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[B]Empire of the Great Qing[/B]

January 31, 1900

Edict of the Qing Imperial Government[/CENTER]

The Qing Imperial Government shall move to crush the Boxer Rebellion posthaste and restore order to the Empire. The Beiyang Army under the command of Yuan Shikai shall lead this effort, and by the end of the year, the Empire of the Militia United in Righteousness will have been purged from the Empire!

The Empire shall continue on the path of military modernization, and once the Uprising has been quelled, begin the processes of administration reform and economic modernization, including the development of new industries and institutions that will bolster the Empire’s economy and push it forward into the Modern Era!

To spearhead the modernization of the military, the Qing Imperial Government shall assign Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army. With the assistance of Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army, the Qing Imperial Government hopes to have a modern military force by the end of the decade, one rivaling those of the Japanese and Russian Empires.

Under the guidance of the Empress, the Qing Imperial Government shall lead the Empire to prosperity!