The weapon of the country

The carriage stopped in front of the domed memorial hall, Shen Han strode in, and Little Swan followed behind him.

The closing time was approaching, a middle-aged lady was about to stop the velvet rope that symbolized "No visit, please come early tomorrow", when she heard some people coming, she gave them a stern look.But when he saw their military uniforms, he frowned, looked at the slender women's watches on his wrists, and said, "You only have 15 minutes."

Shen Han and Zhuang Ye thanked her, she averted her eyes uncomfortably, and urged them, "Go quickly."

This is a pure white building, the dome is inlaid with glass on all sides, and the setting sun shines in unimpeded, generously swaying among the seventeen huge stone pillars supporting the memorial hall.

The stone pillars here are not like the long pillars of the empire, which are covered with majestic and complicated carvings.There are only reliefs of figures on the stone pillars with simple lines, and the seventeen stone pillars are carved with representatives who participated in the meeting at that time. They came here to sign the unification agreement, and a new country was born.

How many years of wind and cloud, the stirring of people's hearts, stay in the sunset and evening wind passing through the pillars of the memorial hall.

Two pieces of transparent double-glazed glass are hung above the memorial hall, and a magnified unified agreement is sandwiched between the glass.On the last page of the agreement, the blank space is the signatures of the participants in different handwriting.

The reason why the Federation is the Federation is that it does not want to hide the farce behind the historical drama. "During the signing of the agreement, one delegate knocked out another's tooth, and in retaliation, the other gouged out his eye—not the bloody kind, he lost an eye in the war , there is a prosthetic eye in the eye socket." Shen Han was reading the account of the agreement meeting, and turned around with a funny expression, "Can you imagine the chaos at the scene?"

The greats of the history books wrestled, teeth and prosthetic eyes flying, literally an eye for an eye.Zhuang Ye was a little cautious, "I know some... my father's friends. I'm almost sure that their names will appear in the history books of the next century. Maybe it won't be introduced in several paragraphs, but just in the corner. Name. I saw an elder who was chased and beaten by his wife with the trousers he took off."

This obedient young man raised his lips, revealing a hint of cunning that he hadn't noticed. He looked at Shen Han seriously, "For his reputation, of course I can't say who he is, but I believe that these things exist, those who go up No one who has written history books is a god.”

"Then do you believe this?"

What?Zhuang Ye followed his gaze.

On the base of each column was engraved the same words, gold dust to make the indentations stand out, the first two words being Liberty and Equality.

People living in the two colonies at that time pursued freedom and equality.The two colonies had many frictions and differences, and there were several large-scale border conflicts; the leaders of the two sides hated each other deeply, and their mutual curse words are still in the history books.But one thing was in common: the two colonies rejected the imperial hierarchy.There are no nobles here, and the nobles of the empire will not come to settle in the colonies; there are no slaves here, and human trafficking is strictly prohibited.People who were born or came to this land have the right to choose their own lives.

This quest took them against the Empire, leading to independence.

It just so happened that the empire was caught in a civil war at the time, and at this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the political leaders of the two colonies knew that if they broke with the empire alone, once the civil war in the empire was over and they were breathing, they would crush the rebellion without saying a word.

So the two colonies chose to unite and become independent. The old enemies let go of their hatred for freedom and equality, and let go of the rest of the conflict of ideas. A brand-new federation was born, and it absorbed other small colonies and small countries like a whale sucking water.When the empire recovered from its own civil war, it discovered that the formerly underestimated colony had grown into a new power that should not be underestimated. Think twice.

"Can you believe that for freedom and equality, or in order to defend freedom and equality, people can put aside old grudges, sacrifice personal interests, and work with the enemy."

"I..." Zhuang Ye stopped.

People aren't that noble, he thought, and I'll be laughed at for my naivety if I believe this.

They will make this choice, not only for freedom and equality.There must be more interest exchanges and political and military games behind that agreement.

But even with the exchange of interests and various games, do I have to believe that they have not made sacrifices for freedom and equality at all?

"I believe," Zhuang Ye said cautiously, "at important moments, a person can be particularly noble or despicable."

Shen Han laughed, and Little Swan believed that people at that time made a "specially noble" choice at a turning point in history.

He changed the subject, "Commander Zhuang recommended Major General Wu, because Major General Wu will retire in eight years, which is enough for you to be promoted to brigadier general or major general to replace him. If he resigns in one or two years, you can't take over two levels. There is no need to argue about it, it can only be me. I went to see General Wei today, and I happened to see a medical report."

The medical examination report that Wei Mincun let him see, "Major General Wu Xuelin went to do a brain scan privately, and the scan showed signs of the tumor compressing the cranial nerves."

No one knows what the consequences of this oppression will be. Someday his memory, thinking and decision-making will be affected.He is obviously not suitable to be the supreme officer of a base. Wei Mincun took the post of Commander Zhuang and pushed him to the stage after a few counterattacks. It was not a failure, but a winning ticket already in hand.As long as this medical examination is revealed, he can make Major General Wu step down at any moment he needs.

General Wei let Shen Han know that nothing got out of control, and after the performance in front of the scene, all the threads were safely put in his hands.But he will not give Shen Han any help when Shen Han needs help, maybe because Shen Han made his own way to get involved in this matter, he will be responsible for this self-assessment; maybe because he wants to test Shen Han; even Shen Han is disrespectful I carefully thought about it, maybe this is a kind of anger, Shen Xiao rejected his arrangement again, he couldn't punish Shen Xiao, so he blamed himself.

Zhuang Ye was shocked, and then calmed down, "Why did you tell me this, tell me, you will...lose some advantages."

"I want to be honest with you." Shen Han looked at him, those eyes made Zhuang Ye tremble, reminding him of the night on the rooftop, gentle and deep, like a vast starry sky.And the Unification Agreement hangs over their heads.

"You believe that people can put disputes behind them for a greater purpose. And I believe in you. Before Major General Wu resigns or steps down, I hope we can make this base free of partisan disputes."

Zhuang Ye showed a struggling expression on his face, Shen Han could almost see a little swan swaying, and he tried harder.

"I really like what you said. A person can be very noble or despicable. We don't know why Major General Wu concealed his health condition. Maybe it was just to get promoted to major general and get more pension. Is this a despicable little thing? ? But he had some good things to say."

In the memorial hall reflected by the setting sun, Shen Han stretched out his hand to him, "Abandon the previous suspicions and seek common ground while reserving differences?"

This man was wearing a military uniform, tall and straight, with a handsome face and a magnanimous expression under the strong sunlight.Zhuang Ye thought that if his appearance was frozen forever at this moment, it would be a very attractive statue.If he is placed in a memorial hall, countless girls will fall in love with him.But it wasn't his appearance, but... something else made Zhuang Ye feel dizzy.He saw a bright future in this man, the kind of power that could make the impossible possible as long as he followed him.

Zhuang Ye spread out his palms, waited for his breathing to stabilize, and held the hand that was waiting in the air.

"...to help each other," he paused. He had never made such a promise before, but he suddenly realized the weight of this promise, and continued jerky, "We stand together through thick and thin."