The winter in Nanjing, like the north, has heavy snow and cold winds; In the eye sky after the snow, there are also dripping water into ice and freezing three feet of Sanjiu. The sunset on a sunny day after the snow, the sunset is still like an icy golden soup, stiffly flowing on the cold residual snow, stiffly jumping on the cold residual snow.

Guangfu Avenue is the widest road in the world, every Nanjing person carries this from the north of the city to the old city, 13 kilometers long Guangfu Road, how much with some pride, Guangfu Avenue is 40 meters wide. The middle motorway is 22 meters, and the outer side is a sidewalk of 5 meters, and there is a safety island and forest [***] between the motorway and the slow lane, and the sidewalk is planted with street trees.

Now Nanjing is no longer the "small city" with only 500,000 people, although the recovery is less than seven months, but as the capital of Nanjing, with a large number of officials entering, commercial banks stationed, the population is surging rapidly, at most, Nanjing 23 police stations handle the procedures for moving in as many as 20,000 people in one day, the population of Nanjing at this time has exceeded 900,000, and the surging population makes Nanjing more and more prosperous.

At this moment, in the stiff cold, in the stiff residual snow, Liu Jingxuan held her newborn son and Cuixi, the old mother, and the wet nurse in her arms, riding in the family carriage, looking at her infant son, she couldn't help but look forward to the future, and when the car drove towards the outside of the city, it was inevitable that she would have to pass through Kuanda Guangfu Avenue.

Walking on the increasingly prosperous Guangfu Avenue, looking at the colorful flags next to the construction sites on both sides of the street, Liu Jingxuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart, these colorful flags were tied up for one person.

Chen Zixuan!

The birth of this baby, who had just been full moon, even caused a sensation in the country, Liu Jingxuan remembers the first time she saw his photo, she was waiting to give birth in the hospital, and those foreign nurses called the boy "angel" when they saw the beautiful "baby" in the newspaper.

This little boy is...... Looking down at her sleeping son, tears slid down her face, Chen Zixuan is his elder brother, compared to the blessings his brother received, what about his own son?

In addition to his mother's blessing, he didn't even get his father's blessing, and even his father didn't know about his existence. For no reason, the man in the dream seemed to live in her heart, haunting her forever, and never let her go or forgive her for a moment. When he woke up from the dream, he unexpectedly gave her a baby, a treasure that he might not even know.

"You are my son!"

When the tears fell on her son's face, Liu Jingxuan hugged her son tightly, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch him, this was her own son.

Cool tears dripped on the baby's delicate face, making the baby writhe in great discomfort.

"Your name is Liu ...... Zi Nian! ”

When the carriage left the Zhonghua Gate, when Liu Jingxuan was naming her son, she didn't know that at this time, in a warm spring-like room in the ruling axe at the other end of Guangfu Road, a man was lifting a baby high above her head.

"Son!"

Black hair, black eyes, although there is some smell of mixed race, but this is his own son, Chen Moran with a smile on his face has never been so proud as now, and his son's beauty is far beyond his imagination.

"Whoever dares to make irresponsible remarks about you, you Laozi, I will use a gun to speak!"

When his son's calf kicked his arm, Chen Moran said this in his mouth, the reason why he published more than a dozen photos of his son in the newspaper when his son was full moon was to tell those people.

"You see, black hair, black eyes, he is no different from the Chinese!"

Fortunately, his mother used her own actions to block the mouths of those old masters, in the face of Ji Li's donation of ships and the determination to coexist with the ship when returning, no one can use Ji Li's blood to say things, Ji Li is British, she has the title of British nobility, but she is the wife of a Chinese, from the day she married herself, she is Chinese, and the child she gave birth to is naturally also Chinese.

Although this will be full of confidence, on the other hand, his son's black hair and black eyes really made Chen Moran breathe a sigh of relief, whether it was him or Ji Li, or even many people, the most worrying thing was that he had a pair of jewel-like blue eyes that were beautiful but resisted by people like his sister.

Looking at the Xianggong who was teasing his son, Ji Li's face was full of smiles, and the heart that had been hanging finally fell with the birth of his son, there was almost no difference between his son and Chinese, in the past few weeks, there have been some people who have come to see Zixuan in the name of visiting Xianggong, what is their purpose, maybe it is to see whether Zixuan looks like a Chinese or ...... Foreigner.

Thinking of the long sighs of relief on the faces of those people, especially the old masters when they left, Ji Li understood that the last obstacle had been removed, and no one would mention their identities from now on, so what were they only worried about?

Maybe it's Zixuan's appearance!

"Ji Li, do you see if Zixuan is laughing......"

While Chen Moran was enjoying the joy of family, Ruisha walked in, and now she is still the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion.

"Sir, Counselor Zhang asks to see you!"

"Hey!"

Seeing that the son who seemed to be smiling, he had to sigh lightly and hand his son to Ji Li.

Since he became the ruling party, he has not had a day of leisure, especially since the "plan" was launched, things have become more onerous, such as the transfer of troops, the raising of funds, the arrangement of intelligence work, and the production of military industry...... And in the end, everything was put on the ruling axe's own desk, Zhang Zhizheng came here, no need to ask, Chen Moran could guess what was going on.

Since the full start of the plan, not only foreign ministers, consuls, and observers have become alarmed about the abnormal movement of the ruling axe, but also within the ruling axe, there is a lot of discussion, and everyone is speculating about what those strange actions are for, and although they have made various explanations, will they believe those explanations?

"Govern!"

As soon as he saw Chen Moran, Zhang Zhidong saluted first, and then took out a newspaper from his hand in shock, the newspaper was a copy of "Guangfu Bao", and almost all the pages of the newspaper were about the atrocities committed by Russia and Russia in the northeast.

"In power, now the domestic newspapers and public opinion are all accusing Russia of atrocities in the northeast, violating our country's territory outside the war zone, and violating our neutrality...... This, is this what it means to govern? ”

Zhang Zhidong is looking forward to the ruling party can give him a negative answer, the last dozen days, the action of the ruling axe is too strange, even he, who is a political adviser, is a little confused, since the liberation, the newspaper can occasionally see reports of the atrocities of the Russian and Russian armies in the northeast, but as many as now, almost no newspapers are reported, and there are newspapers and entire newspapers every day, which still makes him worry, the ruling government is very hostage to public opinion, and comes in to follow public opinion.

Zhang Zhidong's question made Chen Moran sigh in his heart, borrowing public opinion is a common means of governance, and it is really helpless to do so, the people's heart! The revenge of the Chinese mentality in this war is by no means something that "shame" can bring, and at the same time there is a hint of expectation and even hope at the same time.

Russia has been forcibly occupying the Northeast for four years, and the ordinary people hate it even more, and the Qing political axe is even more neutral on the surface, secretly helping, and even sending more than 20,000 people to fight with the army, and the people of the Northeast spontaneously resist Russia and are in full swing; The people throughout the country are in a state of great emotion, and public opinion is saying that they are slandering Russia without concealing it. The general mood of the people is even more heard, that is, the victory of this war is overjoyed, like a dream, and drunk. Even after the liberation, there were still people who advocated that the Northeast Anti-Russian Volunteer Army should be attached to the army to take the lead.

From before the liberation to after the liberation, the anti-Russian movement was in full swing throughout the country, but there was one-sided support for the liberation, and even after the liberation, there were still people in the provincial advisory bureaus who planned to compensate the Japanese army, and the activities of providing relief to the wounded soldiers were not uncommon, which is not ridiculous.

It is precisely because of this that it is necessary to use public opinion to turn this kind of folk "pro-talk" heart, Chen Moran, who is unwilling to directly answer Zhang Zhidong's question, noticed Zhang Zhidong's tone, his face was solemn, and his voice became cold.

Judging from the investigation conducted by the reporters of the "Xinyi Pao," it is said that Russia declared war in August, and the soldiers of the two countries were killed and wounded by only 100,000 soldiers, while the people of Liaodong died tragically under the butcher's knives of the two armies, but as many as tens of thousands, and the two armies used force to rob the grain of our people in order to raise military rations, and it is not uncommon for local officials to negotiate with people who have been arrested, detained, or even killed. Countless civilians have been killed in the fighting, property looted and destroyed, survivors have been displaced, food is scarce, and hunger is everywhere,...... Does it mean that we don't have the right to speak quickly? ”

Listening to the unhappiness in the ruling tone, Zhang Zhidong immediately understood the reason, this is a taboo for monarchs and ministers, if it was in the past, he would probably have to kowtow and say that he would be guilty of death.

"Govern, Zhidong is anxious for a while, please govern no wonder!"

apologized first, and then Zhang Zhidong said softly in a consoling tone.

"Governing the people's will can indeed be made, but it must not be incited like now, the country has just been decided, and when it is necessary to maintain stability in order to develop, please think twice about the government! The political axe should have declared outside neutrality as soon as possible! ”

"Think twice? Now on the issue of the Northeast, it is difficult for us to deal with it! First, as the owner of sovereignty over Northeast China, we cannot settle disputes and protect our territory, but sit idly by and watch strong neighbors fight each other, ravage the people, and prevent the people from being caught in the rain of war and bullets, which will surely greatly damage China's prestige in front of the people and other countries; Second, if we learn from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and declare neutrality, we are afraid that the future victors will be given the excuse of abandoning the Northeast and ceding sovereignty. The Russians protested that the anti-Russian army was a branch of the Liberation Army, not once or twice, and now because of the tension between tariffs and the relationship between the country, if it is neutral, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover it in the future! Therefore, it is not appropriate to declare outside neutrality for the time being! ”

Secrecy! It must be kept strictly secret, and even together with the huge bonds issued by the Ministry of Finance, it has been made into 200 bonds worth 100 million yuan, and the money has also been deposited in the Industrial Bank, and this war will never be carefully planned by China, but will be a patriotic war that will be waged "as a last resort" under the pressure of the foreign powers.

"Yes...... Ruling ......"

The expression on Zhang Zhidong's face was very unnatural, slightly restrained, and then, he said slowly.

"If neutrality is not declared, I am afraid that the Russians will easily find an excuse to invade our borders!"

"Now they haven't crossed our borders?"

In this questioning, Zhang Zhidong fell silent, he hung his head slightly, his face was somewhat bitter, and after a while, a sad smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Ruling is the determination of the situation of recovery, which is really God's help, if it is...... Please think twice about being in power! ”

After that, he closed his eyes, and his face was withered and dark. How could Zhang Zhidong, who is honest and benevolent, not know what small moves the ruling may be preparing, if the ruling speaks out, he will definitely resolutely oppose it, but now the ruling government does not say anything about it, and how can he speak.

Seeing Zhang Zhidong's appearance, a trace of unbearability welled up in his heart, and Chen Moran comforted.

"Xiang Shuai, the situation of recovery has been decided, and the political axe, the local government, and the people have all called for a very early referendum to determine the national system and stabilize the national situation, I mean...... A referendum has been held since the beginning of the year, and it should be possible to end the referendum before the Spring Festival, what do you think? ”

"Referendum?"

Zhang Zhidong was shocked, thinking of the last time he said that when he mentioned the referendum, he said that the time was not ripe for the government, but now he is a little impatient.

"There is no way to start the referendum on the national system in advance, and since the recovery, the people have set their minds, if the national system is uncertain, I am only afraid that the people's hearts will be unstable, and they will be used by dissidents, and the national system will be determined as soon as possible, and the internal will stabilize the people's hearts, and externally it is also the precondition for the countries to recognize our country!"

The words of the ruling are also very reasonable. Zhang Zhidong's heart settled down for a moment, and he opened his half-squinted eyes to govern and said.

"In power, our country has never presided over such a referendum that will cover the whole country, and if this referendum is held, the ruling axe will be ready, and all the people will be illiterate, and if they do it, how can they read the words on the ballots?"

"That's not a problem!"

Zhang Zhidong's words reached Chen Moran's heart, and he smiled and took out a piece of paper from the drawer on the side, and on the paper was a ballot paper designed by himself.

"Xiang Shuai, look at this ballot."

took the ballot that read "National Election", in addition to the pattern of a five-clawed golden dragon on it, the other is the word republic, and there is a sentence under the frame of the handprint, "Since the history of the book, we and other small people, the fate is controlled by others, in the eyes of others, the small people are just sheep donated!" The determination of today's restoration depends on the support of all the people...... Shengdou Xiaomin votes to elect the national body, which is really an unprecedented thing in ancient times, and finally I donate the sheep, and enlighten me to be a precedent for people! ”

"The golden dragon is regarded as an empire, a republic...... There is no symbol, so what? This ballot was made, and when the election was held, the ballot was sent to the people, and after voting, all the ballot boxes were sealed and collected in the provincial capital! Waiting for the national system to be decided,...... We're about to face a new challenge! ”

Chen Moran's eyes shot a fire-like light, today is December 31, and tomorrow is ...... Tomorrow the Northeast .......

(To be continued)