Chapter 290 Chain Reaction

"I am Ma Fulu from Mecca to pay a long time to my emperor's sage. Since the ninth year of China, I have not made any contribution to my size. I have been betrayed the great grace of the king and father. I always think about it, but I have been burned in all five. Fortunately, my emperor's wise and wise protection has finally made some progress this month. I can also repay the emperor's kindness thousands of miles away and live up to the grace of the emperor and the court as heaven."

This Ma Fulu is like this every month. The progress of the Middle East and Arab affairs transmitted back via postal every month is always startling to scare at the beginning, and then it looks like it gives people a little hope. This time is no exception. As usual, he first said nonsense like shame to the emperor's grace, and then it made me really shine.

With the Chinese power's advance into Central Asia, Arabs have truly begun to realize that China is also one of the other countries in the world that has the right to speak and dominate the land besides Britain and Germany. From Turks to British, Germans, and even Russians, after seeing countless merchants, they met the Chinese, Britain, Germany and Russia, all countries in the Christian world. They will not believe in Arab Islam, nor will they come from the heart.

Arabs are friends. They only use the use of it. The British show it very clearly here. They just use the Arab national emotions to make plans for Turkey and their own future interests. This is because they formed a hypocritical friendship with the Arabs, while supporting the Jews to invade the Arab land. If there are other choices, the Arabs may not necessarily be those gentlemen with knives behind them.

Due to the disadvantages of foundation and layout, the Germans could not give the Arabs actual support here, and they also had a special intimacy with their enemies, Turks. The Hanzhi Railway was nominally said to be to facilitate the pilgrimage of Muslims, but it was also an effective control line between Germany and Turkey to control Hanzhi and Neizhi. Through those long steel dragons with smoke and dust, soldiers holding weapons could soon arrive from the north to the holy land Mecca, which would be firmly controlled by the enemy.

The Chinese who came to the Arabs since last year seemed to be different from these Westerners. Their messengers were devout Muslims. In Mecca they were no different from ordinary pilgrims. From the conversation, they were devout believers of the Wahhabiyes, not Turkish Sunnis, which made Mecca Governor Ibn.

Ali and the heroes of the Saudi family appreciate very much. But appreciation is just appreciation. The Chinese do not seem to give the Arabs actual support. Their territory is far away from this land, and they cannot help realize the Arabs' dream of independence.

The sectarian disputes in Islam are quite complicated, and the sectarian titles such as Sunni that often appear on the Middle East issue in later generations are also quite impressive. At this time, the Arab world was the Wahhabiya faction, while Turkey was the Sunni. The conflicts between sects and Turkey's exploitation of the Arabs and the inhumane way of rule led to the withering of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, a huge country that once spanned the Eurasian continent. This is also the key reason why Britain was able to provoke hatred with Turkey in the Arab world. From a historical perspective, Germany

The country's long-term operation in Arabia was also quite effective. At least during World War II in history, the tendency of the Arab world may not necessarily be inclined toward allies. After World War II, Britain and France's special status on the Middle East issue was beyond the reach of the United States. This is the effect of early operation. It is also the reason why I sent a military official who was not very important in the court to the Arab world. Sooner or later, this place will be divided from Turkey, even for the resources buried under this land, the empire will open up a world here.

Although the military was often killed by the rebels who believed in Islam during the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion, on the one hand, it was time to change, and on the other hand, it was also a distant believer who had surrendered to the empire's rule. In the Arab world, Ma Fulu was worried that this matter and his identity as a court official would leave stains on this historical issue that adversely affect his work. However, the Arabs did not ask about it, and of course he would not say much. Even if he said it, it was actually easy to resist. They were believers, and Ma Fulu's sect was also believers. The Arabs were guilty of the world for the sake of the dead. At critical moments when the support of the outside world was urgently needed, the Arabs would not do such an unprofitable business.

As Chinese military forces entered Central Asia, their distance from the Arab world was shortened a little further, and Ma Fulu became very busy in Mecca, which was why I was excited about it. In his memorial, he also reported the progress of Dong Chengen from the South Road. Dong Chengen came from Kuwait to Shiji, and saw the fact that the Arab nation was about to rise along the way, and he also met with Ibn, another leader of the Saudi family.

Saudi Arabia has established a trust relationship with Ibn.

Ali is a "prisoner of the court" in Turkey. Saudi Arabia started from scratch purely from scratch. His noble origins were the Wahhabi Dynasty from 1811 to 1818, which had a brief existence on the Arabian Peninsula. It was the Arab regime established by the Saudi family. It was Mohammed, the governor of Egypt of the Turks.

After Ali's extermination, they and the Wahhabi Muslims suffered heavy blows. After decades of operation in Kuwait, they made a comeback, conquering Riyadh in 1902, and establishing a dominance in Neizhi, and over the years they have been busy pacifying various rebellions incited by the Turks. (Ibn was later the first king of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)

The emergence of the Chinese made them see another option outside of Britain and Germany. Dong Chengen made it straight to the point that China recognized his status as the king of inner aspirations, and said that China was willing to establish friendship with them and provide certain help. Importantly, there was no other condition for this friendship. When Saudi Arabia was still in a place of separatist forces, he had not received actual recognition from any major power. This first recognition was very critical for him.

China is not an Islamic country, but China has many Wahhabiye Muslims who serve as official positions in the military and government. This non-exclusive culture is also an important factor that makes Saudi Arabia reduce its doubts about China. The British are willing to help, but the condition is that Saudi Arabia accepts British governance and sells land for use for Britain, and recognizes some of its special status. This is difficult for Saudi Arabia, which yearns for independence and independence. Germany is also willing to help Saudi Arabia, but they hope that Saudi Arabia will not be hostile to Turkey and not have close relationships with Britain. This is difficult for internal aspirations that are very close to the power of the United Kingdom. Moreover, as part of its beliefs and ambitions, it is difficult for Saudi Arabia to accept the current situation where large swaths of land in the north are still under the rule of the Turkish Empire.

He could accept China's unconditional support and recognition, but China's unconditional support means that they cannot provide any substantial help. So at the beginning, Dong Chengen was not welcomed too warmly. It was not until China used military force in Central Asia that the work in the Middle East had barely opened up the situation. That is, Ibn in the north.

Ali and Ma Fulu formed China's support for the Arabs to boycott and destroy the Hanzhi Railway, and Ali also agreed to Ma Fulu's conditions: before any major moves in the future, China will be given ordinary demands for the right to know.

In the south, after being recognized by China, Neizhi stated that if China can actually support the Saudi family in the long term, the newly established Saudi kingdom could consider the requirement of Neizhi to join the Chinese Empire system in name by Dong Chengen.

Of course, Dong Chengen's request without the request was put forward by himself. The reason is that I just wanted to establish connections and friendship in the early days, and there were no special requirements at all. Dong Chengen's body made such a request with the same intention. If China did not expand its power there, it would be impossible to actually support the unification of the Arab world from the perspective of inner circles. If you have the ability, even if you don't mention it at that time, the Saudi Kingdom may not be able to consider making an independent Islamic kingdom under the vassal system of the Chinese Empire.

After all, he is still young, and it is not easy to get the Saudi hero to agree to such a nominal request, whether true or false. Now that China is impossible to expand its military influence to the Middle East, it is good to have such achievements. Of course, the most important thing is that the Arab world knows that China has the intention to develop westward. Based on their needs, it will only achieve such gains when 1911 is about to arrive after no progress in more than a year.

In Persia, the Persian bourgeois revolutionary regime, Muzhahid (meaning of justice and revolutionary warriors), who was facing the double pressure of the restoration forces of Britain and the Qazar dynasty, and their elected parliament, were also in a dilemma. In military terms, the entire south of Persia, from Abbas Port to Yazd, to Isfahan, and even the Namak Lake area not far south of Tehran, has been controlled by the old dynasty army supported by British armed forces. The nominal symbol of the country, the head of state, King Mohammed, under the constitutional system.

Ali took advantage of the chaos and fled to the south last year and was ready to enter Tehran at any time. The revolutionary situation has reached a critical moment of life and death. They have not received any external assistance. The south is the British and the old dynasties, and even the British-supported Bakhtiar tribe. Their army is about to capture Tehran, while the north is the territory of the former ruler Russians. The left and right banks of the Caspian Sea are both territory of the Russian Empire. They have nearly 40,000 Cossack troops stationed in this area.

Without China's military action against Russia, Muzhahid would soon die under the double attack of the north and south. But China's attack on Dushanbe gave them a glimmer of life. They quickly made a decision to defend Tehran, all the Fedayis (meaning those who devoted themselves to the revolution) abandon Tehran and transfer the regime to the Mashhad, Jichang, Sabzewal areas in the northeast, where they defended, and watched the progress of the Sino-Russian war. If China has a big appetite and wants to eat Russia's territory in this area, it is time to make a deal with the Chinese.

At the beginning of 1911, the border war between China and Russia in Central Asia was just like this, which reshuffled the situation in Central Asia. It can be said that if there were no such war, the entire Central Asia would develop according to the trajectory written by real history. China will not have much influence on this vast land containing countless economic resources in the future, just like in real history. Although according to the current dominant maritime power theory, maritime power should have a strategic influence on land, sometimes it may not be an excellent way to do the opposite. After all, with China's naval strength, it is basically a difficult situation for the soldiers of the empire to exert influence in the Persian Gulf region.

This is the southern road, and on the northern road, Constantinople was also encouraged by the Germans at the beginning of the new year. In Berlin, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Turkey, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria, a total of four countries, formally signed the Berlin Alliance Treaty. The treaty is almost an enlarged version of the 1882 German-Australian Treaty. The Alliance Treaty stipulates that when any member of a contracting party is attacked by foreign enemies, it is regarded as the enemy's country declaring war on other contracting parties at the same time. Other contracting parties must unconditionally activate the military support clause and declare war on the enemy's country. This treaty also legally guarantees that Germany will realize its private promise to Turkey - Germany supports Turkey's revenge on Russia.

The outbreak of the world war has reached a critical moment of countdown. This treaty ensures that in the form of law, there is no longer any local war in Europe now. To fight, it means that the whole people share the same.

What is interesting is the absence of the Italians. As Prime Minister Bismarck predicted at the time, Italy despicable betrayed the alliance.

They could not even be neutral. In response, less than a month after the signing of the Four-Nation Alliance Treaty, representatives from more than ten countries including the British Empire, the French Republic, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Greece, Romania, etc., were gathered in London. They formally signed a coordinating defense treaty with the same content as the Treaty of the Allies - the London Military Mutual Assistance Agreement.

At this point, there is no longer any Mars in the whole of Europe. As long as a little flame appears in any place, it will soon ignite the entire Europe.

The Chinese ambassadors in Germany and Britain attended the signing ceremony of the two treaties, of course, as observers. China did not join the German alliance as the UK expected. This is also the main reason why the ambassador to Britain was invited to participate in the signing ceremony. This can also be regarded as evidence that Britain has not given up its efforts to win over China. However, where is China going, no one really understands the inner thoughts of their emperor.

In the face of major issues, Britain also adjusted its global military deployment and interest lines. They quickly decided to give up their fight with the United States in South America. The strength of the enemy they faced forced them to make a choice. The United States was busy making money without any effort, and from time to time took the time to look up at the bustling Europe.

In Asia, Britain also began to give up some things. Judging from the news sent back by overseas bureaus in the intelligence system, except for Daguang (i.e., Myanmar, Yangon, also known as Daguang, and all the later called Myanmar and Yangon), the rest of the Indochina Peninsula have given up infiltration and operation. In Persia, after the Kazar Dynasty took the advantage and entered Tehran, they also relaxed their control there, and all preparations were carried out around Europe. The major naval fleets that were once spread all over the world have also been re-adjusted. The entire British Empire Royal Navy actually has only three fleets - the local fleet, the Mediterranean fleet and the Pacific Fleet. The Red Sea Fleet East African Fleet, etc., were not taken seriously, and now they are operating in dismal places. The East India Fleet was incorporated into the defense zone of the Pacific Fleet to prevent the naval forces of Germany or other countries from entering the Indian Ocean.

All the focus is in Europe, which is the priority. Some key places in Asia are still secondary, and the rest are no longer invested in new resources to operate.

This is a chain reaction of China's attack on Russia. World War I was about to break out in real history ahead of time, and all I lacked is a fuse.

The mobilization of all countries has begun. Germany, France and Russia are all expanding their army frantically. Among the major countries in the world, the United Kingdom is the only one among the major countries in the world. The United States and China have not yet adopted a forced conscription system. The army scale of other countries, large and small, will soon expand to the point where they have to consume with war. Therefore, my judgment is that at the latest in 1912, the first battle will start. The judgment of the General Staff, the Army and other military agencies is even more pessimistic. They believe that the fight will surely start this year, so they are encouraging me to promulgate the military expansion bill as soon as possible and put into war preparations as soon as possible.

In this way, the Textile Department, which was temporarily belonging to the military unit, was quickly formed, and Pu Ying served as the first minister. A large number of military uniforms and hat-producing lines were expanding, and the arms industry factories were operating in full service two years ago. A large number of war materials were stored under the supervision of the Logistics Department and the Army Department. The prices of grain and cloth on the market have begun to rise, which also made the Prime Minister Dai Hongci of the Cabinet begin to worry.

Just in time, this is an opportunity to show goodwill to the United States. After using the thousands of tons of gold accumulated in the north over the years, Dai Hongci personally went to the United States and signed a large-scale grain purchase agreement. After some efforts, the price level of people's biological prices gradually began to decline after the New Year.

The national granary that has been stored over the years is also open to fill it. When a continent's population is about to start to consume materials on a large scale, no matter how much material is stored, it will not be a loss-making business. Moreover, from the actions of the soldiers who cannot control their excitement, the Empire will sooner or later join the ranks of war. Whether it is expanding its territory or helping fight, the Empire's army will not remain idle all the time.

After reading the detailed note of the Army Department's request to open the conscription, I realized how huge their plan was. If necessary, they could expand the size of the army to four million within one year, and two years later, the number could even reach ten million. Therefore, with such a large plan, the Logistics Department would have such a large reserve of materials. Their reserve action even began several years ago when Wang Wenshao was still alive. By this year, nearly one-third of the number gap was not completed! These include food, iron ore, patriarchs, and military

Fire, ammunition, fuel, etc., are all amazing numbers. The current national reserve of grain is 600 million stones, and this number will increase to 1 billion stone this year. The purchase of 400 million stones will inevitably lead to soaring grain prices. You must know that at this time, the national agricultural output is only about 7.8 billion stones at this time. If there is a large number of recruitment in rural areas, this number will inevitably decline. At this time, there will be a large number of purchases. The food price, which is related to the stability of the country, will inevitably be turbulent. Therefore, I can only allow them to purchase from abroad, rather than to make sudden progress in the country.

The 3,000 tons of grain bought from the United States only cost 60,000 shi, and it will take only half a year to ship to China. If all of them are purchased from abroad, the amount of 400 million shi is such a transportation volume and capital volume. The Logistics Department has a big appetite.

Reprimands are inevitable. After the Logistics Department, Army Department, and Military Service Department negotiated with civil servants such as the Cabinet, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Agriculture to hold a front-line meeting, all parties also generally understood the difficulties of living in the head. The Logistics Department reduced this reserve figure to 800 million stones, and the Army Department and Military Service Department also admitted that the conscription plan was too huge.

This storm made me realize that many departments below do not have a consistent strategic goal, and they all let it go. This problem was actually caused by myself. Except for a few trusted ministers, I have not conveyed my goals and plans to middle-level officials. It seems that it is time for me to lay out the framework of the strategic goal I want to achieve in the upcoming world war. Otherwise, all departments will have to grab resources and sooner or later have a big mess.

Also, the military also needs to reduce the popularity. If they are too hot, they will have trouble in their brains. Entering world war too early is stupid for China, which is equivalent to giving up the power to watch the show to the United States. This is dangerous for the future of the empire, and this must be known to those increasingly ambitious soldiers.

So, taking advantage of the end of the Sino-Russian War, I decided to take this opportunity to stop my steps first, so as not to make the people below misunderstand.
Chapter completed!