Chapter 2089

In fact, Schneider was not completely opposed to the use of military means. Before that, he even mentioned to the Executive Committee the use of force to force the Japanese shogunate to agree to trade. It was just because the objective environmental conditions of this era were not suitable for this method.

The committee ultimately did not agree with his proposal. Schneider believed that if military intimidation could be effective, there would be no need to mobilize troops to carry out military attacks on the Hirado clan. The Eighteen Shiba Party was once defeated by Haihan, so in theory they should

He knew very well that he had no chance on the frontal battlefield, so choosing to compromise with Haihan through peace talks was the most rational response.

But not everyone hopes to resolve the issue between Haihan and the Eighteen Chiyu Party through peace talks. For the intelligence agencies and the military that invested a lot of resources in the early investigation work, the peace talks mean that they have to decide whether they are good or not.

Some easily obtained key information is shared with the diplomatic department, and the credit for solving the problem is handed over to the diplomatic department. Unless the peace talks ultimately fail, they will get the opportunity to come back to clean up the mess, and by then the opponent will have more

Arranging countermeasures will definitely be more difficult than it is now.

After the meeting, He Xi had just boarded the carriage and was about to give the order to leave Fort Victory. An officer quickly came to the carriage, whispered a few words to his personal guard, and then left quickly. The guard then passed the officer's message

The news informed He Xi that it was Yan Chujie who invited him to meet somewhere.

He Xi was not surprised by this. During the meeting just now, Yan Chujie had a heated argument with several people from the peace faction. In the end, the purpose of getting the executive committee to agree to launch a military strike was not achieved. He must be dissatisfied with such a result. Now

I probably want to meet with him because I want to discuss how to resolve the current dispute.

"Take a walk around the city, and then go to Minister Yan's house." He Xi gave up the idea of ​​going back to the Security Department to continue handling official duties, and decided to meet Yan Chujie again. Although He Xi was not a staunch fighter, in this case

In matters, he was more willing to stand on the same side as the military. However, since Yan Chujie made an appointment with him privately, it meant that he did not want the meeting to become a public operation known to everyone, so he ordered to walk around the city first to avoid

Someone noticed his whereabouts.

Yan Chujie's mansion is actually not far from Victory Fort. It is at the foot of the mountain to the north of Victory Fort. It is a small manor covering an area of ​​only more than 20 acres. In contrast to his status as the commander-in-chief of the Haihan Army, this manor is not

A heavily guarded fortress is actually very much like a farm. In addition to a few horses that pull carts and serve as mounts, there are also many other poultry and livestock raised here. A pigsty built in the early years is still raised here.

Four pigs. There are also seven or eight acres of land in the manor where various fruits and vegetables are grown, which are basically self-produced and sold.

Of course, Yan Chujie did not have the time or energy to take care of these farm works. The people who worked here were some of his old subordinates. They were discharged from the army due to injuries in their early years and had no family to take care of their lives. Yan Chujie simply kept them around and let them do what they could.

Simple farm work can also give them a livelihood. Later, although the military pension and retirement benefits increased, some people still stayed here and continued to work on the farm because of their old friendship.

Therefore, although there are no soldiers with live ammunition serving as guards in Yan Chujie's residence, in fact, any honest man who grows vegetables and feeds pigs here is probably a combat hero who has made meritorious service and received awards on the battlefield in his early years. Their status here is

He is a farmer and also works part-time as Yan Chujie's personal bodyguard.

In the third year after Yan Chujie arrived here, he married a Guangzhou woman as his wife, and later married a concubine. The wife gave birth to a son, and the concubine gave birth to a daughter, so now he can be regarded as having both children and a happy life.

As for the past few years, I have rarely taken the initiative to apply for the task of leading troops to fight overseas.

However, life has not completely worn away Yan Chujie’s military spirit. His decisiveness and decisiveness are still one of his most obvious character traits. One of the main reasons is that Haihan’s large-scale military operations overseas have continued unabated in recent years.

It was the hawks led by Yan Chujie who pushed for it. In Yan Chujie's view, military means are the most effective way to resolve external conflicts and disputes at this stage, and negotiation only provides an opportunity for both parties to the conflict to choose a compromise.

Of course, in actual operation, the choices Haihan needs to make as a country cannot simply be based on the will of the military. The heads of each department have their own interests to consider, and they will not be judged just because Yan Chujie has a loud voice and a hard fist.

Accommodating the military on key issues. Yan Chujie needs to consider not only the effects of military means, but also the political interests behind various voices. Some private meetings and communications outside the conference room are increasingly mature in the political arena of Haihan State.

It has become increasingly necessary.

After He Xi got out of the car, he found that in addition to Yan Chujie's carriage, there was another carriage reserved for high-ranking officials also parked here. It seemed that he was not the only one invited today.

Soon he met another guest in Yan Chujie's study, Bai Kesi, who was in charge of military affairs. It was not unusual for Yan Chujie to invite him. After all, the departments closest to the military were intelligence and military industry.

Well, they can be regarded as stakeholders in the same camp.

After the orderlies had tea and left, Yan Chujie took the initiative to mention the purpose of inviting them to a private meeting today: "With regard to the Hirado clan in Japan, the foreign affairs department wants to seek a solution to the problem through negotiation. I am worried that they will only make the problem more talk.

The more. They actually want to achieve the goals that we have not accomplished on the battlefield through negotiation. Isn’t this nonsense? Lao Bai, Lao He, let’s talk about your views from your standpoint!”

Bai Kesi responded slowly: "Lao Yan, what you said is exaggerating. Aren't my positions the same as yours? When it's time to fight, when have we ever been vague in our military industry's words?"

"I knew you were reliable, Lao Bai. I have nothing to say!" Yan Chujie seemed very satisfied with Bai Kesi's statement.

When He Xi saw this situation, he probably had no choice but to not express his position. He smiled and said: "Our Ministry of Security was responsible for this case at the beginning, and later the Military Intelligence Bureau also got involved, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was just a fool from the beginning to the end.

, when it’s time to close the net, they jump out to steal the credit, how can that be done!”

In fact, from the beginning of overseas investigation work, the proportion of military forces dispatched in investigation operations has become larger and larger. After all, the Ministry of Security's overseas staffing scale is very limited, and it is impossible to mobilize hundreds of people at any time like the military.

Thousands of people participated in the operation. By the time they went to Japan to carry out the investigation mission, all the personnel dispatched were from the military, and the Ministry of Security was just a spectator. However, He Xi still had to take the role of the Ministry of Security into account

Let's take advantage of it first. After all, it was the Ministry of Security who discovered the clues at the earliest. When it comes to rewards based on merit, the Ministry of Security will definitely take a share.

Yan Chujie nodded and agreed with He Xi's statement: "Lao He is right, I feel that Schneider and his gang are opposed to each other, in the end just to find opportunities to highlight their presence. Shibazhi and his gang are all

They are desperadoes, if negotiation can make them surrender, why would they spend so much time setting up along the coast of Ming Dynasty to deal with us."

He Xi said: "Having said that, I think Mr. Tao's reaction should be a little moved by what they said. After all, according to Schneider and the others, the savings alone will be enough to make 20% of next year's expenses."

The military budget is up.”

Yan Chujie expressed disdain for this: "This iron rooster tries every year to cut off part of the military budget. He also doesn't want to think that without the army to expand territory overseas and attack enemy countries, our country's foreign trade will be able to achieve what it is today."

What is the level today? When we sent troops to North Korea last year, we rebelled against us. What was the result? After the war, didn't the military expenditures be recovered from the Koreans? The same goes for the Pinghu war. It is an old trading port after all.

Yeah, I think there should be more oil and water than North Korea, how could it be a loss!"

There were no outsiders present, so what Yan Chujie said was very explicit. In his opinion, the military expenditures for attacking the Hirado Domain could be recovered from the local area during the battle. After all, that place is a real trading port. It was the same as last year.

The areas where Haihan sent troops to Korea were completely different from those areas that had been plundered by the Qing army. If necessary, the Haihan army could even scrape three feet of the ground in Hirado and transport all the people, including the population, out of Hirado.

If everything is taken away, no matter how you calculate it, you won't lose money on military expenses.

After hearing this, Bai Kesi interjected and asked: "Will this trigger an all-out war with Japan?"

Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "With the strength of the local armed forces like the Hirado Domain, the war could not last that long. At most, the shogunate got the news that the Hirado Domain was invaded by foreign armed forces, before they figured out who to declare war on.

, the war is over. If Japan wants to fight us, it can give it a try, just because their fleet won’t be able to reach our territory!"

Yan Chujie understood this very clearly. The purpose of Haihan's military action was to eliminate the hidden dangers hidden in the Hirado Domain, rather than to launch an all-out war with Japan. The Haihan army would not stay there for a long time to fight with the Japanese armed forces.

A meaningless fight. With Japan's current military strength, it is basically impossible to cross the sea to conquer the Ming Dynasty or go south to directly attack the Haihan mainland. The only thing that can be seen and touched is

It's probably just to bully its close neighbor North Korea. But attacking North Korea will hurt the interests of the local vassal states in Kyushu that have trade relations with North Korea, so it should be difficult to implement it.

In Yan Chujie's view, the military risk of attacking Hirado is actually very low and controllable, and there is a chance to solve a series of problems caused by the Eighteen Shiba Remaining Party once and for all, so he insists on using military means to solve the current situation.

situation.

"But in the end, the executive committee still has to vote to determine the final resolution. At present, there don't seem to be that many people willing to support the military in fighting this war." He Xi finally stated the objective reality that worried Yan Chujie.

In addition to Schneider and Gu Kai, the current executive committee members who have the right to participate in voting include Ning Qi and the Minister of Agriculture Gao Huan, who should also support the negotiated settlement. This means that the peace faction has nine votes in the executive committee.

It has been confirmed that it has four votes, and it only needs one more vote to win.

On the other side, only Yan Chujie and Bai Kesi clearly called for the use of military means. Although He Xi can participate in executive committee meetings, he is not an executive committee member and does not have the right to vote. This was also the reason why the power structure was originally designed to prevent privileged departments from interfering with the executive committee.

A method used to make decisions.

There are also three votes that are currently undecided, from Tao Donglai, Yue Zhiyun and Zhou Hengxing. Yue Zhiyun was more inclined to the military's choice in the previous meeting, while Zhou Hengxing was the director of Li and Miao affairs many years ago.

The current mayor of Sanya has always been known for being in harmony with others. He often rides on two boats and his stance is wavering.

Therefore, for the military, they need to win at least two votes, while the peace faction only needs one vote to win, so Yan Chujie anxiously asked them to meet in private to discuss countermeasures.

Yan Chujie said: "The reason why these people still have illusions about negotiation methods is mainly because the situation has not developed to the point where the military must take action to control it. Just imagine if the time was pushed back one or two years, we would have noticed it.

Due to the sudden changes in the Hirado Domain, the opponent may have had an armed fleet of more than 20 warships at that time, and had laid a number of hidden stakes in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty to provide intelligence, allowing them to shuttle back and forth during the intervals between the deployment of our navy.

There are Spaniards in the south, Qing troops in the north, and various civilian armed forces from the Ming Dynasty in the middle. There may also be rebellions from North Korea. When the time comes, they will work together to cause trouble for us, and some people will hope to negotiate with the other party.

Is it solved?"

"But we have solved most of these troubles in advance, so the difficult situation you assumed will not arise." He Xi reminded.

Yan Chujie nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed as you said. The opponent does not have enough ability to control such a big plan, so he keeps exposing flaws in various places, and we have resolved the hidden dangers one by one. But the Executive Committee views

The seriousness of these things mainly comes from our feedback, the Ministry of Security, the Military Intelligence Bureau, and relevant units in various places. It is the combination of the information sent back to Sanya by these departments that makes some people have problems that can be solved through negotiation.

The illusion of the problem.”

Yan Chujie paused and said slowly: "And I think these illusions can be corrected through technical means."

When He Xi heard this, his mind suddenly became chaotic. Although Yan Chujie didn't say it clearly, he had already understood it and used technical means to correct the misunderstanding. This was to put it bluntly, to deceive the executive committee with false information and allow the use of military force.

Means become the only option.
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