"I think ......," said 6 Ming, who pondered for a moment, and then said in a slightly affirmative tone: "At least so far, I still do not see any intention of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain to seek peace. ”

"We just need to put ourselves in the shoes of others to come to this conclusion." 6 Ming explained his judgment, "Let's see what the Spaniards have lost in this war, which has lasted ten months now. Do they need to be heartbroken by the towns of La Plata and the wealth that these towns have accumulated for nearly a hundred years, which were not the wealth of the King of Spain in the first place, nor the confinement of the great nobles? I know in my own heart what the naval battle of Tyrrhenian was all about, the Spaniards lost some ships, but they were far from being broken, and I heard that the number of ships in their fleet of Flota on their way to the new big 6 in April still reached more than 4o, with an average tonnage of more than 5oo tons, which proves that their strength should not be underestimated. I doubt even that the news of the naval battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea will attract even the slightest attention from Philip IV, after all, it is not worth mentioning compared to the war with France for the supremacy of Euro 6. ”

"The fall of Spanish Santo Domingo may have caused some shock to the Spaniards, but then what? They still have to do what they should do, they should deploy the continuation of our offensive, they should continue to fight with the French to the death. Their losses are limited, the new 6 can still provide the king with a steady stream of war funds, the Dutch, Jews, Genoese money lender merchant groups are still providing them with financial services, the huge 6 army is still fighting on many fronts, they don't need to target us specifically, just drag it down so simply, can we afford it? ”

"We can't drag it out at all! Because of the influence of various factors caused by the war, it is now conservatively estimated that we will have a financial gap of more than 30,000 yuan per year, and this gap cannot be solved by bank bills of exchange alone. And that's still the case, in case the Spaniards fight with us and do everything they can to prevent us from entering European trade. Then it will only take a year for our fiscal system to completely collapse. Finance Commissioner Nie Xiaoqian also supported Liu Ming's judgment, only to hear her continue: "What should we do then? Is there a rationing system? All people have their wages suspended, only basic living supplies are guaranteed, and they receive daily necessities with their tickets. But that can't last long. This is only a delay, and it cannot prevent the collapse of our economic and social structure. ”

"Our ships can't go to Europe, and we can entrust all commercial trade to the Dutch. Although there will be a lot of losses in this, and the Netherlands will also sit on the ground and raise the price, it is better than sitting still. Liao Meng, the minister of the 6th Army, sat in the corner and said while smoking: "There is no doubt about the ability of the Dutch to raise supplies, even if the price is one or two times more expensive, it is not something we cannot afford." We can export grain, steel, leather goods, textiles, and other goods to the Dutch, even if we give them a monopoly on it, as long as we can get back the supplies we need to sustain the war. That's worth it. After all, the land resources seized by the war are priceless and can really be passed on to future generations. ”

As soon as they heard Liao Meng, the minister of the 6th Army, say this, the officials of the civilian faction suddenly felt their blood pressure rise, and their foreheads were bruised. This kind of tone ignores the reality of the country and uses military force to solve everything by simple and crude war. In the eyes of the civil servants, it is simply a joke!

Don't you know what the consequences of recklessness are? It has been almost 17 years since our country rose from the cracks and struggled to survive, has it been easy for so many years? Do you military deer have to see the country's economic collapse and social unrest to be satisfied? Don't you know that the social, religious, and ethnic issues in China are extremely complex today, and the slightest difference on the battlefield or economically is very likely to cause huge waves in the country. Economic deterioration, social turmoil, and rising ethnic contradictions are things that civil officials will never allow to live!

As for the regular exhibitions that the military forces have been advocating, in the eyes of the civilian officials, it is a dangerous move like the "Great Leap Forward", and they advocate that the lives of the people are limited, and if they do the farming exhibitions step by step. By the time the curtain falls, the country may still be nested in this small corner of Uruguay, battling a deteriorating domestic and foreign situation, while also confronting the European powers that have begun to turn their attention overseas after integrating internally. By that time, the exterior of the East Bank would have been even worse, and it would be even more difficult to expand its territory through war, and instead face the hostile gaze of the European powers, which was a pagan country. Therefore. Now it is necessary to use the saber to carve a path and a living space around the thorny surroundings, and to fight for the land under the sun for the country and for future generations.

This argument is extremely popular in both the 6th Army and the Navy, and there is no shortage of supporters among the people. The east coast was established by force, and the social status of the military was extremely high. The ideal of young people in the country, in addition to being scientists, is to join the army. And their income is definitely very high, and their thoughts, clothing, and usage are the objects of imitation by ordinary people. All these kinds of things are extremely annoying to the civil officials, who want gentlemen rather than arrogant and rude soldiers, and they want a prosperous economy, not a strained finance. Thus, there is a consensus in the civilian system to end the war, but the question is: how to convince the militants in the military department?

"As things stand, trying to end the war quickly is a dream." Sun Liyu, another woman on the Central Executive Committee, a judicial councilor and president of the military court, is a relative of Peng Zhicheng, a veteran of the 6th Army, so she is undoubtedly on the side of the military department: "We want an armistice, but are the Spaniards willing?" Did we hurt the Spaniards? I don't think so! The loss of La Plata is indeed a great loss for the Spaniards, but the question is whether La Plata is a core interest for the Spaniards? The answer is clearly no! Where are the core interests of Espanyol located in the new Big 6? Silver mines in Potosi! Silver mines in Villalica, northern Chile! Silver mines in Mexico! Sugar production in Cuba! Shipbuilding in Havana! Wood in Central America! Tobacco and cotton in Florida! The places we are fighting now, sorry, are not enough for the Spaniards to make concessions and make peace as if they were facing a great enemy. ”

Although 6 Ming is a high-ranking naval official, he has always been a moderate, and his relationship with civilian officials is also quite good. At this time, seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room was a little wrong, he immediately came out to play a round and said: "The idea of ending the war is right, and the reality of the country does not allow us to drag it out for a long time, because we don't have so much capital. Not to mention anything else, the salary expenses of the personnel who were directed by the war are an astronomical amount, although the money in the hands of the soldiers can theoretically be recovered in other ways, but after all, it takes a process. And there aren't many ways we can recover the silver dollars in the hands of the warriors these days, because the number of goods on the market is undoubtedly decreasing every day, and it is obviously not possible to continue like this, and the finances will eventually be unsustainable. ”

"But as Commissar Sun said, ending the war is not a one-sided matter, it requires the consent of the Spaniards. But this is obviously unrealistic in terms of the current shape, because we didn't put enough pressure on the Spaniards, and they were able to hold on! They relied on thousands of soldiers of the Lima Colonial Legion, and had succeeded in confined the war to La Plata, at least so far, to their advantage. What we need to do now is to make the Spaniards understand that the battle is not here and that they may have a bigger and more serious defeat to come. If you don't stop your losses in time, you may lose money in the future. And I think there's only one way to do that. ”

Speaking of this, 6 Ming smiled bitterly, but still said sonorously: "This method is to continue to deepen the battle situation, so that the Spaniards can feel the pain that goes deep into the bone marrow." Although this is most likely to cause the Spaniards to wrath and lead them to devote more forces to fight us, we have no choice but to drag on like this, consuming a lot of supplies and money every day, and then wait ten or eight years to see when His Majesty Philip IV of Spain will be impatient to end the war with us. In the final analysis, we still underestimated the overall strength and will of the Spaniards, and overestimated ourselves. But at this point, we can only fight hard, how can we sit at the negotiating table on an equal footing with the Spaniards without making a name for ourselves? ”

As soon as 6 Ming's words were finished, the conference room suddenly fell silent. In fact, none of you here know the current situation, but the war has reached this point, and in the face of the increasingly embarrassing situation, everyone is a little at a loss, and then some anger rises and opinions are opposed, which is also understandable.

However, as 6 Ming said, things have come to this point, and it is really not interesting for everyone to quarrel and complain at this time, it is better to face the reality and think about the next countermeasures. This is what we should do, how to do a better job of feeding the war with war, delaying the deterioration of the East Coast economy as much as possible, and at the same time maintaining domestic stability. The civilian officials should do their best to maintain the domestic situation and develop the economy, and the military attaches should do a better job of striking at the enemy and ending the war as much as possible.

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