The Great Hua Empire's current weakness was the navy, so they had to speed up the construction and development of the navy to make up for it.
As the commander of the navy, Meng Hai was under immense pressure.
After the inspection, Su Ji returned to Hua Du.
Along the way, Su Ji was thinking about the future development of the Great Hua Empire.
It could be said that the weapons, equipment, and combat power of the Great Hua Empire's royal army were very strong, but Su Ji did not intend to occupy the entire Southeast Asia in one go. The main reason was that the Great Hua Empire's economic foundation and population were too weak.
War was a competition of economic strength and comprehensive national strength.
Originally, the Great Hua Empire's territory was only the Golden Triangle. Its economy had just begun to take off, and its light and heavy industries were also in the embryonic stage of development. Its population was less than two million, and its total military strength was only about 200,000. Such a situation was naturally not suitable for a protracted war.
And most importantly, they might be backfired by the war!
Even if the weapons and equipment of the Great Hua Empire's royal army were advanced and their tactics were strong, they could not afford to lose 200,000 soldiers. This involved the economic foundation and national strength.
Therefore, Su Ji had to expand his territory, develop his economy, and increase his population. Only then would he be able to take advantage of the situation when the Japanese attacked Southeast Asia.
This was also the reason why Su Ji asked Myanmar, Laos, and Siam to stop after signing an unequal treaty.
The most important thing now was to develop.
It was already March 1940. According to the calculations of time, the Japanese would invade the Southeast in December 1941…which meant that Su Ji only had one year and nine months left.
Time was running out.
Su Ji had to develop and strengthen the Great Hua Empire in this one year and nine months to accumulate and prepare for war resources.
Huadu.
The Emperor Gold Palace was where the emperor of the Great Hua Empire, Su Ji, worked and lived.
The entire palace was magnificent and resplendent. The architectural style used was mainly Chinese ancient architecture, combined with Western architectural style. Construction began on August 15th, 1939, after Su Ji ascended the throne. It took a huge amount of manpower, material and financial resources to build it for half a year. It was only completed in February 1940.
Of course, it was mostly completed, but there were still many places that had not been perfected. The Emperor Gold Palace was still under construction.
Emperor Gold Palace was roughly divided into four areas.
The first area was the defense area, which was responsible for the safety and defense of the Emperor Gold Palace.
The second area was the office area. It was mainly the area where Su Ji, the emperor, met with his ministers. The parliament was also located in Emperor Gold Palace.
The third area was Su Ji's living area. The entire living area included the palace residence, the imperial garden, the imperial kitchen, and the harem residence.
Su Ji had just ascended the throne and was still a bachelor, but the Emperor Gold Palace had already planned everything and reserved a place for the consequences.
The fourth area was the internal affairs area.
The Internal Affairs Division was the residential area of the internal affairs personnel of the Imperial Gold Palace. It was responsible for the daily management of the entire Imperial Gold Palace. At the same time, there was also a Royal Guards stationed there to ensure the safety of the Imperial Gold Palace.
The flag of the Great Hua Empire was raised high above the Imperial Gold Palace, fluttering in the wind.
The flag was rectangular and red in color. The pattern was also relatively simple. It was a five-clawed golden dragon encircling a five-pointed star in a semicircle... This was the flag of the Great Hua Empire.
The red flag fluttered in the wind, declaring sovereignty.
After returning to the Emperor Gold Palace, Su Ji said to Zhao Zhengdao,""Secretary Zhao, inform them that there will be a cabinet meeting tomorrow morning to discuss the development of the empire.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The next day.
The Great Hua Empire's parliament meeting was held in the Imperial Gold Palace.
Currently, the Great Hua Empire's political system was a dual-element constitution. Its main characteristics were: The hereditary monarch was the head of state and had real power. The monarch appointed the cabinet members, the government was responsible to the monarch, and the parliament exercised the power of law-making but the monarch had the power of refusal.
In this form of government, although the country also formulated a constitution and established a parliament, the monarch still maintained the authority of the feudal autocracy era. He held the power of the country alone and was the center of power and the highest actual ruler.
Parliament was the monarch's consulting body, and the power to make laws was just a formality. The monarch not only had the power to reject the parliament's laws, but also controlled the parliament by appointing or appointing members.
The cabinet was the body where the monarch exercised his administrative power, and the prime minister was appointed by the monarch... At present, there was no prime minister in the Great Hua Empire!
Now that Su Ji was holding a cabinet meeting, he wanted to start developing the Great Hua Empire with great efforts.
The cabinet ministers and parliament officials were all present.
Su Ji sat in the seat of honor and looked around at everyone present. He said,""Everyone, I have gathered you here today for only one goal, and that is to develop!”
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