Gently, there was a knock on the door, the kind of sound that was soft, requesting, and did not touch the nerve endings of human repulsion.

"Please come in."

Liu Yun bent slightly over the heavy oak door carved with morning glory vines.

The door opened, and on top of the black suit, white shirt, and blue-gray twill tie stood a white and quiet face covered with thick black-rimmed glasses.

"I'm really sorry to come here rashly without an appointment, Chief of Staff Yang is also here......"

The comer nodded slightly to Liu Yun and Yang Zhengjin.

"Where is it, Minister Mo rarely comes to the Humble House, it's my honor - please sit, do you want tea or coffee?"

Liu Yun smiled.

"Coffee bar."

The Minister of the Interior, Mo Ning, replied casually, the originally almost perfect mask on his face had appeared a slight crack like a tortoiseshell, probably to hide something, Mo Ning made a meaningless movement of reaching out to hold his glasses, and sat respectfully opposite Yang Zhengjin, not noticing that Yang Zhengjin was looking at him in surprise.

Liu Yun instructed Steward Yue, who was waiting outside the door, to bring three cups of coffee.

"Well, did you interrupt your conversation?"

Mo Ning put his hands on his thighs, and his gaze swept slightly stiffly over Liu Yun and Yang Zhengjin's foreheads.

"There is no such thing, the things that should be discussed have been discussed, and now I am waiting for Minister Mo's advice."

Liu Yun tilted his neck slightly and nodded to Mo Ning.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, advice can't be ......"

Mo Ning shook his head again and again, but the corner of his eye kept falling on Yang Zhengjin, and Liu Yun knew what he was hinting at.

"Chief of Staff Yang is the person I trust the most, and it doesn't hurt if Minister Mo has anything to say."

"Since that's the case, then I'll get straight to the point, I know that Duke Wu Wei is the ...... who doesn't like nonsense the most."

"Exactly, I don't have much time to spend on a fig leaf other than substance."

Liu Yun had already put on a posture of listening to his ears, and he really couldn't guess Mo Ning's intentions.

Mo Ning bowed forward slightly, and muttered for a few seconds as if he had gathered strength, and then he said with determination: "With all due respect, I have found that there is a very dangerous rift between our comrades who originally shared life and death, and the mutual distrust is devouring us, and by the way, it will also swallow up the new China that we have worked so hard to create that has never existed in history. ”

The corners of Liu Yun's mouth bent slightly, his elbows were on the table, his hands were crossed in front of him, and his chin was slightly raised: "Mutual distrust - well said, go on." ”

"In any case, we must find a way to overcome this mistrust and return to the original state of solidarity, where we all do our best to continue to fight for our common dream."

"That's what I want, too."

"So we have a basic consensus."

"That's right, the point is, what are you going to do?"

Liu Yun asked sharply, he didn't distrust Mo Ning or deliberately wanted to give Mo Ning a bad shot, he just habitually made the other party's consciousness naked, so as to achieve the opportunity to make the other party unable to play word games and waste precious time and brain cells.

"Actually, the question is, what are your plans?"

Mourning unceremoniously kicked the ball back.

"What do you mean by that?"

Liu Yun didn't move his colors, he didn't think that the other party's answer was rude to copy his own sentences, he just wanted to understand the essence as soon as possible, in this delicate moment, it was pointless to indulge emotions.

"You're just privately revealing to some people that you want to make war the goal of your country's existence, that is, you intend to build a militaristic empire."

"That's right."

So what are you going to do? How are you going to transform the country it is today? Or do you want to turn the country into an absolute monarchy with you as emperor, or a fascist totalitarian state with you as its leader? ”

Liu Yun frowned: "It was Zhang Zhigao who asked you to test me, right?" Want to figure out my bottom line? ”

"Actually, I'm looking for a possibility to defuse the rift, and we're supposed to be on the same side, aren't we?"

"Originally, it was indeed a camp."

"Is there any difference now?"

"Somebody's angry with me."

"You are angry with each other, I think, Wen Yi misled us, and you automatically alienated us because of your anger with Wen Yi, you think that we literati and Wen Yi are all in the same group, but this is not the case, otherwise I would not have come to see you alone today."

Mo Ning was already raising his head at this time, and his momentum was high.

Liu Yun flicked the table lightly, his scrutinizing gaze swept back and forth on Mo Ning's face, and found that the emotions of the New World were as unstoppable as the lava flowing on the island of Hawaii.

"So, you're going to go to my side?"

"You didn't hear clearly, there is no such thing as your side and his side at all, that kind of senseless rift only exists in the imagination of you and Wen Yi, your emotional words and deeds have caused the rift in your imagination to spread, affecting the unity of our entire camp, if you two can calmly gather everyone together in a responsible manner, things will not develop like this?"

"So, what does it look like now?"

Steward Yue's bell-like knock on the door interrupted the solemn conversation between the two, and Lao Yue brought three cups of steaming coffee, set them on the table, and then mechanically stepped back with an eternal smile.

The aroma of coffee dilutes the atmosphere slightly.

Mo Ning's white fingers pinched the openwork silver spoon and stirred it delicately in the cup a few times, and carefully took a sip.

"The current situation should be that Zhang Zhigao, who adheres to Wenyi's will, regards you as an opponent, and you haven't explained things clearly to everyone, now everyone only hears Wenyi and Zhang Zhigao's words, we all want to know what you really mean, we don't think you really want to build an autocratic imperial state or another form of totalitarian state."

"You guys? I'd love to know what kind of category 'you' is. ”

"Do you have to make it clear?"

Liu Yun raised the index finger of his right hand and made a motion to pull the trigger: "I need to know the Dao, this is very important, I think about it...... Raw material, or rather, one of the sources of introspection. ”

When the word "introspection" was spoken, Liu Yun aggravated his tone with trembling emotions.

Mo Ning hesitated for a while, then said with a stiff face: "I am speaking on behalf of a total of five people, including myself, and the other four are Niu Jin, Han Lang, Jiang Wentao and Ma Feng. ”

Liu Yun's mind immediately vividly reflected the images of those four people:

Niu Jin, Minister of Industry and Commerce, a few small black grasses on the top of his head that had begun to desertify were desperately panting, and his big face, which was so fat that it was about to drip oil, had a pair of round glasses with suppressed gold-rimmed thick slices, and a big belly with a cosmic concept and a cow-like fleshy appearance might be able to navigate a 10,000-ton warship; Han Lang, the Minister of Finance, known as the "God of Wealth" and "Han Ma Pole" - no need to think about it, in short, this person thoroughly embodies the aesthetic concept of telephone pole doctrine from top to bottom; Jiang Wentao, known as the "design madman", is known as the Minister of Communications, Chairman of the Aviation Planning Committee, and Chief Adviser of the Navy's Ship Administration Headquarters - the thin and pale melon seed face is covered with a pair of huge square black-framed glasses, a half-length hair that is curled like a bird's nest, and the light-colored suit is always stained with traces of various colors of ink. Ma Feng, who holds the titles of Minister of Science and Technology, Vice President of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vice President and Chief Consultant of the Imperial Chemical Industry Federation, and Chief Consultant of the Imperial Petroleum Industry Federation, is just the opposite of Jiang Wentao - with delicate gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, his hair is always neatly and smoothly pulled back, his face is handsome, well-dressed, chic, and polite, but he looks like a senior social person.

"Can you speak on behalf of these four people with carte blanche to speak?"

"Yes, there is no doubt about that."

"Very good, you just want to know what kind of country I want to build, right?"

"That's right."

"I want to build a hegemonic empire that can divide the entire planet with one or more suitable allies in ten years' time, and in order to achieve this unprecedented goal, I will use all the power and means at my disposal, concentrate all the power I can, and at the same time sweep away all the forces that will not cooperate. Yes, I do intend to establish a totalitarian political system, and I need a high degree of administrative efficiency to quickly and completely integrate all the forces of the whole country, in the service of building a military machine capable of dominating the world, and every person and every penny must be included in this machine! Everyone should sacrifice narrow freedom and immediate interests for the time being, and everyone should do their best for the deeper and broader freedom and greater benefits that can be obtained by the citizens of the Chinese Empire after dominating the earth, which is not a simple sacrifice without returns, but a rational investment full of courage, and the people should be able to understand it even from an economic point of view! Our Great China was originally the Celestial Empire, and it was a matter of course for the four Yi to come to the Dynasty, before our country's skills declined, and the foreigners took advantage of it, but now a little cheer up, and the Russians will be beaten all over the ground to find teeth, so it seems that the Chinese grandeur resounded all over the world, and the time when the barbarians of the earth bent their necks to surrender is not far away - from the perspective of patriotism and the Celestial Empire, it is even more natural for the people to support my policy! Besides, what are we people here for? Isn't it to build a prosperous and powerful Chinese empire? What is Empire? Is an emperor an empire alone? Wrong! The empire must be able to claim hegemony, imperialism is the doctrine of depriving weak countries and opponents to dominate the world, and the great Chinese empire is China that dominates the world! We must not only dominate the world, but also spread the Chinese civilization to every corner of the world, and in a thousand years, or just a hundred years, there will only be Chinese and Chinese on the earth, and all other languages and characters that hinder hearing and vision will be eliminated......"

Mo Ning, as well as Yang Zhengjin, were dumbfounded, and Mo Ning's unconsciously opened mouth could probably stuff one or two quail eggs.

"Wait a minute, Liu Yun, it's the first time I've heard this, what is this ......?"

Yang Zhengjin had forgotten the rules, and even called Liu Yun's name.

Liu Yun glared at Yang Zhengjin dissatisfiedly: "I think you can easily understand this, so I want to discuss it with you after further consideration, since I have the opportunity today, I will let you know the truth by the way, there is no need to make a fuss." ”

Mo Ning swallowed his saliva: "In this way, Duke Wuwei really wants to establish a totalitarian state, I don't know if Duke Wuwei intends to be the emperor or the head of state?" ”

"I haven't thought about it yet, but of course I can't get to the top in one step, in order to be able to pay less in the process of transforming the country and achieve a smooth transition, I plan to retire from politics after the war and lead a political party to compete for a majority seat in the National Assembly in order to become the 'official' prime minister, which I have already told Zhang Zhigao, and I will act within the scope of 'legal'."

"And after that? Unless the existing constitution is subverted, there will be no state like yours. ”

"After that, I will explain my policy to the people and revise the constitution on the basis of public opinion."

"What if it doesn't work?"

"This road must be passed, you must not forget, nationalism and militarism are the two major trends in the current world of the world, all the great powers are expanding their armaments and wars, and all the great powers are trying to dominate the world world alone! At present, this war against Russia has highlighted the strength of our Greater China, from now on the great powers will keep an eye on us, and will strengthen our own strength as an opponent, we cannot sit back and wait for the opponent to be strong enough to have the spare strength to defeat us, we should strike first, militarize the national economy in advance, strengthen our own military strength, wait for the opportunity to thwart the opponent, and dominate the world! As long as we hold meetings of several million or 100,000 people in major cities, and let me give hundreds of speeches in a row, the patriotic fervor of the people will surely erupt like a volcano! ”

Mo Ning couldn't help but shudder, his consciousness did not follow Liu Yun's high-pitched voice to show the wonderful scenery of dark red magma on a tropical island violently spewing into the blue sky.

"It seems that Wu Weigong is confident......"

Liu Yun smiled slightly: "You should help me, I think you will." ”

"But why does it have to be ten years from now? Why is it not twenty or thirty years from now? Why don't we wait until the national strength grows stronger to start implementing this goal? The foundation of this country is still very fragile, and in another 10 years at most it will be able to reach the level of the fourth and fifth most powerful countries in the world, so we will not wait for anything to develop in the 1920s and 30s, as long as we do not carry out a general mobilization war in the meantime, and take advantage of the opportunity of the great powers to cut each other down, we will certainly be able to make a windfall and take the opportunity to achieve comprehensive industrialization, and when the country is rich and the industry has gone up, we will naturally have the money and ability to run a large scale in national defense. ”

As soon as Mo Ning said this, Yang Zhengjin nodded again and again, and Liu Yun said unhappily: "You didn't put what I said just now in your ears at all, I just said it, the great powers have already targeted us, I don't know when the Dao will come up together to strangle us, we must give priority to strengthening our military strength, on the one hand, we can deter the great powers, on the other hand, we can use this to trade with the great powers, find suitable allies, take the opportunity to find and expand colonies, or not colonies, you can call protectorates, vassals, and allies." Once I become prime minister, I will first further promote the economic integration of the four East Asian alliances, the first step is to realize the customs union, and then use capital transactions to complete the economic control of Korea, Japan, and the Ryukyus, and I want the DPRK, Japan, and the Ryukyus to implement an economic development route dominated by light industry, while China itself will implement an economic development route dominated by heavy industry, and the light industrial products of the DPRK, Japan, and Ryukyus will be used to supply China itself. Solve the problem of scarcity of light industrial products that may arise due to the focus on the development of heavy industry......"

The more Liu Yun spoke, the more energetic he became, and he didn't realize that his face was full of red light, as if he was drunk, and suddenly, the floor trembled slightly, the teacups on the table crumbled, and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling swayed from side to side.

"This ...... Earthquake? ”

Before Mo Ning's words fell, he was already dragged under the table by Liu Yun and Yang Zhengjin.

The shaking lasted only a few seconds, and the three men who had emerged from under the table looked at each other.

"Such an earthquake...... It must have been an earthquake around Beijing, but there is no record in the history books, so could it be that the geological changes have also been affected by the course of our history? ”

Mourning remembered the so-called butterfly effect – a butterfly flapping its wings in California in the western United States, which was probably the cause of a storm in Florida in the eastern United States.

However, the strange light that penetrated through the window made the butterflies in Mo Ning's consciousness fold their wings and fall one after another.

The northwest sky is shrouded in several curved and folded ribbons of colorful light, magnificent and fantastic, faintly fluttering.

"It looks like the aurora, it's impossible, it's thousands of kilometers away from the Arctic Circle......"

Mo Ning was just blindly surprised, and did not notice the expressions of Liu Yun and Yang Zhengjin.

"That's ......"

As soon as they saw those magical bands of light, Liu Yun and Yang Zhengjin invariably frowned, surprise and uneasiness wriggled on their faces like maggots, and in the next second, they immediately transformed into frightened flies, circling and flying recklessly.

"This ...... Impossible, absolutely impossible......"

Yang Zhengjin's facial muscles trembled nervously.

"Don't panic yet, let's figure out the situation, maybe it's not the same thing."

Liu Yun grabbed Yang Zhengjin's shoulder, but the fingertips beyond Yang Zhengjin's shoulder kept shaking.

"It can't be that coincidental, they must be here! After more than ten years of research and development, they have been able to extend their tentacles into the historical branches! I knew they wouldn't let us go! ”

Yang Zhengjin clenched his fists, and although his words were desperate, his face inexplicably revealed a high fighting spirit.

"Excuse me, you ...... What are you talking about? ”

Mo Ning still didn't figure out the situation, and looked at Liu Yun and then at Yang Zhengjin with a confused expression.

"Here they are."

Liu Yun said.

"Who?"

Morning was still confused.

"The faithful defenders of our great Motherland should now be our enemies."

After Liu Yun finished speaking, he laughed a lot.