Chapter 578: Withdrawal of the vassal state

Chapter 578: Withdrawal of the vassal state

Chapter 578: Withdrawal of the vassal state
July 7, Bau Heavenly Federation, Montevideo, Century Stadium.

The open-air stadium, which can accommodate 66,000 people, was packed as the first World Cup was held here.

As the host, the King of England was in high spirits and personally announced the start of the competition.

A total of fourteen countries participated in the first World Cup. Shao Jiming, the Great Xia Emperor who organized this World Cup, served as the honorary head of the Football Federation and personally led the Great Xia team to participate in the competition.

This sports event is basically a football game with politicians playing the show, showing world peace and friendship among countries. So there are heavyweights from all countries, including Cleveland.

Five months ago, one hour after the successful test of "space-based kinetic weapons" in New York, Cleveland immediately changed its tone, announcing that it would comply with the overall situation of world peace, abandon the idea of ​​territorial expansion by force, and invite peacekeeping troops to station and supervise.

Those who were watching the fun were very discouraged, but the people of Xia and the United States were relieved. No one wants to fight and die over a meaningless thing, right?
Cleveland was ridiculed by the media as "a tiger with a head but a snake with a tail", but he himself didn't care.

In fact, there are many voices that understand him. If you think Cleveland is too cowardly, go ahead and see if you are afraid of a "rod of the emperor" hitting you on the head.

Shao Quanzhong had no interest in football and never went to South America.

My son has grown up, Jiming likes to play football, so it's just right for him to go. It's just right for me to get acquainted with the leaders of various countries, and I can't always be the one to take the lead, right?

"Yuting, we have another 200 million dollars in our account. Where did they get it from this time?"

The Empress Dowager Wenxiu, who was in charge of selling the stolen goods, had been a thief for half her life and was used to her husband, the Emperor, making some money from frauds every now and then.

Shao Quanzhong smiled and said, "I just teamed up with my old friend Gustav to do another business."

"We used the Heavenly Emperor's Staff to give Cleveland an excuse to turn around again. The world is at peace, and the factories on the East Coast are valuable again. Gustav sold the factory he bought at a bargain price for a high price again. Shouldn't I get some dividends?"

Wen Xiu shrugged. "Poor federal factory owners. I remember when Gustav harvested the first wave of leeks not long ago, they all went bankrupt. How did they still have the money to buy back the factory?"

"Aren't there other people who have some money and want to start a business who can take over? There are also people who are ambitious and have the dream of becoming a federation but don't have enough money. They can take over the factory from the vampires with loans."

"Brother Gustav and his gang have sold off their assets at a high price again and are already preparing for the next wave of harvest."

Wenxiu looked incredulous, "Is there anyone willing to come in and be taken advantage of?"

"Of course, there is no shortage of suckers in this world. However, if they continue to harvest one crop after another, a prosperous and rising industrial power will sooner or later become a deindustrialized loan shark country."

Shao Quanzhong looked relieved, "Our strongest competitor was defeated by Gustav and his gang."

"Yuting, you were so wise when you insisted on not letting the vampires come to Daxia."

Shao Quanzhong sighed, "These vampires are indeed bad guys, but to us, they have always been benefactors."

"I worked with them to start two European wars, overthrow the British big brother, and strangled a vigorous competitor. As Gustav said, I gained glory and hegemony, and they brothers gained money."

"As long as we don't lure them over to harm us, they will definitely be our staunch allies if they mess around in our rival's country."

"During the conflict between the two giants, the vampires harvested two waves of the Federation's factories, making a fortune for themselves, while destroying the Federation's industrial output by 30%."

"Even if I dispatch 2 bombers and Vs, it may not have the same effect."

Wen Xiu held her heart in her hands and was alert. "This group of people is the virus of this world. Whoever gets involved with them will be in trouble. We must always be vigilant and not let them in. The Federation is unlucky to have encountered them."

"Then it's none of our business. By the way, Xiu'er, I'm going to Ryukyu soon, and then to northern Japan. I'll pick up Sichun from the harem on the way. Do you have any objection?"

Wenxiu rolled her eyes at Shao Quanzhong and said, "They are all over 40, and they should have a home. I will settle them down in Qiao Garden. I know you feel sorry for them, and you have no other thoughts."

Wenxiu tapped Shao Quanzhong's temple hard with her index finger and spoke through gritted teeth, "Hmph, an old man like you doesn't have the ability to attract bees and butterflies anymore."

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The next day, the Luzhuang ship of the old man Shao Quanzhong arrived in Naha and met Shangtai in Shuri Castle.

In the sixth year of the Tongzhi reign, Shao Quanzhong made his first round-the-world tour, which took five days from Hailing to Naha.

In the blink of an eye, twenty-eight years had passed. Hailing now had a seaport, and the ship's cruising speed had reached thirty knots, so it could be easily reached in one day.

Shang Tai was still wearing Ming Dynasty clothes and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times when he met Shao Quanzhong.

He is an old-fashioned man. He won't be happy unless you ask him to kowtow to the emperor.

Shao Quanzhong restored the Han Chinese clothing and made China dominate the world again. Shang Tai, a die-hard Ming fan, kowtowed to Marshal Shao with all his heart.

Anyway, he is three years younger than Shao Quanzhong, so let him kowtow if he wants to.

Shao Quanzhong came here to inspect because Ryukyu abolished its feudal system and changed its feudal system into a system of Han Chinese.

Sho Tai was also a die-hard supporter of Daxia, so even after Ryukyu was abolished, Sho Tai, the King of Zhongshan, still enjoyed the treatment of a royal title and was allowed to continue living in Shuri Castle.

Kokand withdrew its fiefdom, and the King of Kokand moved to the banks of the Chaobai River. This was a different attitude towards the Celestial Empire and also a different reward.

Shao Quanzhong came to visit his old friend Shang Tai just on the way, and on the third day, he arrived in Edo.

Two months ago, Prince Fu Yang Fuqing died of illness, and then Zhang Lexing also passed away at the age of eighty-five.

Since Cleveland surrendered five months ago, Daxia has become the world's hegemon, unrivaled in the world, and powerful enough to protect the King of England and the King of Yi. When the two leaders of the Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army left, they no longer cared about their old comrades, and left a will to withdraw the feudal domains of Southern Japan and Luzon, which led to this large-scale Daxia's transformation of the natives into officials.

The feudal states followed closely and took the initiative to withdraw their feudal fiefdoms and join the ranks of the world's masters. We are all smart people, and it would be bad if we didn't lead them and instead retreated, right?
Now there are only two vassal states left in Daxia, one is the Qing Dynasty and the other is the Li Dynasty.

Daewongun of the Joseon Dynasty also proposed to withdraw the feudal domain, but was stopped by Shao Quanzhong. Daewongun was a loyal fan of Shao Quanzhong, so Shao Quanzhong decided to wait until Daewongun passed away before taking over the Joseon Dynasty.

Anyway, according to his calculations, Daewongun could only last another three years.

As for the Qing Dynasty, although Liu Mingchuan, the mainstay after Zuo Zongtang, has passed away, Shao Quanzhong's eldest son is now in power, and the Empress Dowager is still working tirelessly to assist in the administration.

With Li Hongzhang's assistance in civil affairs and Nie Shicheng's ability and loyalty in military affairs, the current rule is still going well and it is not yet time to withdraw the feudal system.

Shao Quanzhong went to Edo and paid tribute to his old friend Fu Wang, expressing his respect for his profound sense of justice. At the same time, he met with the sixth son of the Emperor's family, Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

After the abolition of the feudal system, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was still granted the title of Shogun and enjoyed the treatment of a prince. After meeting Shao Quanzhong this time, he would move to Hailing, where his life was much better than that of the Meiji era.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor."

The four beauties in the harem are all over forty years old, but still have charm. This time they were ordered to wait for the emperor in Edo Castle.

Shao Quanzhong was nostalgic and planned to let them live in Qiao Garden to retire in the future. Sichun was extremely grateful.

However, since he was already here, Shao Quanzhong spent a few days recuperating in Hokkaido, where there are famous hot springs, the so-called "Japanese hot spring bath".

The "old man" that Wenxiu mentioned is only 55 years old. In fact, he is still as vigorous as ever, but not as enthusiastic as when he was young.

Being served by Sichun, it was quite enjoyable to take an authentic Japanese hot spring bath, except that there were no Japanese girls in Shao Quanzhong's bath.

Shao Quanzhong unexpectedly met Shao Jiliang's carriage at the hot spring, and when he went to take a look, he was surprised to find that Jiliang's Japanese hot spring scene was even bigger than mine, with a large number of authentic Japanese women serving him.

Shao Dashuai immediately became angry, "Bring that brat to me!"

Jiliang didn't need to be carried. When he heard that his father had arrived, he ran over and gave Shao Quanzhong a shoulder massage with a playful smile, "Father, you are here."

Shao Quanzhong raised his hand, but didn't hit the smiling man after all. "Why are you here instead of being an emperor in Osaka?"

"Isn't this all Daxia territory? How can I be different? Li Hongzhang and Nie Shicheng are very capable, and my mother is willing to take care of things for me. What else do you think I need to do?"

"You have built up the country, and if I, as your son, don't enjoy it, then you have worked in vain, right?"

"My meal wasn't in vain. Look at my Qing Dynasty's Southern Japan territory, it's now a holy land for special films, and I was in charge of filming them. It's famous all over the world and brings a lot of tourism income to Southern Japan."

"This time I brought more than 20 famous actors, all of whom are called 'teachers'. Do you want them to come and serve you, Ama?"

"roll!"

Shao Quanzhong kicked Jiliang on the butt, and Jiliang really rolled out with a smile.

Shao Quanzhong had no way to deal with his son, who was so shameless that he was the most vicious.

Shao Quanzhong sighed deeply, "Back then" Guangxu didn't want the Empress Dowager to tell him what to do, so he felt depressed as an emperor and died early.

Jiliang is very comfortable in this position and he wishes that the Empress Dowager would take charge of things for him. Even though he is over 30 years old, he still doesn't care about state affairs and spends his days enjoying romance and a happy life.

He is a little clever but heartless. With this temper, I guess he will live a long life.

Shao Quanzhong went to Luzon again to pay tribute to Zhang Lexing. He did not go to Lan Fang and went straight back to Hailing.

It was already September when he returned to Hailing. Emperor Shao Jiming had already returned from South America with his football team to kowtow to his father and greet him.

When Shao Jiming saw his father, he looked very depressed.

In the first World Cup, the Bahrain-Uzbekistan Federation won the championship, Argentina was runner-up, and the Federation and South Slavia tied for third and fourth place, and there was no final match. "

Daxia Football - Don’t ask about the results. Didn’t you see that the foodie emperor is angry?

Ahem, the Federation beat Daxia 4:0 in the game, and Cleveland finally got rid of its anger.

Shao Quanzhong doesn't care about winning or losing in sports events at all, that thing is just entertainment.

Patting his eldest son on the shoulder, he said, "As long as the people of Daxia have enough food and clothing and can walk proudly in the world, it doesn't matter if football ranks last every year."

"After the withdrawal of the feudal system, the territory of Daxia is basically determined. I can rest assured that I will completely hand over the country to you. From now on, I will really not be in charge of anything."

Shao Quanzhong stood by the window of Erfen Bamboo House, looking north with his hands behind his back. "It is only a matter of time for the Li Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty to withdraw their feudal fiefdoms. There are no obstacles."

"Now, the only thing on my mind is my United Kingdom of Crimea."

"My ideal territory of Da Xia is just missing this piece of the puzzle, and it's still pending."

(End of this chapter)