Seeing Gu Zhiwen leaving happily, Li Fushou felt much more beautiful, and it felt so good to help people!

Li Fushou felt that he should be able to get the honorary title of "a little expert in helping others" and helping others make him happy.

Calculate with your fingers

The Ocean Kingdom has helped Lan Fang Kingdom restore the population structure with Chinese as the main body and restore local people's livelihood. It also took the opportunity to mix a group of retired officers and soldiers into it and become the small and medium-sized landlord class of Lan Fang Kingdom. It is really a standard place in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han, and he firmly controls this small Chinese country.

After years of restoration and development, the population of Lanfang Country has reached more than 1.3 million, with a regiment of about 1,700 guards and a pocket fleet mainly consisting of two offshore patrol ships of more than 900 tons. Their strength is very good.

After the bombardment of Nagasaki

Taking advantage of the opportunity to shock the enemy's guts, the Ocean Kingdom (at the time Queensland) made strong efforts to help the Ryukyu Kingdom restore the country, which planted a deep thorn in the heart of the Fusang government and a huge wave of strong hatred.

At that time, Shangtai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was lingering in Kagoshima Prefecture, and the prince, Shangdan, was lonely and helpless. The Ocean Kingdom helped Shangtai ascend the throne again.

From then on, the Ryukyu Kingdom was grateful to the Ocean Kingdom.

What the Qing Dynasty, which had paid tribute for more than 200 years, was accomplished by the Ocean Kingdom. How could this gratitude for restoration be born?

To understand how grateful the remnants of the Ryukyu Kingdom are to the Ocean Kingdom, you have to look at history.

In 1609, the Satsuma clan took the lead in attacking Ryukyu and forced Ryukyu to pay tribute to Fusang, and respected it as the main one. Due to its lack of strength, Ryukyu had to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and the Satsuma clan at the same time.

The Satsuma clan was very smart. They knew that they could not afford to offend the Ming Dynasty, so they agreed that the Ryukyu people would never tell them about this matter to the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, Ryukyu began to transform from a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty to a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and Fusang, which was actually equivalent to one woman and two marriages.

In 1872, the Fusang Kingdom took advantage of the Meiji Emperor's rule and reduced the name of the Ryukyu Kingdom as the "Ryukyu Vajra", exposing his ambition to annex Ryukyu.

In July 1875, Fusang forced the Ryukyu Kingdom to stop tribute to the Qing government and switched to the Fusang year name. Such a move was equivalent to throwing a stone to ask for directions. As a result, he saw that the Qing Dynasty had no reaction, so he became even more courageous.

In 1879, the Fusang Kingdom announced that Ryukyu would abolish the vassal state and establish a county, completed the so-called "Ryukyu punishment", forcibly incorporated Ryukyu into Fusang, and established an "Okinawa" prefecture, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was destroyed.

The last king, Sangtae and more than a hundred royal relatives were forcibly moved to Kagoshima Prefecture to settle down, becoming the de facto king of the country.

From 1879 to 1885, a large number of Ryukyu people went into exile to the mainland to carry out the "Restoration Movement". They used Guangzhou, Peking and Tianjin as their bases to submit 28 petitions to the Zongli Yamen of the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites and important officials Li Hongzhang, Gu Yanchuan, Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guoquan and others, requesting the Qing Dynasty to negotiate on the Ryukyu issue.

The Qing court attached great importance to this. Li Hongzhang negotiated with former US President Ulysses Grant on this and asked him to mediate the matter. When Grant met with Emperor Meiji, he expressed the US attitude;

If Fusang annexes Ryukyu, it will cut off the Qing Dynasty's access to the Pacific Ocean. It is recommended that "give it a broad access to the Pacific Ocean. If you discuss it here, it will accept it."

Under pressure from the United States, in March 1880, the Fusang State formally proposed a case of "dividing islands and changing contracts" to the Qing government, that is, the northern and central islands of the Ryukyu Islands were managed by Fusang.

The southern islands of the Ryukyu Islands, such as Miyako Island and Yaeshan, are under the jurisdiction of the Qing government. In exchange, the Qing Dynasty should amend the Japanese-Qing Trade Treaty, allowing Japan to enjoy the most-favored-nation treatment and prohibit trade discrimination.

Just when the Qing government was preparing to sign a treaty with Fusang, Lin Shigong, the representative of the Ryukyu Kingdom, begged in front of the Zongli Yamen, repeatedly complaining that he would not want to cede the territory. The "two-part plan" is no different from the destruction of the country, and this proposal is absolutely unacceptable.

However, the Qing government had already recognized the "two-segment plan" and agreed with the Japanese side to sign within three months.

Poor weak countries have no right to speak. Seeing that this treaty that would destroy Ryukyu is about to be signed, Lin Shigong decided to stop it by death. He submitted a memorial to the Qing court, then left two desperate poems, and committed suicide by waving his sword in front of the Zongli Yamen in Peiping.

Lin Shigong's suicide greatly shocked the Qing government. Empress Dowager Cixi believed that Lin Shigong was a great loyal minister and gave him 200 taels of silver and issued a grand funeral.

Lin Shigong's desperate poem says:

Since ancient times, people have been loyal and filial, and have been worried about the country and family for five years.

Once you die, you will still hope to save the country, and you will only rely on your brothers to be virtuous in your high-ranking house.

Affected by the suicide incident, the Qing government finally decided not to sign the "two-segment plan". The Fusang State believed that the Qing government was untrustworthy and blatantly betrayed its promises. The Khuhu Ji returned home in anger. Fusang began to take a tough stance on the Ryukyu issue.

Since then, a large number of Ryukyu people who were dissatisfied with Fusang rule chose to go into exile to the Qing Dynasty and were called "the Qing people". They actively engaged in China, hoping to make the Ryukyu issue turn around.

They believe that instead of being annexed by Fusang, Ryukyu is worse than being attached to China.

The incident was shockingly reversed after bombing Nagasaki. According to Li Fushou's instructions, in the view that there were too many lice and no worries about hatred, the conditions for restoring the Ryukyu Kingdom were added to the harsh treaty against Fusang, and the contract was signed and passed.

After King Shangtai returned to Shuri Palace and successfully restored the country, the entire Ryukyu Kingdom celebrated all over the world. The soldiers who entered the Ocean Kingdom (at that time, the Queensland National Police) were regarded as the guardian god and were warmly welcomed from the heart.

This move alone has gained the heartfelt support of 2 million sulfur ball citizens.

This benefit is huge. After removing the territory of Fusang Kingdom, only four large islands remained, which resided in a corner of the north. The territory from north to south decreased by 1/3, a decrease of 2 million citizens, and an additional 2 million enemies. It was not connected to Taiwan before, and was separated by the Ryukyu Kingdom.

From a geostrategic perspective;

The Fusang Kingdom and Taiwan-island were completely separated. Even if Taiwan was obtained, it could not form a whole island chain, and it could not form a joint force. It was two enclaves that were broken in the middle.

Although the Ryukyu Kingdom has only 3,600 square kilometers of land, it occupies an important role in connecting the upper and lower parts of the island chain along the continental shelf, and communicating the north and south. This is like a meteor hammer, with the chain broken. What force does that meteor hammer have?

After the establishment of the Ocean Kingdom, the Ryukyu Kingdom was the first feudal kingdom to come to congratulate him. The prince Shangdian led the team to offer generous gifts. The following countries regarded themselves and their posture was very upright.

Among the more than 4,000 troops re-established by the Ryukyu Kingdom, all of them adopted Australian military equipment, military instructors and military systems, and introduced the new culture and new educational concepts of the Ocean Kingdom, moving closer to the Ocean Kingdom from all aspects.

The most important thing is that King Shangtai wrote a handwritten letter, begging Li Fushou to marry a daughter to the prince Shangdian, and promised that the princess would be the prince's concubine, and that the two sides would become the father-in-law and son-in-law, and have a long history.

Therefore, Li Fushou is very happy to help others, and his wishful thinking is;

If Gu Zhiwen was successful and could gain a foothold in the northern Vietnam region, then after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he could almost declare independence and establish a country after the prestige of the Qing court without any intention of taking care of others.

With his back to the Governor General's Office in Guangdong and Guangxi, this new kingdom is worry-free in the north. What we should be worried about is a fierce counterattack by the French Expeditionary Force.

If you survive, then the kingdom of Vietnam will be settled.

If you can't stand it, everything will be over, and it will not be worse than in history anyway.

If you want to withstand the fierce attacks of the French, the Qing Dynasty in the north would definitely not be able to rely on the help of the Ocean Kingdom.

This way

The Ocean Kingdom will have three loyal little brothers, Lan Fang Kingdom, Ryukyu Kingdom, and North Vietnam (tentatively determined), and some people have helped me with their words. Although political and military significance is not great, political significance is great.

After all, there are many people and loud voices. If we encourage Chinese in Malaysia to inspire independence from several kingdoms in the future, and add Singapore, Penang, and northern Thailand, it will be fine to create seven or eight little brothers. Everyone has the same culture, language, and racial beliefs. They can pick up the group and follow the Ocean Kingdom and shout at each other, which makes them happy when they think about it.

Think about it, Li Fushou now has 9 sons, and the one Mrs. Qin is pregnant with may also be a son. We must get more of the little kingdom and everyone will get one point.

There are many princesses in the kingdom, and the scope of marriages in the future can be broader. In addition to the European feudal kingdoms, Asia can also be considered, such as the Kingdom of Thailand, the Kingdom of Nepal, and the Royal Family of Fusang. The war between countries will be wars, and the turning against each other will be reversed. This will not be delayed.

Alas, being a parent is a heart that can’t be exhausted!

The Ocean Kingdom has become so popular in the past two years. Li Fushou intends to unite the vast territory into strong strength for a while, and then wait for an opportunity to act.

I was shocked by the calculation

If African colonies are added, the territory of the Ocean Kingdom has exceeded 10 million square kilometers, ranking fifth in the world after Britain, France, Russia and Qing dynasties, ranking higher than Canada and lower than the Qing Dynasty with a total area of ​​11.5 million square kilometers (the figure after being divided by Tsarist Russia and 1.5 million square kilometers).

The place is large enough, but the population is too small.

Even if the colonial areas such as Mozambique in Africa were added, by the end of 1891, the total population was more than 22.6 million (the population of white people in the southern states in Australia increased by more than 600,000, and the population naturally increased by more than 600,000, with an average annual immigration of more than 1.4 million). In the world, it can only rank tenth to eleventh, a little less than North Korea's population, and is almost half of the total population of the Dutch East Indies.

With the current immigration speed and a high natural population growth rate (the population structure is mostly young men and women), the annual compound growth rate is between 2.1 million and 2.2 million. It is expected that by the end of this century, the total population size of the Ocean Kingdom will exceed the 40 million mark.

This is a very amazing number, almost 2/3 of the weakness of the German population, and half of the American population is slightly smaller than the French, which is about a few million people.

Why is the Tsarist Russian Empire so horrible in Europe?

It was because his population had exceeded 100 million in 1891, which was five times that of the Ocean Kingdom. Whenever he thought of endless gray animals entering Europe, the British and Germans felt cold.

I'm afraid only the French are happy because Tsarist Russia is an ally of France, and the two are wearing pairs of pants.

OK, anyway, Tsarist Russia cannot threaten the Ocean Kingdom, so let those Eurasian countries have a headache.

Li Fushou happily made up his wishful thinking. He was now considering the request for marriage in the Ryukyu Kingdom. The eldest princess Elizabeth was born by Mrs. Xiang. Her boudoir name was Xiao Cherry. She was born in 1879. Xu Sui was 13 years old. She was as gentle as a flower and was gentle and charming.

Think of it

The Dutch toad wanted to eat swan meat, hoping that the second son of Baron Ye Yun, who was born in Batavia, would marry Elizabeth, and Li Fushou refused.

My head is so dirty, I’m thinking about how to eat!

Inside the Ocean King

Many top nobles and important officials hope to marry the royal family. At the royal party, those handsome and handsome boys dressed in heroic clothes were like little roosters who had taken stimulants, always wandering in front of the eldest princess Elizabeth, hoping to attract the attention of the beautiful princess.

The reality is undoubtedly cruel. Shang Dian, the prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom, is already 25 years old, 12 years older than her. The original prince's concubine died of dysfunction, so the position of the princess was empty.

For realistic considerations;

King Shangtai suffered too much fright and joy during the process of his demise and revival of his family and country, so his body was lingering on the sickbed, and it was probably not long before he could live.

If Shangtai dies of illness and the prince Shangdian naturally inherits the throne, then his wife Elizabeth will be promoted to the queen, and their children will undoubtedly be the next king in the future. This is equivalent to a letter of surrender sent by the Ryukyu Kingdom.

So Li Fushou was moved and was ready to go against his elder daughter's wishes to promote this political marriage. Compared to his daughter's happiness, the overall situation is more important!

This is undoubtedly cruel to Princess Elizabeth, and the girl's dream of weaving beautiful life was shattered before it even began.

The scenes that happened in countless noble families once again appeared in the eldest princess Elizabeth. For the superiors of the family in power, the happiness of their children is never as good as the rich benefits of political marriage.

"Your Majesty, Guangdong Governor Qishan asked for a visit."

"Is there anything wrong?"

"After he reported, he should ask us about our next trip, which is called making thoughtful arrangements in advance. In fact, the meaning of the words is expressed in words and wishes that we would leave early."

"Hmph, Prince Chun Yihuan also expressed the same meaning two days ago. I retorted it. It seems that the Qing court doesn't want us to stay here. Could it be that he will chase people away?"

"I dare not borrow any courage from them, but it's boring. I feel that these people are evil guests who are dependent on them. They have occupied the land of Huatianbao for too long."

"This is reasonable. They are also grasshoppers in the autumn. They can't jump a few times. Let's reply to Qishan. When we go to Shanghai next trip to Shanghai, we can invite Prince Chun Yihuan to take our Xuanwu heavy cruiser to head north together. A little shock is that he, the prince of the Prime Minister's Naval Office, knows a little about naval affairs. Guangjitang in Guangxi will not go to see it. Go to the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to see the children rescued by the Chicken Eagle School, and we will go back. We have been out for a month. It is not good to be out for too long. We will shorten the itinerary and visit Singapore to return to the Red River Valley within two months."

"Abide by your order, Your Majesty." Li Siyi respectfully took the order and left to deal with Guangdong Governor Qi Shan.
Chapter completed!