Lust still reigns over the big ones. It was half past four o'clock in the morning, and the rooster had not yet crowed.

However, at this time, the Capitol building is transparent, nearly 100 members of Congress are gathered together, sitting in chairs with different expressions, some yawning, some sleeping with their necks back, and more people gathering together and muttering quietly.

Just an hour ago. Almost all the members of Congress in Beijing received a telephone call from the chamberlain of the presidential palace, in which the adjutant asked the members to arrive at the Capitol before five o'clock in the morning for a special meeting, at which time Mr. President will deliver an important speech in the Capitol, and this speech is not only for the members of Congress and reporters, but also for the whole people. At that time, the president's voice will be transmitted simultaneously from the thousands of radios in and out of Beijing, and at a later date, the president's speech will also be broadcast through the radio stations in Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, and other places, and more radios will carry the president's voice.

In order to publicize the needs, since last year, the central government and the political propaganda committee have begun to give away free radios to some public places, and are also stepping up the establishment of wireless radio stations, and now, several large cities have tens of thousands of public radios, teahouses, restaurants, passenger searches, railway stations, docks, schools, "more and more citizens can listen to the voice of the president and the central government through the advanced broadcasting system, in this way." The central government can pass on its policies to the people in the shortest possible time.

This is not the first time that the president has addressed the people through radio stations, as the president has used this advanced means of communication as early as last year, except that the last time the president addressed the people was in the presidential palace, and this time. It's in the Capitol.

What kind of speech will the president deliver in the Capitol? Members of Congress are talking. Some people believe that the president's speech is related to the current Sino-Japanese relations, while others insist that the president intends to make a speech on Sino-German relations.

No matter what members of Congress say, as long as the president hasn't come to speak, then it's all speculation.

Of all the MPs. There are also a few people who remain silent, they know what the president's speech is about, but because they have been reminded by the president, they have to be silent about Paul, among these few congressmen, Tan Renfeng's expression is the most special.

At this moment, Tan Renfeng had a sad face, his brows were twisted together, and he raised his hand from time to time to touch the snow-white beard on his chin, and then sighed.

Tan Renfeng is a senator in Congress. Because of his background in the Revolutionary Party, he was a staunch "United Front faction" among the Senators of Congress, and every time the president and the United Front wanted to implement a policy, he always took a position of support without reservation or reservation, but now he has reservations about the decisions that the center and the president are about to make.

The president's upcoming speech at the Capitol is about Sino-Japanese relations, and unlike the optimistic speculation of most members of the Capitol, what the president wants to talk about in the Capitol today is not how to seek rapprochement with the Japanese government, but to go to Japan to declare war!

Unlike many members of Congress. Tan Renfeng's background in the party has given him a deeper understanding of China's current social development. Although at present, the center has indeed effectively suppressed the local powerful factions, but this is only relying on the strong military strength of the center, and the social and economic foundations of those local powerful factions that can separate one side have not yet been dealt a decisive blow, and the grassroots power in many parts of China is basically still a borrowed power, and the Xushen people hold the grassroots power, and they also hope to be able to hold the grassroots power all the time to maintain their patriarchal rule over the countryside, which is contrary to the center's intention to establish grassroots organizations. This contradiction cannot be passed by "local self-government." After the problem is resolved, in the case of the increasing authority of the center, the Zhongzhong can only take a position of compromise and concession to the strength of the center, but once the authority of the center is weakened, then the trend of the local tail will come back.

Knowing this, it is also possible to understand Tan Renfeng's current worries, China's current national strength is still very weak, and now it is at war with Japan, once the front is lost, it is difficult to guarantee that the backyard will not catch fire, and if the central measures are not appropriate. Then the local powerful faction may not be divided into one side, the power of the Zhuzhong group has never been underestimated, they control most of the economy, culture, beliefs, customs in the countryside, and now China, is still an agricultural country, although industrialization is accelerating, but the stability of the rural order is still very important.

In Tan Renfeng's view, a war will inevitably break out between China and Japan, even if Japan does not provoke. China must also fight for its national interests through war, and on this point, Tan Renfeng's position is completely consistent with the president's position, the difference is that the president believes that it should be fought early, while Tan Renfeng believes that it should be fought later, at least until the European powers are caught in a European war, because at that time, Japan will lose support from Britain, France, and Russia.

But the president insisted on going his own way. In the end, it was decided to start a war immediately, without waiting for the outbreak of war in Europe, as if he was confident that a war in Europe would definitely break out, and in Tan Renfeng's view, the outbreak of war in Europe was just a guess, given that Britain and France were carrying out diplomatic diplomacy, no one had a president

The letter of the letter of the book is concave and said that the different body clams", said that the reading of the traitor to the outer heart of our Europe will break out in the war between the Entente and the Ming country.

When Tan Renfeng discussed this matter with the president, he strongly opposed it. Huang Xing, Xiong Chengji, Zhang Binglin, Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong and others all supported the president's opinion, and these people were all high-level figures of the United Front, so at the policy briefing of the United Front, the president's decision to go to war was passed, and the rest was to settle the Congress. Although according to the Constitution, the president has the right to declare war, but as a popular body and a legislative body, the Congress still has to go through this process, so. The president decided to make a speech to Congress. Unify the thinking of the people, unify the opinions within the National Assembly.

Just when Tan Renfeng was out of his mind, there was a commotion outside the door of the parliament auditorium. Then, accompanied by Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong, the president walked into the auditorium, followed not by guards, but by a group of reporters.

Looking at the president in military uniform on the podium, Tan Renfeng could only sigh that the times have created heroes, recalling the young revolutionary in Wuhan back then, the current Mr. President is indeed very leader-like, if there are still people who question his youth in the past. So now, this kind of discussion is gradually losing the market, after all, the president has entered the year of his establishment, and it is a good time to start a business, this. It is indeed a blessing for the people and the country to be able to have such a leader in this era, but it is also a blessing for the country, but the young people are more or less arrogant and conceited, which the president himself may not be aware of, but Tan Renfeng realized that this kind of arrogance and conceit is reflected in the governance of the country, that is, arbitrariness, but I am the only one.

In the words of the rivers and lakes, this is called "domineering." "If you use it well, you can create brilliance, and if you use it badly, you will be ruined.

This is Tan Renfeng's heart, but as the president, Zhao Bei certainly doesn't know what Councilor Tan thinks, and he is just wholeheartedly preparing to issue a declaration against Japan. Once the declaration is issued, China and Japan are officially at war.

"Members of Congress, journalists, today, here I am issuing a declaration with the powers conferred on me by the Constitution. This declaration was actually a declaration of war, and from now on, Toyokuni and Japan were officially at war. Once the war begins, no one will be divided into old and young, and no land will be divided into north and south, and they will all have the responsibility of resisting the war and defending the land.

Looking at the disputes and wars between China and Japan in modern times, there is not a single time when Japan has not taken the initiative to provoke, and there is not a time when China has not suffered losses; as a backward country that has failed to catch up with the industrial age, China's modern tragedy certainly has its own factors, but it cannot be denied. Japan also played a crucial role in this tragedy, and without the decline of China, there would have been no rise of Japan, and the rise of Japan was largely based on the decline of China.

The three eastern provinces are the sacred territory of our country, and the Japanese army has brazenly carried out armed invasion of our sacred territory and maliciously damaged the legitimate property of our peaceful residents; this move really violates international justice and is a sabotage and provocation to peace in the Far East. I believe that all of you here will never tolerate the loss of sovereignty and the separation of national territory, and as a Chinese, we all have the responsibility and determination to defend our homeland and country

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In order to ensure the smooth military offensive of our army, I now make the following decision with the powers conferred by the Constitution: From today onwards, in order to ensure the smooth decision-making of the government and the efficiency of the government's work, the National Assembly will be temporarily adjourned, the government will suspend the preparations for the general election, and all political parties and political groups in the country must abandon their differences and confrontations, stand on the side of the center, and make concerted efforts to go to the national war. Those who make peace before the enemy is repulsed will be regarded as traitors, and the center will not be lenient! ，”

The president's speech stunned most of the congressmen present, who really did not expect that the war would break out.

Many members of Congress turned their heads to look at Vice President Zhang Han, as the leader of the largest opposition party in the country, how would Zhang Xiao say about the president's decision?

Soon, members of Congress and reporters understood Vice President Chang's position, and after the president's speech, Vice President Chang also stepped onto the podium and delivered a brief speech, in which he fully agreed with the decision of the Central Committee to go to war against Japan, and swore to the Central Committee on behalf of the National League that the National League would never openly discuss the issue of peace until the Japanese invading army was repelled.

There was a lot of talking. Some people are excited, some people are worried, after all, the country has been in decline for a long time, and the power of the country has been lost for a long time. It is true that a war that inspires people and morale, but can the Japanese army be defeated by relying on the current national strength? Many people have no bottom in their hearts and no self-confidence, but as the person who started this war, Zhao Bei still confidently issued the first offensive order to the front-line troops.

"War has broken out. I order, the Air Force and Navy Task Force are ready to strike as soon as the time comes! ”

This presidential decree quickly changed from words to code, and then crossed the mountains and seas, and flew over the Guanshan Mountains, and soon it would turn into a lightning bolt that shook the world, and let the world re-understand this ancient people.