"Is that all there is to it?" When Chen Ke sat in front of Shang Yuan's sickbed and peeled apples for Shang Yuan, Shang Yuan asked with regret.

Chen Ke didn't answer immediately, he skillfully manipulated the peeler, and the skin of the apple was peeled off the spinning pulp, not broken, only a very small amount of flesh was attached. This is a job that Chen Ke likes very much, if it were just him, he would often be too lazy to peel the apples, just wash the apples and start gnawing. For him, these little things that can make life more comfortable have to be done when someone needs them.

Handing a peeled apple to Shang Yuan, Chen Ke picked up another apple for himself and began to peel it, while slowly replying: "It's going to stop here for the time being, it takes time to digest these territories, five years is not much." ”

Shang Yuan just didn't hate apples, since Chen Ke peeled the apples, he didn't push back, he took a bite slowly, Shang Yuan said: "Since there are these regions, there are already skipping classes to enter Australia." ”

"I'm not thinking about it anymore." Chen Ke continued to be busy with the manual work in his hands, and he was not so careful when he peeled apples for himself, perhaps because of this, he cut them quickly and well. After finishing speaking, Chen Ke also took a bite before continuing to chew and say, "The consumption of the war is greater than I imagined, and 500,000 tons of fuel have been dried up so far." The annual consumption of 3% of the Daqing Oilfield was smashed in. If it is a big year, one-third of the production of the Daqing oil field will be used in the war. Even if you know in advance that the consumption will be so large, you will only know how terrible it is after the actual war. ”

"Hehe," Shang Yuan laughed, he knew that he was unlikely to return to the front line to work, so his mentality was calm. Shang Yuan asked, "I've always had a question for you all these years. I know you always pick the best apples for everyone, but why do you always feel that the apples you eat are the sweetest and crispest ones when you listen to the sound of you chewing apples? ”

"Oh? No wonder every time my daughter eats an apple with me, she has to exchange the one in her hand for the one I bite. Chen Ke suddenly realized.

"Haha. It's also a food tasting. Shang Yuan said with a smile.

Chen Ke wanted to ask Shang Yuan if he wanted to eat this in his hand, but he knew that Shang Yuan was definitely not such a boring guy, so Chen Ke continued to bite the apple, and then said: "Brother Wangshan, when we first started to make revolutions, we always felt that if we overthrew the Manchu Dynasty and defeated imperialism, China would be fine. At that time, I knew that the Manchu Dynasty had rotted to the roots, and that imperialism was a paper tiger. But at that time, I thought that the party ranks must have such and such problems, but I did not personally experience them, and I did not know why they had deteriorated. Now that the first two things have become a reality, I don't see the third thing the same way I used to. ”

If Shang Yuan heard Chen Ke say that there would definitely be problems in the party's ranks ten years ago, he was afraid that he would immediately think of which person or which people were degenerating, but now he will not think about it in this way. After Chen Ke made a comprehensive analysis of the feudal system and proposed that the main task to be done in China at the moment was to fight against feudalism, the direction of the political struggle of the People's Party was established. China has a feudal system that has developed to an incomparable stage, which can be said to be the pinnacle of the feudal system. As long as we can cross this threshold and enter a more advanced and progressive era, all the blood that has been shed in thousands of years of Chinese history will have value.

But it was a tough ordeal, a terrible job. Shang Yuan even felt glad that he had left the front line of the political arena after understanding this. He knew that he no longer had the strength to transform others, let alone himself. So Shang Yuan sighed: "This is the first step in the long march. ”

"Just the first step." Chen Ke still said while nibbling on an apple.

"Do you still want to pursue a southbound strategy?" Shang Yuan retracted his thoughts and asked, it is a long-term job to completely transform China, and whether to implement Chen Ke's southward strategy is the current job. This time the British made Shang Yuan see an opportunity, and the once seemingly unchallenged Britain has completely shown fatigue. After acquiring the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi, China had to skip classes in the south.

Chen Ke looked very satisfied, "I'm going to see the situation." The British are shrewd, and it is impossible for them not to see the possibility of a chain reaction. Everything needs a process, and the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it. By the way, Brother Wangshan, where are you going to go after you retire? ”

"I'm going to Beijing." Shang Yuan didn't hesitate at all, "Originally, I planned to do scholarship in this life, but now that I have finally retired, I want to go to Beijing to participate in the sorting of cultural and historical materials." ”

"Then I want to give me a task. Archaeological work was carried out on the imperial tombs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after the excavation, they were all demolished. Chen Ke replied.

Shang Yuan didn't expect Chen Ke to give such an order, and the demolition of the imperial mausoleum was enough to shake China.

And Chen Ke didn't feel this way at all, he threw the apple core left after gnawing the flesh into the trash, "Yongzheng's tomb doesn't need to be demolished, he has the value of retaining the title of emperor." ”

"Why?" Shang Yuan was a little surprised.

"Although the five dynasties can achieve the integration of the officials and gentry to receive food, Yongzheng can withstand the pressure to do this in the Qing Dynasty, and he is a real figure." Chen Ke replied, "And if Yongzheng can do it, he is afraid that he will have already paid for this thing." He was considered the emperor of the Manchus, not a gang chieftain. Keep his grave. ”

"Is this revenge?" Shang Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"This is retribution." Chen Ke replied with a sneer.

Chen Ke rarely brings up emotional things, so Shang Yuan considers it politically, not from Chen Ke's personal likes and dislikes. After thinking about it, it was not a big deal to demolish the Manchu Imperial Mausoleum. In recent years, the Manchu Dynasty has become a stinking street, and the banner people have changed their Han surnames, and they dare not mention their origins at all. The demolition of the imperial tomb is probably just a relatively delicate civil work.

Thinking that he had also been a courtier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but now he was going to demolish the imperial tomb, Shang Yuan suddenly felt ridiculous, and the most ridiculous thing was that Shang Yuan didn't even think that there was anything morally wrong with him doing this. As for the impact, is there a tomb of Yongzheng?

After rectifying his mood, Shang Yuan asked, "Wen Qing, I want to ask you, have you chosen a successor?" ”

"This is a comrade election according to the system, and it is not me who appoints the crown prince. I don't choose any successor. Chen Ke said with a smile.

Shang Yuan shook his head, "I know you're free-spirited, but you can't completely leave it alone." It's true that some things are done according to the system, but this time it's different. This is not a question of succession, and the first generation of successors of the founders in history is not bloody. You have to look at it realistically. ”

"Let's talk about it then, I don't know how I died." Chen Ke replied. When talking about his life and death, Chen Ke can always be very realistic.

After visiting Shang Yuan, Chen Ke returned to the office of the Central Military Commission, where the comrades of the Military Commission were already waiting and the discussion was quite enthusiastic. Everyone is quite excited about the UK's statement. Absolute strength is equal to absolute truth, and soldiers are the group that believes in strength the most.

Seeing Chen Ke push the door in, all the comrades got up. Chen Ke walked to the chairman's position and said, "Sit." He said.

"Will the British change their minds?" He Zudao was the first to ask.

"I don't know." Chen Ke replied very simply, and this basin of cold water made the atmosphere a little awkward.

After being stunned for a moment, He Zudao continued to ask: "Then how are we going to continue to attack the Netherlands." ”

"Attack Wooditung and Bangka Islands." Chen Ke replied.

The eyes of the comrades of the Military Commission immediately fell on the location of the two islands on the map, which are east of Borneo and guard the western exit of the Strait of Malacca. If the two islands are seized, China can use them as a skip to attack Sumatra. This is a very powerful threat, Pu Guanshui couldn't help but ask: "If Britain agrees to the agreement, these two islands will be returned to the Netherlands?" ”

"Yes." "If Britain refuses to agree to the agreement, then we can continue to attack the Netherlands." Now we have to put some pressure on the Netherlands as well. ”

"Could the British be mistaken?" Chai Qingguo asked.

Chen Ke replied: "No, we have to believe in the intelligence of the British." We'll wait another month and then do it, and if the British misunderstand, then let them misunderstand. ”

Everyone saw that Chen Ke used short sentences to speak, and it seemed that he had made great determination. The discussion was not so enthusiastic, and Pu Guanshui asked tentatively: "Then the war is over?" After that, there will be no war for a while? ”

"War is a continuation of politics. Qin lost his deer and chased the world together, and the general trend of future world changes has been determined. Sooner or later, the end of Britain as the world hegemon will come. Chen Ke answered the question, "But why is it that Britain will not lose its hegemony now, and will lose it later." Why don't the future enemy countries directly come out against the United States now? ”

It is really difficult to tell comrades about the economic crisis, and the biggest problem is that everyone really has never seen it. Most of the countries in Asia are agricultural. The agrarian state is an existence of daily crises or potential crises. The industrial countries will have a few good days. It's easy to talk about theory, and it's really hard for everyone to fully understand this thing from reason to emotion.

Fortunately, the comrades were all high-ranking military personnel, and they were still relatively well-informed, and after understanding the economic crisis, the comrades easily understood why other countries should participate in the war. Some cannot survive without waging war, and some cannot continue without destroying the existing international order.

"Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles and opposition to colonialism are two different things." Chen Ke spoke to the comrades at the end.