France and Italy were both Adou who could not be supported in World War II.

Therefore, the World War II in Emperor Song Biao's memory was largely the Anglo-German War, the Soviet-German War and the United States Pacific War, and these three wars were the main part.

Today's World War II is obviously much simpler, that is, a war between Britain and France against Germany, before that, the Soviet-German war and the Sino-Chinese war had ended ahead of schedule.

It is doubtful that Britain and France would have had the courage to continue to resist in the face of Germany, which had conquered the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

On the morning of receiving Liu Gengyun's callback, Emperor Song Biao took the time to play a game of mahjong to relax, and after the lunch break, he returned to the office to deal with official business.

Vice-Foreign Minister Chiang Zuobin's mediation in Europe had no effect, and the Reich's warnings to Germany did not seem to have had any effect, and Italy was plotting to attack the French colony of Tunisia in Africa.

Italy has long coveted this land.

During the Roman Empire, they conquered the Carthaginians, and now they want to recreate the glory of antiquity. Soft persimmons are easy to pinch, and Italy also knows this truth, so it is definitely a good plan not to rush to find trouble with Egypt and Ethiopia, and start with the French colonies first.

Soft is a relative surname.

France was a soft persimmon compared to Germany, and even a walnut compared to Italy, which was lackluster in its offensive against the French army on the southern front, but actively planned to attack Spain and Tunisia.

The Chinese Empire and Italy are really mortal enemies, so Italy does not care about the Empire's warning to Germany at all, and still wants to fight Spain, defeat Spain and France, and Italy can turn the Mediterranean Sea into its own inland sea, such a plan is of course very majestic.

With nuclear weapons in hand, Song Biao didn't care about the situation on the European battlefield, but if France couldn't stop it for half a year with the support of such a scale of the empire, it would really hurt his nerves.

The interests of the Empire in France are not insignificant.

For this kind of problem, Song Biao has nothing to do, he can only give it to French Paul in person. President Reynaud sent a telegram asking France to respect the recommendations of the Chinese military advisory group.

After thinking about it for a while, he dialed the phone number of the Prime Minister's Office and asked Prime Minister Gu Weijun to meet with him immediately at the Central Palace.

During the time of waiting for Prime Minister Gu Weijun to arrive, Song Biao, as the emperor, had nothing else to do, and the empire was indeed actively preparing for war now, but it had already made up its mind to solve the problem by means of nuclear war.

As a monarch, Emperor Song Biao did not have too many official affairs to deal with during this time, and he sat in the office silently thinking about his thoughts.

World War II was a lot of trouble, but the people who should really be troubled were Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of General Staff and Prime Minister Gu Weijun, and Emperor Song Biao felt that he could spare some time to prepare for a new life, and he had already begun to feel uncomfortable about this kind of imperial life.

The reason why he still insists on being here is because the constitution stipulates that he must fulfill the duties of the emperor.

If he disappears from the Empire, the Empire will continue to function, but it will need a new emperor who does not have much power to ensure the inheritance of the Empire in the constitutional monarchy and the symbol of this central authority.

He is just a sculpture of this empire.

During this time, Emperor Song Biao wanted to learn to play golf, wanted to relive the old days of riding horses on the grassland in the northern prairie, and wanted to return to Dianzi in the northeast to watch the fall and ordinary life.

However, due to the urgency of this war, he did not leave Yanjing, and insisted on performing the duties stipulated by the law in his post.

For him, it's just a job, and he's been pretty much doing what he's trying to do for the past thirty-five years.

Like everyone else, he should also have his own retirement.

He believed that the end of the war was an opportune time for him.

He is not the kind of person who craves power and luxury, or rather, he is no longer like that, and now he prefers to live a dull rich man's life, no longer so toiling.

Soon, Prime Minister Gu Weijun hurriedly came to the audience.

After seeing Gu Weijun, Song Biao did not rush to say anything, but invited Prime Minister Gu Weijun to accompany him to take a walk in the garden of Cizheng Garden.

This made Prime Minister Gu Weijun a little surprised and hesitant, probably because there were too many government affairs to deal with, and he was too busy.

Emperor Song Biao didn't mind, stood up with a cane, and said to Gu Weijun: "It doesn't matter, as long as you come here, those old gentlemen in the Congress will definitely think that you are talking about important matters, and no one will question you because of this even if you stay for a day." ”

Gu Weijun smiled bitterly and responded: "The emperor's holy decree, the ministers should be respected." ”

In the past month, he has indeed worked harder than anyone else, wishing that he had 38 hours a day to work, he had to start work at 5 a.m. every day and go to bed after 12 p.m.

Song Biao has heard of this and is very grateful to the prime minister.

Once upon a time, Emperor Song remembered that Gu Weijun was such a free and talented young man, serving as a secretary and chief of the inner court by his side, and now time has passed in a trance, and the young man he admired has also entered the later stage of his career like him, with gray temples and a blessed body.

Walking on the way to Cizheng Garden, Song Biao asked with concern: "Is life in the Prime Minister's Mansion very tiring?" ”

Gu Weijun nodded in acknowledgement and replied: "That is, this time seems to be very busy, and it is usually fine." ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, and continued to ask: "Are you still satisfied with the newly built mansion last year?" ”

Gu Weijun replied: "That's satisfying, it saves the time of going back and forth in the past." ”

Song Biao chuckled.

After the establishment of Kyoto Prefecture, the new Central Government Axe Office was re-established, because the local households had been demolished and there were no other commercial and residential households in the area, so there was enough space for a central avenue to be built, and the central government offices were on both sides of the road.

The Prime Minister and many other important ministers were concentrated in the Cabinet Office Building and the State Council, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Land and Resources all had other administrative districts, which were adjacent to the Cabinet Office Building, all on the same street.

There are also a number of commercial establishments, tea houses, cafes, and pubs on Chuo Boulevard, where you can drink tea and coffee, and you will always meet high-ranking officials at the level of cabinet ministers.

Gu Weijun's cabinet finally considered the establishment of a special prime minister's office, and behind this proposal was also the hope of further strengthening the prime minister's authority, which was resolutely opposed by the Liberation Party at first, because the Liberation Party had been in power for a long time, and the power of the central cabinet was actually divided among various factions.

It was not until Emperor Song Biao came forward to support and recruited the Central Palace one by one to give lectures that he finally demarcated a lot in the southwest area of Central Avenue to build the Prime Minister's Palace, which was previously the jurisdiction of the Central National Park, and a piece of land was demarcated from the east side of the National Park for the construction of the new Prime Minister's Palace, opposite the administrative buildings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defense, and the east side of the Prime Minister's Office is the administrative district of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources.

The location is not bad.

Completed just last year and costing a budget of 28 million yuan, the underground security center is located at a depth of 60 meters and can withstand nuclear attacks.

Gu Weijun said that he was still very satisfied, and of course Emperor Song Biao wanted to laugh, so he laughed with Gu Weijun: "This can be regarded as a congratulatory gift from me to you for the third term." ”

Gu Weijun immediately replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Song Biao was not in a hurry to mention the matter on the French side, and only when he arrived on the bamboo forest path in Cizheng Garden did he first ask Gu Weijun: "How is the situation over there?" ”

Gu Weijun replied: "Hirohito is still unwilling to give up the throne, on the surface, he is high-sounding, but behind the scenes, he is still making small moves, the people of the General Intelligence Bureau have placed bugs over there, and they are basically all clear, Wang Zhaoming is still trying to find a way to deal with this matter." Other than that, everything else was dealt with, and Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi was still mediating for this, proposing a compromise solution that would allow Hirohito to abdicate, choose a new heir from the Imperial Family, and strictly limit the powers of the new emperor in the new constitution. This means that if the Empire agrees to this, it can agree to the Empire's terms regarding Hokkaido and the reparations. Wang Zhaoming wanted to agree, but I didn't. As for the Hokkaido matter, there is actually no room for negotiation on the part of the Hokkaido side, and they cannot afford to make any waves on top of it, and my proposal is that if the emperor agrees to suspend the emperor's system, the compensation can be reduced as appropriate, but this is only talk. In the end, it should not be reduced, just extend the repayment period. ”

Song Biao nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "The problem over there is getting more and more to be solved quickly, and it can't be delayed any longer." ”

Gu Weijun agreed, and replied: "The book is now talking about a problem, which is nothing more than that once the temporary political axe of the book withdraws from the peace talks, the book will be in chaos, and we will be alone in the book, and we will have to face a large number of national uprisings." Some time ago, Mitsumasa Yonechi deliberately sent a telegram to me for this, and he said this truth in a few hundred words, saying that it was reasonable, but in fact he was just blackmailing us with the surnames of tens of millions of people. Emperor Hirohito felt that Wang Zhaoming was closer to them and had a good attitude towards him, and these words had always been visited in person every time, and what he said was nothing more than these words, which was quite a bit of a lie that he felt sorry for the people, cherished the people, and inevitably suffered misery. After some consideration, I did not give any written reply, and asked Wang Zhengting, who was in charge of the negotiations, to privately convey my answer to Emperor Hirohito and Mitsumasa Yonechi. ”

Song Biao was very curious about Gu Weijun's rhetoric and asked, "How do you answer?" ”

Gu Weijun replied: "I said, if you Emperor and Prime Minister do not cherish the surnames of the 60 million people of this country, and want to threaten us with them as a shield, we will definitely not cherish them. ”

Song Biao clapped his hands and praised: "That's a good point." ”

Gu Weijun said: "Actually, they won't last long. The economy is now at the bottom, even more difficult than it was before the Meiji Maintenance, one-third of the population depends on the Empire's relief food, and the remaining two-thirds cannot be said to be a home for food and clothing. The media is basically under our control, and every day we are constantly criticizing and exposing the guilt of Hirohito and other members of the royal family for this war, whether it is Mitsumasa Yonechi or other war criminals in custody, as long as we have enough evidence in our hands, we will publish it. Wang Zhaoming made a move, but if he wanted to receive relief food, he must receive a weekly magazine, and in all counties, towns, and cities, as long as there is electricity, he will be broadcast and radio broadcasts will also be used, and he has repeatedly revealed the bottom of the matter; judging from the current survey data, the proportion of people who continue to support the emperor system in this book has dropped from almost 100 percent to less than 60 percent. Let's grasp the truth, if Emperor Samoto and the members of the imperial family had not instigated this war, Samoto would not be as poor as he is now. I also said to Mitsumasa Yonechi that as long as the final approval rating is less than half, we will not have any more negotiations on the emperor system, and we will directly send Hirohito to the Seoul court and try it openly in the international world. ”

Song Biao still agreed, and said: "This is what should be done to deal with these people." It is necessary for Wang Zhaoming to strengthen the propaganda of the rule of law society, let the domestic people make some movies specifically aimed at surnames, organize some open-air screening teams, show the past life of the Chinese, show the prosperity and prosperity, show the strength and science and technology, show the advantages of military, science and technology, and humanities education in all aspects of the surname to show the surname, so that the people of the country realize that the propaganda they heard and saw in the past is false. If they brainwash the people, we will fight against brainwashing, saying that if the internal government does not cooperate, there will always be people who cooperate, and if it really doesn't work, we will support the Soviet to come up and make a move. ”

Gu Weijun pondered silently for a moment and said, "We haven't weighed the idea of supporting the ultra-leftists before. ”

Song Biao said: "Support, vigorously support, don't be afraid of accidents, just be afraid that they won't have an accident in the future, just use the extreme left to engage in the extreme right of the book, and do a good job." After it is done, it can also be said that the Soviet people will be able to pass the good story of the dire situation of the Soviet people. ”

Gu Weijun was very surprised by this very creative idea, and was stunned for a few seconds before replying: "Okay, after the minister goes back, he will let people make plans, but I am worried that Wang Zhaoming will not agree." ”

Song Biao said: "Let's just say it's my idea, let him think clearly, we can't manage so much now, if we can't deal with the matter properly before March next year, it will be too late for us to solve Nazi Germany later." Once Germany is allowed to unify the whole of Europe, it will first go south to conquer Africa, and it will be difficult for us to trouble them again, and we will inevitably end up fighting a great war that has never been fought before. ”

Gu Weijun nodded yes.

Song Biao said at this time: "Liu Gengyun sent me a telegram from Paris, he is very optimistic about France, he estimates that if it is fast, France will fall into the situation of losing the country before the end of the year, and it will be around March next year." ”

Gu Weijun was taken aback and asked, "So fast?" ”

Song Biao said: "It's not too fast, if France is not a drag, do you really think that the military department will ask to break off the formal military alliance with France?" This is their own fault, what can we do, let's support Britain more in the future. ”

Gu Weijun sighed: "In order to stabilize the domestic economy, Chamberlain had just reduced the pound exchange rate by 40% before the war, coupled with the complete loss of control over the Asian colonies, the national strength has been greatly weakened. Winston Churchill came out as interim wartime prime minister. There are advantages to bringing Churchill to power, this person is tough and anti-Nazi, and he will not compromise, but there are also disadvantages, and he will also grit his teeth and hate us. ”

Song Biao said: "Then we must also support the UK, one is the UK, the other is Spain, if these two points cannot be endured, the situation will be difficult to clean up." ”

Gu Weijun nodded and admitted, "If Italy really wants to attack North Africa, what should we do, do we declare war?" ”

Song Biao said: "Italy is not a real opponent worth paying attention to, but as the central political axe, you should warn in advance, if Germany attacks Spain and Sweden, Italy attacks Africa and Greece, and any conditions are met, the empire will definitely enter the war, especially Spain, the empire's investment interests in Spain are very great, and Germany must not be allowed to get involved, if the French army is really unable to stop it, let the French army withdraw into Spain." In addition, the empire still had to send troops into Spain just in case. ”

Gu Weijun thought for a while and said, "If the political axe makes a public statement, I'm afraid that the Ben side will use this time to blackmail again." ”

Song Biao said: "Let them be blackmailed, tell them that the empire has enough time and energy to spend with them, even if it is five years to talk, the strength of thirty army divisions has been pressed at the base, and the empire does not care." If they really stalemate, they will immediately change to a temporary political axe and allow the ultra-left forces to come to power. ”

Gu Weijun could only agree with these words and said, "The minister already understands in his heart. ”

Song Biao persuaded him: "Don't be too nervous, as long as we are ruthless, it is not difficult to deal with Germany, if we really want to declare war, symbolize the surname to fight a few tough battles to prove the strength of the empire, and then directly send them to the west to see the Buddha." If a world war really has to be fought to a certain extent, it is not a sin to use any weapon, and we will not have any moral burden. I'm not afraid, you're not afraid, then what else is there to be afraid of. ”

Gu Weijun still nodded silently, and he was really relieved in his heart.

As long as the emperor is stable here, his heart will be much more relaxed, and he will not even feel difficult to take a breath.

Yes, the empire is indeed in the whirlpool of World War II, but as long as the emperor is still in Yanjing City, the 500 million people of the country are like eating a scale, their hearts are very solid, very stable, and there is really nothing to be afraid of.

Even if the flames of war do spread to the Empire, the Empire will surely win the final victory.

Who is the empire afraid of?

After talking about everything, Emperor Song Biao did not let Gu Weijun leave the Central Palace early, so he asked Gu Weijun to accompany him for a walk in the Cizheng Garden.

In order to cultivate the next generation of emperors of the empire as much as possible, Song Biao and the cabinet have tried all means, and are now arranging for the Yuhua crown prince to work in various cabinets of the empire in turn, familiar with the operation of politics.

Beginning next year, Emperor Song Biao intends to arrange Crown Prince Yuhua to serve as secretary general next to Yang Zhaolin, Speaker of the National Assembly, and serve for one to two years to figure out the characteristics of the operation of the National Assembly.

If there is a partisan difference, or a very large military and political difference, it is likely that the emperor will come forward to coordinate the two sides.

Given the wealth and influence held by the imperial family in the empire, it is also unrealistic to implement a pure constitutional monarchy exactly like in Europe, and completely deprive the emperor of any real power.

When the two of them talked about this, Gu Weijun remembered another thing, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is just one thing that should be played with you, a few days ago, Pu Yi went to the Senior Affairs Committee in Tokyo to meet Wang Zhaoming, it is said that life is difficult to help, and he wants to return to China, so he asks the political axe to arrange his livelihood." At that time, before the empire pacified Yanjing, it had a proposal with the Manchu royal family of the previous dynasty that as long as they were willing to accept all conditions, the empire would give the Manchu royal family a preferential payment every year. He is now revisiting the matter and asking whether the cabinet will keep its promise. ”

Song Biao couldn't help but sneer: "Bastard thing, I went to Yue Ben to cooperate with Yue Ben's separatist policy for so many years, do you still want preferential treatment now?" I don't think it's going to be so much trouble, it's annoying to let him come back, give him a sum of money, let him go to a foreign country, or just stay in this book to live. ”

Gu Weijun had his own thoughts on this matter, and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that he be allowed to return to China and arrange a spare job for him to support his family, and as for the preferential treatment, it's just that." He has already entered his native nationality before, and it is unrealistic to pursue the crime of treason and separatism, but it is still possible to pursue war crimes, so it is not complicated to prosecute him and sentence him. ”

Song Biao pondered for a moment and said: "There must also be a reason for amnesty, it is not appropriate to amnesty for one's own selfishness, not to mention that there is no need to cause controversy and division in society in order to deliberately show my magnanimity." Don't make it so complicated, give him a resettlement payment, sign an agreement to resettle him in a foreign country. It is more complicated to go to the United States, it is better to place him in South America, or to go to a small European country. Now that Europe is at war, he probably won't go, so let him go to Argentina. As for where he will go in the future, we will not ask much. ”

Gu Weijun nodded and said, "That's fine." I'm afraid that his whereabouts are unknown, and some people will say that His Majesty is ruthless in the future, and they will take the opportunity to deal with him in Yueben. ”

Song Biao said with a smile: "Which dynasty founding emperor is not ruthless, let everyone go, when these agreements are lifted in the future, everyone will naturally know how we deal with this matter, maintaining domestic stability is what the emperor and the prime minister should do, don't care too much about other false names." ”

Gu Weijun nodded in acknowledgement.

He just heard Wang Zhaoming call and said that Pu Yi had a very hard time in Yueben, he didn't have enough food, and the cultural relics and antiques he carried when he smuggled out of the country had already been sold out, and Wang Zhaoming was trying to find a way to take back the antiques treasured by the royal family of the previous dynasty, because a large part of them were taken away by the royal family members of Yueben, and it was easy to find them, and Pu Yi was also actively assisting.

For this matter, Wang Zhaoming actively suggested that the cabinet appease Pu Yi and recruit him back to the country to be properly settled, so as to show the magnanimity of this dynasty.

(To be continued)