Chapter 41 of Part 6

If you don’t be in charge, you don’t know how expensive it is to pay! Recently, this is what Tang Shaoyi often said. The so-called money that cannons cost tens of thousands of taels of gold and the expenses involved in the world war is not a little bit, but the scale of investment by the whole country. After entering the wartime system, Tang Shaoyi took advantage of the reason for issuing national bonds and severely dealt with the private banks in several provinces in Jiangnan. These people started their fortunes with the preferential policies of the country. But when the country needed money, they planned to shrink. How could such a good thing be?

However, Tang Shaoyi did not do too much. After all, the starting point of these private banks was that they were worried that China would lose all their money if they failed to win the world war, so they took the initiative to jump out and take some small heads to avoid the country's follow-up measures. According to Chen Congyun's intention, after strengthening bank management, these private banks were a little overwhelmed and obediently bought one billion treasury bonds. Finally, they made great efforts for the national war. After that, Tang Shaoyi did not use too dark methods.

"Stability overwhelms everything!" This sentence of Chen Congyun would repeat every time he met, and Tang Shaoyi didn't dare to take it as a wind in his ears.

As for rights, Chen Congyun now has the intention of being a hand-off manager in the government, but he just holds the army tightly and lets Tang Shaoyi go to trouble. It can be said that except for the army, which is Chen Congyun's forbidden area, other places are managed by Tang Shaoyi and the government. As an actual dictator, Chen Congyun has given Tang Shaoyi and the government he led has great power enough.

Despite this, whenever Tang Shaoyi encounters major events, he will still ask Chen Congyun to report his work as soon as possible. On some sensitive issues, he will still ask Chen Congyun for instructions. Chen Congyun just accepts this phenomenon calmly, which makes Tang Shaoyi become more cautious and cautious as if walking on thin ice.

From a distance, Tang Shaoyi's thoughts became a little complicated again. Tang Shaoyi's heart did not agree very lowly when the country entered the world war. Although China is not weak in military affairs, compared with the West, the great industrial development started too late. The country's gates were also called to be knocked by Western powers with cannons. Fighting Japan and Russia, they are all fighting at their doorsteps, and all expenses seem to be within a range that can be afforded. Now they are directly attacking Russia and India, and the government's expenses are a bit overwhelming.

After entering the wartime system, material control undoubtedly provides guarantees for the army to continue to fight, but what after a large amount of consumption? What after the war ends? As for the current situation, many people's livelihood projects have been forced to stop. From the perspective of future national development, this is undoubtedly unhealthy.

Just as Tang Shaoyi was working hard for war, Chen Congyun actually arranged such a secret talk between China and the United States. What was the real intention afterwards? Tang Shaoyi's mind soon thought deeper, and the deeper he thought deeper, a clear outline appeared in Tang Shaoyi's mind. Tang Shaoyi, who was able to sit firmly in the first place in the government under Shen Congyun, was naturally not an ordinary character. Of course, he was very good at judging the best intentions.

According to Tang Shaoyi's understanding of Chen Congyun, the country's first national policy of the country, both domestic and foreign, has always been based on the perspective of interests. Combined with the evolution of the previous and current international situation, Tang Shaoyi seems to have made a general conclusion. From Shen Congyun's standpoint, he thinks about what the best outcome of this war may be? First of all, the fight between the European powers was exhausted, and this point has been determined. Secondly, it is necessary to maintain a delicate world balance pattern. The most important point is naturally that China has gained huge benefits from the war. The most important point seems to be not difficult to obtain at present, that is, the initial purpose of the war has basically been achieved. At this time, Chen Congyun agreed to secretly contact the United States, and the only possibility is that the United States, a powerful country, was worried that it would bring about an uncontrollable situation.

After Tang Shaoyi thought about this, he actually guessed Chen Congyun's thoughts.

After thinking about what he thought about, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but think of the matter between her niece Tang Jing and the prince, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She couldn't help but secretly rejoiced in her heart: "Why are your eyes so poisonous? With this relationship, for Tang Shaoyi's current status, although it's a bit icing on the cake, Tang Shaoyi is more proud of her niece's eyes. The only pity is that the niece is not her daughter after all, and it's even more a pity that she didn't give birth to such a visionary daughter."

After the car stopped in the yard, Tang Shaoyi unexpectedly saw two foreign devils getting out of a car in the yard. Judging from their dress and appearance, they seemed to be Russian ministers.

The burden that has been pressing on Tang Shaoyi's heart since the war started, suddenly felt a little tight and suddenly relaxed.

"Is it really going to be a standstill?" Tang Shaoyi asked in her heart, stepped out of the car, and immediately encountered the Russian minister with a faint gaze. Tang Shaoyi's mood suddenly became more and more comfortable, and there was a little bit of a serf singing. It was really a turn of feng shui. How could foreign devils have this expression decades ago? Tang Shaoyi unconsciously raised his chest, nodded faintly, and greeted him and walked in under the guidance of the adjutant.

After five minutes of doing it in the reception room and saying a few polite words to the Russian minister, Tang Shaoyi was thinking about Xiang Chen Congyun's final bottom line of the Sino-US negotiations. A crisp step sounded, and Tang Shaoyi immediately stood up consciously. The Russian minister opposite stood up even more actively, and the smile on his face also appeared.

Chen Congyun walked in slowly, and when he saw the two, he signaled everyone to sit down and talk. Chen Congyun also sat down and smiled: "We are here. Today is not a formal occasion. I want you to come here just to say hello in private."

Chen Congyun obviously had a follow-up word to say, so Tang Shaoyi naturally would not follow up and acted as if he was accepting the sermons. The Russian ambassador was also a striking guy, with a flattering smile on his face waiting for Chen Congyun's words.

"It's time for the chaos in Russia to end. Please rest assured that the Minister. I have ordered the front troops to stop attacking. As long as the Russian government no longer supports the Allied War, everything can be sat down and negotiated. It will be inconvenient for me to intervene in specific matters. It is better for the government to stand up for this work, so I just raise my head." Chen Congyun said and smiled at the Russian Minister and picked up the teacup. The Russian Minister knew about Chinese etiquette, so he naturally stood up and said goodbye with a tactful smile. From beginning to end, he just said a few simple and polite sentences, and did not dare to say anything else.

Watching the Russian minister leave with a little lonely figure, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but smile gently.

Chen Congyun couldn't help but smile and asked, "Shaochuan remembered something good, and he smiled so comfortably."

Tang Shaoyi quickly replied: "I remembered the domineering spirit of the Russian minister at the beginning of the Sino-Russian War, and felt that the contrast was just a little bigger."

Chen Congyun thought about it and laughed without realizing it, saying, "You can't say it, when you mention it, I really remembered that the Sky's minister came. When I met me, I actually waved my fists at me and shouted, "All the consequences of provoking a war will be borne by China."

When Chen Congyun talked about the past, Tang Shaoyi listened respectfully and attentively, and was already guessing the reason why the Russian minister appeared. Currently, Russia has two governments. Which side does this minister represent? Haha, is it possible that both sides represent? This guy appeared at this time, definitely not simply to please Chen Congyun. Does what Chen Congyun said before mean that everything is as expected, and Russia will be unlikely to be safe in the next few decades.

"Shaochuan, don't just laugh, I know what you are thinking. Be happy, don't pretend to be nothing." Chen Congyun smiled faintly, joked, looking in a good mood.

Tang Shaoyi straightened her body and smiled slightly forward, saying, "Since the Americans sent a secret negotiating delegation, they are naturally afraid of the strength of our country's military power, unlike the end of turning against each other. The Russian minister appeared at this time. According to your usual style, you may make the two regimes in Russia continue to confront each other, so that they can maximize China's interests."

Chen Congyun couldn't help laughing brighter when he heard this. He lit up a cigarette and took a sip and said, "Shaochuan has figured me out now. Yes, I just plan to let the two Russian governments stand together and finally form a pattern of opposition between the two. The General Staff has ordered the First Garrison Division to stop between Petrograd and Moscow, and the subsequent troops will continue to follow. In short, the confrontation within the Russians is very beneficial to our country. In addition, we must be prepared to not reach an agreement with the United States and hoard troops and supplies in Russia as quickly as possible. If the Americans refuse to submit, they will immediately advance west along Europe and completely defeat France before the end of the year. In this way, the threat on the ground will no longer exist. We cannot defeat Britain and the United States at sea in the short term, but with victory on land, I think Britain and the United States want to rely on naval power to do whatever their allies can do."

Chen Congyun had already explained the worst plan clearly, and Tang Shaoyi naturally had to experience the rest by himself. Therefore, Tang Shaoyi didn't say anything else and stood up and said, "In this way, please give me a bottom line."
Chapter completed!