Before noon, Tan Renhao was ready to go out, but before he reached the gate of the park, he found several officers in navy uniforms looking around the door, and one of them saw Tan Renhao, and immediately called his companion next to him and walked quickly towards Tan Renhao. At this time, Tan Renhao had to admire the ability of these young officers who have been in the rear all the year round to find people.

"General Tan Renhao, the marshal has been looking for you for a long time, come with us!"

Tan Renhao nodded and said, "Where are we going?" ”

"Prime Minister's Office, the marshal asked us to send you there directly." As the officer spoke, his gaze turned to Du Xing, "Second Lieutenant, you don't have to come with you, you go back to the hotel first, and we will send General Tan Renhao back later." ”

Du Xing was still a little hesitant, after all, he was Tan Renhao's adjutant.

Tan Renhao smiled and patted Du Xing's shoulder. "It's okay, you go back first, you go to eat by yourself in the evening, you don't have to wait for me."

Duchenne walked away a little unappetizingly, and he must have been very dissatisfied with the two young captains.

After getting into the car, Tan Renhao asked, "What's going on, why are you in such a hurry to take me to the Prime Minister's Office?" ”

"I don't know, but the marshal went to the Prime Minister's Office early in the morning, and he hasn't left yet, and then he sent us to find you and let you hurry over." The captain officer obviously didn't respect Commodore Tan Renhao very much, after all, he was an officer who stayed in the capital, and his status was different from that of other naval officers.

Ten minutes later, the car drove into the prime minister's office, and the two guards at the door only glanced at the navy license plate on the car, and did not check the documents at all. However, other vehicles that want to enter the Prime Minister's Office will definitely have to go through extremely strict inspections. At the same time, Tan Renhao also noticed that in the square row behind the gate of the Prime Minister's Office, there is at least one reinforced company of Marine officers and soldiers, who are responsible for the security of the Prime Minister's Office.

When the two officers sent Tan Renhao outside the prime minister's residence, they did not follow up. Then. A middle-aged man in his thirties brought Tan Renhao into the hall. The prime minister's office is a Tang-style square building, and in addition to the office, there is also a hall where guests waiting for the prime minister are arranged to wait for the time being.

"General, please have a cup of tea first, and I'll call you later!"

Tan Renhao nodded, and when the other party put down the teacup, he stood up politely. Wait until the middle-aged man goes out to the field. Tan Renhao took a closer look at this hall.

This is the first official residence established by Prime Minister Zhang Shaoting, the hall is not large, but it gives people a solemn feeling. This is mainly because the decoration of the room is very simple, and the various Tang-style furniture in dark tones, the photos of the previous prime ministers hanging on the wall, and the simple furnishings, all of which make people feel solemn and solemn. Of course, anyone who looks at the photographs (portraits) of the prime ministers on the wall knows that this is the highest administrative place of the empire.

Nominally. The Imperial Prime Minister is only the highest administrator of the Imperial Lands. But in reality, the Prime Minister of the Empire is the supreme leader of the Empire. Before Zhang Shaoting, the prime minister of the empire had to be recognized by the emperor. Moreover, the emperor has the power to veto the nomination of a local prime minister by a majority of the members of parliament. In other words, the emperor still had a little power in his hands at that time. However, after Zhang Shaoting, the emperor's power was gone. The jade seal needed to appoint the prime minister was in the hands of a special department of the cabinet, which meant that even if the emperor did not like the prime minister elected by the majority of the members of parliament (and later the ruling party), he had no right to veto the prime minister, but could only agree. After this step, the Emperor is only the nominal head of the Empire, but in reality. The power of the empire is in the hands of the prime minister of the empire.

The political system of the empire was also divided into two types, one was the wartime system and the other was the peacetime system. On the surface, the peacetime system is more important, but in fact, after Prime Minister Zhang Shaoting, the empire was in a state of war for nearly seventy percent of the time, that is, in the political system of the empire. The wartime system is more important. In the wartime system, the Imperial Prime Minister was not only the head of the administration of the Empire, but also the Generalissimo of the Empire's three armed services (the emperor was the nominal commander-in-chief of the three armed services)" At the same time, the peacetime cabinet was converted into a wartime cabinet, and the appointment of cabinet ministers did not need to be approved by the parliament, and the prime minister could directly appoint ministers. However, the biggest difference between the two political systems is in the power of parliament.

In normal times, the parliament has the power to impeach the prime minister, and five members of parliament can jointly submit a motion to impeach the prime minister, and if the majority (more than half) of the members of parliament believe that the prime minister is not qualified, then the prime minister must resign. In addition, the Prime Minister does not have the power to dissolve Parliament, and only an absolute majority of ministers in the Cabinet (more than two-thirds) of the Cabinet can dissolve Parliament early and hold a new general election. However, in wartime, a motion to impeach the prime minister must be signed by 50 members of parliament, and an absolute majority (more than two-thirds) must be supported to impeach the prime minister. More crucially, however, the Prime Minister could propose the dissolution of Parliament when he felt that it had caused harm to the Empire's war operations, and then only need to obtain the consent of the two Ministers of War (Navy and Army, later only), the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Commerce and Commerce, and the Minister of the Interior, who held the jade seal, then the parliament could be dissolved, or even a much smaller wartime parliament could be formed to exercise the powers of parliament.

From these characteristics, it can be seen that as long as the empire enters a state of war, then the power of the prime minister is already terrifying. Of course, in order to prevent the prime minister from abusing his power by taking advantage of this, a two-thirds majority of parliamentarians must support the question of whether the empire is in a state of war before the prime minister's wartime motion can take effect. In addition, the Imperial Constitution also specified several key factors that allowed the Empire to enter a state of war without a parliamentary vote, including the invasion and occupation of Imperial territory (which is also the most crucial point).

Now, the empire has entered a state of war, according to the provisions of the imperial constitution, the Ryukyu Islands belong to the territory of the empire, if the empire's territory is invaded and occupied, then the empire will automatically enter a state of war, of course, no parliamentarian will vote against at this time, unless he wants to be spurned by the people and soldiers of the whole empire. At the beginning, when Xue Xiyue proposed a state of war motion. Only two members abstained, the others voted in favor.

Half an hour later, the prime minister's secretary (Tan Renhao thought so) came to the hall again, this time inviting Tan Renhao to the prime minister's study. Marshal Nie Renfeng was also in the study, and his expression was a little excited. Tan Renhao was slightly shocked in his heart, this was the first time he was so excited to see Marshal Nie Renfeng, and in his impression, the principal would never be excited. Apparently. Before he came, the rector must have had a dispute with the Prime Minister, and it was a big one.

Then, Tan Renhao saw Xue Xiyue, the prime minister of the empire, who was sitting opposite Nie Renfeng. Xue Xiyao is almost 70 years old, and at the time of the First World War, he was the chief of staff of the Imperial Army, when Yan Dingyu was only a general of the army. After the war, Xue Xiyue retired from the army and served as the Imperial Prime Minister in 1313 and was re-elected as the Second Realm in 1319 (the term of office of the Imperial Prime Minister was six years). When the war broke out. Prime Minister Xue Xiyue is in his third year in the second term. But. The prime minister doesn't look like someone with military experience, he looks a little thin, except for a pair of piercing eyes. The other parties are not much different from other people around 70 years old. The appearance is very ordinary, the silver hair is neatly combed, and a set of Tang-style short clothes makes the prime minister look very energetic.

"Prime Minister, I want to talk about General Renhao's words to be more convincing!" Nie Renfeng's tone was full of anger, probably only he, the marshal, dared to show anger in front of the prime minister. Then, he glanced at Tan Renhao and said, "General, tell the Prime Minister what our navy thinks." ”

Tan Renhao nodded, Nie Renfeng's last sentence was very crucial, this was actually telling Prime Minister Xue Xiyue. Talking about Renhao's words, it is Nie Renfeng's words, which represents the imperial navy, not the opinion of a general.

"You're General Tan Renhao?" Xue Xiyue scrambled in front of Tan Renhao and spoke, "It seems that you are younger than I imagined. Sit down, don't mind. ”

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Tan Renhao smiled and sat down.

"I heard that you proposed that HNA should develop heavy bombers?" Xue Xiyue is obviously a person who pays attention to time, so he didn't talk to Ren Hao at all. The second sentence gets to the point.

Tan Renhao nodded slightly and said, "We are under the order of the marshal to conduct a feasibility report on the development of heavy bombers by HNA. Moreover, this is also the will of our Navy, an important method for the Empire to defeat the enemy. ”

Xue Xiyue laughed slightly, Tan Renhao's words were very appropriate, not only emphasizing that Nie Renfeng was the commander of the navy, but also emphasizing that this was the common will of the navy. Nie Renfeng also laughed, and he also gave Tan Renhao an approving look.

"So, how are you going to convince me?" Xue Xiyue is not the kind of person who can be moved by a single sentence.

"Prime Minister, we don't really need to convince anyone, because action is a crucial step to prove the results. At the same time, we, as soldiers of the Empire, and the Navy as the most powerful force defending the Empire, all we do is to serve the Empire and fight for the Empire. Tan Renhao's remarks have been considered for a long time, and if the development of heavy bombers is directly proposed, this will definitely not be possible, so we must first make a detour, put the big problems in front, and then implement them into specific details.

Xue Xiyue nodded. "I believe that this is also the common ideal of every imperial military and civilian land, as well as the common goal of fighting. Well, then you give me now three reasons, three reasons why the Navy must develop heavy bombers. If you can convince me with these three reasons, I'll approve it right away. ”

Tan Renhao was slightly surprised, he secretly glanced at Nie Renfeng, saw the marshal nodded, and then said: "Prime Minister, maybe we don't need three reasons, one reason is enough." ”

"A reason?" Xue Xiyue immediately glanced at Tan Renhao in surprise, and then laughed.

At this time, Nie Renfeng also frowned slightly, he originally thought that Tan Renhao would put forward many reasons, and dozens were not less, but now Tan Renhao did the opposite, which made him feel very surprised. However, Nie Renfeng behaved very calmly, at least not so that Xue Xiyue could see it.

"Yes, a reason, a reason that cannot be replaced."

Xue Xiyue nodded. "Okay, so tell me, what's the reason for that?"

Tan Renhao deliberately pretended to ponder for a while, and then said: "This reason is very simple, that is, without the Imperial Navy, you will never be able to defeat Japan!" ”

The room fell silent, and at this moment, even Nie Renfeng looked at Tan Renhao in surprise. Even if it is a reason, then you have to seize the opportunity to say more, but Tan Renhao only said one sentence, simple, less than twenty words in a sentence. Xue Xiyue was also surprised, but immediately laughed.

Tan Renhao didn't have much confidence in his heart. In the past few days, he has been thinking about how to persuade the prime minister in front of the prime minister to let the prime minister support the development of the navy and the development of heavy bombers in the navy. After thinking about it, Tan Renhao finally decided to start with the most basic, and this is what he began to say. If the Imperial Navy is left behind, then Japan will never be defeated.

"General Tan Renhao, your reason is indeed sufficient." Xue Xiyue was born in the military, even if he had served in the army before, he knew very well that without the navy, the empire would never be able to defeat Japan. On the contrary, without an army, the empire still had the strength to defeat Japan. "I will think about this matter carefully, tomorrow, Marshal Yan Dingyu will return to the capital, and when the time comes, we will discuss it carefully. Of course, I also think that if the navy has the ability to develop heavy bombers, and the navy alone can take on the war against Japan, it will be of great help to the empire. ”

Then, Nie Renfeng left the Prime Minister's Office with Tan Renhao, and only after the car drove onto the street did Nie Renfeng laugh. Tan Renhao also laughed.

"Ren Hao, I really underestimate you!" Nie Renfeng patted Tan Renhao's shoulder, "It seems that the prime minister is already on our side." However, when Yan Dingyu returns to Beijing tomorrow, he will definitely compete with the prime minister, after all, the advantage of the army aviation is so little, if even we build heavy bombers, then the army aviation can be canceled. So, you need to be prepared! ”

Tan Renhao nodded, he had already realized that tomorrow's argument with Lu Hang was the most important.