Students from Vietnam National University learned about the arms race in various countries.
They discussed the military deployment of various countries with a mentality of concern for the country and the people.
The sounds of their discussion can be heard everywhere in Yueyang City.
In this way, the people who had been building Yueyang City behind closed doors suddenly became aware of the changes outside.
It has only been a few years since the world transitioned from an era of war to an era of peace.
Many people in the Yue Kingdom had personally experienced the war and knew how terrible it was.
They also know that if they fall behind, they will definitely be beaten.
They suddenly discovered that the country of Yue, which they thought was safe, was no longer so safe.
For some people who have considerable assets and strong mobility, their insecurity prompts them to immigrate to safer places.
The public opinion storm formed in Yueyang City has gradually affected people's choices.
When Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, saw this situation, he could not just sit back and watch it continue to get serious.
He immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss Vietnam's response to this matter.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue saw all the important ministers of Yue arriving at the palace.
He sighed with emotion: "I never thought that this guy Mi Youde could cause such a big disturbance in Yue after leaving Yue.
Some people with little knowledge believed Mi Youde's analysis, and some people were already preparing to move their families away from Yue.
We must nip the signs in time to prevent the situation from getting worse."
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, didn't have much hatred for Mi Youde.
Mi Youde, as a representative of the Vietnamese reformists, suffered counterattacks from the conservatives.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, had actually discovered that some officials in the Yue Kingdom had become corrupt.
He planned to use Mi Youde's sword to get rid of these corrupt officials.
Unexpectedly, Mi Youde was unable to be reused and chose to flee the country of Yue.
Without the secret permission of Yue King Bai Yuangui, Mi Youde, who was regarded as a thorn in the flesh by conservative officials, could not have escaped from Yue.
The only reason why King Bai Yuangui of Yue hated Mi Youde was that he didn't understand his painstaking efforts.
After escaping from the country of Yue, he also made many secrets of the country of Yue known to the public.
In this way, there was no room for maneuver between Yue and Mi Youde.
Cabinet Minister Miao Dafang suggested: "Your Majesty, the contents of the magazine "Geographical Interests" published by the traitor Mi Youde are all true.
This is only something that countries have announced and are implementing.
I heard that some people suggested that this magazine should be labeled as a rumor and banned in the country.
It would be extremely undesirable to label this magazine as a rumor.
It is impossible for our country, Vietnam, to avoid contact with other countries.
Even if we can block national borders, we cannot block telegraphs.
As long as there is contact with the outside world, this important information cannot be hidden.
Doing so is likely to cause the people to distrust any information from the court.
Once this trend is formed, the imperial court will be unable to govern the country."
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, heard that Miao Dafang only opposed a certain method, but he did not come up with a way to solve the problem.
He was dissatisfied with the behavior of traditional bureaucrats like Miao Dafang who did not like to take responsibility, but he did not show it.
Too many officials in Vietnam are like this.
There is absolutely no need for him to get angry with these officials. If they do their job well, they are worthy of their salary.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, agreed: "Yu's method of controlling floods tells us that for future generations, it is better to clear things up when things are blocked.
If you want to block this kind of thing, you can't.
The imperial court must come up with a thorough solution, and it is not possible to be a paper framer."
When the ministers of the Yue Kingdom learned about the attitude of the Yue King Bai Yuangui, they offered suggestions one after another.
The Grand Governor Cui Wenwu said in his characteristic loud voice: "Your Majesty, the essence of this problem is that our Yue Kingdom is not as powerful as others.
Children all know that those who are weak will be beaten.
In this international environment where there are many strong people, the weak have no right to speak at all and are just the targets of bullying.
It is very simple to restore the people's confidence, that is to show the people that the court has enough strength to protect them so that they do not need to panic.
People don't know how difficult it is to cross the African desert, and people don't know our arrangements along the coast and across rivers.
The common people don't know the difference in strength between elites and new recruits.
People only see the data on paper from various countries.
Other countries have hundreds of thousands or two hundred thousand troops at every turn.
We only have an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people. According to the simple concepts of the people, it is clear who will win and who will lose.
The only way to solve this problem is to enhance the strength of the military.
Now European countries are eager to expand their armies, and our country, Vietnam, must follow suit.
I believe that the army must be expanded to at least 100,000 people to ensure the security of Yue in the future."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible.
Due to the construction of Yueyang City and large-scale immigration, the treasury is now empty.
It is absolutely impossible to support an army of 100,000 people.
Not to mention that for an army of this size, the ammunition consumed every day is the food of the army, which is also an astronomical figure."
Zhai Songyuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, waited until Cui Wenwu finished speaking, and immediately stood up anxiously to object.
Tens of millions of silver coins were spent on moving the capital and building a new capital.
This directly depleted the family wealth accumulated by the Yue State after years of hard work.
Now the military wants to expand its army greatly, and the national treasury cannot come up with extra silver coins.
Governor Cui Wenwu's speech directly triggered an exchange of criticism between civil and military officials.
Military officials certainly hope to increase the strength of the military.
Only when the strength of the military increases can they make further achievements.
Civil servants have always wanted to limit the power of the Metropolitan Governor, who controls the power of the country.
Struggle between civil and military forces is inevitable in all countries, and it is also a situation that the monarchs of various countries have allowed this situation to occur.
If civil and military affairs are of one mind, the monarch will tremble all over, fearing that he will become a puppet.
It's just that in some countries, the monarchs are highly skilled in political power, and the civil and military forces are relatively balanced.
In most countries, civil servants or military commanders have the upper hand.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, was a general. He would subconsciously favor the governor's office, but he did not suppress the civil servants.
A group of Vietnamese military officials had the upper hand, but they were unable to overwhelm the civilian officials.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Civil servants usually fight among themselves, but when faced with the pressure of the military, they immediately united together to deal with the military threat.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, watched the civil and military officials quarreling, but he did not stop them.
Under normal circumstances, officials in both civil and military places just delay and react violently.
But when it comes to the distribution of important interests, they will definitely have a big quarrel.
The process of quarreling is actually a process of benefit distribution.
Officials who only know how to mess around cannot participate in the meeting to decide the fate of the country of Yue.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, saw that the civil and military officials were quarreling.
Ahem!
He coughed twice and saw both parties became quiet.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, said in a serious tone: "My dear friends, you are all important ministers of the country, how can it be inappropriate for you to quarrel like rogues in the market?
If it wasn't an emergency, I would have asked the guards in front of the palace to clear you out."
Many ministers of the Yue Kingdom stood up and bowed in salute.
They said in unison: "I am guilty."
This neat and uniform movement looked like it was not the first time I had done it, and I was already very skilled at it.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, waved his hand and said: "When I was serving in the army, I listened to the lectures given by the Emperor Su He.
There is one sentence in it that left a very deep impression on me.
In times of crisis, confidence is more important than gold.
The country of Yue has now reached this level, and we must restore the people's trust in the country of Yue.
This can be done at any cost.
Only when the people support us can Yue become a country.
Without the support of the people, we may not even be able to defeat the black indigenous tribes along the Yueshui River."
Prime Minister Hong Xian heard the Yue King Bai Yuangui say these words firmly.
He knew that civil servants had to make certain compromises with the Governor's Office.
Even if the Yue Kingdom moved its capital to Africa, the ambition of Yue King Bai Yuangui still did not weaken even a little bit.
It was precisely because Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, had the ambition to dominate the region.
Instead of just waiting to die in their original territory, they actively expanded outward.
Prime Minister Hong Xian said in a loud voice: "Our country of Vietnam is no longer a country in the southwestern corner of Europe, but a huge country spanning the European and African continents.
Although the country's territory is largely desert and rainforest, it has not yet been developed.
But our country, Vietnam, has extremely strong strategic depth.
Even if Vietnam is attacked, it will lose all its European territory.
The country of Yue only lost part of its industrial strength, and its overall strength did not suffer much.
This is how our cabinet perfectly followed the instructions of the King of Yue and transferred most of the population and industrial system to the industrial zone along the Yueshui River.
We all know the situation in Yue, and we will not panic about the future of Yue.
As for the people's panic, they were afraid that the country of Yue would be attacked in the future and they would suffer from war, so they wanted to escape in advance.
What people are afraid of is the future, so we will not let people panic about the future.
We can definitely announce Vietnam’s military expansion plan.
It’s just that our country’s military expansion plan is moving slower.
The goal of expanding the army by 100,000 remains unchanged, but the time can be extended.
Other countries want to complete military expansion in two or three years, but we can extend the time to five or six years.
Achieve certain goals every year so that the national treasury will not feel too much pressure.
This will not only give the people confidence, but also prevent the national treasury from being too strapped."
Prime Minister Hong Xian thought of many ways before he came up with the idea of drawing a big pie for the future for the people and gradually realizing it.
The people knew how powerful the Yue Kingdom would be in the future, and they could also see that the Yue Kingdom was slowly getting stronger.
The people's self-confidence will immediately become stronger.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, pondered the method of Handan Hongxian. This is indeed a very feasible method and all parties will be satisfied.
Gradually expanding the strength of the Yue Kingdom will enable the Yue Kingdom to maintain its own security in this troubled world.
The people felt that the country of Yue was strong and would have a sufficient sense of security.
Due to the military expansion, although the pace of military expansion is slower, it is acceptable.
Seeing a losing situation, the civil servants have already had to spend most of the resources of the treasury, but now they can take less, and they can accept this choice.
Prime Minister Hong Xian's method is not satisfactory to all parties, but it is acceptable.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, knew that he would never end up at the beginning of the European War.
This is why he discovered that the geographical environment of Yue State was not very good before and immediately made up his mind to open up new territories.
He could also accept the slow expansion of the Vietnamese army.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, nodded and said, "Hong Aiqing is an experienced advocate for the country. This can indeed effectively alleviate the anxiety of the people.
Dear friends, what do you think of this method?"
The civil and military officials of Yue State were not very satisfied with Prime Minister Hong Xian's method.
The military believes that its strength is growing too slowly and may not be able to cope with the rapid changes in Europe.
Civilians are also dissatisfied with this method. Even if it takes longer, it actually satisfies the military's purpose of expanding its army.
This will enhance the strength of the military and shrink the power of civilian officials.
But neither side could come up with a method acceptable to the other side, so they could only accept Prime Minister Hong Xian's compromise method.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue saw that many ministers of Yue State accepted this method.
He immediately asked the cabinet and the Metropolitan Government to work together to come up with detailed procedures as soon as possible.
At the same time, newspapers controlled by the imperial court were asked to report the matter in a large way.
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Xu Qingzhou was hiding in his university dormitory. He hadn't gone out for a long time.
He didn't expect that his remarks in the restaurant would directly cause a huge disturbance.
No matter how slow his reaction was, Xu Qingzhou knew that he was in trouble. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to go out.
"Old Xu, take a look at the latest policies of the imperial court."
When Xu Qingzhou saw his friends from Dingxin Academy, he walked out of the dormitory with excitement.
He knew this must be something good, and his friend became so excited.
He took the newspaper from his friend's hand and was very excited when he saw the headlines on the front page of the newspaper.
Xu Qingzhou said with a trembling tone: "What I did was very correct, this is exactly what we should do.
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The imperial court's response was somewhat slow, but at this time it was decided to expand the army by 100,000.
The amount of military expansion is a bit conservative, but this military strength is enough to protect ourselves.
The military is our external confidence.
Having a strong military will prevent us from being treated as a soft persimmon and bullied wantonly by other countries."
After Xu Qingzhou finished speaking, he held the newspaper and laughed.
He previously felt that he had done something wrong, which might bring trouble to the court and affect his future.
Now it seems that what he did was extremely correct and promoted the imperial court's military expansion plan.
The situation is tense now and war is about to break out. We must strengthen the strength of the country of Yue as soon as possible. This is the right way.
"Old Xu, you are in the spotlight this time.
Your name will definitely be remembered by many big shots.
Now that Lao Xu is prosperous, don’t forget to give your brother a hand.”
Xu Qingzhou raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard his friend's praise.
He knew that his action had unintentionally promoted the imperial court's military expansion.
In this process, someone must gain and someone lose.
He gained a group of potential enemies, but also a group of allies.
Xu Qingzhou does not regret doing these things.
As Yue's strength grows, he can also enjoy corresponding benefits.
Xu Qingzhou learned that because the public opinion was not in the right direction before, many people were preparing to flee Yue.
It was precisely because he understood how angry the higher-ups of the Yue Kingdom would be if the people fled, that he was afraid of being angered himself.
He estimated that this reason was also the reason why the imperial court changed its previous leisurely attitude and quickly introduced relevant policies.
Population loss is an extremely serious blow to a country that was just founded and moved its capital.
The Yue court must try its best to avoid this situation.
