The Tianjin-Pudong Railway, in China, has become the most important trunk railway in China's railway transportation system because it connects Tianjin, an important economic and industrial town in the north, and the capital of China, and it is also the first trunk railway in China to be transformed into a 75-kilogram heavy gauge, after all, this railway carries the north and south of China.

After the outbreak of this war, the trunk railway artery carrying the north and south immediately fell into an unprecedented busy, every day there are hundreds of trains walking on this railway, military trains can not be avoided, of course, more are foreign trade trains, after the outbreak of the war, in the Ministry of Communications formulated the "railway priority level order", the military column is naturally the first, followed by passenger cars, again is the freight car, and the freight car has the priority first, the foreign trade special train after the outbreak of this war, Trains that have just appeared on China's railway lines are given priority among freight cars.

In addition to these different classes and different treatments, there are also some additional trains, sometimes, these special trains may be higher than others, but sometimes, these special trains may be lower than others, such as now, the blue train that stops at Jinan Station to make way for other trains is inferior to other cars.

Despite this, the train was parked next to a special platform car, which to some extent showed that the train enjoyed some railway privileges, and the extremely conspicuous "dragon coat of arms" on the train carriage clearly reminded the military police on the platform that this was a royal train.

Outside the window of this royal train, night has fallen. It was a gloomy, dark, northern night, and the royal train stopped quietly at the railway station, which smelled of diesel and bituminous coal. There are as many as sixteen carriages, all of which are lit up without exception, and occasionally someone walks by the window.

On the platform, more than a dozen railway policemen were on duty in the distance. And near the carriage, dozens of soldiers looked around with wary expressions, in this era of popular assassination politics, no one would risk the life of the owner of this train, for these soldiers. Their job is to protect the train and the passengers in the carriage.

In a carriage that is not decorated at all luxurious, with thick carpets and a few beautiful sofas along the side of the carriage, this carriage is not at all luxurious, and naturally cannot be compared with the moving palace, in fact, this royal train has only the reputation of a royal train. Even its interior is not as good as the luxury cars on the international intermodal lines, and of course, this train is different from other trains in that there is only one passenger in the carriage, and as for the others, however. Well, in ancient parlance, it's just his entourage.

Usually, after nightfall, Chen Moran doesn't like strong lights, maybe many years ago, in another time and space. A very special kind of work made him develop a habit at that time. In those basements, in order to complete the work at hand, he had to constantly sleep under the bright lights; At the moment, as a master of many things, he is still sensitive to bright lights, which are not only dazzling, but also cause him to have some unhappy memories. Suffice it to say, there are a few things. It's not necessarily something to be proud of, at least for him.

As the only "passenger" in this carriage, since leaving Nanjing, he almost stayed in the room of this carriage, of course, every time he passed through a station, the train would be connected to the telephone, and then, he would personally arrange some work on the phone, and because of this, this royal train on this railway, and did not get any priority, in fact, there was no need at all, after all, in order to contact Nanjing, every station train needs to stop, but the relationship of time. …,

After the train stopped at Jinan Railway Station for an hour, it started again, and after the train started, Chen Moran walked to the window without worry, opened the curtains, and then stood there and watched the bright lights flickering by the station outside the window, and the low houses in the distance flashed with yellow spots, and the train was heading north.

"Hey!"

Looking out of the car, Chen Moran suddenly sighed, and then he shook his head again, as if to shake off the burden of the past and dispel those painful thoughts. Thoughts, due to all sorts of problems near and far, were too many for him, even to the point that he could not cope with them, even for many well-planned things.

Like, for the neighbor to the north, although it had been planned for a long time and had been deliberate, but now, when it happened, it was not as simple as he imagined, and the most frustrating thing was that it was even more complicated than he imagined!

It can be said that everything that happened in the Russian Revolution and the future is more like a wake-up call, when Chen Moran is planning all this, who knows, in China, there are also people who are planning, like Umilyanov, waiting for an opportunity? While he is here to take advantage of all this, will there be events that are also waiting to take advantage of possible future events?

At least, for Chen Moran, of course he knew, some things were inevitable......

If so, how can you prevent it from happening?

The situation is so complicated, and it is also so simple, and the reason why it is complicated is because it is impossible for him to give up power, and the reason why it is simple is because the solution to the problem lies in him giving up power.

Who will give up power?

Maybe he really thought about this issue very seriously in the past, but now, after so many events, especially in the face of the current situation, and planning for the future, it is impossible for him to give up power.

On the way to the thousand-year empire, he is also needed as a monarch with all the power.

So when will you give up power?

At least for the time being, Chen Moran can't answer this question. A few years ago, he had thought about relinquishing power, perhaps after the end of this war. Be a hypocrite, and at that time, he will stand on the highest point of morality, and history will continue to praise him. But now, after seeing some events. Especially after a lot of things have happened in the last few years, he doesn't think so, because it's not time for the country to let go, at least for now.

Truly. It was on the basis of his knowledge of those people that he knew that if he voluntarily relinquished power as emperor now, China would be likely to fall into an unprecedented political struggle, and this political struggle would most likely split the country, after all, China's current political climate is far from mature. At least for Chen Moran, what he saw and understood finally made him believe all this, and he was convinced. Now is not the time to give up.

So he can't give up, but he also knows that the so-called can't give up power is actually just a reason, and deep down, he doesn't want to give up power.

"I will leave the people here a great thousand-year empire!"

After muttering to himself. Chen Moran sighed, leaned back on the back of the seat, and closed his eyes......

Right now. He was caught between the Congress, which he supported, and the members there, who had made a promise to him, but which could not be fulfilled, but who were hungry for power; On the other hand, from the intellectuals, the students, as well as from the urban stalwarts and educated workers, who aspire to make a difference through their own power. influencing Congress, so as to exert its own political influence. …,

People are always different from time to time. With such and such demands, if he would have thrown that tattered mess to those people back then, what would this country be like now?

However, those people cannot think about this, they will always only think about things from their own standpoint, so what should he do in this situation?

Suddenly, in the corridor outside the compartment of the carriage there was a sound of clattering leather shoe heels, this was the female officer with the car came over, she knocked on the room, and then gently pushed open the door, and came in is an extremely beautiful, about seventeen or eighteen years old palace dress girl, the girl is holding a tea set in her hand, she is here to deliver tea.

Glancing at the girl, Chen Moran, who was a little upset, motioned for the girl to go out, but when he went out, he gave him an order.

"Let Captain Liu in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

A few minutes later, a young officer entered, with the politeness of a soldier, but with a somewhat grim expression, and when he entered the room, he only said these two words, and then fell silent.

This young young officer was no ordinary officer, he had come out of the Royal Nursing Home, and even in his youth, he had lived in the Chen family mansion in Shanghai, and now he was a captain in the Military Intelligence Bureau, and in fact, there were many young officers like him, scattered in all parts of the army......

"When will the train arrive in Tianjin?"

Before the head was over, Chen Moran asked casually.

"Your Majesty, the train has just crossed the Yellow River"

The young officer respectfully explained first, and then said.

"If you don't give way, it should be tomorrow afternoon, and if Your Majesty needs it, you can get a ...... at the next stop with the Ministry of Transportation."

To get in touch is to get the right of way, and then this royal train will no longer need to think about giving way and other issues, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Moran.

"There's no need for that!"

Before the words fell, Chen Moran said another word.

"Call Niu Yongjian and ask him to take the train south from Tianjin, and you arrange a meeting stop on the map and let him board this train at that station!"

The train still rumbled along, and outside the window it was a dark night, occasionally pierced by a lone light somewhere. Faced with this situation, thinking of the choice he made, Chen Moran felt infinitely worried and helpless......

"Don't mind, it's been discussed a hundred times...... I won't, I'm not going to change my mind. ”

Smoking a cigar, Chen Moran replied in a somewhat hoarse but very firm tone, and he deliberately raised his eyes to look at Niu Yongjian.

"Filial piety, this time ......"

After a moment of silence, Chen Moran said helplessly.

"What we may have to face is more difficult and more dangerous than it was when we recovered, this time. If we fail, then, China...... I don't want to think about the future, but sometimes, I have to. So, now that it's decided, it's going to be done, and it's going to be done! ”

"Your Majesty, he said, if he did. If you want to do it well, perhaps, you need some legal support. ”

Thinking of the sneer on his old friend's face when he made this request, he was always a little disappointed with the changes in his old friend.

"Oh......"

I nodded, though I didn't ask what kind of legal support I needed. But for Chen Moran, he knows that if he wants public opinion to become the mouthpiece of the government, the government must do something, and for this. He can be said to know all too well, after all, it is difficult for people in this era to imagine what a voice of public opinion in the whole country looks like, and he has long been accustomed to him. And that kind of voice relies on the law. …,

"Well, public opinion!"

Chen Moran said seriously and even word by word. As he spoke, he picked up a newspaper from the table, flipped through a few pages nonchalantly, and then pointed to an article.

"Public opinion, if it is completely controlled by us, and has legal support, perhaps. A voice reached, however. There will be no way for the government to supervise, and I hope that public opinion will play a role in helping us gain the support of the people, rather than hoping to control public opinion, and eventually we will become complacent and arrogant in a hymn, and eventually go to extinction! ”

After first expressing his views on this matter and his initial starting point, Chen Moran changed his voice again.

"Now let me be clear, the law will not attack the existing public opinion, I want to be honest, if there is no freedom of public opinion, then, in the future, our power will not be supervised and unquestioned......

Putting the newspaper in his hand in its place, Chen Moran stood up like a spring, walked around the moving room for a while, and smoothed his hair with mechanical gestures.

"So, my dream of building a thousand-year-old empire ......"

After a pause, Chen Moran's expression became serious.

"Perhaps, it's just a dream, a fool's dream-like delusion, in the end, everything will be beaten back to its original shape, this is not what I want to see, and it is not our final point."

Because he knew the evil consequences of doing so, Chen Moran then said decisively.

"Tell him that it is impossible to get legal support, because the law is fair to everyone, and it is the same for public opinion, and what I need is for him to dominate public opinion, not to suppress it - this is what we need, so that at least one thing can be guaranteed, public opinion will not be used by our enemies."

Public opinion, the reason why he agreed to amnesty the person who almost betrayed him is precisely because considering the challenges that China may face in the future, the public opinion from all sides, especially over the years, the country's indulgence of public opinion has led to the possibility that someone will use "public opinion" to attack the government and even create revolutionary emotions, so he will need that "old subordinate", after all, for that profession, he may be regarded as his own student, but he is extremely talented!

Listening to His Majesty's request, Niu Yongjian just kept nodding his head and said yes repeatedly. In many cases, Niu Yongjian, who regards His Majesty as his mentor, will never doubt any words of His Majesty, and as long as it is something that His Majesty explains, he will do everything he can to do it well, and his words are as sonorous as in the past:

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister will definitely convey your words to him!"

"Tell him the word, and ...... another"

After thinking for a while, Chen Moran said with a smile.

This tells him that public opinion, in the final analysis, who has more financial resources, who can really influence it! So ......"

After taking a puff of his cigar and exhaling the smoke, he said with a smile.

"Every month, he can get five million dollars, and the only thing I ask is ......"

"Your Majesty, you don't need to make the only request!"

reminded His Majesty with his words, but Niu Yongjian put his words away, and then said with a solemn expression.

"The only thing you need is a satisfactory result...... As for what he should do, we have already talked about it, and this is a prerequisite for his eventual freedom. ”

Listening to Niu Yongjian's answer, Chen Moran smiled, he didn't continue this topic further, now he can be somewhat relieved.

"Okay, Xiaozhi, you've worked hard this time!"

He nodded in satisfaction, Chen Moran knew that if this plan succeeded, he could at least avoid something from happening in China.

"I think everything will go well, but I hope to see the results as soon as possible, a result that will satisfy me."

While raising this expectation, Chen Moran approached the wine cabinet on the side, maybe this carriage looked a little shabby, but at least, there was still everything he needed here, and took out a large bottle of opened wine and two upside-down goblets from it - Chen Moran personally poured about thirty grams of brandy for himself and Niu Yongjian, and then he looked at Niu Yongjian and smiled:

"Come, Xiaozhi, we two monarchs and ministers, we haven't had a toast on anything for a long time, now let's toast to the smooth......"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two wine glasses collided and made a pleasant sound, which was not loud, but the crisp sound still echoed in this carriage for a while......