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Li Weiguo accompanied Fu Shanxiang, Shen Ziyan and Su Sanniang to fish, and the four husbands and wives talked and laughed.

At this time, Liu Shishi, a female official of the inner palace, brought the officials of Qin Tianjian to meet him.

Qin Tianjian, as the name suggests, is in charge of observing celestial phenomena, calculating the solar terms calendar, calculating the good and bad fortunes of state affairs, and the blessings and misfortunes of the royal family.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Etheric History has been in charge of the celestial calendar. In the Tang Dynasty, the Taishi Bureau was established, and later it was changed to Tiantai, which was subordinate to the Secretary Province. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, there was a Si Tianjian office, which was a parallel institution with the Taishi Bureau and the Taishi Academy. The Yuan Dynasty also had a Huihui Si Tianjian. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the name was changed to Qin Tianjian.

After the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the Qin Tianjian was not abolished.

Because in Li Weiguo's view, the things left by the ancestors may not be useless. Although there are some things like fortune-telling that science cannot explain, it cannot be included in the ranks of pseudoscience or superstition, and it cannot be killed with a rod.

What is Science?

Li Weiguo believes that what can be explained clearly is called science, and what cannot be explained by science is called superstition.

This is actually ridiculous, human brain cells are limited, and it is impossible to explain everything.

Therefore, Li Weiguo left the department of Qintianjian, and according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, there was still one supervisor and two deputy supervisors. It has the main book hall, spring, summer, autumn and winter officials, the five senses Lingtai, the five senses Bao Seal, the five senses pot, the five senses supervisor, the five officials calendar, the five officials Chen, the missing doctor, etc. The supervisor and the deputy supervisor are in charge of astronomy, calculating, astrology, and pushing. On the winter solstice of each year, the Great Unification Calendar of the Chinese Empire is presented and transferred to the Ministry of Rites for promulgation. Responsible for printing the royal calendar and the civil calendar every year.

Now the director of Qin Tianjian is called Wei Qianli, who is Hua Yufang's fellow disciple and has a strong ability in mathematics, but he has different ambitions from Hua Yufang, Hua Yufang uses mathematics for engineering calculations, while Wei Qianli uses mathematics for I Ching, Bagua, ancient astronomy, and interstellar orbit calculations.

"Chenqin Tianjian Zheng Wei Qianli see my emperor, long live long live! See the Three Queens, the Three Queens Hail Jin'an! ”

"Excuse me! I heard you have a briefing on it? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Wei Qianliping was down, he took out the briefing and handed it to Li Weiguo by the female official Liu Shishi.

However, Li Weiguo didn't answer, and smiled directly: "The three queens are all interested in Qin Tianjian's briefing, so just read it directly!" ”

"Yes!" Master Liu received the order, so he read the briefing aloud.

"Today, there is Qin Tianjian watching the sky at night, the greedy wolf star is shining, and the displacement of the surrounding stars changes. According to the interpretation of the ancient celestial phenomena, this indicates that the empire will either have a great famine, or a man-made disaster, or death next year, which is a sign of great evil in the world......"

Master Liu didn't dare to read it anymore, she was in a cold sweat, this time he read the briefing, it was really unlucky, because she had already seen the three queens looking at her unkind eyes.

She suddenly smiled bitterly in her heart: No matter what I do! I'm just a briefing reader!

Li Weiguo generally only believes half of this kind of thing, because there is no scientific basis and it is impossible to make a specific judgment.

But this is a good thing, because this will give Li Weiguo and the imperial government a warning in advance, and they should be very careful in the coming year, so as to reduce the probability of many negative events, and in a sense, it will be desirable.

"What year is next year?"

"Back to Your Majesty, next year will be the Year of the First Sino-Japanese War!"

Li Weiguo's heart jumped suddenly, it's a little interesting.

The First Sino-Japanese War in history was the year of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War, and the Qing Empire, after 30 years of Westernization Movement, was defeated by the Japanese Empire, and it was also the most humiliating year in Chinese history.

"Jiawu Year!"

Li Weiguo repeated, and suddenly, he had an urge to take revenge.

"The first year of the first year is indeed not a peaceful year, I know, you go back first, and the Ministry of Water Affairs will re-investigate the risk of water conservancy projects across the country, if there is a major drought or flood next year, the reservoirs in various places can be stored in advance to ensure food security in agricultural areas."

"Obey the order!" Wei Qianli retreated, but he was surprised in his heart.

The main reason why he said that last year was the year of the great murder was that he wanted the emperor to pay attention to him, and if the emperor asked him how to solve the year of the great murder, it would be the day when he actively offered advice and made steady progress.

That's right, Wei Qianli has studied the meteorology of all parts of the country very deeply, and he summed up the law of natural disasters in the Chinese Empire over the past two hundred years, predicting that there will be a big drought in the spring of next year, and there will be floods after the big drought, which is an iron law.

It's a pity that our emperor, His Majesty, is really wise and powerful, and he didn't even ask him how to solve the big evil omen, but hit the nail on the head and said the threat of drought and floods next year, and ordered the Ministry of Water to make preparations for flood and drought fighting in advance.

In Wei Qianli's view, Li Weiguo is simply a god.

In fact, Li Weiguo was very clear about the functions of Qin Tianjian, the so-called divine sticks, and their prediction information and scientific explanations were made by mathematical geniuses through complex calculations and reasoning.

For example, if you are a fortune teller, he will carefully observe and calculate the person who comes to divination, and then estimate the probability of the other party doing something, and choose the maximum probability to answer, with the highest success rate, so that people feel that he is very good and guesses very accurately.

In the same way, Qin Tianjian is much more powerful than setting up a stall to tell fortunes, they have a grasp of the astronomical geography and climate change of the whole country, so as to predict the general situation of next year's climate.

For the wise, these magic sticks can't fool them.

Li Weiguo is undoubtedly the king of intelligence, and it is easy to see through Wei Qianli's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, Qin Tianjian said that the next year is a year of great evil, I'm afraid that everything is not appropriate!"

Empress Fu Shanxiang said to Li Weiguo with a worried face, she knew that Li Weiguo often went out to play in the mountains and rivers to tease her sister, and was worried about Li Weiguo's safety.

Li Weiguo smiled: "It's okay, with a reminder, just take precautions!" ”

Shen Ziyan said with a wry smile: "Since everything is not appropriate, then next year's budget must be careful, it is better not to run a deficit as much as possible, and the province will not be able to make up for the financial hole at the end of the year." As for the Royal Bank, the AIIB and the World Bank, I will keep an eye on it, first collect all the funds back, reduce external loans, and invest in some safe-haven assets. ”

Although Shen Ziyan is the queen of the East Palace, she has not let go of her old profession. She reminded Li Weiguo of the imperial court's budget, as for the Royal Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the World Bank, these three banks are Li Weiguo's private property, and they hold nearly 10 billion yuan in various assets.

At the same time in history, the Ross family, the richest man in the world, had assets of 6 billion US dollars, which was converted into no more than 1 billion yuan (at the exchange rate of the new dollar).

Li Weiguo nodded and said: "It is the most critical moment of the arms race, and the budget cannot be reduced, but our own money overseas must be recovered immediately, and it is best to withdraw all of it by the end of this year. ”

Shen Ziyan's eyes were like torches, and she immediately understood: "So Your Majesty is planning a showdown with the Entente, the war is together, the outcome is unpredictable, and the lives are ruined, no wonder Wei Qianli predicted the omen of great evil." ”

Li Weiguo smiled slightly, noncommittal.

Su Sanniang was not interested in financial management at all, and seeing that Fu Shanxiang and Shen Ziyan were both concerned, she was not to be outdone.

"In recent years, the number of warships in the naval warships of the Entente bloc has increased by thousands as if they were dumplings, and we are secretly hiding that we are building more warships. I heard that the Panama Canal was about to be completed, and the Allied navies were afraid that the pace of entering the Pacific Ocean would be accelerated, posing a great threat to the security of the Empire. ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "That's right!" France and the United States let the workers start work in 20 hours, and it will be completed early next year! I said back then, we don't pay for the canal, let the United States and France pay for us, and now that they have repaired it, we should take over. ”

"Loot it! Aren't you afraid of international public opinion? Fu Shanxiang couldn't help but laugh.

"Robbers! Thick-skinned! Shen Ziyan added with a smile.

"That's it!" Su Sanniang directly aided in the abuse.

……

Li Weiguo accompanied the three daughters to talk, and soon became absent-minded, thinking about the first day of next year.

Seeing this, Fu Shanxiang gave Shen Ziyan and Su Sanniang a look, and the three girls casually found an excuse and left.

Li Weiguo was very grateful, and the old husband and wife still had a good understanding, and immediately issued an order to summon the ministers of various military and political departments to a meeting.

"I have decided to start a war against Japan in the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, what do you think?"

In the main hall, Li Weiguo directly stated his thoughts straight to the point, not giving the ministers a chance to object.

The ministers of various departments had great respect for Li Weiguo, and they respected him like a god, and some ministers who were originally not in favor of the recent war saw that Li Weiguo had already made a decision, and they did not oppose it, and they all participated in how to start a war against Japan.

"The minister thinks that the war against Japan lies in a quick word. The navy quickly dispatched a surprise attack on the two naval bases of Sasebo and Kure, and destroyed the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy in a quick battle. Because Japan and the United States are both members of the Entente and have a military cooperation treaty, when they attack Yokosuka, they will destroy the American Asian Fleet at the same time. As long as the navy succeeds in the first battle, then Japan will lose its sea supremacy and be left to our slaughter. ”

Lin Jiyun, Minister of the Navy, was the first to stand up and say, intending to take the lead for their navy.

Chen Baochen, the director of the Ministry of Rites, frowned and said: "I am a dignified Heavenly Empire, and my military strength is unmatched, can I use sneak attack tactics to deal with a Japanese barbarian?" If this is known to the whole world, the empire will be accused of stealing chickens and dogs, how will there be face? Wouldn't it be good to directly declare war and destroy the Japanese Combined Fleet in a dignified manner? ”

China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and a considerable number of ministers are still very disgusted with sneak attacks on other countries without declaring war, especially Japan, a small country, which is not taken seriously at all.

Lin Jiyun suddenly sarcastically said: "Lord Chen's words are inappropriate!" Art of War: Surprise wins. In war, you live or die, what reason do you say? Do we have to tell Japan to be careful first, I'm going to attack! You guys take precautions, don't let me win too easily, or else I won't win? ”

Chen Baocheng was so angry that his beard curled up, snorted, and turned his head silently.

Li Weiguo saw that there were civil officials who wanted to fight grievances, so he spoke first: "Fighting is indeed your life and death, and you can't be a woman's benevolence." If the Japanese were given time to prepare for war, the empire would have to pay even more sacrifices. In my eyes, the life of every imperial soldier cannot be sacrificed in vain. The battle plan of the navy's surprise attack can be executed, Lin Jiyun, you must plan in detail when you go back, and you must not lose the first battle. ”

Lin Jiyun immediately received the order.

Zhang Xiaoliu said: "Your Majesty, once you fight against Japan, will you land on the Japanese mainland this time?" ”

Regarding whether to land on the Japanese mainland to fight, Li Weiguo has been hesitating.

Japan is a resource-poor country, and fighting on Japanese soil, from an economic point of view, is a money-losing business, but from a strategic point of view, it is still worth doing.

"Defeat the knowing government, support Prince Nohisa to ascend to the throne, I want to incorporate the Pacific Ocean into the inland sea of the Chinese Empire, and I will not get rid of Japan, which is always very responsive."

Zhang Xiaoliu immediately understood, and continued: "The war against Japan will inevitably cause a fierce reaction from the entire Entente bloc, and a world war may break out. ”

Li Weiguo said: "A sheep is also driven, and a group of sheep is also herded." Attacking Japan would be tantamount to starting a war against the Entente, and whether it would be beneficial to the empire or not, the military department would have the opportunity to make its own decision to attack. ”

Zhang Xiaoliu suddenly said excitedly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

As the prime minister of the cabinet, Wang Kaitai suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, haven't you always said that the arms race will bring down the Entente and the entire Western world?" Why do you suddenly want to do something to Japan? ”

Li Weiguo said: "If I say that I have just made a fortune, the first year is suitable for launching a war, especially for launching a war against Japan, do you believe it or not?" ”

Forehead......

Wang Kaitai was thundered, and the other civil and military officials were also dumbfounded, and they all smiled helplessly.

"Since it is Your Majesty's divination, it has always been fateful, but do you want to communicate with other member states of the Central Powers, especially the German Empire! Whether the German Empire will enter the war or not, the minister does not dare to guarantee! ”

This is to ask Li Weiguo, it stands to reason that the German Empire and the Chinese Empire are allies, and they should participate in the war.

However, the current war preparations of the German Empire were not sufficient.

Bismarck visited China again last year, and he also talked to Li Weiguo about the world war, saying that it was better to delay it for a few years, and that the German Empire needed to accumulate strength.

At this time, Fu Xuexian, the head of the household, suddenly said: "If the German Empire is not ready, I am afraid that the other Entente member countries may not be ready either!" If both the Entente and the Central Powers did not care about Japan, then the empire would have made money! ”

"You think of good things!"

Li Weiguo suddenly laughed, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also laughed, and the originally serious and depressing atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

Don't look at the ministers who seem to be indifferent to the world war, in fact they are all beating drums in their hearts.

There is no country in this world that has not been defeated, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Empire has won every battle without tasting a single defeat.

The more they did not lose the battle, the more worried the ministers became.

This is the embodiment of Cordimo's psychological effect, if the probability of defeat of the Chinese Empire is only one percent, but the Chinese Empire has been victorious, until the 99th war is won, then what will be the result of the 100th time? I'm afraid that the risk of defeat is no longer one percent, but instantly becomes 99 percent.

This is a mathematical probability, and there will always be a miss when fighting a boss, and when it comes to the country, it becomes a worry in the hearts of the ministers.

Therefore, no country will easily choose to use force, unless it is forced to do so.

And this time, Li Weiguo was willful, he hated the Sino-Japanese War in history, so when he heard that the First Sino-Japanese War was coming, he was desperate to do little Japan. (To be continued.) )