Chapter 1414: Taking Stock of the Harvest
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On the morning of October 30, the Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze convened a pre-imperial meeting, which was attended by important ministers of the Imperial Cabinet and military giants! Now that the most important part of the peace conference has ended, the gains of the empire in this world war have been made clear in the form of treaties, and with the current military strength of the empire, those defeated countries must not dare not fulfill the treaty!
"Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the royal family and the entire empire, I would like to thank you for your efforts in this war, without your sincere unity, the empire would not have won this world war! In this world war, we have paid a lot, but we also have a lot to gain! The most important thing is that in this battle, we destroyed the old world system and established a new world system led by us! However, I would like to remind you that our position as the world hegemon is not yet secure, and there are still countries that want to challenge our position! Therefore, for a long time to come, we need to continue to work hard to ensure the superiority of the Empire! And, stay vigilant, ready to win in the next war! Below, Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, introduces the losses of the empire in this war! "Emperor Wang Yuze delivered a speech at the Imperial Council.
"Yes, Your Majesty! Dear colleagues, the Empire declared war on the United States on September 17, 1911. Officially join this world war. Until Britain surrendered to us. The world war is over! The whole process, a full two years! In these two years of war, the total casualties of the imperial army, navy and air force were 576,438, of which 423,123 were killed and the rest were seriously wounded! Minor injuries that do not affect the battle and life are not counted! In addition, the losses of Japanese and North Korean mercenaries were as high as 1.6 million people, of which. The losses of Japanese mercenaries were 1.1 million people, and the losses of Korean mercenaries were 500,000 people! For this reason, the empire will pay 480 million Chinese dollars in pensions to Japan and 125 million in pensions to Korea! Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, said! In the two-year war, although the squadron's weapons and equipment were advanced, it was inevitable that people would die in the war, and the enemy it faced was not vulnerable, so the squadron's losses were also very large. This was again when a large number of Japanese and Korean mercenaries served as cannon fodder. Otherwise, the casualties of the squadron will be even more heavy! Of course, China will also have to pay a total of 605 million Chinese dollars to Japan and North Korea for this purpose! plus within the wartime allowance. The total expenditure will reach about 1.5 billion Chinese dollars!
The pension for the dead of Japanese mercenaries was 300 Chinese won, while the pension for Korean mercenaries killed in battle was 250 Chinese won. The reason why there is a difference of fifty Chinese dollars. It's all because on the battlefield the Japanese mercenaries are much more powerful than the Korean mercenaries! On the battlefield, the Japanese are not afraid of death, even if the equipment is very rudimentary, but with the same number of people, they can often defeat the US Army with advanced equipment! And the North Korean mercenaries are much worse! Therefore, the Japanese mercenaries were treated a little better! This also makes the Japanese look down on the Koreans all the time, and call themselves China's number one eagle dog, while North Korea is lagging behind! This also made the Koreans very dissatisfied, but they also knew that in this war, the Korean mercenaries were indeed inferior to the Japanese mercenaries! Therefore, the commanders of the Korean mercenaries have said that in the next war, the Korean mercenaries will definitely perform better and surpass the Japanese mercenaries! Of course, China is also happy to see this kind of competition between Japan and North Korea. Two competing lackeys are often able to exert more powerful combat effectiveness!
When the ministers of the cabinet heard the casualty figures, they immediately began to talk about it. More often than not, what they heard was that the Emperor ** team had defeated the enemy on the front line and achieved a record of how many enemies were destroyed. But I didn't expect that my own losses would be so much! As for the losses of Japanese and Korean mercenaries, they were not taken into account! In the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese, they do not regard the Japanese and Koreans as human beings! Think they're just lackeys raised by China!
Marshal Cai Yun paused for two minutes, and then said: "In this war, the total military expenditure of the empire is 11.3 billion Chinese yuan, including soldiers' pensions, the procurement of various weapons and equipment, the consumption of various war materials, and so on!" ”
In two years, the wealth accumulated in China over the years has almost been completely consumed! Moreover, the bonds issued by the Imperial Treasury to the country are as high as 3 billion Chinese dollars! If it weren't for the active support of the empire's major consortia and the common people, China would not have been able to hold out a long time ago! Fortunately, now that the war is over, China has won the final victory and reaped a lot of gains! And these gains will eventually make up for these huge military expenditures, and at the same time, China will be able to benefit a lot!
"In these two years of war, we have destroyed more than 23 million enemies! Of these, more than 14 million were killed and wounded, and more than 8 million were taken prisoner! Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, continued!
"More than 23 million? Are there so many? Imperial Finance Minister Wang Wenhua exclaimed!
"Including more than 10 million Indian Ahsan! Of course, there are more than 23 million! Imperial Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi explained!
This made the other cabinet ministers understand that on the Indian battlefield alone, the British colonial authorities armed the Indian Asan as high as about 14 million, and as a result, after a few months of fighting, these Indian Asan were almost all annihilated, which also made the results of the squadron increase a lot! Otherwise, the results achieved by the emperor ** team will definitely not be so brilliant!
"Smack!" Emperor Wang Yuze applauded first! The results achieved by the emperor ** team this time are indeed very brilliant, even beyond his expectations! Afterwards, the rest of the people also applauded, and the entire hall burst into applause!
"Next, the Foreign Minister will introduce the benefits of the empire in this war!" Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty! Ladies and gentlemen, in this war, including in the negotiations, the Empire has gained handsomely! In terms of war reparations, the United States will pay 4 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the empire, and these indemnities will be paid in 20 years, and the first installment of 200 million Chinese dollars in war reparations has already been paid! Italy will pay a total of 2 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the victorious countries, of which China will receive 35 percent, that is, 700 million Chinese dollars, the first tranche of 350 million Chinese dollars, will arrive in the account within three months, and the other 350 million Chinese dollars will arrive in the next ten years! Russia will pay a total of 2 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the victorious powers, of which China will receive 32 percent, the first batch of 320 million Chinese dollars will arrive in the account within three months, and the other 320 million Chinese dollars will arrive in the next ten years! France will pay a total of 3.5 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the victorious countries, of which China will receive 12 percent, the first batch of 210 million Chinese dollars, which will arrive in the account within three months, and the subsequent 210 million Chinese dollars will come to the account in the next ten years! Britain will pay 3 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations to the victorious countries, and China will receive 70 percent of them, the first batch of 1.5 billion Chinese dollars will arrive in the account within three months, and the other 1.5 billion Chinese dollars will arrive in the next ten years! In this way, the total amount of war reparations that have been received and those that will arrive in the next three months is 2.13 billion Chinese dollars, and in the next ten years, the empire will receive 393 million Chinese dollars a year! Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi said!
Everyone was smiling about it! Within three months, China will be able to receive a total of 2.13 billion Chinese dollars in war reparations, and 393 million yuan per year for the next 10 years, in addition to the war reparations paid by the United States for another nine years. This is undoubtedly good news for China's finances, which are already heavily indebted. At least, the repayment of the bonds due next year, as well as the pensions of the army, will no longer put any pressure on the finances!
"Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to this batch of indemnities, there is also a sum of money that has been captured on the battlefield! The captured materials of the Imperial ** team on the battlefield, the captured materials that have been distributed from the Japanese mercenaries and Korean mercenaries, gold and all kinds of jewelry, industrial equipment, etc., totaled 2.5 billion Chinese yuan! Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi continued! Among them, more than 800 million yuan worth of wealth was snatched from the British royal family, and more than 200 million Chinese dollars of gold and various jewels were obtained from the looting of South Africa! Together with the gold plundered in the United States, as well as industrial equipment and what was plundered from Russia and Italy, the value is far more than 2.5 billion Chinese dollars! Of course, those industrial equipment and the like, when sold to domestic enterprises, will definitely be discounted! However, the total value of 2.5 billion Chinese dollars is also very good!
"Your Majesty, according to the original agreement with the government, half of this seized wealth belongs to the emperor, and it will be distributed by us!" Marshal Cai Yun, Chief of the General Staff, reminded!
"Of course, after the settlement is settled, the 1.25 billion Chinese dollars will be distributed by the military!" Wang Yuze nodded! In peacetime, the empire's military expenditure is not much, and it takes a lot of money to maintain a huge army expenditure, especially the development of some new weapons, and these secret military expenditures are also an important source of military support for these expenses! (To be continued......)