1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Commander, we can't lock them up. There are too many people." The lieutenant colonel was covered in dust, and the blood on the bandage had turned black, and the whole person became gray and black.

"Temporarily set aside some areas in the city to detain them. Has that Freud been caught?" Yun Zhongying looked at the lieutenant colonel with a complicated expression.

"Report, we have caught several suspects, and now we are asking the translator to take them for investigation one by one." After the lieutenant colonel finished speaking, he wanted to go back to the city.

The resistance in the city has not ended yet. There are fanatics who have lost their order everywhere, and some ordinary people who are frightened by the chaos and lose control of their emotions.

Ordinary people are also in danger.

"...What's the situation?" Yun Zhongying was silent for a while, and asked a question without thinking.

The lieutenant colonel was stunned for a moment, and Yun Zhongying's words made him not know how to answer.

"Report, the specific losses are not clear. The platoon I led had 4 wounded, 3 shot and 1 injured, but no one died."

"The casualty rate of the rest of the troops should be around 10%."

"The spoils were very rich, not counting the antiques and other properties in religious places such as temples and churches, just floating wealth. Roughly estimated, my platoon seized more than 3 million yuan, mainly gold and silver jewelry and gold and silver, supplemented by foreign currency."

"The Muslims are the most numerous, but the Jews are the richest. Both of them have a lot of gold and silver jewelry in their homes."

"Ordinary Christians don't have much money at home, which may be due to the suppression of Christians, but the homes of several church members are still quite wealthy, and a lot of gold and silver jewelry were found."

The lieutenant colonel thought for a while and reported the casualties and spoils. As for other things such as the overall battle situation, he has been on the front line, not in the command center, and is not clear about the overall situation.

"Lan Zijun! Go to the hospital to treat your wounds." Yun Zhongying said softly, looking at the smoke-filled Jerusalem.

"This... Division Commander?! No! I..." Lan Zijun, the lieutenant colonel, was very conflicted.

Yun Zhongying meant that he could survive, but Lan Zijun also knew that if he wanted to survive, his mistakes would have to be dealt with publicly, and he would not save a trace of face for the dead.

"After your injury heals, go to the reconnaissance company for a year. I will report your affairs." Yun Zhongying said, and waved to Lan Zijun.

Lan Zijun opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing, just saluted, then turned and walked towards the hospital.

He had not cared about the wound before, resulting in a lot of things on the wound. If it was not treated in time, God knows how long he could live.

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Thump, thump, thump...

"Your Highness."

"Your Highness."

"Your Highness..."

Liu Haoran nodded indifferently, and then walked quickly towards Liu Yiming's office.

After Liu Haoran left, various officials began to discuss.

"Your Highness is back today? What happened? Why is he not talking?"

"Why does His Highness look so worried? What did he do before?"

"Before, His Majesty arranged for His Highness to teach students, and brought outstanding student representatives and Boy Scout warrant officers to visit 13 provinces. According to the date, he will probably come back in the past two days. Maybe something happened on the way!"

Liu Haoran certainly didn't know about these discussions. He had already arrived at the door of Liu Yiming's office.

"Your Highness, His Majesty is meeting with the Prime Minister. Please wait a moment." Wang Linhai stopped Liu Haoran at the door of the office.

Liu Haoran nodded and sat down indifferently on a chair beside him.

After sitting for about half an hour, Liu Haoran seemed a little uneasy as time went by, and frequently looked at his watch.

Wang Linhai kept paying attention to Liu Haoran's state. Seeing that he was restless as if something important had happened, he finally decided to report to Liu Yiming first.

However, he did not open the door directly, but called Liu Ming and told him about Liu Haoran's abnormal situation.

"Okay, Your Majesty..." As Wang Linhai expected, Liu Ming asked Liu Haoran to wait.

"Wait! Your Majesty, let Haoran come in and listen. He must understand the operation mode of politics." Xu Hui's voice suddenly came from the receiver, and Wang Linhai immediately fell silent.

"Let him in." After a long time, Liu Ming said.

"Yes." Wang Linhai nodded, stood up and looked at Liu Haoran.

At this time, Liu Haoran seemed very nervous, licking his lips from time to time, looking at the watch, or his hands and feet were unnatural.

"Your Highness, His Majesty asked you to come in." Wang Linhai shouted softly.

"Ah?! But, Uncle Xu... The Prime Minister has not come out yet..." Liu Haoran was a little confused.

"Yes, the Prime Minister also hopes you to come in." Wang Linhai nodded.

Liu Haoran walked to the door, refused the secretary's move to open the door for him, licked his lips, took a deep breath, and then pushed the door open.

Liu Yiming was sitting opposite Xu Hui at this time. There was a pile of documents on the table, all of which were files of high-ranking officials and ministers. They were reading carefully.

"Father, Prime Minister." Liu Haoran greeted nervously and took a deep breath unconsciously.

"Your Highness." Xu Hui smiled at Liu Haoran.

"Sit down first, and listen to you after we finish the process. Just listen, don't say anything. If you have any questions, ask them after we finish." Liu Yiming simply nodded and said.

Then, the two began to check the files again, and discussed from time to time.

"This person is not good. His relatives have several companies under their names. Although they have not committed any crimes, the businesses they are involved in are not reasonable and legal..."

"I agree. If you can't control your relatives, how can you lead a department?"

"This person is OK. Although his resume is average and he has made mistakes, they are not principled issues. His ability is also acceptable. The most important thing is that he can restrain his subordinates and do things in an orderly manner."

"He is not good at minor matters, but he can be used..."

It took Liu Haoran a long time to understand that the two were selecting candidates for cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and some important officials.

The appointment of ministers is nominated by the prime minister and approved by the emperor. The two must discuss it in advance.

Liu Haoran noticed that the name of the current speaker Sun Zaizhi appeared on the nomination of ministers, and he is the Minister of Finance.

Although the position of the Minister of Finance is very important, including the prime minister, there are less than 5 people in the cabinet who can surpass his status, but compared with the speaker, this position seems a bit small.

The status of the speaker is equal to that of the prime minister, but the power is not really so direct. However, in theory, there is only one person who surpasses the status of the speaker, Liu Yiming, and there are many people who surpass the position of the Minister of Finance in the entire Huaxia Empire.

There are even more people who are equal to him.

About half an hour later, the screening was over, and the documents were divided into three parts, one thick and two thin, and stacked on the table.

"How was the study tour? Were the children naughty?" Liu Ming twisted his neck and casually took out three cigarettes, one for each person.

After sending them to Liu Haoran, Liu Ming remembered that he didn't smoke.

"Thank you." Liu Haoran lit the cigarette skillfully and thanked Liu Ming.

"The children are very energetic, but also very sensible. I have experienced a lot and learned a lot during this study tour." Liu Haoran exhaled smoke and nodded to Liu Ming.

"What's wrong? How did you learn to smoke?" Liu Ming asked curiously.

Needless to say, Liu Ming knew that Liu Haoran must have encountered something, but this was not a bad thing, but a good thing.

If people don't encounter things, they will never grow up. If you protect them blindly, you will only create a giant baby.

Whether Liu Yiming is willing or not, Liu Haoran has become a political force that affects the entire empire. It is better for Liu Haoran to mature earlier than to be fooled like a fool.

"Father, Mr. Sun Zaizhi is the Speaker of the Parliament and has a high status. I heard that he did a good job in the parliament. Why... Did he make any mistakes?" Liu Haoran shook his head and did not answer Liu Yiming, but changed the subject.

"No, this is to prepare him to take over as the next prime minister. As the prime minister, he needs to understand the situation at the grassroots level, how the country operates, and the significance of the army."

"Sun Zaizhi has done a lot of things, and many things are already understood. Now it's just how the country operates."

Liu Yiming shook his head.

"Prime Minister? Isn't Uncle Xu doing well? Why..." Liu Haoran looked at Xu Hui in surprise.

"Your Highness, for balance!" Xu Hui answered.

"Balance?" Liu Haoran nodded as if he understood.

"Your Highness, the Huaxia Empire was officially established for only more than a year. On the surface, we are very powerful, but in fact, we are just a fat man with a weak body but strong arms."

"In the era of the South China Empire, we took Southeast Asia as the core and a navy with a reasonable size but advanced technology and theory as the strength to maintain the effective rule of the entire empire."

"At the same time, in diplomacy, we allied with France, got close to Britain, and made enemies with the United States, while keeping a close and distant attitude towards Germany."

"The threat to the empire comes from the sea. The German fleet has no expedition capability and has no fundamental conflict of interest with us, so we adopt a close and distant attitude."

"Britain can block our rule over Arabia, so we ally with France, and Britain and France come together, and with the increasingly serious threat from Germany, we and Britain 's contradictions were also covered up. "

"As for the United States, although the Pacific Ocean is large, it cannot accommodate two major powers. We will eventually have a conflict, but it is a country controlled by merchants. Even if we become enemies, it will not affect business, unlike Britain, France and Germany, which can stop at will."

"But when the Chinese Empire was established, everything changed."

"In addition to the vast sea borders that need to be defended, we also have a vast land that needs to be governed. Although we are currently allies with the Russian Empire, we cannot relax the defense of the border."

"Basically, within one day, the tasks of the Imperial Army suddenly increased by more than ten times."

"The same is true for other departments, with heavy tasks, especially those related to development."

"Your Highness, you have been to thirteen provinces in China, involving the north, south, east and west. What do you think?"

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