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    "Well, very good! The Ryukyu royal family must be treated as befitting their status, do you understand?" "Yes, Your Majesty!" Inoue Kaoru lowered his head and touched his forehead to the tatami to show his respect for the emperor's order.  respect.  "Then the next step is to talk, right?" "Exactly, Your Majesty!" Inoue Kaoru raised her head and replied loudly: "The next task is to talk to the Chinese envoys to force them to accept that Ryukyu has accepted our Empire of Japan.  The reality of asylum. But even if it is a meeting, we must be prepared for war! " "War with a big country like China?" The voice behind the curtain became dazed, as if the confidence of the owner of the voice was wavering.  "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have made all preparations. The British have promised that as long as there is a conflict between Japan and China, they will definitely intervene and never let the Chinese dominate East Asia!" Inoue Kaoru's voice suddenly became high-pitched.  stand up.  "Allies are unreliable, Mr. Inoue! The same goes for the British! Only with the determination to die can we survive in death!" "Yes!" Inoue Xin's head lowered again.  "Mr. Inoue, come here!" Inoue Xin raised his head in confusion, and when he saw the palace minister beside the gauze curtain nodded slightly to him, he moved forward two steps and sat upright again.  "Come here some more!" Emperor Meiji's voice came from behind the curtain again.  Inoue Kaoru moved forward a few more steps. At this time, he was only more than one meter away from the gauze curtain. This was when the gauze curtain was opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a white kimono and a black hat came out and spoke with  The folding fan in his hand tapped Inoue Xin's shoulder twice, and whispered: "Inoue Qing, please do everything!" "Hai!" Inoue Xin fell to his knees on the ground, tears could not help but flow from his eyes.  Welling up in his eyes.  Twenty minutes later, Inoue Kaoru came out of the palace and boarded his carriage. His face had returned to the dullness and arrogance typical of big shots. However, deep in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor was so special just now.  The impact of the encounter has not completely faded away, and his heart is filled with the urge to do something to repay His Majesty for the special encounter.  Suddenly the carriage stopped, and voices came from outside. Inoue Kaoru frowned, and was about to ask, when the door was opened, and Kuroshima Jin got in, and took out a telegram from his arms,  In an excited voice, she said: "Sir, there is urgent news from Shanghai!" Inoue Xin looked at his somewhat rude secretary, but did not reprimand him. He took the telegram, opened it, and his hands immediately started to tremble slightly.  There were only eleven Chinese characters written on the message: "A riot broke out in Shanghai, with many casualties." Inoue Xin's eyes were immediately blurred by a layer of tears. He suddenly clasped his hands together, raised his head and prayed to the sky: "  The Empire of Japan is indeed a country protected by eight million gods. The destiny is mine! " "Yes, Your Excellency!" Jin Kuroshima, who was already in tears, looked at Inoue Kaoru: "In this way, the Chinese will not be allowed to do anything.  Don't give in. There is no way to fight externally when there is such a large-scale riot in the country!" "No!" Inoue Xin suddenly came to her senses: "China is a big country, and the enemy's territory, population, and financial resources are ten times that of ours!  As mentioned above, we cannot expect the enemy to die on his own, but must rely on our own efforts. Mr. Kuroshima, please immediately send someone to inform Mr. Ito and tell the task force to be on heightened alert. We must not relax and fall into the trap of the Chinese.  ! ¡± ¡°Hai! ¡± Zhejiang, Zhenhai.  This place borders Zhoushan Islands to the east, Ningshao Plain to the west, Hangzhou Bay to the north, and is separated by a strip of water from Shanghai. It is the northern gate of Ningbo City.  In addition, Beilun Port in the south has deep water and small waves, so it is an important military port in Dashun.  Beside the dock, Zao Guoquan was dressed in black robes and looked like he was about to embark on an expedition. Behind him were the ironclad "Jingyuan", the "Qingdao" and the freighter "Risheng". He was about to board this warship.  Lead approximately two thousand soldiers to Taiwan.  The person who saw him off was none other than Batu, his old acquaintance in Myanmar. He has now been transferred to Zhenhai, Zhejiang as the commander-in-chief.  I saw Batu cupping his hands and saying: "Sir, the Japanese in Ryukyu are very cunning, and they have been planning for Ryukyu for a long time. You have a heavy responsibility, so take it seriously!" Zao Guoquan smiled bitterly: "Zhenwu, the Japanese  I'm not afraid. Although I've heard that the Japanese are training troops and building ships in recent years, it's quite encouraging, but after all, the country is small and the people are poor, and it's not as vast as Dashun, with a vast territory and deep accumulation. But this kind of diplomatic things all have to be behind the scenes.  Only the words of soldiers have weight, and the money from the imperial court has not yet come down. Whether it is warships or infantry and artillery units, a sea of ??money will be poured out every time they move. But now I don¡¯t even see a dime. How can I talk about this?  ?¡± Hearing Zao Guoquan¡¯s complaints, Batu could only sigh. Ordinarily, the authority granted by Zao Guoquan was very large., it can be said that he has control over both the land and water armies from Chaozhou in the south to Zhenhai in the north, but the problem is that as long as the army moves, money is needed.  The navy needs repair money, coal money, sailor money to go to sea, and the army also needs departure money, reward money, and so on. Without these money, the army cannot move. How can it drive the Japanese out of Ryukyu?  "My lord, don't worry too much. There are people in the court who know the importance. Money will come around after a while!" Batu comforted in a low voice.  Zao Guoquan gave a wry smile, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, war and negotiation are just like doing business. Whoever takes action first will have the advantage. The Japanese have already occupied Ryukyu and captured the royal family in their own hands. They have already taken it.  Go first, if we delay and let other forces get involved, it will be even more troublesome. Hey, at this time, I thought of Chen Zaixing. To be honest, he is better than us in dealing with the Japanese.  Both are better!" Hearing Zao Guoquan mention his old friend, Batu also had a smile on his face: "Yes, he is the best way to resurrect him. The British in Myanmar suffered a lot back then!" "  By the way, what has Chen Fusheng been doing all these years? I heard that he resigned from office after returning from Mongolia? " "Well, do you remember that he married the regent princess of Myanmar?  The eldest princess became his wife and became the royal husband of the Kingdom of Myanmar. Now his business is doing great. I heard that he has built a steel factory in Kunming, Yunnan, and is ready to start building a railway from Mandalay to Kunming!  "Really?" Zao Guoquan couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a great Chen Zaixing. No wonder he resigned again. It's great that he has such a good job waiting for him. I heard him say that he wanted to build Yunnan and Burma.  Railway, I thought he was just joking, but I didn¡¯t expect it to be true!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Batu sighed: ¡°Sir, I don¡¯t think Chen Fusheng resigned entirely because of the eldest princess.  , but he wanted to do something, but there were some things that were difficult and impossible to do in the court, so he resigned. To be honest, I have had some thoughts over the past few years. There are some problems with the military system of our court.  If you don't change it, I'm afraid there will be big problems in the future!" After hearing this, Zao Guoquan asked with interest: "Problem? It's still early, Zhenwu, can you tell me?" "Sir, do you remember when we went there?  What's the matter with Myanmar? There are only more than 20,000 people at most, and the southern part of the imperial court is a bit nervous. And I, Dashun, have a population of 40 million. On the other hand, England only has a total of more than 60 million people, but look at them.  There are so many territories in the world. Even if the vassal states can recruit soldiers, their own soldiers will probably not be less than 500,000 or 600,000! I heard that the Russian population in the north is slightly more, probably 10 million people. Army  But it is said that there are more than one million. Isn't it a big problem in comparison? " "Yes! What you said makes sense, but our government is recruiting soldiers, and recruiting one soldier requires one soldier's salary, plus the current equipment and medicine.  Troops and ships cost a lot of money, and the court is in short supply, so it can¡¯t raise many soldiers! Besides, if we don¡¯t fight, wouldn¡¯t raising so many soldiers be a waste of money?¡± ¡°Then why not follow the example of France and Russia and adopt conscription?  system, the army only retains officers, capable sergeants and artillerymen, while rural soldiers are recruited from local youths and train locally for one or two years. If something happens, the existing soldiers will be recruited into the army. In just half a month, millions of soldiers will be recruited into the army.  Everyone is ready. In this way, the court can save money on raising troops, and once the war starts, it will not be in a dilemma because of lack of money!" "What you said makes sense!  "Zhao Guoquan nodded slightly: "But this matter involves a lot. Not to mention you and me, I am afraid that even the princes and queen mothers in the court may not be able to do it.  Think about it, these more than a million soldiers have been trained, and they are scattered among the people on weekdays without anyone to restrain them.  Once an unscrupulous person manipulates it, the disaster will be huge!  " Batu nodded: "What Mr. Zao said is true!  But everything in the world has its pros and cons, and the pros outweigh the cons or the cons outweigh the pros.  Nowadays, when countries are at war, the whole country works together and uses all their brains and treasures in order to win. However, our Dashun only has hundreds of thousands of standing troops, while tens of thousands of people stand by and watch. If it is a war between small countries, it is nothing more.  , if it is a nationwide war, if it is not his opponent, the Jiashen disaster may happen again, and then there may not be heroes like Emperor Taizong to turn the tide!  " After hearing what Batu said, Zao Guoquan couldn't help but change his expression. The Jiashen Disaster that Batu just mentioned was about the invasion of Youzhou by Emperor Taizu of this dynasty in 1644, and the former Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan.  He committed suicide, thinking that the matter was settled, but he did not expect that Wu Sangui surrendered to Dorgon, the regent of Donglu. Emperor Taizu had no choice but to lead his troops north, and fought against Wu Sangui and Donglu. The battle was not favorable and many soldiers died.  Abandoning Youzhou and returning to Xijing, the Donglu troops pursued them. The king's army was defeated in repeated battles. Most of the areas south of the river were owned by the Donglu. Even Emperor Taizu died in Xiangyang with an arrow in his hand.  , in ?In the First Battle of Yangyang, the Donglu army was repulsed, and China almost sank.  Even so, the two emperors Taizong and Shizu of Dashun fought hard for decades before they defeated the Donglu and won in the Ancestral Temple.  It is said that Emperor Taizong left a stone tablet in the ancestral temple before his death. The tablet details the disasters of Jiashen, how his ancestors conquered the world through hundreds of battles, and the difficulties of starting a business.  Before every emperor in Dashun succeeds to the throne, he must recite the inscription in the ancestral temple. I don¡¯t know whether this rumor is true or false, but it is widely circulated among the officials and people of Dashun. This shows how important the disaster of Jiashen is in the hearts of the people of Dashun.  Heavy.
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