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Zhao Daling sat in the first place, he put down the materials in his hand, and said: "Everyone, I believe that I don't need to explain in detail, everyone knows what the trade with the Qing Dynasty means to our country." In 1777, the total trade volume of the Tang and Qing dynasties was 47.86 million Tang Yuan, and in 1778, not counting the last trade without a successful transaction, the total trade volume also reached 55 million Tang Yuan. This is the largest part of our national economy, and it is also the part on which our country depends heavily. More than seventy percent of Datang's factories make a living from supplying trade and exporting, and our factories can generate benefits and make the working population get considerable remuneration, and they all rely on this. Although we have opened up routes to the United States and France in the past two years, for the time being, these two trading countries are still not on the same level as the Qing Kingdom. Of course, this matter is not just a matter of economics and trade, we all know what kind of calculation we have against the Manchus. ”

He looked at Bai Nan and asked, "Bai Nan, how are the war preparations going now?" ”

Since Zhao Daling asked so, there is no doubt that he doesn't want to wait any longer.

Bai Nan perked up and replied, "We have already carried out the first round of material reserves in Sapporo, and we have stationed two regiments of soldiers, but according to the plan, we still need to carry out two rounds of material reserves before we can successfully carry out large-scale military operations." ”

Zhao Daling nodded and said, "I've been watching you for the past few days that your second round of reserves has almost been completed." ”

Bai Nan nodded. "That's right, it can be completed within this week, and the second round of reserves will be after the deployment of the forward base." We will be able to maintain a certain level of material consumption and spare parts for munitions and vehicles, and use Sapporo as a base to carry out sustained operations on the East Asian continent. The third round of reserves is mainly to take care of our few high-tech weapons, such as the Qilianshan and helicopters. ”

Zhao Daling said: "The Qilianshan is carrying out the work of material transportation and landing station, and there is no big problem. After completing the mission, you can go straight back to Los Angeles, as for the helicopter. There are four of us in total, and if one is not good, there are others, even if they fall on the battlefield, it will not affect the other battles. I want you to speed things up. What about the newly formed troops? ”

Bai Nandao: "The current level of training of the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade. In the first brigade, the Long Xiang Regiment had just withdrawn to the country for rest and recuperation in the summer of seven or eight years, and belonged to the reserve troops, the Tiger Regiment had been deployed in Sapporo, and the Snow Leopard Regiment had also been waiting for the battle. In terms of cavalry, the hussars still need a certain amount of training. It has also been included in the reserve force, and the cavalry regiment originally scheduled to be sent to the three southeastern states has been suspended. The Marines and Foreign Legions are now fully taking over the garrison of the three southeastern states, and we are able to secure at least one cavalry regiment to East Asia. ”

At this time, Xue Yue suddenly said: "President, is it a bit hasty to send troops in such a hurry now, although the Manchu trade is of great significance to us, but we can prepare according to the previous plan, and we can also do some diplomatic articles, such as sending people to Beijing to hold them accountable, or take other ways to put pressure or something." ”

Minister of Commerce and Trade Wang Jinghong has always belonged to the cabinet of people who do not have a strong sense of existence, this time he spoke, "Don't underestimate the interruption of Manchu trade, this is not only a matter of more than 50 million trade volume, if we hold on to such a situation in China for a year, the financial burden on us will be huge, and the development and livelihood of enterprises have also been destroyed, but also affect the many industries and companies we have painstakingly cultivated, and will affect the lives of our people in the Tang Dynasty." If this trade can be maintained, we can wait a few more years, and it will not hurt, but now that the trade is broken, our country will be completely passive, and it will seriously affect the introduction of our new immigrants, which must not sit idly by. ”

Ye Baozao, the governor of the central bank, said: "However, if we really start a war in the Qing country, it will not do us any good for the recovery of trade." Even if we can occupy the trading cities of Guangzhou and Ningbo, the locals will not be keen to trade with us, because we have become enemies this time. According to Director Bai's previous estimate, a large number of our troops will engage in a long-term battle with King Qin's army in the land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which may not be able to resume trade, and will not help to alleviate our domestic economic embarrassment. ”

Bai Nan can't deny that what Ye Baozheng said is very reasonable, of course, logically, there is nothing wrong with fighting early than late, and the longer it drags on, the more obvious and terrible the economic crisis in Datang may be. Therefore, the problem is not whether to fight now, but how to ensure the operation of one's own domestic economy after the fight.

Zheng He said: "It is a better way to speed up the opening up of the American and European markets, although the current economic aggregate of France is not as good as that of the Manchus, but the development of the commodity economy is higher, and it is also very rich, and our economic sector has been able to expect the development of French trade to be faster than the development of the Manchu trade before." Moreover, by working with the French and the Dutch, we were able to dump more goods into Europe, at least the German princely states, Poland, and the Italian princes, which were our fast-growing markets. Especially like Germany and Italy, which are not united, they are particularly good targets for economic plunder. By developing these markets, we were able to alleviate some of the pressure on the Manchu trade cut-off. ”

The foreign minister's view is very pertinent: if the European market is well developed, there will be no problem in surpassing the volume of transactions with the Manchus. Bai Nam also proposed some solutions: "It is undoubtedly important to open up new markets, and I don't think we can't expect to resume Manchu trade, the key depends on our means." The best-case scenario is that we are able to fully establish our sphere of influence in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, directly control the sales terminal in our hands, and then go deep into the local area. In this way, there is one less link of middlemen, although we may put in more efforts, but in terms of benefits, it is obviously greater. ”

The old man Yao Weichun shook his head and said: "The idea is very good, but if our manpower wants to control the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, I am afraid that the strength will not be enough, this is not a problem that we can solve by sending troops. ”

Bai Nan did not deny this, he added: "In the domestic industry, maybe we should make some adjustments, after all, we are small in scale, at this time to transfer to the production of bulk heavy industry, the production of more steel, building materials, chemicals, munitions, because in the future, we obviously need these things to build Shanghai, Hong Kong, and even Sapporo and other colonial cities that we expected to take, although it is very difficult to recover the trade, but I am confident that this time we can attack the vested interests of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, After obtaining a large amount of wealth, we can directly use government investment to decentralize this economic power to our factories, companies and workers, and avoid the losses caused by the loss of large-scale civilian goods consumption markets through industrial adjustment. ”

Zhao Daling slapped the table and said, "The wartime system, that's right, is the wartime system. We have thought of a lot of external methods, but we have not looked at it from ourselves, although we in Datang attach importance to market rules, macroeconomic regulation and control and planned economy are our strengths. By moving into the wartime system, we put our production capacity into what we need a lot and what we need in the future, try to balance the output of daily necessities, meet our own needs, and meet foreign exports, although our income from trade will inevitably be affected, but our Datang family background is thick enough, plus our Director Bai never forgot the Manchu Qing Dynasty accumulated a hundred years of treasury, and the little belongings of the corrupt officials in Beijing are enough for us to expand state expenditure and investment. ”

Xue Yue said again: "In any case, Director Bai's war in East Asia still has to uphold the principle of quick victory, take the Jingshi as soon as possible, calm the situation as soon as possible, expel all the Qinwang troops, get a treaty from the new emperor that satisfies us, and then restore the trade order." ”

Bai Nandao: "Yes, this is also my strategic policy. ”

Zhao Daling said: "Then, now I announce that the Republic of Datang is now transformed into a wartime cabinet, and all actions are diverted to a favorable war, Director Bai is now immediately making final preparations for the expeditionary force, and within a month, I hope that our troops will be deployed." The Ministry of Communications and the transport companies made every effort to coordinate the transportation of our expeditionary force. In addition, the Ministry of Industry now needs to make a unified arrangement, and we will make a comprehensive arrangement for all production enterprises across the country within 45 days at the latest, concentrate the core production capacity on heavy industry and military industry, and appropriately tighten the production capacity of light industry. The Ministry of Security also needs to do a good job of monitoring public security and public opinion in the country, and the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda is the most urgent, and we need to come up with the fastest situation and inform our people. ”

That's right, even if the Tang Dynasty has been preparing for war for so many years, the vast majority of the people of the Tang Dynasty don't know that the old men of the cabinet are planning to conquer the Manchu Dynasty, even for many people who travel through it, this is a secret. Now, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to use troops, at least the Tang officials need a strong and logically consistent excuse to make the Tang people hate the same enemy, and at least agree with the decisions made by the cabinet.

Even if the people of Datang have been following their government, they still have to avoid doing things that the people don't like. However, these people in the cabinet can be regarded as old in politics, and the people's will cannot be played with at will, but public opinion can be manipulated. (To be continued.) )