My Italian

The enthronement ceremony of Edward VII was very huge. Dignitary monarchs from all over the world witnessed the enthronement of the new monarch of the British Empire. But after the excitement was over, it gradually subsided.

Of course, countries mainly focus on two places, one is South Africa and the other is the Far East.

In South Africa, although the British Empire declared that the war was over. But apparently they certainly did not ask the Boers on the other side of the war.

After the President of the Republic of Transvaal Kruger went to Europe to ask for help, the Boers did not lay down their weapons obediently. These freedom-minded cowboys continue to trouble the British in South Africa, and they continue to harass the British Empire in the form of guerrilla warfare.

The Boer guerrillas, under the leadership of De Witt, De La Rue, Botta, Jan Smuts and James Herzog, played their field cavalry and archery, attacked the British communication lines, plundered Supplies the British army and annihilates a small group of British troops.

The more than 40,000 British troops stationed in the two newly seized territories were very troubled by these guerrillas, which were basically composed of locals.

They are like fleas, unable to catch these guerrillas. The British army, which was angered by these guerrillas, was not helpless at all. The British army, who was a veteran robber, used the next method in this ruthless attack. Since I can't catch the guerrillas, catch the local Boers. As long as these Boers are captured, these guerrillas will become rootless.

As a result, the local Boers suffered **** mildew. Facing the arrest of the British soldiers, the local Boers also suffered a **** disaster. All the arrested Boers were put into concentration camps for management. These Boers, who were left with only old and weak women and children, suffered great losses when their livestock were robbed and detained in a centralized manner. According to statistics after the event, the probability of survival of the Boers who were detained in the concentration camps was 47%. What can the Boers do when they lack medical care and food?

The British Empire's policy of persecution against the Boers soon appeared in the newspapers. Hundreds of thousands of people in the two Boer republics, it is simply impossible to cover up. The atrocities of the British army against the Boers soon drew condemnation from the people of Europe. Many media have called the British Empire's treatment of the Boers an act of genocide.

The denunciations of the people of various European countries put the British Empire under enormous pressure.

Of course, if it is just the denunciation of the people of European countries, the British Empire can still withstand it. Since the British Empire became an empire on which the sun never sets, it is not that the dissatisfaction of various countries has not been experienced, and it is good to get used to it.

It's just that in addition to the denunciations of the people of various countries, those Boers who fight guerrillas with weapons are not only denounced.

From December 1900 to April 1901, the Bull partisans fought deep into the British Cape Colony under the command of Botha and De Witt. They launched many sneak attacks, and they succeeded many times, capturing a large number of arms, supplies and artillery.

Regarding the state of fire in the rear, in addition to continuing to call in troops from the colonies, the British army also recalled some of the British troops stationed in the Boer land, trying to destroy them here.

After seeing the return of a large number of British troops, these Boer guerrillas returned to the land of the original two republics and continued to launch various attacks.

It was obvious that the Boer guerrillas were scurrying around the British colonies without a hitch.

The tragic appearance of the British army has led to ridicule from various countries. Of course, in addition to the ridicule, the military of various countries are also considering countermeasures for this modern guerrilla warfare.

But in any case, this does not affect the fact that everyone sees the jokes of the British Empire.

Of course, apart from watching Dae-ying's jokes, everyone talks about the Far East issue.

First of all, regarding the Xin Chou Treaty of the Peace Outline, the Empress Dowager, who returned to Beijing earlier, and to quell the anger of the countries, agreed to the conditions unanimously proposed by the countries.

What sent people to Germany and Japan to apologize, and sent a special envoy of the prince to send a special envoy of the prince. All the conditions, such as garrisoning troops to guard the embassies and demarcating the embassy area, leveling the Daku fort, and keeping troops from the capital to the seaside, all agreed.

After agreeing to these conditions, the next step is the most important issue of compensation. 450 million taels of silver is the total amount, which was decided unanimously by all countries. However, in addition to this total amount, the competition among countries for the share of indemnity is equally fierce.

Maozi, who is rude and looks ugly, took the lead and demanded compensation of 130 million taels of silver. Immediately afterwards, Germany, which suffered the largest loss, also proposed to ask for 400 million marks in compensation. Then came France, which also demanded more than 70 million taels of indemnity. Moreover, the three countries also demanded that the indemnity be paid in cash in one lump sum, which was immediately unanimously opposed by other countries.

Because other countries have a lot of interests in China, they don't want to see this kind of act of drying up the lake and fishing.

Therefore, in response to the practice of the three countries' lions opening their mouths, all countries jointly put pressure on them. After some wrangling discussions, they finally reached an agreement on the issue of compensation.

The first is Russia, which has the largest share of reparations. Due to the need to take into account the issue of Russia's withdrawal in the northeast, after the Russians agreed to withdraw their troops, their 130 million taels of silver indemnity will no longer be reduced.

In addition to Russia, Germany, which lost the most this time (after all, an envoy died), got a share of 90 million taels of silver. (275 million marks) Followed by France's request, under the unanimous pressure of all countries, 60 million taels of silver were obtained. The British Empire, who worked so hard, received 50 million taels of silver in compensation. Then there is the hard-working Japanese, who also received compensation of 30 million taels of silver. As far as the United States in North America, it got 14 million taels of silver. Then there are Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Norway and other countries, with a total of about 20 million taels.

As for Italy, it also received 56 million taels from the indemnity.

However, the indemnity of 450 million taels of silver cannot be taken out in one go by the Qing Dynasty~www.wuxiamtl.com~ So for this indemnity, it can only be paid in installments. All countries have unanimously decided that the indemnity will be repaid in 35 years, with an annual interest of 4% and 5%, and will be settled at the exchange rate of each country's currency. The repayment of principal and interest is scheduled to be handled in Shanghai, and the total principal and interest of the indemnity is 1.02 billion taels.

Looking at the indemnity slip in his hand, Carlo couldn't calm down for a long time. This is a real example of being beaten by backwardness, because in order to pay reparations, the Qing government could only increase taxes. As a result, the land tax, dingcao, grain donation, deed tax, **** tax, salt price increase, tariff, lijin, unified tax and various extortionate and miscellaneous taxes continue to increase. This, coupled with the fact that the repayment of the reparations also caused the price of silver to fall, added to its expenses. And this indemnity, in essence, accelerated the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

That being the case, then some things need to be prepared in advance.

"Bakona, prepare to make a statement that our country is willing to use half of the annual indemnity for education in the Far East. Our country is going to build a modern school in the Far East, and the rest will be used as a learning fund."

That's right, Carlo is preparing to learn the advanced experience from the United States, and give priority to cultivating a group of attention students. These aspiring young people who came to Italy to study will be full of affection for Italy no matter what. You may not see it in a year or two, but how long has it been?

At that time, Italy will still be able to guarantee its influence in the Far East.