Beijing, Provisional Special Federal Congress of the Chinese Federation.
"When is the time to retaliate? As a big country, we should have the magnanimity of a big country." Yu Quyuan ended his speech with these words.
Although Yu Quyuan is regarded by many as just an old stubborn left over from the former Qing Dynasty, and was only elected to the Federal Parliament because of his high moral standing, but when he takes the stage to read a manuscript at this time, there must be support behind him. In other words, he is the one who does not want to
A chess piece that the warring forces bring to the fore to express their will.
Lin Youde, who was waiting to give a speech on the stage, saw the old man tremblingly walking down with the help of the maid, so he decisively went up to give him a hand and called him "Mr."
After sending the old man away, Lin Youde stepped onto the podium.
He first looked around at the senior officials of the new federation who filled the entire hall, cleared his throat, and began his speech.
"Ten years ago, in Guangdong, I was already a wealthy man with a fortune. I had countless women, the best real estate in Guangzhou, and endless money. I could have been a wealthy young man in Guangzhou, just
I could live a peaceful life like this. However, I did not choose to do this. Instead, I risked all my wealth to go to Nanyang to overthrow a foreign regime.
"At that time, the wealthy businessmen from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, all the bosses in Hong Kong, and the overseas Chinese living in the United States under the name Zhi Gong Tang all participated in this plan. Any one of us had no worries about food and clothing, and enjoyed endless prosperity.
Wealth, but we put it all on the line to take back such a small piece of land from the Spaniards.
"Because we know that if we, the Chinese nation, as a nation, have no status in the world, then all personal wealth will be a castle on the sand. Look at the Jews. Jews are naturally good at doing business. Most of the Jews in Europe are quite wealthy.
, However, because they have no land of their own, no place to settle down and call themselves 'home', they have suffered persecution in Europe for thousands of years!
"Look at the Poles again! In the past, Poland relied on light cavalry and was famous in Europe, and its people lived a prosperous life. However, with the complete destruction of the Principality of Poland, Poland is now occupied by Germany, Austria and Russia. The Poles have suffered a lot.
of persecution.
"There are these living examples here, can't you see them?
"What is a country? The European great scholar Marx believed that the country is a machine for the ruling class to maintain its rule. This is true, but this is only the internal meaning of the country. I think that in external situations, the country is everyone living abroad.
With the backing of the citizens, as long as the Phoenix flag does not fall, no matter where we are, our Chinese people will never have to worry about being robbed, slaughtered or raped! This is what we swore to build by risking our lives and fortunes back then!
"If we are indifferent under this situation, then what is the use of this federation!"
Lin Youde's "what's the use" really scared the shit out of many people. He paused, adjusted his mood, and then continued in a slightly calmer tone: "As for when will retribution be repaid, yes, that is a question.
.However, if we treat the Mexicans with the mind of a big country, will they really be grateful? How will other countries that are watching, those nations that are jealous of the increasing wealth in the hands of the Chinese, interpret our mind?
"Our China has lasted for five thousand years. Although wars have continued and dynasties have changed, China's orthodoxy has never been broken! The evidence is this!"
Lin Youde gave a high-five, and the attendants who had been prepared behind him unrolled a huge silk roll on the wall behind him, with a big Chinese character written on it.
"Look, our Chinese characters are the only hieroglyphics still in use in the world! It has been evolving since the oracle bone inscriptions era, but it has never been discontinued! In contrast, in the West, the hieroglyphs of ancient civilizations that were once comparable to ours have long been lost.
Not only that, even Latin-speaking Western civilization has experienced epochs, so we have the term Renaissance...
"Today's Westerners have no precipitation at all. They are just a group of bandits and barbarians! Even if they rely on the scientific and technological progress they happened to have made over the years and are slightly ahead of us, they still cannot change their nature.
"They don't understand what it means to persuade others with virtue, let alone what it means to be united in the world. If we treat them with kindness, they will definitely interpret our behavior as weakness and repay kindness with hatred."
Having said this, Lin Youde stopped again and looked around the entire conference hall.
"I know, failed in the war with Russia..."
"There is no failure, Mr. Lin, it's just..." Tang Shaoyi, who served as the speaker, glanced at Yuan Shikai and interrupted Lin Youde. However, as soon as he started, Lin Youde snatched the conversation back.
"We took the initiative to go to war, but in the end the enemy country did not cede territory or pay compensation, but we in turn agreed to a bunch of conditions. This is called failure!"
Tang Shaoyi was blocked. After struggling for a while, he finally surrendered, shook his head and said no more.
"When we started the war with Russia, I warned you through Lord Sheng Xuanhuai not to go to war with Russia easily, but you didn't listen. Now that we have been defeated, everyone thinks we are easy to bully. What if we achieve success in the war with Russia?
Victory, or no war with Russia, how could Mexico dare to allow the mob to massacre our compatriots, even if it had the Shenji Armor supported by the United Kingdom? If it continues to allow the small country of Choel to trample on the national prestige of our federation, the lives and fortunes of all overseas compatriots will surely be lost in the future.
Save!
"To put it bluntly, it is really unconvincing that Russia dares to declare war when facing a first-class power, but is timid when facing Mexico, which is not even a powerful country!"
Lin Youde raised his hand and pointed at the venue, shouting loudly: "Warning some people, put away your little calculations! On the issue of national justice, there is no room for your selfishness!"
After Lin Youde finished speaking, the entire venue fell silent.
He put down his arms with extremely slow movements, and at the same time scanned the entire venue with sharp eyes. Behind him, the huge "Han" exuded an unusually strong sense of presence.
Finally, Yuan Shikai moved forward and pressed the switch of the electric microphone in front of him.
"Mr. Lin, you are serious."
In fact, it didn't matter at all. At this time, almost everyone in the venue understood that the reason for not allowing a war with Mexico was to prevent Lin Youde's power from continuing to grow. Going to the other side of the sea to fight would be a great activity for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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"It's just," Yuan Shikai continued slowly, "it has only been a year since the last war, and everything within the Federation is in need of improvement. This is not a good time to start another war."
"I don't need a penny from the federal government to bring Mexico to its knees."
Lin Youde's response made many people feel unhappy, and some people were already muttering privately, "Then why don't you pay taxes to the federal government?"
Of course Yuan Shikai couldn't say this, and neither could Sun Wen. They all owed money to Lin Youde, so Yuan Shikai could only continue to find reasons: "But... if we start a war, we will have to face diplomatic pressure, and the recent Yellow Peril theory in Europe and America...
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"Absurd! Will the Yellow Peril theory be eliminated if we show weakness? Absolutely impossible. It is precisely because the Yellow Peril theory is popular that we should take tough actions to demonstrate our determination and ability to protect federal citizens!"
Yuan Shikai raised his eyebrows, but finally said nothing, turned off the microphone, leaned back on the chair and stopped talking.
At this time, Sun Wen spoke: "I agree to make a strong statement, but as long as the Mexican government severely punishes the mob, compensates for the losses, and guarantees that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future, I think it will be fine. The Navy and Marines only need to use coercion."
posture. If we set foot on the land of another country, we will become invaders. Isn't this the same as the barbaric Europeans you call Mr. Lin? So I think this matter can be..."...
"Mexico," Lin Youde interrupted Sun Wen again, "has been the land of the Indians since ancient times. The Indians established the Aztec Empire here. It was the Spanish invaders, the white people named Francisco, who destroyed the Aztec Empire.
The Ztec Empire stole this land and enslaved the Indians. China has always had a tradition of chivalry and righteousness, and hoeing the strong and supporting the weak is the noblest aspect of our Chinese culture. Therefore, we should end the white man's influence on this land.
, to help the Indians rebuild the Aztec Empire."
At this moment, everyone in the venue was shocked.
Damn, who would have thought that Lin Youde would do this?
Rebuilding the Aztec Empire? Almost all the Indians were killed. How many Indians would it take to fill a country as big as Mexico?
What should I do if I am not satisfied? Do you still need to think about it?
At this time, someone in the War Department camp burst into heroic laughter.
Lin Youde was shocked when he saw that it was Wu Peifu.
Because he likes weapons from Southeast Asia, he was refrigerated and transferred to the Federal Parliament to serve as a representative of the War Department, so he is now sitting in the meeting with a rank higher than others.
"What a hoe to help the strong and the weak, I like it."
At this time, Yuan Shikai seemed to cough, and Wu Peifu immediately straightened his face and stopped talking. Cao Kun, who was sitting next to him, reached out and took the microphone a little further away from him.
"Lord Lin," the next person to speak was Huang Xin, the "Federal Chief Goddess" sitting next to Sun Wen, who is also Huang Xing's sister, "You are really sure that you can quickly defeat the Federation without any support from the Federation.
Mexico?”
"certainly."
"how long it takes?"
"Half a year."
Huang Xin was silent for a while before nodding: "Okay, I support you."
This made many people in the original revolutionary army camp look very ugly.
Subsequently, various factions in the country spoke one after another, and many directly proposed conditions, such as exempting them from the debts they owed, providing them with low-interest loans, and so on.
That afternoon, the Provisional Federal Congress unanimously passed a resolution, deciding to take "necessary tough measures" against Mexico. The reason why Lin Youde did not directly mention Lin Youde's matter of "helping the Indians rebuild the Aztec Empire" was Sun Wen's insistence.
I think that's still too much.
Not only that, she also insisted that an ultimatum must be issued first to see the sincerity of the Mexican government. Before that, the navy was only conducting deterrent military operations.
However, when Lin Youde left the meeting, he directly issued an action code with the content "Determined to Kill" to the naval fleet that had already assembled on the sea and was on standby.
Lin Youde's small staff felt that this was inappropriate. Lin Youde said frankly: History will not judge the winner harshly. It is easy to win everything.