Chapter 989 Gives a heavy responsibility

   took a nap

   After Li Fushou got up, he took a shower under the service of the maid's valet. After drinking a few sips of fragrant tea, he felt refreshed and came back to the Dongji Hall.

  Dongji Hall is an important place for daily handling of government affairs. No one can enter unless called by the Holy Master. Only the Great Secret who is on duty on duty can serve nearby, and no other palace maids and inner servants are allowed to enter.

   It happened to be Cai Tingqian, the head of the secretariat, who was on duty today. After learning that Sheng was resting in the morning, he waited early at the passage outside the hall.

   "Oh, Tingqian, it's so early." After Li Fushou came over, he greeted Cai Tingqian casually and kept walking in.

"Wei Chen respectfully invites His Majesty's Holy Peace." After Cai Tinggan gave a salute, he hurriedly followed behind the Holy Sage into the temple, watched the Sage walk to the throne and sat down, took a sip of the fragrant tea he had just brewed, and seemed to have no intention of handling the affairs of the state immediately. He stepped forward to ask for instructions; "Report to Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhang Li of the Cabinet reports; today, the special envoy of King George V of England, His Excellency the Marquis of Mackellan, is requesting an audience with the Holy Master."

   "Weasels give New Year's greetings to the chickens~ There is nothing good, let's hang it up first."

"My minister obeys the order." Cai Tinggan gave a salute and continued to report back; "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Russian special envoy Marlovsky has arrived recently to discuss with the imperial government the issue of large amounts of supplies and military orders, as well as the Russian royal family. Interested in marrying the empire, and requesting an audience with the Holy One."

"No, I will sell material orders or anything with money, and I will not owe any credit." Li Fushou replied impatiently. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that his tone was too stiff, so he restrained his temper and ordered; "This matter is related to the cabinet. At the discretion of the courtier, 20,000 rifles and 100 artillery pieces were allocated to Russia from the seized weapons in the Oregon state. Other things were done according to the rules. As for marriage, don’t mention it. I don’t have any lack of relatives. "

   "The minister obeys the order." Cai Tingqian bowed to answer.

  This Tsar Nicholas II was also an extremely arrogant and conceited madman. He wanted to marry his second daughter to the eldest grandson, His Royal Highness Li Zhongqi, the eldest son of Qin Prince Li Siyuan.

His Royal Highness Li Zhongqi is the eldest grandson of the emperor and has a distinguished status. He must marry a Chinese woman as his wife. That is a place where one can't leave a bit of a tongue. It's something that can't be messed up at all.

   As for why Li Sihan, Duke of Wright, the second son, could marry the granddaughter of the King of Bavaria, Germany, the reason is well understood.

Because Li Sihan was born by the imperial concubine Fiona, he was born out of line with the throne because of his impure blood. Whether he married a white man as a duchess, or a commoner as a duchess, there was no big obstacle, as long as he did not Just smear the royal family.

in this regard

Li Fushou behaved very generously. Compared with the royal families in Europe, they must never accept the contamination of noble blood by commoners. The royal family of the Ocean Empire should be much more enlightened, adhering to the attitude of equality of all living beings. Represents the superior bloodline.

   Li Sihan, the eldest grandson of the emperor, can also marry a white woman, which means that he will automatically give up his qualification to inherit the throne.

   There are 15 princes born to Li Fushou. The youngest is Li Sibo, the fifteenth prince born to the favorite concubine Lu Yaner, who is just two years old this year, the age of babbling, 11 years younger than the grandson Li Zhongqi.

  Why did Tsar Nicholas II of Russia suddenly think of marriage?

Naturally, the Ocean Empire has money, guns and strength. Under the urging of allies such as Britain and France, Tsarist Russia hastily sent more than 2 million troops to the Eastern Front. 1/3 of these soldiers were not equipped with rifles, but also used long knives and battle axes. These cold weapons.

   In addition, the logistical supply of the Russian army was extremely poor. Officials at all levels were corrupt to the point of insane. The black bread supplied to the frontline soldiers was mixed with sawdust and leaves, and it was not enough to eat.

How could such an army satisfy the ambitious ambitions of Tsar Nicholas II?

   So he put his idea on the head of the Ocean Empire. If the two countries can marry, a large amount of materials and weapons and equipment can be continuously transported to Russia to support Tsar Nicholas II in fighting the European war.

  For Russia's interests, marriage became the most realistic option.

   Li Fushou obviously didn't want to be taken advantage of, let alone climb up this hapless relative, so he dismissed him with 20,000 rifles and was not interested in paying him any more.

   When Nicholas II was in the Fusang Kingdom, he was slashed on the head by the Fusang Ronin. Since then, he has been full of disgust towards the Fusang people, and has been thinking about revenge.

   The Russo-Japanese War that broke out 10 years ago cannot be guaranteed without such factors, but unfortunately it was defeated.

   After the sage had instructed, Cai Tingqian recorded it in the notebook. After a while, the secretariat would forward the decree of the sage, and the cabinet would decide.

  Li Fushou picked up the document on the imperial case and looked at it. Seeing that Cai Tingqian was still standing there, he asked, "Is there anything else?"

   "Return to Your Majesty;

After the outbreak of the war, Britain, France and other countries, due to the sharp increase in the demand for materials, have a large gap in government funds, so they want to seek large-scale export loans. On the report, begging for the Holy Inquisition. "

   "Oh, I'm running out of money." Li Fushou said, lying back comfortably on the chair, his slender fingers tapped the red sandalwood throne lightly, thought about it, and said;

   "Britain and France are both old-fashioned colonial powers with profound backgrounds, but there is no need to worry that they will not pay the bills. The loans can be borrowed, but the interest is higher. Let them discuss the details themselves.

   for the need to avoid risk

  British and French loans must have collateral, such as the Rand gold mine in South Africa, or the territorial rights of other colonies, islands in the Pacific or Atlantic, and so on.

The most important thing

   That is the Jinyang loan we issued. The repayment of principal and interest needs to be calculated by Jinyang. This is the bottom line. For the goods exported by Jinyang loan, the settlement currency must be the reputable Jinyang, not any other currency, not even the pound sterling.

   In the future, similar situations will be handled in the same way, no need to ask for additional instructions.

   In addition, organize a medical team of 1,000 people to go to Europe to rescue the wounded and convey a friendly gesture of goodwill from the Empire.

  Although we can't directly send troops to help fight, we can still play a role in the humanitarian field, indirectly helping the Allies, so that they can't find faults. "

   "Reporting to the sage, do you want to send it from the Allied countries?"

   "Well... send two medical teams with a size of more than 100 people. After all, we still have to do business, so it's enough to have a decent face."

   "Understood, Wei Chen will make an order immediately."

   After receiving the order, Cai Tingqian retired and went to the secretariat's duty room not far from Dongji Hall, where he drafted the order and transferred it to the cabinet ministries and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for implementation.

  Due to the large-scale war broke out in Europe, various affairs suddenly increased, Li Fushou was more diligent than usual, and spent a lot more time in the Dongji Temple to handle government affairs.

   Usually only half a day in the morning, 5 days a week, and the remaining two days off.

   Now he stays here all day, meeting courtiers, holding imperial meetings to discuss the current situation, meeting foreign envoys, dealing with matters of major international and domestic relations, and controlling the smooth progress of the empire.

  Li Fushou picked up the latest battle report of the European battlefield and simply flipped through it. He picked up a few strokes and approved the word "read", then put it aside and didn't care anymore.

   The major matters related to the life and death of the European powers, in his opinion, are nothing to do with themselves and hang high. How many troops were lost and how many people died, it was all a matter of the Europeans, and had nothing to do with the Ocean Empire.

   Fight if you want! In any case, there is no way to tell the winner in a short time.

   He held a report from Panama in his hand and studied it carefully.

  Panama itself is a small country in Central America. The main city is Panama City. It has been harassed by a local government composed of a group of thugs for four or five years. It is really hard for the people to live.

   Today’s indigenous population is less than 130,000, while the Chinese population is already more than 50,000. It is time to close the net.

The Chinese residents mainly live in the Canal Zone under the jurisdiction of the Panama Canal Company, which is a country within a country that belongs to the Panama Canal Company alone. It is responsible for the daily operation of the canal, the inter-ocean entrepot trading company, the cargo transportation and warehousing company, and the daily commodity and Rice mills, oil mills, cement mills and other enterprises have a relatively prosperous life.

  Indigenous people are unsustainable due to the embarrassment of life. They often cross the border and enter the canal area at night to carry out vicious cases of theft, robbery and even murder. This has become a major headache for people.

   Therefore, it is imperative to sweep acupoints in Liting.

   After studying the report carefully, Li Fushou quite recognized the series of measures in the report, including the judicial action in the name of "joint security law enforcement", in which some idle gangsters and street gangsters established in Panama were all imprisoned in concentration camps.

   Instigated a coup d'etat, sent the current government and corrupt bureaucrats to prison, established a temporary unity government of Panama, and then held a referendum to voluntarily join the Ocean Empire and become the state of Panama.

   After a few attempts, there are not many local indigenous men.

   The remaining young indigenous men were all conscripted into the army. When they were in the sky, they would make up two divisions. Later, they would be sent to the European battlefield as cannon fodder, and they would basically live together.

   With the current size of the Ocean Empire, to solve this small area, it is really three fingers to pinch the snails ~ steady.

  Li Fushou looked at the report submitter, Duan Changjiang, director of the North American Affairs Supervision Committee of the Imperial Colony Department, and couldn't help nodding his head.

   This person he knew was the son of the Marquis Duan Qixiang, a very capable young and middle-aged official.

   For such a courtier who was well versed in Li Fushou's behavior, he never hesitated to give heavy responsibilities, so Li Fushou took up the pen and gave instructions on the report;

   Yes, it can be handed over to the reporter to supervise.

   (end of this chapter)