Chapter 473 1879, Victory without a Fight
Chapter 473: Victory without a fight
"Marshal, I am about to return home, and I came to say goodbye to you."
The first person Shao Quanzhong met was Erwin, an official from the German office in Hailing and his old friend.
"Evan, Germany has just been defeated and the country is in chaos. It's better to go back later."
"No, there are opportunities to make money in chaos. I'm going to take the Zeppelin airship back to Berlin, and my soap factory will start operating immediately. The war is over, and the livelihood industry has developed greatly. I want to make my soap factory the largest in Germany."
"Then I wish you good fortune."
In Shao Quanzhong's memory, Germany seemed to have experienced economic collapse after the European War and entered the Great Depression. The situation was very bad and it never recovered. However, it seemed that smart Jewish businessmen did make a fortune in Germany during the national crisis. Evan should really be able to make money.
Shao Quanzhong had not observed Germany for long before he traveled through time, and had no idea of Germany's rapid resurgence, so - Shao Quanzhong had lost his foresight about subsequent developments.
Just after sending Evan away, Maria came in hurriedly, "Shao, something big happened. The Gansu New Army and the Shaanxi New Army mutinied at a rally to commemorate Chen Siqi, the hero of the first uprising."
"Force Shaanxi Governor Lei Zhengwan and Gansu Governor Tao Zhenglin to change their flags, issue a telegram to secede from the Northern Federation, and obey your leadership, Marshal."
Well, this is to be expected. Shaanxi and Gansu were conquered by Shao Quanzhong during his Western Expedition. The people there were very fond of him. The new troops there were all from the insurance team and they were always loyal to Shao.
The two warlords were once Duolong'a's subordinates and had also received favors from Shao Quanzhong. That place was the place where the literary society had the least influence, and Chen Siqi had a high prestige there, so it became the first link in the chain of collapse of the Northern Federation.
Chen Siqi's original prestige was not high, and he was still a laughing stock for being the commander under the bed. But after he sacrificed his life to save others in the assassination incident, his prestige suddenly rose.
"Report! Henan Governor Yuan Baoheng and Shanxi Governor Zeng Guoquan sent a telegram to follow Shaanxi and Gansu, withdraw from the Northern Federation, and accept the leadership of the Marshal."
"Report, Liu Yuezhao, the inspector general of Yunnan and Guizhou, has telegraphed to withdraw from the Federation and accept the leadership of the Marshal."
Well, the weakness of the literary society is that all of its members are from underworld backgrounds, and there are no prestigious military representatives. Most of the governors nominated are already prestigious generals in the Qing court, and many of these people are related to Shao Quanzhong.
For example, in Yunnan and Guizhou, Shao Quanzhong pacified the Dali rebellion, and the people of Yunnan were grateful. Guizhou was Zhang Zhidong's territory. His father Zhang Ying had been an official in Guizhou for 30 years and had deep-rooted influence in the local area. Zhang Zhidong was actually Shao Quanzhong's man.
"Report, Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen has sent a telegram to withdraw from the Federation and announced his acceptance of the Marshal's leadership."
Ding Baozhen, in fact, was not interested in either the Literary Society or the Finney Society. However, Shao Quanzhong had just returned from a tour of the five disaster-stricken areas of Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Zhili, and had solved the problems of the disaster victims in the five provinces.
Now immigrant ships are still leaving for Russia, Bulgaria and northern Japan every day. The people in the five provinces regard Shao Quanzhong as a living Bodhisattva and dare not arouse public anger, so they can only follow the change of flag.
"Report! Zhang Zhidong announced that he had given up the bet with the South and would dissolve the Northern Provinces. Zhili would obey the Marshal's leadership."
"Tian Xing announced the dissolution of the Northern Federation Senate. As the head of the literary society, he called on the literary society supervisors of each province to recognize the situation, obey the people's call, unite with the Finnish faction to participate in politics, and accept the concept of equal land rights."
Zhang Zhidong and Tian Xing were both close friends of Shao Quanzhong. Now, among the fourteen provinces in the Northern Federation, seven provinces had changed their flags and half of them had defected. It was the perfect time to help Shao Quanzhong.
Zhang Zhidong stated that the output values of various countries in 1877 had been released, with Daxia far ahead, with more than half coming from the five provinces in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. The North was doomed to lose, so ending the bet early was in line with the will of heaven and the people.
Once Zhili surrendered, only six provinces were left: Fujian and Zhejiang, Hunan and Hubei, Sichuan, and Shengjing. As for Mongolia and Tibet, together with a few South Pacific islands and half of Cyprus, they were a frontier region where neither side helped the other. I would follow whoever had the final say.
The remaining six provinces were divided into three parts, so the coalition could not be formed.
Moreover, the chief leader Tian Xing announced that he would unite with the Finney faction. Regardless of what the six local warlords think, most of the grassroots members of the literary societies are willing to listen to the chief leader.
The reason why the literary society's federation was so fragile and most of them changed flags at once was not because they were weak, but because Shao Quanzhong was too strong, and he was strong towards the outside.
In 1877, the national income of various countries came out.
Daxia 200 billion taels (including vassal states), the United States 120 billion taels, Britain 80 billion taels (including colonies), Germany 65 billion taels, France 60 billion taels, Austria-Hungary 30 billion taels, Italy 20 billion taels, Russia 5 million taels...
The five southern provinces of Daxia alone reached 130 billion taels, exceeding that of Meiyi, and the rest were not all from the north.
The current vassal states of Bactria include: Qing Dynasty, Joseon Dynasty, Northern Japan, Ryukyu, Hawaii, Fiji, Lan Fang, Sulu, Annan, Laos, Siam, Konbaung (Myanmar), Shannan, Gorkha, Kanjuti, Afghanistan, Khiva Khanate, Bukhara Khanate, and Kazakh Khanate.
In terms of the number of vassal states and even the area, it is not much smaller than the British Empire, but its population has exceeded that of the United States.
I have to say that most of this is the rich legacy left by the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty originally lost control over most of the vassal states, the status still exists. Once the main body becomes strong, the vassal states will immediately become loyal subjects of China.
With the economic rise of the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, the most important parts of Daxia, Daxia's power suddenly grew like a snowball, exceeding Shao Quanzhong's expectations and surpassing the British big brother.
Of course, it is the most difficult to catch up with the core area here. This is a miracle created by the hardworking and smart Chinese people under the bold authorization of Shao Quanzhong, the leadership of Zhang Siwen, the monitoring and guidance of the two top economic experts in history who lived in seclusion in Xiaoxiang Cliff at any time, and the execution of the Finney Society. It relies on the most advanced computer technology, the most advanced Babbage management method, the most reasonable planning and scheduling, and the east wind of the European war. All favorable conditions come together to achieve it.
In the history of the world, Shao Quanzhong actually experienced a similar leap forward, although not as great as this, but the difference was similar...
But at that time he was full of resentment and vigilance towards the giant bear, so much so that - ahem, now that he is the powerful one, his mood is different.
In addition to the vassal states, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Cuba, the Bau Heavenly Kingdom Federation, and Spain are now satellite states of Daxia. With the rise of Daxia, the effect of the alliances between brothers Shao Quanzhong and Zhang Siwen was suddenly magnified.
Daxia has become the most powerful force in the world.
Such a powerful Daxia was created by Shao Quanzhong after eighteen years of hard work.
If we count from the time he went out to beg at the age of sixteen, it has only been twenty-two years. This achievement exceeds that of all emperors in history.
So even if it was a literary society that was against the Qing Dynasty and to restore the Ming Dynasty, among all its members, one by one, who dared to say that Zhu Yuanzhang could do this?
This is prestige. With soldiers and territory in hand, the intangible thing called great prestige now begins to take effect.
Which of the warlords of the literary societies dared to confront such great prestige in the hearts of the people? Therefore, the northern literary societies, which formed a federation for the interests of landlords and merchants, could not resist the general trend and had to yield.
Good news came one after another within a day. Shao Quanzhong laughed up to the sky, "Maria, tell Hengzhong that it's time to show our strength!"
This had been arranged long in advance, but it was previously prepared for a ten-year agreement, but now it has been brought forward.
The next day, Marshal Shao issued a conscription order, and Huai Army Deputy Marshal Shao Hengzhong took charge of the task. He recruited one million reservists from the five provinces of the Southern Federation to form a working group.
Led by Zeng Xiaoyi, the eight provinces that went to Singapore for refuge "followed the example of the ten southern provinces" to divide up permanent farmland, redeem enterprises, and expand the Finnish system.
The Planning and Investment Committee under Wang Yongxian began to incorporate the eight newly added provinces into the economic plan and unify their management.
As for the remaining six provinces, just ignore them and leave them alone.
Zeng Xiaoyi had to wait for another half a month before setting off, so he first published an article in the newly established "Hailing Pioneer News", calling on the remaining six provinces to see the situation clearly and not go against the people.
Optimistically, the Shao clique (Finney clique) would "win without a fight in 1879."
On February 1878, 2, Shao Quanzhong changed his title to Grand Marshal of the Army, Navy and Air Force of Daxia, announced that Zhili was renamed Hebei, and the Forbidden City was renamed the Palace Museum.
When Daxia established its capital in Hailing, I decided to live in Qiao Garden and not leave.
On February 2, Zhang Zhidong led his six northern tribes, and Tian Xing led the Northern Senate to Hailing.
Shao Quanzhong appointed Zhang Zhidong as the Prime Minister of Daxia, and he ruled together with the Zhang Siwen brothers.
The Northern Senate was renamed the Great Xia Senate, led by the eldest brother Tian Xing. He invited all provinces and vassal states to send representatives to join, and started building the official government of Great Xia in the new city of Jiangyan in the eastern suburbs.
Daxia began to undergo earth-shaking changes. Shao Quanzhong was busy for a week, and finally he didn't have to worry about the rest.
This week, Apple accompanied Princess Sissi on a stroll around Hailing. Princess Sissi was in a good mood, but she kept an eye on the news from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
I was afraid that what Shao Quanzhong and Zhang Siwen promised would not come true and that something unexpected would happen, but it would take too short a time to get results.
Ping'er was worried, as she had anticipated that Princess Sissi would come and her husband would use her as a link to control the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so she started learning German early in preparation.
Things developed generally as expected, but Shao Quanzhong seemed to have no interest in Princess Sissi, which was too bad.
Then all my contributions would be gone, and how could I restore my position in the Marshal's heart?
I don't believe that Princess Sissi's stunning beauty couldn't impress her husband, he just didn't want to take advantage of her. Therefore, Ping'er would go outside the Erfen Bamboo House to inquire about the relationship between Princess Sissi and Shao Quanzhong.
Suddenly, Wenxiu ran into Shao Quanzhong's study quickly, holding the hem of her skirt in her hand.
This must be a big deal. Ping'er approached the study and heard Wenxiu's urgent voice, "Yuting, we've made a fortune. We've made a fortune again!"
(End of this chapter)