"After the war is won, how can we keep the fruits of victory and extract the most benefits from our opponents? This is a great science, and Europeans are indeed ahead of us in this kind of knowledge..."
"In China, we have been willing to talk about benevolence and righteousness since ancient times. We have always been extremely cautious about the use of war, and are very taboo about using war to make money. The moral guardians in the Central Plains always say that benevolence and righteousness serve the masses, and launching wars is just a lesson. It’s just rebellion or being forced to fight back..."
"Although China's territory has been expanding through wars and cultural invasions, under the premise that the grand strategy has advantages, small tactics always suffer, and some dynasties even ended on this basis. National destiny..."
"The most famous one is the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli, the most typical of which was to support North Korea against the Japanese invasion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi... Of course, strategically, the Ming Dynasty protected its inland strategic security and repeled the Japanese. This was the starting point. There is nothing wrong at all, but this war also directly dragged down the finances of the Ming Dynasty..."
"How much money was spent on the three major expeditions has been discussed a lot in later generations, but I think there should be 10 million taels of silver, right? Don't underestimate this number. We Chinese people don't take 10 million taels of silver seriously now, then It’s because the world’s silver production is now exploding, and it’s flowing into China like crazy…”
"During the Ming Dynasty, a few million taels of silver in the treasury was considered a wealthy age! Emperor Wanli basically lost all the wealth saved by his teacher Zhang Juzheng..."
Xiao Letian sighed, "This issue is too big. We don't need to talk about it. I just want to emphasize, why did we lose money despite winning the war? Shouldn't the loser pay war compensation?"
"It's a pity that the ancients really didn't have this awareness. The war was won and the land was obtained, but that land was also desolated. The population dropped sharply and it was impossible to generate wealth in a short period of time. On the contrary, you occupied these places of hundreds of battles. It will also cost high defense costs..."
"Among the three major conquests, North Korea spent the most money, but can we make it back in the end? War is also a business. I don't ask you to make a lot of money, but you can't lose money anyway, right?"
"Japan is not allowed to compensate for the arms expenses of the Ming Dynasty? North Korea is not allowed to reimburse? If you say you have no money, that's easy to do. It's okay to cut off a few small islands so that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty can make some money. …”
"It's a pity that the end result of the long war was that China emptied its wealth, which made the financial crisis of Ming Dynasty become more and more serious..."
Xiao Letian threw a few pistachios into his mouth, shook his head and sighed, "Of course, we can't blame our ancestors. After all, there were restrictions in that era, and people's ideologies were different from now..."
"That's what I'm talking about! When it comes to war compensation, Europeans are the shrewdest... I beat you, and you want to admit defeat? I'm sorry, you have to pay for my military expenses and let me earn Only then can there be peace!"
"We Chinese went to war with Tsarist Russia, then clashed with France, and finally united with Prussia to fight this European war. What is our purpose?"
"It is not just an attempt to squeeze into the club of great powers, but also a very important task, which is to make money! We must squeeze out a large sum of war compensation from Tsarist Russia and France!"
"We must not be taken advantage of. I must squeeze out a naval military expenditure from Tsarist Russia and France! If I don't extort the funds of more than a dozen battleships, do you think I am just kidding?"
"But how much you can extort in the end depends on what happened at the armistice conference after the war! That's the real hot knife cutting butter, one knife is a big piece!"
"If you want to extort more money, you have to prepare all the evidence in advance. You have to make us into little white rabbits who have been bullied, and we have to show all our previous grievances!"
"Now you understand why I attach so much importance to the chain of evidence, right? We have to create a very complex chain of evidence, one after another, to block the enemy's mouths from many aspects and make them completely defeated at the negotiation table!"
"Wang Ju, please tell us about the war in the Far East and the preparations for our evidence chain!"
Xiao Letian's language was naturally inflammatory. The eyes of the senior Chinese officials around him all lit up with excitement. The pen in Wang Junlan's hand, who was accompanying Mr. Wang behind him, was almost flying. It’s been a long day of learning today.
Wang Huaiyuan cleared his throat, "This battle in the Far East is composed of three small battles. The first is the bloody battle on Amami Oshima, the second is the offensive and defensive battle of Vladivostok, and the third is the battle with the Cossack Cavalry Regiment. Contest..."
"The enemy's command system was different in the three battles. Our prisoners were also divided into three groups and detained. We tried to prevent them from coming into contact with each other and avoid colluding with each other..."
"These meat tickets can be exchanged for real money sooner or later, and now we are not raising him in vain. They are completing a lot of Ryukyu's infrastructure work..."
"The evidence chain of the Battle of Vladivostok mainly consists of Andreev's surrender letter, which also includes the remains of the victims of the Qingdao gold mine, the testimonials of the survivors of the Far East, and the testimonials of some Korean, Fuso, and even American explorers. …”
"This forms a chain of evidence that can be used to confront Tsarist Russia alone..."
"But one Vladivostok can't influence the entire negotiation. We have bigger fish, such as the Cossack Corps. You know, we even captured the regiment commander!"
"This is a very favorable factual basis. Fadeyev is still alive and tens of thousands of prisoners are being held. Everything they have done cannot be denied..."
"This group of Cossacks almost killed all the Mongolians in Mobei along the way. There were more than a dozen small Mongolian tribes that were exterminated. At this moment, the CIA is collecting evidence on the grassland and looking for witnesses..."
"Finally, we have an even bigger fish, that is Axon. This is the Tsar's brother-in-law. He is also the secretly appointed governor of the East. With this big smoker as a prisoner, our drama will be easier to sing! "
"The evidence chain of the Russian Navy includes the Bailayi Massacre, the naval battle at the mouth of the Minjiang River, and the sneak attack on Amami Island..."
"Three different sets of evidence chains, plus the circumstantial evidence of a third party, completely block all the excuses for Tsarist Russia to cheat and deny their accounts. As long as they can't cheat, they will have to let us set the price at the negotiation table!"
Bang bang... Xiao Letian applauded Wang Ju, "That's right, that's right! Do you know that the CIA prepared twelve large wooden boxes of written materials for Tsarist Russia? I once read a pile of them. As high as a mountain!”
"Although it is said that diplomatic negotiations belong to one person, everyone plays his own tune, and everyone is being unreasonable to each other! But there is also an issue of the volume of the voice. Sometimes the appearance cannot be too ugly, and it cannot be justified if it is too ugly... …”
Note: Some book friends are very impatient and always dislike Xin Jing's slow coding, and some even speak rudely... In fact, it is really unnecessary. The book is coded word by word, and you need to type it one by one on the keyboard. hit.
Not to mention readers being anxious, I still want to publish 100,000 words a day? is it possible? Can we violate the laws of nature?
We need to ensure quality and code quickly. This is a contradiction that cannot be reconciled at all.
In addition, many readers directly asked about the plot behind it. Are you that anxious? How could I spoil this? Besides, the main plot is written in the outline, but the side plots are all based on inspiration.
Even if I want to tell you this kind of thing, I can't do it now!
Calm down, everyone, please be calm and don't be impatient!
