It's another cloudy day.

Liu Yun looked up at the directionless and unconscious clouds for a long time, and had no intention of feeling anything.

It's now 17 May, and there are only three days left before the contingent's scheduled recovery date.

The resentful spirits are about to retreat, and a way to prevent the resentful spirits from reappearing has been found, and then everything should return to the normal track, but the defection of the three generals is like a fishbone stuck between his teeth, which makes Liu Yun unable to feel at ease.

Defection, indeed a defection, there is no other explanation, maybe they got into a foreign legation, maybe they got on a ship bound for a foreign country, in short, within the police power of the Chinese Empire, those three generals can be confirmed as alive and dead.

What are they going to do?

What can they do?

Chen Xingyun is only a dispensable new lineage, but Wu Dingguo and Ma Chengwu are special forces fighters brought over from 2025, and if the latter two defect to foreign countries, they will definitely bring a huge threat to the cause of the entire group. The temporary embassies of various countries in Tianjin have been surrounded by the Eagle Wolf Team and the special agents of the National Security Department, and special arrest warrants have been received at various exit gates, but the three people have not appeared, as if they have disappeared from the world.

The feet of the clouds are very low, and the clouds are very dark, as if it is going to rain.

The wind was a bit cool.

Liu Yun walked down the spacious terrace of the headquarters building of the Seventh Infantry Division in Xigu, Tianjin, which is now the temporary base camp.

Fish bones stuck between teeth, after all, can not be regarded as the most important thing, a prosperous and beautiful life often depends on giving up many prosperous and beautiful things.

After returning to his temporary office, Liu Yun instructed his adjutant Zhang Ziyi to call Yang Zhengjin, chief of the General Staff.

Zhang Ziyi is loyal and tame, like a private wolf dog that will never betray, so in Liu Yun's eyes, he is just a wolf dog.

Yang Zhengjin is the highest tool or comrade...... Is it better to say that the tool is better or the comrade? Under the so-called leadership system, what is the difference between tools and comrades?

What is the Millennium Empire? What is the hegemony of the world? What is the only leader?

What is it all for?

Is the meaning of life to use others willfully to realize self-righteous dreams?

When did you start using people as tools?

The white question mark radiated a sensual or cold luster in the starlit dim thought space, Liu Yun pressed his temples wearily, his body and mind weakened unabashedly, and in some moments, he could feel that the blood vessels that had been impacted by high-energy rays and electromagnetic waves when he crossed the boundary of time and space fourteen years ago were now twitching irregularly.

Yang Zhengjin pushed the door open.

"Wu Weigong, are you looking for me?"

As one of the three giants of Liu Yun's most relied on lineage, Yang Zhengjin is notoriously cautious, but Liu Yun also knows that at critical moments, Yang Zhengjin will not be afraid (or rather, not stingy) to speak out, so the last step before he is about to make some decisions about the fate of the group and the empire is to seek Yang Zhengjin's opinion.

"Sit down. I came to you today to continue a topic from half a month ago. Liu Yun nodded to his most senior cronie.

"Is it a question of building a thoroughly totalitarian system?" Yang Zhengjin is hopelessly smart this time.

More than half a month ago, on the night of the arrival of the task force, Liu Yun was still preaching his political ideas to Yang Zhengjin and Minister of the Interior Mo Ning.

"Do you remember what I said?"

"Yes, I remember it very well."

"What do you think?" Liu Yun was thoroughly straightforward.

"My opinions, in simple terms, are four: first. If you want to be a real dictator, you must give dictatorship to the local authorities, otherwise you will not be able to effectively implement your policies, and over time, the local dictators are likely to unite to perfunctory, deceive, contain and even resist the top, and if the foundation of the upper layer is not rooted in the general public, but only on the local power stratum, Then the whole country will inevitably brew an irreparable crisis in the dark.

"Second, militarism is inappropriate. It is of course an irreproachable policy to carry out military and national education in order to cultivate the people's martial spirit and to build a strong mainland navy to defend the country and dominate the world, but if the above policies are not supported by the people-oriented and democratic ideology, it is very easy to form a warlord clique that is not controlled by the government, and the trend of military personnel interfering in government affairs and replacing government affairs with the military will inevitably prevail, and in this way, the fate of the entire country will be in the hands of military interest groups, and this kind of disguised totalitarian system will be even more harmful and potentially more turbulent.

"Third, expansionism is inappropriate. China's domestic market is very large, and with Japan and Korea, our industry is far from being able to sustain its development without colonies, and instead of coveting the weak colonies that have been occupied by the great powers, we should focus on cultivating and building an integrated market for the East Asian Union. Moreover, judging from the economic situation in recent years, China has not suffered any serious losses in normal foreign trade, and it is not necessary to change it by war.

"Fourth, it is inappropriate to sacrifice the right to individual freedom. The basic task of the state should be to protect the freedom and rights of the people, and in this regard, I agree with the constitution formulated by Yu Wenyi, that a truly great civilization can never be formed by clamping down and bondage, and restricting the freedom and power of ordinary citizens can only encourage the greed and willfulness of those in power, and the people of lambs are naturally more likely to be oppressed and enslaved, which is the same for corrupt rulers and ambitious invaders. ”

Yang Zhengjin finished the four points in one breath, naked, bare, without a trace of disguised rhetoric, which must have been brewing for a long time.

Liu Yun felt a prickly prickle in his face, but this was exactly what he wanted.

"Tell me about your personal political opinions, what path do you think this country should take?"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with maintaining the current political system, provided that there are no major emergencies that could change the country's system. As for the specific policy, I have no other ideas, except for military alliances, and I think that our country should remain neutral for the time being, and not enter into a substantive alliance with any European power, and if war breaks out in Europe, we can sit back and see, and by the way, we can make a windfall by selling supplies, and then choose the side with the best chance of victory as an ally to join the war when both sides are exhausted. Of course, the biggest obstacle here is the United States; after the end of the war against Russia, China will certainly become a direct opponent of the United States, and many of China's major export products in the future will compete fiercely with the United States; if a European war breaks out, the United States will also be a huge variable affecting the course of the war, and China's increasingly powerful navy will have an impact on the Pacific interests of the United States, and the honeymoon period between China and the United States is bound to come to an end, and we must make early plans for this. ”

After Yang Zhengjin finished speaking, he had already put on a posture of being ready to accept any punishment.

Liu Yun looked up to the sky inexplicably and laughed.

After laughing, Liu Yun got up and walked to Yang Zhengjin, put his hands behind his back, and nodded to him: "Actually, I have been thinking about some questions these days, for example, how different are my personal dreams from everyone's dreams......

"Actually......" As soon as Yang Zhengjin opened his mouth, he was stopped by Liu Yun with a gesture.

"Maybe I've always been a leader, numb and willful with too much power and equal self-confidence. Wen Yi is right, it is not as long as the belief is correct that you can do whatever it takes, sometimes, the use of means often corrodes or even distorts the belief itself, and the history of that era we are familiar with is the best example! After all, the strength of the individual cannot replace the strength of the group, and only by sincerely cooperating and uniting as one can we achieve our common basic belief. Also, I think you have a lot of insight into politics, so you might as well go into politics in the future......"

Yang Zhengjin stood up excitedly: "Please forgive me, interrupt, there are some things I must say, our group cannot be without a leader, the task force incident has made everyone understand that when dealing with similar emergencies, only you can grasp the overall situation and quickly make up your mind to solve the problem!" Even Wen Yi himself has to admit this! Your responsibility is to integrate the strength of the group to maximize the effect, if you want to avoid or shirk this responsibility, it is really a manifestation of numbness and willfulness! ”

A hot and sharp gaze was cast on Yang Zhengjin's face, and Liu Yun looked at the fiercely spoken cronie with anger until the minute hand of the large hanging bell on the wall, decorated with the relief of the naval battle of Dadonggou, was drawn from twenty-eight to thirty minutes.

Liu Yun shook his head slightly: "It's just your personal idea." ”

"I'm sure that after this incident, all comrades thought so!"

"How do you know for sure?"

"The military does not need to confirm at all, and on the civilian side, the most influential are Wen Yi and Zhang Zhigao, as long as you talk to these two people, not only can you confirm the thoughts of the civilian government in the face of you, but the future group system and even the state system can also be determined."

Liu Yun patted Yang Zhengjin's shoulder appreciatively: "I don't know what Lu Dao said about you...... I'm about to do this, after the task force gets out, I have to talk to Wen Yi and Zhang Zhigao again, discuss the group system and the basic strategy of the country in the future, and then you come with me. ”

Yang Zhengjin stood up and saluted excitedly: "Yes!" ”

Even people like Yang Zhengjin, who have become accustomed to the absolute trust of the leader, cannot help but be moved by this level of trust that has reached the level of national fortune.