The Future (please vote for me!)

The white tombstones are undulating continuously. In the central highland of the cemetery, a tall building is still covered with scaffolding. It is obviously a construction site, but near this construction site, you can still see that each one has been dug.

The good curtain pit, looking at the black curtain pits in the snow from a distance, is very conspicuous. This is the Lianyungang National Cemetery.

Although this cemetery is named National Cemetery, in fact, it was built by the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office alone. From land acquisition to cemetery design and construction, the central government never allocated even a penny, and here

Those buried are the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country.

To the outside world, this cemetery does not seem to be well-known, but to the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office, because this cemetery cost 6 million yuan, it once triggered a debate. In the end, Li Zicheng stopped it with one sentence.

Lived through all the excuses and reasons.

"A nation without heroes is a pathetic nation, and a nation that has heroes but does not know how to love and support him is even more pathetic! To judge the character of a country, we not only need to look at what kind of people it has cultivated, but also what kind of people it has cultivated.

Its people choose who to pay tribute to and remember!"

While this sentence was reprinted by various domestic newspapers, construction began on this national cemetery located outside the annex. This is the burial place of loyal souls and a place where the country and citizens pay tribute to the loyal souls of heroes and martyrs.

Standing in front of a cemetery without tombstones, Li Zicheng was silent. Today, for some unknown reason, he came here, maybe he just wanted to remember the loyal soul buried here!

It has always been in Li Zicheng's heart that the most respectable soldiers are often those soldiers who have not left their names. History will not remember them, and epic poems will not sing about them. They are a group of forgotten people, but rightly so.

It is these unknown people who have made history and the future possible. It is they who have sacrificed their young lives to defend this country.

Different from other tombstones, there is no name engraved on this tombstone, just white tombstones. Behind the tombstones, you can still see traces of digging the soil. In fact, the memorial ceremony just ended a few hours ago.

"...Everyone was determined to die. Some of the entire company was killed by concentrated Japanese naval gunfire, and four-fifths of them were killed. However, the position remained intact. Some jumped out of the trenches with bare arms and killed the enemy in hand-to-hand combat; some carried more than a dozen grenades.

Lying down in the outer trench, killing dozens of enemies alone..."

Thinking about the description of the short but fierce battle in the news reports, Li Zicheng felt quite uncomfortable. He quietly looked at a black monument about one person tall in front of the cemetery, with their names written on it.

Buried here are the remains of 563 officers and soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the 5th Brigade and 634 Shandong thieves, maybe!

They were the defenders who were killed by Japanese naval guns at the foot of Arashiyama. Their remains were attacked by artillery fire several times, and only less than a hundred people could be identified by name. The others did not leave their names, and it was not even possible to identify their remains.

At the beginning, when the place where the remains were buried was dug up, both the First Army and the Fifth Brigade felt that it would be enough to give them a general memorial tablet. But they paid their lives for the country, so why can't they have one after their death?

Is this a place where coffins are buried? In the end, they were buried here. At this time, less than half of them were buried here. More remains are being sorted so that they can be buried in their own coffins. In the future,

Perhaps a hundred years later, when the technology matures, these blank tombstones can be engraved with his name.

"Here are 1,197 good Chinese men who are buried here! They dedicated their lives to their motherland. We and our descendants who come here to pay homage to us must think about what we should do to repay them.

Blood!"

Looking at the inscription on the black epitaph, Li Zicheng felt his heart sink and his eyes heat up. This was the inscription he had inscribed for them. This kind of vernacular inscription is not beautiful and ordinary, but it is Chinese history.

This is the first inscription written in vernacular, but it is thought-provoking.

A similar inscription will be used in this national cemetery in the future. It will remind everyone how to repay their blood.

"boom……"

Gunshots and funeral gunfire came from afar from time to time. After the Battle of Arashiyama, funeral gunfire would be heard here every day. Thirty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-two first officers and soldiers of the Central Army were killed.

As a result, countless white lines appeared in this once empty cemetery.

In the future, perhaps more and more people will die, and more and more people will commemorate those loyal souls who died. In this process, this country will be reborn and rise again.

A few years later, the wounds of the war slowly healed with the passage of time, but Li Zicheng knew clearly that all this was just the beginning, and the road ahead was still long...

"With the end of the Jiao'ao war..."

In silence, Li Zicheng looked at the people sitting in the office with a smile on his face. They came from all over the country at the invitation of Zhang Binglin. They were all the people closest to him. The reason why they came here was

It was to persuade him not to go to the capital.

Although the war is not over yet, with the end of the Battle of Lanshan and the disembarkation of the Japanese envoy in Dagu, all this means the end of the "Jiao'ao Incident" that shocked the country. Once the incident is over, he is bound to go

Beijing.

At least in their view, Li Zhiyuan, who "treats others with sincerity", will definitely fulfill his previous promise to discuss state affairs with Yuan Shikai after the negotiation is over. In their view, this is undoubtedly a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, and there will be no return.

But they also look down on Yuan Shikai too much. The reason why Yuan Shikai has achieved today's achievements is because of the evil methods. If China now has two governments in the north and the south, one is the Beijing government chaired by Yuan Shikai, and the other is chaired by the Revolutionary Party.

The Nanjing government would rather choose Beijing, which is safer. The revolutionary party would assassinate them because of taboos, but Yuan Shikai would not.

"In order to support this war, we spent 58.63 million yuan in military expenditures. The Office of Economic and Strategic Affairs purchased and produced more than 10 million yuan in military supplies from the domestic market. All of this needs to be balanced. This means that in the future, our center will

We will return to taking advantage of the opportunity of the European War to promote comprehensive industrial construction, and this construction will not only be the construction of the industrial belt along Longhai, but nationwide!"

If we say what is the biggest change in Li Zicheng in the past few months, it is probably that for the first time he has turned his attention to the whole country, and is no longer limited to the Longhai coast. This war has contributed to this change, and in

He believes that this change is necessary. One place is not as rich as a country, and one place is as strong as a country. This change in perspective makes him have to consider the entire country and the overall situation, rather than his own one-third of an acre.

"The processing of military supplies is very simple. In the future, the Foreign Trade Company will negotiate with the governments of Britain, France and Russia to export materials to them. If based on the current market price, the office's profit will exceed 60 million. Basically, the export of military supplies in stock will

Can balance our military spending!"

Li Zicheng, who was smiling, still didn't get to the point. He knew what his friends in front of him were concerned about. What they were concerned about was why he had to go to the capital.

"You ask me why I had to go to the capital and why I had to agree to Yuan Shikai. But, my friends, have you noticed the changes that the "Jiao'ao Incident" brought to this country?"

A rhetorical question made everyone fall into thinking. Each of them could not ignore the changes that the incident had brought to the entire country. This change was obvious. For the first time, the whole country identified with one country. For the first time, hundreds of millions of people across the country

Their hearts are united, and for the first time, they will taste the taste of a victorious country and the taste of being a citizen of a victorious country.

"What did we see after this conflict broke out? We saw troops from all provinces fighting the enemy to the death in Lanshan. They used their lives to interpret their loyalty to the country. What we saw was unprecedented.

The Chinese people are united like today, fighting for a common cause! The generals of the seventeen provinces sent electricity to the whole country, asking the military and political leaders of each province to unite sincerely and join the war of resistance. It can be seen that the citizens donated money to defend the country. It can be said that this conflict created a brand new

China, a modern China!”

Looking around at the people in front of him, Li Zicheng's voice rose slightly.

"It can be said that in the origin of civilization, the interaction between challenge and response is a factor that transcends other factors. Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, one war of aggression after another has deepened China's

National crises have time and again made the Chinese people think about how to save their own destiny. This baptism of war has given China, a nation lamented by the Chinese people as "a piece of scattered sand", a strong cohesion, which has finally become the new life of the nation. It can

explain……"

After a pause, Li Zicheng said with a passionate voice.

"This day is the day when our new China was born. From this day on, we can also fight against the powerful enemies in East Asia. We can also quickly modernize and catch up, and the world will also be impressed. The sick man of East Asia actually rose up, and the sleeping lion really woke up.

In the past, it was just a large piece of fertile soil, a large pile of dead China, but now it is a living China with flesh and blood. And I..."

Looking at his friends in front of him, Li Zicheng smiled brightly.

"And when that day comes for me personally, what will my personal interests mean?"

Smiling, Li Zicheng was smiling in his heart. He knew that his words would definitely spread in a few days. He did not need to take the initiative to publicize them. These friends of his would help him spread the word.

At this time, everyone in this country will admire themselves - Li Zicheng's mind.

Now, fame and prestige will be their most powerful weapons. As long as they master this weapon, neither Yuan Shikai nor anyone else can touch them.

"Yes, in the face of all this, you personally are nothing, but if you go to the capital, you will face Yuan Shikai! It is Yuan Xiangcheng, do you think he..."

Although he agreed with Li Zicheng's words, Zhang Binglin still bluntly pointed out that this was just his fantasy because he was facing Yuan Shikai!

"He is the President of the Republic of China!"

Interrupting Zhang Binglin's words, Li Zicheng said in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"He will put national affairs first, and I will also put national affairs first!"

State affairs are the most important thing, of course. Of course, state affairs will be the most important thing.

"If my prediction is correct, when I go to Beijing this time, the president will definitely keep me in Beijing. This is exactly what I hope. I hope to do my part for this country in this great era.

My own meager strength!"

Puzzled, everyone looked at Li Zicheng with puzzled eyes. Even Mu Ouchu had a hard time understanding why he had to go to the Central Committee.

Faced with everyone's confusion, Li Zicheng sighed softly in his heart. It was better to say some things. For himself, and also for his own group, he must let them understand that his purpose of going to the capital was for this group.

, rather than the so-called "treating people with sincerity", you can pretend in front of your own people, but sometimes you have to give up pretending.

"Now that Longhai has taken shape, what is left is to lead the country through lines and promote national development. This means that if I want to lead China's development, I must go to the central government. Only by standing at a higher position can I

Only then can we master all of this! Only by controlling all of this can we take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fully develop ourselves!"

For the first time, Li Zicheng revealed his ambition in front of outsiders. Going to Beijing, joining the central government, and then controlling the country would be the most important step in his life. Once he takes this step, perhaps, China and even the world will

History will be changed, and it was after this meaning that Li Zicheng truly felt that the future was under control, and for the first time he had that sense of security.

"Jing Luushi, what do you mean..."

Chen Taoyi, who had remained silent while everyone was persuading him, was the first to realize the meaning of Jing Lue Shi's words. The meaning behind his words was very simple. He was not going to the capital to "send death", but to go to the capital.

"seizing power".

"Seize power"!

This was a relief for everyone. The strategy was to seize power instead of handing it over, which meant that at least things were not as simple as "stuck in a cocoon" as they had initially imagined.

"What I mean..."

Smiling, Li Zicheng picked up the tea cup and said nothing. He just looked at Mu Ouchu, Zhang Binglin, Chen Taoyi and the others with a smile. Some words did not need to be said too clearly.

"If I take the lead in handing over power to the central government, then other provinces across the country will inevitably hand over power. This is a fundamental premise. This means that centralization of power will definitely reappear in China. With the emergence of centralization,
To be continued...