Wang Yunpeng said: "This can't be all blamed on them, our group of people, in addition to the personnel of the army, that is, a few of us used to be state cadres, and the rest are basically ordinary people, even self-operated business owners are not few, in terms of experience and knowledge, that is, because of the development of information in the old time and space, only a little more know about themselves, and their level is at most enough to be a keyboard warrior, although in recent years, with the development of the government, they have been in a high position, but not much has changed their mentality. To put it bluntly, I still regard myself as a small citizen, and I feel that if I have a rich life, a stable income, and a social status, I should live a prosperous life. ”

Xu Jichao also said: "Although we are still far from unifying the whole country, but for all of us, we have basically reached a peak that we could not reach in the old time and space, what stars and seas are just talking about the cow when they are blowing on the Internet, and more people's mentality is still 'a cow on thirty acres of land, and the wife and children are hot on the kang', and the pursuit of a little higher is 'a group of wives and concubines, spending money like dirt' or ' Sleep until you wake up naturally, and your hands cramp when you count money', but as far as the status of the vast majority of people is concerned, it is basically reached, so it is not surprising that some people do not want to make progress and pursue pleasure and comfort. Moreover, since the establishment of the government, we have only focused on the development of the military and the economy, and the game with the Qing court and foreign countries, and we have indeed neglected this aspect. ”

After hearing this, Xia Bohai also nodded and said: "What you said is also right, this is our work mistake, we only attach importance to material development, not to the progress of thought, so now some people's thinking can not keep up with our speed of development, this situation must be corrected immediately." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "Although it is important to improve thinking, it is not a matter of one or two days, and now the urgent thing is to support the candidates in the northeast."

Xia Bohai thought for a while and said, "Can you be sure how many people are unwilling to go to the Northeast, and whether the parties are unwilling to go, or their parents are unwilling to let their children go?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "The number of people who are unwilling to go to the Northeast is about 40-50 people, but whether the parties are unwilling to go, or the parents do not let their children go, it is not yet certain, it can only be said that there are both situations." ”

Xia Bohai pondered for a while, to be honest, Xia Bohai's expertise is in internal and external grand strategy, big decision-making, these details, ideological things, Qin Zheng is better at handling than him, but Qin Zheng is not in Qingdao now, and he is also in charge of a mess of things, he can't bother Qin Zheng specifically for this matter, so Xia Bohai said: "What do you think should be done?"

Wang Yunpeng also smiled bitterly and said: "On this issue, I and Lao Xu do not agree on the same opinion, I advocate that there can be no compromise, everyone should be forced to go, Bi Jing This is a rule that has been set a long time ago, if this can also be changed, then the authority of the Executive Yuan will be no longer necessary, but Lao Xu thinks that what if someone insists on not going, this is a very possible thing, you can't tie others up, this is not conducive to our internal unity." ”

Xu Jichao said: "It's not that I don't consider the authority of the Executive Yuan, but we have had similar situations in the past, but basically uphold the principle of voluntariness, and there is no compulsion, and it is forced to go, and it is not good to work in the Northeast, it is still useless, Guan Jian is that we do not have relevant punishment regulations, if there are regulations, act in accordance with the regulations, what should we do? In the final analysis, this is still our rules and regulations are not complete." ”

Xia Bohai thought about it again before saying: "I agree that we should still maintain the principle of voluntariness, but we must try our best to do their ideological work, if it still doesn't work, then forget it, but one thing must be clear, this matter must be recorded in the archives, and it is an important reference for future promotions or government support, so the importance of right and wrong, let them weigh it themselves?"

Wang Yunpeng nodded and said, "Okay, that's okay, you can't let those who don't go pay no price." ”

Xu Jichao also said: "I think it's good to deal with it like this, give them the right to choose, but the choice is the only way, and they must bear the consequences." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, this matter is settled, and what is the situation on the Java side, our fleet has been 7 or 8 days, when will we evacuate from Java?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "I was about to talk about this matter again, but Java has also encountered a little trouble, and a considerable number of local overseas Chinese are unwilling to evacuate? ”

Xia Bohai said: "Unwilling to evacuate? What's going on, the British and French expeditionary forces have already reached the Andaman Sea and will enter the Strait of Malacca immediately, and they are still unwilling to evacuate, so difficult that they plan to wait for death in Java?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "That's not it, mainly because most people's industries are in Java, if you leave, won't most of your family property be gone?"

Xia Bohai said: "It's so hard that these people don't want to die if they want money? And our people didn't make it clear? Now it's just a temporary evacuation to avoid the edge of the British and French expeditionary forces, and after we defeat the expeditionary forces, at least half a year, at most a year, we will definitely fight back, and then all the industries will naturally come back, and how many losses, we will compensate for everything, isn't this okay?"

Xu Jichao smiled bitterly and said: "Why didn't you say it, I don't know how many times I said it, but some people just don't believe it, and the Dutch are still sowing discord in it, so there are still people who blame us for being troublesome, and we shouldn't be provoked by Britain and France, and it has even affected them." ”

It turned out that after defeating the British Far East Fleet, the evacuation fleet finally arrived in Java after two days of sailing, and at this time the news of the victory had already reached Java in advance, and the arrival of the evacuation fleet, as well as two captured British warships and hundreds of captured British soldiers, completely confirmed the victory of the evacuation fleet.

Originally, the Dutch colonial authorities in Java had already made preparations to rob overseas Chinese, but it was only because of the garrison of the East China Government in Java and the convoy composed of overseas Chinese in Java that they did not take action. However, this does not mean that the Dutch colonists have given up, because although the East China government has only protected overseas Chinese for more than three years, due to the improvement of the status of overseas Chinese, the safety of family property has been guaranteed, so overseas Chinese also dare to expand investment and operation, and some overseas Chinese from the Philippines, Poyizhou, Indochina Peninsula, Malay Peninsula and other places have also come to Java to invest and start businesses, on the one hand, it has promoted the prosperity of Java, and on the other hand, it has also expanded the wealth and assets of overseas Chinese several times. But in the eyes of the Dutch colonists, it was undoubtedly a flock of fat sheep, which could not help but shear sheep, and even slaughtered a batch for meat.

Of course, the sheep that were slaughtered by the previous people now have horns, and it is not so easy to shear the sheep and eat the mutton. At least it will take some effort, and the difference is that some people are impatient to start robbing and are in a hurry, while others advocate waiting for the arrival of the British and French expeditionary forces before doing so, so that they are more certain and are the stable construction faction. As a result, the atmosphere in Java was tense for a while.

The arrival of the overseas Chinese evacuation fleet completely eliminated the idea of the rapid progressives, so the Dutch colonists could only temporarily restrain themselves, but instead replaced them with a kind face, strongly persuaded the overseas Chinese in Java not to leave with the overseas Chinese fleet, and repeatedly assured that the colonial government would maintain the status quo and would never be unfavorable to the overseas Chinese, and also took the opportunity to provoke the relationship between the East China government and the Javanese Chinese, claiming that it was the East China government that provoked Britain and France for no reason, which brought disaster to the overseas Chinese in Java, and as long as the overseas Chinese in Java and the East China government cut off, they would naturally not be affected. However, many overseas Chinese refused to evacuate Java because they were reluctant to build their family wealth in Java, still had some illusions about the Dutch colonists, and indeed had some dissatisfaction with the East China government.

Xia Bohai has reined in the fiery temper of the soldiers a lot over the years, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but get angry, and said: "In the past few years, it has not been us, there have been good lives for overseas Chinese in Java, and now it is good, and if you don't believe in our guarantees, forget it, but blame us." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "To be honest, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on the overseas Chinese in Java, this kind of trust can not be established in a short period of time, because since the 16th century, 5 or 600 years, the Chinese government of the Ming and Qing dynasties has hardly protected overseas Chinese, and it is really difficult for them to trust the promises of the Chinese government." ”

Xia Bohai said: "This is not wrong, but we are different from the Ming and Qing dynasties, 3 years ago, we did not send a fleet to Java to protect overseas Chinese, and won a lot of substantial benefits for them, this time we made a special trip to help them evacuate, and also fought with the Far East Fleet, and did so many things, isn't it enough for them to believe?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "We are sure that we have done a lot for the overseas Chinese in Java, but the time is still too short, the foundation is not deep, and these overseas Chinese do not know any military affairs, military aircraft tactics and so on, we say that after defeating the expeditionary force, we will send them back to Java, but in their opinion, if we can defeat the expeditionary force, then why not stick to Java and fight with the expeditionary force? This is clearly because we can't defeat the expeditionary force, so we have to evacuate from Java!" In this way, how can these overseas Chinese believe in us, and they want to pin most of their wealth on us, so this matter is also very embarrassing. ”

Xia Bohai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, and said, "There is indeed some truth in saying this. However, we did not have that much time to patiently convince them that the British and French expeditionary forces would reach Singapore in four or five days at most, so we had to evacuate as soon as possible, otherwise we might be intercepted by the expeditionary force, which would be very dangerous. After saying that, he pondered for a while before he said: "We have done this step, we have done our best, and we can't control those who don't want to evacuate, so whether we believe it or not, they choose it themselves, and pay the consequences." Immediately send a telegram to evacuate the overseas Chinese fleet, and it must evacuate Java and return to the ship within 2 days. ”