthy people in the Philippines, that's why I do this. Otherwise, how could we have any reason to beat them?" Yang Feng said.
Bonifaxiu was just one of his pawns. Just as he was meeting Bonifaxiu, Li Hongzhang from Guangzhou was also meeting his guests. Liu Hengzhu, who was entrusted by Aguinaldo to come to contact him to buy weapons, was thinking about the uprising.
Bonifaxiu was not the only one, because with the support of overseas Chinese capital, Aguinaldo raised a large amount of funds. Li Hongzhang happened to have been in contact with them before, so he naturally came to this old guy to buy weapons.
With the technical support of Yang Feng, the Guangzhou Machinery Bureau has also begun to imitate Bofors rifles in large quantities. In fact, Liu Hengzhen first found the Taiwan Arsenal. However, because Boss Yang had an explanation, the business was given to Li Hongzhang. Of course, in Guangzhou
The production capacity is definitely not enough. Aguinaldo placed an order for 100,000 rifles at one time, as well as 50 75-guns and 150 mortars. Guangzhou cannot produce these for the time being and can only order them from Zhang Zhi.
Dong and Liu Kunyi, so these three old guys are equally enthusiastic about supporting the just cause of the Filipino people.
Of course, Prince Yang also wants to provide support to the Spaniards. He plans to provide poison gas bombs to the Spaniards after the Filipino people stage an uprising. Arms dealers naturally want to sell to anyone, as long as they control the supply.
At worst, if they see that they are ready to take action, they will cut off the supply.
It can be said that Bofors' poison gas bombs were in short supply this year. Almost all European countries purchased them. Including the sale of production licenses, this alone was almost enough to cover the military expenses of the Battle of Beijing. The Italians had already begun to use poison gas.
The bombs ravaged the Ethiopians. Originally, Yang Feng was worried that this thing would have a certain impact on his reputation. However, he found that he had overestimated the bottom line of Europeans in this era. No one criticized the cruelty of gas bombs. Among them,
It seems that it is most appropriate to use this thing to massacre those heathens. To make them feel disgusted, I am afraid that they will have to taste it themselves. In this case, Yang Feng will not have any psychological burden.
Just when the leader of the Philippine independence movement plunged into the arms of Ma Dabeard, eagerly sucking the milk of revolution, Prince Yang announced a news that shocked the country. He announced that land taxes would be permanently abolished in the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Taiwan, and all land taxes would be permanently abolished.
The types of taxes are not allowed to be increased in any form in the future. At the same time, a special committee is set up to conduct special inspections of the tax situation in each province. Any tax that is not prescribed by law, no matter what the name is, will be cancelled. As soon as this order is issued to the people of the three provinces, they can say
Tears of gratitude.
This was a kind act that even the holy kings in ancient legends had never done. The land tax paid for thousands of years ended with King Zhennan. For a time, in the eyes of the people of the three provinces, the figure of this prince was extremely brilliant. As for whether they could enjoy
This kind of treatment is entirely because the King of Zhennan robbed too much outside. No one will mind this. What's wrong with people going out to rob? As long as he robs others and gives flowers to his own people, instead of robbing his own people to give them money.
If someone else spends money, then he is a saint.
In addition, he also announced that he would build roads on a large scale, especially in mountainous Fujian. He would build roads that can pass cars in every county, and then build transportation companies on these roads to transport buses and trucks. As for investment, this is
No need to think about it. This time, Prince Yang made more than 50 million taels of silver, gold and jewelry in Beijing. After deducting military expenses and rewards for soldiers, there was still more than 30 million left. In addition, there were extortion and extortion from Japan.
With the increasing industrial and commercial tax revenue, a few dollars are still needed to build roads. Even the profits of Yang's consortium abroad do not need to be used. Not only do they need to build roads, but they also need to build the railway from Hangzhou to Shanghai.
Then there is the expansion of the army. Four divisions are still a bit small. Yang Feng decided to add two more divisions to form three garrison divisions and three mobile combat divisions. In this way, in the future, more than two divisions can be sent out to rob.
Worried about being taken over, as for the Navy, while refitting old warships, four armored cruisers were built simultaneously in Mawei and Dagou, based on the two he has now.
In fact, at this time, these two shipyards had already started building high-speed destroyers. After a large number of new equipment and foreign employees joined, the manufacturing level of Mawei Shipyard has been greatly improved. There is no problem in building such small warships. After the completion of these four armored cruisers
, and then began to build his diesel version of the battleship, allowing those foreigners to make great progress on this road. After 1900, they immediately switched to super battleships using steam turbines, and at the same time began to develop aircraft and aircraft carriers, so that