"You're avoiding the question." The representative of the parliament immediately pointed out, "In order to determine the terms of the peace treaty, it is necessary to start peace negotiations, and do you not mean that you will not make a formal statement on this issue before the peace talks begin?" ”

"Yes, that's what I meant." Churchill replied calmly, "If the terms of the peace treaty are not suitable, we will continue to fight until the terms are suitable, and this is the only statement I can make at present." I also advise you that if you intend to betray your national interests to sue for peace, give it up as soon as possible, or I will arrest you for treason. ”

"You are a threat, a blasphemy against the spirit of the country's constitutionalism."

"Naturally, there are some extraordinary practices in times of war." Churchill was unmoved, "but you can rest assured that I will never allow Britain's national interests to be infringed upon." ”

"It is in the best interests of Britain to have a truce now."

"No, it is in the national interest of Great Britain to cease the war only if the terms of the peace treaty are suitable." Churchill corrected the deputies in a very tough tone, saying, "We have to do the right thing, and I doubt that many people in Parliament know what is right." ”

The parliamentary deputies looked at each other, and the speaker who led the team seemed to know how Churchill would respond, but instead drank tea leisurely next to him, looking at ease.

A sharp conversation ensued, which lasted for about half an hour, before one of the deputies to the parliament stood up angrily and said that it was useless to continue the conversation.

After all the delegates had left, the Speaker put down his teacup and looked at Churchill.

"By doing so, you are ruining your political life, sir. Wars always have to end, and that's when wartime cabinets will be a thing of the past, elections will start again, and you'll be swept away. ”

"It doesn't matter." Churchill shook his head, "You should know that I'm trying to reduce the British losses right now, and that's the most important thing." ”

"But the reason why we have such a big loss is inseparable from you." The Speaker looked at Churchill, "So, I'd like to give you a chance to make amends." ”

"Do you mean that I did not bow my head in the face of the threat of German force?"

"I'm referring to the combat operation you concocted to invade Germany. It deprived us of all moral high ground and, most crucially, failed. The Speaker stood up, straightened his clothes, and turned to walk towards the door.

"Well, then, I'll take my leave, and I hope you'll not be absent again for next week's parliamentary debate, sir."

After the Speaker left, Churchill let out a long sigh.

Greenwood, who had been looking at what had just happened, said: "It seems that you should look for a place to live after retirement, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have a house by the sea in a good location, I can give it to you." ”

"Hmph," Churchill pouted, "I'll talk about that when the time comes, I still have things to do." ”

**

A day later, on the other side of the world, in Washington, D.C., a parliamentary debate was raging on Capitol Hill.

"We should stop the war," said Republican whip John? Foster? Dulles was standing on the podium and made an impassioned statement, "What have we gained in this damned war?" Divine Hime? But we already have possession of Yingzhou, and this sausage-shaped group of islands has already provided us with a goddess before the war! We've got the coveted origin of the gods! The biggest reason to continue the advance to the Asian continent is gone, isn't it? Don't mention the explosion to me, it was indeed a tragedy, but if the price of avenging the souls who died in the tragedy was to kill ten times or even a thousand times more people, then what is the point of revenge? That's what happened, gentlemen, and we've got nothing until now! ”

"Not necessarily, didn't the Rockefeller consortium make a lot of money in the war?" Someone pointed out sharply that this voice has sparked echoes in the Democratic camp.

John? Foster? Dulles's family is a political family, and there have been several US secretaries of state, and their family is actually a collateral line of the Rockefeller family, and they maintain close ties with the Rockefeller family through marriages and other means.

Now the Democratic administration actually has the support of Rockefeller, but John? Foster? Dulles, however, is a Republican, and holds an important position in Congress as a whip -- the so-called whip is the role responsible for unifying the voice of Republican members within Congress, which is equivalent to the leader of the Republican camp in Congress.

So, in fact, both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have close ties with Rockefeller, no matter which party is in power, they will not treat Rockefeller badly, of course, both parties are slightly tendentious, or to paraphrase the online game, there is a difference in the prestige of different consortia in the two parties, but all consortia have reached a friendly or even higher prestige with at least the two parties.

In fact, the largest conglomerates actually support both parties, and they will not bet on one party alone, but at different times, they need different people to come to power, so they will support one party more.

Now John? Foster? Dulles's willingness to cease war so clearly in Congress would naturally be regarded as the official attitude of the Rockefeller consortium -- when the news came that he was going to take the stage to participate in the debate the day before, the forces on all sides began to act accordingly.

In addition, in the auditorium, there was a person who also attracted the attention of many people: Charles? Irving? Wilson, who is the general manager of General Motors, is also one of the core figures in the power of the DuPont consortium and a big patron of the Republican Party.

People like this rarely appear directly in Congress, and the major conglomerates are allied with the political family and use it to manipulate the political government. Alliances are generally formed by marriage, and many U.S. presidents have married the daughters of big corporations -- or their predecessors have married the daughters of big corporations.

And it is not unusual for a big man from the DuPont consortium to sit directly in the auditorium, as it is today.

Even a consortium heir like Rockefeller Jr., who is keen to participate in politics, would not so blatantly meddle in politics. The characteristic of this system in the United States is that it is highly deceptive, and the consortia are all dressed in a layer of camouflage, carefully covering the collusion of interests below with a fig leaf.

But in this way, there are still many people who see through the characteristics of this system, which is why the famous satirical cartoon of politics was born: parliamentarians are arguing with each other, and a large group of big-bellied capitalists are watching.

And now, the capitalists have really entered the arena and sat directly in the auditorium to watch the debates in Congress.

A lot of people get some kind of smell from here.

Just as everyone was quietly discussing Wilson's appearance, the door of the council hall opened, and a Chinese strode into the council hall and sat down with Wilson in the auditorium.

Lin Guokai knocked on Erlang's leg and joined the ranks of observing the parliamentary debate.

(Don't complain, you'll know how annoying it will be when you have to come up with 900 chapter names)