Chapter 1411: Be blessed and know your blessings (first update, please subscribe)
Tang Dynasty!
Sun Hu's suggestion made Emperor Zhu's eyes light up. It seemed to be a good suggestion. Using the industry and even the army of the Tang Dynasty to enrich the power of the empire.
Although Tang will not join the war for the time being, the status of a neutral country is more beneficial to the empire. The empire can not only use the merchant ships of neutral countries to transport military supplies, but also use the industry and resources of neutral countries to serve the war. The empire can achieve the expansion of its own industry through military orders from Ming Dynasty!
Although the industry of the current Tang Dynasty is not as good as that of the old European powers, it is definitely better than that of Italy. After all, in terms of steel production, Anshan Iron and Steel alone has left Italy far behind. With the help and investment of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the Westernization Movement in the Tang Dynasty is much stronger than the same period in history.
The Tang Dynasty has now completed basic primary industrialization and can even become a third-rate power like Italy.
However, the Tang Dynasty also possessed potential that other third-rate powers did not have - almost unlimited human resources and strong agricultural resources.
All of this is the basis for Datang to participate in this game.
With such a power, of course we should make use of it.
Nodding, Emperor Zhu said.
"Well, we can ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the warship escort with the Tang Dynasty. There shouldn't be much resistance from this side. After all, the Tang Dynasty navy is generally pro-Ming!"
Not to mention the Tang Dynasty Navy, even the Army was dominated by pro-Ming factions. After all, in the modernization process of the Huai Army, international students who graduated from the imperial military academies played an extremely important role.
Moreover, the "Xuzhou Uprising" to overthrow the Qing Dynasty was launched by those middle and lower-level officers of the Ming Dynasty. They forced Governor Li to "revolt" at gunpoint, which is somewhat similar to Li Yuanhong.
Although the Huai faction still held high positions, the Ming faction also held certain military power. As for the navy... almost all of them were Ming-trained officers. There was no other way. The navy was a technical branch, and the Huai army could not handle it. Because of this, the Tang Navy was well known to be pro-Ming. After all, most of the middle and high-level officers came from the Imperial Naval School. Even now, there are still many Chinese army and navy students studying in the Empire every year.
"The resistance is not great, but given the conservative nature of the Li family, they will definitely not agree without sufficient benefits. I think we can promise to provide them with a loan to help them improve the combat effectiveness of their troops. After all, they will definitely participate in the war in the future."
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang naturally would not object to Sun Hu's suggestion. The Tang Dynasty... was originally in his plan. Moreover, according to the simulation in the simulator, three years later, after the domestic incident was dealt with, the Tang Dynasty would take advantage of the opportunity that Britain was fully focused on defending India and had no ability to look south, and send troops to Burma. The expeditionary force fought all the way to Malacca, occupied Singapore, and even named Singapore "Zhennan City".
To forever govern Nanyang...Emperor Zhu had no objection to this, and he also supported it. After all, the Tang Dynasty would be an extremely important ally of the empire in the future. This ally was different from ordinary allies established through treaties. They were connected by blood, and they were allies who would never leave each other and were one family.
Moreover, according to Emperor Zhu's plan, Nanyang... that was a private territory reserved for China. Not only would the empire not get involved, even other countries could not get involved.
Under such circumstances, strengthening the military power of the Tang Dynasty became inevitable.
"As for loans, we don't have to stick to military loans. We can also provide some loans for industrial expansion. It's not enough to just improve military strength. The key is industry. Industry is the foundation of a strong army!"
It is not impossible to let China make some money from the war. Moreover, this will also help realize his ultimate dream - the integration of China!
Economic integration is the key among the keys. It even determines the future between the Empire and China - whether they will be a closely integrated alliance or a potential enemy.
alliance!
This is the inevitable and only choice. If anyone wants to split the integrated China, then he will definitely be the enemy of the entire China.
So some people are destined to become his enemies!
Afterwards, Emperor Zhu had a chat with Sun Hu about some topics related to investment in China. They were not only talking about official investment, but also private investment. Most of the imperial royal family and meritorious officials could participate.
A close economic and political alliance requires not only official cooperation, but also inevitable cooperation among the public and high-level officials.
"Oh, right, regarding the replenishment of troops in North America, we must hurry up... Well, we can recruit troops from the four provinces of Japan and send them to North America from there! We have to fight the United States to the end, so we have to mobilize every bit of strength."
After talking about investing in China, Emperor Zhu specifically mentioned Japan. China is the foundation and cannot be forgotten. Or Japan, as part of the empire, must also be fully considered.
Fight to the end!
Fight until the last Japanese.
No, no, how could this be?
It is to give the Japanese people an opportunity to be loyal to their country!
Emperor Zhu said, thinking of the Japanese people's love for the empire.
"The Empire must fully consider the patriotism of the Japanese people. How can we ignore their sincere love for the Empire?"
Speaking of Japan, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but sigh.
"The Japanese... love the Empire, and their love is deep. In the past twenty years, tens of millions of Japanese warriors have traveled to Africa and shed blood and sweat for the Empire's African colonization. Africa has been transformed from a barren land into the Empire's granary and mines, thanks to these Japanese warriors. Without the blood of hundreds of thousands of warriors and the sweat of millions of warriors, how could the Empire's African colonies exist today?"
Emperor Zhu was deeply touched by this. The empire's colonization of Africa was a miracle. In just less than 20 years, the empire opened up more than 1 billion mu of arable land in Africa and built 60,000 kilometers of railways. Behind this legend, of course, there were tens of millions of Chinese immigrants who worked hard, but there must have been Japanese workers standing next to the Chinese immigrants. The long working hours and high-intensity physical labor, coupled with the harsh natural conditions, made the average annual mortality rate of Japanese workers in Africa reach 50% in the early days. Even now, the average annual mortality rate is still not less than 10%.
Emperor Zhu would certainly not turn a blind eye to their efforts, otherwise he would not have such sighs.
Of course, it was not only Japanese men who were loyal to the empire. Japanese women were also as brave as men, and they came earlier. In the early years, Japanese women came to the Ming Dynasty as contract maids. Most of them later married their employers. Even now, there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: "Japanese girls, stand up and bravely sleep on the master's bed."
"Although Japan is a new territory of the Empire, and its people have just entered China, they have been deeply influenced by Chinese culture over the past thousand years. As for the millions of Japanese women who have married into the Empire, Japan has long been integrated into China! What is the difference between you and me? The Empire should use this war as an opportunity to promote the unity of the Empire..."
To make it happen...there have to be costs and sacrifices. If the Japanese want to become citizens of the empire, well...there is always a price to pay. Paying a blood tax on the battlefield is a good choice.
Fight until the last Japanese man.
It’s not bad!
"I am full of expectations for Japan."
After saying that, Emperor Zhu looked at Sun Hu expectantly, as if to say - come and praise me.
Although Sun Hu is a soldier with an upright character and has been in official circles for so many years, he certainly knows what to say and will say what he wants to say. It is a blessing for the people of Japan to have a sage king like Your Majesty as their ruler.
Emperor Zhu naturally accepted Sun Hu's compliment with a humility, and said with a smile,
"The people of Japan are all sincere to the Empire. They must be people who know how to be grateful. They know how to be grateful even though they are blessed. They are worthy of being the loyal children of the Empire!"
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(End of this chapter)
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