Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 890
Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "I'm just talking casually. The empire has not yet established a foothold there. It's too early to talk about embezzlement. It may only take a month to occupy a country, but it may take 100 years to completely conquer it." It can’t be done. The territory of Asia is already huge, and I don’t think we can fully digest it in ten or twenty years.”

"It may only take a month to occupy a country, but it may take 100 years to completely conquer it." This moved both Feng Xianghua and Zhao Bingjun.For example, in India, the British colonists launched a colonial war against India a long time ago and controlled the whole of India, but they were still unable to conquer it for nearly 200 years.

Guan Xuqing, who is also an occupier, cleverly divided India into several vassal states, so that they would not care about resisting at all, but would only focus on competing with each other to expand their own interests. This move by the emperor is simply a stroke of magic.

"Britain didn't become powerful all at once." Guan Xuqing looked at their expressions and said with a half-smile: "We will enter Europe sooner or later. I have never considered what will happen after failure. I only think about how to digest the fruits of victory." In the Anglo-Saxon era, seven small countries fought there for 200 years, and now the "Empire on which the sun never sets" consists of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I don't believe that these countries are willing to be ruled by the United Kingdom. No one has territorial claims, and no one wants to be an independent country with complete autonomy in internal affairs and foreign affairs."

Feng Xianghua and Zhao Bingjun were taken aback by the emperor's words. The idea was too bold. The imperial army hadn't entered Europe yet, and the emperor was already thinking about how to carve up Britain.

"Britain's power is not as strong as before." Guan Xuqing said while looking out the window, "From the beginning of the 17th century, the London Company began to immigrate to North America and established the first colony of Virginia. A total of 18 colonies were established along the Atlantic coast; counting Africa and Asia, the area of ​​British colonies is 30 times that of its own land, so it can become a military power, capable of launching several wars at the same time, but now Asia has been included Without the "Great China Federation" system, without such a large colony in Asia that can provide unlimited human and material resources, I am very interested to see how long it can last."

"What is the Philippines going to do?" Feng Xianghua suddenly asked: "In the Greater China system, the only Asian country that has not been included in this system is the Philippines. At the time, the US Secretary of State Howe promised you to sell the Philippines to the Empire for 500 million US dollars. , but Hall’s lobbying work in the United States has not been smooth, and Hall’s promise has not been fulfilled until now. The issue of the Philippines is to fight or not to move for the time being?”

This question made Guan Xuqing think of Qiao Zhiyong who was far away in the United States. He lobbied around with a huge check, could he successfully persuade all walks of life in the United States to sell the Philippines to the empire?If he is willing to sell, then the price will have to be a factor to be considered, Guan Xuqing is absolutely unwilling to accept a price that is too high.In Guan Xuqing's global strategy, he is unwilling to go to war with the United States now, so he came up with the idea of ​​buying land, otherwise, with the powerful dragon army, he is fully capable of driving out all the Americans in the Philippines in the shortest possible time the sea.

In addition, due to inertial thinking, Guan Xuqing had some scruples deep down in his heart about the United States' strong industrial and war capabilities. If Guan Xuqing hadn't seized the historical opportunity and allowed the empire to reap the benefits of the two wars, China still doesn't know How far is it from the United States?Even so, the United States is still the latest country to join the war after China, and it is also the country that reaps the most benefits from the war after China.

Guan Xuqing's next strategy is to use a certain country in the Americas to contain the United States and become a pawn that makes it unable to develop with peace of mind, but he still has no idea how effective this pawn will be.

"We need to put some pressure on the United States. Qiao Zhiyong and Hao Er may not be able to succeed alone." Guan Xuqing said something to himself, and then asked Zhao Bingjun: "Zhi An, your Security Bureau is very familiar with the Philippines, you Tell me about the situation over there."

Zhao Bingjun calmed down and said: "We have started to develop local resistance forces a few years ago, and now the largest anti-American organization in the Philippines is the Philippine National Liberty Front." Last year alone, we provided them with a total of With 2 million dragon coins in funds and weapons, the organization currently has 27000 armed personnel, 6 non-combatant members, and 200 to 300 million sympathizers and supporters.The most critical problem now is that they lack effective training and high-level command personnel, so they have suffered several consecutive defeats in the contest with the US army. Currently, morale is not very high. We are considering sending military personnel to directly command the battle. "

Guan Xuqing nodded: "Send more people with actual combat experience, don't be like the Chinese officers in the Ottoman Empire, just send some who have just graduated from the military academy. For the Philippines, we are going to help others fight, isn't it? Go to train your own officers. In addition, I think we can increase our aid and try to let those fronts organize a big battle against the Americans in the first half of this year. I can tell you that Hao Er and Qiao Zhiyong are stepping up in the United States. Activities, to fight for the purchase of the Philippines, only if the Americans in the Philippines feel that they can no longer continue, can this matter be successful."

At this time, the train came to a slow stop, Guan Xuqing stretched his waist, and said, "Go, go down and take a look around, I'm really going to be exhausted in the past two days."

The train stopped at a small station near Mumbai, India. Zhao Bingjun, who was wearing casual clothes, jumped off the train first. After confirming that everything was safe at the station, the emperor and Feng Xianghua were invited out.No one here knows that the one who gets on and off the train is the supreme ruler of the empire, and no one knows that those who follow behind are all the influential figures of the empire. The people who come and go on the platform are at most looking at this seemingly mysterious train. After closing his eyes twice, he was still focused on the journey and the work at hand.

"Is it still a few days' journey away from there?" Guan Xuqing asked, and after getting an affirmative answer, he said, "Then let's spend the night here today. I really have a sore back and a sore back from the train ride, so I won't rest anymore." For a moment, I’m afraid we’ll collapse when we get there. We won’t be staying on the train today, we’ll find a quieter hotel to stay in, and it’s time for lunch, and we’ll have a drink or two later.”

"Are you planning to spend the night here?" Zhao Bingjun, who usually doesn't talk much, suddenly asked strangely.

Guan Xuqing was also a little strange. According to his past habits, as soon as he said this, Zhao Bingjun would immediately start arranging the place for the night and checking the safety of the surrounding area. What happened today?
Zhao Bingjun muttered, "If you plan to spend the night here today, I'd like to ask for a few hours off."

"Our full-time king is actually going to ask for leave." Guan Xuqing laughed. Zhao Bingjun has never asked for leave since he became the director of the Imperial Security Bureau. It is rare to see him take a break even on holidays. Today is really the first time Once, Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "It's rare to see you ask for leave, go, but remember to come back tomorrow at the latest, otherwise the train won't wait for you."

"But your safety?" Zhao Bingjun said worriedly, then sighed: "Forget it, I won't ask for leave."

"No one here knows me, and besides, there are still Xianghua and the guards here. The railway from Beijing to Mumbai is all agents of your security bureau. Don't you feel relieved?" Guan Xuqing was very puzzled by Zhao Bingjun's performance today, but he did not He didn't show it: "This is in our country, who can harm us, go, from now until 8:[-] tomorrow morning, you don't have to be on duty."

After Zhao Bingjun left hesitantly, Guan Xuqing frowned. Zhao Bingjun's reaction was too abnormal today, which made him have to be vigilant. Although Zhao Bingjun has always been loyal, but in such an extraordinary period, no one can guarantee that he will not fail What happened, the Shanghai assassination incident that happened in the past still makes Guan Xuqing still have lingering fears.

"There is something wrong with Zhi'an today." Feng Xianghua also noticed it: "He speaks and does things hesitantly, which is nothing like the previous vigorous and resolute behavior."

"Dai Li." Guan Xuqing called Dai Li and said, "Send someone to follow your head to see where he went, and report to me immediately after finding out. I don't have any doubts about Zhi'an's loyalty, but I am worried about him. It would be dangerous for one to go out."

Since it was a private visit via Weibo service, Guan Xuqing did not alert the Indian authorities, but sent a dozen people to find a hotel that seemed to be fairly clean. After haggling with the owner for a long time, he finally reached an agreement on the price.However, from the owner to the staff of this hotel, seeing that these guests are stingy, they are probably not rich owners, and looking at their ordinary clothes, of course, they will not give them any good looks.Especially the two guys who led the way held their heads high and looked arrogant, which was much more impressive than Feng Xianghua, the most dignified top military officer.

When they were brought to their respective rooms, the two Indian Asan who looked down upon others stood silently at the door, looking at Guan Xuqing with cold eyes.Guan Xuqing looked at his whole body for a long time, but he didn't find anything wrong. After Feng Xianghua not far away made a gesture to him, he finally realized that he fumbled in his pockets for a long time, and finally found out. Two one-yuan dragon coins (dragon coins are commonly used in the Greater China Federation) were given to two guys respectively.

Unexpectedly, the expressions on the faces of these two guys were even more ugly. It seemed that they didn't care about the dollar at all, which made it difficult for Guan Xuqing. The situation had no choice but to ask Feng Xianghua for help with his eyes. Who knew that the other party also spread his hands, his expression seemed to be about to cry, which clearly meant that I didn't have it either. face wry smile.

(End of this chapter)