"The temple calculation that His Majesty talked about really made me feel stunned." Since Zuo Zongtang defected to Wei Ze, what he wanted to learn the most was at least what he saw was Wei Ze's military cognition. After listening to Wei Ze's strategic views on the future of the South China Sea at the meeting of the Political Bureau, he couldn't help but come to Wei Ze for advice.

Wei Ze was a little unimpressed by Zuo Zongtang's compliment, at least in Wei Ze's view, even if the Pacific Ocean could not become China's internal lake, there was no reason for foreign countries to threaten the essence of Chinese mainland from the Pacific Ocean. In the future, China will be a big country with the mainland as the core and an unprecedentedly large land and sea territory on the periphery. The South China Sea is just China's first step, and more land will fall into Chinese hands in the future. This is not just a personal ambition, but also a result of China's huge demographic pressure.

Under this strategic view, the South China Sea is just skipping classes rather than ending up. Don't expect China to spit out the meat after eating it, so you have to think about how to actually eat it before you eat it. It's just that before the advent of nuclear weapons, the borders of this world were destined to be dynamic, and the great powers would find ways to make the borders more favorable to them.

However, such an idea seems to be temporarily incomprehensible to comrades who have just learned to read the world map, so he is unwilling to strike too strongly at the comrades who are eager to go south. If the expansionists are beaten to the point where they dare not speak up, it will not be a good thing for China either.

"Lao Zuo, the concept of strategy should be matched with the direction of strength. The problem now is that there are still too few ways to solve domestic problems, and we can only rely on expansion. Since there is only one way, I can only be cautious and cautious. Only by being cautious can we make fewer mistakes. Of course, even if I suffer a setback, I won't change my mind. Wei Ze originally wanted to vomit some bitter water, but Wei Ze was Wei Ze, and he inadvertently showed that ruthlessness in the end.

A naval battle with Britain was inevitable in the future, and no matter how tragic the situation was, Weeser would not stop after the war began. It was the last five minutes that decided the outcome of the war.

Zuo Zongtang listened to Wei Ze's words, pondered for a moment, and finally tentatively said his thoughts: "Your Majesty, I see that you care a lot about the British Navy, and you also say that British steel production is ten times more than China's. After listening to what you said, I thought like this, no matter how strong Britain is, it has to cross thousands of miles. We have logistical problems, and the British have bigger problems than we do. Our disadvantages are not so great. ”

"You're not bad at all!" Wei Ze smiled, "In fact, as long as we can produce 1 million tons of steel per year, we can wrestle with Britain in the South China Sea." I'm nowhere near that worried about the UK. ”

"Why?" Zuo Zongtang asked.

Weeser took a map of the world, "Britain is surrounded by powerful countries, France, Russia, needless to say, including Italy and Prussia, are not easy to match. Britain is a-stirring stick in Europe, that is, he is crisscrossing between various major powers, relying on the contradictions of various countries. If Britain really fights with us, transfer all the British fleets to fight a big war with China. If you go back and think about the question, even if Britain can win us at sea, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties. But when Britain is on the land of China, can he please him? ”

Zuo Zongtang's eyes lit up, and what Wei Ze said was very clear. Once Britain spent a lot of money to fight a war that was not won and did not allow Britain to receive land reparations, Britain, which was greatly damaged, would not be able to suppress the European countries after returning to Europe. At that time, Britain's position plummeted. I wouldn't have come to England to do such a stupid thing.

"As long as we can let Britain know that it's great, we can get what we want!" Zuo Zongtang was seduced by this beautiful prospect.

This balance is the model that Weeser has learned from the 21st century in dealing with U.S.-China relations. The Yankees are still a one-sided Cold War concept, two different systems, a confrontation between two superpowers. China, on the other hand, argues that there is a fierce conflict of interest between China and the United States, and that many strategies are at odds with each other. Since everyone has to stop at the end of a full-scale nuclear war to destroy the planet, let's just honestly admit our differences and try to resolve them.

Even if there are no nuclear weapons, as long as Weeser can have the ability to pull the British off the horse, and think that with the wisdom of the British, they will not die to the end. After all, China and Britain were separated by vast colonies, not two mainland borders, and any loss of land would mean the decline of the state.

Thinking of this, Wei Ze said to Zuo Zongtang: "Old Zuo, if you want the British to know that it is powerful, we ourselves have to shed a lot of blood." Lots and lots of blood. In fact, the Liberation Army has never experienced such a severe test so far, and it will be a very cruel test. The achievements of the Liberation Army today are entirely due to the fact that everyone comes from a good background and comes from the lower strata. Therefore, we know the suffering of the people, so we know that human life should be treated as human life. In the near future, I am preparing to completely implement some ideological education in the party. You're a smart guy, you're knowledgeable, and you're smart enough. I want to see if you can be a political commissar. ”

"Dudu, you used to want me to reorganize the Chu army to crusade against the natives. But then you have other arrangements......" Zuo Zongtang complained implicitly about Wei Ze's fickleness.

"Natives are also people, and slaughtering natives is also slaughter. I think slaughter makes people more human. If this kind of errand can not be done by Chinese, I still don't want Chinese to do it. Now that Japan is in trouble, the place is very poor, and they will be very willing to pay for the Japanese to carry out massacres. I don't think any of the problems that can be solved with money are problems. Weeser said.

"I think it's your majesty that you're overthinking. The government did not show mercy when it killed landlords. Zuo Zongtang knows very well that Wei Ze is a very tolerant person, and he can actually tell the truth about this kind of tolerant person. Because lying is what they object to the most.

"If the landlords are willing to be honest and obedient, and never think about the landlord's affairs again, we will not kill them. However, it is very difficult to change the class imprint of a person, and the landlords are trying in every possible way to restore the landlord class. There is no landlord class in our revolutionary new state, and they are killed because they are counter-revolutionary, which is another matter. Weeser explained.

"Can't they go to the South China Sea to make meritorious contributions?" Zuo Zongtang asked.

"Alas......" Wei Ze sighed, even a smart person like Zuo Zongtang is difficult to get rid of the old thinking, "Old Zuo, what reward will the landlord class want after making meritorious service?" They definitely want a reward under the old system. Even if I don't allow landlords to save zài on the mainland, then let them continue to be landlords in places like the South China Sea. However, there is no system for landlords to exist in the new country, and it is not allowed on the mainland, let alone in the South China Sea. Therefore, revolution and counter-revolution do not mean whether a person is a good person or not, or whether a person is meritorious. The criterion for judging revolution and counter-revolution is the kind of system to which he is loyal. ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't seem to fully understand this, and Wei Ze was both disappointed and glad in his heart. Even a smart person like Zuo Zongtang can't quickly get rid of the ideas of the old era, let alone the traditional landlords. The Restoration Party and the new government have systematically closed the door to the old literati, and this move is absolutely correct. R1058