At this time, Wang Jun suddenly said: "Didn't the Qing court still participate in the terrorist attack on Shanghai on 6 May? Most of the personnel who attacked the Shanghai New Area from the periphery were recruited by Prince Su Shanqi, and although they were actually used by Japan, they were in essence Japanese and Gansu accomplices. ”

You Mingqian said: "Yes, it's better to take this opportunity to completely tear up your face with the Qing court, anyway, this matter is in our own hands, and we simply stew Japan, Russia, and the Qing court in one spoonful." ”

Qin Zheng laughed and said: "That's not good, we shouldn't make too many enemies at this time, Japan and Russia have enough for us to deal with, and we shouldn't bring the Qing court in, so I think we should let the Qing court go this time." ”

Xia Bohai also nodded, and said: "We should distinguish between the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, now our main contradiction is Japan and Russia, from a domestic point of view, this is related to the country's sovereignty and territory, and from a global perspective, it is the hegemonic region that determines the Far East; and the contradiction between us and the Qing court has become a secondary contradiction, we can put it aside for a while, and after we defeat Japan and Russia, it is not too late to go back and recover the Qing court, don't you say?"

Wang Jun said: "I don't object to temporarily letting the Qing court go, but there is one thing that you have not considered, that is, the Qing court cannot use normal logical thoughts to judge their next move, after all, it is absolutely not normal logic to be able to declare war on the eight countries at the same time, so in our opinion, letting them go is not to worry about them, but in the eyes of the Qing court, maybe we still think that we are afraid of them, and there may be other actions against us in the future." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Lao Wang's worries are very reasonable, but our temporary release of the Qing court does not mean that we will not care about the Qing court, but we do not disclose that the Qing court also participated in the terrorist attack in Shanghai, but in private to warn the Qing court, asking the Qing court to severely punish Prince Su and compensate us for our losses." ”

Li Sanjie said: "But now that Li Hongzhang is dead, there is one less mediator between us and the Qing court, and how much of a role can such a warning have?"

Xia Bohai said: "Of course it will work, although Li Hongzhang is dead, there are still Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and we all have a certain friendship, I think they are probably willing to take on this role." And we will not only give warnings without substantive action, to be honest, we have many means to counter the Qing court, I suggest that the Chun court immediately cut off the fortunes of the Qing court, until the Qing court gives us a satisfactory answer. ”

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, it has mostly relied on the waterway transportation composed of the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to transport the southern endowment, grain and materials to Beijing. However, due to a series of major events such as the diversion of the Yellow River, the Opium War, and the Taiping Heavenly Movement, the Cao Yun gradually changed from river transportation to sea transportation. In 1872, China Merchants Steamship Bureau was established in Shanghai, and officially used ships to carry grain. It also completely squeezes the space for river transportation.

However, after the Gengzi State Change, because the East China government occupied the port of Tianjin, the Cao Yun had to go ashore through Tianjin New City to reach Beijing, so the Qing court once planned to resume river transportation, but first, it cost too much; second, there was a section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in Shandong Province, and it was not impossible to get rid of the restrictions of the East China government, and the re-opening of a canal was not a project that the current Qing court could undertake, and it was ultimately abandoned.

If the East China government cut off the Cao Yun, it would indeed be a considerable threat to the Qing court, because most of the Qing court's court consumption, officials' salaries, military salaries for the troops stationed in Beijing, and civilian food adjustments were all supplied by Cao Yun. It can be said that as long as the East China government cuts off the Cao Yun for a month, the Qing court will collapse, so the Qing court will either tear its face with the East China government, meet each other in arms, and capture Tianjin in a short period of time to resume the Cao Yun, or compromise with the East China government.

When the others heard this, they all thought that this method was the best, that is, they did not need to tear their faces with the Qing court, and they could teach the Qing court enough lessons.

This issue was thus determined, and the next issue, although it was also an internal affair of the East China government, was also very controversial, that is, how to deal with the emergence of time-travelers in Japan, and the possibility that there would be other time-travelers in this era.

More than two years ago, the report submitted by the Ministry of Security was also read by everyone present, so there was still a certain amount of mental preparation for this, and after receiving the report of the working group, the Executive Yuan also immediately ordered the Ministry of Security to dispatch elite soldiers and strong generals, and set up a professional department to focus on investigating the affairs of other traversers. However, investigating other traversers is not only extremely difficult, but also not a result will be obtained in a short period of time, Bi Jing's current clues are too few, and he can't even be sure how many traversers still exist.

And the main discussion in today's meeting is whether this news will be made public, of course, to all the traversers.

Zhang Yuming of the Civil Affairs Committee said: "I think it is better not to make it public, once this fact is made public, it will definitely cause panic among the traversers, since it is when we are about to enter the war, because it has now been determined that there are traversers in Japan, and I am afraid that it will seriously affect the confidence of other traversers in this war, so I think that at most it can only be made public in a small way, and it will be disclosed to all traversers, at least until the war is over." ”

Li Sanjie said: "This war will not end in a while and a half, even if it is not impossible to fight for 1 or 2 years, and things have already happened, I think it is impossible to hide it, sooner or later there will be rumors exposed, because it is a Japanese traverser, it is very likely to take the initiative to leak out, in order to cause our internal contradictions, or as a means of plotting against our personnel, then it is inevitable that some people will speculate wildly, and if we announce it at that time, it will be passive, so it is better to announce it as soon as possible, so that we can take the initiative." ”

Ye Yanfu said: "Of course, it's good to announce it as soon as possible, but what if it causes panic within us?"

Li Sanjie shook his head and said, "If you want to panic, it also happens among our traversers, and the naturalized people know what's going on, and there are only more than 6,000 of us traversers, so even if there is influence, it is very limited." ”

Zhang Yuming said: "That's not necessarily, although the number of our traversers is not large, but they are all in important positions, and the naturalized people don't look at our attitude to do things, if we panic, can they still calm down?"

You Mingqian said: "I don't think so, the East China government has been established for four years, not only has established a powerful armed force, but also initially set up a basic industrial system, and has not been like the Soviet Union in the old time and space, at the expense of the interests of agriculture at the expense of the interests of our country, this is already quite an outstanding achievement, do we not even have this self-confidence? Even if there are other time-travelers in this era, how can they be like us in a group of more than 6,000 people, and there are so many modern weapons and equipment. I've been in the past 5 years, and we haven't seen any new forces rising, nor have we seen any black technology appear, if there is, it has already caused a sensation now, so even if there are other traversers, there is nothing to fear. ”

Lu Hong, a member of the Industrial and Mining Energy Commission, also said: "Yes, I agree with the opinion of Committee Member You, the industrial era of mechanized large-scale production in this era is not the agricultural era of handicraft and natural economy, and it is not that you can get rich by being able to make glass, soap, matches, and toothbrushes; Industrialized societies must be large-scale, The development of the system is useful, so in this environment the role of the individual can not be said to be negligent, but it is by no means possible to drive the development of the whole society, we have more than 6,000 people, there are all aspects of the village, and in this era has lived for more than 5 years, there is such a situation today, a few traversers, even if they cross to a country with a stronger industrial base than China, but after all, people are lonely, what can be done is quite limited, we have no need to worry at all. And even if it is announced, there is nothing, as long as this truth is explained clearly, I believe that most people will not panic. ”

Wang Jun said: "Except for Commissioner You just now, In addition to these reasons mentioned by Committee member Lu, I think one more point can be added, that is, the terrorist attack on Shanghai on 6 May shows that there are certain problems within us, and this is the case in Shanghai, and the same is true in Shandong; as far as I know, there are now some traversers who exist in East China, and the government of East China has stabilized, and they can sit back and relax and enjoy life, but Shandong is under the supervision of the Executive Yuan, and it is not as serious as Shanghai, and this time it has been confirmed that there are other traversers, and I think it is also an opportunity, and there are powerful opponents, which can make us all nervous again and restore the vigor we had when we first arrived in this eraSo I'm in favor of making this news public. ”

After Wang Jun finished speaking, several more people spoke, each expounding their own reasons, some for and against, but the opinions that agreed with the announcement still accounted for the majority, after all, after 4 years of experience, everyone has matured a lot, after the initial shock, followed by a rational split, so they came to the conclusion that they thought was correct.

In fact, at this time, the democratic atmosphere of the Executive Council was still very strong, and everyone could speak freely and express their own opinions, and even if there were arguments, they were often right about things and not about people, and they would not attack people. And Xia Bohai and others are also very patient to pour everyone's speech, even if they have different opinions, they try their best to be reasonable, put facts to convince, and when they find that other people's reasons are more sufficient, they will not stubbornly insist on their own opinions, so the atmosphere of each meeting is very harmonious, and the principle of collective decision-making is also implemented more thoroughly.