In the evening of the same day, an enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee was held at Ershawan Fort to discuss the issue of the Second Opium ~ Chip War. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Leading comrades of the Central Military Commission, the government, and other departments attended the important meeting as observers.

“…… That's the basic picture. ”

Xu Nanying, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, first reported, "After the British consul Wen Jisi finished his talks with me, I asked him a question, the bilateral trade volume between the Ming Dynasty and Britain exceeded three million pounds last year, which is far greater than the trade volume between you and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Why are you still resolutely standing with the Manchus? ”

Yunlan snorted lightly, it has come to this point, what else is there to ask!

Lei Nianping, who was sitting opposite Yunlan, pricked up his ears and stared at Xu Nanying.

Xu Nanying closed the folder and sat comfortably on the chair, "Wen Ji Situo shook his head and said casually, "This is for the peace of the Far East!" ’”

"Hah!" Yun Lan said indignantly, "TMD is too shameless. ”

Lei Nianping, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said disappreciatively, "Politics serves interests. There is no eternal friendship between nations, only eternal interests. ”

Bai Baoxiang, who presided over the meeting, smiled contemptuously and glanced at Ma Jiayi.

Ma Jiayi nodded knowingly, opened the handout folder, pulled out a few documents, and read in a voice without any emotion, "These are the information sent by the European Huafu Company.

In February this year, before the new US minister to China arrived, he first went to London and Paris to exchange views with the British and French foreign ministers and discuss concrete measures to deal with the situation in East Asia......

"Also in February of this year, the French cabinet held a meeting and unanimously agreed to take tough measures against our Ming Dynasty, through political, military and other means, to force us to release the missionary Marais and force us to recognize their right to freely preach......"

……

Ma Jiayi read several pieces of information related to politics and military in a row, and finally pulled out a document: "This is the latest information that I just received today, and the British government and the French government have unanimously passed a resolution to jointly send troops to maintain order in the Far East......

Lei Nianping, the secretary of the Criminal Department, frowned tightly and interjected, "In other words, the Anglo-French coalition has not yet begun to be formed?!" ”

"The Crimean War just passed that caused the British and French troops to suffer a lot, and they have not eased up so far." Ma Jiayi said flatly, "According to intelligence analysis, it will take five months to gather in Singapore at the earliest, from the deployment of troops to form a coalition army, formulate a plan to prepare supplies, and the departure of the British and French coalition forces." ”

Lei Nianping breathed a long sigh of relief, it will be after September this year, it should be too late!

"Our primary goal is to march into the mainland and liberate China." He glanced at Bai Baoxiang and Qian Shuiting, "If we take some measures, such as showing strong force, and at the same time adopting some trade concession policies, is it possible to avoid or postpone this war?" ”

Lei Nianping is an old comrade of the team, although he has retired from the position of executive committee, he still speaks so bluntly and bluntly.

Ma Jiayi coughed, "According to the intelligence from Hong Kong, the coast guard cleanly killed the Edmont, the British and French powers lost face, Bao Ling and Gu Si have sworn that they will chase to the end, and they will not give up until they reach their goal!" ”

"It's up to man!" Lei Nianping raised his eyebrows and said indifferently, "Didn't you often say in the past: if you are not afraid that you can't do it, you are afraid that you can't think of it!" ”

Li Da, chief of the General Staff, said coldly, "The Changjie Army formed by the British and French powers has been blocked in the sea of Xiamen and Fuzhou, and unless we cancel the mainland plan, war with the British and French powers is inevitable." ”

Cancellation of the Continental Plan?

It seems unlikely!

Lei Nianping became a little gagged for a while.

"Huh!" Shoufu Qian Shuiting shook his head with a smile, "It seems that this war is inevitable!" ”

"The arrow is on the verge of attacking." Wang Tiezhu, who was in charge of military affairs, spoke crisply and concisely.

On the issue of dealing with the two crows, the staff department headed by Li Da has prepared several sets of plans.

One of the plans was to first dispatch strong troops to attack Fujian and Guangdong on a large scale to deter Britain and France. Then look at Hong Kong, draw the bow without firing, and wait for how the Anglo-French coalition will respond. That is to say, to strike at the rear, to stop in moderation, as long as the British and French forces are hurt, frightened, and repulsed, and try to control the scale of the war, it is best to surrender without a fight.

There is also a more radical approach. That is, after seizing Fujian and Guangdong, he directly entered Hong Kong and struck first. Then wait for the Anglo-French alliance from afar to enter the South China Sea, directly take Malacca, close the door and fight the dogs, and gain the dominance of East Asia in World War I.

"The two crows will have to be beaten sooner or later, I think it's better to fight late than early, and if you fight, you will beat them so that his mother can't recognize them!"

A group of people led by Wang Tiehammer and Li Da supported the latter plan.

"Comrades in the army, they are still very courageous. But what are our top priorities at this stage? Qian Shuiting smiled and said in a low voice, "It's to win the national victory, my comrade brother!" ”

"Comrade Qian Shuiting is very reasonable." Lei Nianping immediately said, "I think that the war with the European and American powers is best to strike at the back and stop in moderation, as long as they are hurt and afraid, there is no need to expand the scale of the war too much." ”

"Comrade Lei Nianping said it well!" Mao Pi nodded in agreement.

He was in charge of ideological work, and during this time, he focused on studying the history of the TG Party, trying to find some reference from it.

Mao Pi said with emotion, "Observe calmly, stabilize your position, deal with it calmly, keep your eyes open, and make a difference." In just 30 years, Zhongxiu has suddenly risen to become the world's second largest economy, and this strategy is very worthy of our reference. ”

This guy has also been repaired!

Yun Lan glanced at Mao Pi and Qian Shuiting, and sneered in his heart, "I'll say a few words~!" ”

He directly recounted the surprised expressions of the staff officers in the afternoon, "Many of our comrades lack a kind of vigor in their heads, and they need to be well prepared in terms of materials, personnel, and planning for everything, and they must not be too far away from historical facts, so they agree to carry out the operation, otherwise they will feel full of difficulties and great pressure......

In the end, Yunlan changed his words and said with a passion, "Our goal is not just a single China, our goal is Asia, the world, and the sea of stars." We must move forward without hesitation, and without such a fearless spirit, we will not be able to do such an unprecedented and great thing. ”

Yunlan talked about things and pointed directly to a phenomenon in the team, Mao Pi and Lei Nianping didn't open their mouths.

"Comrade Yunlan is right, our cause has no precedents, and we must have great courage." The smile on Qian Shoufu's face was still bright, "But I think we should also pay attention to ways and means of acting and pay attention to priorities." ”

Yun Lan raised his head, wanting to say something more.

"Speaking of which, there are two kinds of strategic approaches, one is radical and the other is conservative." Bai Baoxiang coughed and picked up the topic in time.

He smiled faintly, "I think both of these strategies have merit, but 'killing pigs and butts, each has its own way', that's it!" ”

Everyone laughed.

"That's what I said." Qian Shuiting smiled and said, "But do we want to be famous!" Is it to be reasonable, well-founded and responsible! Is it to convince Britain and France to lose! ”

Qian Shuiting's words were immediately refuted by Ren Xuefeng.

"I think we seem to have entered a misunderstanding, because we don't want to learn from ghosts and animals to engage in colonialism and hegemonism, so we always do things with our hands and feet, pay attention to what civilization and morality, and pay attention to what to convince people with reason."

Ren Xuefeng is the director of the General Office of the Executive Committee, the head of the Central ~ Propaganda Department, and the director of the Political Research Office, and he has long expressed disagreement with some conservative tendencies in the team.

He glanced at Qian Shuiting and Mao Pi, "Does this make sense!" ”

"Of course it makes sense!" Lei Nianping said unceremoniously, "We are civilized people, and we must act according to the rules of civilization, instead of acting arbitrarily without scruples." ”

"Rules of Civilization?!" Ren Xuefeng smiled faintly, "From the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century, in the process of the development of commercial capitalism and industrial capitalism, the West used imperial~ism wars and colonial conquest and expropriation to complete this primitive process of capital accumulation. ”

"In the face of ferocious ghost animals dressed in the cloak of civilization, what rules of civilization do people actually demand?" He sneered and said, "Ask Comrade Lei Nianping, what are we coming to this time and space for?" Are we here to follow the rules and promote gentleness and frugality? Are you here to learn from Lei Feng's good example and do good deeds? Is it to promote the unity of the world and the great unity of the people of the world?! ”

"I still have to talk about it!" Lei Nianping's face was a little ugly, "The short-term, medium-term and long-term are a total of three goals. Our primary goal now is to liberate all of China. ”

"The liberation of the whole of China is just one of our goals, what is our motivation? What is our fundamental starting point? Ren Xuefeng asked and answered himself, "That's for Huaxia, in order for Huaxia to take off." ”

He said passionately, "The rules of this world should be made by us; The discourse in this world should be led by us. If you blindly follow the rules, talk about civilization and human rights, talk about democracy and freedom, talk about the benevolence of Song Xianggong, and come to this world, you are still as aggrieved as the Zhongxiu and the Later Qing Dynasty, we might as well let the tofu block be stoned to death! ”

"That's right! That's right! Yunlan suddenly became excited, "We are here to engage in the Chinese Revolution, the revolution is not to invite guests to dinner, not to make a fuss, not to paint and embroider, not to be so elegant, so calm, so polite, so gentle and courteous." A revolution is an insurrection, a violent action by a class to overthrow a class. ”

"Comrade Xuefeng and Comrade Yunlan are right! The rules of the game in this world, the right to speak, if the strength allows, we should be the right to accept it all. Qian Shuiting still had a calm face, "But at this treacherous juncture, we must be calm, grasp the main contradictions, concentrate on handling our own affairs well, and complete the first goal as soon as possible, and then we can free up our hands to compete with the European and American powers." ”

"That's how I see it. It's not necessarily up to us to be radical or conservative. Bai Baoxiang looked calm, "At first, we only wanted to liberate Fujian and Guangdong, but the ghost animal set up a Changjie army and blocked the coastal waters of Fuzhou and Xiamen. ”

He glanced at the venue and said calmly, "Fuzhou and Xiamen must be liberated, and if Chang Jiejun dares to stop it, it will inevitably lead to destruction!" ”

The venue was very quiet, and everyone straightened up and quietly looked at Bai Baoxiang.

"When we conquer Fujian and Guangdong, and the troops are directed at Hong Kong, the British and French ghost animals will definitely march into the Far East and garrison Hong Kong. At this time, you want to avoid war, you want to control the scale of war, we don't count! Bai Baoxiang picked up the teacup and said lightly, "No one can say what kind of measures the ghost beast will take." However, it is expected that the enemy must be lenient, and if they do not achieve a certain strategic intention, they will absolutely not obediently withdraw their troops. ”

He took a sip of water and continued, "We can satisfy the economic interests of Britain and France, but they want to seize the privileged interests of the Far East and maintain the barbaric rule of the Manchu regime, and none of us will give it. ”

"So~" Bai Baoxiang hammered his fist on the table, "I think that it is better to fight a small than to fight a big fight, it is better to be conservative than to be radical, rather than passively being attacked by the enemy, rather than being left and right, it is better to drive Britain and France out of the South China Sea in a war, and it is better to seize the dominance of East Asia in a war, which is the glorious mission entrusted to us by the Chinese nation and the Chinese people!" ”

"Bang Bang!" Qian Shuiting took the lead and applauded.