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Chapter 1078 Retaliation?No, I want to expand (the first update, please subscribe)
Emperor Zhu had been standing by the window, pondering over and over again.

After waiting for almost half an hour, Prime Minister Qian Degong, Associate Ministers Fang Zhanbo, Cheng Dingkang, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhuge Jun all rushed to His Majesty's study.

Seeing His Majesty standing by the window with his back to everyone, they stood there without saying a word after saluting.

"What's the situation now?"

Emperor Zhu, who turned his back on everyone, asked.

"For Your Majesty, the Spanish ambassador said that this matter has no direct relationship with Spain. The assassin is a Chilean who has been in exile in Peru for a long time. He entered Cuba through the United States,"

Although the incident had just happened, the Spanish side had already learned of the results of the preliminary investigation, and truthfully informed Daming of the results of the investigation.

"absurd!"

Fang Zhanbo sneered.

"It's true that the assassin was a Chilean in exile in Peru, but the assassination happened in Cuba, so they can figure it out? Why not in other places, but in Cuba!"

While sneering, Fang Zhanbo went straight to play.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the assassination of Mr. Wang is related to the dignity of the empire. The blood of Mr. Wang must not be shed in vain. In order to maintain the dignity of the empire, the empire should declare war on Spain and send troops to land in Cuba and occupy Cuba!"

When Fang Zhanbo's words fell, both Cheng Dingkang and Zhuge looked sideways at him. While they were still considering the truth of the assassination incident, they directly wanted to use this as an excuse to declare war and occupy Cuba!

"It's not just Cuba. Cuba is just the first step. I think that the Peruvian Federation of Bolivia no longer needs to exist. This is the best excuse for the empire to go to war against Peru."

Cheng Dingkang's brows were furrowed at the suggestion of the two Prime Ministers, he thought for a while, and then said.

"Your Majesty, the annexation of Peru is bound to arouse the vigilance of other countries, which is contrary to the current "détente strategy" that the empire is pursuing."

"Chengxiang was surprised by what he said. The "détente strategy" was proposed back then to ease the conflicts between the empire and other countries after the annexation of Brazil. The law and order in the two provinces is good, the people have adapted to and accepted the imperial rule, and the digestion of the fruits of victory has been basically completed."

After directly stating the essence of the "detente strategy", Fang Zhanbo continued.

"Originally, the existence of the Peruvian Federation of Bolivia threatened the security of the empire. Based on the "détente strategy", we have tolerated it until now. Over the years, benefiting from the trade in saltpeter, the Peruvian Federation's economy has developed rapidly and its national strength has grown day by day. The threat to the empire is also obvious to all. If it is allowed to develop, the empire will not only face the threat of the United Kingdom and the United States, but also the direct threat of the Federation of Peru and Bolivia. In the past, we lacked an excuse to invade, and now the old man is assassinated This incident just gave us enough excuses, and with the completion of the initial infrastructure construction of the twelve northern provinces, the role of the new land infrastructure in promoting the imperial economy is not as good as before. Build the infrastructure of railways, highways, and urban public, and the infrastructure of the newly occupied area will once again become the engine of the empire's economic take-off!"

Expansion is always about making money!
This kind of earning money is not through tax increases or squeezing the people in the occupied areas, but through infrastructure investment to drive the economy. Although the infrastructure of Ming Dynasty is far from perfect, compared with Daming, other countries in this era The infrastructure of the country is almost blank.

After occupying Brazil, Daming took the improvement of people's livelihood as a breakthrough, invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build tens of thousands of kilometers of railways, 10,000+ kilometers of roads, and transformed the poor areas of the city.

Large-scale infrastructure construction not only stimulated the production of Daming factories and promoted the industrial development of Daming, but also provided a large number of jobs. With employment, there will be consumption, and with consumption, it will drive economic development.Of course, the most important thing is that the biggest benefit of large-scale infrastructure construction to the empire is not only that double the investment can receive several times the increase in the gross national product.It is accompanied by the population migration of jobs - more than 600 million Chinese immigrants have poured into the northern twelve provinces, fundamentally changing the local population composition.

Five years ago, the mainstream population of the 750 Northern Provinces was Brazilians, but now it is of Chinese descent—the Chinese population of the 1.5 Northern Provinces exceeded [-] million last year, [-] times that of Europeans.

"Cheng Xiang, we must take into account the international environment. Now it is different from the past. Will the Quadruple Alliance of Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy sit back and watch our occupation of Peru?"

After Cheng Dingkang asked back, he looked at Zhuge Jun and asked.

"Shangshu Zhuge, under what circumstances will Britain and the United States accept our occupation of Peru?"

"This……"

After pondering for a moment, Zhuge Jun, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who once served as the ambassador to France, said.

"I believe that Britain and the United States must not accept the further expansion of the empire. After all, according to the research and judgment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the bottom line of the United Kingdom and the United States is the empire's occupation of Brazil. If the empire expands further, it is very likely to lead to joint intervention by the two countries."

Joint intervention... Turning around, Emperor Zhu looked at him, and Qian Degong asked without saying a word.

"Qian Degong, what do you think?"

"His Majesty……"

Facing His Majesty's question, Qian Degong frowned, and then said.

"I believe that using this matter as an excuse to expand is indeed a rare opportunity, but we must also consider the reactions of Britain, the United States and other countries. After all, the current empire is not ready to go to war with Britain. After all, all military and administrative In the deduction of the academy, as long as there is a war with Britain, it will be a general war of empire mobilization, a world war, and in such a war, the loser will lose everything, so the empire must win the war at all costs. Before the preparation is completed Before, the empire should not start wars lightly."

The cautiousness of the prime minister made Fang Zhanbo unhappy.

"Qian Xiang said that he was surprised, why the empire has not completed the preparations for war. In ten years of Shengde, our industrial output value has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, and the scale of our steel and other industries has far exceeded that of the United Kingdom. We can even Establish a navy whose size far exceeds that of the UK. At present, the size of our navy is only equivalent to 65% of that of the UK. This is due to the empire's "détente strategy". With a fleet stronger than the British, war preparations are no problem at all!"

In fact, as we all know, Fang Zhanbo is not a radical. The reason why he made this judgment is because... the empire is indeed very strong!

1880 was a watershed year. In that year, the total industrial output value of the empire surpassed that of the United Kingdom for the first time. The great infrastructure made the Ming Dynasty flourish overnight.

The fist is hard, the muscles are strong, and the feeling of being stuck in the neck and unable to expand is not good!
Therefore, there have always been people in the empire who advocate breaking the current deadlock, and Fang Zhanbo is one of the representatives.

He will not aggressively want to go to war with the United Kingdom, but he hopes to break the deadlock that the United Kingdom can't expand.

Qian Degong frowned tightly.

"Fang Xiang, preparations for war are not limited to industry!"

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