1890 King of Southeast Asia

On October 13, Lin Anmin was in the villa looking at the briefings on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during this period.

It all started with the telegram sent by the ambassador to the United States yesterday, which explained the abnormality of the Americans and reminded the country to strengthen the precautions in Hawaii.

After hearing this, Lin Anmin, who was still on vacation, pulled a bunch of briefings from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He wanted to have a more comprehensive understanding of the recent key information. This was the most convenient way.

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After reading for a long time, Lin Anmin couldn't see where the Americans could take advantage of it. Was it just to scold the South China government? What's the point?

"Hello, help me make an appointment with Commissioner Jiang, yes, this afternoon? Regarding the recent international situation, it is related to the United States."

Lin Anmin always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out the reason for the problem, so he picked up the phone and wanted to consult Jiang Wang, who had more information.

Liu Yiming reorganized the intelligence system. The former Audit Department, Statistics Bureau, and Social Research Institute were incorporated into the National Security Information Committee. The intelligence system controlled by the Navy and Army General Staff was taken out separately to establish the Military Intelligence Department.

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"These are selected by us. The recent diplomatic trends of the United States. The Americans have a stronger sense of confidentiality than the Germans. We only got limited information." Jiang Wang entered the secret room with a pile of documents.

Lin Anmin had been waiting here for a long time.

"So many? Which ones are abnormal?" Lin Anmin picked up a book and looked at it.

The Americans sent 140 additional soldiers to the Panama region to confront Colombian soldiers and sent notes to the Colombian ambassador many times. It is suspected that the canal construction operation was hindered.

The Brazilian ambassador met with the US foreign minister in secret many times, and the specific reason is unknown...

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"Recently, the US ambassadors to European countries have been very active. They are looking for allies to deal with our problems." Jiang Wang said.

Lin Anmin sighed, that is to say, this pile of documents all have abnormal information.

"This part is a catalog. Maybe we can filter it from here." Jiang Wang was also helpless. Lin Anmin did not give specific requirements. Even if they filtered again and again, there was still a lot of potentially valuable information.

Open a catalog that Jiang Wang handed over.

US activities in Germany:

1. On July 6, the US ambassador met with the German Foreign Minister to discuss the issue of a joint attack on South China, but was rejected by the German Foreign Minister...

Lin Anmin felt a little tired after constantly flipping through it.

"You can't finish reading it in a short time. Take all of this back. In fact, this information has been shared with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but there are too many such facts recently." Jiang Wang shrugged and said to Lin Anmin.

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On the evening of the 15th, after elimination, Lin Anmin, who had just locked his target on Japan and Russia, received a call and was summoned by Liu Yiming.

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Lin Anmin hurried to Ziwei Palace and found that the Prime Minister, the Navy and Army Generals, the Ministry of Finance, etc. were also summoned. His heart skipped a beat.

"Your Majesty will be here soon. The briefing has been placed on your seats. You can take the time to learn about it." Secretary Wang led everyone into the conference room.

Opening the briefing, there are only a few hundred words, which confirms one of Lin Anmin's ideas.

"The main fleet of the Japanese Navy assembled in Sasebo. In the early morning of the 15th, the patrol team of the Ryukyu Squadron discovered that four old battleships of the Japanese Navy, Asahi, Mikasa, Toka, and Kashima, were heading towards the Ryukyu Islands. The Ryukyu Squadron was dispatched urgently and is currently in a standoff..."

"At noon on the 15th, the intelligence department detected unusual movements in Sasebo. From 14:00, the Japanese Navy dispatched two Satsuma-class battleships, two Kongo-class battleships, and ten cruisers. The main force was dispatched. The Ryukyu Squadron retreated to the port and the Ryukyu Port was blocked."

"You all know what happened." Liu Yiming walked in in a hurry, followed by Jiang Wang.

"The Xuchang has stopped its maintenance process. Tomorrow afternoon, the Xuchang will complete its attack preparations. The Nanyang has departed from Surabaya and is expected to arrive at the Banjarmasin base tonight to join the Arabia and Hawaii.

The alert order has been issued to the Chang'an and Luoyang on duty, and they are ready to fight at any time." Gu Fan stood up immediately.

"The Ryukyu defense system is complete. We have three artillery fortresses on the main island. The supplies on the island are enough for the garrison to use for a whole year. We believe that the fortresses and ports will not fall into the hands of the Japanese before the supplies are consumed." Xie Hui said in a serious manner.

"Chang'an and Luoyang continue to perform their missions. After the Xuchang, Nanyang and Arabia join the destroyer fleet, they will go north to Manila and be ready to fight at any time." Liu Yiming first made a northern battle deployment.

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"Japan has four new battleships and four old battleships. For safety reasons, the Hawaii will go north together, and there is also a cruiser fleet." Xu Hui said.

Changan Luoyang, who were on duty outside, were in Arabia and Hawaii respectively, and could not come here in a short time, otherwise Xu Hui would have wanted to call them all over.

Liu Yiming sat in the main seat, shook his head, and looked at Jiang Wang.

"The old battleship USS Nebraska of the US Navy Pacific Fleet left Seattle on the 9th and announced that it was heading to Alaska, but our intelligence personnel in Alaska did not find the ship. We just received news that it appeared 400 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii." Jiang Wang said.

Why don't I know? Gu Fan was a little confused, but didn't ask much.

"The Americans provoked this matter. The Japanese military strength is growing, and the demands for Ryukyu have been there for a long time, but it doesn't have the strength, so it can only endure it. The Americans are the same with Hawaii." Lin Anmin exhaled.

Everything is clear, and the Japanese are willing to be pawns again. I don't know what conditions the Americans have put forward, so that the Japanese always remember to eat but not to fight.

"This matter is the dereliction of duty of the intelligence department. The domestic situation in Japan has not been very good, but we took it for granted that Japan would solve the problem through the war against Qingdao, and we have never paid attention to it." Jiang Wang said.

"No one can imagine that Japan will suddenly attack. The situation in their country is not enough to fight a war. Has the front line opened fire?" Xu Hui waved his hand.

"So far, we are still in the confrontation stage, but the difference in strength between the enemy and us is huge. I order the Ryukyu Fleet to withdraw to the port." Gu Fan stood up.

Retreating before the official start of the war is not a good attitude. Not only will it be criticized, but it is also possible to be dismissed.

After the start of the South American trade confrontation, Liu Yiming dumped food to Japan in order to cheat American capital, recover losses, and transfer the crisis.

After experiencing the large-scale food dumping of South China to Japan, Japan formulated a new food customs clearance plan and carried out strategic food reserves.

So Liu Yiming changed the dumping method. Japan exports high-quality rice every year, and then imports a large amount of low-quality rice from Qing Empire, Thailand, South China, etc. to fill the domestic food shortage.

Coincidentally, Liu Yiming can directly control the food market in Thailand and South China, and can also influence the Qing Empire through trading partners.

After all, the daily chemical products sold by Nanhua are very popular in the Qing Empire. The Qing Empire is even doing re-export trade, relying on the lower import price (not only cooperation, but also low tariffs in the Qing Empire.), re-exporting to the Russian Far East. Those who can do this business are all white gloves of big bureaucrats.

Therefore, Liu Yiming continued to raise the price of coarse brown rice, lower the price of high-quality rice, and secretly hindered the customs clearance of grain, and announced to the outside world that the grain harvest was poor, creating a situation of high grain prices in the short term.

Seeing that it was profitable, Japanese businessmen began to use their connections in the Qing Empire to purchase rice, not to mention selling it at a high price in China, but also the high-priced grain in the international market was also eaten up by "retail investors".

Capital is greedy. Some wise Japanese businessmen withdrew after making a profit, but most Japanese grain traders joined this "feast".

Half a month ago, the price of grain had risen by 35% year-on-year, and the upward momentum was strong. Fewer and fewer people sold grain. Everything seemed to say: grain is in urgent need and prices will rise.

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At this time, Japanese grain merchants held nearly 4 million tons of high-priced grain in their hands. Because they did not sell much high-quality rice, they could not eat more.

Liu Yiming released 8 million tons of reserve grain in units of one million tons, and the price of grain was cut in half in a short period of time.

(Nanhua's annual grain output is about 75 million tons, and each village and town has built a large granary as part of the infrastructure.)

Japanese grain merchants were dumbfounded. If they sold at this time, they would lose more than half, which was unbearable. If they did not sell, the poor people in the country could not afford so much high-priced grain.

No grain merchant could bear a 35% loss, that is, they could not sell it at last year's price. So much grain was Japan's food gap for the whole year. If it could not be sold in a short time, the storage cost would also be a big part.

So, Japan approached the Qing Empire, hoping to use force to deter them from buying high-priced grain.

The Qing Empire simply said that it could not afford the money. Among them, Yuan Datou was the toughest and won a round of applause.

Yuan Datou was also cheering. The Japanese toughness made the Qing Empire feel the crisis and asked all provinces to speed up the construction of new armies. The 100,000 people in Yuan Datou's hands who were expanded during the invasion of Japan and Russia were transferred to the northern provinces.

On the surface, there was not much impact, but in fact, Yuan Datou's military power soared. In addition to the six Beiyang towns, there were three provinces of armies that directly obeyed orders - this is also the reason for Yuan Datou's strength.

As a result, the wave of bankruptcy of Japanese grain merchants came again, domestic grain prices were high, chaos broke out, and the economy was severely damaged.

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After all, the Japanese do not regard their own people as human beings. The wages of ordinary workers are barely enough to eat, and this meal is not rice, but coarse grains.

"Everyone is responsible for this. Before the naval reinforcements arrive, returning to defend the port is the right choice. According to the deployment just now, the navy will take three battleships as the core and go north to confront. If Japan invades our territorial waters, we can directly open fire.

To ensure victory, the 32 destroyers of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th destroyer fleets will be incorporated into the battle sequence to form a battle group of 80 warships. The Ministry of Finance will make a war budget for this matter.

Hawaii, two large fast non-supply ships, will go all the way east and show up on the west coast of the United States."

"In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government should be active, contact the British, Russians, and French to see if they are interested in the United States and Japan, and talk about it in a big way."