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Chapter 273 Chapter [-] It's not suitable to touch; no one is a man?

Compared with the lightweight and exquisite hair dryers of later generations, today's hand-held hair dryers are still relatively bulky and primitive, but compared with the huge fixed desktop hair dryers, this is already a great improvement, and it can be said to be the epitome of the rapid development of civil engineering. One of them is favored by petty bourgeois and bourgeois women.

Zhu Lingjing signaled the maid to turn off the hair dryer first, then stretched out her left hand to take the letter, and read it carefully from beginning to end.

Oh, so it's about the occupation policy, but it's just mediocre.

But this problem cannot be solved by simply saying "order the garrison to exercise restraint".

The current situation is that at first some Japanese were stubborn and stubbornly resisted. In the process, many Japanese soldiers were killed and injured, which ignited the anger of others.

So a vicious cycle - the angry garrison will only act more rudely and violently because they inevitably carry grievances, which will in turn arouse the hatred of the local people, making more and more people feel hostile...

Restraint?Where should the resentment and dissatisfaction of the garrison go?
The officers and soldiers are not ruthless puppets. Such a coercion is not in line with human nature, and it will also expose the court to criticism from the right-wing and nationalists——

how?Is there anything wrong with Master Daming using violence to counter violence and blood for blood?Why should the other party forcibly restrain and retaliate when the rebellion caused casualties to one's own side?The traitors in the court disregard the lives of the soldiers!To deal with the humble Japanese pirates, we must be cruel and intimidating!

It would have been very difficult for the imperial court to continue to suppress the influence of these factions. If it did so, the right-wing and nationalist propaganda would undoubtedly win the hearts of the people, and the previous actions of the imperial court would be in vain.

Therefore, in politics, simple and crude coercion is not advisable.

In addition to continuing to attack the resistance militarily, the occupation policy that can be implemented must be a compromise—reduce taxes in areas where the resistance movement is rampant, and try some low-cost operations to win people's hearts.

In fact, what worries Zhu Lingjing is that there are many differences within the Chinese Party where she belongs to the occupation policy and the reorganization plan of the armed forces, and there have been quarrels in the past month.

The Chinese Party is like this, and the Constitutional Council, the National People's Congress, the Radical Pioneering Association, the Republican Party, and other factions are naturally the same scene.

"You can write a reply directly, just write 'I already know'... that's all, I will write it myself later."

"Oh yes."

The "huhuhu" hair dryer rang, and there was a lot of noise. She didn't get up slowly until the long black hair was dry.

The feeling of relaxation and joy after taking a comfortable bath is indescribable, but Zhou Changfeng's letter largely offset her good mood, making her have to rethink this aspect.

After returning to the living room and taking a seat, she took a pen from the pen holder in front of the table, and took out a piece of letter paper from the side, and after a little thought, she began to write quickly.

After succinctly laying out the ill effects, she said bluntly that measures of restraint were inappropriate, but would suggest that other soft measures be considered.

The basic quality of a politician is to know the principles of being wise and protecting one's life. As far as personal consciousness is concerned, Zhu Lingjing has a thorough understanding of this matter.In order to avoid being criticized and being disadvantaged, she made it clear in the letter that although Zhou Changfeng's ideas were correct, they were inappropriate in terms of government affairs.

Abandoning what is right for political influence?The reality is often so counter-intuitive, and there are too many cases like this.

Zhu Lingjing didn't want to be the target of public criticism, and the others were not stupid, so naturally no one was willing.

The news about the proliferation of resistance movements in the Dongying Islands has long been sent to the cabinet. The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office have successively written to express their opinions and suggestions, but they have intentionally or unintentionally avoided "ordering local officers and soldiers not to act recklessly, Human life is worthless."

Obviously, everyone is playing dumb smartly.

In addition to regular meetings, the cabinet also held a special meeting on this a few days ago.

Now this is the second time, the high officials of the court gathered together, apart from a dozen cabinet ministers, even the crown prince and the princess were present.

The opening is very simple, straight to the point, there are no pleasantries or polite words, there are only a few big shots who control the center of the huge empire, and everyone present has already known each other.

There is nothing to be scrupled about discussing matters in the Wenhua Palace. You can speak bluntly and blatantly—of course, you can also cover up or cover up, and the old foxes can still understand it.

As the head of the government, the prime minister, Zou Zhuoyun, said bluntly as soon as he came up: "Delaying this matter is not a solution. If it gets worse, the situation in Japan is bound to deteriorate. We must not fall into the quagmire of suppressing rebellion."

"That's right, once this war starts, it will be real money." Li Guangyuan took a sip from his teacup, and said with a half smile: "At first, the Ministry of War estimated that it would cost 30 yuan to send troops to quell Japan, but 25 yuan has been allocated so far." The number is not enough, if this continues, I'm afraid we will have to add ten more."

Airplanes, tanks, cars, and warships all burn oil. In addition, various guns need to consume ammunition.Food, medicine, ammunition, wounded, spare parts, letters, etc. have to be transported by rail, sea, and air. Since the beginning of special military operations to the present, every minute and every second has been burning money.

Li Guangyuan, who is in charge of the empire's finances, sees it in his eyes and feels pain in his heart. As the cabinet minister in charge of the biggest money bag of Ming Dynasty, "stinginess" seems to be a necessary character?
"Ahem," Lin Xi coughed lightly twice, and said solemnly, "I'm telling you all that rebellions in the past and present have rarely been resolved purely through suppression. Cruel oppression has hidden dangers after all, unless... it's a dead end. But obviously that's impossible."

That is a population of tens of millions, and there will be organized resistance, and even tens of millions of pigs cannot easily wipe them all out.

He added: "Then, what is more optimistic is that our army can temporarily stabilize the rebellion, about two to three months. This resistance without a unified organization cannot last long. The progress these days is very good. Exterminated and defeated more than 100 stocks, large and small, and killed and injured more than [-], but..."

"But it's not beneficial to spend it like this for a long time," Zhu Liqie directly took up the conversation, "and there is also the variable of the United States. The prisoners captured alive at the front line confessed that many people are planning to retreat to the development camps on the American border for a long-term struggle."

"What Your Highness said is very true. There is intelligence that Keigo Kano is actively contacting the Americans, and you should also know that the United States has increased troops to Osaka and Nagoya."

In order to show its determination to stand firmly in the Far East, and to prevent Ming Dynasty from carrying out forceful expulsion by force, the United States temporarily upgraded some National Guards to Army divisions.

The 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division was first formed in 7917, and was adapted from the National Guards of Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. situation and restructured.

After two months of sloppy training at the Rio Rancho Barracks, the understaffed 34th Division arrived in Los Angeles and sailed across the Pacific to the Japanese Islands.

Before mobilization for war, there is only so much the U.S. Army can do. This is the result of Congress passing a temporary defense budget.

And this so-called defense is more of a symbolic meaning-in the face of the [-] Ming army, it is impossible for an additional infantry division to be deployed against eight.

Yu Shenhua, a foreign minister with a calm expression, waved his hands, "The Americans are just putting on a show, and the bet is that we are afraid... Well, it is probably the intention of beating the wolf with fear."

After he finished speaking, everyone present started discussing one after another, and the meeting room in Wenhua Palace became quite noisy.

"Let's get down to business." Zhu Liqie glanced around, and said lightly: "No matter what, solving the urgent problem is the first priority. Eliminating the hostility of local civilians is a radical move, and we must gradually change from deterrence to gentleness, one at a time, and parallel. "

He paused, then continued: "As far as the specific plan is concerned, the reduction of rent and tax must be implemented as soon as possible. If the landlord resists, there is no need to delay it, and it will be enforced. In addition, our country's North Korean army must also calm down. Enough is enough."

Everyone's expressions were still calm, or they were smiling wryly - everyone knew this truth, but no one dared to openly raise it.

Zhu Lingjing on the side was as transparent as ever, but the thoughts in her mind had drifted away.

If it were anything else, Zhu Liqie would have dared to fight in person based on Zhu Liqie's stubbornness, but this time was unusual.

Anything that involves nationalism must be treated with caution, let alone the royal family, and the prince.

Is there any need for a royal family that cannot represent the interests of the Han nationality?
The imperial court is the imperial court, and the royal family is the royal family. Under the constitutional system, the two are quite distinct, and the target of public opinion can't be wrongly chosen.

The chaotic game made the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee very distressed, and no one was willing to take the initiative to be a target - the best ending would be to resign in despair after the anger of the crowd, or if it was worse, they would be assassinated by some radical guys.

It's not easy to be an official in the Ming Dynasty now.

This time, the special meeting again ended without any results, or in other words, it had little effect, and only reached a consensus on the measure of "immediately implementing tax cuts".

The emperor's physical condition has not been very good since last year. Under the careful diagnosis and treatment and recuperation of the Imperial Hospital, although it has not gotten worse this year, there is no sign of improvement.

The emperor is quite dissatisfied with the current embarrassing situation - it's not impossible to break the situation, why is it so entangled?
It’s just that no one has a role to play. A group of old fritters who have been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, it is impossible to expect them to still have the passionate patriotism of their youth.

But why is the prime minister, who is the head of the foreign court, not even a bit courageous?Mingzhe protects himself, if he doesn't want to end, no matter how bad it is, he can find someone to settle the matter, right?

The emperor realized that he had too high expectations for Zou Zhuoyun, a peacemaker who was good at internal affairs. Such a prime minister was destined to be unsuitable for today's turbulent age.

Ming needs a more aggressive head of government.

Two days later.

Zhou Changfeng was a little disappointed and worried when he received the reply—disappointed that no one in the DPRK was a man and had no responsibility; worried that the situation would get worse in the long run, leading to the plan of "building the Dongying Islands into a Great Wall that screens the Pacific Ocean" greatly affected.

However, Zhu Lingjing clarified the cause and effect. As the royal family, she could do nothing about it, but she also told someone Zhou not to worry too much. Although this matter looked troublesome, it could be resolved as long as the emperor tried to operate it.

It was strange, Zhou Changfeng felt as if he could feel her calmness and confidence from her wording and handwriting, and since she had always been relatively reliable, he chose to believe it.

It was also on this day that the fleet carrying the Army's 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division arrived at the port of Osaka.

The Stars and Stripes hanging high on the flagpole, the soldiers leaning on the deck railing and smoking, the calm and calm American army seems to be traveling across the ocean for vacation.

It was just a vacant infantry division, the Second Army and the Third Army didn't take it seriously, and the troops stationed in Riming were still busy with their own affairs.

In the next few days, the Second Division of the Third Army "preventively executed" more than 300 people in Iwate Prefecture; the Second Marine Regiment continued to arrest any suspected civilians; Adhering to the principle of "rather killing one hundred by mistake than letting one go", he shot and killed dozens of men in a certain village with heavy machine guns except for the old, the weak, women and children...

In contrast, Zhou Changfeng looked at the violation report in front of him, and suddenly felt that it was nothing at all—two soldiers paid a young prostitute for nothing, and the latter pestered him for money and was beaten into the street. Hospitals, the patrolling gendarmes recorded it.

"Pay the corresponding prostitution and medical expenses, and the two will be punished with ten military sticks." This is the verdict of the Gendarmerie Platoon of the First Marine Regiment and Yao Liangchuan.

Although there have been many similar cases these days, Zhou Changfeng still feels a little speechless.

Just as he was stamping the report while shaking his head slightly, Xiao Li knocked on the door and entered, saying that the general army had a special meeting and he had to be there at five o'clock.

Zhou Changfeng raised his hand to look at his watch and found that there was not much time left, so he straightened his coat and hat, and hurriedly set off.

A quarter of an hour later, at the headquarters of the Second Army.

The building that originally served as the War Department of the Central Committee of the Wa Kingdom has long been the "site" of the Ming army, and there are men and women from the headquarters coming and going.

"...According to aerial reconnaissance, it can be seen that there is a camp in this mountain. It is not small in scale. It is built along the flat land between the mountains. There are roughly hundreds of houses. There may be other buildings hidden in nearby caves and dense forests."

"Then how many troops can be hoarded? Eight hundred? One thousand?"

"I'm afraid it is far more than that. Some people think that this large area is where they are active. There are not only soldiers, but also other people. It can be said that there is a mixture of soldiers and civilians, at least two thousand people."

"Although it is on the border of the Americans, it is right under our noses. It must be destroyed, otherwise troops will be sent across the border to harass... Is it okay?"

The staff officer introduced the known information, and the generals were discussing it.

A dive bomber of the Air Force found clues near Kannon Mountain in Aichi Prefecture during a reconnaissance mission, and took pictures to record it.

The base of the resistance army was established within the sphere of influence of the Americans, and it was only a dozen miles away from the border of Aichi County, which is also the boundary of the sphere of influence.

(End of this chapter)