Part 6 Chapter 18 The Head of Imperialism

After the bell ringing of the end of get out of class, the entrance of the National No. 1 Middle School suddenly became lively. The sound of car horns, the bells of human rickshaws, and the noisy voices were heard. Beijing National No. 1 Middle School has a bit of aristocratic school. The parents of students who can study here are either officials or successful businessmen.

Most of the students who came out of the campus got on the cars or rickshaws that came to pick up and drop off and went back. Chen Liyao, who was carrying a backpack, was the last group of students who came out of the school. Chen Liyao did not look around and look for the cars that came to pick up and drop off like other students. Instead, he left the school gate and walked back slowly along the campus wall.

The sound of brakes suddenly sounded. Chen Liyao, who was walking in shock, stopped. He turned his head and saw a black Beijing-Ford Bridge. The window rolled down, revealing a delicate and gorgeous face.

"Chen Liyao, where are you going? I'll wait for an opportunity to send you."

The person who spoke was Chen Liyao's deskmate Tang Jing, a beautiful and well-behaved girl. It is said that she has the background of Tang Shaoyi and has done a lot of business in Beijing.

"Thank you, no need, I live not far away, I can go there in a few steps." Chen Liyao waved his hand very calmly to his classmate's kindness, said politely, smiled and continued to walk forward.

Another car parked beside it, and a greasy head came out. A boy with a very white face showed his head. He looked at Chen Liyao's back disdainfully, came to the black Beijing-Ford, and smiled at Tang Jing, "What's wrong with Tang Jing? Another soft nail? Don't pay attention to this poor boy. My family will hold a dance party at night. You are officially inviting you to play now."

"You have to worry! I'm not interested in dancing!" Tang Jing seemed not interested in this guy and snorted: "Drive!"

Chen Liyao, who turned the corner of the street, quietly looked back at the wall. After hearing the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but smiled proudly, with a boy's blush on his face, and turned his head to continue walking back.

Chen Liyao's mother Zi Yu is a strict person. Her special background makes Zi Yu feel a bit harsh in her children's education. It is said that Zi Yu does not lack the money to buy a car, let alone hire a rickshaw to pick it up and drop it off every day for three yuan. Chen Liyao once seemed very dissatisfied with this and once expressed doubts to his mother.

"It's true that your father is the president, but you are not. I don't care how others teach their children. What my children want to get must work hard on their own. Besides, you are a middle school student and an adult." Zi Yu said to Chen Liyao like this.

Chen Liyao goes to school every morning, eats at school at noon, and goes home at night. It takes about half an hour to walk from school to home. Chen Liyao has no delay on the road, and appears in front of the small door of the backyard of the presidential residence when it is almost the same as usual.

When he took out the key and opened the door, the car where Tang Jing was sitting stopped in front of Chen Liyao again. Chen Liyao smiled bitterly, and the woman actually followed him.

"Haha, I discovered it? I said, why did you go to National No. 1 Middle School and walk to school? It turns out that your parents are servants in the presidential residence!" Tang Jing smiled proudly, with an expression of success in his treacherous plan.

Chen Liyao was a little amused. This girl had a lot of imagination, but her mother would never allow her to reveal her identity, so Chen Liyao followed Tang Jing's meaning and said: "Yes, now you know, don't tell others."

"I know, I won't talk about this with the snobs in my class." Tang Jing didn't mean to leave, but got out of the car. He looked into the small door with a thief head and smiled at Chen Liyao and said, "President's residence, I really envy you for living in it. I have never seen President Shen's real person. I beg you for something!"

"What's the matter?" Chen Liyao showed a vigilant expression, not tempted by Tang Jing's charming smile at all.

"Seeing you're nervous, I just want you to take me in and take a look." Tang Jing felt a little disappointed, and she felt that Chen Liyao was good at everything, but she was too calm.

"No, no! You want to kill me! Not everyone can get in here, the rules are too big." Chen Congyun's hand was tilted like a wheel, and there was no room for bargaining.

"I really don't bring it?" Tang Jing said, and his face came towards Chen Liyao, and a faint fragrance kept drilling into his nostrils. Chen Liyao didn't expect Tang Jing to be so bold. The driver on the street was still watching in the car, so he dared to do such a presumptuous move. It was said that Chen Liyao was curious about girls at this age. Tang Jing was so irritating that Chen Liyao was panicked. As a result, Tang Jing pressed step by step, and Chen Liyao stepped back and was already pressed against the wall. Chen Liyao blushed like a cooked shrimp, his mind was in chaos. When he almost nodded in agreement, he remembered a sentence his mother had said.

"If you want to achieve great things, you cannot be influenced by women!" This sentence undoubtedly has a deep understanding of Zi Yu. If Chen Congyun was easily tempted by Zi Yu, the ending would not be like this today. Zi Yu taught her son like this, so she naturally suspected that she was the negative textbook.

"No! I promised you today, and I will be miserable when I look back." Chen Liyao said with a slight heart and stared at him. Tang Jing didn't expect that Chen Liyao, who seemed a little panicked just now, returned to normal in an instant, and couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

"If it doesn't work, it's rare? Next time I beg my uncle to bring me in. Humph!" The young lady's temper came up. Tang Jing walked back to the car angrily, turned around and waved her fist at Chen Liyao, saying, "Wait, I will definitely go inside to find you."

The car drove away. Chen Congyun looked at the rolling black smoke, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and pushed open the small door and went in. As soon as he entered the door, a guard with a smile on his face flashed from the door, and smiled at Chen Liyao.

"Young Master, do you want to go and check the girl's background?"

"Forget it, the master must be unhappy if he finds out." Chen Liyao waved his hand and rushed to his mother's room.

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"I graduated from high school, what do you think?" Although Zi Yu seemed a little harsh to her children, she was still a kind mother when she was treating Chen Liyao in private.

Chen Liyao: "I want to apply for the Central Army Academy."

Zi Yu smiled and said, "Oh? It's not easy to take the exam in the CSKA! Do you want me to tell your father?"

Chen Liyao shook his head and said, "No, I want to get into the exam based on my own ability."

Seeing Chen Liyao say this, Zi Yu did not insist, and turned to a strange smile and said, "I just heard from Li Zigao that you were intimate with a girl from behind? Whose girl? Tell my mother that I will send someone to propose marriage. You are not young anymore, it's time to talk about marriage."

Chen Liyao was immediately sweating, and his head shook like a peddler's drum and said repeatedly: "Don't, just an ordinary classmate, we have nothing to do." As Chen Liyao said that, he slipped out of his mother's room as if he was running away.

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"Since ancient times, those who do not plan for the whole world are not enough for a certain time; those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough for a certain area."

When Chen Congyun was walking in the yard early in the morning, he was stunned when he heard a voice reading this passage aloud. Regarding this sentence, what impressed Chen Congyun the most was the TV series "The Emperor Wu of Han" that he watched before traveling through time. The screenwriter of this TV series made a historic little common sense mistake. After Emperor Wu of Han pacified the south, he said the above line. Chen Congyun became interested at the time and went online to Baidu, but found that the screenwriter was making a joke. It was clearly from the words "The Proposal of the Second Moving the Capital to Establish a Vast". How did Emperor Wu of Han come out of the mouth of Emperor Wu of Han?

Following the sound of Chen Congyun, he slowly walked in, turned over a rockery, and looked up at the pavilion in front of him, Chen Liyao was reciting with his hands behind his back. Chen Congyun became more and more strange, and he thought his son was quite interesting, reading such a book.

In fact, Chen Congyun was very impressed by this passage. Since he came to power, he has been the above words as a ruler, and has stood at the height of the historical macro to determine the long-term development strategy of this country. As for Chen Danran, although Chen Congyun admired him for saying such awesome words, he vaguely remembered that this gentleman was too sharp and offended many people. He seemed to be a good scholar, so Chen Congyun did not disturb this historical figure.

"This kid, have you graduated from junior high school?" Chen Congyun muttered, without disturbing Chen Liyao, and quietly turned around and walked away.

"Master, Li Yao has graduated and is still thinking about applying for the Central Army Academy." Zi Yu quietly flashed out from the side. Chen Congyun couldn't help but smiled with satisfaction when he saw it, "Zi Yu, the child is well taught. I heard that he always walks to school, so there is no need for this?"

"Master, take care of your national affairs. Don't worry about the small things in this family. If you have time, see your children more and just urge them to do so."

When Chen Congyun heard Zi Yu say this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. As a father, he seems a little incompetent and is busy all day long and doesn't have much time to spend with his children.

Thinking that middle school had already had a holiday, Chen Congyun couldn't help but think, "Graduated? What day is today? What day is the Gregorian calendar?"

"What's wrong with June 28th in the Gregorian calendar?" Zi Yu didn't expect Chen Congyun to ask this, and didn't think that today was a special day.

Chen Congyun slapped his head and said, "Oh, I'm so busy recently that I almost forgot about the big thing."

What big thing is going on? Zi Yu saw Chen Congyun hurried out of the yard, but she really couldn't think of it.

What did Chen Congyun think? Historical experts must have guessed that on June 28, 1914, the fuse that triggered the First World War, the Sarajevo assassination happened today.

Chen Congyun hurried back to the study room, but then he laughed again and suddenly felt a little confused. It seemed that what he had been waiting for for many years, but once it happened, he didn't know what to do now. Think carefully, the fact that he has been preparing for the outbreak in Europe over the years, and he has done all the preparations he should do. In a short while, he really couldn't think of anything important to do. At this time, Chen Congyun couldn't help but feel nervous, feeling that this history has been changed beyond recognition. What if the assassination in Sarajevo did not happen? Or if the assassination failed?

"Haha, why am I so excited?" Chen Congyun smiled mockingly, slowly sat at the desk, picked up a document in front of him, and thought to himself: "I'd better wait patiently. If history really gives face, what should come will come naturally."

Open the document in his hand and calmed himself down. This document was a proposal by Li Yaoguo on the renovation of the old city in Beijing.

After Chen Congyun and Li Yaoguo talked about whether the country had plundered the city wall last time, Li Yaoguoli began to invite some experts in architectural planning, conduct on-site inspections from multiple parties, and after comprehensively combining opinions from all aspects, he came up with a report on the renovation of the old city.

When this report mentioned the city wall, the general meaning was to preserve the ancient city wall of Beijing. This was the result of consideration from the perspective of cultural heritage. Most of the experts invited by Li Yaoguo were to consider opening more city gates, and the old city gates could also be expanded and renovated, but this city wall with hundreds of years of history should not be demolished. If the city wall was really to be demolished, it would inevitably be criticized by the world in the future.

After reading the report for a while, Chen Congyun felt that it would be better not to act arbitrarily in this matter, but to listen to more opinions. In short, one must adhere to one purpose and maintain the original cultural characteristics of Beijing in the process of renovating the city.

After writing his own opinions on the report, Chen Congyun picked up another report, which was interesting. The Japanese delegation had already arrived in Beijing. This matter was caused by Chen Congyun's instructions. First, some newspapers talked about Japan's vigorous development of the navy and developed a set of Japanese threat theory. The relationship between China and Japan has been relatively stable in the past two years. The Chinese Navy's gross tonnage advantage over the Japanese Navy has always maintained a 2-to-1 level.

Regarding Japan, Britain, France and the United States adopted a secret support attitude, with the goal of restraining the rising China. Due to the ambiguous attitude of the three countries, Chen Congyun couldn't force Japan to death. He really wanted to fight with Japan. If he landed in the battle, the Japanese army would still have considerable combat effectiveness. At this time, it was obviously unrealistic and brainless to launch a war against Japan.

Chen Congyun adopted a policy of compressing space against the Japanese. Naval bases were built on Incheon Port and Ryukyu Island in North Korea, and two squadrons were stationed. In this way, the Japanese navy was tightly compressed and wandered around at the doorstep of his home. Japan, which had no sea control power, naturally could not pose a threat to mainland China. After doing the above preparations, Chen Congyun was still worried. Considering the outbreak of World War I, Chen Congyun decided to take this opportunity to make some congestion for Japan. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to Japan last month, proposing a negotiation between China and Japan on the issue of the power comparison between the navy.

The reason why we chose time at this time was naturally because Chen Congyun had to take advantage of the outbreak of the war, and Britain and France were too busy to take care of themselves and severely suppress the development of the Japanese navy.

In Shen Congyun's view, Japan, which lacks resources, does not have the reparations from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and without Ryukyu, Taiwan, and without the interests of the Russo-Japanese War in China, is equivalent to a malnutrition product. Although the Japanese tighten their waists to bring development, Japan is too small and China is too big, and the national strength of the two countries is really not proportional. Therefore, Chen Congyun had to take advantage of this era when the big fist was the old man and sprinkle a handful of salt on the wounds of the Japanese. It would not count if one punch was knocked down, but he had to step on ten thousand feet. When the war ended, all the benefits were gained, Chen Congyun felt that it was time to completely solve the Japanese problem.

An invitation was paid in the report, and the head of the Japanese delegation, the current Prime Minister Shigeon Okuma, held a banquet and invited the President to enjoy the ceremony.

"Okuma Shigeshinobu? This name is a bit familiar? It seems that the Twenty Ones were created by him, right?" Thinking of this, Chen Congyun couldn't help but smile again, and said to himself: "Haha! "Twenty Ones", it's great. I'll also make a "Twenty Ones". Whether you agree or not, it's a different matter."

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When Chen Congyun was very happy, the Japanese negotiating delegation had arrived in the Japanese consulate for two days. As the leader of the delegation, Shigeon Okuma was somewhat confident about the prospects of this negotiation because of the support of Britain, France and the United States.

The banquet to invite Chen Congyun was just a ritual method. Chen Congyun was not seen attending the reception banquet of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In terms of diplomatic etiquette, the Japanese Prime Minister was equivalent to the president of China, so the Japanese seemed to Chen Congyun a little rude, and then seemed a little angry.

Unfortunately, Chen Congyun did not receive the Japanese head as a perfect match at all. If the Japanese Emperor came, Chen Congyun could have seen him.

Originally, Chen Congyun did not plan to attend the banquet, but thinking about the news that might come today, Chen Congyun decided to go and see it in person. When Shigeshino Okuma learned about the assassination in Sarajevo, what kind of wonderful expression would appear on his face.

It is obvious that Chen Congyun actually dug a pit in the negotiations between China and Japan on the comparison of naval strength. When the outbreak of World War I was inevitable, even if he knew it was a pit that buried people, the Japanese could only jump in with his nose. As for Britain and France, would they still have the intention to resist Japan and China? How much support can a United States, which is not well-known for its military power, give Japan?

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In May 1914, German Chief of Staff Moltzer Jr. met with Chief of Staff of Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hetzendorf, to discuss the war plan against Serbia.

On June 12, Ferdinand went to his castle in Konopiste to hold talks with German Emperor William II. To determine the course of action in advance to launch a war, they all believed that Russia had great domestic difficulties and could not intervene in the Balkan War. The German Emperor suggested that Austria-Hungary use this favorable situation to attack Serbia. William II also clearly assured Ferdinand that if Russia intervened in the Osse conflict, Germany would aid Austro-Hungary. With the strong support of Germany, Austro-Hungary decided to hold a large-scale military exercise in Sarajevo, Bosnia, near the Serbian border.

The day of the exercise was determined on June 28, which was actually a shameful day for the Salvians. On June 28, 1386, the Turks conquered Salvia. The Austro-Hungarian Empire chose to conduct military exercises at this time, which naturally means something else. The acting takes Salvia as its imaginary enemy.

In the early morning of June 28, an underground organization called "Youth Bosnia" arranged seven killers on the inspection of the Grand Duke of Ferdinand, Sarajevo. In general, the assassination was originally avoidable. Before that, the Serbian government had informed the Austro-Hungarian Empire that someone was going to assassinate Ferdinand through diplomatic channels. Unfortunately, Ferdinand did not take any attention at all. Even after not succeeding for the first time, he did not take any evasion. As a result, on the way to visit the injured in the first assassination in the hospital, the driver made a mistake and hit the gun of a 19-year-old man named Principo.

The Ferdinand and his wife died, and the fuse of the battle was ignited.

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The day passed quickly, and when Chen Congyun seemed a little uneasy, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps outside the door, and Chen Congyun's ears instantly stood up.
Chapter completed!