The "Meng Shangshu" referred to by Wu Guocheng is Meng Zongzheng, the secretary of the military department, and Wudu Jiyi is Wu Guozhong, the military machine. The two ministers are Murong Rui on the left and Zhangqiu on the right.

Among them, Meng Zongzheng, like Xin Qiji, both made great contributions in the Second Central Plains War, when he was the overseer of the Hedong Army, which broke through a number of fortresses in the northwest of Jin and pushed the Song and Zhou dividing lines in the northwest of Jin to the line of the Yellow River.

After the war, he also retired with the rank of general, transferred to the political arena, and was elected as a veteran, so he entered the cabinet and became the secretary of the military department of the Wu Guocheng government.

Wu Guozhong is Wu Guocheng's cousin, a descendant of the Volunteer Faction, born in Kamakura, spent his youth in Kamakura's Great Zhou Army Elementary School, and later entered the Tianjin Knight Academy to study, and has been serving in the Great Zhou Republican Army since graduation. He also participated in the Second Central Plains War, when the officials worshipped the brigade commander and division commander, and led his troops to fight fiercely with the Song army on the front line many times.

After the end of the war, Wu Guozhong was also promoted to general. However, because he was relatively young, only in his forties, and he had not reached the age line for retirement, he served as a military aircraft.

Murong Rui is a descendant of Murong Parrot and an army general, older than Wu Guocheng, already 65 years old. At the outbreak of the last Central Plains War, he was the secretary of the military department. Now he has served as the left minister of the Wu Guocheng government, which is equivalent to the prime minister of later generations.

At present, the government of the Great Zhou Republic implements the head of state system, that is, the head of state is the head of government, but the left and right ministers will be appointed as the heads of the cabinet under the head of state.

And Zhang Qiu, who served as the right minister, also has a background, he is a descendant of Zhang Zhifeng, and his wife is from the Yijiu faction of the martial family.

That is to say, among the four high-level figures that Wu Guocheng is going to meet today, only Meng Zongzheng is not from a wealthy military and political family - his father Meng Lin is not a commoner, but a noble citizen who once served as a brigade commander in the North American Army and the Great Zhou Republican Army. Retired with the rank of Major General, he owned estates in Henan Province and Shanxi Province (located in North America, but not part of the United States of America, an overseas province of the Republic).

Now the Great Zhou Republic has a bit of an aristocratic republic, and the phenomenon called "class solidification" by later generations has become more common!

The reason for this phenomenon, in addition to the institutional arrangements in the early days of the Great Zhou Republic, is the increase in the cost of war caused by the fortress and the discovery of the New World.

Because the era of the bastion is good for defense and not for offense. As a result, the cost of capturing a piece of land in the Central Plains, which is dotted with bastions, is often higher than the value of the land itself.

So starting a war in the Central Plains has become an absolutely loss-making business!

At the same time, there was an almost infinite amount of fertile land to be claimed on the New World.

For the rulers of the republic, they did not need to wage a series of costly wars in order to seize the limited land to appease the military citizens below.

They could have bought hearts and minds by giving up the lands of America—passing a few bills, issuing a few orders, finding something to do for the navy, and then everyone was happy. There is no risk and it doesn't cost a few bucks.

Of course, the value of land in North America is far less than that of the land in the Great Zhou Dynasty. But the scale of the land of Dominion is very wide! Citizens who are from a family and have reached the age of 21 can obtain a land certificate as long as they are not heirs (heirs cannot go, they have to serve in the army) and are willing to undertake military service in the United States of America. It's ownership! It is privately owned land, not state-owned farmland like Gundo Grange.

And the Great Zhou Republic and the government of the United States of America together paid for them to be transported to the New World!

As for the Zhou people who were born as non-citizens, after reaching the age of 21, as long as they can get the passage fee and pay five taels of silver to the government of the United States of America, they can receive 500 acres of land...... Other conditions are the same as those of citizens.

Oh, five silver coins of one or two are not a lot of money in the New World, and they are rich in gold, silver and bronze. Go dig up gold, silver, brass, or fight a few battles with the Yin natives, or work in the city. Anyway, it's easy to get it, so the 500 acres of land are almost the same as giving away for nothing.

In addition to giving away land for free, citizenship is also given away for free!

Citizenship of the United States of America does not require meritorious service or much taxation, but as long as you set foot on the land of the United States of America and swear allegiance to the United States, you immediately become a citizen.

Moreover, North American citizens are not hierarchical, everyone is equal, but proof of tax payment is required to exercise the right to vote.

Of course, the things that are given away for free are often the "most expensive"!

Because after the "free delivery", the middle and lower class citizens and civilians will lose the motivation to struggle.

Now the voyage to the New World has become very safe, and the mortality rate has dropped from more than 20% to less than 1% - the Eastern Ocean Route has been running for 80 years, and the mortality rate and cost have of course been reduced a lot!

Whether it is on the battlefield or in the revolution, the mortality rate is definitely more than 1%!

Moreover, after the victory of the revolution, it is impossible for one person to distribute 500 acres of land like this, there are not so many!

In addition, in addition to the land, there is gold, silver and brass to dig in the New World, and there are too many opportunities to make a fortune.

The kind of inspirational story of digging gold in the New World, and then returning to the hometown and reaching the pinnacle of life has been happening around everyone for decades.

Encouraged by this wealth effect, the restless factor in the society of the Great Zhou Republic has almost disappeared.

Since the people below have a place to make a fortune, then the nobles and capitalists above can also comfortably engage in monopoly and exploitation.

If there is no trouble below, there will be no movement above, and the society of the entire Great Zhou Republic will gradually become a pool of backwater that is difficult to flow......

Of course, it is not a backwater pool everywhere, and the two industrial and commercial centers of Yanjin and Xuhai still seem to be full of vitality at present.

Whether in economic activities, scientific research, or ideological and political aspects, it seems to be quite active - after all, the Great Zhou Republic is a "country for the public" without a monarch, and the protection of citizens' rights is still quite in place. Citizens also have greater freedom and less ideological constraints.

In such a relatively liberal environment, it is inevitable that some ideas and theories will be born that can push the wheel of history to roll rapidly.

After nearly 90 years of the world, especially after the Second Central Plains War, which suffered heavy casualties, the idea of pursuing the supremacy of China and the ultimate unification began to become popular in the academic circles of Yanjin and Xuhai, and gradually began to affect the people.

This idea is often simply summarized as "China first", meaning that the Great Zhou Republic, as the head of Zhuxia (somewhat self-righteous), had the mission of leading Zhuxia and unifying China itself. In order to achieve this mission, the Republic of Great Zhou should unswervingly adhere to and promote the concept of "China First".

The purpose of insisting on and promoting "China First" is to gain the recognition of the Chinese race in the whole world. In the case of gaining recognition, the ultimate unity is achieved by means of war or the export of republican revolution.

Scholars who hold this view believe that as long as the people of the Eastern and Western Song Dynasty agreed with the "China First", they would naturally welcome the unification of the Great Zhou Republic.

Then the future reunification will become very smooth......

Based on this idea, the treasure of the Great Zhou Republic, the North American colonies, will be open to all Chinese people from the 100th year of the Republic, that is, starting this year!

All Chinese people, no matter where they were born, as long as they can speak Chinese, read Chinese characters, believe in Tianli, and look like Han Chinese, can enjoy the treatment of civilians of the Great Zhou Republic on the issue of immigrating to the Americas.

This is actually a kind of "pan-Chinese" nationalist ideology!

Of course, considering the size of the American colonies and the total population of less than 200 million Zhuxia, this policy of "sharing the Americas" will definitely only make money for the Great Zhou Republic.

"Führer, now that the priority of China is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, we can't stand on the wrong side on the issue of Huayi's discrimination!"

In the conference room of the Führer's Palace. Meng Zongzheng, the military secretary of the Great Zhou Republic, mentioned "China first" at the beginning.

"Do we want to support the Western Song Dynasty?" Wu Guocheng asked.

"Supremacy must be supported on the surface!"

Wu Guocheng frowned, he shouted "China first" all the way in last year's election campaign, and he also pushed the bill to develop the North American colonies.

It's not good to slap yourself in the face now, right?

But doesn't supporting the Western Song Dynasty mean that the Western Song Dynasty, which is in crisis, has a chance to survive?

"Führer," said Wu Guozhong, the military commander of the capital, "has studied this Temujin's past experiences and achievements, and feels that he is a very outstanding military strategist. The Mongols, on the other hand, had been acting as thugs of the Western Liao and the Golden Horde for the past few decades, and had developed very good military qualities.

So...... The Battle of Xiliang is likely to be protracted! And there is no guarantee that Western Song and Western Liang will win. ”

"What if we join?" Right Xiangzhangqiu interjected.

"Then you still need to ask?" Zuo Prime Minister Murong Rui said with a smile, "I am a great Zhou Tianbing, invincible!" ”

It is true that the Zhou army has had few defeats in the past 100 years, and it is not dare to say that it is "invincible", at least it has won all the battles at the battle level. It's just a matter of how much you win...... Of course, such a record is also related to the fact that the Military Machinery Division has always pursued "not fighting uncertain battles".

If there is no certainty of victory, the Zhou State will not fight.

"If we go to war......," Wu Guocheng asked, "are you sure?" ”

Wu Guozhong thought for a moment, "Führer, if my Great Zhou wants to mobilize the people, I can naturally defeat Temujin. But after all, this war belongs to the Western Song Dynasty and Western Liang, and it's not good for me to go over the line in the Great Zhou, right? Of course, those who clearly offend China will be punished even if they are far away! So we must be against Temujin. If the Western Song Dynasty really abandons Xiliang and ignores it, we should resolutely send troops! ”

"Those who clearly offend Huaxia will ......be punished even if they are far away," Wu Guocheng's black face that looked at the loyalty smiled slightly, "Okay!" That's it! ”

"To say so" is not to "do so". Anyway, the current political atmosphere in Tianjin and Xuzhou is "China first", and as the head of state, you can't go against it.

Therefore, Wu Guocheng must shout the slogan loudly.

As for whether to fight or not, and how to fight, that can be studied slowly.

"Where is our closest stronghold to Broken Leaves?" Wu Guocheng then asked.

"On the banks of the Misty River." Wu Guozhong said, "It's 1,700 miles away from Broken Leaves. Then there is another fort on the bank of the Dragonbone River, which is attached to the Yemili Fortress, which is 600 miles away from the Yemili Fort. The owners of both forts are descendants of the Xi Wang faction. ”

The Xi Wang faction is the descendant of Xiao Yi born to Wu Haogu and Xiao Sese. Xiao Yi's descendant inherited the throne of King Xi, and today's King Xi is named Xiao Wu, who is Xiao Yi's grandson. It has been more than 20 years since he inherited the throne of King Xi.

During his reign, he built the new capital of Xi State, Hening, and built a Zhou-style city protected by a mound fortress near the right bank of the upper reaches of the Erkhon River, which is lush with forests and abundant water and grass. As the center of the Great Xi Grassland and the only capital of the Xi country.

"How many troops and horses can Hening send?" Wu Guocheng asked.

"More than 10,000 at most." Wu Guozhong replied, "Xi Guo is now implementing the system of fixed herding and sub-sealing. King Xi of Hening is limited in the number of people he can mobilize. ”

The state of Xi now occupies almost the entire Mongolian plateau and has expanded north to Siberia.

Although the territory is not small, the population of Xi is not large, and now it is less than 1.5 million. So many people are scattered on a territory of more than 2 million square kilometers, which is really a vast and sparsely populated area!

The vast and sparsely populated environment is not very suitable for the establishment of bureaucratic rule, which requires a huge bureaucracy after all, and if the population is too small and the area is too large, it will be difficult for the people to bear too large a bureaucracy, and at the same time, it will reduce the efficiency of the bureaucracy.

Therefore, Xi Guo has always engaged in the sub-feudal system, and it is "closed households" and "fiefdoms".

That is, to seal a piece of grassland for each prince, and then give hundreds or thousands of tribesmen. is not nomadic, but builds a city and settles for herding, and plants something.

Before his death, Wu Haogu set up a "trust fund" for his illegitimate children, which was managed by the Bank of Tianjin, with initial assets of more than 20 million yuan (silver coins). For a long time, it was enough to give each bastard offspring ten thousand silver coins.

This money is nothing in Tianjin, but it is a huge amount of money on the grassland.

Therefore, these princes of Xi can use this money to give themselves the entire comfort nest, and with the comfort nest, they can be the emperor of the soil behind closed doors, of course, they will not move.

Moreover, at this time, the trade routes between the grassland and the Central Plains were very smooth, cattle and sheep could be sold at a relatively good price, and salt and iron tools were very cheap.

In the event of a white plague, the herders will have the opportunity to go to North America to work as cowboys, and they will have little fighting spirit.

Therefore, after Xiao Sese, the Xi State is getting weaker and weaker, and there is no threat to the core area of the Great Zhou Republic.

At the same time that there is no threat, of course, there is no combat effectiveness......

Wu Guocheng thought for a while and said, "More than 10,000 is fine, just pretend, as long as Temujin is not crazy, he will not come to touch the tiger's buttocks...... The ruling government first sent individuals to Honing, and then to Tabriz and Kiev. Discuss with them how to deal with Temujin. By the way, I also have to send someone to Chang'an to tell Zhao Xin the position of my Great Zhou Republic! ”

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