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Volume 4 Leviathan Chapter 73 Send Troops

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    "Kinoshita, you don't understand this!" Yuhiro Ito lowered his voice: "Since Mr. Inoue ascended the throne of Prime Minister two years ago, the funding in the Congress has been biased towards our navy, not to mention the special needs of the British.  The loan was designated for the purchase of old warships of the British Navy. Faced with this situation, the big bosses of the Army Choshu Domain had long been dissatisfied, and secretly asked Inoue-kun to rebel. This time he sent troops to Ryukyu.  We must do it well as the first step in the Asia-Europe policy. As long as we do it well, the navy will naturally benefit the most. "Do you understand?" "My subordinates understand!" The naval officer had a look of realization on his face:  "The overall situation is the most important thing!" "Just understand! Kinoshita-kun, you immediately lead the two ships 'Naniwa' and 'Fuso' to block the route from Ryukyu to Taiwan. You must not let the Ryukyu royal family escape!" "Yes, Ito  Your Excellency!" Hanjing, Imperial Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion.  It was already early in the morning. Jiang Qingyue, who was on duty that day, yawned and stood up. She was going to take a nap first.  At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a man with a pen pushed the door in and said urgently: "Mother, there is an emergency call from Fuzhou, something happened in Ryukyu!" "What?" Jiang Qingyue reached out and took the message, opened it and took a look.  , his face changed drastically: "Quickly inform Madam Lin, and let the people below prepare, and the ministers in the cabinet should also inform you." "Yes, Madam!" The man gave Jiang Qingyue a slight blessing with his pen, and then withdrew.  Got out.  Jiang Qingyue sighed, put the message back on the desk, and sighed: "What an eventful time it has been!" As soon as it dawned, the leaders of the Dashun Empire gathered in Jiying Hall and began to discuss how to deal with the Japanese invasion.  "Ms. Jiang, please repeat the message to your husband-in-law!" "Yes, Queen Mother!" Jiang Qingyue bowed slightly to Queen Mother Deng and said in a deep voice: "Eight days ago, Japan sent more than ten large ships to invade Ryukyu.  Our supervisor and fifty soldiers were surrounded by the Japanese. After disarming everyone, the Japanese put them on a ship and sent them back to Taiwan. According to what the supervisor said afterwards, the incident happened suddenly and the King of Ryukyu fled to Taiwan with his royal family.  In the supervisor's house, there is a huge disparity in power between the two sides. The King of Ryukyu and the royal family are now under Japanese control. "Idiot!" Wang Qinian cursed in a low voice outside Zhulian: "There must have been signs of the Japanese invasion in advance, but he didn't notice it."  During the invasion, the king of Ryukyu and the royal family had obviously fled to him. Even if the king couldn't take him with him, he could at least bring his son or daughter back! It's ridiculous that he was captured without firing a bullet. " At this point, Wang Qinian stood up and asked Deng!  The Queen Mother saluted and said: "I dare to punish this person severely, as a warning to those who come after me!" Queen Mother Deng nodded slightly: "What Mr. Wang said is true, but the most important thing now is how to respond!" "Send troops!" Wang Qinian  He loudly replied: "The Japanese are provocative first, so the only way is to send troops. Ryukyu regards China as its parents and is very respectful. If I, Dashun, ignore it, what will the many vassal states think?" "What does Empress Lin think?  "Queen Mother Deng turned around and asked.  "I think what Mr. Wang said is true. The Japanese have been raising troops and building ships over the years, and have also allied with the British. They have long coveted our empire. This invasion of Ryukyu is just a test. If we are weak, I am afraid that in the future  North Korea and Taiwan will both become the targets of the Japanese!" "Yeah!" Empress Dowager Deng nodded, and she felt relieved when she saw that the heads of the inner and outer courts were in agreement. After all, Japan was not that powerful compared to Dashun.  From a historical and realistic perspective, Japan's opponent is far inferior to Dashun in terms of military and national strength, so it should not be difficult to deal with it.  "Does Mr. Wang have a strategy?" "Empress Dowager, I think it is best to use early national power to control the military affairs of Taiwan and Ryukyu, and Fujian to control the military envoys, and use large troops to attack them, forcing the Japanese to retreat quickly!" Lin Wanqing laughed!  He said: "What Mr. Wang said is true!" Apparently in this regard, the leaders of the inner court and the outer court have reached a consensus, that is, to overwhelm Japan with sufficient strength as soon as possible and solve the problem before it is fully fermented.  These two experienced politicians saw that Japan's invasion of Ryukyu was not a simple incident. There were shadows of other powers behind it. Only by solving the problem quickly can other countries not get involved.  Chance.  "Everyone, if we want to send troops, where will the money come from?" A voice suddenly interrupted Wang and Lin's discussion.  Everyone turned around, and it was Hu Keqin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who was speaking. He stood up and asked: "Ryukyu hangs alone in the sea, more than two thousand miles away from China, and the Japanese have more than ten large ships. The Nanyang and Beiyang fleets  I'm afraid that if we have to go out and spend a lot of money, I will declare in advance that the money of the Ministry of Finance has been almost spent. The most I can squeeze out is more than one million taels, and the more money will be counted on me.  " Hearing the question of money, everyone in Jiying Hall frowned. The two events three years agoAfter the attack, Dashun's treasury was completely empty, and he still owed a lot of debt.  After Hu Ke's hard work in the past three years, things are finally getting better, but now there is another war and the navy has to be dispatched, which will cost even more.  How can we fight without money?  "Ms. Hu!" Empress Dowager Deng asked softly: "Is the national treasury really so poor?" "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you know the situation of the national treasury clearly. It can only increase by one to two million taels at most every year. There is a little bit of water there.  I am afraid that we will lose money due to the drought, and the old minister has seized more than one million taels from here and there. If you don¡¯t believe it, you can replace him with someone else. The old minister is incompetent!  Xiao, he said he was about to resign.  "Of course the Ai family can trust Mr. Hu's words!" Queen Mother Deng replied a little embarrassed, and she frowned.  This battle must be fought, and since there is not enough money, it will definitely be too late to collect taxes. Now it seems that there is only the last way.  She looked at Hu Keqin and asked: "Hu Shangshu, it seems that the only way is to issue more national bonds!" "The Queen Mother Shengming!" "Issuing national bonds is indeed the best way!" Everyone in Jiying Hall agreed,  In their view, issuance of national bonds is the only way out now.  "Queen Mother, I think this should be carefully considered!" A voice seemed abrupt among the crowd of approvals.  Everyone turned around, and it turned out that the person speaking was Hu Keqin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.  I saw him stroking his beard and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, I am not against the issuance of government bonds to raise funds. It's just that the total number of bonds issued over the years has been more than nine million taels. Since the old debts are repaid and new debts are issued, the total amount of new debts is  It was more than the old debt. In fact, the court not only failed to repay the debt, but also borrowed more and more. The old minister was always a little uneasy. Now that he had to issue new debt, how much should be issued and how much interest should be set so that there would be no mistakes. I hope the court would be able to do so.  The constitution cannot be like now, without preparation on weekdays, and then mess up like a headless fly when it comes to spending money. After all, as the ancients said, the trust of the country is a precious treasure! " Empress Dowager Deng listened to Hu.  After Keqin said these words, he couldn't help but secretly nod his head and sighed: "Mr. Hu is indeed a seasoned advocate for the country. Let's do this. I will let Mr. Hu take charge of the issuance of national bonds this time. We must work out a charter for Haosheng."  It will be an example for future generations!" "Your Majesty, if you want me to take charge, I can do it, but I have a condition!" "Condition?" Queen Mother Deng said with interest, "Please tell me, Mr. Hu!  My deputy!¡± ¡°Shen Hongmao?¡± ¡°Yes, this person was in charge of the Hanyang Iron Works and the Machinery Bureau. Not only did these factories not need subsidies from the court, but they also made tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. This shows that he is a man who dares to do his job.  "Commander, if the old minister is responsible for the national debt, please ask Her Majesty the Queen Mother to hand this person over to the old minister as his deputy!" "I see, then I will accept Mr. Hu's request!" "Thank you, the Queen Mother, for your permission!" Two days later, Shanghai.  Liu Family Mansion.  Chen Zaixing was leaning on the sofa, teasing a green-feathered parrot on the shelf nearby. The parrot was quite clever and could imitate the words so well that it made the maids standing next to them laugh.  "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen!" Liu Zhiping's voice came from outside. Chen Zaixing sat up and saw Liu Zhiping walking into the hall quickly, holding a newspaper copy in his hand. He was always happy and angry.  The color's old face was full of excitement.  The maids in the room quickly bowed to him and saluted: "Master!" "Go down, everyone!" Liu Zhiping waved his arms impatiently, walked quickly to Chen Zaixing, and whispered: "Mr. Chen, seriously  You guessed it!" "You guessed it?" Chen Zaixing was stunned when he heard this. He has been staying at the Liu Family Mansion in Shanghai. Although the Liu Family Mansion is not as grand as the Burmese Palace in Mandalay.  , but when it comes to the collection of cultural relics and comforts that have existed in Jiangnan for thousands of years, Mandalay cannot enjoy it, especially the "three unique features" of the Liu Family Mansion that are famous throughout Jiangnan - cooks, gardens, and Pingtan Kunqu opera.  , which made Chen Zaixing full of praise. The more than two months he spent in Shanghai made him feel a little happy and reluctant to miss his childhood.  "The imperial court is indeed going to issue more national debt! It seems that Japan is invading Ryukyu and is going to use troops!" At this point, Liu Zhiping couldn't help but clasped his hands together and prayed: "Buddha and Bodhisattva bless, Buddha and Bodhisattva bless!" Chen Zaixing then woke up.  He came, but was dumbfounded by Liu Zhiping's behavior: "Uncle Liu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to ask Bodhisattva for this matter! No matter what, people will die in wars, and Buddha and Bodhisattva are compassionate, so I'm afraid they won't agree to your request.  "Please!" "Haha, Mr. Chen, you don't know. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also have to build golden bodies and erect pagodas. I, Liu Zhiping, spend a lot of money on this during the holidays.  Alms, how could they refuse my request???¡± ¡°This¡ª¡± Chen Zaixing was speechless as he was refuted by Liu Zhiping¡¯s words. It was not that he had never read Buddhist scriptures, and he knew that the other party was completely wrong, but he remembered that whether it was Burma or Dashun, the monks  Seeing the money, I feel guilty about opening my mouth to refute. "Since the imperial court is going to issue new national bonds, do you have any plans?" "Mr. Chen, don't worry, the person in charge of the issuance of bonds is Hu Keqin, the Minister of Civil Affairs.  , if it comes to running the country, even ten of me can't compare to him, but if compared to doing business and money matters, he is not as good as me.  Don't worry, as long as the court wants to issue new national bonds, I will definitely be able to get the job done for you and make a lot of money!  " "Then I'll just wait for the good news from Uncle Liu!  ¡± The second update today. I will go to work later. I hope everyone will continue to support Weber.
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