Early in the morning, in the Yuehua Hall of the Empress's Bedroom, which is only one wall away from the Regent's Mansion "Jiling Garden", Liu Ping, who was dressed in a prince's dress and wearing a Napoleon-style two-cornered hat with feathers, passed between the female officials and attendants who were bustling with things in their hands, and strode into the bedroom of his sister Liu Qianhua.

As soon as Liu Ping entered the door, he saw a pair of men and women with different temperaments sitting in front of the bed, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, discussing something with Liu Qianhua, who was lying on the bed.

Hearing the movement behind them, the man and woman looked back in unison.

Liu Ping vaguely remembered that the man in the suit and leather shoes, elegant and delicate was named Huang Hao, the son of the late former speaker of the House of Representatives Huang Linhong, the chairman of the famous private Tianhao Culture and Education Foundation, with two private colleges under his name, a dúlì political science research institute and three newspapers and magazines, he was elected to the House of Representatives five years ago, and served as a political adviser to the imperial front after the war, and went in and out of the palace from time to time, but he did not have more than two sentences of communication with Liu Ping.

The woman next to Huang Hao, with her hair pulled into a bun at the back of her head, wearing a Misè suit and skirt with black sè high heels, is surprisingly sharp and capable, she is the daughter of Baron Zhang Jian, the richest man in the empire - Zhang Qianqing, as the chairman of Qianhua Group, the first garment manufacturing enterprise in East Asia, and also Huang Hao's wife.

Zhang Qianqing had served as the former economic adviser of the emperor as early as six years ago, and was considered a frequent visitor to the palace, and for Liu Ping, she was the only woman in the palace who could be compared to her sister.

Before Liu Ping came back to his senses, Huang Hao and his wife had already gotten up and saluted, only to hear Liu Qianhua on the bed softly instruct: "The regent is here, you should retreat first." ”

Huang Hao and his wife retreated as ordered, and Liu Qianhua instructed the female official to remove the three-legged carved stool that the two had sat on and replace it with a four-legged soft chair, and then ordered Liu Ping to sit down.

Before Liu Ping could sit down, he asked anxiously, "Is the imperial sister feeling better today?" ”

Liu Qianhua subconsciously pulled the ends of the hair on the side of the pillow with her fingers: "Thank you." It's a little better than the previous two days. ”

"If your body doesn't matter, it's better to stay in the Yuehua Palace."

Liu Ping was very serious.

"My disease is capricious, and it is precisely because I have gotten better in the past two days that I can probably withstand the toss. So decided to move in today. ”

Liu Qianhua smiled innocently.

"Today? It's too early......"

Liu Ping's eyes widened reluctantly.

Liu Qianhua shook her head, although her voice was soft, her meaning was firmer: "It's not early, if it drags on for a few more days, maybe it will have another attack, move over as soon as possible." I also have a good mind to recuperate. ”

Liu Ping hesitated for a while, and nodded unwillingly: "Then, when will I leave, I'll drive over." ”

"No need, the regent still has a lot of military affairs to deal with, right? Don't forget the responsibility on your shoulders on a whim. ”

Liu Qianhua language with jǐng show. Liu Ping didn't dare to entangle any more, and hurriedly changed the topic.

"I wonder what new news those two advisors brought to the emperor just now?"

"Do you want to know the way?"

"Just curious......"

"Thought and capital are the fundamental forces that change the world of this world, and I am transferring and concentrating the forces scattered everywhere through people like Councilor Huang and Advisor Zhang."

Liu Ping blinked as if he didn't understand: "Then, what about the army?" Now it is changing the world. Isn't it the armies of all countries? ”

Liu Qianhua smiled faintly: "The army is only the embodiment of strength, not the source of strength." Without a solid and deeply rooted ideology and an efficient and dynamic capital, the army will not be able to establish effective rule and bring practical benefits to the people, no matter how large the territory is, but will eventually lead to the failure or even disintegration of the country because of the unlimited consumption of political and economic resources. ”

"I really don't understand that...... That's why I want to ask the Pope's sister nearby......"

Seeing that Liu Ping was about to bring up the matter of retention again, Liu Qianhua hurriedly pushed the boat down the river: "How about letting Councilor Huang teach you and Advisor Zhang?" ”

Liu Ping's eyes lit up: "The younger brother can't ask for it!" ”

Liu Qianhua breathed a sigh of relief. He said with relief: "Then it's decided, Councilor Huang will teach you political science and Chinese and foreign philosophical thoughts, and Consultant Zhang will teach you economics and management, and starting next week, you will set aside one day a week to attend classes." After three months, how about you write a summary and show it to me, and then consider whether to continue? ”

Liu Ping nodded again and again: "Everything is arranged by the imperial sister." ”

"If you are willing to calm down and study, I will be at ease, if there is nothing to do, just go back first, I will rest again, and I will leave the palace later."

Liu Qianhua said, reaching out and pulling the shoulder strap of the nightdress that had been loosened at some point - the nightdress she was wearing today was the latest model of the best-selling "boudoir" underwear brand in East Asia presented by Zhang Qianqing.

Liu Qianhua originally planned to try it on and replace it, but she didn't want to talk to Zhang Qianqing and his wife, but she completely forgot about it, so she had to pretend to be calm at this time, as if nothing had happened.

Liu Ping seemed to realize something, and suddenly didn't dare to look directly, and said in fragments: "Imperial sister, the younger brother still has something to report, the base camp is ......"

"Didn't I say it, all the important military affairs, after you have discussed with the elders and important ministers, you can decide at your own discretion that you don't need to ask me for instructions anymore, I am tired, you can step down."

Liu Qianhua gave an eviction order, and at the same time pulled the cool quilt of the gold silk carved phoenix Hangzhou silk to his chest, but his heart was inexplicably stunned......

In the conference room in front of the base camp, Liu Pingping nodded to the huge map of the world on the front wall: "Then I would like to ask Chief of General Staff Liang to briefly explain the recent situation of each front for this king." ”

Liang Tianhe squinted impatiently, picked up the whip and came to Liu Ping, waved his hand, and the tip of the whip swept across the map, stopping at the cold and desolate Aleutian Islands, which stretch between the Alaska Peninsula in the Americas and the Kamchatka Peninsula in Asia.

"Then I'll start with the North Pacific Front."

"Since the U.S. military launched a counteroffensive on Kodiak Island, which was occupied by the Rì Army in September last year, the Rì Army has lost more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 tons of ships, and was once passive on the entire North Pacific front."

"After the U.S. military swept Kodiak Island, it was forced to secretly withdraw its troops from the island under the pressure of our Combined Fleet returning to the Pacific after the Battle of the Bay of Bengal. By the end of March of this year, two divisions of the Rì Army, with the support of our 1st Mobile Fleet, had recaptured the island. ”

"For the sake of overall strategy, after consultation between the general staff of the two armies, it was decided to take the initiative to abandon the two forward bases in the Gulf of Alaska and move the battle line back to the eastern part of the Aleutian Islands and temporarily take a defensive position after rescuing the surviving defenders on the island and the nearby Kenai Peninsula."

"At present, this front is under the sole responsibility of the Rì Army, specifically, with two divisions of the 4th Army of the Army, guarding the islands of Unimak, Unaraska, and Atka, and four old armored cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers of the Navy's North Sea Front Fleet, providing escort support for the transport and supply ship groups heading to the front......"

Hearing this, Liu Ping interrupted unceremoniously: "Chief of General Staff Liang, this king doesn't want to know too many details for the time being, you can put it more simply." ”

Liang Tianhe frowned with his back to Liu Ping, and waved his whip stupidly: "Since the regent said so, I will try to explain briefly next......

"On the Eastern Pacific Front, the East China Sea Front, with six divisions as the backbone, is stepping up efforts to consolidate the defense of the Hawaiian Islands, and has initially completed the construction of major coastal defense batteries and aviation bases, and will then move on to the construction of underground caverns and beachhead obstacles. Taking into account the geographical conditions of the entire archipelago, the base camp believed that the existing strength of the East China Sea Front was still insufficient, and planned to send two additional divisions by the end of the year. ”

"The East China Sea Fleet, based at Pearl Harbor, continued to use cruisers and submarines to sabotage the US-Australian lines of communication while around the Hawaiian Islands, but due to the lack of troops and the fact that the theater was too vast, the effect was not obvious."

"In addition, the base air force under the jurisdiction of the front fleet, which undertakes the aviation combat mission of the entire East Pacific Front, is currently too thin in strength and lacks the ability to sustain combat and resist strikes; in addition to the recent increase in the activity of the British and American aircraft carrier units in the Pacific, the base camp believes that it is necessary to reinforce them, and plans to increase the number of aircraft from 120 to 200 by the end of the year."

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