"Right, ever since the end of the European War, Great Qin has suffered a crushing defeat, and the danger of destruction is right in front of us. The Great Qin Empire, which has been glorious for hundreds of years, could collapse at any moment. Do you think those noble families and corporations who are used to living like royalty will give up everything and live and die with the Great Qin Empire?”
"No, they've probably already started to secretly negotiate with the western countries. After Great Qin is destroyed, they'll find a new master and continue their extravagant lives.”
A hint of ruthlessness appeared in Qin Zhen's eyes. It was obvious that his tolerance for those aristocrats and corporations had reached its limit.
Zhou Youwei thought of something and her pupils constricted. She cursed angrily,"How could they do this? How can there be an intact egg when the nest is overturned…"
"You are too naive. In the face of benefits, human nature simply cannot withstand the test.”
Qin Zhen sighed helplessly.
In actuality, he could understand why the aristocrats and corporations wanted to betray the country. After all, Great Qin was too weak, so weak that anyone could come and bite it.
Under such circumstances, those who had the idea had already run away. They took all their assets and changed their nationality to a beautiful country in Europe to preserve their wealth.
After the first battle, Great Qin suffered a crushing defeat. In order to not subjugate the country, after repelling the Western Alliance Army, Great Qin's cabinet had no choice but to agree to the Western Alliance Army's harsh conditions. They signed a surrender agreement with the Germanic Empire at the Palace of Versailles in Gaul.
The surrender document clearly stated that Great Qin had to compensate the nine countries, including Great Britain, with a total of 42 billion dollars.
What kind of concept was 42 billion dollars? It was equivalent to three years of America's financial income.
Originally, the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 had already signed a peace treaty, but it was only in 1924 that Great Qin and Germanic countries decided on the compensation. This was enough to show that the victorious countries had a huge disagreement over the compensation.
On the issue of reparations, the most active countries were Great Britain and Gaul. Great Britain was targeting Great Qin, while Gaul was targeting Germany.
Gaul had been attacked by the Germanic troops twice in half a century. He wanted to plunder the Germanic wealth as much as possible and weaken the Germanic forces as much as possible.
On the issue of reparations to Germany, Gaul demanded an astronomical amount of 226 billion Imperial Marks. Later, with the intervention of other powers, it was dropped.
Great Britain and Gaul had different attitudes towards Germanic countries because Great Britain did not want to weaken Germanic countries too much.
There were three reasons. First, Great Britain wanted to maintain the balance of power in the continent. They were afraid that Germany would go bankrupt and Gaul would become the overlord of the continent.
Secondly, if Germany's economy collapsed due to reparations, there might be a revolution, turning into a red Germany that fell to the polar bear.
Third, the German economy was weak, which was not conducive to the post-war economic recovery of Europe and affected the business of the British.
For this reason, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lloyd George, repeatedly proposed to Gaul to reduce the amount of compensation for Germanic countries, but it was fiercely opposed by Gaul.
The Great Britain Empire was ruthless in paying reparations to Great Qin and even requested to cede Great Qin's territory to the Gaul Empire, which was also opposed.
If you don't let me dismember the Germanic Continent, I won't let your plot to destroy Great Qin succeed.
Moreover, Great Qin could not be destroyed; it could only be weakened. Gaul needed Great Qin to tie down Great Britain in East Manya.
Great Britain was furious at Gaul's attitude and wanted to send troops to fight against Gaul.
In the end, after repeated negotiations, the countries did not come up with a specific amount during the meeting. It took several years before they came to a consensus that Germany needed to compensate 226 billion Mark and pay it back within 42 years.
This amount was indeed a great economic pressure for Germany at that time. It could not afford it at all, so it strongly opposed it.
After that, under the mediation of the Beauty Nation, Germany only had to compensate 132 billion gold marks, which was equivalent to 33 billion dollars at that time, and it would be repaid within 30 years.
This sum was also very large, but Germanic had no choice but to accept it.
Because Great Qin's territory had not suffered much damage, it had only lost a navy, so it was worse off than Germany. It had to pay 42.2 billion dollars, which was also to be paid off within 30 years. However, the first 10 billion dollars had to be paid within three years.
Among them, Great Britain received 17.5 billion, Gaul 10.8 billion, Japan 6.4 billion, Beauty 3.4 billion, Italy 2 billion, and the other victorious countries 2.1 billion. Even the Republic of China received 500 million.
Of course, Great Qin did not pay a single cent, because the next year, Great Qin had suffered a plague and its economy had collapsed. It was unable to pay back the money.
After the plague ended, Great Britain, Gaul, Fusang, and other countries wanted to ask for compensation. Coincidentally, Qin Ming had passed away, and Great Qin was in mourning. As such, they could only wait for three months.
As they waited in torment, the three-month mourning period for the Great Qin Empire ended. When the western powers asked for compensation, Qin Zhen directly announced that the compensation would be postponed for two years.
How could the western countries agree to this? They once again allied together and attempted to use force to threaten Great Qin into giving them money.
The dramatic thing was that the economic crisis broke out, and the Western powers caught fire in their backyard. Their economy suffered a fatal blow, and they could only say some harsh words before going home.
However, everyone knew that the economic crisis could only save Great Qin for a while, not forever. They would have to pay for it sooner or later.
After losing 42.2 billion dollars, Great Qin almost collapsed. The rich people sold their assets and took their money to change their nationality and leave Great Qin. The rest of the noble families were also in a state of panic. It was not that they did not want to run, but they could not because they were one with Great Qin.
They didn't dare to run either, afraid that the new emperor, Qin Zhen, who had a tough hand, would make a move on them.
After thinking about it, the only way was to collude with the western powers and betray the country.
Now that the Great Qin Imperial Family's cabinet no longer existed, they could take over the throne and form a new government.
As long as he could maintain his power, wealth, and status, so what if he became a dog for the western powers?
"Brother Zhen, since you already know in advance that those people have disloyal intentions, how do you plan to deal with them?”
After a long silence, Zhou Youwei frowned and asked tentatively.
"It's very simple. Exterminate the family!"
Qin Zhen coldly said," I can understand why they want to change their nationality and leave Great Qin. After all, as the saying goes, husband and wife are birds in the same forest. When faced with a crisis, they have the right to choose. I won't force everyone to stay and live with Great Qin.”
"However, it's different for them to betray the country. They deserve to die!”
Indeed, he deserved to die.
Zhou Youwei agreed with Qin Zhen.
You can leave with the money. That's your freedom.
Although it was very spineless, there was no law that said you couldn't do this. At most, you would only be scolded by others.
What about treason? It was a crime of extermination!
"Brother Zhen, I think we still have to think about it carefully, because if we don't pay attention, it will cause internal strife.”
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