There are always two sides to things, although the huge amount of military spending in the past three years has put the empire under huge financial pressure, but at this stage, the strength of the empire's navy, land and air force is unchallengeable in the world, why is Britain afraid of China now, because China and Britain do not need to spend more to go to war, and Britain simply can't come up with so much money.

Purely compared to the combat level, the British Spitfire is not worse than the J-3 series fighters, and even stronger in many surnames, but to produce 28,754 aircraft, Britain will get so much money?

The current situation is very simple, if you want Britain to go to war with China, there is no problem, provided that you first come up with 3 billion pounds of military spending to the bottom, Britain's total central fiscal revenue is only 200 million pounds a year, where will it borrow 3 billion pounds?

Modern warfare is all about fighting for money, and having money is the real world hegemon.

The British can insist that the Caucasians are better than the Chinese in any way, but machinery and military equipment are the same, and when China and Britain really go to war, even if Britain sells all its wealth and scrapes together 3 billion pounds of military spending to start a war, will China be able to make up 10 billion pounds of military spending?

If you don't have money, don't come to compete with the Chinese Empire, and don't compete for the throne of the world's ocean hegemon.

After reading the financial report submitted by the Central Political Axe, Song Biao also felt that the military expenditure over the years was too large, and even if the Central Political Axe was the richest political axe in the world, it could not withstand such a degree of long-term consumption.

As he looked at the financial report, he thought to himself that between Germany and Great Britain, he could only choose to strike one, and Germany, like the United States, was a threat to the present and future of the empire, while Britain was really only a threat to the past.

Britain is the main obstacle to preventing the Chinese Empire from becoming the world hegemon, and only by kicking Britain out of Asia can the empire officially become a well-deserved world hegemon, but if the empire does not stop the expansion of Nazi Germany, it will definitely encounter the challenge of Nazi Germany in the future, and even if the empire barely defeats Britain and Germany at the same time, it will be too difficult to deal with the challenge of the United States in the future.

In a peaceful development environment, China is not afraid of the challenge of the United States, but it lacks enough means to restrict the development of the United States, so in the face of American competition, China can only rely on normal competition and development to suppress the United States in the second place in the world for a long time.

The decline of Britain is an inevitable trend of history, and there is no need to worry too much about this issue, as long as the frog is boiled slowly, and the liberalization of reading power in Asia and Africa is gradually promoted, the British Empire will be completely a thing of the past.

Therefore, the real biggest threat to the current Chinese empire is Nazi Germany, which has always insisted on expanding its national power through military expansion.

Regarding this, Song Biao is very clear in his heart.

After reading this report, Song Biao did not give any special approval, because the situation is not particularly bad, the overseas creditor's rights and trust assets at home and abroad held by the central political axe are all business assets, just like the German political axe holds 15% of the shares of Siemens, these are all assets that can be sold, excluding non-profit roads, reservoirs, schools, etc., which are nominally owned by the state, and the total value of these assets is higher, but they cannot be sold for cash.

This means that the central government can continue to cash out 20 billion to 40 billion yuan of funds for other wars, as well as to cope with other new challenges, including continuing to expand large-scale and sustained investment in scientific and technological research and development and education.

It is indeed not easy for the empire to maintain the current level of central finances after the defeat of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union.

In principle, Song Biao did not plan to give any evaluation of this matter, so he simply approved the word "read", and returned the report to Chen Jin, who accompanied him, without any opinion.

Chen Jin, as the Minister of Finance and the first person in charge of this matter, waited for a long time to see that the emperor had no special opinion, so he took the initiative to mention: "Your Majesty, will the central government's management and investment continue to maintain the original policy?" ”

Song Biao took advantage of this time to light a Yuxi cigar, and thought for a moment before replying: "It can be maintained, I personally think that in addition to the normal large-scale project operation and investment and financial services, the four major trust companies should also consider supporting the development of high-tech enterprises and small and medium-sized private enterprises, and the four major trust companies can also be listed and introduce a more reasonable and appropriate management mechanism and regulatory mechanism." ”

The four major trust companies in China usually refer to the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, the China National Trust and Reserve Corporation, the China State Investment Bank Corporation, and the China Industrial Holding Corporation, which are the four central political axe asset trust management companies, plus the China Far East Trust and Investment Bank Company and the China United Holding Company are the six major trusts, which are referred to as CITIC, China Reserve, China Investment, China Control, COSCO, and Zoomlion.

The four major political axe trust companies owned by the central political axe have different business scopes, the central reserve is mainly responsible for participating in the management and investment operation of bulk commodity trust at home and abroad, the main investment areas are concentrated in oil, iron ore, copper, manganese, tungsten, soybeans, cotton, wheat and other conventional international commodities, responsible for stabilizing the value of international commodities, as far as possible to avoid the impact of short-term commodity prices on the domestic economy.

CIC mainly participates in the financing services of domestic and foreign financial enterprises and mega projects, and issues loans and underwrites treasury bonds to foreign political axes, and one of its regular roles is to provide development loans for foreign political axes and contract projects to domestic enterprises.

ZPCON mainly participates in the trust investment of domestic pillar enterprises and industries, provides venture capital for high-tech enterprises, participates in the construction and management of industrial parks at home and abroad, cooperates with the central government to provide capital and technical support to key enterprises, supports and coordinates key enterprises to participate in international competition, adjusts domestic industrial production capacity, promotes overall industrial progress, and leads large-scale cross-company technical cooperation and scientific and technological research and development.

China Reserve, China Investment and China Control are all large political axe asset trust management companies with strong professional surnames, while China International Trust Company is a typical comprehensive super large trust company, with branches in 92 countries and regions around the world, widely involved in the investment and financial services of the global economy, CITIC is also the most powerful of the four major companies.

The central government adopts the appointment system for the management of the four major trust companies, and elects qualified senior management personnel through open recruitment in the country, and the prime minister personally appoints the presidents of the four major companies, and the Central Audit Administration and the social inspection agency of Reading Power jointly conduct an annual examination of the four major companies.

The investigation is very strict, but in terms of specific operation and management, once appointed, the presidents of the four major companies will be given absolute management authority, which is conducive to flexible operation and more effective internal management, except that the ownership of assets belongs to the central government, there is no difference from normal companies in other aspects.

At least in the past few decades, the model of the four major companies has been very successful, and on a global scale, the situation of the four central trust companies of the empire is also a special case, so many people think that the Chinese empire belongs to the category of state capitalism.

Success in the past does not mean success in the future.

Song Biao is skeptical of this, so he thinks that the four major trust companies still have to be listed and subject to more channels of supervision, of course, the situation of the four major trust companies is very special, and before the listing, it may be necessary to promote new legislation in the Congress to protect the many basic principles of the four major trust companies serving the country.

Chen Jin agreed with Song Biao's proposal.

Chen Jin said yes, "The four major trust companies are currently the most important financial pillars of the central political axe, and if there is no financial guarantee provided by the four major companies, the financial affairs of the central political axe can fully adhere to the empire to finish the two wars of China and China and the Soviet Union, but the huge financial deficit to be faced in the future must be very painful." As far as the present finances are concerned, even if we go to war with Britain over the reading power of India, it will not be too difficult a problem. ”

Song Biao smoked a cigar and continued to think about this matter in his heart, and after a while said to Chen Jin: "I don't think Britain is the enemy we have to face in the end. The end of European colonization is an inevitable trend of history, and as long as we advance step by step, perhaps in 10 to 20 years, we can gradually complete this process. ”

Chen Jin was a little surprised, thinking of the editorial written by the emperor in the inner court arranged in Vladivostok, he guessed that the emperor had adjusted his policy thinking towards Europe in his heart, and immediately asked: "Does Your Majesty think that Nazi-style Germany is a greater threat to our country?" ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, and said: "Now only the United States and Germany can challenge the empire, and Britain will collapse sooner or later, we only need to act as a pusher, not a hammer that smashes the wall." As for Germany, this threat would be a very dangerous thing, while the danger of the United States would not be dangerous on the one hand, at least not to the development of the Reich, but it would also be long-term and intractable. ”

Chen Jin asked: "Does that mean that the empire will inevitably contain Germany more severely, even at the cost of war?" ”

Song Biao was reluctant to answer this question, at least not at the moment and had to give an accurate answer.

He avoided this topic and continued to talk about Britain with Chen Jin, saying: "The British are now criticizing us as National Socialism as Nazi Germany, and it is undeniable that we have similarities with the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in terms of system, but there is a common principle behind this similarity, that is, to ensure the strength of the country in a large-scale war, and at the same time, we also protect the development space of private enterprises and the freedom of individuals." To a certain extent, we are indeed implementing a special political system between Britain and the United States and the Soviet Union and Germany, but this system is also conducive to the development of the empire. ”

Speaking of this, Song Biao emphasized quite seriously: "The special system is where our advantage lies, we look back on the past, in the Tang Shaoyi cabinet, we have established such a system, it is on the basis of this system, Zhang Kangnian as the Minister of Finance at that period can make very outstanding contributions, almost laid the financial foundation of today's central political axe." Zhang Kangnian's period was very beautiful, and everyone praised him for his greatness, but when we carefully analyze the reasons, more credit is the advantages of the system itself. I don't think that the current system is the best, there is no need for reform at all, on the contrary, we should continue to work hard, first of all, to ensure the advantages of the system, and the establishment and reform of the system depends on our thinking, so, looking back on the past 30 years, we will find that there is no absolute right and wrong in this world, every social thought and doctrine has its advantages and disadvantages, and we must stand at a very high height to comprehensively weigh the pros and cons. ”

Chen Jin is an extremely smart person, and he understands the intention of Emperor Song Biao's words, and now there are many people who have the opportunity to run for the next prime minister, and he is one of them, if he wants to win the election, he must first think from the perspective of an imperial prime minister, think about the future of China.

The system depends on doctrine, and China's doctrine is extremely complicated, and its root is the idea of liberation, as long as it is conducive to the strength and recovery of the nation, it is a beneficial thing.

He understood the emperor's intentions, and was not in a hurry to answer, but kept nodding silently in approval.

To be honest, Song Biao admires Chen Jin's talent very much, if he can give Chen Jin a good foundation, the achievements that Chen Jin can achieve, and the role he can play in promoting the empire, the national benefits that can be brought to the empire will be no less than Zhang Kangnian, who was called "meritorious in the future".

People always say that Zhang Kangnian's achievements in his 10-year term as finance minister are "meritorious for a thousand years", and it can be seen after the end of the Sino-Soviet and Sino-Chinese wars that the empire could have such a solid foundation without the four major trust companies left by Zhang Kangnian and the huge scale of the central government's investment assets.

So, a good chancellor of the exchequer is important......

In his conversation with Chen Jin, Song Biao opened two topics at the same time, one was the threat of Britain, Germany, and the United States to the different characteristics of the empire; The second is the difference between the dominant ideology, doctrine, and system of imperial politics and economy and that of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

Chen Jin was very smart, and he knew that the two topics that the emperor was talking about were actually one topic.

In the eyes of the empire, the two left-right extremisms of the Soviet Union and Germany do pose a great threat to the empire, but they are not as nervous as Britain and the United States, and the threat to the empire is actually about the same.

The empire does not care about the left, nor does it matter the right, as long as it is conducive to the great recovery of the empire and the Chinese nation, it is reasonable, useful, and usable, considering that the emperor is promoting new ideological integration and party integration, Chen Jin has a hunch, he feels that the mainstream political thought of the Chinese empire during this period of time, in the past few years, may gradually take shape, on the basis of constantly absorbing foreign ideas, and constantly sorting out the traditional trend of Chinese studies, the empire will roughly form a set of its own ideological theories.

Thought is very important, it guides all the behaviors of human society, and it also summarizes all the behaviors of human society.

For the Empire, Restorationism is still the most important idea, but it is not good enough to meet the needs of the Empire if it wants to become a world hegemon.

For such a topic, in principle, Emperor Song Biao, who should be read outside the political party, is not suitable to talk about too much, he turned back to the practical issue, pointed to the financial report in Chen Jin's hand, and instructed: "After I go back, I will have a more in-depth joint discussion in the cabinet and the military department, my opinion is very simple, should we adjust in the past two years, or take a break for a while, and lay a good foundation for the Seventh Five-Year Plan." Now, judging from various circumstances, it is all the more important for China to seek to transcend the restrictions of various regional disputes and ensure that it has a better opportunity to examine the new developments in the entire international world. I think that, to put it simply, we need to sit on the sidelines, rather than pursue more radical policies, to ensure that the central government and the military have enough time to deal with more difficult challenges. ”

"Yes."

Chen Jin agreed, he already understood the emperor's intentions.

At this stage, it is necessary to negotiate with Britain to solve the problem, but to strive for better conditions as much as possible.

The emperor's meaning is very simple, fighting Britain is a good choice, but it is not the best choice, nor is it the best choice that is most beneficial to the Chinese nation.

In the eyes of many people, China and Britain have long been on the verge of a major war, a number of battleships of the British Navy are passing through the Suez Canal and are about to arrive in the Indian Ocean, and the main fleet of the Chinese Navy has also left the Bandar Seri Begawan Naval Base.

This will likely be the battle of the maritime supremacies that will determine the next century, with the winner ruling the world's oceans in the second half of the 20th century.

The report submitted by Chen Jin made Emperor Song Biao already clear about the financial situation of the empire, and it was inappropriate for a full-scale war between China and Britain to break out, but it did not mean that it was more in the interests of the empire to sit down and negotiate immediately.

After Chen Jin left, Song Biao called the Central Military Department directly and asked Chen Houfu, Minister of National Defense, and Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of General Staff, to come to him overnight to discuss a more appropriate countermeasure.

Half an hour later, Chen Houfu and Jiang Fangzhen arrived one after another, and they reported the current situation to the emperor.

Before New Year's Day, the General Staff had drawn up three operational plans and reported them to the Song Emperor: first, to fight a quick decisive battle at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in the Indian Ocean, with the navy and air force as the mainstay; the second is to use the army as the main force to quickly annihilate the British colonial forces in Pakistan and India; The third is to drag the battlefield back to Southeast Asia and eliminate the British colonial army and the Straits Fleet in Malaya in Southeast Asia.

The situation is extremely favorable to China, and no matter which combat plan is chosen, the Imperial Wehrmacht has absolute certainty of annihilating the British army, or even attacking at the same time, completely annihilating the British military force in Asia, but this will take a certain amount of time and face more complicated situations.

The second aspect approved by Song Biao at that time was the formation of the Tenth Army and the southward movement of the Eighth Army, and at present, Xue Yue's Southern Coalition Army has made most of the preparations and can launch a general attack on the British colonial army in South Asia at any time.

Before Song Biao went to Vladivostok for vacation, he approved the first plan of the military department, agreeing that the main force of the navy should enter the Indian Ocean at an appropriate time and carry out a decisive battle with the British navy in the Indian Ocean.

Fortunately, Vice Admiral Chen Yawu, commander of the Indian Ocean Asian League Naval Command, risked going to court martials and discounted the order of the Central Military Department and adjusted the "severe counterattack" to a "limited counterattack," so that China and Britain would not immediately enter a major war situation.

The current situation is clear, as long as it is a decisive battle in Asia, whether it is in Southeast Asia or South Asia, the Imperial Central Defense Force has absolute superiority over the British army.

When Emperor Song summoned the two men, Jiang Fangzhen was busy preparing for the Armageddon at the military headquarters, and the preparatory battle plans for all aspects had been issued to the front-line commands, while Chen Houfu was busy communicating with the members of the National Assembly and the central cabinet, affirming the necessary surnames for the battle, and asking the cabinet and the National Assembly to continue to give absolute support.

According to the information of the Central Military Intelligence Department and the Central Intelligence Administration, Britain has reorganized a number of capital ships of the Mediterranean Fleet as the new Far East Fleet, with three battleships and two aircraft carriers as the capital ships, and sailed through the Suez Canal at about 6 o'clock this evening, but probably a very low surname.

The Imperial Navy's Sixth Fleet, which was stationed in the Gulf of Aden, had been evacuated to the Imperial Navy's military port of Anzinana in North Madagascar to avoid the British Navy.

Song Biao had been listening to Jiang Fangzhen's battle report very silently, and for Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Houfu, even if they were not fanatical main battle factions, they were also convinced that the empire must defeat Britain and bring the whole of Asia under the control of the empire, so as to lay a stronger foundation for the decisive battle with Germany in the future.

After Jiang Fangzhen finished his report, Song Biao asked him and Chen Houfu: "What do you think is the winning rate of this battle?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen thought for a moment and replied simply: "It is unlikely that we will fail. ”

Chen Houfu said: "It is true, as long as we concentrate on fighting this war, Britain will lose very badly." ”

Song Biao just nodded slightly, he was unwilling to be the only opponent, as a king, he should not oppose the decision of his subordinates, before summoning them, Song Biao was really determined to stop this war temporarily, and now he was a little hesitant, after all, it was impossible for the empire to be defeated.

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Song Biao asked Jiang Fangzhen: "Can we take a medium-scale, but extremely fast battle, and continue to ask Britain to accept peace talks after the fight?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen pondered for a moment and replied: "The British Navy can be said to be the main fleet heading south this time, and once it is annihilated, Britain will basically lose all bargaining chips, so it is the best policy to annihilate the main force of its Far East Fleet." We can generally adopt two strategies, one is to warn the main forces of the British Navy to withdraw from the Indian Ocean, not to take the initiative to provoke, and not to lead to a serious confrontation between the Chinese and British navies in the Indian Ocean, otherwise, the Empire will officially declare a full-scale war; Second, to warn the withdrawal of British colonial troops in Pakistan. Given Britain's international position, it is unlikely that they will withdraw their colonial forces, but if we warn their navy, Britain may consider withdrawing their navy. On this basis, China and Britain have the possibility of peace talks, but if war has already begun, Britain is unlikely to accept peace talks unless the main forces of its navy and army are annihilated at the first opportunity. The eventual armistice negotiations, then, are highly likely to be British defeats. ”

For such a judgment, Song Biao still agrees.

After thinking about it for a while, Song Biao and Jiang Fangzhen instructed: "Take the first strategy, warn the main force of the British Navy to withdraw, negotiate if they withdraw, and start a war if they don't withdraw." The situation is certainly very favourable to us, and as long as we are willing to negotiate a solution, Britain cannot remain completely indifferent, and so far our attitude has been made clear, and it is now up to Britain to accept our terms. ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded in agreement and continued to ask: "If Britain does not accept our conditions, will it start a war immediately?" ”

Song Biao replied, "Yes." ”

In the long-term interests of the larger country, it would certainly be most advantageous to go to war with Great Britain, because Britain's decline was a predestined trend, and it was not worth the Empire's expenditure of too many resources on it, and by saving these expenses, the Empire would be better able to deal with the long-term threat from Germany and the United States.

The only strategy against Nazi Germany was war.

The best strategy for dealing with the United States is to rely on education, science and technology, and the country's overall policy, as well as the special status of the empire in Asia and the world, to suppress and contain the United States for a long time through long-term competition in international free trade and competition in international foreign affairs.

Regardless of the form of war and competition, the total amount of assets in the hands of the central political axe of the empire must be as large as possible.

But in a country that makes the most decisions, all choices can not be completely only considered long-term national interests, short- and medium-term national interests are more important, in today's situation, if the empire cannot force Britain to make major concessions, it is the disgrace of the empire and the dereliction of duty of the central cabinet and the central military department.

Faced with the same question from Chancellor of Finance Chen Jin and Chief of General Staff of the Central Military Department Jiang Fangzhen, Emperor Song Biao could only give two different answers, the first answer was what he thought was the best choice, and the latter answer was the most realistic decision.

Since it was decided to adopt the strategy of warning first, it was necessary to hurry up the time, and that evening, Emperor Song Biao, together with Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Houfu, drew up this statement on the British announcement, and after careful consideration of the wording, he informed it to Prime Minister Gu Weijun, who then formally notified the British minister to China at 9 o'clock in the morning on behalf of the Central Cabinet and the Ministry of National Defense.

The power of the Central Military Department of the Reich was to direct war, not to wage war, and the formal declaration of war and the corresponding warning were to be declared by the Central Cabinet itself, and in the Imperial Constitution, there were two different correspondings to this situation, one was that in time of peace, the Central Government had the right to declare war on foreign countries; Second, during wartime, as long as the central political axe declares war on foreign countries, the Central Military Commission for National Defense will become the highest military body.

At present, the Sino-Soviet War and the Sino-Chinese War have not yet ended, and the Central Military Commission for National Defense is still the highest military authority of the empire, so there is nothing in itself that violates the Constitution in Emperor Song Biao's determination of this matter in his capacity as chairman of the Central Military Commission for National Defense.

This is important.

This means that the Central Political Axe and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Gu Weijun have no right to interfere with the emperor's decision-making on this matter, of course, one day, the emperor will not be the chairman of the Central Defense Forces is the committee, this position will be started by a certain cabinet premier, and the imperial prime minister will be formally determined by the constitution.

The current Chinese Empire is still at a special stage in terms of the Constitution.

As the chairman of the Central Military Commission for National Defense and the supreme military commander of the Central Defense Forces and the Navy, Army and Air Force, the Song Emperor still controlled all military power behind the scenes, and of course, power always yielded to reality.

For the Song Emperor, he could get the empire to declare war on the British, but it would be difficult for the empire to declare war on the British, unless the British made significant concessions in accordance with the Empire's demands to meet the needs of the empire as a whole.

This is the reality of the world of human power.

In this respect, the Song Emperor had a great resemblance to his opponent, Emperor Showa.

(To be continued)