After being kind enough, the seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha followed Xia Bohai to the living room for talks.

Xia Bohai first said: "According to our understanding, Zhangjia Living Buddhas of all dynasties have made a lot of efforts and achieved many achievements in maintaining the reunification of the motherland, national unity, border stability, and appeasement of believers. This is the historical achievements of Zhangjia Living Buddhas of all dynasties, which the motherland and the people will always remember."

The seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha hurriedly said, "Thank you for your praise from the leader. Although we have been monks throughout the ages, we are also patriotic and know the national justice. We will do our best to do our best to China, so we will not refuse."

Xia Bohai laughed and said, "The Living Buddha is willing to join our East China Government. We welcome him very much. I hope that the Living Buddha can survive and develop the patriotic hearts of Zhangjia Living Buddhas of all dynasties, participate in the national construction of our East China Government, and give full play to its own influence, maintain the stability of the Shaobian region, unite the people of all ethnic groups, and continue to contribute to the construction and development of the country."

The seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha said: "I must do my best and do my best."

Xia Bohai smiled and said, "There is no need to be so restrained in the Living Buddha. Although the Living Buddha has been enthroned by the Qing court, many of our governments are officials of the original Qing court. They can be ignored in the past, only by looking at their performance in the future."

After hearing this, the living Buddha Zhangjia of the Seventh Generation felt a little relieved and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Chief."

Xia Bohai said: "You're welcome. In fact, we returned from overseas and just wanted to return to our hometown and return to our roots. We had no other ideas. It's just that the Qing court was too corrupt and incompetent, and we were destined to be eliminated by the times. Therefore, we resolutely stood up and replaced the Qing court. This is the general trend of historical development and cannot be changed by individuals."

The seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha said: "Yes! Although I am in Qinghai, I have long heard of the reputation and military achievements of the nobles. Although monks are not in the world and should not be wary, in the past 60 years, China has been defeated repeatedly and cedes land and pays compensation. It is only when the nobles return that they have swept away the depressed 60 years and are proud again, which is really exciting!"

Xia Bohai smiled again: "The Living Buddha has said that our ultimate goal is not only to clear away the humiliation that China has suffered over the past 60 years, but also to enable the Chinese nation to achieve great rejuvenation and recreate the brilliant achievements of the Han and Tang dynasties. It is not for our personal glory and wealth."

The seventh generation Zhangjia Living Buddha said: "The people's mind and ambitions are admired by me, and I also do my best to do something."

Xia Bohai also said: "The current world is an era of great change and great turbulence. For China, this is a major change that has not been seen in three thousand years. If we can adapt to the general trend of historical development, we can survive. If we cannot adapt to the general trend of historical development, we can only perish. This is the case with individuals and the country. This is not transferred by the will of individuals."

The seventh-generation living Buddha Zhangjia was shocked and hurriedly said, "What the leader said is very true. My Buddhist disciples should naturally follow the trend of historical development, seek change and innovation, and never stick to the old love."

When Xia Bohai heard this, he nodded. The monk was a sensible person and could understand it at once. So he said, "It's true that Buddhist disciples should keep pace with the times! When the living Buddha arrived in Qingdao, he should stay for a few more days, visit various places in Qingdao, and take a look at the construction achievements we have made over the years. This is how China in the future should look like."

After hearing what Xia Bohai said, the 7th-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha was relieved. He knew that this trip to Qingdao was not in vain. He hurriedly said, "Okay, I must take a good look."

On the second day, the seventh generation Living Buddha Zhangjia issued another statement saying that Buddhism should follow the general trend of historical development, keep pace with the times, seek change, and fully support the various policies of the East China Government, and adhere to the leadership of the East China Government, and make due contributions to the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the East China Government.

Then, under the arrangement of the East China Government, the Seventh-generation Living Buddha visited Qingdao's factories, schools, docks, stations, commercial streets and other places to experience the atmosphere of the modern city.

Members of the Executive Yuan were also very satisfied with the statement of the VII Zhangjia Living Buddha. Zhang Yuming said: "How about it, what position should we give Zhangjia? Can the president of the Religious Association be fine!"

Qin Zheng said: "I think it's a little early, so I'd better let him go back to Qinghai to stay for a few years first. The environment there is quite complicated and we need to stabilize for a while. In addition, when we move to Xinjiang next, we also need a stable environment in the rear. With Zhang Jia helping there, our work will be easier."

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Old Qin's suggestion makes sense. Although Zhang Jia's performance along the way and the statement he issued are good, after all, he just surrendered to us and gave him such a high position at once is not suitable. Let him go back to Qinghai to stay for a few years. On the one hand, it is to assist us in managing the place, and at the same time, it is not too late to make a decision."

While everyone was discussing, Shanghai sent a telegram, which turned out that Yuan Shikai had asked the East China Government to purchase weapons. This was the second time that Yuan Shikai had purchased weapons from the East China Government. Moreover, the number of purchases proposed this time was higher than the previous two times. Therefore, Shanghai immediately sent Yuan Shikai's request to Qingdao.

During this period, Yuan Shikai was under a lot of pressure because Pu Wei, who was the emperor in Sichuan, has been expanding his army, and Sichuan's sufficient human resources also gave Pu Wei sufficient military resources. Now Pu Wei's army has about 150,000, and a total of 10 towns and 8 associations were organized. Xi Liang, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, also announced his joining Pu Wei's court, which greatly increased Pu Wei's momentum.

Pu Wei also pointed his finger at Yuan Shikai, because Pu Wei is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Yuan Shikai's power is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which just blocked Pu Wei's path to expansion. Moreover, the East China Government's acquisition of Gansu and Qinghai provinces, and the Seventh-generation Zhangjia Living Buddha also announced his submission to the East China Government, which also brought Pu Wei a huge sense of urgency.

It turned out that Pu Wei thought that Cen Chunxuan, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Mongolia and other forces should be able to resist the East China Government for more than one year. When Cen Chunxuan surrendered to the East China Government, Qinghai surrendered without fighting. Xinjiang retreated back to Lei. The Mongolian forces with single power were completely annihilated by the East China Government and did not even last for three months. Although there was still one place left, it certainly could not stop the army of the East China Government.

Once the East China Government occupied the northwest, the next step would naturally be to go south from Shaanxi and attack Sichuan. Then Pu Wei would face the troops of the East China Government directly. Therefore, we must seize the time and unify the south so that we can rely on the entire south and fight against the East China Government.

In fact, there are not many forces in the south now. Apart from Yuan Shikai, there are only Governor Zhang Renjun, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor Zhang Mingqi, Governor of Guizhou, Pang Hongshu, and Pu Jun, who became emperor in Fujian. Of course, Yuan Shikai has the greatest power, and his territory is just in the center of the south. Therefore, as long as Yuan Shikai is conquered, other forces will not be worrying. So Pu Wei was also actively preparing for war, dispatching troops and preparing to attack Yuan Shikai.

The two sides also had continuous conflicts in the border areas, and the scale of the conflict was getting bigger and bigger. Now it has developed to have a firefight between nearly 100 people, with more than 20 casualties on each other, which is enough to meet the standards of war.

Of course, during this period, Yuan Shikai was not idle either. On the one hand, he was also preparing for war, and on the other hand, he was also working hard to govern the local area. Because Yuan Shikai understood that fighting was about overall strength, so if the internal affairs were not done well, no matter how strong the military power was, it would be useless. As a result, modern warfare was also in competition with industrial strength, it was not easy to manufacture weapons and ammunition. Therefore, Yuan Shikai worked hard to maintain good relations with the Chinese government, which not only eliminated his own future troubles, but also could catch up with the rapid economic development of the East China government and improve the economic strength of his jurisdiction.

Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction is an economically developed region, and Yuan Shikai is also a capable and capable person. Therefore, in recent years, the economy of Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction has developed very rapidly and its fiscal revenue has also increased significantly. At the same time, Yuan Shikai upgraded and transformed the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau and expanded the scale to ensure that his weapons and ammunition can be produced by themselves.

In terms of the army, Yuan Shikai took the elite military route. After all, the population in Yuan Shikai's jurisdiction is only about 30 million, which is far less than Pu Wei. It is impossible to form a huge army. Now Yuan Shikai's army has only more than 70,000 people, and is organized into three towns and 6 cooperatives.

However, although the scale of the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau has expanded, its production capacity still cannot keep up with Yuan Shikai's army. Therefore, Yuan Shikai has only purchased weapons and ammunition from the East China Government twice. In fact, Yuan Shikai is not short of weapons now, but Pu Wei is aggressive and the war is imminent. Considering the consumption of the war, Yuan Shikai once again purchased weapons and ammunition from the East China Government as a reserve.

Of course, if it were just Pu Wei, Yuan Shikai would not be very scared. Yuan Shikai still knew how much Bi Pu Wei and his group were. Although Pu Wei and his group were elite among the Manchu powerful people, they were also selected from a basket of rotten fruits. They were still far from choosing a few not-so-bad ones from an old world like himself. Military talents like Tieliang and Liangbi, who were only in military academy for a few years, spent a few years in the army, learned some superficiality, and basically never saw any big battles, just talked about war on paper.
Chapter completed!