At this time, Xia Bohai announced that the meeting was suspended for 15 minutes and everyone could have a free discussion. Because everyone's speech just now basically overthrew the Qing court and unify the country's pros and cons, both the pros and cons of the situation of unifying the country were explained clearly, and now it is only how to weigh the pros and cons of these two aspects. In addition, it is necessary for Xia Bohai and others to sort out their ideas.

So everyone was divided into several groups and sat on the sofa around the conference room, and each started a discussion. Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and other five people also surrounded each other, talking while writing on their notebooks.

However, 15 minutes passed quickly, and everyone sat around the conference table and started discussing again.

Xia Bohai first said: "Comrade Zhang Yuming just now, our goal must be clear. This question is really well raised, and this is indeed our negligence. The goal has not been explained clearly. Therefore, a few of us discussed it just now and decided to correct our goal. The overall goal will be divided into two stages. In this five years, our goal is to unify the north, that is, the area north of the Yangtze River. Of course, we can also occupy several important cities on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and prepare for our future crossing of the river. It is of course better to be able to directly destroy the Qing court. But it is also a success to abandon Beijing and go to the south before we launch an attack. Then we can formally establish a country in the north, unify the whole country and completely overthrow the Qing court is the task of the next five years."

After listening to Xia Bohai's words, the conference room was silent for 2 or 3 minutes, and everyone was digesting the content of Xia Bohai's words.

After a while, Ye Yanfu said: "Does this be understood? We will first unify the north and establish a country, then after a period of time of north-south confrontation, and then unify the south."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "It's right, this is the step. Although we have a lot of territory and population, it is indeed a bit difficult to ask us to unify the country in one go. After all, whether it is our military force or personnel reserves, we still do not have the ability to control the country. So it is more reasonable and practical to divide the process of unifying the country into two steps. The time division of the whole is generally like this. With our current strength, after 2 to 3 years of rest preparation time, it is completely possible to unify the north, because the three northeastern provinces that we have occupied now, as well as Shandong and Henan, are all in the north, and the remaining are Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu. In addition, we have also occupied some areas of Hebei, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu.

Both lay a good foundation for us to unify the north. In 2 or 3 years, neither Japan nor Russia will restore national strength, nor can they interfere in our actions. I estimate that in about one year or at most two years, we can complete the goal of unifying the north, and then we can officially establish a country. After we unify the north, after about 3-4 years of rest and preparation time, we can also stabilize our territory in the north, and we can cross the river south, conquer the area south of the Yangtze River, and unify the whole country. Moreover, even if Japan and Russia have recovered their national strength at that time, we don’t need to worry, because at that time the territory we ruled will reach about 350 million square kilometers, and the population will exceed 150 million. We have enough strength to deal with Japan and Russia’s interference."

After Qin Zheng finished speaking, Xia Bohai continued: "This is the new national unified plan we just talked about. If you have any opinions and ideas, you can speak."

Lu Hong said: "This plan is very feasible and is in line with our current strength, but what I want to ask is whether we should develop in the past five years? Should we still build industrialization? If we still need to develop and build industrialization, then how can we balance the relationship between the development of war?"

Qin Zheng said: "In fact, fighting and developing the economy are not an absolute contradiction. In our first five-year plan, we participated in the Far East War for the last one and a half years. As a result, the goals of the first five-year plan were basically achieved. Moreover, even during the war, our economy was still growing, but the increase rate slowed down a little. It can be seen that appropriate wars can indeed promote economic development. As long as we pay attention to controlling the scale of the war, this has been proven in the old time and space. And the Chief of Staff said just now that unifying the north is in military terms.

It is not difficult. The real trouble is in the public security and management after the end of the war. Therefore, relatively speaking, the scale of the war will not be too large and it is completely controllable. As for the management after the war, it will indeed consume a considerable amount of our resources, but it will be much less than the war. Moreover, the public security management in the newly occupied areas will increase demand, which in turn will promote economic development, which will allow us to obtain a large amount of compensation, and the funds are quite sufficient. We can also develop the economy and industry while launching wars without delay. As long as we do a good job of overall control, it will be enough."

"And, during the period when we stabilize the Northeast, we are not doing nothing. If we encounter a suitable opportunity, we can also take some positive actions, just control the scale of the action. In the old time and space, in May and June 1907, serious floods will occur in Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places in the middle and lower Yangtze River. In fact, this year, floods have already occurred, but the disaster will be even greater next year, and we can take advantage of the famous discussion of disaster relief.

To expand our power to Anhui, Hubei and other places, we originally occupied some of the Anhui and Hubei areas, and now there is a stronghold of Shanghai. We can advance in the water and land, transport disaster relief materials to the disaster area, and send troops and personnel to maintain order in the disaster area. In Anhui, Li Hongzhang's family can help, so we can take this opportunity to fully control Anhui, Hubei and other places by surrounding the city in the countryside. Now we can carry out corresponding preparations."

Wang Jun said: "According to what Chairman Xia said just now, if the Qing court gave up Beijing when we attacked and fled to the south, we could still use the south as the foundation and recruit forces from the whole country to fight against us. Moreover, in this era, the economy of southern China is more developed than that of the north, and most foreign forces are concentrated in the south. They will definitely support the Qing court. If the Qing court implements some reform measures, they can still gain a lot of support. Even if we have established the country, the Qing court is orthodox after all, will this cause difficulties for us to fight in the south, and even form a long-term confrontation between the north and the south."

Qin Zheng said: "The situation you mentioned cannot be said to be completely impossible, but I don't think it is very likely, because the basis of the rule of the Qing court is in the north rather than the south. The south is actually controlled by a group of local governors of the Han people. The Qing court's control over the south is actually very weak. The two sides only formed a tacit understanding of non-interference. During the change of the Gengzi Kingdom, the governors and governors of the south formed a Southeast mutual protection, refused to accept the orders of the Qing court, and even planned, once Guangxu and

Cixi died in war, and the governors and governors in the south would re-establish the country and elect Li Hongzhang as president. Therefore, once the Qing court gave up its foundation in the north and fled to the south, it would completely lose its foundation of rule and would not have the ability to recruit national forces and confront us. Moreover, few people would respond to the orders of a court that had lost its foundation. When we resume development, the Qing court is afraid that the governors and governors in the south will fight for power and profit."

"As for whether the Qing court will reform, I think this possibility is not great. Even if there are some reform measures, they are all just pretending. Let's not talk about whether the Qing court has the ability to reform itself. However, to reform, we must first have a solid political foundation. Once the Qing court fled to the south, we will lose this necessary condition. This is certain that the foreign congress will support the Qing court, but to what extent it is, it is hard to say. After all, no country will support the Qing court unconditionally and at all costs. Also, now the two major groups of European Allies and allies have basically formed a pattern of support, and competition and confrontation will become increasingly fierce. In this case, it is impossible to give the Qing court too much support. Therefore, I think as long as we are well prepared, we will never form a long-term situation of north-south confrontation with the Qing court."

Wang Yunpeng also said: "Other countries are not fools. Even if they want to support them, they must at least choose a reliable force. Just like Britain supports Japan to Russia, at least Japan dares to really fight to the death. To be honest, if there is anything worth supporting the Qing court, it is completely a mud that cannot be supported by the wall. So I think no country really wants to support the Qing court. At most, it is just a few good words and expresses its own attitude, so there is no need to worry."

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

No one spoke again, because everyone could see that the five-man group advocated launching a war against the Qing court within five years and formally founded the country. However, after the discussion just now, this two-step plan was completely feasible, and East China ** also had the conditions and ability to do this step. Therefore, everyone had no intention of opposing this plan. After all, as long as you can do it within your ability, it would be better to establish a country earlier. Doing many things can be justified, because it is handled with foreign relations and a formal country can save a lot of trouble.

Seeing that no one spoke, Xia Bohai was also very satisfied and said, "Then it was decided that Director Wang, follow this step, the Executive Yuan will be responsible for preparing and formulate a detailed preparation plan."

Wang Yunpeng said: "Okay."

Xia Bohai said again: "Old Qin, the war in the Northeast must end as soon as possible, so you should worry more."
Chapter completed!