On the second day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 4591 AD, September 1 of the solar calendar in 1894, it was Saturday.

In the capital of the Chinese Empire, at noon, the emperor Hu Zhen was dining with Empress Han Yuqing, the two concubines Zhong Ling, and Princess Kaorani in the palace.

To be honest, this is not a busy dinner, it can only be regarded as a working meal.

During the meal, Hu Zhen not only asked Zhong Ling's Antai tires about the production and sales of tires all over the world, but also asked about Princess Kaorani's perfume production company, and finally discussed with Han Yuqing, who had a big belly, how to worship Confucius on the 2445th anniversary of Confucius's birth this month.

While eating, Hu Zhen tried his best to answer all kinds of questions raised by the three women, and sighed long in his heart: Nima's, being an emperor is not able to do whatever he wants, he is really tired!

Soon, something even more tiring came!

The phone on the table rang, Zhong Ling, who was closest to the phone, walked over and picked up the phone and fed it, and when he heard the urgent sound inside, he immediately said to Hu Zhen with a big change in his face: "The General Staff has an urgent call!" ”

Hu Zhen walked over, picked up the phone and listened to the urgent report on the phone, just said "I know", put down the phone and said to the three young and beautiful wives: "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you now, I can't accompany you for a long time these days!" ”

"What's the urgency?" Han Yuqing and Princess Kaorani showed concerned looks.

"Oros has officially declared war on us!"

Princess Kaorani asked puzzledly, "Didn't you start fighting with Oros a long time ago, and now you still fight every day?" ”

Hu Zhen had already expected such a day, and when he was unhurriedly packing up, he seized the time to popularize the knowledge of declaring war for his beautiful concubine:

"According to European practice and international law, this declaration of war is different from the previous conflicts in individual regions, which are still petty conflicts, and are not yet all-out wars, but all-out wars are fought to the death with the strength of the whole country, until one side is defeated and destroyed, or the two sides compromise and sign an agreement on one side to recognize the vested interests of the other side before the war will be suspended.

The Oros declared war on us this time, and it was clearly proposed that according to the treaty with the Qing court, we wanted the Chinese Empire to recognize and cede the entire territory north of the Great Wall to them, and it was clearly to take advantage of the difficulties at the beginning of our founding to blackmail us, and we had to beat the Oros to the ground! ”

"The white countries of the whole of Europe, as well as the rice country, will definitely stand on the side of the Oros, oh, and the Japanese country, will also come out to make trouble, with our strength, can we beat the Oros to the ground?"

When Princess Kaorani looked at the map, she found that the Oros Empire was the largest country in the world, and it was pressed on the head of the Chinese Empire.

"Whether we can beat Oros down or not depends on our efforts, okay, I'm leaving." Hu Zhen sneered, then turned around and walked out.

Han Yuqing stood up with a little difficulty holding his bulging stomach and said, "This is a national war, we have to do something to help the emperor!" ”

Zhong Ling said firmly: "Eldest sister, you are pregnant with Liujia, so let's recuperate at home!" We will firmly support the emperor, during the war, Antai Tire and its holding companies owned by me all the profits of the shares were donated to the state as war funds, and all my personal salaries were also donated! ”

"The emperor is really smart, he secretly invests in many countries, and shares with others, we only account for 60 percent or 70 percent of the shares, and the interests are tied to others, and outsiders don't know that the shares are ours, even if there is a war, how should we make money or how to make money!"

Princess Kaolani, thinking that the war would not affect the money earned by the noble woman in the company she controlled, sighed at first, and did not hesitate to do so, saying: "During the war, I will also donate all my personal remuneration and all the profits of my shares to the state until the end of the war." ”

"You're all good, I don't have that much money, so I'll write a few articles calling on the people to have money and make a strong contribution to defeat the enemies of Oros together."

Hu Zhen did not know that his wives were doing their best to support the Chinese Empire, and when the car he was riding in rushed to the government conference hall, he found that the high-ranking officials above the ministers of the imperial government and the main generals of the army's general staff had all arrived after receiving the notice.

Everyone was waiting for Hu Zhen's arrival with a serious expression, and when they saw Hu Zhen appear at the door, they all stood up and wanted to kneel down to salute, Hu Zhen waved his hand and said: "Everyone doesn't have to be polite and waste time, Li Aiqing, you are the prime minister, you can formulate a simple etiquette rule that does not require red tape, I don't like this kind of empty head and brain!" ”

Li Hongzhang hurriedly replied respectfully: "Yes, the minister obeys the order!" ”

"Alright, let's all go back to our places, now it's important to discuss the war with Oros!"

"Emperor Xie!" After saluting, everyone hurried back to their seats.

Sitting on the main seat, Hu Zhen motioned for everyone to sit down and asked, "Have you all read the declaration of war documents in Oros?" ”

Everyone replied, "I have seen it!" ”

Hu Zhen: "Okay, our meeting is to formulate a war and peace strategy for the Chinese Empire, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will first talk about the reactions of governments and people around the world to this, and then we will discuss a decision to deal with it when we all know all the circumstances!" ”

Niu Quyun stood up, and due to the news fed back by the envoys stationed in various countries, he had a very short time to know the reactions of all countries in the world, and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to the summary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs half an hour ago, the reactions of various countries are as follows: England, France, Germany and other powerful countries have all issued statements saying that they will maintain a neutral position, suggesting that the two countries solve the problem through negotiations, and not make lives miserable through war, and that they uphold the original intention of peace and are willing to be mediators between the two sides of the war......"

When Hu Zhen heard this, he felt funny in his heart, these great powers and countries longed for China and Hubei to fight to the ashes, but they pretended to say peace and justice.

Niu Quyun continued: "...... Spain, the Netherlands and other countries, so far silent, secretly support Oros, their people are already organizing some kind of crusade volunteers, to the front line to support the Oros war against the Asian yellow race, it is observed that in Europe, the response is gathered, it is estimated that an army of 350,000 people can be organized to go to Siberia to participate in the war! ”

"The white Europeans have this hooligan habit, while saying that they want peace, but at the same time they are thinking about how to kill all your people, plunder your interests, and now what crusade will be organized against our newly formed empire!"

When Hu Zhen heard this, he couldn't help it anymore, but when he looked at the ministers around him with a pensive look, he suddenly realized that this was not a little angry young man in another time and space, and he could publish irresponsible language on the Internet, and now he was the emperor of the Chinese Empire, not only shouldering the life and death of his own family, but also the life and death of the 400 million people of the entire Chinese Empire.

“…… The Japanese state supported the Oros war against our empire, saying that in the trenches against Chinese hegemonism, the Oros and the Japanese are life and death comrades who fight side by side in the same trench, and the two great nations will use the flesh and blood of hundreds of millions of people to create an eternal and unbreakable fighting friendship......"

"Cut, this Wa country is also funny, what kind of fighting friendship is created by flesh and blood? I see that they were sold by Oros, and they helped Oros count the money! Hu Zhen couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, and when he saw Niu Quyun stop, he waved his hand: "Go on!" ”

"Supporting our Chinese Empire are the Kingdom of Digabu in Africa and the Indian Autonomous Region of North America, and their representatives in the capital have told us that they can give us any support at any time, including sending troops to fight side by side with us!"

Everyone was silent, and Hu Zhen was silent, although these two allies sincerely supported the Huaxia Empire, with their strength, it was almost impossible to provide any substantial support.

"Okay, the General Staff will report on the military situation!"

Hearing Hu Zhen's command, Su Wenzhen stood up, walked to a map that had already been hung, stretched out a small whip, pointed to the map and said:

"According to the information we have learned, although England, France, and Germany have verbally stated that they want to maintain neutrality, they began yesterday to assemble the fleets of their Far Eastern colonies in Malacca and the South China Sea to hold joint military exercises, and only one day after the declaration of war by Oros, and their support for Oros is self-evident, which makes our navy have to divide a large part of its forces to stay in the industrially developed areas of the South Seas to ensure that our industrial product logistics and baggage supply bases are not threatened......

Some of the ministers finally couldn't help it anymore and couldn't help but snort.

“…… According to intelligence, the Japanese army has recruited millions of young men and women from the Goryeo Peninsula and contacted the Oros army, asking for weapons, equipment, ammunition, grain and grass, and will invade the territory of our Chinese Empire at any time......"

When everyone heard this, they all felt nervous, Hu Zhen insisted on going his own way, did not annihilate this Japanese army, and allowed it to do whatever he wanted on the Goryeo Peninsula, resulting in one more difficult enemy at the critical moment.

Who knew that Hu Zhen scoffed at this, he didn't even want to say a word now, he knew in his heart that the Japanese State was coerced by millions of young people from the Goryeo Peninsula to go north, and they were just here to die, and their Huaxia army would definitely kill them all over the field and bleed into the sea, but they didn't have to be condemned by any morality, which meant that the opportunity to solve the Goryeo Peninsula forever had come, and it seemed that Yuan Shikai, the plenipotentiary minister of the Goryeo War, was going to play a role.

Su Wen ignored the reaction of the crowd, but pointed to the map and said, "...... It is reported that the Oros army has issued a circular to formally form the three fronts of the armies of Siberia, Baikal and the Far East, and appointed commanders...... According to the intercepted information, the generals of the Hubei army will attack in three directions, of which there is an unfrozen outlet to the sea in the northeast direction, and judging from the existing information, it will be the key offensive direction of the Hubei army! ”

After Su Wenzhen stepped back, Hu Zhen said: "Zhong Aiqing, what should we do, please discuss it in an eclectic manner." ”

Zhang Zhidong was the first to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, since Oros has declared war on our Chinese Empire, we can only retaliate and declare war on Oros!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" The Speaker of the Imperial Assembly, Lee Ho-ran, stood up to support Jang Zhidong's proposal.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

"Minister......

Except for Li Hongzhang, almost everyone said that they would declare war on Oros strongly.

Hu Zhen saw this and asked, "Li Aiqing, you are the prime minister of the empire, what do you think about this!" ”

Li Hongzhang came out to bow and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are in danger, and the declaration of war is related to the life and death of the country, so be cautious in this matter!" ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, since Oros has declared war, we can meet the war, and there is no need to declare war, indicating that the provocation is not up to us, and our side is just passively facing the war, but it will not affect any combat strategies and actions adopted by our side."

What Li Hongzhang meant was that the Chinese Empire did not need to declare war, just like Chairman Chiang in another time and space, and had been fighting a war with the small Japanese state for several years, and waited until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor before officially declaring war on the Japanese state, intending to leave room for negotiations between the two sides and not have to fight to the end.

Li Hongzhang was the most familiar person among the bureaucrats of the Qing court with the world's great powers, and he was very aware of the balance of power between China and foreign countries, so he avoided each foreign war with a cautious mentality in order to gain time to develop the country's strength.

Of course, this is a reluctant move.

In Hu Zhen's view, although Li Hongzhang is suitable for internal affairs management to improve the country's strength, he still doesn't know much about the strength of the Huaxia Army, especially because he is a traverser.

If he doesn't even dare to declare war on the enemy country that comes to his door, how can he unite the people's morale and explain to the million-strong Chinese army?

Hu Zhen listened, immediately vetoed Li Hongzhang's suggestion, shook his head and said: "Li Aiqing, I know that you are Lao Cheng's move to seek the country, but Lao Maozi has been bullied to the home, and I don't even dare to issue an edict to declare war, which makes the Chinese Empire too spineless?"

I have decided that this edict of declaration of war must be issued, and I will fight Oros to the end, and I will not only concentrate the strength of the whole country to defeat the attack of the Oros army on the Chinese mainland, but also take back the Beihai where Su Wu is shepherd, and take back the whole of Siberia, so that my Chinese nation will have a broad living space, and the Chinese land will be free from the existence of invincible threats to the Arctic Ocean......"

Li Hongzhang stopped talking, and Zhang Zhidong asked, "Your Majesty, how to draft the edict of declaring war?" ”

This old classmate Zhang has a thought, he wants to be brilliant in his writing, and he might as well take over the task of drafting the edict declaring war, so that he can leave another mark in history.

Who knows, Hu Zhen said with a smile: "The declaration of war against Lao Maozi, you don't have to write a lot of paper, it's too well written, they don't understand Chinese literature, forget it, just a few vulgar words are enough: you will fight if you want to fight!" ”

"That's all there is to it?" The ministers' eyes widened.

"Well, these words are enough, as for how to carry out the war, that's a matter for the General Staff!"

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