At the same time that Lin Youde was called out of bed by the fox, the President of the United States of America, Charlotte? Roosevelt was in a meeting with his senior aides.

"We tried to avoid a pan-humanist revolution in China, but we failed." Secretary of State Cordell? "It's a pity, but we have to be prepared to deal with it. ”

"I want to know," Treasury Secretary Henry Jr.? Morgan said, "On the premise of not directly sending American troops into the war, the Ming imperial government blocked this ...... What are the chances of an armed insurrection this time? ”

The secretary of state shook his head, he was the chief of foreign affairs in the United States, and he was the one in the entire administration who knew the most about the situation abroad.

"The Ming Imperial Army could not even suppress the Baolu Movement in Sichuan, and now the southern provinces have more than seventy percent of the financial resources of the imperial government, and the imperial army will not even be able to pay military salaries in a short time, let alone conduct a war." Hel paused, "In fact, led by Zhejiang, the southern provinces, including Guangdong and Fujian, began to withhold the financial funds handed over to the Ming court half a year ago, and the Ming court was unable to deal with these provinces because of the tight war in Sichuan, and the funds that were intercepted have now become the military expenses of these provinces. In addition, after the loss of the northeast, the main arms production enterprises of the Ming court were also in the southern provinces, and if we could not provide sufficient support to the Ming court, they would probably be defeated within a year. ”

"Not impossible." Charlotte suddenly spoke, "They will definitely be defeated within a year." It's not just a matter of financial resources and production capacity, but the combat effectiveness of the Shenji is actually at a disadvantage for the Ming Court, the southern provinces have the top Shenji of the Ming Empire, and the Shenji who can be compared to this Shenji on the Ming court side has decided to be a bystander. According to my observations during my visit to the Ming Empire, even the gods who still support the Ming Empire are actually defective, and as long as they are convinced that the defeat of the Ming Empire is more likely, they will not hesitate to turn to the revolutionary camp. ”

Charlotte paused, staring straight at little Henry? Morgan: "So I think we have to immediately give Ming Ting all the assistance we can, we're going to give him loans, weapons, military advisers, and so on. In addition, the U.S. Navy should also blockade the southern ports of the Ming Empire to prevent other overseas Chinese forces from intervening in the war within the Ming Empire. ”

Charlotte, an overseas Chinese force, obviously refers to Vale, and in front of Vale, a behemoth that controls a large number of iron ore mines and oil fields, other Chinese forces may not be worthy of being called "forces".

"Miss President," little Henry? Morgan's tone remained unhurried, "Maybe you have quite thorough support from those young people, but I have to remind you that those young people have a lot of power, but in Wall Street and Manhattan, it is still us old guys who have the final say. ”

While saying these words, little Henry? Morgan fiddled with the ring on his finger seemingly unintentionally, and the triangular symbol on the ring turned to the back of his hand from time to time, exposing Charlotte's vision.

"Congress is happy with the state of the economy right now, but I don't think the legislators will be willing to approve a large amount of aid to the Ming Empire after they have already spent a large amount of cash-for-work funding. On Wall Street, we have given quite a lot of loans to the reconstruction of Yingzhou in recent years, and the reason why we are so generous is because you, Miss President, beg us to do so, thinking that this will stabilize the heart of the fallen Miss Yingzhou. Now, Miss President, if you want to repeat the old trick and get the giants of Wall Street to agree to borrow money from the Ming Empire, it will be even more difficult. ”

Little Henry? After Morgan finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent.

"[We] are merchants," he put a rather strong accent on the word "we", and paused deliberately before saying the latter part, "we are taking too much risk and too low a return to invest in such a declining court." If you want to impress us, you should have exaggerated the advantages of the Ming Empire's government just now. ”

"Once the Ming Empire becomes panhumanist, they will try to take back Yingzhou, isn't the reason for keeping Yingzhou enough to convince you?" Charlotte's voice asked.

"In our view, the blood transfusion to Russia also creates a risk of losing Yingzhou, and a new and positive China will think about recovering the three eastern provinces and the Korean Peninsula first, and then Yingzhou. We had already decided months ago that if we could pit China and Russia against each other, we would do everything in our power to facilitate this fact, in other words, we had decided to abandon the Ming Empire, which had lost its bloody and aggressive spirit. In fact, the arms companies under the names of several major conglomerates are waiting to sell weapons to the nascent Chinese government. ”

Charlotte looking at little Henry? Morgan, as he said, Charlotte has conquered the younger generation of the consortium with her personal charm, but now it is these fifty or sixty-year-old men who are really in power, and they will let the younger generation preside over a considerable amount of affairs, but still personally control the most important power.

For example, Charlotte has a close relationship with Morgan Jr., the heir to the Morgan consortium, and through guò, she can get Morgan's companies to contribute to her research projects, and she can get Morgan's Playboy magazine to publish some subtle patriotic propaganda, such as painting the national flag on the magazine girl. But in order for JPMorgan to lend a large number of dollars, it must be done with the same Henry Jr., who is now the Treasurer? Morgan - He is Morgan Jr.'s uncle and is responsible for managing the huge consortium before Morgan Jr. takes full control of the Morgan consortium.

Charlotte staring at little Henry? Morgan's face.

"It seems that I don't need to go to the Wall Street 500 to visit the big names in person."

"No, Miss Charlotte, everyone likes you as smart and beautiful, and everyone will be happy if you can visit. However, we don't make decisions based on personal preferences like young people, we are businessmen, and we chase profits. We don't care about isms and currents of thought, and of course, we don't mind being the spokesperson of a certain idea when we can use them for profit. The gentleman on the other side, who believes in anti-Semitism, may support Miss Charlotte's containment of NERV because of Lin Youde's friendly attitude towards Jews, but, "Little Henry? Morgan smiled at Charlotte, "We are not against the Jews, in fact, some of us are Jews, but we are free from the rabbis of the Old World. ”

After saying that, the Treasury Secretary looked at the Secretary of State, and Cordell Hull had the backing of antisemites in the United States, and when he was a congressman, most of the votes came from constituencies where antisemitism was rampant. Cordell responded to little Henry's gaze quietly, looking very calm.

"Gentlemen," Charlotte drew attention back to herself, "though each of you has different backgrounds, but now you all serve the United States. Now that we are talking about the interests of the United States in Asia, I think even Mr. Morgan cannot deny that when a pan-humanist China is established, Lin Youde's influence in Asia will be greatly enhanced. And, with regard to what Mr. Morgan just said about the idea of pitting Russia and China for profit, I think that this will affect Russia's military power in Europe. ”

"I just said that, Miss President," little Henry? Morgan changed his posture, "We don't care about doctrines. ”

"But Lin Youde's survival will affect the sales of American products in Europe, once Lin Youde is wiped out, a broken Europe is waiting for us to clean up, think about the dividends brought to us by rebuilding Europe after the end of the last war. We're all businessmen, and we're looking for maximizing profits, aren't we? ”

Little Henry didn't speak for a long time, and at the end he raised his eyebrows: "I thought you had given up on convincing us, Miss President." ”

"I just don't think it's necessary to visit the old men, because what you just said made me think I can convince you, and let you convince the old men."

"I think we've always been in a state of agreement on helping Russia and the rest of Europe get rid of Lin Youde," I think Henry Jr. Morgan doesn't seem to be planning to surrender to Charlotte lightly, "The premise is that the U.S. military is not allowed to participate in the war directly, of course, it is still good to be a victorious country in the last battle like in the last war, but we should send a more cautious and cherishing the lives of American soldiers to lead the expeditionary force, not a brave general like General Pershing." ”

"I know," Charlotte frowned slightly, "and it is because of the same opinion on this matter that I hope that the United States should at least support the Ming Imperial Government until the end of the European War, and after the European War we can immediately switch to supporting the more basic revolutionary army, and then support them in the struggle with Russia for the three eastern provinces and the Korean Peninsula." ”

Little Henry pondered for a while, and then asked with a solemn expression: "With the full support of the United States, can the government of the Ming Empire support until the end of the war in Europe?" ”

"How do you know if you don't give it a try?" Charlotte pursed her lips after speaking, and finally added, "I have received assurances from the Russian Prime Minister that Russia will attack Germany by March. If we're lucky, the war in Europe will be over this year. ”

At this time, the oldest U.S. Secretary of War at the conference table, Henry ? Lewis? Stimson said in a slow tone, "The last time I was Secretary of War, someone said that. ”

The old man turned his head to look at Charlotte? Draenau? Roosevelt.

The last time he served as Secretary of War was at the critical juncture of the last World War II, the President of the United States appointed him as Secretary of War on the recommendation of Charlotte's uncle, Theodore Roosevelt.

Everyone looked at the old man, born in 1867 in the wake of the baby boom in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, and waited for him to continue.

"That man's name is Helmut? Johannes? Ludwig? Feng? Moltke, as we commonly call him, was the chief of staff of Kaiser Wilhelm II and planned the German invasion of France. ”