January 10, 1904 in the Gregorian calendar, Jingshi Railway Station.

Before seven o'clock in the morning, it was dark and the wind was biting, and the tiled roof of the station building was covered with drowsy gray snow - yes, the snow was gray, and the soot excreted from the ugly chimneys of the steam locomotives did not miss any chance to pollute purity.

The platform was unusually lively, the corridor separated by two rows of Praetorian Guard soldiers was crowded with top hats, military hats, peaked caps, and student hats, the flashes of magnesium lamps and white smoke rose one after another, and the large and small red ground golden dragon flags flew up and down like leaves ravaged by the wind.

A thick red carpet was laid out from the VIP waiting room to the special train to Tianjin, and Liu Yun, Duke of Wuwei, the only generalissimo of the empire and the current minister of national defense, was walking on the carpet surrounded by more than a dozen tall men in black suits and wide sunglasses.

More than a dozen journalists who had been chartered were led to Liu Yun by the military police.

A reporter wearing an armband of "Huatongshe" on his left arm was the first to ask: "May I ask Your Excellency, I heard that you are going to spend the Spring Festival with the officers and soldiers on the front line, do your wives and children have no opinion?" Also, according to the rules of this dynasty, all the hereditary earls or heirs of the princes or heirs of the princes in Beijing are required to participate in the congratulatory ceremony of the hundred officials on the first day of the first lunar month, and I heard that your eldest son is only twelve years old, have you decided to let him attend the hundred official pilgrimage gifts? ”

Liu Yun took off his boat-shaped hat decorated with gorgeous feathers, nodded kindly to the reporter, looked around at the people present, and said loudly: "This reporter asked me if my wife and children would have any opinions when I went to the front line to celebrate the Spring Festival, and my answer was: Now that the empire has deployed nearly a million troops on the entire Sino-Russian border, these millions of officers and soldiers will not be allowed to go home to reunite with their relatives for a day before the war ends, and their parents, brothers, sisters, wives, and children will not have more opinions?" I sincerely admire these heroic men who did not hesitate to sacrifice and generously serve the country! I also hope that all the people will take these heroes as an example, put the country first, love the country and love their work, do their jobs well, and serve the motherland with practical actions! ”

Many people cheered, the flag danced more fiercely, and some people even shouted "Long live Wuwei Gong Liu Yun" and other big reverse slogans, but the reporter did not have a touched expression at all, and asked reluctantly: "Lord Soldier, you haven't answered my second question yet......

Liu Yun cleared his throat and lowered his voice: "Regarding the New Year's congratulatory gift for the hundred officials, I have decided to be attended by my eldest son Liu Ping, and the emperor has issued an edict a few days ago to tailor the dog so that the prince can be given the royal dress of the Duke of Zhengsipin." ”

The reporters of the Huatong News Agency, who were busy recording, were quickly squeezed down by others, and the reporters of the Huasheng News Agency under the command of the Liberal Party rushed to the front and asked: "Your Excellency, how long do you think this war will continue?" How much do you think your trip has affected the morale of officers and soldiers on the front line? ”

Liu Yun smiled at him, smiled at everyone present - this is etiquette, it is also an image, and fundamentally, this is a necessity.

"To answer your first question, in fact, I can't tell you exactly when the war will end, because it's not just our problem, it's the Russian side that matters. I have repeatedly and unequivocally told you that the purpose of this war of self-defence is not to destroy Russia or to seize Russia's inherent territory, but only to restore peace between the two countries on a fair basis, that is, to restore the border between the two countries as stipulated in the Treaty of Nebuchu. As everyone knows, Russia has annexed more than one million square kilometers of our country through deceit, forcible occupation and despicable unequal treaties for more than 40 years, which is more than the total area of Britain, France, and Germany combined! This is a humiliation and trampling on China, although China is big, not an inch of land is not precious, the matter of seizing land must not be forgotten, and the revenge of tearing the land must not be avenged! Moreover, in recent years, Russia has not stopped harassing and invading our country for a moment, and in the Pamir Plateau and in the steppes of Outer Mongolia, Russian invasions are not uncommon. The Russians built fortresses on the territory of China they occupied, stationed large troops, and extended the Trans-Siberian Railway to transport troops, and their occupying forces continued to oppress, discriminate, and torture our Chinese compatriots, and often crossed the border to attack our army posts, which finally led to the Hailan Pao Torture and Killing Incident and the Jiangdong 64 Tun Invasion Incident, forcing our country to launch a self-defense counterattack to keep the enemy out of the country...... So far, we have not seen any sincerity on the part of Russia for peace, and as long as the Russian Government continues to adhere to its aggressive policy toward China, the war will not be able to stop, and Russia will suffer even greater losses. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yun paused, secretly adjusted his facial expression, which was already a little stiff, and continued to face everyone amiably: "Mr. Reporter's second question, I can't answer it, you should go to the front line and ask the officers and soldiers what they think about it, I can't replace the mouths of millions of soldiers on the front line." ”

Two more reporters squeezed in, one wearing an armband of "Kokutosha" on his arm, and the other with a press card on his chest clearly written "Nippon-Yomiuri Shimbun."

The so-called Guotong News Agency, short for "National News Agency," is sponsored by the Republic of China Party, the most dynamic opposition party at present, and its signature newspaper, Shiwen Bao, has always been known for its unscrupulous criticism of the current government.

Liu Yun subconsciously raised his hand and motioned for a reporter from Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun to ask first.

The Japanese reporter is fluent in Chinese: "Your Excellency the Minister of National Defense, what is your view on Japan's capture of the fortress of Hakodate and the liberation of the entire territory of Hokkaido the day before yesterday?" Now that Japan has sent more than 200,000 troops to fight on the mainland, will it ask if it will ask Japan to send more troops to the mainland in the future? ”

"Well, on the first question, His Majesty the Great Emperor of our country has sent a telegram of congratulations to the Emperor of your country, and I myself am sincerely pleased with this...... The Russian invaders have been expelled from Hokkaido and Japan's inherent territory has been restored under the powerful force of the East Asian Alliance, but the countries of the alliance, especially Japan, need to pay close attention to the fact that the war is not over, that the Russian invaders have not yet been completely defeated, and that they still have the strength to make a comeback, and that we must be prepared for a possible counterattack by the enemy at any time. Japan's contribution to the alliance is obvious to all, and I have already communicated with your land and sea ministers by telegram, and I have learned that Japan's domestic economic situation no longer allows for the dispatch of more troops to fight abroad, and we will make corresponding adjustments in the light of the actual situation on the basis of consultations on an equal footing. ”

The Japanese reporters were quickly squeezed down, and at this time, the reporters of the National News Agency had already generously blocked Liu Yun's front.

Liu Yun muttered in his heart: "The people of the National News Agency...... Hmph, you will definitely be asked about the Shanghai Double 12 incident. ”

As Liu Yun expected, the reporter wearing a peaked cap said with a big grin as soon as he came up: "May I ask Your Excellency, on December 12 last year, when you were acting prime minister, there were demonstrations in Shanghai and Guangzhou against you, in which the marchers in Shanghai were attacked by rioters, but the military and police who maintained order favored the rioters and arrested the marchers instead, and did not thoroughly trace the origin of the rioters and punish the military and police who did not act afterwards, what do you think about this matter?" Do you think you are responsible for this? ”

Liu Yun continued to maintain his warm expression on a spring day – although he wanted to have the reporter dragged out of the city and beaten him up – and responded in a gentle tone: "Regarding the Double 12 incident in Shanghai, I have repeatedly stated that people with different political views should communicate in a peaceful way, and violence will not solve anything...... Demonstrations are allowed, but there can't be fights, and the police will of course arrest those who fight, and the reports I've seen from the Ministry of the Interior and the Shanghai Municipal Government have all mentioned that there was chaos at the scene, with tens of thousands of people huddled together to fight, and in that case, ordinary civilians should quickly flee the scene to accept the protection of the police, and it is not difficult to understand that those who stubbornly stayed at the scene and continued to fight were arrested by the police as thugs. As for the military police you mentioned favoring the thugs or something, I don't understand and have not been officially reported, who are the thugs? Those who participate in fights and brawls and disrupt social order are thugs, and for such people, I mean, they will be punished severely! ”

The young reporter of the Guowen News Agency ignored the above perfunctory remarks and continued to chase and fire: "I am afraid that Your Excellency did not understand what I mean, and many people at the scene can testify that the Double 12 incident was a sudden attack by a peaceful marcher who had been planned for a long time, and the military and police responsible for protecting the safety of the marcher did not drive away the rioters, but instead arrested the marcher, shouldn't the government take responsibility for this and investigate?" ”

Liu Yun suddenly felt that this reporter really shouldn't be dragged out of the city and beaten violently, but should be rewarded heavily, so he let him follow him to the front line, eat and drink all the way, and after arriving at the front line in Vladivostok, he asked Liu Bailiang and Wang Zhi to stuff him into the chamber of a 380 mm siege cannon and hit him with the strongest charge, which would definitely make him die a vigorous death and there was no corpse powder left.

The temperature of the smile has dropped, but it has not yet deteriorated.

"If I receive a formal report as you said, I will naturally deal with it accordingly, unfortunately I have not received such a report until now, the Ministry of the Interior has characterized this matter as a public order incident, if anyone still feels that it is inappropriate, they can report it to the relevant departments. Okay, if there are no other questions, please give time to this blonde lady next to you, okay? Time is running out, you see, the people in front of me have to say goodbye to me. ”

The blonde female reporter, who received Liu Yun's verbal encouragement, immediately pressed the reporter of the National News Agency to the side with her strong accomplices.

The pimples were cleared, the mood was relaxed, and the cold wind was not cold at all.

Breaking away from the encirclement of reporters, high-ranking officials and celebrities who came to see off them flocked to see him off again, and as soon as Liu Yun looked up, he happened to meet Zhang Zhigao.

"It's a long way to go, please take care."

Zhang Zhigao stretched out his hand.

Liu Yun did not hesitate to hold it: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, please take care of me when I am away." ”

The whistle sounded, and the special train to Tianjin slowly drove out of the platform, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Zhang Zhigao walked out of the station with his wife Luo Sulan's hand and got into the car surrounded by several bodyguards.

The driver of the Viscount's Mansion asked through the sound tube, "Master, where are you going?" ”

"Zhongnanhai."

Zhang Zhigao replied to the sound pipe.

The front and rear seats of the VIP "Wang Hu" brand car are separated by a thick glass wall, and the driver cannot hear the passenger's conversation at will, and the call is carried out through a sound tube that penetrates the glass, and at the end of the passenger seat, the head of the sound tube is covered by a screw cover.

The car drove away, and through the windows that had just been wiped clean in the morning, you could see the crowded heads and cars and horses on Chongwenmen East Street. It's work time, people are shuttling back and forth in cars, carriages, sedan chairs, rickshaws and feet, the road is crowded, and the mounted police in front of them blow their whistles from time to time. The swept snow piles up on both sides of the road, and the cleaning workers are throwing the snow onto the carts, and the workers wear the blue armbands of the "Municipal Government" around their arms.

"It's so slow......"

Luo Sulan took her husband's arm and complained.

She is a mother of three Chinese New Year's Eve, a standing member of the Executive Committee of the Chinese People's Party and acting Minister of Culture and Education. In another time and space, she is also a wanted criminal suspected of endangering national security, embezzling and destroying national property, murder and other crimes, in addition, there are all kinds of strange theories such as "how did Yun Daxiao Hua become a criminal" and so on the computer network of that time and space with her as the protagonist.

In 2021, at the age of seventeen, she was admitted to Yunnan University, majoring in Chinese language and literature. As soon as she stepped into the school gate, she became the focus of attention of hungry men, whether it was a handsome man or a frog, everyone flocked to the school, each performing a stunt, attacking in turn, but one by one, no one succeeded, and the title of "Ice and Snow School Flower" spread all over the school and beyond. The defeated shrimp soldiers and crab generals gathered together, analyzed the reasons, and drew countless inferences: A, she has a very high vision, and she must be super cool, handsome, super dazzling, and super rich F1234 to get it; B, she is determined to be loyal to a pig's head in a foreign country; C, she is super hopeless gay; D, she's a super hopeless nerd; E. She has a crush on a married teacher and tries to be a third party......

Soon, the proponents of Inference E thought they had found evidence: Luo Sulan had a close relationship with the head teacher, Professor Wen Yi, and someone once found out that the two of them were alone in a park or café, so the disgruntled shrimp soldiers and crabs would find an opportunity to reveal the matter to Wen Yi's wife, causing an earth-shaking battle......

"The renovation of municipal facilities is imminent, if it is not a war, now we can allocate tens of millions of dollars from the surplus of the national treasury to the city government to renovate the city's roads and sewers and other facilities."

Zhang Zhigao said that he was a little distracted when he saw his wife beside him.

"What's wrong? Got something on your mind? ”

"Nothing, just, a little sleepy......"

Luo Sulan shook her head and rested her head on her husband's shoulder.

"Didn't get enough sleep? Otherwise...... Don't be the Minister of Culture and Education, and it doesn't matter if you sleep lazy every day in the future. ”

Luo Sulan smiled slightly, her youthful face was still full of charm, and the erosion of the years was far from having consumed all the relics of her time as the flower of Yun University.

"Do you want me to be a housewife?"

"What's the difference?"

Luo Sulan pinched the back of her husband's hand hard.

"Stupid...... Do you remember what it looked like when we first met? ”

Zhang Zhigao patted the back of his head lightly: "Of course I remember, at that time, I met Mr. Wen on the Internet, and I was moved by his article, so I decided to visit him at Yunda. ”

"And then?"

"Hehe, what are you still asking, you invited us out to eat, and before the second dish was served, Mr. Wen and his wife came over violently, grabbed a glass of beer on the table and poured it in your face, it's really ...... It's strong......"

"I'll just say this, I don't have a brain......"

Luo Sulan pursed her lips and pinched the back of her husband's hand again, this time the strength was obviously not light, and Zhang Zhigao crooked his mouth in pain.

"Say, did you think I was a hateful third party with no morals and no shame?"

"No, I just think you're pitiful, so that's why I stepped forward to dissuade my wife...... As a result, I was scolded for being nosy, and I was slapped with a glass of beer in my face. ”

"Cut, you see that your wife is beautiful, and you want to find a chance to talk."

Zhang Zhigao crooked his mouth again.

"Hey, don't pinch it, it hurts...... You are much younger and more beautiful than my wife, and I have to give priority to you if I want to talk to you. ”

This time, Zhang Zhigao opened his mouth wide and screamed out heavily.

With an ambiguous smile, Luo Sulan leaned into her husband's ear and pinched the back of his hand tightly with two fingers: "Oh, I can see through you, now there are girls younger and more beautiful than me on this street, do you have to give priority to them in the future?" ”

Zhang Zhigao hurriedly begged for mercy: "Ah, good madam, let go, don't change the topic, we just talked about the first meeting, the first time we met......"

Luo Sulan slightly reduced the strength of the pinch, raised her head and stared at Zhang Zhigao: "It's the first time we met, let's keep talking, what about later?" Say everything that was in your mind at the time. ”

"Yes, yes...... At that time, I saw that the situation was not good, considering the reputation of you and Teacher Wen, I decided to stand up again, call my wife, and announce that you are my girlfriend, and Teacher Wen is my respected senior and good friend, and I asked Teacher Wen to take more care of you......"

Luo Sulan's eyes squinted: "Really?" Is it just considering my reputation and that of Mr. Wen? Didn't think much of the rest? ”

"No, no, I swear to God, that's all I really had to think about."

"Don't have any intention of taking advantage of the opportunity?"

"No, no, absolutely not."

Luo Sulan let go of the back of Zhang Zhigao's hand and turned to pull his face: "Since you have considered my reputation, you still hugged me and kissed me in front of so many people, what is this!" ”

Zhang Zhigao looked innocent: "There's no way, my wife doesn't believe it, she wants me to show evidence, so I have no choice but to make up my mind to kiss once against all odds...... At that time, I also thought that you are so beautiful, and a kiss is not a loss......"

Luo Sulan punched Zhang Zhigao in the face: "You're embarrassed to say it!" My first kiss! I went to great lengths to stay and prepare to dedicate to the most perfect prince charming in the most romantic atmosphere, and I actually gave you this stupid melon and forcibly took it away in front of so many people! Do you know Lu Dao, at that time, I really wanted to lift the hot pot on the table and buckle it on your head! ”

Zhang Zhigao continued to be innocent: "Then didn't you do nothing at that time?" And very cooperatively let me hold my hand and take the ......"

"I'm stunned—you know, being robbed of my first kiss by a stranger I met for the first time! Besides, my mother is standing there with her teeth and claws vicious, and I don't know what else she will use against me, so even if you don't lead me away, I will run away myself! ”

"Well, well, this...... However, after this time, my wife finally reconciled with Mr. Wen, and a storm subsided, and everyone was happy, isn't this all my credit? ”

Another punch, Zhang Zhigao's other face was hit on the window glass, causing several pedestrians on the side of the road to stop and look back.

"Everybody's happy? Is there such a thing? Didn't you take my feelings into account at the time? I ran back to my dorm and cried all night under the covers! ”

"So, you really liked Mr. Wen at that time......

"Stupid, I'm crying for my first kiss! What are you going to pay for? Also, after rushing out of the crowd, I didn't say a word of apology, I left me and ran back, I didn't have any conscience at all! ”

Zhang Zhigao cheered: "Well, I'm going to seize the opportunity to help Mr. Wen explain to my wife, after the incident, didn't I also make a special trip to apologize to you?" Didn't you forgive me then? It's been so long, hahaha, ha......"

Zhang Zhigao's mouth was attached to the car window, and at this time, the intersection in front of him was blocked for something, the car stopped, and more pedestrians stopped and were surprised.

"If it weren't for Teacher Wen repeatedly helping you speak, how could I spare you, do you know Lu Dao, before Teacher Wen brought you to apologize to me, I had already devised ninety-nine ways to die for you!"

"Well, well, how can I say it, people don't know each other if they don't fight, we don't know each other if we don't kiss...... Hehe, God is destined, no way, no way, but if you made up your mind to ignore me from now on, I wouldn't have a chance, after all, I was the one who was at the loss...... But you didn't do that, but you often met with me......"

"You think I'm willing? I'm going to meet Teacher Wen, who told you to hang behind Teacher Wen like a fart all day long, I don't want to see you, okay? ”

Zhang Zhigao touched his head and smiled: "No way, this is called a coincidence, I went to Yunda just to see Teacher Wen, who else can I follow if I don't follow him?" But later, it was you who made the most impression on me. ”

Luo Sulan's face was full of "don't believe it or not, you don't believe it": "Isn't it, you will be the most impressed when you see all the beauties, say, why did you stare at that new maid for so long yesterday?" ”

"Look at you, I want to change the topic again, didn't you just ask me to tell me what I really felt at that time?"

"Okay, what kind of impression did you make?"

Zhang Zhigao's face suddenly showed a deep expression that was about to sink into the ground, he looked at his wife peacefully, and his voice was like an iceberg stream flowing for thousands of years: "One day, we were drinking at the night food stall, you were a little drunk, looking at the sky blankly, and suddenly said very calmly, you really want to be a meteor, even if it is short, but it does not stagnate, and it is bright." Later, you also said that you hate this world very much, and you don't want to copy the same life that countless people repeat...... Going to school, finding a job, getting married, having children, taking care of your parents-in-law, raising your children, and then growing old and dying, that's a similar plot that you hate, and has been interpreted by countless people at countless nodes, you don't want to live your life like this, what you want to do is to change the world and change human beings...... At the very least, to change a country, even if it is to sacrifice one's life for it, because that is a meteor-like life, that is enough to move oneself. ”

"At that time, I couldn't believe that a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who was so beautiful could say such a thing, and say ...... Words that have been in my heart for a long time. ”

The traffic policeman blew his whistle and cleared away the blocked traffic, and the black Wang Hu sedan started swaying again under the guidance of the four mounted policemen.

Luo Sulan let go of her husband and brushed the long black hair that was already a little messy around her ears with her fingers, and the calm like a mountain and a deep lake soaked out.

"Surprised? I don't know when the Dao began, I understood that I just couldn't fit into that world, there were many, many things that I couldn't tolerate, I couldn't agree with, I couldn't compromise, I needed to take a path, a path that could become a meteor. Growing up, everyone just paid attention to my appearance and academic performance, no one understood my true thoughts, I didn't have close friends, I felt that everyone around me only cared about trivial and boring things, hair color, skirt style, phone case, boyfriend quality and all those were meaningless to me. I like those troubled times in history, those troubled times that gave birth to heroes, I like heroes, but I don't like to be a vase of heroes, I like to be a hero himself, I can control the fate of tens of millions of people, and I can create a new and beautiful country for tens of millions of people......"

"You've said it all......"

Luo Sulan did not stop, she jumped into the deep pool of memory, and could not escape the turquoise water of memory before swimming to the shore.

"Mr. Wen is my first confidant friend, he knows my heart, I know him, he is a person like me, and he is more capable of achieving my dreams than me. In fact, before I met Mr. Wen, I used to be very hesitant, I didn't believe that I could achieve my ideals, I couldn't see the road, I couldn't see the sunshine, I considered compromise, and I also wanted to force myself to change into an ordinary girl. But since I talked to Mr. Wen, I have strengthened my mind, I see the direction, I see the future, and then I start to prepare. At the same time, I am convinced that I am who I am, that I am not what I am, and that if I become like everyone else, copying other people's souls and surviving, I am a walking corpse, more meaningless than real death......"

Zhang Zhigao showed a wicked smile that ruined the atmosphere: "Before you met Teacher Wen, you didn't treat other men as human beings, right?" Before you get to know me, am I no different from pumpkin and eggplant in your eyes? ”

Luo Sulan also did not hesitate to make a mistake: "No, I treat you as a pug raised by Teacher Wen." ”

"It's too much—it's too much, see how I clean you up......"

Zhang Zhigao snorted angrily and sighed on his hands, and childishly scratched his wife's armpits, and Luo Sulan, who was afraid of itching, struggled twice and laughed out of breath, so he had to scream for mercy.

Zhang Zhigao took the opportunity to promote machismo: "Don't you dare next time?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, good husband, let me go, let me go, hehe...... Aha......ha

At this time, the car suddenly braked again, the towering city tower of Yongding Gate stood impressively outside the car window, a lot of cars were parked next to it, and several heads were curiously looking into Wang Hu's car, Zhang Zhigao hurriedly let go of his wife, and quickly changed to a posture of sitting upright, and Luo Sulan also quickly sat up and tidied up his hair.

Zhang Zhigao pulled his tie and looked at the traffic jam in front of him through the two layers of glass, and his expression became serious: "The past has passed, reality is the most important thing, and what we are walking on is not a fleeting meteor road, but it is also like swaying on a tightrope." We do know the history that has taken place in the Dao, but for the branches of history that are being created, as in that time and space, we still can't accurately predict the future, and the future has never been predestined...... Did you hear what Liu Yun told me just now? Please take care of him while he's gone. What does it mean? Obviously, he deliberately said that everything was naturally stable when he was there, and he needed to be more careful when he was away...... He has gradually moved towards self-deification. Teacher Wen said well, the so-called leader, once he begins to deify himself, he can't refuse to be deified by others, and when he goes to the front line this time, the military, who already worships him to the extreme, may regard him as a god again. ”

Luo Sulan disagreed with her husband's statement: "I don't think this is necessarily the case, from a rational point of view, we already know that Liu Yun wants to obtain the post of prime minister through legal means, so as to facilitate him to militarize the empire, in this case, his tour has the element of political showmanship, which can greatly enhance his popularity, once he withdraws from the military circles in the future, the major political parties will definitely rush to invite him to join the gang, and the party that gets him will definitely be in a favorable position in the general election." So even if the Chinese People's Party doesn't invite him at that time, he has another choice, and if he really can't do it, he can also ask the military to beat the side drum......"

As soon as the word "side drum" came out, there was a burst of rapid drum music in the distance, Luo Sulan curiously rolled down the car window, poked her head out to look, and saw a team of middle school students wearing black vertical collar uniforms, beating drums and playing music, waving a blood-red flag, singing and striding over.

As the team approached, both Luo Sulan and Zhang Zhigao could clearly hear the song sung by the students, the lyrics of which were as follows:

The general military and the people are enthusiastic about the same hatred; Try to laugh at the treasure knife, and meet the military music.

Strong men and strong men, it is a shame to retreat; After returning from defeat, how can I see my wife?

The blood in the chest is hot, and the wind blows in a hundred thousand cool winds; Ma Ge does not wrap the body, and calls himself a gym in vain.

The horn whined, and the soldiers were suddenly awakened; The Great Empire of China, Soaring in the Twentieth Century!

"It's a military folk song......

Russell Lan said.

Zhang Zhigao smiled coldly: "That's not the military and national in our minds, full of people and war deaths, but without any concept of freedom and rights, Liu Yun castrated the military and national we wanted to cultivate." ”

Luo Sulan grabbed her husband's shoulder, her eyes like an arrow: "Now that you are the prime minister, do what we want." ”

"But when he comes back, won't he fight back?"

"It's the time of the war, and he won't do anything to you."

"What about after the war?"

"If you have to do it, you have to turn your face, your support rate in the party is not low, if you do more movement, at least half of the Standing Committee will follow you, and then form another alliance to seize legitimate power. In any case, faith cannot be lost, and thousands of years of enslavement education must not be continued in disguise, in our time and space, we do not have the ability to destroy the haunting master-slave culture, and now we have the strength, millions of times more powerful than before, and we must not watch the opportunity slip away from our hands! We are here to build a democratic, prosperous and strong country, to cultivate independent, self-reliant, self-reliant, self-confident, and free real citizens, not to build a big factory that cultivates disguised slaves or human flesh tools, even in the face of the oppression of power, even in the face of the threat of death, we should fight to the end without fear! ”

Zhang Zhigao grabbed his wife's hand tightly, and in a trance he seemed to see clearly that the meteor path that Luo Sulan said was indeed extremely bright and gorgeous, touching, tearful, and possibly bloody.

"I'm really gutsless, even a woman is not as good as ......"

The corners of Luo Sulan's mouth curled: "What's wrong with the woman?" Do women have to be guts? ”

"Don't talk about this, by the way, Mr. Wen hasn't written from him recently, what is he thinking? Was he really determined to retire? What kind of system can stop Liu Yun's footsteps, the system also depends on people to maintain, and someone must come forward to protect the system at critical moments......"

Zhang Zhigao said, and a lot of complaints have been added to his words.

"Mr. Wen must have his considerations, I think, the system he is talking about, just like a living organism, each cell has its specific function and way of acting, each cell can be replaced by cells of the same kind, and once there are germs that endanger biological health, white blood cells or something will automatically attack, in reality, if Liu Yun engages in militarism, it will cause countless people who support the current system to come out and protect this system......

"Teacher Kewen is the strongest white blood cell."

Zhang Zhigao said, and suddenly added: "In addition, there are countless patients who have been killed by germs." ”

"Crow's Beak ......"

The students' impassioned singing faded away, the blocked roads were cleared, and the car continued to move forward, through the tall openings of Yongding Gate, and into the inner city.

The train rumbled out of the city of Beijing and sped on the polished and shiny rails of Jingjin Road.

Ahh Ahh Ahh

Liu Yun sneezed three times in a row.

Adjutant Zhang Ziyi hurriedly handed over the handkerchief and asked with concern, "Your Excellency, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine."

Liu Yun wiped his nose, and tears came out.

"It shouldn't be...... Someone is saying bad things about me behind my back, right? ”

Adjutant Zhang smiled cautiously and said, "Your Excellency, I have heard that someone thinks about sneezing, someone curses twice, and catches a cold three times, you can't be cold, do you want to ask a doctor to come and take a look......

"You're cursing me, I'm so decent, where did I get a cold."

Liu Yun smiled and handed the handkerchief back to the adjutant, but felt that his brain was indeed a little dizzy, so he asked the adjutant to step back and prepare to take a nap.

When I woke up, it was already dawn, and I still felt a little dizzy.

I heard the sound of gunshots like popping beans, and it was clear, so it should have been close.

I put on my coat and pushed open the bedroom door to the hallway above the living room.

I called the names of the adjutant and the chief of the guard, and soon they ran in, their chests already covered in bright red blood, and they called my honorific title, Wu Wei Gong, and weakly, slowly, collapsed on the smooth wooden floor.

A group of soldiers with strips of red cloth tied around their arms rushed in, their guns pointed at me.

I rebuked them angrily and asked them what they wanted to do.

The soldiers suddenly moved out of the way, and several generals strode over with vigour.

I know who they are.

I remember, remember very well, they were my comrades-in-arms, once, comrades-in-arms.

We are all from another time and space, in 2025, and we were all soldiers of the Republic and became sinners of the Republic together.

We're all tired of the place where we grew up, where our yuya hopes can't be satisfied—those yuyu hopes about paranoid ideals.

We stood together and vowed that we would build a great Chinese empire in another time and space, and then we set off.

We took advantage of the opportunity to escort the scientific expedition team to wipe out the real expedition team, and then replaced them all with our own people, and infiltrated the secret base to steal and use the time machine.

In order to prevent the government from finding out the information of the plane we visited, we also planted a powerful time bomb in the base before the space-time transformation began.

We successfully reached the other side of the time tunnel - the Tree of History is located at the node in 1890, we attacked the palace with the method of special operations forces, and won the emperor's trust with pre-fabricated lies, and then launched a palace coup, eradicated the Empress Dowager Cixi, and then blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and gradually launched a new policy.

In the first few days of our arrival, three of our comrades died, and the remaining 33 people each used their abilities, and over the course of four years, we focused on strengthening the military strength of the Empire, and finally defeated the Empire's greatest adversary at the time, Japan.

Yes, the war was over, everyone returned to the court, I slept beautifully, and when I woke up, I saw my comrades-in-arms turning their guns at me.

I called them their positions and names: Ding Jieyun, commander of the Praetorian Guard, Du Zhuolin, director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, Lu Zixiang, commander of the 1st Janissary Division, He Pengcheng, commander of the 2nd Praetorian Guard Division, Wang Zhen, commander of the 3rd Praetorian Guard Division, and Chen Jiayun, commander of the Praetorian Teaching Brigade......

"What's it called? You didn't expect you to be where you are today, did you? Lord Wu Wei. ”

Ding Jieyun sneered and said sarcastically.

I didn't speak, I didn't have anything to say, I wanted to hear what he said, I wanted to know what reason there was to make a comrade-in-arms who once shared the fate of life and death become enemies.

"Beijing and Tianjin have been completely suppressed by us, and soon we will announce the establishment of a military government, read out your ninety-seven major indictments, and then execute you in the name of the emperor, and of course, Wen Yi's gang who are in the same league with you will also be buried for you...... Don't worry, you're on the wrong path, and we'll help you correct it when you're dead! ”

Ding Jieyun laughed, and with a wave of his hand, several soldiers with guns ran up the stairs and stood still behind me.

"What road? What path am I taking? ”

How could I go wrong? I am the supreme leader of this team, and it is because of my series of correct judgments and decisions that we have been able to achieve what we are now! For what? Why do you say I'm on the wrong track?

Ding Jieyun pointed at me and laughed loudly at the others: "When he dies, he still doesn't know what's going on with Lu Dao, he really has no brains." ”

He turned his head and stared at me viciously: "Liu Yun, listen up, what we want to build is a great military empire that can sweep the world, this empire does not need a parliament, does not need human rights, does not need any bullshit freedom, all it needs is obedience, obedience, and obedience!" The route you arranged with Wen Yi is wrong and meaningless, according to such a route, China will never be able to conquer the whole world, and the only reason we are here is not to conquer the world?

We must establish the only correct and efficient authoritative government, that is, one country, one party, one leader, and not allow any force to hinder us from achieving our goals! Your line is compromiser and capitulationism, an act of betrayal of ideals, and instead of mobilizing the lower strata of the people, you are close to the rotten landlord-bureaucratic class; Instead of organizing a revolution, they indulge in inefficient and incomplete reforms; Instead of overthrowing the Manchu Emperor and establishing a republic, he loyally surrounded the Dog Emperor and offered advice! In a word, you have degenerated and rotted, and you are no longer qualified to lead everyone to realize your ideals! ”

"Don't ramble with him, take him away!"

"Just shoot him right here!"

"Kill him! Kill this dog minion! ”

Several generals behind Ding Jieyun became excited, and two of them pulled out their pistols and pulled the trigger on me......

My eyes widened to see the ceiling of mahani wood and the chandeliers imported from France.

A dream, a boring dream.

Ding Jieyun and the others had been dead for a long time, and on May 17, 1896, those six people were wiped out by my new descendants. In addition, Wu Beinian, commander of the South China Military Region, and Zhu Tao, director of the Operations Division of the General Staff Department, who were suspected of rebellion, were also disposed of through the Haw Par Battalion, and then shifted the responsibility to "Ding Jieyun's remnants of rebellion." Although I felt a little uneasy, it was also the only way to protect their honor, and I really couldn't raise more than five points of anger against these two people.

Now, I am Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, President of the Chinese People's Party...... The emperor is raised by me like piglets, the army is controlled by me like eagles and dogs, and the people are driven by me like sheep...... I am on the verge of realizing my dream of completely militarizing the political, economic, and cultural systems of the Empire, and in ten years' time, I will lead this country on the glorious path to conquering the world.

A few days ago, the Congress was disbanded by me, I asked Zhong Xiahuo to bring a battalion over, and a burst of gun butts drove the parliamentarians out of the Capitol, and now, no one can stop me, I want to move forward and destroy everything.

I stood up, put on my marshal's uniform, pushed open the door, and went to the balcony facing the street.

It's crowded with people below.

Thousands of people in different costumes waved flags and slogans of various colors and shouted something to me.

The black-uniformed Janissaries lined up in front of them, but the crowd kept squeezing forward, the black lines twisting and cracking, and some people rushed close to the courtyard wall, climbing to rush in.

I heard a man shouting in a bell-like voice: "Fire!" Fire! ”

However, the gunshots did not ring out for a long time, and the lines of the black uniform gradually became engulfed by the flow of people, turning into a part of the tide of human bodies surging forward.

"Long live Congress! Long live the democracy! ”

"Defend civil rights, defend the Constitution, and move forward!"

"Down with the lone husband Liu Yun!"

"The lone man and the thief come out quickly and die!"

There was a huge wave of slogans in the crowd, and I stood on the balcony and froze.

"My lord, please leave quickly, my men will not shoot at the people, they are about to rush up!"

Zhong Xiahuo wiped his tears and snot and pleaded, he is the only person who is absolutely loyal to me, I trust him, but I can't let everyone trust me.

A team of bare-handed young people rushed up, and Zhong Xiahuo wanted to get up to stop them, but after all, he was outnumbered and was pressed to the ground.

"What do you want to do?"

I angrily rebuked these little ones, but they were unmoved, and the first one asked, "We also want to ask His Excellency the Prime Minister what he wants to do." ”

"Tie him up!"

"Shoot him now!"

"Drag him out and let everyone trample him to death with one foot!"

The young men were clamoring and murderous, and I suddenly realized that I was so vulnerable that a few civilians with my bare hands could make my death ugly.

After a while, the excited young people calmed down, separated from the middle, and several people in suits slowly walked up.

I saw Wen Yi, as well as Zhang Zhigao, Luo Sulan, and a few other political dignitaries who usually don't seem to be obvious.

I stared at Wen Yi and didn't speak.

He's a close friend of mine who grew up with, and he's also dissatisfied and desperate about the reality of another plane, and we hit it off, and he's in charge of finding all sorts of people to join the team, except for the military, so I can focus on planning the time machine snatching operation.

He had an agreement with me that he wanted to build a country that was rich and strong in democracy, and I had no objection to that, but what I thought at that time was that prosperity comes first, and democracy can be left until N years when it is rich and strong enough.

However, after coming here, our differences grew wider, and I grew tired of his fanciful theories, so we broke up, he withdrew from politics, and I took over the military and political power.

Soon we met again, and the atmosphere was not harmonious.

We looked at each other silently for a long time.

Suddenly, he pointed at me and said, "You're not Liu Yun, you're just another Ding Jieyun." You are no different from him, and the end will not be too far off, the biggest difference may be that Ding Jieyun was quickly executed after only a summary trial, and you have to wait for a clear and clear public trial...... Take a good look outside, this country, the more than 400 million people in this country are by no means your wayward toys......"

Under the balcony, the mountains roared and the tsunami roared, and the world was swallowed up by this noise.

"I am Liu Yun, I am your leader, I am the only leader who will lead you to build the Great Chinese Empire! I am not the only husband who only cares about myself, I am not wrong, I want the people to be bitter and then sweet, I want the most ordinary people to be human beings, they should temporarily give up their small freedoms for the sake of the great interests of the future, how can they be so ignorant and actually rise up against me who has arranged a better future for them......"

"Shut up, do you think you are a god? How can you be so sure you're not wrong? Why should you arrange the future of 400 million people alone? Do you actually see the people here as independent and authentic people? ”

Wen Yi accused me so unceremoniously, this is something that has never happened before.

Without waiting for me to refute, Zhang Zhigao and Luo Sulan next to him each took out a brick from their pockets.

I froze - what were they trying to do?

"Teacher Wen, don't be verbose with him, it's better to slap him to death with a brick."

Zhang Zhigao said.

"yes, like swatting flies, it turns into a lump of meat after a flutter."

Luo Sulan said with a smile.

Wen Yi stepped back, and Zhang Zhigao and Luo Sulan rushed up with bricks, raised them high above their heads and smashed them at me......

Hearing the rhythmic crash of wheels and railroad tracks, and seeing the trees and houses flying by outside the car window, Liu Yunzhi said that he finally woke up completely.

Cold sweat wet his back, and a few cold beads of sweat fell on his forehead, Liu Yun suddenly felt very tired, he didn't understand why he had such a strange and complicated dream, and he could clearly recall the details of the dream after waking up from the dream.

"Is it the same as Ding Jieyun......"

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Liu Yun muttered to himself at the car window, and he suddenly thought that the country that Ding Jieyun was planning and the country he was going to build did have undisguised similarities in many aspects.

"So what? It's just similar, of course it's different! ”

After such a thought surged in his heart, Liu Yun didn't want to question himself, he didn't plan to achieve psychological balance by asking and answering himself, he felt that there were some things that were "natural" and reasonable, and there was no need to bother to sort out the logical relationships.

He shook the brass bell in his hand, and Adjutant Zhang immediately pushed open the door and came in.

"Call the Adjutant General over and bring the itinerary."

"Yes."

Liu Yun didn't really want to confirm the itinerary, he just wanted to find someone to chat with with the appropriate excuse, so that he could quickly forget the sweaty and chilling dream just now, and at the same time that he decided to forget this dream, he had unconsciously fallen into an inexplicable fear of the future - and he had always been sure that he was never afraid of anything.

The presence of Adjutant Sumon finally reassured him a little, and the two talked about the itinerary and the progress of the war, and sometimes about the affairs of the family.

The shadow of the dream faded away, but no one could be sure whether it had disappeared completely or had been dormant somewhere, and perhaps on some gloomy morning, a similar dream or a similar reality would emerge from the mist with a serene and cruel smile.

At noon on 11 July, Liu Yun boarded the battleship "Ruixian" anchored at Tanggu New Port and prepared to go to the Sea of Japan, first inspecting the naval units busy around the Vladivostok military port.

Tianjin's dignitaries and celebrities came to the port to say goodbye, but Liu Yun suddenly felt an inexplicable loneliness, for a moment, he found that he was actually not interested in those heads and faces at all, he just wanted to do a big cause, an earth-shattering, shocking cause of all mankind. Although such a cause could not but rely on the support of these leading figures at the moment, in his heart his stubborn soul bitterly believed that dealing with this group of smiling so-called elites was a waste of life, and life was meant to burn, and should not be slowly worn out like a whetstone by some trivial rusty broken iron. As for what burning is and how to burn, Liu Yun has no time to think about it.

Now, he's going to look at the loot, his loot.

Millions of square kilometers of land have returned to the motherland, this simple happiness makes his heart flutter, he does not want to think more, and the obsessive pursuit of a simple result is the meaning of his life.

In contrast, trivial processes are nothing more than the hardships that must be endured before the results can be obtained.

Liu Yun will never be like Wen Yi, who makes arguments like "it is enough to enjoy the fun of transforming the country".

He wants results, he wants clear results—quantifiable results such as destroying hundreds of thousands of enemies, annexing hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of a certain place and a certain place, and so on, vague results will make him feel empty, and then swallow up the meaning of life on which he depends.

When Liu Yun came to the bridge, imagining the scene of a cannonball flying, the bridge collapsed, and he turned into a pulp, and he couldn't help but have a chilling smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Your Excellency, please go back to the cabin, it's windy outside, and it's not good to catch a cold."

Adjutant Su Mengxin came over to persuade him, he didn't tremble, he had long been used to Liu Yun's smile.

Su Mengxin stayed with Liu Yun for six years, the first four years as a personal adjutant, two years ago he was promoted to adjutant general, and also served as the chief operations officer of the mysterious special forces "Tiger and Leopard Battalion".

He is only 30 years old this year, with a mediocre appearance, an average figure, a loyal and gentle personality, and his grades were mediocre when he graduated from Lu University, he is such a person who is considered to be the most ordinary, when he was a member of a certain section of the Operations Department of the Northeast Military Region, he was accidentally favored by Liu Yun, who came to inspect, and wanted to be an adjutant by his side, and then he was quite favored, and he has been working until this point, even he himself is often puzzled.

"Xiao Su, why have you and Xiao Zhang been cursing me recently."

Liu Yun smiled, patted Su Mengxin on the shoulder, and walked to the iron ladder leading to the lower cabin.

Zhang Ziyi, who was only twenty-three or fourteen years old, glanced at Su Mengxin in embarrassment, he had only started serving as Liu Yun's adjutant last summer and was not yet completely immune to some things.

Su Mengxin raised his head to Zhang Ziyi, and whispered comfort in his ear: "It's just a joke, don't take it to heart, if you have something to say in the future, the chief doesn't like things that are too contrived." ”

Liu Yun turned around and shouted, "What are you muttering, come here, I still have something to tell you." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, here we are......"

In the Sea of Japan in the depths of winter, the weather is rarely clear and the waves are calm, and on several warships flying the dragon flag, officers and men have stepped onto the deck one after another, stretching their muscles and basking in the sun.

On the top of the main mast of a huge battleship with a golden nameplate inlaid with the word "Ruixiang" on the rear of one of the ships, the flag of the commander of the Zhenyang Fleet of the Chinese Empire fluttered; according to the custom of the East Asian Alliance, the commander of the Zhenyang Fleet was naturally also the commander of the joint fleet of China, North Korea and Japan.

On the open-air command platform on the bridge, Vice Admiral Lin Taizeng, commander of the Combined Fleet, was leisurely leaning on the railing at this time, holding a cup of hot tea, enjoying the pleasant winter sunshine with Chief of Staff Sa Zhenbing and Adjutant Ye Fei.

Lin Tai once took a sip of hot tea, stroked the painted railing, and sighed: "Old Ruixiang is finally back, and there is nothing to do after three months of repair, really fast, I originally thought that it might be in the dock for half a year." ”

However, in the night battle on 2 October last year, the "Ruixiang" unfortunately triggered the Russian mines and was forced to go to the Yokosuka shipyard in Japan for overhaul, and the factory promised to repair it within three months, but on 1 January, the "Ruixiang" left the No. 3 dock of the Yokosuka shipyard with full personnel one day ahead of schedule, and a few days later rushed to Nakhodka, the temporary anchorage of the main unit of the Combined Fleet, and once again became the flagship of the commander of the Combined Fleet.

"You really miss the old days, aren't you having a good time on St. Regis?"

Sa Zhenbing said with a smile, in fact, he was thinking about the kitchen on the former flagship "St. Regis".

"This is not nostalgic for the old, taking advantage of the opportunity to dock, our old Ruixiang has modified a lot of things, replaced high-power radios and new electric compasses, and installed a three-year main gun commander, just these few things, it will be a lot stronger than Ruiji."

"Then why don't you wait for Ruixian to come before changing the flagship? Ruixian is a brand new boat. ”

Lin Taizeng smiled slightly: "Yes, but it is said that the person is also brand new, how about it, can you rest assured?" ”

Sa Zhenbing hurriedly shook his head, compared to the new chef on the new ship, he still trusted the old chef on the "Ruixiang".

"Commander, Duke Wu Wei is coming over tomorrow for a review, why don't you prepare?"

The young adjutant Ye Fei said with a pulled face, and it could be seen that he was quite jealous of the name of Wuwei Gong.

Lin Tai once put his nose close to the teacup, took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "You are mistaken, it's not a review, it's a patrol, there is no need to make any preparations, just let him see our real situation, in addition, we are still in a state of readiness to fight at any time, and we don't have the energy to perform anything for him." ”

"If you don't deal with it seriously, I'm afraid it will ...... your future."

Lin Taizeng glanced at Ye Fei obliquely: "Young man, it's not a bad thing to be thoughtful, but we are fighting a war now, and combat is the first priority, and everything else is miscellaneous work, which is less important than drinking tea and basking in the sun...... I think that we can't just work hard for one person to remember you, a person's memory will degenerate, but history will not forget your great achievements, fight this battle well, and let millions of people in future generations remember us. If Wu Wei Gong is really the kind of mediocrity who values form over substance, then no matter how big he can do under him, I am not rare. ”

Sa Zhenbing flicked the teacup and said with a smile: "I think our commander seems to be becoming more and more detached from the world, I'm afraid that after this battle, the commander may become a monk." ”

Ye Fei also laughed: "The scene of the commander becoming a monk is really too hard to imagine, do you want to read Buddhist scriptures during the day and English novels at night?" ”

Lin Tai once shook the teacup, and his fingers shook between Sa Zhenbing and Ye Fei: "You two, it's really imaginative, can't you imagine me running for parliament and then becoming the prime minister?" ”

"Prime Minister? Do you want the military to interfere in politics? The Double 12 incident in Shanghai has not subsided, and Liu Yun is doing it there, if you go to join in the fun, I am afraid you will have to fight. ”

Sa Zhenbing said without scruples.

This is the territory of the navy, the army has the conceit and arrogance of the army, the navy has the freedom and compatibility of the navy, and in the navy, even scolding military and political dignitaries by name is not a great thing.

Lin Taizeng closed his smile, tilted his neck, and swallowed the remaining tea in his cup.

"It's just a matter of talking, it's not our turn to take care of things on land for the time being."

Sa Zhenbing showed a fox-like sly smile: "Yes, don't worry, there will always be a time when they will make enough trouble." ”

Ye Fei looked at the commander and then at the chief of staff, and touched his head, he really didn't understand the deep meaning of the words of the two Excellencies.

On the water antenna in the southwest, a few thick black plumes of smoke gradually became clear.

Lin Tai once put down his teacup and raised his binoculars.

Sa Zhenbing took out his pocket watch and nodded: "It's time, get ready to greet it, and see what our Lord Wuwei has to say." ”