The King of Vietnam, Bai Yuangui, issued a public apology for the Army's defeat in the official Vietnamese newspaper "Dai Viet Times".
At the same time, he encouraged the people of Yue to share the same hatred of the enemy, do their jobs well, enhance the national strength of Yue, and take revenge in the future.
The "Dai Viet Times" also promoted the despicable state of Chu and Song and used sneak attacks and other methods, which led to the defeat of Vietnam and the loss of a large gold mine.
Everyone in the Yue Kingdom must bear losses for this failure.
These immigrants previously belonged to the same country, but now they are tied to the interests of Vietnam.
Incited by official media such as Dai Viet Times and some tabloids, they began to hate Chu and Yue.
Principal Mi Youde was walking on the street. He saw some young people walking spontaneously on the street. They looked at the goods sold by the merchants and the people on the street.
Once these goods come from Chu and Song, or if there are people from Chu or Song on the street, they will violently expel them.
When Principal Mi Youde saw this situation, he knew that the relationship between Yue State, Chu State, and Song State must have taken a turn for the worse.
Under the deliberate guidance of the King of Yue, Chu and Song had become enemies.
Principal Mi Youde understands that hatred can make a country strong in a short period of time.
"If you enter, you will be unable to fight the soldiers at home; if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, the country will be permanently destroyed. Then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in peace and happiness."
Principal Mi Youde read the words of Mencius on the street.
He very much agrees with this saying: People are lazy, and so is a country.
If a country has no external enemies and its citizens are happy to enjoy themselves, the country will perish at an extremely fast speed.
In the history of China, there were too many countries that prospered and died suddenly.
As an official of the Yue State, Principal Mi Youde's interests have been deeply bound to the Yue State, and of course he hopes that the Yue State will develop better.
He looked through the contents of the newspaper. The newspaper's method of guiding public opinion was obvious.
But there is also a lot of useful information in it.
Mid-level officials like Mi Youde were unable to participate in the formulation of national policies and could only speculate on the development of events through snippets in newspapers.
From what was reported in the newspaper, he inferred that Vietnam was now very short of money.
The cabinet is discussing increasing tariffs, which is a typical symptom of lack of money.
The country of Vietnam is now prosperous. It has almost nothing to export, but needs a large amount of imported goods.
Now that tariffs are being raised, a considerable amount of tax revenue will be obtained, which will definitely affect the development of Vietnam.
The Yue State had not grabbed the gold mines, and its development speed would have lagged behind the Chu State.
Now he is cutting himself with the blade of the knife inwards, the situation must be in danger.
For his own future, and also for the sake of the Yue Kingdom, Mi Youde had to try his best to come up with a strategy for the reference of the Yue King Bai Yuangui.
He analyzed that the country of Vietnam is currently short of money, and the easiest funding to cut is education funding.
If the State of Yue cuts off other funds, its national strength will immediately decline.
Only cutting education funding will lead to a decline in national strength in the long term, but it will have no impact on Vietnam in the short term.
Mi Youde knew that once the Yue King Bai Yuangui made up his mind to cut off education funding.
His official career will be cut off immediately, and his career will be ruined.
Even if he is the top scorer in a new subject, he will definitely be marginalized if he has not grown up and there is no force behind him to push him.
Mi Youde thought of a piece of news he had seen in the newspaper before.
This news will indeed allow Vietnam to reap a large amount of cash flow, and Vietnam will be able to bear the consequences.
Instead of going to school, he called a carriage and headed to Yuewang Palace.
Mi Youde, as the new champion, had the right to meet the Yue King Bai Yuangui, but he had to wait in line.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, was in a good mood and had plenty of time, so he met him as a mere Hanlin official.
The golden-haired eunuch of the Yue Palace registered Mi Youde's name.
He replied in a spy's voice: "Mi Hanlin, please wait here, the King of Yue doesn't know when he will see you.
If the King of Yue takes a rest, Ye Jiahui will come and notify Mi Hanlin to go back."
Mi Youde said politely: "I'll trouble the manager about this matter."
He was quite polite to the golden-haired eunuch.
The status of eunuchs in the empire is not high, let alone such a golden-haired eunuch.
Eunuchs are not well-liked by others, and barbarian eunuchs are even less popular.
Nowadays, eunuchs mainly consist of two groups, Japanese eunuchs and golden-haired eunuchs.
If a serious Han Chinese is not a eunuch, who will be a eunuch?
The empire likes to use Japanese eunuchs, but here in Europe, because they have to communicate with the indigenous people, all the major royal families like to use golden retriever eunuchs.
These golden-haired eunuchs are not of high status, and they dare not use small means to deal with important ministers of the country, but they can still do it to disgusting small officials like Mi Youde.
Mi Youde has no power now, but he has always believed that peace is the most important thing.
Even if he is a beggar on the street, he will treat him politely as long as his interests are not harmed.
Mi Youde's kind attitude also won the favor of the golden-haired eunuch.
He just reminded Mi Youde not to leave.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue may summon him at any time.
As a minister, he could not let Yue King Bai Yuangui wait.
Mi Youde waited for a long time, and his stomach began to growl.
He could only drink the tea provided by the little golden retriever eunuch and did not dare to leave the meal.
When he saw the golden-haired eunuch returning here, he immediately raised his hands and said, "Master Manager, is there any good news?"
The golden-haired eunuch said cheerfully: "Mi Hanlin, the King of Yue has summoned you, please follow us."
The golden retriever eunuch's attitude was much more respectful than before.
Mi Youde followed the golden-haired eunuch to the palace where King Bai Yuangui of Yue was handling state affairs.
He opened the door and walked into the palace, and saw Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, sitting at the table and reviewing memorials.
Mi Youde immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Mi Youde, pays homage to the king.
Our country has lost a large gold mine this time, and will definitely lag behind Chu State due to the ebb and flow of gold.
I have a plan to obtain a large amount of funds and bridge the gap between Yue and Chu."
When King Bai Yuangui of Yue heard what Mi Youde said, he immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at Mi Youde with excited eyes.
He said gently: "If Mi Aiqing has any strategies, please tell me in detail."
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After hearing the order, the golden retriever eunuch moved the seat and immediately retreated to the back.
Mi Youde sat on the seat respectfully. He had met with the King of Yue several times, and this was the first time he received the honor of being given a seat.
Did he know what the Yue King Bai Yuangui was concerned about? He didn't deliberately show off, and stated the policy directly.
"Your Majesty, you know that the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca bring huge amounts of money to the empire every year.
Both the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca charge taxes and fees based on the value of the goods.
Each of these two important waterways can bring revenue to the empire of at least five million taels of silver coins per month.
According to the total value of gold in Jinhe Gold Mine, it is probably worth between 30 million taels to 50 million taels of silver coins.
Mining a gold mine takes several years and requires a lot of investment.
His income is not as good as the annual income of a golden waterway like the Suez Canal.
To master similar golden waterways is to have a gold mine that will never be exhausted."
King Bai Yuangui of Yue heard that Mi Youde talked about the benefits of the Suez Canal.
His eyes were a little red when he heard it. Which of these monarchs did not know the benefits of the Suez Canal.
The price of the goods they purchased included taxes and fees paid to the Suez Canal.
These fees are equivalent to those paid by countries like Vietnam.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, said helplessly: "The country of Yue has the strength to seize the Suez Canal. The army under my command can still be defeated by the two small states of Chu and Song."
Mi Youde was already a little angry when he saw the Yue King Bai Yuangui.
He knew that the King of Yue was not angry with him, but he did not dare to delay any longer and immediately said: "Your Majesty, we cannot obtain the golden waterway of the Suez Canal.
There are three golden waterways in the world, the Strait of Malacca, the Suez Canal, and the Bull Run Canal, all of which are in the hands of the empire.
Our country now has access to a silver waterway that is second only to these golden waterways."
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, understood what he had to say.
He waved his hand and said: "You should mean the Strait of Gibraltar, which is controlled by the Empire's Mediterranean Fleet.
Although it is a seaport in the south of Vietnam and covers a very small area, it is a port of the empire.
It is very likely that this king will not be able to wait until the day when the empire declines.
I only hope that the descendants of the empire will have the opportunity to capture the port of Gibraltar so that southern Vietnam will have no worries."
King Bai Yuangui of Yue looked at the map and saw that the coastline in the south of Yue was very beautiful.
As far as the southernmost point, there is a fleet that does not belong to the Yue Kingdom and can destroy the entire navy of the Yue Kingdom.
When he saw the map, he complained, why didn't the Kingdom of Spain gain some momentum at that time?
Other European countries only paid reparations and did not lose any territory. Only the Kingdom of Spain lost its most important port.
Mi Youde heard the heartfelt words of Yue King Bai Yuangui.
He knew that Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, also wanted to seize the port of Gibraltar, but because of the lack of strength of the Yue country, he could only suppress this idea in his heart.
Mi Youde said respectfully: "The king may not have noticed that the empire only occupies the port of Gibraltar.
This is an excellent deep-water port that can accommodate the Empire's large battleships.
The empire can block the important Strait of Gibraltar by relying only on the port of Gibraltar.
But as a strait, the Strait of Gibraltar is inevitably sandwiched between two pieces of land.
The Empire refers to occupying the southern part of the Strait of Gibraltar. Since Danji Port in the north cannot dock large warships, a small port is now being built by the Fujian Kingdom.
As long as our country of Vietnam can capture Tangi Port, we can control the Strait of Gibraltar together with the Empire.
The country of Fujian has almost no presence around the Strait of Gibraltar, but our country of Vietnam has a large number of troops deployed around the Strait of Gibraltar.
Our country can use this as a condition to negotiate with the empire on the distribution of profits from the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea to the countries on the west coast of Europe.
For countries along the Mediterranean Sea, if they cross the Atlantic Ocean to go to the west coast of America, they must also pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Strait of Gibraltar cannot become a golden waterway, but it is selected as a silver waterway, which is no problem at all.
The Strait of Gibraltar can bring hundreds of thousands of silver coins to Vietnam every year.
The gold mines of Gold River will be exhausted one day, but as long as countries maintain maritime trade, the benefits from the Strait of Gibraltar will not be cut off.
Our country can control even part of the Strait of Gibraltar.
That would also cut off the shipping connection between Chu’s Mediterranean coast and the Atlantic coast.”
When King Bai Yuangui of Yue heard Mi Youde's analysis, he was very excited.
There are many benefits for Vietnam to capture Danji Port.
Vietnam can not only have a stable cash flow.
In this way, Vietnam can use this fund to develop colonies in Africa.
The Liao Kingdom had a large gold mine with rich reserves, and now there is the Jinhe Gold Mine.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, believed that as long as Yue opened up the African region, even if no large gold mines could be found.
But it is still not difficult to find iron ore, coal mine, and copper mine, which are most important to industry.
The State of Yue controls part of the Strait of Gibraltar, which is even more disgusting to the State of Chu.
At least it can divide Chu's navy into the Mediterranean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet.
This prevented Chu's navy from forming a joint force.
Chu's navy converged and was affected by the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Vietnamese navy wanted to join together and was also affected by the Strait of Gibraltar.
Vietnam itself does not control part of the Strait of Gibraltar. Once Fujian or other countries control the Strait of Gibraltar, if they want to create obstacles for the Vietnamese navy, they can do it.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, was more ambitious and wanted to capture the port of Gibraltar.
Vietnam now participates in the management of the Strait of Gibraltar.
When the empire's strength declines one day, they can seize the port of Gibraltar, so that they will not cause chaos in the Strait of Gibraltar.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue knew that the strength of Yue was insufficient and he did not dare to offend the empire that occupied the port of Gibraltar.
But he has sufficient advantages in mind regarding the country of Fujian.
If the Fujian King Zhang Yuliang is still alive, the Yue King Bai Yuangui still needs to consider one or two things.
The current Fujian King Zhang Wan is just a little kid, he is not worried at all.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, said worriedly: "Mi Aiqing, if our country sends troops to Danji Port, will it cause irreparable consequences?
The situation in European countries is tense now. It would be bad if our country takes the lead and causes a chain reaction.
I am not a man who is eager for quick success, and the country of Yue is not ready yet.
We are different from Fujian, which has made several years of efforts to absorb the indigenous people in the country, and the domestic conflicts are not acute.
Now the country of Vietnam is digesting the indigenous people, and its national strength cannot be fully exerted."
When Mi Youde heard the name Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, he knew that he was now in the heart of the king of Yue. Once this strategy succeeded, he would become an important minister of the country of Yue.
He replied confidently: "Your Majesty, I have already considered the relevant circumstances when proposing this strategy.
The current situation in Fujian is that it has basically given up on the North African region, leaving only the Egyptian region. Because of the oases on both sides of the Nile River, it can still maintain a large number of citizens and a small number of troops.
As for other places, it is only a nominal claim to make the local tribes surrender.
In the vast North Africa region, the Fujian army has less than a thousand soldiers.
The Fujian state focuses on developing Europe, and even if they lose territory in North Africa, they will not start a national war because of it.
One thing that is extremely powerful for our country of Yue is Emperor Su He's enfeoffment of the country of Fujian.
The territory of Fujian entrusted by the empire did not include the North African area around Danji Port.
The empire has an extremely important requirement for its territory, which is that the proportion of Han people should be higher than 50%.
The territory around Danji Port is legally regarded as a colony of Fujian.
We are fighting for Fujian's colonies, not invading Fujian's territory.
This is just like us competing for gold and gold mines with the Chu, Song and Rui Kingdoms. It is only a common colonial conflict, not a war between the two countries."
When King Bai Yuangui of Yue heard Mi Youde's analysis, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.