Winter in Gangnam always comes late.

The same is true of Yanhuang 4602, it is already the end of October, it is still an autumn wind, although the wind blowing from the north is cold, but it can still make people enjoy the tail of autumn, for Nanjing, the [***] lama of the temple where he lives did not cause any sensation, although the newspaper reported at length what officials visited [***], what what mage talked with [***], what ruling in the ruling axe banquet [***], for the Han people who do not believe in Lamaism, [***] At most, it was just for them to see a grand welcome ceremony at Shimonoseki Pier, and nothing else seemed to have any effect.

Although the ruling axe held a grand welcome ceremony and banquet for the arrival of [***], but [***] is destined to be just a small episode, for the ruling axe, compared to the emperor of this Tibetan province, the ruling axe has countless state affairs to deal with, and even the recovery of Mongolia is only a small banquet, after the episode, Nanjing still needs to return to the right path.

Outside the meeting room of the ruling axe, several guards stood a few meters away from the meeting, and occasionally the guards would glance at the still lit conference room, which had been held since yesterday afternoon, until ...... The guard looked at his pocket watch, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and the meeting lasted twelve hours.

The smoke was so thick that even non-smokers were smoking cigarettes one after another, and there were not many people attending this special meeting, if not only a few.

When the participants were silent, Chen Moran's behavior was completely different from usual, he sat in the chief and kept playing with the pen in his hand, as if it was a very fun thing to turn the pen between his fingers, occasionally he would stop the small movement at hand, take a sip of tea, and then continue his game.

The silent few people looked at each other, the meeting had been going on for twelve hours, although they had only drunk a cup of healthy rice cereal for twelve hours, but everyone did not have a trace of hunger, for them, maybe hunger was no longer in the scope of their consideration.

After the initial shock, they were thinking more, and Chen Moran also gave them time to think, enough time to think, but did not announce the dismissal of the meeting, so the long meeting lasted for twelve hours, well! Looking at the time, it should be twelve hours and twenty-six minutes.

And for eight hours, everyone was there thinking.

"How's that!"

Putting down the pen in his hand, Chen Moran straightened his waist, rested his elbows on the table, and looked at everyone.

"How's it going?"

No one answered, and no one wanted to give an answer, to be precise.

Their silence made Chen Moran and Guan Mingtang glance at each other, and both of them got the answers they needed from each other's eyes.

"There is always a need for a decision!"

"Govern!"

After glancing at Jiang Fangzhen, Cai Yi smiled bitterly.

"Haven't you already made your decision?"

Then he was silent again, and today, he finally saw the real madness, or the real gambler, this time it was completely different from the past, in the past, it was to bet that the other party did not dare to fight, but this time, it was the initiative to fight with them.

Bet on the whole country, the fortunes of the country and the future! And the bet is also on the future of this country!

Taking out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the conference table, Cai Yi's eyes involuntarily glanced at the map, he usually didn't smoke, but now he smoked a cigarette, and the smoke from his mouth seemed to remind others, and the hesitation in his heart at this time.

Ye Zugui also smoked, he frowned from time to time when he smoked, feeling that someone was looking at him, he looked at him, he was in power!

Ay!

Knowing that he couldn't avoid it, he sighed in his heart and hung his head slightly.

"Govern, if you are really determined to fight, at least ...... At least find a way to add no less than three cruisers and ten torpedo destroyers and ten mine-striking ships to the Navy! ”

Ye Zugui's expression looked a little helpless, he knew what the ruling government was gambling on, the navy would have room to play in this war, but more than that, he pinned his hopes on a gamble.

Chen Moran, who finally heard a satisfactory answer, smiled slightly, and turned his head to look at Guan Mingtang.

"Zheqin, can you squeeze out this money?"

"By the end of the year, the Ministry of Finance will be able to squeeze out no less than 70 million yuan in war expenses, of which half can be allocated as emergency purchase expenses for the navy......"

Unscrewing the cigarettes in the ashtray, Guan Mingtang now has some self-confidence, and the backlog of customs customs for half a year and the additional tax collected in the past month, plus the tariffs for the next two months, allows the Ministry of Finance to squeeze out this money.

"Although it is said that next year it will be abolished, farmland and commercial taxes will be exempted, and the tax loss of the political axe will exceed 15,000 yuan, but the tariff revenue is expected to reach 30,000 yuan next year, which is enough to make up for the gap, and the Ministry of Finance still has an advance ......of up to 476.7 million yuan through the confiscation and auction of enemy property."

"That's education funds, and they can't be used until they are absolutely necessary, and even if they are used in the future, they will be used as much as they want!"

Shaking his head, Chen Moran dispelled Guan Mingtang's idea of using that money, which was obtained from bank deposits, cash, antiques, and house auctions confiscated from millions of flag people, which was an unexpected income, such as the auction of houses in Nanjing, which cost nearly 10 million yuan, not even including the confiscated flag land.

From the very beginning, this money was to be used as educational funds for the establishment of a primary and secondary education system throughout the country.

After the proposal was rejected, Guan Mingtang looked at the ruling and said.

"If you don't move that money, I'm afraid you need to issue no less than 20 million pounds of special bonds, and the government ......"

"I'll subscribe!"

Chen Moran said almost without thinking, the money was originally supposed to be used for industrial bond subscriptions, but now it is ...... There is no way, there is not much difference between borrowing oneself and borrowing foreigners, as long as you can win this battle, let alone hundreds of millions, even billions of foreign debts can be borrowed.

"Okay, I've solved the problem of money, I don't dare to promise anything else, but at least I can promise a little, and I will definitely not delay things because of the problem of silver!"

Looking at them, Chen Moran said seriously.

"This battle, after all, is to be fought, if not fought, China at least ten years, will not have the opportunity to impress the world, we bet a few months ago, this time we still have to bet, if we win...... After weighing the pros and cons, I felt ......"

"Govern!"

After a short silence, Jiang Fangzhen looked at the ruling power and slowly spat out a sentence.

"Now that I have decided to fight, I only have one request, if the ruling can do it, the staff will support this plan!"

Nodding, Chen Moran glanced at Jiang Fangzhen's bloodshot eyes attentively, and everyone else turned their eyes to him.

"No matter what the future situation is, whether you win or lose, just don't make peace with them!"

As the direct instigator of this war, Guan Mingtang was immediately anxious when he heard it, if he didn't talk about peace, there would be no end to this war at all.

"Chief of Staff Chiang, I need to remind you of the fact that the war will eventually end, as long as the war breaks out, even if there is no hope of victory, as long as we persist for a year or two, there will inevitably be foreign countries to mediate, and finally international mediation will end this war!"

Looking at the somewhat anxious Minister of Finance, Jiang Fangzhen shook his head.

"It is good to rely on international mediation to end the war in due course! But ......"

He sighed helplessly.

"If war breaks out, we must completely abandon the idea of relying on international mediation to end the war, no matter whether we win or lose, we can only persevere to the end, and hold on until the other side can not hold on, then we can win the war, at least externally, we must make a posture that does not achieve the goal and will never accept mediation! Abandoning international mediation does not mean abandoning the hope of mediating to end the war, after all, from a strategic point of view, we ultimately need to use diplomacy to make up for the gap in strength, especially in naval strength! I mean, if...... If we are defeated on land, then we will have to hold on! Fight the enemy for a long time! ”

His words made Chen Moran nod, if he loses, I'm afraid he can only fight a protracted battle!

"At the same time, internally, it is necessary to implement the unity of rejuvenating the country, and any heretical voices must be eliminated and govern, can the ruling axe do this?"

Listening attentively to his question, Chen Moran did not interrupt either of them once. It wasn't until Jiang Fangzhen put forward his suggestion that although he was a little surprised by this suggestion of "eliminating heresy", Chen Moran still said with a passion that was very cleverly concealed.

"I promise to do ...... I will do everything I can to the end, whether it be to the end or to purge the country of heresy, and then I will have to make some decisions against my will, and perhaps then ......"

When he glanced gloomily in a certain direction outside, Chen Moran's gaze inadvertently stopped on Cai Yi's body for less than a second.

"I hope to get everyone's understanding, after all, as Baili said, there is no room for heresy in times of war, and what we need is the unity of the whole country to win the war. I just want everyone to remember the main point: China needs us to win this war, I need the support of all of you, and only when we work together can we win this war and win the dignity of China and the respect of others. ”

Although the ruling eyes only swept over, Cai Ye still noticed that his gaze stayed on him for a moment, he raised his eyes, forced a smile, and said as if sighing.

"At that point, there will be only one way left for the whole country to be unanimous!"

From this day on, on October 21, 4602, the country began to tighten the clockwork, working hard for the same thing, at least until that day came, and perhaps only a few people in this room in the whole country understood what kind of goal the country's political axe, army, and factories were going to work towards.

(To be continued)