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    On the morning of October 30, the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze held an imperial meeting. Important ministers of the Imperial Cabinet and military giants all participated in this meeting!  Now that the most important part of the peace conference has ended, the gains the empire has gained from this world war have been clarified in the form of treaties, and with the empire's current military strength, the defeated countries must not dare to fail to fulfill their obligations.  Treaty!

    "Everyone, on behalf of the royal family and the entire empire, I would like to thank you all for your efforts in this war. Without your sincere unity, the empire will not win this world war! In this world war,  , we paid a lot, but we also gained a lot! The most important thing is that in this battle, we destroyed the old world system and established a new world system with us as the leader! However, we  I would like to remind everyone that our position as the world's hegemon is not yet stable, and there are still countries that want to challenge our position! Therefore, for a long time to come, we need to continue to work hard to ensure the empire's advantage! And, always  Be vigilant and be prepared to win the next war! Below, Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, introduces the empire's losses in this war!" Emperor Wang Yuze delivered a speech at the imperial meeting.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! Colleagues, the Empire declared war on the United States on September 17, 1911, and officially joined this world war. The world war did not end until Britain surrendered to us! The whole process took two years! In this  During the two-year war, the imperial army, navy and air force suffered a total of 576,438 casualties, of which 423,123 were killed in action and the rest were seriously injured! Minor injuries that did not affect combat and life were not included! In addition, Japanese and Korean mercenaries  The losses were as high as 1.6 million people, of which 1.1 million were lost to Japanese mercenaries and 500,000 were lost to Korean mercenaries! For this reason, the empire has to pay 480 million yuan in pensions to Japan.  North Korea pays 125 million in pensions!" said Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the Imperial General Staff!  During the two-year war, although the Chinese army had advanced weapons and equipment, people would inevitably die in the war. In addition, the enemies they faced were not vulnerable, so the Chinese army suffered heavy losses.  This is despite the large number of Japanese and North Korean mercenaries serving as cannon fodder.  Otherwise, the casualties of the Chinese army will be even more severe!  Of course, China will also have to pay a total of 605 million yuan in pensions to Japan and North Korea for this!  Including wartime allowances, the total expenditure will reach about 1.5 billion yuan!

    The pension for a Japanese mercenary soldier killed in action is three hundred Chinese dollars, while the pension for a North Korean mercenary soldier killed in action is two hundred and fifty Chinese dollars.  The reason why there is a price difference of fifty Chinese dollars is entirely because the performance of Japanese mercenaries on the battlefield is much better than that of North Korean mercenaries!  The Japanese are not afraid of death on the battlefield. Even if their equipment is very crude, with the same number of people, they can often defeat the U.S. Army with advanced equipment!  The North Korean mercenaries are much worse!  Therefore, the treatment of Japanese mercenaries is slightly better!  This also makes the Japanese always look down on the Koreans and call themselves the number one eagle dog in China, while North Korea lags behind!  This also makes the Koreans very dissatisfied, but they also know that in this war, the performance of the Korean mercenaries was indeed not as good as the Japanese mercenaries!  Therefore, the commanders of North Korean mercenaries have said that in the next war, North Korean mercenaries will definitely perform better and surpass Japanese mercenaries!  Of course, China is also happy to see this kind of competition between Japan and North Korea.  Two competing lackeys can often display stronger fighting power!

    The ministers in the cabinet immediately started talking after hearing the casualty figures.  What they heard more often was that the imperial army defeated the enemy on the front line and achieved many achievements in annihilating the enemy.  But I didn't expect that my own losses would be so much!  As for the losses of Japanese mercenaries and Korean mercenaries, they did not take them seriously!  In the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese people, they do not regard Japanese and Koreans as human beings!  Think they are just lackeys raised by China!

    Marshal Cai Yun paused for two minutes, and then said: "In this war, the empire's total military expenditures were 11.3 billion yuan, including soldiers' pensions, the purchase of various weapons and equipment, various wars  Consumption of supplies and so on!¡±

    Within two years, the wealth that China has accumulated over the years has been almost completely consumed!  Moreover, the domestic bonds issued by the Imperial Ministry of Finance have reached as high as 3 billion yuan!  If the empire's major financial groups and people hadn't actively supported the war, China would have been unable to survive!  Fortunately, now that the war is over, China has achieved the final victory and gained a lot of gains!  And these gains will eventually make up for these huge military expenditures, and at the same time, they can also make China a lot of profits!

    "In the past two years of war, we have wiped out more than 23 million enemies! Among them, 100,000 were killed and woundedMore than 14 million, and more than 8 million prisoners!  "Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, continued!

    "More than 23 million? Is there that much?" Imperial Finance Minister Wang Wenhua exclaimed!

    "Including more than 10 million Indian Asans! If calculated, of course there are more than 23 million!" Imperial Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi explained!

    Only then did the other cabinet ministers realize that on the Indian battlefield alone, the number of Indian Asans armed by the British colonial authorities amounted to about 14 million. As a result, after several months of fighting, these Indian Asans were almost eliminated.  All were wiped out, which also greatly increased the results of the Chinese army!  Otherwise, the results achieved by the imperial army would never be so brilliant!

    "Bah!" Emperor Wang Yuze was the first to applaud!  The results achieved by the imperial army this time were indeed brilliant, even beyond his expectations!  Afterwards, the rest of the people also applauded, and the whole hall burst into applause!

    "Next, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will introduce the benefits the empire has gained from this war!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! My lords, in this war, including the negotiations, the empire has made huge gains! In terms of war reparations, the United States will pay four billion yuan in war reparations to the empire. These reparations will be divided into two parts.  It will be paid off in ten years. The first phase of war compensation of 200 million yuan has been paid! Italy will pay a total of 2 billion yuan in war compensation to the victorious countries, and China will receive 35% of it.  That is 700 million Chinese dollars. The first phase of 350 million Chinese dollars will arrive within three months, and the other 350 million Chinese dollars will gradually arrive in the next ten years! Russia will  A total of 2 billion Chinese yuan in war reparations was paid to the victorious countries, of which China received 32%. The first batch of 320 million Chinese yuan will be received within three months, and the other 300 million yuan will be paid to the victorious countries within three months.  Twenty million Chinese dollars will be received gradually in the next ten years! France will pay a total of 3.5 billion Chinese dollars in war compensation to the victorious countries, and China will receive 12% of it. The first batch of 200 million yuan will be paid to the victorious countries.  Ten million Chinese dollars will arrive within three months, and the subsequent 210 million Chinese dollars will arrive in the next ten years! Britain will pay three billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the victorious countries, and China will  Seventy percent of it will be obtained. The first batch of one billion and fifty million Chinese dollars will arrive within three months, and the other one billion and fifty million Chinese dollars will arrive gradually in the next ten years!  Calculated in this way, the war reparations that have already arrived and will arrive in the next three months total 2.13 billion Chinese yuan. In the next ten years, the empire will receive another 393,300 yuan per year.  Tens of thousands of yuan in war reparations!" said Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi!

    ? ?Everyone is smiling about this!  Within three months, China will be able to receive a total of 2.13 billion yuan in war reparations. In the next ten years, it will receive 393 million yuan per year. In addition, the war reparations paid by the United States are also  Lasts 9 years.  This is undoubtedly good news for China¡¯s finances, which are already heavily in debt.  At least the repayment of bonds due next year and military pensions will no longer put any pressure on the finances!

    "Everyone, in addition to this batch of reparations, there is also a sum of funds seized on the battlefield! The Imperial Army's seizures on the battlefield include seized materials, gold and various jewelry distributed from Japanese mercenaries and Korean mercenaries.  And industrial equipment, etc., totaling 2.5 billion Chinese yuan!" Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi continued!  Among them, more than 800 million Chinese dollars worth of wealth was stolen from the British royal family. In addition, more than 200 million Chinese dollars in gold and various jewelry were obtained from the looting of South Africa!  Including the gold and industrial equipment plundered in the United States and things plundered from Russia and Italy, the value is well over 2.5 billion Chinese dollars!  Of course, those industrial equipment and the like will definitely be discounted when sold to domestic companies!  However, the total value reaches 2.5 billion yuan, which is also very good!

    "Your Majesty, according to the original agreement with the government, half of the seized wealth belongs to the imperial military and will be distributed by ourselves!" Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of General Staff, reminded!

    "Of course, after the settlement is completed, the military will distribute the 1.25 billion yuan!" Wang Yuze nodded!  In peacetime, the empire's military expenditures are not large. To maintain huge military expenditures, especially the development of some new weapons, requires a large amount of money, and these secret military expenditures are also an important source for the military to support these expenditures!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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