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Regarding the lack of funds, Long Yufei already had a general idea. What's faster than a robbery? Especially to rob a country. The reason why Xinhua was able to rise rapidly was inseparable from a series of battles to destroy the country. After the establishment of the Xinhua State, it first destroyed the country of the Moro people, and then wiped out a series of small countries in the South Seas, in these wars, the Xinhua State not only gained a large amount of territory and slaves, but also obtained a large amount of money, with these money, Xinhua was able to import a large number of machines and equipment from the West, in order to promote the development of industry. It can be said that the development process of Xinhua was very bloody, full of killing and robbery. The bones of the indigenous people of Nanyang paved the way for the rise of the Xinhua Kingdom. Of course, the whole world is like this now, the law of the jungle is the strong, and if it can't become strong, it will become the object of enslavement of other countries.

Long Yufei did not want the Chinese to suffer again, so he could only impose the suffering on the heads of others first. It's just that it's much better to let those natives suffer than to suffer Chinese!

Around China, in addition to the doomed Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were Korea, Japan, and to the south Thailand and Burma, all of which were not big powers, and it would not be difficult for Xinhua to do anything to them. From these countries, Xinhua can obtain a lot of wealth and funds for national development. Anyway, these countries are also white-eyed wolves, and if they attack them, Long Yufei will not feel any pressure in his heart.

Before. The pirates supported by the Xinhua Kingdom began to loot Korea and Japan. These pirates were already very brave, and with the support of Xinhua behind them, their actions were even more unscrupulous. Coastal areas of Korea and coastal areas of Japan. They have become the target of these pirates. Over the past few years, it has caused huge losses to both Korea and Japan. In the same way, a lot of wealth was grabbed. Xinhuaguo also shared huge profits from it. It's just that the actions of these pirates are just a small fight after all. If Xinhua directly attacked, it would be different. North Korea and Japan are small countries though. But from them, you can still extort a lot of money. Especially in Japan, Long Yufei has no good impression of this country at all. Wait until the Xinhua army conquers Japan. Japanese men were caught to work as coolies, and women were caught to work in the service industry, earning a lot of money. Of course, this qiē is just an idea of Long Yufei. A qiē had to be left to military professionals to plan and implement. As a king. All he had to do was give the order and wait and see what happened.

"That's the general plan, is there anything else to add?" Prime Minister Li Decheng asked.

"Prime Minister, in addition to the financial aspect, also take into account the local feudal forces. In the vast countryside of China, the feudal forces have a great influence, and the clan forces at the bottom have a great influence on our new policy. It can be a great hindrance. When the time comes, the resistance to the implementation of the reform will certainly be very large! Long Yufei reminded. Remnants of feudal power. But very stubborn. In today's China, because of the low literacy rate, the people are also in ignorance. Long Yufei has crossed over, and he has a relatively deep understanding of these natures.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We'll take it into account. Prime Minister Li Decheng said. Seeing that Long Yufei attached so much importance to this issue, he also paid attention to it. Of course, he believes that even if there is resistance, but under the impetus of the powerful state organ of Xinhua State, it is not a problem, and any obstacle will be crushed!

"The military must ensure the promotion of the government's new policy, and it must maintain local stability." Long Yufei turned his head and said to Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff.

"Yes, Your Majesty! However, the size of the army is too small now, and further expansion is needed! Lieutenant General Niu Meng took the opportunity to say. The expansion of the Xinhua Army has been planned for a long time. However, after getting Long Yufei's support, all work can be carried out in an orderly manner.

"How much is the General Staff ready to expand?" Long Yufei asked. The strength of the Xinhua Army is quite a lot. However, compared to the current population and territorial area of Xinhua, it is not enough.

"Your Majesty, the Xinhua Army now has a total of 52 infantry brigades, two heavy artillery brigades, and two coastal defense artillery. In addition, the Navy has two Marine brigades. The general plan of the General Staff was to expand the army's infantry brigades to 90, heavy artillery brigades to three, and shore defense artillery to three. In addition, the Marine Corps was expanded to five brigades! Lieutenant General Niu Meng said.

As soon as Lieutenant General Niu Meng spoke, the ministers on the cabinet looked a little unpleasant, and the large-scale expansion of the army means that the military spending will also increase on a large scale! At a time when national construction is about to be fully rolled out, the large-scale expansion of the military will make the financial pressure even greater.

Long Yufei also frowned, the Xinhua Army has 52 infantry brigades on active duty, in addition to the initial twenty infantry brigades, after the capture of Guangdong, it expanded by twenty brigades, and then promised the noble admiral and the Yunnan admiral to give them an infantry brigade establishment. Later, before the outbreak of the war with the British, in order to make up for the lack of troops in Nanyang, the Xinhua Army once again expanded by ten infantry brigades. The expansion to 90 infantry brigades would require an increase of 38 infantry brigades, plus the addition of 3 heavy artillery brigades, a coastal defense artillery and 3 marine brigades, which would almost double the size of the Xinhua Army. Of course, judging from the total number of troops, it is not much, or even not as many as the Manchu army. However, the equipment and consumption of the Xinhua Army were not comparable to those of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if calculated in this way, the monthly military salary and training expenses would reach more than tens of millions of Chinese yuan. Over the course of a year, it is more than 100 million Chinese yuan, which is enough to put a heavy burden on Xinhuaguo's back.

"Is the scale of the expansion too large?" Long Yufei said with a frown.

"Your Majesty, this is what the General Staff has determined after research. We believe that maintaining an army of about 700,000 troops at all times can effectively safeguard the country's security and wage war against foreign countries. After all, in the next stage, we will launch a decisive battle against the Manchus. At the same time, you have to guard against the British. Lieutenant General Niu Meng said.

"Okay, then let's expand the army on this scale!" Long Yufei pondered for a few minutes before deciding to adopt this plan.

"Your Majesty, what about the military bill?" Prime Minister Li Decheng asked, this is a big problem. Long Yufei adopted the military's military expansion plan, but the military budget has to be borne by the government!

"The issue of military spending, the impact on us will not be too great. The expansion of the army did not happen overnight, it would take at least two years. During these two years, with the spread of national construction, there will also be a large influx of private capital, and the state's fiscal revenue will also increase by a large margin. When the time comes, military spending will naturally rise. In addition, we can appropriately launch some foreign wars and plunder the wealth of other countries to support the construction and development of the army. Long Yufei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Seeing that Long Yufei had already made up his mind, Li Decheng had no choice but to stop persuading. As for which countries the Xinhua Army will be unlucky to fight abroad, this is no longer in his consideration.

Long Yufei fully adopted the military's expansion of the army, which made the generals of the military very satisfied. Long Yufei attaches great importance to the army, which means that the status of the army is guaranteed. After all, in times of rapid expansion of the country, a strong army is an important guarantee.

"Your Majesty, what about the expansion of the navy?" Rear Admiral Wei Yong, commander of the 1st Fleet of the Xinhua Navy, looked at Long Yufei with blank eyes. The army has nearly doubled, so the navy can't be aggrieved. Besides, in this war against Britain, the navy made great contributions.

"I'll leave the navy aside, and we'll talk about it later." Long Yufei said. The navy is different from the army, after gaining the population of southern China, the Xinhua army has no shortage of troops, as long as the financial resources can support it, the army can expand the army at will. But the navy is different, one is that the construction of warships takes time, and the other is that the navy has passed the era of winning by numbers. The most important thing is quality, a battleship with excellent performance is enough to reach ten junk warships.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hearing Long Yufei say this, Wei Yong had to shut up.

"陛xià, there is also a mention yì in the cabinet, which needs to be decided by 陛xià." Prime Minister Li Decheng said again.

"What's the mention of yì?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, the current territory of the Xinhua Kingdom has advanced to the Yangtze River, should we move the capital back to Chinese mainland?" Manila is too small and isolated to be in the crosshairs of China. Li Decheng said.

Long Yufei nodded, he was also thinking about this problem, even if Nanyang developed well, their roots were still in Chinese mainland. There are hundreds of millions of people in Chinese mainland, and Xinhuaguo's next priority is to determine effective rule over China, which is related to Long Yufei's future strategy.

"Manila is too small to be the capital. Besides, we never considered Manila the capital. Long Yufei said with a smile. Until now, the capital of Xinhua is still Xinhua City in Mindanao, of course, that is just a name. The headquarters of the government and military, as well as Long Yufei's royal palace, are in Manila.

"What do you think?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, the military agreed to move the capital." Lieutenant General Niu Meng made a clean statement on behalf of the military.

The important ministers of the cabinet also expressed their support for the relocation of the capital.

Long Yufei began to ponder, which city is suitable to be the capital of southern China. However, when he thought about it, he found that there seemed to be no city to his liking. (To be continued......)