"Rejuvenate the country unanimously, serve the public for the country!"

Nanjing's Guangfu Avenue is the same as in every city in China, and the slogans put up by political axes and non-governmental organizations can be seen everywhere on the streets, but more are propaganda posters, and within two days, tens of millions of propaganda posters have been posted in almost every city and market town in China.

In the Imperial Council, the refugee representatives who came from the Liaoning War Zone wept silently about the calamities they suffered and complained about the atrocities of the Russian and Russian armies, but compared with the Russian army, these refugee representatives "had a clear heart" and focused on the atrocities of the Syrian army.

Amid the unspoken weeping of the refugee representatives, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life in Nanjing marched on the Liberation Avenue in support of the political axe's just battle to "defend national rights by force".

"For the country!"

"For the sake of dignity!"

This may have been an unprecedented war that won the broad support of the people, although the war only lasted for two days, but in these two days, there was a continuous stream of good news, although most of the good news was small victories, but it also really excited the people who had not tasted the victory of the national war for a long time.

At this time, the windows and stores of the buildings on both sides of Guangfu Avenue have been hung with the tricolor national flag, and the whole street is completely a sea of flags, not only a small national flag, but also a huge national flag hanging from the roof of the building, dozens of square meters in size, at this moment, the national flag has become the best way to express loyalty.

Where there is a national flag, there is a country, and this is during the period of liberation, when this concept was propagated to the people through newspapers, and at this special time, people spontaneously hung the national flag symbolizing the country to express their patriotism and loyalty to the country.

When he was in the Qinzheng Building of the palace, Chen Moran listened to the shouts coming from outside the palace with a smile on his face.

"Listen, this is the voice of the people, and this at least says a thing!"

He twisted his head and looked at the civil and military officials in the room.

"The people are behind this war!"

Chen Moran, who looked a little proud, said so, although because of the weather, he could not use poison gas, but the start was still very smooth, the first army has realized the encirclement of the third army in Fengtian, besieging three divisions of the army with six divisions, and it is also a unit without heavy fire support, this bone will definitely be gnawed down.

"A week, a week, give me the Third Army to kill Nogi!"

While speaking, Chen Moran walked in front of the cabinet members and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is the best policy to besiege and not attack, if you hurt the army, I am afraid it will backfire!"

As soon as Zhang Zhidong's voice fell, Yuan Shikai took the initiative to stand up and say.

"Zhang Xiang is surprised, there are more than 330,000 troops in the northeast, if our army does not seize the favorable opportunity, cut off one of its fingers, cut off Tieling, say that the 200,000 army retreats, and form a situation of encirclement against it, it will inevitably cause the army to ride a tiger and be difficult to fall, at that time, it will be possible to take the army under siege as a hostage, and force it to return to the negotiating table!"

While they were arguing, Chen Moran was thinking about another thing in his heart, that is, the people's heart!

Although there were demonstrations in Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places in support of the political axe's move to "defend the national power by force", the whole country was far from being mobilized, and if they wanted to agitate, they needed a victory, and the whole country and the whole country must be shaken by an unprecedented victory.

The argument between the ministers did not affect Chen Moran's decision, he listened to the faint shouts outside the window, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

"Let's put an end to the argument! Ladies and gentlemen! ”

He came to the royal front, handed over a draft written on a piece of paper, and said:

"This is the draft of the telegram I drafted and sent to the officers and soldiers on the front line, we will completely annihilate the Third Army in a short period of time, and at the same time we will trap the other four armies in an iron barrel, and we will use a brilliant victory to tell the 450,000,000 people of the empire, and the whole world, China is by no means a Manchu, and he has the ability to defeat any enemy!"

As he handed out the draft, Chen Moran stood there, looking around at the ministers.

"Alright, guys, this matter is settled, and now the only thing we need to do is to do everything possible to win this war!"

He turned his gaze to Liang Dunyan.

"Liang Qing, in the past few days, we must win the support of the Americans and the British, and the two of them are the ones who are most unwilling for Russia to weaken too much!"

"Your Majesty, there have been many protests over there! They're asking if we're declaring war on Zoben! ”

Liang Dunyan hurriedly said, the abnormality shown by the attacked Yue himself was really beyond his expectations.

"Protest?"

Chen Moran was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again, why is this word so familiar.

"Protest against what? It's nothing more than protesting first, then condemning, and finally strongly protesting, and then a strong condemnation, don't worry about them, they protest against theirs, let's fight ours, as long as he doesn't declare war, there is room for maneuver in this matter, let's wait, as long as Fengtian can fight down and surround the main force of the army, we will win this big bet! ”

"The Chinese are gambling with the fortunes of the country!"

Standing in front of the emperor, Hirobumi Ito said.

Emperor Meiji didn't turn around yet, so he said.

"Ito, how long do you think this can last!"

Unexpectedly, Ito Hirobumi did not speak, but was silent for a while before he said:

"Today, Takahashi sent back a telegram from the United States saying that after the news of the attack on Mukden by the Chinese [***] team spread, the price of our country's public bonds plummeted!"

Hearing this answer, Emperor Meiji was first taken aback, and then reined in his heart and said:

"In the original plan, we should quickly overturn our opponents before our financial resources dry up, and end the war on the terms of peace talks that are already favorable!"

With that, he turned to look at Hirobumi Ito.

"Do we still have the conditions to hold peace talks to end the war?"

In the history of the Emperor, the Emperor was the master of the country, and the people should obey his orders. Halfway through, the samurai became stronger, and the emperor's orders became unheard, but thanks to the efforts of the kings, it was easy to take back power from the Tokugawa.

It's the Meiji era, and as an emperor, there's nothing more satisfying for him. The emperor will also praise himself for a good job. Now, the book is truly owned by the emperor.

But what about the actual situation?

All kinds of things may not be done according to the emperor's will. Politics, economics, diplomacy, and military affairs were all discussed by the ministers without the emperor's knowledge, and finally they were brought to the emperor to ask for approval.

The budget, the personnel, the detailed figures, the names of the people are stacked, and I bring these documents, but I can't understand them very clearly. If asked, give some explanations. But is it not good to do it this way? For a person without expertise, it is not clear. As a result, in the midst of nonsense, important matters are decided one by one.

For example, it's like a young owner of a big store. The details of the business are all undertaken by the treasurer since the previous generation, and they are decided without discussing with the boss one by one. Although they are all faithful and diligent shopkeepers, there may be mistakes.

"We'll do a good job, just leave it to us."

In every case, this is the case, which seems to be respecting the emperor, but in fact it is despising the emperor.

The same is true of the war with the Lucian Empire. Such a momentous event, although in the end it was he who made the decision to declare war. But as soon as the ministers and the generals discussed it, a war began. The so-called holy judgment is actually only the opinion of the majority, and even as the emperor of eternity, he will not hurt the tacit understanding with the ministers.

More often than not, he supported the ministers' decision, and he was initially most worried about the declaration of war on Lucia, and he was also the same opponent. But in the end he compromised, but with the report of the battle, it was already very clear, and he was convinced that it was not bad for him to declare war.

In other words, he didn't play a dangerous gamble, but he saw through the flaws of Lu Guo, just like he did with Qing Guo at the beginning, and he knew it in his heart before he started fighting. After all, it is better to look at the behavior of the young boss to the clever shopkeeper.

The general public rejoiced at this unexpected victory. If you had known that you were a weak enemy from the beginning, you might not be so happy. It is precisely because the opponent is a big empire described as a sleeping lion, and now he plucked up all his strength and slammed it, but knocked it out of the way and fell a big heel.

This joy was even more layered, but it did not last long, from the beginning of China's strong opposition to the withdrawal of tariffs, Emperor Meiji realized that this war might change, and in his opinion, at this critical time, nothing was more important than to pacify China.

But when he sensed that something was going in an abnormal direction, he found that the ministers were not willing to listen to him, and those ministers were extremely contemptuous of China, and they stubbornly believed that the Chinese would not take risks, but now?

"Ito, no matter what decision the final cabinet makes, I will not seal the declaration of war against China!"

Rarely, Meiji said his thoughts in an affirmative tone.

"Once war is declared, there is no possibility of keeping the conflict to a minimum! At the very least, we still have the possibility of a diplomatic solution with China. ”

"Your Majesty! But what if General Nogi's troops suffered heavy losses in Mukden, or even wiped out completely? ”

Hirobumi Ito expressed his greatest fear, and when he met with the Emperor, he received a telegram from Kodama that the squadron was forming an encirclement of the Third Army.

Silence, Meiji, who was standing in front of the window, was silent for a long time before finally spitting out a sentence with difficulty.

"Ito ......"

(To be continued)