Wild North America 1846

Chapter 674
the next few days

His Majesty the Emperor attended some public events one after another, laid a wreath at the Chicago Martyrs Memorial, and led the crowd to the Great Lakes Hall of Martyrs in the western suburbs of Chicago to pay homage to the heroes.

Made a public speech at the Chicago City Council, praising "this is a city of heroes that demonstrates the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties, a glorious monument of the rise of the empire, and will surely be recorded in history forever..."

His Majesty's high recognition confirmed the historical contribution of the Northern Legion, and often made the retired officers and soldiers sitting below burst into tears and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, Long Live, Long Live, Long Live!"

Chicago Palace

"It's all a child's heart!" What he saw and heard in the past few days made Emperor Li Cha sigh and gave a very high evaluation.

After winning the election, Baron Tang Dezhao hurriedly took the train from the imperial capital Chang'an to meet His Majesty, with a humble expression, and replied after giving a deep salute;
"My minister thinks that thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. Your Majesty is wise, and the people of the empire can only repay you with powder, and the people of Chicago are nothing more than the same."

"Tang Aiqing, sit down and talk."

"My humble servant, thank you for your seat."

Tang Dezhao has not yet assumed the post of prime minister, so Shenlong is humble and somewhat reserved.

Although the official career has been ups and downs for more than 20 years and he has held many important positions in the empire, Baron Tang Dezhao has only a handful of opportunities to meet His Majesty, and most of them are in the days of the Great Court Assembly or the cabinet's routine audience.

Because he is a low-ranking cabinet minister, it is generally not the turn of a junior with such shallow qualifications as him, and most of the time he just stays with him.

Not to mention the excitement in my heart to be fortunate enough to meet His Majesty the Holy Emperor face to face.

Emperor Li Cha was also looking at Baron Tang Dezhao, his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate people's hearts, and his expression was thoughtful.

Baron Tang Dezhao felt that he could not hide any secrets in his heart under the gaze of this kind of eyes, which brought heavy pressure, and made him sweat a layer of white hair on his back.

"Tang Aiqing, you don't have to be cautious. After I know you are loyal, you act decisively and courageously. You are a rare capable official.

This call for Tang Aiqing's imperial prelude is right, because I want to know what direction Tang Aiqing will take after she forms a cabinet?Where is the point?What goals does the Prime Minister want to achieve during his tenure?
For a brief discussion, Tang Aiqing can say whatever comes to her mind. "

This is His Majesty's consideration for Baron Tang Dezhao before taking office, and it can be said to be very important.

As a cabinet minister who is about to take over the supreme authority of the imperial government, Baron Tang Dezhao has no experience in serving in the Royal Secretariat, and His Majesty's understanding of him is only superficial.

A response is not good, or the answer is difficult to satisfy His Majesty the Emperor.

Baron Tang Dezhao, the new Prime Minister who is about to be freshly baked, may be nothing more than an empty puppet, and it is difficult to fully display his ambitions.

The Great Tang Empire will always be a magnificent empire created by the emperor, a constitutional monarchy under the dictatorship system, with strong control from top to bottom, similar to the German Empire.

If His Majesty doesn't like it, then the Prime Minister is just a rubber stamp.

Fortunately, Baron Tang Dezhao had already prepared for this day. He revised and revised the draft in his heart, and practiced it hundreds of times, so he quickly raised his head and explained with confidence;

"Show Your Majesty;
We Chen has a clear strategic goal after taking power, which is divided into three major parts: domestic, America and international outside the Americas. Please allow us to talk about it one by one.

in domestic politics

Adhere to the immigration-oriented population policy, adhere to the national foundation of deepening industrial development and foreign trade, and deeply promote the second wave of industrial revolution represented by chemical industry and electrification.

The specific performance is to encourage scientific and technological innovation, continue to deepen the creation of a strong humanistic and scientific research and development atmosphere, introduce policies to encourage business and technological development, and inject continuous vitality into the imperial economy.

Adhere to the immigration-oriented population policy, deeply optimize the population and social structure of the new colonial area, and catch up with the evolution process of the empire itself.

During the 5-year term of the current cabinet
Complete the policy of "vacating cages and changing birds" in overseas colonial areas such as New Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Yunzhong, Luzon, Cebu, and Mindanao, and achieve the ultimate goal of establishing overseas provinces (Note, referring to the jurisdiction of overseas colonial areas from the colonies The Ministry is transferred directly to the empire to complete the digestion process).

Adhere to the national publicity orientation of the Tang Empire's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, further promote the culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties, realize 100% coverage of Mandarin education, and achieve the goal of 80% literacy rate for the whole people.Introduce feasible policies to make substantial achievements in expanding and creating a more prosperous cultural market and expanding cultural influence throughout North America.

during the term of the cabinet
Weichen will pay attention to the promotion of oriental culture and sports, especially to strengthen its influence in North American countries. From professional baseball, football, calligraphy, opera, film music, car life and other aspects, we will organize a variety of international exchanges to promote oriental culture. Powerful contagion.

In the political field, the imperial government will further deepen bilateral relations with the Republic of Florida and the Republic of Mississippi, and strongly squeeze the living space and influence of the Republic of Carolina.

By cultivating opponents and continuing to contain and suppress the Republic of Carolina, this will be a long-term process, and it will be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time.

Strengthen the role of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Audit Office in China, clean up the administration of officials, implement a good supervision mechanism, gradually complete policy loopholes, and promote efficient government operations.

follow the holy will;

The innovative products that the imperial government will show off at the Los Angeles International Exposition, select 16 to 18 items from the innovative inventions, implement policy priorities, and focus on cultivation. The items that have been determined so far include bicycles, motorcycles, wireless telegraphs, new cameras, 5000 Horsepower marine steam turbine unit, enhanced power locomotive unit, industrial machine tool, 3000-ton forging machine tool, Moon Valley wine that won the gold medal, a series of new petrochemical products, telephone sets, complete sets of equipment for hydropower stations, etc.

It is expected that with the key support of policy funds, these innovative products will soon form a certain industrial scale and contribute to the economic development of the empire.

in the military field

The imperial government will continue to implement His Majesty's "better troops and simpler administration" decree, give priority to the development of the ocean-going navy, support the Royal Navy's further expansion of the main battle fleet, and expand its military presence throughout the Americas, so as to maintain the traditional status of the Tang Empire as the overlord of the Americas.

only……

This minister also has great ambitions to expand the territory, and hopes that in the last two years of this cabinet's administration, he will have the opportunity to attack the Dutch East Indies and cut a piece of fat off..."

Speaking of here
Baron Tang Dezhao raised his head, showing hopeful expression on his face, hoping that His Majesty the Holy Emperor would be extra merciful and meet this small request.

As the saying goes, what kind of people play with birds.

Under the rule of Emperor Li Cha for 39 years, the Tang Empire has been thriving in national power and has rapidly risen to become a world-class power. It is also an active participant in the tide of colonialism in the world today, and has gained a lot.

Well, under the guidance of this strong foreign invasion and colonial policy, not only the military officers are warlike, but also the civilian officials are eager to make contributions, which is really unstoppable.

What is good at the top will be effective at the bottom.

Among the successive prime ministers of the empire so far, only the 8th prime minister, Marquis Chen Cailiang, took office and did not enter an inch of land. This was also a point that he was widely criticized in the prime minister's election, and was rejected by all subjects.

As I said long ago, the appetites of the subjects of the Tang Empire are all growing.

It has been seven years since the victory of the Tangxi War in 1878. The imperial army has not used any weapons, and many aggressive colonialists are very anxious.

The Tang Empire has not expanded significantly in the past seven years, and the world powers such as Britain and France have not been idle. In Africa, in the Near East, and in the Indo-China Peninsula, there are many colonial wars.

In the past few years, France has entered Tunisia in North Africa, Lebanon in the Near East, and invaded the Syrian region, wiped out the kingdoms of Cambodia and Laos in the Indochina Peninsula, and wiped out the Kingdom of Vietnam, and expanded its power northward to Lang Son. It stands in front of the south gate of the Qing Dynasty.

that's not counting
The French Foreign Legion also expanded aggressively in West and Central Africa, expanding the French colonies in West Africa and Central Africa to a vast area of ​​320 million square kilometers, occupying almost 3/5 of the area south of the equator in Africa.

Compared with the Tang Empire, where the pot does not cook and the stove does not move, do you think you are in a hurry?

Baron Tang Dezhao has carefully studied and judged the world situation. Now the world's powers have started a frenzy to carve up Africa, so Africa is also within the scope of the current cabinet government's expeditionary expansion and colonization, mainly Madagascar and Portuguese East Africa.

He gained new insights from the Tang Empire's invasion of Spanish colonies~

The downtrodden veteran colonizers of the Netherlands and the Portuguese colonies have entered the vision of the current cabinet government. After careful consideration, considering that the empire has a relatively strong foundation in Paradise Island and the Luzon Islands, the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch East Indies have been prioritized for expansion. Australia.

Of the two, the former is obviously a soft persimmon.

Although Australia is a better target for its large land and sparse population, the suzerain country is too hard to deal with. If it fails to eat meat, it will sting blood instead, so why bother?
Considering the long distance to Africa, after repeated weighing, the final goal of expansion and colonization was still set in the Dutch East Indies.

Don't ask to swallow it in one bite, at least the Borneo Islands and Sulawesi Islands should be eaten, extending the empire's territory to the South China Sea for 6500 kilometers, close to the main channel of the Strait of Malacca.

As for the Java Islands and the Sumatra Islands in the northern part of the Malacca Strait, which have a large population even if they have a long history of development, we can wait for the next step.

It can be said that a prime minister who did not want to colonize and expand in the Tang Empire was not a good prime minister.

While Baron Tang Dezhao was waiting with great anticipation, Emperor Li Cha could not see any expression on his face, but responded indifferently;
"Tang Aiqing, let's sort out the international and domestic affairs first. The empire's economic development and foreign trade have made obvious progress. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Everything must be done step by step."

"My minister would like to obey the holy edict."

Although His Majesty the Emperor neither agreed nor disagreed, Baron Tang Dezhao was still ecstatic in his heart, knowing that the matter was largely accomplished.

His Majesty the Holy Emperor would not say; okay, you go and prepare for the invasion.

How level does that seem?
Generally, the courtiers have to understand the holy will and make complete preparations in advance. Once the vicious incident of Dutch colonists seriously infringing on the interests of Chinese immigrants broke out, the empire would have a justifiable excuse to crusade.

by then
Listen to the sage, Long Yan was furious, and the expeditionary army arrived, and the country's prestige was beyond thousands of miles of waves!
(End of this chapter)