Zhao Yu didn't treat Bai Zhizhan specifically, but just went to the hotel restaurant and ordered a few small stir-fries.

At this time, Bai Zhizhan learned that Zhao Yu's father-in-law was seriously ill and had been bedridden for several months, and his wife had returned to his hometown, and he had not fired at home for a long time.

Otherwise, Zhao Yu would not have entertained Bai Zhizhan in the hotel restaurant.

Of course, Bai Zhizhan didn't come to eat this meal, it was the same everywhere.

In front of Zhao Yu, Bai Zhizhan didn't care about him left and right, and directly stated his purpose.

In the strategic choice of the Guia, in addition to the factional struggle within the navy, at a higher level, there is a similar question.

To put it bluntly: how many people oppose the march into the Khowaii Islands, and who are the main ones.

To say, this is what Bai Zhizhan is most worried about.

Although Liu Changxun has been emphasizing that strategic differences mainly exist within the navy, related to the traditions and factional struggles of the navy, Bai Zhizhan has always felt that it will not be so simple, especially after experiencing the fact that Xue Yuanzheng was questioned and forced to storm Shiquan City.

Of course, Bai Zhizhan did not tell Liu Changxun about this concern.

However, the differences within the Navy may be related to the struggle at a higher level.

The most incomprehensible point for Bai Zhizhan was that the southern faction represented by Liu Xiangzhen did not insist on its own views on the issue of marching into the southwest and the Guia.

Last time, at the meeting of the Navy Command, Liu Changxun proposed to directly attack the Khowaii Islands, but Liu Xiangzhen only proposed that he could not relax his vigilance in other directions, and did not say that it would not work, and then went to Fanyanyang according to Liu Changxun's arrangement and was named commander-in-chief of the United Fleet.

It can be seen that Liu Xiangzhen has no intention of fighting against Bai Zhizhan.

"According to what you say, there is actually a consensus within the Navy for a long time."

"You mean, Liu Changxun did it on purpose?"

While saying this, Bai Zhizhan also tightened his brows. He had a similar guess for a long time, but he always thought that Liu Changxun might not do so.

Besides, Bai Zhizhan didn't believe that Liu Changxun had such good acting skills.

"To be honest, this is also the key reason why I don't think you are suitable to take it to the imperial capital. With your realization, if you really want to enter the circle of the imperial capital, you will definitely be eaten alive! ”

"Brother Zhao......"

"If you want me to say, Liu Changxun is definitely deliberate, but he is not calculating you, but deliberately protecting you and not letting you get involved in internal struggles."

Bai Zhizhan let out a long breath, and his expression was lowered.

"You don't have to think too much about it."

"According to you, the turmoil has not passed?"

After Bai Zhizhan pulled the topic back again, even Zhao Yu couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Zhao, what is there, you can't hide it from me."

"To be honest, it's not necessarily a good thing that you know."

"Whether it's a good thing or not, I'll judge for myself." Bai Zhizhan's attitude was very resolute, after all, he came to Zhao Yu to figure out the current situation.

Zhao Yu sighed before starting from the beginning.

At the beginning of the year, Bai Zhizhan's speculation was not wrong, there was indeed a force within the empire against Xue Yuanzheng, and it was the Song family who was behind the scenes, and its ultimate goal was to force Xue Yuanzheng to sit down and negotiate, ensure and consolidate the Song family, and rely on the influence of the Song family's business consortium.

The fundamental reason is actually the contradiction between the Song family and the Tang family.

Xue Yuanzheng is Tang Dezu's nephew, and he is the spokesperson of the Tang family at the top of the empire, and can be said to be the most talented politician emerging from the Tang family.

The key is that Xue Yuanzheng also has an army background.

As it happens, it also coincided with the Great Depression that swept the world.

In a sense, many of Xue Yuanzheng's reform policies in response to the Great Depression can be seen as an attack on the traditional forces of the Song family.

In the decade after the Great Depression, the Tang family's influence in the industrial and commercial fields increased greatly.

Prior to this, the strength of the Tang family was mainly reflected in politics, and its influence in the field of industry and commerce, economy and trade was negligible, far inferior to that of the Song family.

The most representative is to form an alliance with Zhang Xiaoqing's Zhang family, and the Zhang family is already the number one consortium in the Jiangnan region with Puzhou as the core.

The "Puzhou Chamber of Commerce" with the Zhang family as the core has still become an emerging financial group that dominates one side.

The Song family will inevitably decline in the field of industry and commerce.

Obviously, this is about the core interests of the family, and even the survival of life and death.

If there was no such war, the situation would have been maintained, after all, in peacetime, it is difficult for any family to expand rapidly.

With the support of the Tang family, it took the Zhang family decades to gain a firm foothold in Puzhou.

It can also be said that it took decades for the Tang family to support the Zhang family, and to surpass the Song family in the field of industry and commerce, ten wealthy families like the Zhang family are needed.

Who would have thought that the war greatly accelerated the expansion of the Tang family in the field of industry and commerce.

The reason is the same: a wartime system based on regulation and rationing.

After the empire entered a state of war, to be precise, after the mobilization began, the Tang family, through the wartime cabinet controlled by Xue Yuanzheng, could be said to be a big kill in the field of industry and commerce. The Song family, which had been struggling to support before, but was barely able to stabilize, was suddenly forced into a corner.

If you don't fight back, the entire Song family will be uprooted.

In addition, from the standpoint of the Song family, there is every reason to believe that the wartime cabinet led by Xue Yuanzheng and the strategic plan drawn up by the wartime cabinet are actually serving the Tang family, targeting the Song family, and the Song family must be uprooted through the wartime system.

Whether it is or not, the Song family will not sit still.

The most direct means of counterattack is to target Xue Yuanzheng and oust Xue Yuanzheng from power.

Unfortunately, this is the most difficult method to implement.

Xue Yuanzheng's prestige is there, not that some small actions can make him move out of the Shoufu Mansion.

If you make things bigger, you will be burned!

No matter how endurable Xue Yuanzheng is, it is impossible to ignore the overall situation for the sake of stability, there must be a limit, and he will take decisive action when he can't bear it anymore.

Those guys who questioned Xue Yuan's political courage before had all gone to see Lord Yama.

Being able to sit firmly on the throne of the Imperial Shoufu for more than ten years is enough to prove Xue Yuanzheng's ability and courage.

Then, you have to settle for the next best.

The most direct result of this is to demand that the war be ended as soon as possible, even if some of the benefits that have already been obtained must be sacrificed.

Of course, this kind of internal struggle will certainly not be on the table, especially in times of war.

The Emperor's ** team won a big victory against Fan Yanyang in Shiquan City, which offset the impact of the Song family to a large extent, but it was far from being completely eliminated.

If you want to say it, you can't completely suppress the Song family.

The reason is also very simple: the state of war cannot last forever, and the time it can last will be rapidly shortened as internal contradictions intensify.

Obviously, Xue Yuanzheng had to think about and treat this issue seriously.

There are two ways to end the war, one is to negotiate with the enemy, and the other is to defeat the enemy completely.

If you can't defeat the enemy quickly, you can only negotiate with the enemy.

This is illustrated by the attitude towards the Narrow Imperial State.

Whether it is to talk or fight, it depends on what is best for the empire.

In fact, this is also the problem in front of the White Stop War, or the reason why Liu Changxun supported the White Stop War and asked him to lead the fleet to the Khowaii Islands.

As long as the Khowaii Islands can be quickly captured, then everything is easy to say.

Otherwise, you're in big trouble.