ACT179: Sense of Distress
"There is no immortal man in the world, and there is no immortal dynasty...... Sometimes I can't help but wonder, my Li family has been sitting on the throne for more than 1,300 years, shouldn't it be time to give way to the newcomers and give some opportunities to the newcomers? â
In the palace of Chang'an, Lingzong roughly looked at the front-line military information that had just been transmitted, and then threw it aside without approval, as if he hadn't seen it at all. However, the Yellow Emperor on the side saw that the cover of the text was in an urgent red, so he picked it up and looked at it twice, and then returned to the front of Lingzong, and pointed his finger heavily on a sentence.
Dare to be so rude to the current saint, the entire Tang Dynasty is definitely only in single digits!
"Where are our reinforcements...... Didn't you have any idea when you saw this? â
"What can you think? I can't give them something that doesn't exist zĂ i. â
In front of the Yellow Emperor, Lingzong used a slightly obscure way to admit that he had no intention of sending reinforcements. There are nearly 500,000 troops in the four Type A armies on the front line, and apart from normal logistical provisions, they cannot even get a single source of supplementary troops. The follow-up troops began to garrison Jupiter after arriving at Jupiter, and there was no intention of moving the nest at all.
"Your Majesty, how can you say that it is also 500,000 soldiers, and 30% of the fleet. I can understand your plan for the trap, but don't you think it's a bit too much to pay? â
"Overdone? I don't think so! Lord Huang, don't be in a hurry to refute me, listen to what I have to say. Although your life is much longer than mine, I have to say that your way of looking at things is not comprehensive. â
Stretched out his hand to stop the Yellow Emperor who wanted to speak, and in order to gain the approval of this "prisoner", Lingzong decided to confess his plans and ideas to the other party. He believed that after listening to it, the other party would definitely understand and support him.
"That's right! In this war against Japan, I really plan to sacrifice these troops, and the reason why I chose these four group armies is indeed because those imperial uncles who obey my orders have the possibility of rebellion. But I didn't just want them to die. â
"You don't mean to tell me that there is something deeper to their sacrifice, do you?"
Glancing at Lingzong fiercely, the Yellow Emperor obviously thought that this was just an excuse for Lingzong to exclude dissidents, and Lingzong didn't make a fuss about it, but just asked the Yellow Emperor a question with a smile.
"Lord Huang, what do you think of the current state of the country in Datang?"
"The country is rich and the people are strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, although the officials are not cheap enough, but they are not a corpse vegetarian meal, and the army has enough strength to resist foreign invasions. Your Li family has been doing well for more than 1,300 years, which is why Emperor Yan and I have always supported you. Although there is also credit for 'that thing'......"
"But this is on the good side, if you look at it from another angle, you will find that the country, from the courtiers to the common people, is gradually becoming complacent, even unenterprising. Take a look at the excerpt that the research institute has just presented! Our chief university officer even suggested that the development of the next generation of high-power aircraft engines should be postponed on the grounds that it was too advanced and more than was actually needed. If it weren't for the fact that the old guy is about to retire in 2 months, I would have taken off his official hat a long time ago! â
While the thousand-year-old prosperity has brought long-term self-confidence to the people of Datang, people's inertia has slowly corroded this self-confidence into complacency! But Lingzong was very clear. In this world of the jungle, if you are not vigilant, no matter how strong you are, you are in danger of being eaten.
"The ancient sages taught us a long time ago to 'be prepared for danger in times of peace'. But nowadays many people have forgotten this sentence. They only see the singing and dancing of the country, but they can't see the strong enemy outside their homes. Sailing against the current, not advancing or retreating, and not removing the hidden dangers in the mind, sooner or later it will cause a catastrophe! â
"But you can do it in a gentler way, can't you?"
"If the environment and time allow. Indeed, I will choose a more secure way to awaken the enterprising spirit of the people. But now we don't have the right environment and we don't have enough time! If it is true that the earth will end in 18 months, as predicted, we will lose about 70% of the country's industrial capacity. At the same time, the 900 million citizens on Jupiter will face a severe food crisis, and the country will have to transform into an agricultural country for at least three years before it can survive this difficulty. If at that time, we are still as loose as we are now, Datang will definitely collapse! â
Less than a year ago, the Yellow Emperor inspected the "earth network" and found that the absorbed core energy was heating up the mantle, which in turn led to the active period of the earth's crust. In the past 10 months, more earthquakes have been felt across Datang than in the previous 10 years combined. The Yellow Emperor predicted that by the beginning of 1939 at most, the earth would usher in a "volcanic age"!
At that time, the magmatized mantle will break through the crust and rush to the surface, and the number of active volcanoes on the Earth's surface will increase geometrically. In addition to the scorching magma, there is also volcanic ash and deadly poisonous gases that will cause mass extinction of life on the surface, and those that originally lived underground will become the new masters of the planet.
With Datang's current capacity and the time left, after they transfer all their citizens to Jupiter, the remaining capacity is no longer enough to transfer all the industrial equipment and hoarded raw materials in the country. For this reason, Lingzong took out all the country's reserves of metal raw materials and asked the workers of major shipyards to build transport ships in shifts 24 hours a day, in order to be able to transport more materials out.
Lingzong predicted that in the near future, while the destruction of the earth would force all mankind into space, the uneven division of extraterrestrial colonies would inevitably become a powerful catalyst, completely intensifying the hidden dangers and contradictions left over from the First World War into a world war that would engulf all mankind, and Lingzong hoped that his people would be at least in the best mental state at that time.
"The ancients were ashamed and brave! I believe in the consciousness of the people, but I can't pin all my hopes on this, so I have to borrow a loud slap from an outsider's hand, and people will wake up naturally when they are hurt! Now after experiencing this, we can at least rely on a strong foundation to get through, and we really have to wait until the day when the country is weakened to understand, and if we don't get it right, it will really become a fatal wound for the country to be ruined! â
"Then you don't have to take 500,000 people and two fleets as tuition, right?" The Yellow Emperor smiled bitterly.
"If today's sacrifice of 500,000 people can save 5 million or 50 million people in my Datang in the future, and the loss of the two fleets can avoid the annihilation of the entire navy, then I think this price is worth it!"
After listening to Lingzong's words, the Yellow Emperor was silent for a long time, and the doubts in his heart finally turned into a sigh.
She had to admit that she was persuaded by the other party!
"It's so compact! You've arranged this plan so tightly that even one of my giant god soldiers can't stand it. â
"You have a near-infinite lifespan, and you're used to taking your time, but we humans can't. Not to mention that I am ...... now This is probably the enlightenment that only a dying person can have! If you are still alive, you should race against time! (To be continued......)
PS: People have no long-term worries, they must have near-term worries!
The day after tomorrow, I went to Shenyang to take the formal vocational and technical examination, and several people who went with me were counting on copying my answers, which made me very stressed!
What about Nima's good one!?