After discussing how to deal with the affairs of the Japanese State after the war, Hu Zhen signaled to Su Wenzhi and said: "Next, I would like to ask the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union to continue to report to you on the situation of annihilating the Far Eastern Front of the Hubei Army, and then we will discuss the strategy of how to control the whole of Siberia!" ”

With Hu Zhen's consent, Su Wenzhen said: "...... So far, our army has annihilated ninety percent of the Far Eastern Front Army of the Hubei Army, and only the Third Army of the Far East has fled to the area east of Chita, and has been jointly surrounded by the troops of our Northeast Theater and the Northern Theater, and has failed to break through the encirclement many times in a row, and now the remnants of more than 100,000 people are in the encirclement, there is no internal food, grass and ammunition, and there are no reinforcements from outside, so in order to annihilate the enemy at the least cost, our army only holds the defensive position outside the encirclement, and waits for the enemy's food, grass and ammunition to run out before launching a general offensive.

When the enemy's Third Army in the Far East is wiped out by our army, and the Hubei army will no longer have any units at or above the military level east of Siberia, it will be extremely advantageous for our army to recover more than 10 million square kilometers of land in the entire Siberia, from the Mongolian steppes to the Arctic Ocean......"

The two old men, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, were very enthusiastic about taking Goryeo, whose culture was almost identical to that of China, but they were a little incomprehensible about seizing the bitter cold land from Mobei to the Arctic Ocean: "Is my country's hundreds of thousands of troops going to march to the bitter cold land of the extreme north? This logistical support is very difficult! ”

Su Wenzhen had no choice but to stop talking again, look at everyone, and was about to say something to explain, but was blocked by Hu Zhen waving his hand.

This time, Hu Zhen personally went into battle with his bare arms to persuade:

"Everyone, Aiqing, you may think that this bitter cold place in the far north is not suitable for large-scale human habitation and has little value, and it is not worth it to receive no income from the bag, and you have to spend money and food every year to send a large army to guard it?

You are all familiar with history books, don't forget, "Historical Records? There is a saying in the "Biography of the Huns" that "the land is the foundation of the country, and there is no way to give it". You don't know that there are a large number of high-value materials such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and oil in the bitter cold of the extreme north, which can be mined and used when human technology develops to a certain extent, which will be of great benefit to future generations. Moreover, China has more than 10 million square kilometers of land, what kind of vast space is this, and if we look at it from the perspective of economic construction, how big is this market, and how many trade opportunities will it create?

Now that we can take it, why give up? In the face of such an opportunity, are we not even as good as the Xiongnu Mao Dunshan two thousand years ago? ”

Hu Zhen said that classics such as "Historical Records" were simply an axe in front of Jinshi Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, but the allusions to the history books he said made the two old men speechless.

Hu Zhen walked to the map and drew a big circle above the location of the Asian continent, and everyone looked at it intently, only to see that this circle started from the shore of the Pacific Ocean and stretched to encompass almost the entire Siberia, Lake Baikal is its southern end, the Arctic Ocean is encircled in the north, and the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea are reached in the west.

With a snap, Hu Zhen threw the paintbrush on the table and shouted: "Kou Ke goes, I go back!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to use the strength accumulated by generations of predecessors for hundreds of years to defeat the Xiongnu, and I don't want to wait for future generations to solve the problem of border threats in the north forever! ”

Hu Zhen said a famous saying, it was after the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said this sentence that he completely defeated the Xiongnu militarily, and the Han Empire was regarded as standing up on the East Asian continent. ”

Hu Zhen returned to his seat, cleared his throat and said:

"I have called you here today to arrange a few things to be done outside the army for the more than 10 million square kilometers of land in the north: First of all, Lake Baikal should be renamed immediately, this was originally the place where my Chinese sage Su Wu shepherded sheep for 19 years, what is it that we always come to Baikal? Let's change the name to Suwu Lake! Siberia will not be called in the future, it was originally Lao Maozi's transliteration of Xianbei, so we will change the name of Siberia to Xianbei. I don't like to change the name very much, and the warships captured by the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States all use the transliteration directly, and I don't bother to change it, but this place name has existed in China since ancient times, so why bother to pick up people's teeth and wisdom......"

Changing the name of the place, the past dynasties are the emperor's final say, and basically no cost, Hu Zhen said to change it, of course, no one will have the slightest objection.

Hu Zhen continued: "Secondly, we need to do a lot of century work, the first is to build a railway road to Siberia, which is a remote and desolate place, and there is frozen soil, and it is not easy to build a railway road, and from now on we must do a good job of planning immediately." ”

Prime Minister Li Hongzhang secretly complained when he heard this, the emperor wants to build a lot of construction in those places where birds don't, and it is obvious that the cost will not be recovered for thirty or fifty years, where can he get so much money and food?

Although Li Hongzhang is nominally the prime minister, but now that the empire is just beginning, money is needed everywhere, relying on a little tax revenue in China is simply a drop in the bucket, as the prime minister, he is also difficult to cook without rice, Hu Zhen made his heart pound as soon as he opened his mouth.

At this time, the Ministry of Railways of the Chinese Empire has been changed to the Ministry of Communications, from simply managing the railways to managing the national railways, highways, and waterway shipping, the positions of the former minister Chen Yixi and the vice minister Zhan Tianyou remain unchanged, they are all doers, just now the emperor and Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong's strategic interaction, they have been listening quietly, without interjecting a word, and now when they hear about their work, they both respond: "Yes, the ministers immediately arrange planning!" ”

"This is a place where it is difficult to build roads and generate profits in the short term, this matter of funds should be solved by me personally, you should hurry up and put forward the planning budget, and let me prepare funds for you!"

As soon as Hu Zhen's words came out, Li Hongzhang suddenly felt at ease, he vaguely heard that Hu Zhen had a very large source of funds, and now that Hu Zhen said such a thing, there must be no problem with funds.

Hu Zhen continued to be a fortune boy: "The second thing we have to do is to migrate to Xianbei on a large scale in a planned and organized manner, isn't there often disasters and famines in our country, and there are not many hard-working farmers who have no land, then invite them to Xianbei Land, and everyone who goes will be allocated 100 acres of land, and a family of four will have 400 acres of land, which can be cultivated and planted, or you can directly plant trees, and if you don't have any money, you will be funded by me!" ”

Zhang Zhidong said: "Your Majesty, instead of immigrating to Shibian in a scattered manner, it is better to organize and immigrate to Kentun in the form of military households!" ”

"Ah, I almost forgot that when I was in Nanyang, this matter was in charge of the Minister of Civil Affairs Ran Minfu, and I almost never directly inquired about it...... Besides, there is one more thing to do, and it is up to me to do it myself! ”

What else does the emperor have to do in person?

Everyone was very curious. (To be continued.) )