Chapter 703: The Great Drought in Chongzhen (4)
When Gao Jianguo said this, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a few sips, and then put down the cup with a "bang".
"My opinion may be debatable, but at least I don't want to watch the displaced people of the Ming Dynasty starve to death. My opinion can be opposed, and you can put forward your own ideas, but you have said a lot of things freely, and there is no useful sentence, what is the difference between you and those sour Confucians in history who only know empty talk. ”
His words turned the committee member's face white.
At this time, the person who mended the knife next to him appeared. A committee member said with a smile: "In Chinese history, the so-called 'Four Yi Guest Suits, All Nations Come to the Dynasty' sounds mighty, but in fact it is a loss-making business. Countries that come to worship will receive a lot of rewards and preferential treatment, so the surrounding countries at that time were hoping to get the opportunity to worship, even at the cost of force.
To put it bluntly, it is to use money to buy face and make the emperor happy. The number of countries that come to worship doesn't mean much, because it's not really attached or admired or anything, which is still a laughing stock in a sense. With endless extravagance and astonishing waste, show the face of the empire's incomparably powerful face.
For the obvious myth of "the kingdoms are coming", the empire is willing to pay a huge price to flesh out this "myth" with untold amounts of time, energy, wealth and lives to make it "real". This is a huge face-saving project, and the process of building it has run through the entire history of China. The performance of a typical "outer saint and inner king", even if the country suffers from natural disasters and the people are going to starve to death, they still have to maintain this face. ”
Everyone laughed out loud when they heard what he said, and the committee member who raised the objection was flushed. I can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
Qiao Haipeng, who had not spoken, also said with a serious face: "As a soldier of the Far Eastern Army, although I must always be vigilant against the breeding of militaristic thoughts, I must not forget my duties. Now the victims of the disaster in the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty are waiting to be fed, and the tragedy of cannibalism is being staged every day. At this time, our Far Eastern Army will stand up. No matter what means are used, we must do everything we can to save the victims from fire and water.
I agree with Lao Gao's opinion, this time we launched the war, not to use military force, but to save the victims of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, our Military Commission also has the ability and confidence to accomplish this task. As for all the nonsense that is indispensable, I don't care. With so many victims struggling on the brink of life and death, who cares about morality. As long as we can grab food to save the victims, it is moral. ”
Guo Song thought for a while and said: "But to start a war at this time, large-scale mobilization is also required, and it will also consume a huge amount of materials." ”
Li Yukun next to him smiled and said: "Although the company's immigration work is under great pressure this year, the company's current grain reserves are enough to last for a year." With this year's preparation, we will be able to develop a sound battle plan. My opinion is: First of all, next year, the Central Military Commission will intensify its efforts to thoroughly resolve the issues of Japan and the DPRK. In this way, the company can make full use of the resources of both Japan and North Korea. Supporting the initial supplies of the Military Commission's expedition to India.
In Japan, samurai were recruited on a large scale, and a death army was formed, and then a group of young men were selected from the indigenous people of the Outer Northeast and Mongolian herdsmen to form a cavalry unit, and together with the overseas corps, they formed an expeditionary force to expedition to India. In India, we can adopt the mode of warfare of fighting to feed the war, which will greatly reduce the logistical material requirements of the troops. Then the troops captured food and other supplies in India. It was transported back to Daming by ship, and then loaded with displaced people and returned to India to settle in Tuntian. ”
Han Shuanglin also added: "Next year, the establishment of the Hetao Base Area and the Luliangshan Base Area of the Shanxi Guerrilla Detachment will also bring together displaced people in the Shanxi region." If the Shanxi guerrilla detachment has been trained for more than a year, its combat effectiveness has reached the expected standard. We will use the backbone of the Shanxi guerrilla detachment to build up more displaced armed forces in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. Base areas in various regions will also be built. Base areas in various localities can also gather more displaced people, and try to alleviate the pressure on companies to accept displaced people. ”
After several members of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission expressed their opinions, other members of the Standing Committee and members of the Standing Committee also began to participate in the discussion, and the atmosphere of the meeting gradually became warmer. Although some committee members still oppose Gao Jianguo's opinions, they are actively making suggestions, and the topics of the meeting are slowly changing to the direction of how to gather the Ming refugees.
Wang He saw that everyone's discussion was very enthusiastic, so he smiled and said: "Let's determine the company's next work direction, and then everyone is discussing." The first is whether the company mobilizes and makes every effort to collect the displaced people from Daming. Then there is Gao Jianguo's opinion, whether to send troops to India and the Indochina Peninsula. ”
The committee members and standing committee members in the conference room all fell silent after listening to Wang He's words. Of course, everyone is quite cautious in dealing with these issues, and in particular, some members of the committee still have a negative attitude toward sending troops to India.
Wang He glanced at Gao Jianguo next to him, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It seems that everyone still hasn't thought about it, after all, these two things are not small, and everyone still needs to think carefully." I think so, there is no right to speak without investigation, let's go to the coastal area of Daming to have a look, and inspect the situation there at the company's homeless gathering point. When everyone comes back, we'll vote on the resolution. ”
Gao Jianguo listened and said in agreement: "Then let's decide, all the members of our Far East Board of Directors Committee will go to the company's homeless collection points in Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu and Henan in Daming in batches. ”
When the other committee members heard this, they also agreed, and many people were very excited, everyone came to this era, and they had not been to Daming, so they just took this opportunity to go to Daming to have a look.
Wang He thought for a while and said: "Then Gao Jianguo, Hu Wei, and Qiao Haipeng will lead four groups of members to Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Henan and other places to investigate. ”
When he said this, he turned to Li Yukun and said, "Lao Li, the company will be handed over to you, Guo Song, and Comrade Shuanglin, and we will come back in a few days." ”
The meeting of the board of directors of the Far Eastern Group Company also ended, and everyone got up and went back to their respective units to make some arrangements, and then gathered at Shenyang Airport. The four Type 35A airships of the Liaodong Air Boat Brigade of the Ministry of the Air Force mobilized by Gao Jianguo have already arrived here.
Before boarding the airship, Gao Jianguo said to Wang He: "Your proposal is good, let them go and see the miserable situation of the Daming homeless people, and let them feel it for themselves." I'll go to Henan, and your group will go to the Daming coast, Li Ming is now presiding over the work in Henan, and judging from his several telegrams, his pressure is not small. (To be continued......)
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