"Then let's decide so, according to the schedule of the Minister of the Interior, correspondingly, on the military side, from May 26, the Northern Zhili Military Administration will be lifted, martial law will be lifted in the Jingshi area, and at the same time the state of martial law will be maintained within twenty kilometers of the arrival point of the task force, so that special landfill work can be carried out under the pretext of building a secret military base." Liu Yun instructed, and no one objected to this.

According to the three technicians from the task force, Pan Shao'an, Yang Yuxiang, and Liu Qianhua, as long as the area four to eight kilometers away from the task force's arrival point is covered with a five-meter-thick reinforced concrete inlaid with silver-aluminum alloy inside, and then filled with 50 meters of earth and stone on top, it is enough to make it impossible for the next task force to use the same time machine to reach the current branch of the historical space, and forcibly teleporting will cause the teleportation body to be lost or completely destroyed in subspace. Of course, it is also possible for the other party to disassemble the large-scale time machine facility to another location and reassemble it, which will take years and a huge amount of money, considering that the task force was not able to take the gold away after the recovery, indicating that the experiment of plundering valuable resources and treasures from the branch historical time and space has also failed, so the significance of the flying plan is bound to be completely questioned, and the possibility of further costing a huge amount of money to carry out such a useless experiment on the same branch historical time and space will be greatly reduced.

However, just in case, it is still necessary to maintain a high level of vigilance in the Jingshi area and to maintain a secret force equipped with special weapons in the future, whether in war or peacetime -- this consciousness has been wedged into the minds of every comrade present by the tacit propaganda of Liu Yun and Wenyi before the meeting began.

"Then how should Zhong Xiahuo's temporary Praetorian Guard be arranged?" Hook asked Liu Yun for instructions.

"First, the Janissary Provisional Division will be disbanded with immediate effect, and the troops under its jurisdiction will immediately return to the front. Second, Zhong Xiahuo was promoted to senior general and ordered to return to the Western Front Army Headquarters with immediate effect to exercise the functions and powers of the commander of the department. ”

According to the words of the supreme leader, Zhong Xiahuo, who was busy stroking the whole box of dazzling jewels on the original site of the task force base, became the second general in the history of the Chinese Empire, but this was not too exciting, because on the second day, two new generals were added to the history of the empire: Yang Zhengjin, chief of the General Staff, and Hu Ke, director of the Operations Division of the General Staff, and at the same time, the three giants of Liu Yun's old line were still on an equal footing in military ranks.

It is said that Zhong Xiahuo's first reaction after receiving the promotion order was: "You won't fight for me from now on." ”

It turned out that at least in 1904, General Zhong Xiahuo's worries were unnecessary.

On the same day that Yang Zhengjin received the promotion order, he personally drove an FJZL-5 "Gale" reconnaissance and liaison plane to Tianjin, and as agreed, he would accompany Liu Yun to carry out "comprehensive consultations with Wen Yi and Zhang Zhigao on deciding the general direction of the group and the country in the future."

It was a very secret meeting, in a secret room in the Interim Prime Minister's residence, with doors and windows closed, tea and refreshments already prepared, and no one other than the four allowed to enter.

"It's a general showdown."

Before entering this secret room, Yang Zhengjin whispered in Liu Yun's ear.

"I have decided that no matter what path I take, the most important thing is to ensure the development of the country's military strength, and I will leave other aspects to me for the time being, and let them go." After Liu Yun finished speaking, he closed the thick oak door with his own hands.

The four of them didn't bother to spit out a word of nonsense, and went straight to the topic.

Wen Yi was the first to speak: "This morning, the temporary headquarters of the Chinese People's Party held a meeting, and I attended the meeting as an observer, and 14 party members, including the Ninth Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Party and the Fifth Standing Committee of the Supervisory Commission, gathered together to discuss the relevant social welfare bill, agricultural support bill, national compulsory education bill, and new election bill, and prepare to submit it to the National Assembly for a vote after the end of the war, and make a decision to take social welfare and national prosperity and people's comfort as the platform for the KMT's election in the next general election......

Liu Yun just nodded: "I have no opinion on these, I have decided not to meddle in political affairs anymore, I plan to still let you be in charge of politics, I am in charge of the military, you come to enrich the country, I will strengthen the army, as long as it is conducive to achieving the overall goal of making the country rich and the army strong." ”

"It's all about the road." After Wen Yi finished speaking, he bowed to Zhang Zhigao, and Zhang Zhigao took out a few pieces of manuscript paper and displayed them in front of Liu Yun.

"This is the outline of the group and national policies that I agreed with Zhigao, you can see what the problems are."

Liu Yun lifted the manuscript paper and read it carefully:

First, we will implement a system that combines leadership and comprehensive consultation within the group.

Second, the Group should temporarily control the most powerful political and economic resources to ensure the correct direction of the country.

Third, politically, we will continue to maintain the constitutional monarchy and further expand people's freedom and democracy, and expand the right to vote after the war.

Fourth, economically, strengthen infrastructure construction; continue to foster the development of heavy industry and high-tech industries; nationalization of some basic industries; comprehensive implementation of social welfare policies; supporting rural areas and agriculture with national strength; After the war, a gold standard was introduced in finance to maintain national credit and facilitate foreign trade.

Fifth, culturally, the nine-year national compulsory education system will be carried out in an all-round way; Further shape the neo-Confucian and Buddhist civilization and kingship, and make it the spiritual core of the East Asian Alliance.

Sixth, diplomatically, we will continue to integrate the East Asian Alliance in the political, economic, military, and cultural aspects. Internationally, we oppose colonialism and imperialism, and oppose Western hegemony with sympathy and assistance to the oppressed nations of the world. In the short term, it was to maintain an alliance with Britain and to divide the powers with commercial interests to prevent them from joining forces to contain them. At the practical stage, after conquering Chita and destroying the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, it should accept the mediation of the United States and France and start negotiations with Russia.

Seventh, militarily, in order to guard against the joint attack of the great powers, the future expansion of military strength should be aimed at the full defense of the East Asian alliance. To this end, in the next 10 years, a standing army (including the Praetorian Guard) with a number of no more than 1.2 million should be built, and the number of combat reserves and supplementary reserves should be maintained at least 3 million and 6 million respectively. The navy can be fully built with a target of 900,000 tons of gross tonnage within the scope of financial allows; After the war, funds should be raised as soon as possible to start construction of a new type of main warship based on the Jiang Wentao 13 design case.

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"How should we interpret the system of combining leadership and comprehensive consultation system mentioned in Article 1?" Liu Yun asked Wen Yi.

"You are the general leader of the group, and in wartime or other extraordinary times, you are responsible for the overall strength of the group, and in peacetime, you will perform your own duties, and hold consultations within the group on a regular or irregular basis, so as to unify the pace and achieve a certain degree of political efficiency.

Liu Yun nodded, and his fingers slid to the second one: "I already know the basic meaning of the second one, but what does that 'temporary' mean?" ”

"We are actually an informal group, and the situation in the world will be strange and volatile in the future, and our successors are likely to make mistakes on many issues, especially when they can unite to control the lifeblood of the country's political, economic, and military affairs...... Therefore, our clique must not have the ability to play the country in the palm of its hand, and the so-called control of the most powerful political and economic resources can only be a partial comparative advantage, and when the whole system is stable and mature, such an oligarchy will inevitably be weakened and dismantled......"

"Understood. I don't have any ideas for the following items, so I'll do it according to your wishes, as for the seventh article, Xiao Yang, you can talk about it. Liu Yun raised his chin to Yang Zhengjin, and Wen Yi became slightly nervous.

Yang Zhengjin immediately nodded to Wen Yi and said: "In the past two days, I have made a specific plan according to the intention of Wu Weigong, and plan to build an army of the following scale within ten years after the war:

First, the Standing Army has a total of 30 divisions, with a total of 1.25 million men, including government agencies, academies, and other independent troops. The Standing Praetorian Guard consisted of 5 divisions, with a total of 220,000 men, together with organs and other independent troops. The Standing Marine Corps consists of 1 division and 3 independent brigades, with a total of 80,000 men, together with organs and other independent units. The total number of people above is 1.55 million.

Secondly, to maintain a combat reserve of 4 million people, of which 2 million can be fully mobilized within one month of the announcement of general mobilization.

Thirdly, maintain a supplementary reserve of 6 million people.

Fourth, build a navy with a total tonnage of not less than 1.2 million tons. ”

"Our differences are not big, and we can discuss this article slowly in the future, but the key is to see whether the finances can bear such a huge military expansion plan." Wen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yun glanced at the manuscript paper presented by Zhang Zhigao again, and handed it back casually: "In this case, I don't have any problem, you can concretize the outline another day, and then convene other comrades to negotiate after returning to Beijing. To make a statement, I am not interested in the position of the next prime minister, in fact, if I think about it carefully, I really can't play party affairs and government affairs, I have to take care of this and that, so I have to take care of this and that, so I will be more comfortable doing my old job. ”

"It's not so easy to escape trouble, don't forget the first one, you are still our leader, and important decisions are ultimately decided by you." Wen Yi said with a smile.

"The so-called great leader is destined to be cursed by some." Liu Yun pursed his lips.

"Aren't you just going to be a 'great' leader? Greatness itself contains the possibility of blasphemy. ”

"Then it's better to make me an emperor, an exemplary and law-abiding emperor." The corners of Liu Yun's mouth curled loosely, mocking Emperor Guangxing who lived in the palace across the street from appearance to essence.

"Actually, I have that idea too." Wen Yi deliberately distorted an evil smile.

Yang Zhengjin and Zhang Zhigao shrugged their shoulders in unison, saying "I don't understand."