Chapter 336 Ten Days of Peace

I have done too much for the expansion of this empire. This reason also made me very angry when I received a request from Song Jiaoren, the Chief of Education of the Second Front Army, on March 13, to the Emperor's request to go to the front to launch a war parade for India. Song seemed to be too monotonous in his political mind. Cao Kun, the commander-in-chief of the Front Army, did not speak, and Lu Rongting, who had just been appointed as the chief of staff, did not speak. He, the non-military chief, was anxious to see such a request without any political considerations.

For a long time, even during the war with Britain and Russia, China has never given up its image of peace in the world. All wars are just wars. I always have to stand on the commanding heights of morality and teach others a lesson. If I really agree with his request, the emperor of the dynasty and the supreme representative of China went to the south to review the army and promote the army that attacked India. What impact does this have on the international stage? He is still an educated person.

Perhaps he is very talented. Judging from the information of the Ministry of Education and Education, after being in the Ministry of Education and Education for three years, this person was promoted from a minister to a right assistant minister. During this period, he made great contributions to the military education work and the education promotion work in some multi-ethnic mixed areas that are difficult to effectively carry out education. The most obvious example is that the number of Miao people in southwestern Hunan is more than that of Han people. Through his own efforts, he helped the Hunan Provincial Government to smoothly calm the inter-ethnic fighting problem of Han and Miao people on some hills and water sources. Since he was a Hunan native and a Jinshi in the first year of China originated in Hunan, he usually had a better time with Tan Sitong and others in Beijing. Therefore, Tan Jixun, the father of the governor of Huguang at that time, praised him with the last discount when he stepped down, and claimed that he had the aura of Zeng Wenzheng.

Because he avoided the possibility of rebellion by Miao people, he also gained military merits. Later, according to his own wishes, he served as the chief of education in the army near the Gyeonggi. He was promoted to the position of chief of education in the Third Army for the remediation of the relationship between Manchu and Han soldiers in the army over the years. He also served as deputy director of the Military and Political Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Education, the central organization of the military education system. It can be said that his promotion was very fast and his connections were not bad. His appointment as the chief of education in the Second Front was also the result of Tan Sitong's recommendation.

I have always been dissatisfied with the education of the Second Front Army. Although I will not accept the orders of the outside king, they are still the number one who have been interfering in the execution of my orders in a long time. They are considering not to affect the army's desire to fight too much, and they will use this desire to achieve military goals later. Therefore, they did not take any substantial actions against them and just verbally admonished them. But they did not expect Song Jiaoren to write such a secret letter. He is the master of education, and he is a person who is looking forward to him to educate the army and keep the army political stability, but he himself does not understand politics!

But it is unfair to say that he does not understand politics at all. His political achievements over the past decade also fully demonstrate that he has a smart enough political mind and knows how to figure out the meaning. Otherwise, he would not have been able to jump from the seventh rank to the third rank within ten years. This is a very amazing achievement for a person like him who is less than forty years old.

Judging from his telegram, his reasons are also sufficient, saying that since the court has set a plan to liberate India, your Majesty, as the Supreme Representative of the court, should also show the country's determination at the appropriate time. Otherwise, the expedition would be so far away. The soldiers were also affected by the uncertain policies of the court in the previous stage and their morale was easily affected. After the Second Front Army stayed in the south for a long time, the court still aimed at peace on the surface, and the soldiers would find it difficult to establish a correct understanding in their thoughts.

Of course, he also had civil affairs considerations. He believed that as the empire opened up a large area of ​​land in the south and was coastal, the emperor's personal southern tour helped the empire quickly digest the newly added territory and stimulated the economic development of the south. For me, although these reasons were tenable, they were by no means the original intention of his wish for me to go to the south. Of course, I believe that he came up with the idea of ​​the emperor's southern tour in order to solve the morale problem of the Second Front Army in the South, but this is indeed a bad idea.

However, it seems that the problems of the Second Front Army are gradually beginning to be exposed. Pu Xia came back from the south and said that the soldiers in the south were even more arrogant than those in the north. Perhaps because the war had been smoothly passed through the two directions of the north. However, after only a few months, the arrogant soldiers became the army that could not be energetic to attack India without the emperor's southern tour. This was really unbelievable.

After thinking about it, Pu Xia was summoned. The center was about to let him go south again. On the surface, he was also a royal representative. Secondly, he also had to take a brief look at the personnel situation of the Second Front Army. Now it seems that Song Jiaoren is not suitable for education again. Judging from his secrets and the frequent situation of Beijing's unsatisfactory command in the Second Front Army over the past period, there are problems with the personnel of the senior leaders of the Front Army. Therefore, he also planned to let Pu Xia go and take a look, which is also a training for him. Then he will make an idea and adjust it according to his situation.

The transfer of troops from all fronts is also underway. The purpose of revoking the governor-general system and replacing the commander of the military region is also being handled in various places. So I thought that by the way, I would also send a senior official of the Army Department to deal with this matter. Anyway, I believe that the first phase of the task in southern India is just to take down Ceylon Island. A Cai E's army is enough. The rest of the troops must be incorporated into the system of decommissioning and disrupting the distribution of troops' origins. The candidates have been drafted, so Wang Shizhen will go, and Zhao Bingjun, who had just been transferred back to Beijing, to handle this matter well. These three people are in charge of the Nanning Military Region Command. I believe that any unreasonable personnel relationships should be handled.

As for Song Jiaoren's whereabouts, I also planned to transfer him to Beijing. Now I see that he is not suitable to be the head of the education officer of the Front Army, and he is still a little angry. Of course, it takes three imperial envoys to investigate before they can handle it. It is a bit too early to think about it now. So I roughly talked to Pu Xia, and then summoned a few of the most important people in the court that night to discuss such a matter, and finally formed a resolution. Two days later, the imperial envoy took a train south, and the troops that were mainly attacking India were from the 21st Group.

The army was in charge, and Cai E was promoted to commander of the group army. Tang Jiyao was appointed chief of staff, with 130,000 eleven divisions and 700 artillery members. In addition, a long-term plan was to be affiliated with an air force. The navy sent Indian Ocean Fleet and a submarine detachment to support it. With such force, it should be no problem to take over Ceylon and build a military stronghold in the south of India. I actually know that this is actually the Army Department that wants to send military merits to Cai E. Since I decided to let Cai E be my husband, he has been going smoothly and has gone too fast.

Although I was worried that such a good situation might not be a good thing for his growth, I couldn't withstand the persuasion of the crowd and believed that this was a genius character, so I didn't make any more refuting. Even if I passed, I just talked about the matter of going south to the imperial envoy. By the way, Cai E would follow him to the south in two days, so it was agreed.

The matters in this regard are arranged. I just wanted to say that everyone has left and go back to rest. Xu Shichang mentioned the issue of the US interference army's routes to Russia and Russia. Americans hope to get ashore from Tianjin, take the train to Xinmeng Kingdom, and then enter Russia again. The cost and care issues during the period are not appropriate. Xu Shichang believes that this seems to be inappropriate. It is really unacceptable for foreign troops to appear in China, especially in the capital Zhili. From a national psychology perspective, since the tenth year of Xianfeng, there has never been such a thing as a foreign army entering Beijing. Even in the capital, it is easy to cause turmoil, especially in the critical period of national changes, which can easily leave room for those who are interested.

As soon as he said this, several ministers' faces fell, especially a few older ministers. When the foreigners came to Beijing in the past ten years of Xianfeng, they thought it was quite important in their memory. Shanqi immediately agreed: "The juicy man's words are reasonable. The emperor and the servants also thought that the Americans must not be able to pass rumors from the capital. Secondly, what would the people think? We have developed for more than 20 years and have become a powerful country in the world. The domineering aura of the people and even officials in the court has just been cultivated. This will be easy to get back. A few barbarians are not afraid of it, but they are afraid that if they affect their confidence in the next decades, the emperor."

A few ministers next to me agreed. When Xu Shichang mentioned it, I realized that this was absolutely impossible. Now I heard what they said, and I felt even more suspicious. Is there something wrong with Americans? This kind of request should be raised. I pondered for a moment and stopped the words of several ministers: "This article is done by chasing Ying, no, it is too polite to them. King Gong, you choose a capable ordinary minor official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the Americans. The Navy Department also heard it clearly. First, the Yi soldiers boarded our Chinese ship from Hawaii. Hawaii has always been the Pacific Dividing point between the American and the Yi. When will it be

We must remember this one in every occasion. We all have to use our ships. Secondly, the warships were stopped by Japan, and someone from Nagano said that we wanted to share the worries of the Celestial Empire. I agreed to them and brought them to land on the shore of Sakhalin Island. Then the Manchurian Military Region would send large troops to escort them and enter Russia through the New Mongolian Kingdom. The Lifanyuan would inform the New Mongolian Kingdom, and they would also send troops to escort them, while raising biological discussions. I have only a few of them. You should discuss and see if there are any additional ones to add. Remember my purpose is two, one is that the power of heaven cannot be degraded, and the other is to strictly prevent civilian material discussions. This is the reason why I want to add troops to escort them."

After a while, I saw no one talking, so I continued, "Since there is nothing to add, Zaiying, Xu Shichang, you guys will do this according to this purpose. Speaking of this, I still remember the matter on Trotsky. Which bureau is in charge of the Military Information Department? Is Liangbi?"

"Reply to the emperor, Long Sui Ye remembers it right, it was Liang Bi who was doing this job." Shanqi replied, confirming my memory.

"He is in St. Petersburg or Moscow? I passed on my meaning and went to St. Petersburg. No matter what method he used to save Trotsky for me, this man is a pure man and a fool, but he has his own uses. I mean to see when it is appropriate and rescue him. If someone in Japan wants him, then leave it to the Japanese." Speaking of this, he asked Zhao Eryi, who was promoted to the Minister of the Rifle Council, and said: "Last time I read your memorial that the Japanese princess married by King Tianhai was pregnant? Did he give birth to a prince?"

Everyone didn't understand what I meant for a while, only Zhao Ershi probably guessed my thinking route and lowered his head and replied, "Returning to the emperor's words, it was born on the 29th day of the first lunar month. He was a prince. He took a nickname called Master Ji. The other two parties in Japan had already expressed their opinions that he had an inappropriate thought. I asked a brief question, and they said that the old Japanese name, Oda Nobunagaoyu, had the intention of being unjust. Now the Matsuhira family is also named like this, and I am afraid that it is also ulterior motives."

"Well—" I nodded to show that I knew. Then I asked, "If the people from Qingjinji are reliable, you can give them some sweet things to try. This is left to you. You can also take some of the affairs of the three agencies stationed in Japan. I will say hello to King Su here." As he said that, he looked at Shanqi, and the two of them nodded quickly.

I yawned, then turned around and talked about the Russian incident, "I have read the war report recently. The Tsar may not be able to hold on. Those who need assistance should be stepped up. Zhang Zuolin also informed him and let him be prepared."

Everyone promised not to mention that the imperial meeting that day was roughly discussing some related contents with Russia, but did not mention the issue of troops under the Central and Eastern regions that have been continuously concerned about these days. One airport in the Middle East has been built, and three airports have about one month's construction period. According to the agreement with the Arab side, when all the airports are completed, it will be the starting date for the entire Air Force to settle in, with a lease period of fifty years. The Army has deployed seven divisions locally, and about

The 40,000 troops will arrive in Arabia after the next voyage. According to the plan of the General Staff and Germany, after all the troops of the army and air force are completed, China and Germany will jointly launch joint land, sea and air combat from the Indian Ocean to the Middle East. This content has been discussed in the past few days, including the news that the US military began to send fleets to sail on the African coast, and make a prediction and subordinates about the global situation. A brief agenda meeting like today is already quite rare.

It is the end of March, and perhaps because the industrialization process is accelerating, I always feel that it is getting hotter year by year. The weather in April has already made me and the ministers, who are only wearing a lining and a coat, feel sweaty on their foreheads. It seems that it is getting late, so I ordered the eunuchs to drink ice to have a midnight snack. While eating, they talked, and said that the national provincial elections will begin in the second half of this year. The ministers all judged that the gentry class would be the biggest profiters of this election. China has always been a ruling class with the gentry landlord class.

According to inertia, this judgment will not be a big mistake, but I always think that the Labor Party may be reflected in this election. After all, they are the second largest party in the country, and they pay great attention to the absorption of talents and the absorption of foreign election experience. One-third of the heads of the party departments of their branches in hundreds of branches across the country have had experience in studying abroad. Compared with the New Confucian Party, although the New Confucian Party is quite civilized, they have too heavy traditional thinking after all. I am afraid that under the current new system, some unfitness may occur temporarily.

However, since the court has decided that the policy of not interfering in private elections and only playing a role as a supervisor, I don’t want to say anything more on such occasions. After having a midnight snack, I also talked about the impact of the Arab climate on the soldiers, adaptability and other issues, and then it was dispersed.

Even the imperial meeting of this scale has determined many things. After living like this for a long time, I have also realized that no matter what system a country is, no matter how big it is, no matter how delegating power and delegating power, it still needs a diligent leader in the end. Now I am old, but I have to deal with more things every day than when I was young. Recently, I have basically no energy to deal with civil affairs. Now it seems that due to my long-term delegating power, I have a much higher autonomy than in the past. Many common trivial matters that were common in the past are basically handled in the cabinet, so I can save me more worries.

This is inseparable from the gradual improvement of various criminal laws and civil laws with the Imperial Constitutional Law of the Chinese Empire as the mother law. Today, this matter is basically assisted by Liang Qichao to do Pu Xia. Based on China's reality and drawing on some Western experience, the empire's legal system seems to be quite good. Thinking of this, I suddenly thought of whether Song Jiaoren was transferred back to engage in legal affairs? This person is very broad and has also engaged in many social work. Perhaps in this relatively academic working environment, he is better for him and the empire.

So while he was not sleeping very hard, he picked up his pen and wrote down this idea, in the form of a letter to Pu Xia, asking him to examine whether Song Jiaoren could play a role in legal affairs, and whether it was appropriate to hand over the education matters in the south to Hu Hanmin?

That's it, the day is over.

It was this day that almost rewritten the fate of many Russian people. First of all, in late April, in order to respond to the pope's call for peace, the Allies held a peace ceremony, especially under the auspices of the representatives of China, the United States and the Pope. In the southern Austrian army announced a ceasefire for ten days to give Italian nationals a chance to stay away from war. Their offensive from Milan to Bologna had completely stopped. Both sides had received ten days of opportunity to contain remains and exchange prisoners of war. In the northern Polish region, Germany announced that in order to express its praise for the Russian people to stay away from war, it decided to release 100,000 prisoners of war at one time. The representatives of the Russian Tsar and the representatives of Berlin jointly signed the document for exchange of prisoners of war under the auspices of the Chinese liaison officer Zhang Zuolin.

The proud and domineering character of German Emperor William II made him show great efforts on the Western Front. The four armies besieged by Germany on the outskirts of Paris sent a request to the British and French Allied Forces Command to exchange prisoners of war. Although they did not receive an immediate reply from the Allied Forces Command, they still released 10,000 French prisoners of war first. The German side also announced that it would be a unilateral ceasefire period within 10 days in late April.

All of this received a positive response from the Allies within the next two or three days. The British side also immediately issued a statement after the Pope's praise of the position of the Allies on April 15, expressing its willingness to accept the Pope's peace plan, and said it could send representatives to discuss a ceasefire plan with the Allies under the auspices of the Pope.

Of course, all this is on the surface. In fact, both sides need such a rare respite behind their backs. Especially the British. In the face of the continuous heating of international pressure, the Navy Fleet also urgently needs this period of time to send scattered ships into the German waters, make accurate judgments on the location of the German fishing ship, and if possible, corresponding attacks should be made to relieve themselves. The spokesperson of the Admiralty also notified some reliable journalists and gentlemen, because they were sure that the Germans did not actually operate outside the Netherlands, so they hoped that the reporters could use this precious ten days of peace to go to the Germans' claimed fishing ship location to expose their lies and make the Royal Navy clear.

So in the early morning of April 20, more than a dozen reporters identified by the Navy Department followed the Royal Navy cruisers to the fishing location claimed by the Germans from the Dutch coast. The naval officers relaxed their guards rarely. Their ships entered the traditional dangerous sea without any scruples and also saw one or two German patrol ships. A reporter with great luck also took photos of the German submarine U-39 floating on the sea.

The officers were convinced that after they arrived outside the Netherlands, the reporters would take pictures of the empty sea surface to restore the reputation of the Royal Navy.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Captain Colonel Robinson happily finished his breakfast and stood on the deck with the reporters and gentlemen looking at the vast sea in front of him in the sun. On his boat, the telegraph soldiers in the telecommunications room changed their faces while holding a telegram.
Chapter completed!