Now there are many people who hold the same view as Duan Qirui. In these "moderation factions, the Conservative Princes cannot go to war with Japan under any circumstances. It is better to negotiate peace and make concessions, but it is also necessary to maintain the stability of the country and exchange time for compromise in order to complete the industrial construction plan.

Seeing Duan Qirui's half-dead expression, Zhao Bei suddenly remembered that the person named Xiao Xu was. Xu Shuzheng, these two people are really in agreement, and even the expressions when they speak are printed in a mold, as long as they don't agree with each other's opinions, these two people are such a half-dead appearance when they speak

Zhao Bei waved his hand, signaled Cai Pin, who stood up and was about to refute, sat back, and personally "solved the doubts" for Chief Duan. ”

"On the issue of military spending in wartime. The central center has also developed corresponding plans; First, Japan is now deceiving people too much, and no patriotic Chinese will refuse this kind of patriotic public debt. As president, I will take the lead in buying war bonds with one year's salary and half a year's public expense. to be a national role model; Just yesterday, the German minister personally told the finance minister that if China was preparing to go to war against Japan, the German government would not object to the German banks providing commercial loans to the central government of China, and the collateral would be the Sichuan-Hankou Railway. As the leader of this country, I will never be afraid of war because it costs money to fight, and the reason why my country has sunk into modern times. It is because the central government is afraid of fighting with foreigners, the former Qing court is so, and the Beiyang government is also the same, as a political short-sighted, they only see the immediate small profits, but can not see the long-term interests of the country, and about this, the Chinese ancients have long seen clearly, the so-called "major affairs of the country, only worship and Rong" It can be seen that the political actions of the Manchu court and the Beiyang government are not even as good as the ancient Chinese. This time Japan provoked first, our country's central counterattack last, no matter from which aspect, justice and justice are on our side, this time without a war, once China and Japan start a war, it will be a real national war! All the people, whether they are dignitaries or ordinary people, whether they are government officials or military officers and soldiers. All should be based on the orders of the center and the orders of the leaders! A country should be united as one person, and its words and deeds should be like one person, so that the country can rise

Seeing that Duan Qirui's few words attracted the president to make a tirade, some of the officers present were happy and some were worried. In their opinion. The president is now getting stronger and stronger, and he is less and less distracted from the "Beiyang relics" in the government. In fact, with the unfolding of this "Northeast Asian crisis," the struggle between the "Beiyang remnants" led by Duan Qirui and the united front led by Zhao Bei has been moved from the dark to the open, once the two sides break up. Then, it will inevitably lead to a new distribution of power, and in this distribution of power, the Beiyang Group may completely withdraw from the stage of history.

The president's words were clearly motivating his subordinates, but to Duan Qirui's ears, this was undoubtedly referring to Sang scolding Feng, even if he was a person with good cultivation, he couldn't help it, not to mention that Duan Qirui was not a well-cultivated person.

The president's words seem to have a point. In fact, it is a big mistake

Duan Qirui shook his head, and confronted the president with a blushing face, but this is also a truth.

"The strength of our country is weak. Everyone here knows very well why so much to win and lose? Isn't it because of years of war? If we count from the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War to the present, in just 17 years, China has fought two major wars with foreign countries. Not to mention the loss of the division and land, the compensation after the defeat alone is tens of thousands of taels of silver. The Chinese people's fat cream has been sucked up by the throat of foreigners, and the national strength is naturally inspired. After learning from the pain, the ancients still said, "The Lord must not be angry and raise a division, and he will not be discouraged and move troops", so this so-called "national war" is indeed not something that can be taken out casually.

This time, he deceived people too much. Duan was also indignant, but he was indignant that he couldn't eat it, and now what my country needs most is to rest the army and support the people. Educate the people, take the ancients as an incentive, cultivate and live for decades, and after the national strength is inspired, then talk about this "national war, the matter, at that time, the recovery of rivers and mountains, and the direct smashing of the Yellow Dragon, may not be a dream."

Duan Qirui's words were also unkind, especially the last few sentences, which were simply saying, "You want to defeat Japan now." It was a dream, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.

Zhao Bei said that after all, he is the president, and it is the best to be angry with a subordinate, but Zhang Jiyang, who was sitting on the side, did not have such good self-cultivation, and stood up with a slap on the table.

"What do you call that? The Manchu court only represented the interests of a very small number of Eight Banner nobles, and they did not dare to fight with foreign countries, because they were afraid that the defeat would cause a domestic revolution, and then the country would be overthrown. How do they deserve to be compared to the government of our revolutionaries? As for the cost of fighting a war, then it is even more nonsense! If we don't fight, will we wait for foreigners to colonize us? Are you willing to be a slave to the country? In today's era, the law of the jungle is the strongest. If you don't work hard, don't blame others for being better than you! Soldiers are used to fight! If you don't fight, what else are you going to be a soldier? You deserve to be a soldier

Zhang Jiyang's words were also impulsive. Let Duan Qirui add fuel to the fire.

"I'm not a soldier? So what kind of soldier are you? The one of yours. "Political Propaganda Commissar. What else can you do besides shouting a few slogans and making up a few fake stories? Soldiers, soldiers must also understand things".

Duan Qi's words were a little heart-wrenching, and Zhang Jiyang's face suddenly couldn't hang up, indeed, for the sake of political needs, the Political Propaganda Committee does often make some small moves in public opinion, and "the gentleman is frank." But it is not very side-by-side, and there are criticisms inside and outside the government from time to time, especially those opposition members in the Congress, many of whom are senior government officials, but it is difficult to dare to publicly declare the committee to the government, and this Qirui is still the first among the senior officials.

Seeing that the two sides are about to make a big move. Zhao Bei hurriedly came out to play a round, and if they continued to argue, it would not only be meaningless, but also have a negative impact on the work of the Political Propaganda Committee.

"You two, you have something to say. Those who do not need to carry guns and sticks are all serving the country and serving the center, and different opinions can be debated. But it's not right to engage in personal attacks. ”

This frame is pulling, but Zhao Bei is pulling a partial frame, for Duan Qirui, a Beiyang relic, Zhao Bei has always been forbearing, and now it is difficult for this person to jump out, which is indeed a bit excessive.

"Chief Duan, your opinion is problematic, although we want to recuperate, but the Japanese do not give us this opportunity to recuperate, peace will not come by itself, we can only rely on the revolutionary soldiers to make the necessary sacrifices in exchange. If necessary, I will not only send troops to confront the Japanese army, but I will even go to the front line to direct the battle. If all people want to live comfortably, then we are not far from being slaves to the country. Please ask Mr. Duan to seriously consider it and see if this is the truth. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Bei's words changed sharply, and he said: "But then again, the center dispatched troops to the northeast, just in case, to plan operations

"Say, B walks out of the same purpose. It's not that I want to take the initiative to provoke, let alone open the abyss. "Our principle is very clear, that is, if Japan does not move, then I will not move, but if the Japanese government takes risks and ignores China's sovereignty and national interests, then this Sino-Japanese war may be the first step on the road to China's rejuvenation! Okay, this is the end of this meeting, the officers of the 6 Army Headquarters and the General Staff Department stay behind to draw up the marching plan, and the others are disbanded, Lu Ping, you come with me, I still have something to tell you about the Navy. ”

The president didn't bother to look at Duan Qirui's half-dead expression anymore, so he ended the military meeting at the right time, and left the conference room first with Lu Ping, director of the Navy Department of the 6th Navy Joint Staff

Out of the conference room. Zhao Bei took Lu Ping to the No. 1 office, the office, but when the net arrived at the office, he received a report from the attendant's room. The British Minister to China, Mr. Jurdy, and the U.S. Minister to China, Mr. John Stade, jointly visited the Presidential Palace and said that they had important matters to discuss with the President of the Republic of China.

Diplomacy is no small matter. If this had been placed in the past, Zhao Bei would definitely put down his work and rush to meet with foreign guests, but now, he had more important things to do, so he did not leave the commander's hall immediately, but asked the British and American ministers to wait first, because Mr. President "has urgent matters to deal with."

This "urgent task" is the matter of the navy, and Zhao Bei asked Lu Ping to come over for this reason

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In Office One. Zhao Bei and Lu Ping exchanged views on the work of the navy and inquired about some preparations for war. Although Zhao Bei really does not plan to start a war with Japan now, but in view of the Japanese government's recent series of actions, he also has to go all out to prepare for war, the 6th Army is good to say, after two years of rectification, the strength of the 6th Army has been considerable, as long as the domestic situation is stable, relying on the 6th Army can still fight with Japan, now Zhao Bei is most worried about the navy, because of the "heavy 6 light sea." In the past two years, China's naval strength has basically not increased much. Although a few submarines were bought, as well as a few of the latest torpedo boats, the power was insignificant. Once the Sino-Japanese confrontation turns into a war because of the "Northeast Asian crisis," coastal defense will be the absolute weakness of China's defense system.

"Lu Ping, how are your submariners training? Are the sea trials of the two German submarines that have just been received over? Did the torpedo get to the base? Zhao Bei asked.

Lu Ping said: "There is no problem with the training of submariners, the key is that there are too few submarines, even if we add those two old submarines, our navy is only equipped with six submarines, and although the torpedoes have been transported to Hangzhou, the number is too small." If you really want to fight, this torpedo is not enough, as for mines, there is no need to worry about this, the Hanyang Arsenal and the Shanghai Arsenal can manufacture them themselves. At present, the submarine force has two major disadvantages: First, the military port is located in Hangzhou. There are many shallows in Hangzhou Bay, every time they sail and return, the submarine can only move forward in a surface navigation state when it is close to the base, and Hangzhou is a treaty port, and the foreign ships and merchant ships in the past can be seen at a glance, and there is no secrecy at all, which is not conducive to military secrecy in peacetime, and in wartime, the dispatch of our submarine force has no secrecy at all; Second. The German submarines purchased by China in recent years are all small inshore submarines, although they are cheap, but their range is limited, unless there are submarine carriers to follow the supply. Otherwise, going to the coast of Japan to ambush merchant ships and laying mines is tantamount to a fool's dream, and moreover, relying on six submarines to harass Japan's commercial routes at most, and once the submarines are lost, it will be a huge loss to China's naval strength

"You don't have to worry about the submarine base, I already let people do it two years ago, and the submarine base in Hangzhou is actually just a façade." Zhao Bei said.

Lu Ping nodded, held back and didn't ask, changed the conversation, and said: "The department dares to ask the commander-in-chief, does the center really plan to start a war with Japan this time?" ”

"There is no war. The initiative is not in our country, but in Japan, and as I have just said, if Japan does not provoke. We will not fight back, but if Japan really dares to attack, the center will definitely not back down this time, because if we take a step back, the Japanese will go further, and they will gain an inch, so. There must be no compromise, and this is for the sake of the Japanese government and the people, especially the understanding and support of the people, as long as the people support the center. Then, it is very beneficial to cut off the local powerful faction, and if the local powerful faction is not cut off, the center will not be able to do things handily, and you should understand this truth

Zhao Bei had to try to be as straightforward as possible, and now there is still a very market for "pacifists" like Duan Qirui in the army, either they do not have the confidence to win against Japan, or they are afraid that the outbreak of a full-scale war between China and Japan will lead to turmoil in the domestic situation, and some military officers are opposed to the central government's continued deployment of additional troops to the northeast region, and they believe that this move may further provoke the Japanese government and eventually make the situation irreparable.

Yi is very resolute in his will to rise to the north, and he wants to take advantage of this opportunity of rising national and nationalist sentiments to solve the problem of local powerful factions once and for all, and use the excuse of "resisting Japan and preparing for war" to transfer the powerful warlords in those provinces out of their territory and give them a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and under the banner of this "national war", the national public opinion will definitely stand on the side of the center, and this is the "public opinion." With this public opinion, the resistance of the powerful factions will pale in comparison.

Solving the local powerful faction is only one of the goals that Zhao Bei wants to achieve in planning this "Northeast Asian crisis", in addition to that. Zhao Bei also wanted to further strengthen his position in the eyes of the Allied bloc through a military confrontation with Japan, and in fact, this goal had been partially achieved, and the German emperor very much wanted to see China and Japan fight at this time, so as to stir up the whole world situation, destroy the British government's balance of power strategy in the Far East, and turn the attention of Tsarist Russia to Asia, so as to reduce the strategic pressure on Germany from Russia, so the Germans would take the initiative to provide war loans to the central government of China, With this loan, Zhao Bei can set up more industries. Buy more machines, hire more technical experts, and complete the construction of China's basic industry before the explosion of World War I.

Of course, considering his interference with history, Zhao Bei did not know whether the First World War would explode in advance, so his actions were also very risky. The key is to get the right balance.

As for whether to enter a state of war with Japan now, Zhao Bei's position is ambiguous, on the one hand, he does understand that the gap in national strength between China and Japan is huge, and China is not fully prepared for war at this time, and it will give the great powers an opportunity to take advantage of it, so if Britain and the United States government want to mediate this matter. China's central government will also work closely with it, on the other hand, he knows better that he must not compromise, otherwise, it will be difficult to explain at home and abroad, so if the premise of mediation is the signing of an unequal treaty, then Zhao Bei will never agree.

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