Compared with the humiliating surrender of the Americans, China's annexation of North Korea and Ryukyu did not cause any waves in the international community. This is an inevitable result. Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, China has used force to reaffirm its sovereignty over these two countries.
Suzerainty, internationally suzerainty also means the right to rule, and no one is qualified to make irresponsible remarks about it.
Besides, now is the critical moment of the arms race. No one wants to disturb Emperor Yang's elegance for this trivial matter. These two countries are originally insignificant on the strategic map of the great powers. If they offend him for such a country, he will get angry.
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After the United States surrendered, the coalition forces occupying New York did not retreat immediately. They had to wait until the Americans fulfilled the peace treaty. There was no need to pay all the compensation at once, but the first batch of 100 million US dollars had to be paid first. Of course, the coalition forces
It is impossible to ask for banknotes, but US dollar gold coins.
In addition, there are the delivery of Alaska and Florida, the delimitation of the Chinese Autonomous Zone in San Francisco, and of course the most important thing is that the Americans must blow up the two battleships built by the Newport News Shipyard together with this shipyard. As for this
The shipyard is privately owned, so this is not a concern for the coalition forces.
"Your Majesty, according to statistics from the Statistical Committee, the total value of the coalition's loot in the United States this time is US$580 million, which includes US dollars, pounds, marks, francs and other currencies of various countries, gold coins, gold ingots, jewelry...
"On the painting boat of the Summer Palace, Chief Attendant Yuan Shikai read out a lengthy list to His Majesty the Emperor who was admiring the snowy scenery.
Now that the war is over, it is natural to divide the spoils. War reparations are another matter. First, the income from robbery must be divided.
"The military expenditures invested by the four countries in this war, if converted into U.S. dollars, are about 200 million U.S. dollars. In other words, there are still 380 million U.S. dollars left, which can be divided equally among the four countries. Each country can get 95 million U.S. dollars.
In addition, our army's operations in California did not fall within the scope of coalition operations, so they did not need to be divided equally among the four companies. This revenue was about 60 million U.S. dollars. Mainly, gold worth 30 million U.S. dollars was seized from the San Francisco Mint. The combat military expenditure was about
For 20 million U.S. dollars, that is to say, not counting war reparations, our harvest from this American war is 135 million U.S. dollars. In addition, there is a battleship that is nearing completion and two armored cruisers." Yuan Shikai was more or less convinced.
He said excitedly, "This is like a cannon firing a thousand taels of gold."
"It's just such a small amount, what can more than 100 million US dollars do?" Emperor Yang said with some dissatisfaction, which made Yuan Shikai swallow his saliva. After he finished speaking, he looked at Xue Fucheng and said: "This money is just
It belongs to the treasury, you can take care of it yourself!"
"Your Majesty, the revenue and expenditure of the national treasury has basically been balanced last year. Such a huge sum of money is of no use. Why not use it to repay the loan from the People's Bank of China!" Xue Fucheng said with a smile. In the past two years, the Ministry of Finance has borrowed money from the People's Bank of China.
It has exceeded 100 million pounds. Although it is a low-interest loan, it must be repaid anyway. It is better to repay part of it first. Anyway, the first batch of compensation from the Americans will arrive soon. The US$25 million is enough to make up for the losses that may occur this year.
deficit.
He said he was repaying the loan from the People's Bank, but in fact he was letting Emperor Yang take care of it. Anyway, the People's Bank was his own, and with Emperor Yang's character, he might have to spend money again this time.
"One hundred million U.S. dollars, based on the Hua Yuan we are currently issuing, is also 500 million." Emperor Yang said thoughtfully. The gold content of the Hua Yuan just determined by the Ministry of Finance is one Hua Yuan and 0.3 grams of gold, which is similar to the gold content of the franc.
The U.S. dollar is 1.6 grams, and 100 million U.S. dollars is equivalent to more than 500 million Chinese dollars. This is the first time that China has plundered foreign countries in the form of a state. All people must be allowed to taste the sweetness of aggression. Only in this way can we gradually cultivate Chinese people.
Aggressiveness.
"Well, this year is also considered the founding year of our Chinese Federation Empire. Everyone in North Korea and Ryukyu, including North Korea and Ryukyu, will be given another dollar. The rest will be used to establish the Royal Science Prize, and the annual interest will be used to reward those in physics and chemistry.
"Chinese scientists who have made outstanding contributions in mathematics, medicine, and biology are of course not limited to Chinese. Foreigners who have joined our nationality can also be obtained." Yang Feng thought for a while and said.
"Then how to determine the qualifications for the award?" Yuan Shikai said. As the chief attendant, he will inevitably be responsible for this job.
"It will be evaluated by a special committee, and I will invite some well-known international and domestic scientists to serve as judges." Emperor Yang said. With his status in the scientific community, this little thing is nothing more than a letter.
"In addition, we should establish the Royal Academy of Sciences. We must form a culture of advocating science across the country. Let's add an Invention and Innovation Award to the Royal Science Award to reward engineers who invent new machines.
, in addition to Chinese academicians, we must also recruit foreign academicians." Emperor Yang then remembered another thing, and Yuan Shikai hurriedly wrote it down.
While the three of them were talking, they saw Army Chief of Staff Li Yuncong running over happily with a telegram. When they boarded the ship, they almost stepped on the air and fell into the water. One look at the gloating expression on their faces and they knew that they must have
Someone is unlucky again.
"Your Majesty, the British army suffered a disastrous defeat in South Africa. Lieutenant General Buller led 20,000 British troops to rescue Ladysmith. They were ambushed by thousands of Boers at Colenso, with more than 4,000 casualties and had to return in disastrous defeat. It is said that the Boers
The casualties are less than two hundred." The guy saluted hastily and said with a smile.
"Twenty thousand people? Didn't the British army use 20,000 people at Baliqiao back then?" Xue Fucheng said in shock. The poor British Empire had enough troops to conquer Asia fifty years ago, but now it was beaten violently by the Burdang natives.
, I have to say that this is really a gorgeous tragedy, but in real history, they seemed to have played worse.
Even Emperor Yang was stunned. Although the battle of Colenso was originally fought badly by the lobsters, it is certainly impossible for them to beat the drums and line up like they did in history. Why did they have such a result?
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Then Li Yuncong gave the answer.
"The British government accused a large number of German army soldiers of participating in the battle. According to reports from our intelligence personnel in South Africa, more than a thousand German troops were indeed involved in this ambush. These people were armed with imitation Bofors 105 rapid-fire weapons produced by Krupp.
The cannon was hidden behind the artillery position. Because the British army underestimated the enemy, they broke into the trap without careful reconnaissance. As a result, the British artillery force was annihilated under long-range strikes as soon as the exchange of fire occurred. Then, without artillery support, the British army was treated like a rabbit by the Boers.
The machine gunners became the target of the German grenadiers. In the chaos, a Boer cavalry rushed into the retreating British army. The submachine guns in the hands of these people turned the British retreat into a rout," Li Yuncong said.
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What Yang Feng didn't know was that the war of words between Britain and Germany over this matter had reached a fever pitch. The British were like gamblers who couldn't afford to lose, grabbing hold of the Germans and biting them with all their might.
, the Germans, who were excited by the strong combat effectiveness of their own army, were naturally unwilling to be outdone.
The two sides were no longer just verbally accusing each other, but were also on the verge of war. Germany even started war mobilization again. The whole of Europe was in a state of chaos. At the same time, dozens of British Royal Navy warships blocked the only possible way for the Boers.
The supply port, Maputo, a Portuguese colony in Mozambique, made the poor Portuguese terrified and tried their best to avoid their responsibilities. However, no matter how they tried to avoid them, they still had the number one suspect. The Boers only had one access to the sea, Biller.
The railway from Toria to Maputo, and it is true that all their arms entered through this port before the war. Now if the British are not looking for them, who are they looking for?
"How did they transport the artillery to the Boers?" Yang Feng asked doubtfully. The sources of the Boers' artillery were mixed. Some were bought from Perth and some were aided by the Germans. But these were all before the war, and according to him
According to the information obtained before, there are absolutely no 105 cannons in it, which means that these cannons were delivered to them after the war began. Given the courage of the Portuguese, they did not dare to let the Boer arms from Mabul at this time.
If people like Germany, Russia and France dare to stumbling upon the British, it would be tantamount to committing suicide for a small, third-rate country.
"If our guess is correct, we should use landing ships and then use off-road trucks. That area is sparsely populated, and it is impossible for the British to watch all the coastlines. There are two landing ships in German East Africa, but
It was a commercial ship painting, because there was a diesel engine failure that could not be eliminated, so we had to ask our engineers from Sweden to come over and the secret was exposed," Li Yuncong said.
This explanation is very reasonable. William has completely lost his temper, but with the combat power of the British Army, he really has the qualifications to break his face.
"It's too early to fight now. It won't be of much benefit to us." Emperor Yang said in a very troubled tone.
"What does your Majesty mean?" Yuan Shikai asked.
"Go and invite the British and German ministers." Emperor Yang said, and Yuan Shikai quickly made arrangements to invite Dou Nale and Haijing.
"If they fight now, it will be difficult to turn into a full-scale melee in Europe. The French suffered a loss because of the Fashoda incident and generally have no good impression of the British. Russia is in the honeymoon period with Germany because of the war in America. This kind of
It is difficult for the situation to evolve into a full-scale war in the short term. More importantly, we are not ready at this time. Even if they do fight, it will be difficult for us to grab too much." Yang Feng explained to Xue Fucheng.
Of course, another point is that he does not want the United States to take the opportunity to slow down. The focus in the next time will still be to cheat the United States. After all, he cannot rest assured if the country is not torn into pieces. If Europe goes to full-scale war, it will be equivalent to saving the country.