Lin Ji's important officials were all gathered in the original imperial residence, now the main hall of Lin Youde's Japanese camp.
In recent years, as Lin Ji's stall has grown larger and larger, Lin Youde has had to allow some people who have not yet been included in his small notebook to join his staff team in order to manage the increasingly large organization.
Originally, Lin Youde planned to rank the staff according to their level of trust. Those who could be trusted with the small books would be placed in the inner circle and have seats, and the others would stand in the outer circle, similar to this. But later he found that arranging in this way would easily overwhelm those who had already returned.
Those who were not completely committed were forced to leave, so they were ranked based on seniority, seniority, and merit.
Fortunately, the circle of veterans closest to him are almost all on the small books, guys who can be absolutely trusted. Thanks to Lin Youde's plug-in bonus, this group of people performs well in all aspects and has no problem in serving the public, so Lin Youde is still there for the time being.
Don't worry about your control over Lin Ji.
Now in the hall, there are nine people sitting on the sofa in the inner circle. In addition to Lin Youde, Ba and Josephine (Xun is not qualified to enter this scene), the remaining six people are Lin Ji's executive shopkeeper and Du Qifeng, director of the Naval Munitions Department.
, Nie Xueqiu, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Divine Camp, Chen Haihui, Commander-in-Chief of the Nanyang Army, He Yuzhao, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Nanyang Army and Commander-in-Chief of the First Town, Chen Hongda, Director of the War Affairs Department of the Nanyang Army, and were just awarded the rank of Marshal by the Navy for their glorious victory in the Battle of Okinawa.
Lin Guoxiang.
Among the people standing in the outer circle, there are also many talented people, such as Zhan Tianyou, who never left after Lin Youde came back with a large sum of money, and Zhan Tianyou, who was persuaded by Situ Meitang on the way back from an inspection in Germany and went straight from Honolulu to Nanyang.
Cai Yuanpei, etc. Yuan Shikai has the best military and political talents of this era, and Lin Youde has the best scientific research and education talents of this era.
But at this time, none of these people are of use.
No one has spoken at the venue for several minutes.
Lin Youde looked around the huge room and curled his lips.
Everyone in the room was more or less aware that Lin Youde planned to unify China and become emperor. Cai Yuanpei also wrote a long paper explaining how a constitutional monarchy with monarch supervision is more reliable than American-style parliamentary democracy. Lin Youde finished reading
That article also carefully considered what problems Cai Yuanpei had in this time and space.
Now it's good, China is a republic.
Yuan Shikai's move was decisive and ruthless. He completely demolished Lin Youde's reason for using force, and he also took the initiative. If Lin Youde supports the republic now, looking at this situation, he will only choose parliamentary struggle in the future. Lin Youde's most advantageous military power will be used
If they don't come out, they can only exist as a backing for the parliamentary struggle; if they don't support the republic, they will lose their cause. Not to mention the national sinners, a reactionary will definitely not be able to escape. And if they don't support the republic, some people within Lin Ji will still be against it.
Those who admire the Western democratic system are bound to be dissatisfied. In addition, although the small hills within Linji have been restrained a lot by the purge and deterrence after the last October 4th, the roots have not been removed. In fact, large organizations
There will always be some cliques within, this is inevitable.
If Lin Youde does not support the Republic, these hills will inevitably be ready to move again.
More importantly, Lin Youde originally planned to unify China in 1905. According to his timetable, Lin Ji and the Nanyang Army should have sufficient strength to end the war quickly. But now, it is only the second half of 1902, even according to Lin Youde's original plan
According to the timetable, he now does not have the power to quickly suppress all domestic forces through military operations.
If the war cannot be resolved quickly and the war drags on into a protracted war, the Western powers will definitely join in and support their agents and provide support - just like they did in the last time and space. Then China in this time and space will become a warlord melee situation again.
, Lin Youde’s wishful thinking of taking advantage of the opportunity of the Western powers to make a fortune silently could not be realized...
Not only that, the quagmire of civil war is bound to bring serious disasters to the land of China.
Lin Youde spent all night thinking about all of this very thoroughly after receiving Yuan Shikai's call to support the Republic.
But it's one thing to think things through, and it's another thing to make up your mind.
I convened a meeting with all the staff with a little bit of luck, hoping to see if the staff could come up with any clever ideas.
Now, this expectation has been dashed.
Lin Youde took a deep breath and stood up from his seat.
"Everyone, let me tell you from the bottom of my heart. I really want to be an emperor, and I also think that I have the capital to be an emperor. Of course, as a person who has received modern education, I will not use the title of emperor anymore. I
The name he conceived was called 'supervising the country', and his positioning was also 'supervisor of national affairs'.
“I believe that democracy and autocracy are two sides of the same coin. Blindly emphasizing democracy may lead to some people taking advantage of the opportunity to use their right to speak to kidnap public opinion. At other times, some advanced and creative policies and insights will be undermined by
The short-sightedness of ordinary people without adequate attention is the opposite end of democracy; correspondingly, autocracy may lead to social deformation, government policies being distorted due to the personal biases of leaders, and so on.
"I believe that democracy and autocracy should coexist and supervise each other. But this idea has a huge flaw, that is, no one can guarantee that the 'representative figure' on the side of autocracy is wise enough to make clear judgments.
I can't think of a perfect solution for this yet, but I feel that at least I can take on this responsibility before I get too old and confused. So, I am ready to build a dualist Chinese empire.
"But now, this idea obviously cannot be realized, because the wheel of history runs faster than my feet. Of course, I can also order not to support the Republic and continue to strengthen my strength according to my plan and prepare for the Northern Expedition.
"But in that case, I will become a sinner who divides the country."
Lin Youde paused and looked around the huge room again, his eyes passing over the faces with focused expressions.
"I break with Yuan Shikai, and my territory is divided from the mainland of China across the sea. This must be the scenario that the Western powers are most happy to see. Therefore, I think that we actually have no choice."
Lin Youde was silent again, and the room was eerily quiet. Everyone was waiting for him to make his final decision - even though everyone had guessed it.
Finally, Lin Youde took a deep breath again: "I have decided to support the Republic."