Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 697 Bullying

  Red Fort

   "Hahaha, Grandma Te, this battle was great!" Li Fushou laughed cheerfully, reached out his hand to touch the purple golden crown on his head, and said to Admiral He with a spirited spirit;

  "These little devils are staring at you and Geng Baoyou all day long. Is my navy the only two of you, do they know that Li Jie can also fight? What a bunch of idiots with beautiful heads.

  But...I like this kind of bullying.

  It’s a pity that London is already thunderous. British Foreign Secretary Alister Jack sent an urgent telegram from across the ocean, saying that the current war behavior is unacceptable. If it continues, Ocean Kingdom needs to fill in the deep pit in Northeast Asia.

  Wow, fuck, do I look really good to bully? "

  Another swear word, it can be seen that Li Fushou is in a very good mood at the moment, and the rare swear words exploded one after another, so he can't express his happy mood.

   "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty Hexi, now we are the only ones who are bullying the Fusang people, and how can we turn to the British to push the nose and face."

  Admiral He Fang also had a beaming look. This time, Li Jie led the naval mobile strike formation to end the Fusang Joint Fleet. The impact was extremely far-reaching, far from what can be seen on the surface.

  After this battle

Ocean Kingdom has completely established the golden sign of the first power in the Western Pacific region. Its international status has risen sharply. Its strength has also been recognized by the powers of Europe and the United States. It has begun to be regarded as a level of international player, better than Canada's kind of admiring country. .

The most obvious difference is that in the past, the British Colony Department always sent telegrams to the Oceanic Kingdom. Now it is the British Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary. Powerful countries such as France, Germany, and Russia are also the heads of state. They are either the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister. The international status is greatly improved.

  There are more discussions, less commands, more polite expressions, and less sarcasm.

Li Fushou is the person who feels the deepest. As the king of the Ocean Kingdom, he has received more than a dozen telegrams from the heads of state of the world every day. Some express concern about the situation in the Far East, some encourage cheer, and watch the excitement. Those who are not afraid of major issues and intend to strengthen bilateral relations generally tend to call positive.

  The only thing that bothered him was the telegram sent by the Prime Minister of the Fuso Kingdom Ito Hirobumi, who dared to question whether the Ocean Kingdom wanted a full-scale war?

  Li Fushou’s answer is very simple;

Four heavy cruisers, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu have been dispatched, with 10 brave-class cruisers to form a powerful strike formation. They will arrive in Fusang in the near future for a military cruise. If the conditions of the Ocean Kingdom are not agreed, Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Saitama, Kanagawa, Kobe, and Nagasaki have become a sea of ​​fire, not to mention unexpectedly!

  As for the conditions, it’s very simple, that is, I hope to get a share of the compensation for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The requirements are not high. Just give half of it.

  Don’t pay the money from the government. It can be paid directly from Manchuria through an inter-governmental agreement, and it must be paid first.

  In other words, for the Sino-Japanese War indemnity of 70 million taels of silver, the Ocean Kingdom would take 35 million taels of silver. Before the money was received, the Fusang Kingdom’s war compensation was suspended.

  Agree...then stop the war.

Don’t agree...As mentioned above, all the large coastal cities on Fusang Island will be turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the Fusang government will pay for the last shells fired. By then, it will not be something that can be solved by 3,500 taels of silver. .

  Ito blog post has only two choices, yes or no.

  Li Fushoula’s ability to hate is definitely one-of-a-kind, do you say that such an answer is not annoying?

  My navy formation bombed your city into a sea of ​​flames, and you have to pay for the shells. It's so arrogant, it's so domineering, it's so unreasonable, it's so awkward!

If you dare to provoke me, then it will leave a deep shadow in the heart of Fusang that will not be forgotten for a hundred years. It is so cruel.

  "Your Majesty, after getting the money, should we add a few battleships to our navy?" The money hasn't gotten, so the general has already planned to buy someone.

Count Xin Changjun, the prime minister next to him, immediately became anxious and said immediately; "Wait a minute, the money will have to go to the government's public account when it comes back. How to allocate the cabinet needs to be discussed. The Admiralty cannot make a small report in front of your majesty, and the government is required to play a game of chess. consider."

  It is true. If your Majesty opens Chrysostom, this large sum of money will fly away. At least it will shrink a lot. Prime Minister Xin Changjun will not want it anyway.

  Others care about the influence of the Admiralty, but he doesn't care.

  Army Chief of Staff, General Conrad Adenauer retired. As Chief of Staff, General Wei Chi Shouzhuo is not a good talker. If he is not here today, the two will have to quarrel in the court if he wants to be there.

Admiral He Fang couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty has long established the Ocean Kingdom's army-building philosophy. It is based on the navy and focuses on the construction of marine pillars. This will cost a lot of money. There is no warship. Where did the money come from for the brilliant victory of the pasture in the naval battle?"

   "Earl Zhenyuan's words are not correct. The Battle of Ryukyu is a joint operation between the land and the navy. Although it has been a week, don't forget that the battle is still ongoing, and the army is still fighting the enemy bravely on the front line."

   Prime Minister Xin Changjun is using the army as a shield, because the government departments really did not contribute much in this battle, and they want to share the benefits.

"Cut, the guys in the army will take the Ryukyu mountain people to the front line. They are called tempering the team and defending the country. They really think that others don't know what's going on." Admiral He Fang pouted. A look of disdain, immediately angered Earl Xin Changjun, and retorted; "Admiral Yuchi is here, do you dare to say that too?"

   "Of course I dare to say, are you afraid of him biting me?"

   "Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister of all government affairs and have the right to express opinions on war reparations. On behalf of the cabinet, I strongly urge that this money must be included in the public account and distributed as appropriate, rather than privately granted..."

  Prime Minister Xin Changjun was a little flustered, and he said such things privately, and immediately made Li Fushou look unsightly on his face, and said displeasedly; "Earl Kaiyuan, please speak carefully."

   "Oh... the minister deserves ten thousand deaths, please forgive your majesty."

   "Okay, this matter hasn't been written yet. The two of you are fighting here first. It's absurd. If there is nothing to do, let's leave. Wait until the joint strike formation arrives outside Tokyo."

   "The minister waits for fear."

"Humph!"

  Li Fushou was so upset that he got up and walked away.

   Only Prime Minister Xin Changjun and General He Fang stared at each other like cockfighting, and other senior government officials seemed to shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

Only the veteran Earl of Zhongyuan, Fan Asheng, came forward, grabbed the two of them with one hand, and said with a smile; “It’s a good thing to make a lot of money for nothing, so why do you two get into trouble first? If you have a share, don't want to take it alone, just discuss it slowly after you let it go, don't block your Majesty here, and let me go for a drink."

   "Don't go."

"No time."

  "If you two want to do this, then I will immediately go to your majesty to submit a report. There is still a lot of money short of building the Grand Palace. After this huge sum of money is returned, fill it in. Basically, the problem in the past few years has been solved."

   "Oh, count Zhongyuan, you mustn't... I'll just go with you, don't mention this."

   "Yeah, yeah, and it's expensive, everyone goes for a drink."

  Earl Zhongyuan is now presiding over the construction of the Royal Palace, extracting the data of the Tang Dynasty palace architecture from historical books, and rebuilding the Royal City on the original site of the Red Fort. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has allocated 5 million gold yuan for preliminary engineering preparations, and construction will start within the year.

  The project is huge, and the building is magnificent. There is really not enough money to fill in. 5 million gold yuan is equivalent to 15 million taels of silver. This is only the preliminary project preparation.

A large number of rosewood and red sandalwood are harvested from Myanmar, small leaf red sandalwood, sandalwood are imported from India, golden nanmu, ironwood, mahogany and other precious woods are imported from the mainland of China, expensive marbles are customized from Spain, glazed tiles are customized in the Qing Dynasty, and fired The eaves beast, the eaves, and the quantity of materials are calculated in units of hundreds of tons and thousands of tons to prepare for the construction of the palace.

  This huge construction cost is determined to be paid by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the government only needs appropriate assistance. Since the project is expensive, appropriate assistance is not easy.

  If Earl Zhongyuan speaks, it would be really bad.

  Who can say that building a royal city (imperial palace) is not important?

   Touching the head on his shoulders, is it so swollen, the owner of the Red Fort is not a person who can rub sand in his eyes, and can tolerate you so rampantly?

  So, Prime Minister Xin Changjun and Admiral He Fang immediately shrank their eggs. In turn, they held Zhongyuan Earl Fan Asheng's arm one by one, and they were ready to go for a drink with a smile.

  It looked like it was so good that it couldn’t be better.

It has been a week since the Battle of Mugang, Britain, France, Germany and Russia and other powers sent ships to watch. From a long distance from the Ryukyu Islands, you can see floating swollen corpses from time to time. The scene is really unforgettable for life.

Today, there are more than 4,800 officers and soldiers of the Japanese Sixth Division that landed ashore. After more than a week of fighting, there are still more than 2,700 people left. The casualties are just over 2,000, but they are given to the first division and second division of the opposite Ryukyu Kingdom. And the Third Division caused heavy casualties of more than 7,700 people.

This is still the result of a battle with superior firepower and positional superiority. It can be seen that the Japanese troops of the Sixth Division are extremely fierce. In the case of a lack of ammunition, they have repeatedly launched hand-to-hand combat. Often a Japanese soldier can stab 4 to 5 soldiers. The soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom showed proficient combat skills and high combat effectiveness.

The second division of the Royal Guards was dispatched to the Kingdom of Ryukyu. It has always played the role of instructors and backers. It cleared the Japanese soldiers who broke through their positions. They mainly pulled the main divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom to take turns to fight and let them fight. Grow up.

   Although **** and cruel, the effect is obvious.

  Pity these so-called Ryukyu Kingdom First Division, Second Division and Third Division, who were only militiamen before, how can they beat the fierce Sixth Division’s elite soldiers?

  Fortunately, there were a large number of local mountain people, and the enemy was also killed by the crowds and tactics.

  King Li Fushou still very much agrees with the 2nd Division of the Royal Guards. The Ryukyu Islands are the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom. If you don’t shed your blood and sacrifice yourself, how can you expect others to help you?

  In his plan;

  Although it will help King Shangdian strengthen the majesty of the royal power and maintain the feudal rule system, it will not help the Ryukyu Kingdom develop its economy. It will position it as a dumping site for industrial products and implement economic colonization.

  Li Fushou’s decision was a little bit cold. Although he married his eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, there is no unilateral selfless dedication and dedication between countries, and some are just exchanges of interests.

  At this point, the European kingdoms are doing very well

Although the Fusang government tried its best to block the news of the naval battle in Mugang, it was already known to everyone due to the flood of propaganda in the concession newspapers of Fusang Island by the powers, which caused drastic turbulence in the domestic social situation in Fusang.

  It's like a pot of cold water suddenly poured into a boiling pot, how can it not cause a violent reaction?

  Some militants and samurai tried to attack the newspaper by force. They were shot to death on the streets of the Nagasaki Concession, deducing the "July tragedy."

   Seeing that the concession failed to cause trouble, various social groups directed their angry spearheads at the Fusang government. There were constant demonstrations and protests. Emotional social people often fought hard, and they were brutally suppressed by the government.

  Around Fuso Country

The extreme hardship and exploitation in the past can be overcome with the spiritual victory method of self-deception. Now the illusion is shattered, and the social people have begun to stir up the "rice" wave, and it has further developed into an uprising, which has become a total outbreak of social conflicts, leading to the Fusang country society. Plunged into drastic turmoil.

Because of Fuso’s comprehensive westernization policy since the Meiji Restoration, undiscriminated greed to absorb Western culture, technology and thoughts, the current Fuso Island is like Paris half a century ago, all kinds of anarchism, utopianism, and the bourgeoisie The proliferation of revolutionary ideas and fierce collisions further aggravated the ideological confusion.

  The fiasco of the Mugang naval battle is like opening the lid of Pandora’s Box, filling the society with various defeatist arguments and fatalistic arguments. How can a “chaotic” word be a word?

  The current Fusang country has not been educated by the emperor for several decades. Various thoughts in the society are in a state of freedom and overflow, and even the opinions of the high-level government are not unified.

   Say one more sentence;

  The funds that the Fusang government used to educate the emperor of the whole society for 10 years, and instill the idea of ​​**ism, is the use of the Jiawu indemnity in the livelihood of the people, and it is now apparently in vain.

  The Great Ocean Kingdom dealt a heavy blow to the rising momentum of Fusang Kingdom through the battle of pastoral port. It can be said that the pain is unforgettable.

  Li Fushou is not going to stop now, preparing to slash a large piece of flesh and blood from them.

  Before this

He had to persuade the British that this is not about vassal or servitude, but the national development strategy of this new kingdom, which is to deeply integrate into the trading circle formed by the vast colonies of the British Empire and rely on this as the foundation. The French-speaking countries, the Spanish-speaking countries and the United States and East Asian countries have developed extensive trade.

  In short; industry and trade establish a country.

  Since I am in the circle of English colonies, I don’t give the eldest brother any face at all. I wonder if it’s a bit bloated!

  If you want to fly solo if you don’t have your wings hardened, it’s a very dangerous and aggressive thinking.

  (End of this chapter)