"Secondly, we will lose most of our allies - the bureaucrats within the Ming Empire will definitely not be able to count on it, Qian Qianyi, Xiong Wencan, Cao Ruyi...... These people will all be unlucky because of working with us. The Zheng family's attitude may be more ambiguous, but it is unlikely that they will completely deviate from the Ming Dynasty and completely throw themselves on our side. If we can maintain the same nominal hostility as before, and contact and cooperation in private, it will already be a better result. ”

"Last but not least: about our internal problems. Chen Tao, Liu Mingqiang, and Zhang Shenyue definitely need to be taken back, but are they willing to give up the foundation they have worked so hard to build on the mainland? Our continental layout will be abandoned, if not all, and most of it will certainly be lost, and it is only natural that this will cause contradictions within the collective. In addition, such as Wang Pu, Zhang Ling, Zhou Sheng...... The attitudes of these talented people who are envious of our system and technology and want to join our group will inevitably change. And everyone must be able to understand: the key to the development and growth of our group lies in whether we can absorb the refuge and loyalty of local talents. ”

When he said this, Pang Yu looked at the auditor's seat, and made the final judgment on the line of "rebellion" on behalf of the staff group: "To sum up, everyone, the foundation of our rule has been closely linked to the Ming Dynasty today. 'Rebellion' is by no means a trivial word, once we make this choice, it will not only be the Ming Dynasty side that will pay the price, but also our own losses will be extremely huge. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, our staff group does not advise us to do so. ”

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The auditorium, which had been noisy just a moment ago, finally quieted down.

In fact, many people know that the choice of "rebellion" is not reliable, and they have just shouted it out of fun or irresponsibility - if they really want to vote to change the current course, they may not make a decision so rashly.

But not everyone will be convinced by a few words, Wei Aiwen stood up - Xiao Wei used to be relatively low-key, but recently he has begun to question more and more about the policies of the committee and the staff group, and it can be seen that he has his own set of ideas.

"After talking about it for a long time, it means that the staff team thinks it is impossible for us to turn against the Ming Dynasty now?"

"It's not entirely impossible, but it's costly."

"It's like this now, so it must be even more difficult to be hostile to the Ming Dynasty in the future?"

Pang Yu looked at Xiao Wei and felt that his tone seemed a little strange, but he still nodded: "It can be said that in the future, our ties with the Ming Dynasty will be closer, and the depth and breadth of cooperation will continue to deepen......"

"Isn't this a policy of appeasement?"

Wei Aiwen suddenly slapped the table hard, and his voice suddenly became high: "Relying on compromise, concession, and opportunistic expansion of forces, even if it is all over the territory of the Ming Dynasty, what can it be—it's all empty!" The foundation is unstable, as long as those Ming Dynasty people regret it, it will be finished immediately! Think about how Lao Jiang lost back then? The 'national reunification' achieved by money and conspiracy was finally empty of millions of troops, and when it came across a truly fought and cohesive organization, it was not like a chicken and a tile dog, which was destroyed and wiped out all at once! ”

Pang Yu couldn't help laughing, he somewhat understood Xiao Wei's thoughts - it can't be said that this is completely naïve, but it is obviously out of step with the current reality. He looked back at the rest of the staff, most of them had the same snickerers on their faces, but when he turned his head to ask for help, they all deliberately pretended not to see.

Pang Yu was helpless, speaking on behalf of the staff group was a job that was easy to be brilliant but also easy to offend people, so they agreed internally to take turns to play, and today it happened to be his turn - no matter whether it was good or bad.

"Well, according to your idea, what should we do as a group in the future?"

Pang Yu decided to kick the ball to the other party - it is easy to find fault with others, but if you change your own horse, it is just as easy to be picked by others. If it was an old treacherous and cunning guy, he would definitely not fall for this kind of fool, but Xiao Wei was young and vigorous after all, and he did have a set of his own ideas, so he said angrily at this time: "Internally, build high walls, accumulate grain, move forward step by step, and engage in immigration every time you occupy a place, send troops, build fortresses, and control them in a down-to-earth manner, so that every occupied place will truly become our base area, instead of doing something leapfrogging development from a lofty point to the sky!" Externally, it is enough to maintain a general harmonious relationship with the Ming Empire, there is no need to cooperate with them, and of course there is no need to grovel to them. When it is really necessary to go to the mainland to act, it is enough to temporarily bribe local officials, supplemented by the threat of force, anyway, with the stupidity and dullness of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they can't stop us from doing whatever we want! ”

Wei Aiwen said loudly, and he could see that these thoughts had been in his mind for a long time, and it was quite imposing to release them together at this time. However, some people in the committee and the surrounding auditoriums immediately raised objections: "In this way, our development will be very slow, and if we had used this method at the beginning, we may still be hiding on Hainan Island and slowly radiating to the surrounding areas." ”

"Doesn't bribing local officials need to grovel? Instead of bribing officials, it is better to bribe the court directly. ”

"According to this strategy, is the Shandong base going to be revoked? How is the relationship between the Zheng family in Taiwan and us treated? Our forces are not strong enough to fully occupy Luzon, should we give it up? ”

- It's always easy to find fault with any specific idea, and Wei Aiwen finally enjoyed the treatment that members of the staff team often encountered, but Xiao Wei obviously thought it through this time, and he wouldn't be refuted in a sentence or two: "Why should you find faults!" I'm just proposing a general strategic direction, and the specific implementation strategy must be perfected by everyone. ”

"At the beginning, this strategy was indeed a little slower, but it was safe, and it was not easily affected by external changes. And as we strengthen our control over the base areas, more and more manpower and material resources are completely under our control, and this development will be carried out at an accelerated pace. In the later stage, it is completely a sweeping trend! ”

As he spoke, Wei Aiwen turned to the location of the Xie seat next to him - it was Lao Xie who raised the issue of the Shandong base just now. The Shandong base was created by Xie Xi, and he himself still has the title of Ming general, if according to Wei Aiwen's strategy of dissociating from the Ming Dynasty, this qiē is in vain, and of course Xie Xi must be resolutely opposed.

Xiao Wei also knew very well that his mention had touched the cake of many people, and Xie Xi was undoubtedly the heaviest one among them, so he also specially explained his question: "Brother Xie, we are mainly discussing the attitude towards the Ming Empire now, and what I oppose is the repeated concession to the Ming Dynasty. As long as we don't withdraw the Shandong base, the Ming Dynasty will want to capture it for the rest of our lives. It will not be difficult for us to keep that stronghold on the mainland. As for Luzon and Taiwan, the Ming Dynasty did not have a navy, as long as we blockaded the ocean, their infantry could not pass, and no matter how loyal the people on the island were to the Ming Dynasty, they were not left to us to knead. If the troops are insufficient, we will break them one by one. As for the Zheng family's group of pirates, even if they were to fight us with all their might, how big a wave could they make? Even if the Qionghai is not used, the Western galleons captured in this Luzon campaign alone will be enough to clean them up! ”

Xie Xi snorted and stopped talking. As the speech continued, the ideas in his mind became clearer and clearer, and Wei Aiwen gradually entered the state - the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and at the same time he spoke, he also sandwiched a large number of limb movements, which was quite a bit of an orator's style.

"Ladies and gentlemen, didn't the staff team keep saying that we were expanding too fast and that the director was internally unstable? So why should we be so verbose with a backward regime that has malicious intentions towards us and is always trying to take advantage of us? Let's take a little time to reorganize the current occupied area, tidy up the interior properly, no matter how noisy he is outside, when the time comes, just send troops to sweep! ”

"What are you going to do? How much time does this process take? ”

Someone asked again, and Wei Aiwen heard that this was no longer the previous question, but asked for a specific strategy - this showed that someone began to support him, which made him more and more excited: "It's very simple - we will keep the existing control area unchanged, with Hainan, Luzon, and Taiwan, first expand the current four regiments into four divisions, and then gradually increase the number of divisions...... With the addition of naval strength, it is not difficult to train 100,000 elite soldiers within ten years, right? Ten years later, it happened to be when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Central Plains mainland was turned upside down. ”

When he said the end, Wei Aiwen waved his hand very confidently, quite like the posture of a leader of later generations to scold Fang Xuan: "Ten years! Brothers, ten years at most! The world is ours! ”

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"Bang Bang Bang ......"

"Well said!"

"Well done! Brother Wei, I'll top you! ”

As soon as Wei Aiwen's speech ended, the surrounding auditors, and even the seats of the Central Management Committee members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sounded with applause of support - but a few small military leaders who were about the same age as Wei Aiwen and had similar backgrounds and belonged to the "Shaozhuang faction" were clamoring for support, including Ye Mengyan as a member of the management committee - Xiao Yezi sat in the middle and didn't dare to talk nonsense, but it was no problem to express support for his brothers.

However, there were only a few people who applauded and supported it, and the others were just silent, and after making a fuss for a while, they saw that there were no more people to echo, and they had to slowly calm down. (To be continued.)