Chapter 8059: Who Rules
As the two American diplomat families who have adopted Phoebe, they actually need to attend some activities related to Phoebe's title succession ceremony, such as the most important issue, Phoebe's identity is the illegitimate son of an illegitimate child - as mentioned before, Phoebe's parents are combined, and both families are not satisfied, and they gave birth to Phoebe during college, which makes Phoebe more like the crystallization of elopement.
Since 1907, the British aristocracy has also had to begin to compromise with money, and after the First World War, this phenomenon has even spread to some of the views that the aristocratic circle once adhered to, and there have been concessions and loosening, including some views on illegitimate children have changed more obviously, the reason is very simple, a large number of nobles in the First World War have become meat grinder meat sauce, yes, the aristocracy has to change its attitude, otherwise the royal family, which has been increasingly reduced because of the bourgeois democratic movement, will immediately take back many noble territories that have lost their heirs。 And at this point, the American upper class, which at that time was a rough nouveau riche in the eyes of the British aristocracy, still insisted on a strict attitude towards illegitimate children.
In any case, everyone believes that Phoebe's identity still has many weaknesses, and there are two biggest weaknesses, one is the offspring of illegitimate children, and the other is her Asian ancestry, especially the Korean ancestry. As for the identity of Chinese, many people have different views on this matter, at least China was once an empire, although it was very backward, but it was recognized as an empire in the world at that time, and after the careful investigation of Mrs. Lorek, it can be confirmed that the Lin family in Hong Kong, which was wiped out in Indonesia, was one of the ancient nobles who had at least the title of earl- The old lady didn't know how to find out, anyway, the Lin family was Lin Kaichun, a Yunshan monk in the Ming Dynasty, and of course, she also helped Fei Bi get the family tree from the Ming Dynasty to her father's generation.
In the opinion of Mrs. Lorek, Phoebe's idea of insisting on the inheritance ceremony with classical etiquette is very good, at least it reflects the aristocratic spirit that the Lorek family will not unconditionally compromise because it is a royal family- Everyone knows that the British royal family and the nobility are both confrontational and united, but if they unite with the royal family wholeheartedly, it will also be looked down upon by other nobles, and the inheritance ceremony uses complicated and hard ancient rites, not to mention that it is very stressful for the old lady queen in her seventies and eighties, even if it is presided over by a young male royal family, the same pressure is also very great, because everyone knows that the succession ceremony in the past was actually a contest of will between the royal family and the heir to the title of the nobles, so both sides in the ceremony were actually very uncomfortable。
Therefore, if in the past, Mrs. Lorek was 100% satisfied with Phoebe because she saw Phoebe's Titan and her decently behaved when dealing with RB officials when she held a report meeting on the decipherment of the Black Water Book at RB, then after hearing that Phoebe insisted on using ancient etiquette for the inheritance ceremony, Mrs. Lorek's satisfaction with Phoebe rose sharply to two hundred percent.
It is also because of this that the old lady Lorek used all her connections to help Phoebe find the family tree - as for how true the contents of the family tree were, the old lady did not tell Phoebe, and Phoebe did not intend to ask, because whether it was true or not, it was just icing on the cake.
However, for the two American families who adopted Phoebe, Mrs. Lorek's behavior showed that they did not care much about Phoebe, so although Phoebe said that it was not necessary, Jane and Cornelia still tried their best to help Phoebe find relatives in Korea - the final result was, of course, that Phoebe had no relatives in Korea, but Phoebe's maternal lineage was also very extraordinary.
According to Jane and Cornelia's design, uh, no, is the evidence found, they proved that Phoebe was indeed of North Caucasian descent - well, Phoebe was already a hybrid anyway, and it didn't matter if she added a few more ingredients. As for who mentioned this, it was natural to find out that Phoebe's pupils were actually dark purple Barbara. The only thing that makes the two adoptive mothers depressed is that Phoebe has never liked to draw blood since she was a child, let alone go to the hospital. This almost frustrated their hopes of finding genetic evidence that Phoebe had Caucasian white ancestry - yes, the British aristocracy did not advocate the use of DNA testing when it came to succession, and even resisted it, because one of the many good qualities of the nobility was honesty to the family members. In other words, the publication of the uncle's diary by Mrs. Lorek is enough to prove that Phoebe is the rightful heir, and if anyone objects to this and wants to prove it with a DNA test, it is an insult to the Rorek family, and an insult to a nobleman is really a feud. The old lady's generation may not have taken revenge, but Phoebe's wealth and wisdom after becoming the heir have long made most people not want to be her enemies, otherwise there would not be a situation where the royal family would not even find someone to talk to Phoebe to, hoping that she would not use classical etiquette to conduct rituals.
As I said before, this can be seen as Phoebe is strongly showing that the Lorek family will be on the side of the aristocratic interests, but at the same time, this can also be seen as the heir of the Lorek family, and she is showing her determination to defend the family's honor by "bullying" the royal family- After all, everyone knows that Montgomery also used modern rules when he attended the ceremony, but he insisted on adopting some classical rules, such as holding a real sword instead of a fake sword that has been hollowed out with modern techniques, but he simply could not stick to it until the end of the ceremony, and became the laughing stock of the aristocratic circle. And Phoebe will definitely become a laughing stock if she can't stick to it this time, but as a non-white heir with the status of an illegitimate daughter, Phoebe dares to say so, and she has to adopt all classical etiquette that is more decisive than Montgomery's back then...... Everyone knows that if it weren't for Phoebe's bad brain, then it must be her ability to do what she said, and such a person would definitely be respected in the aristocratic circle.
Therefore, when Phoebe began to patrol the territory in full armor in the castle to the north, everyone's eyes were on her, and Phoebe did not deliberately keep it a secret, and the spies who came to "watch" her patrol the territory under various names were allowed to enter the territory, such as the two stray animal protection associations mentioned earlier. As in all parts of the world, only half of the UK's animal protection societies operate because they want to protect animals, and the other half because they have to cover for a variety of purposes.
It is precisely because of this refusal to refuse the spies that those who are qualified to know about this matter soon learned that Phoebe is not only at ease, but also has really shown the personal force that the nobles of the territory should have many times - wearing armor all day long, shooting bulls, and drinking dogs...... All of this shows that Phoebe is a qualified heir to the realm.
And because of this, everyone, at least the people on Phoebe's side- I hope that Phoebe's identity can be more perfect, and the two families who adopted Phoebe are diplomatic families, so in the eyes of Mrs. Lorek, this itself has given Phoebe a long face, you know, the ancient diplomatic circle of the United States, the reputation in the world is still better than that of the old diplomatic circle of the United Kingdom, and the most important thing is that this in turn enhances the status of the new power of the American diplomatic group formed by Unclave as a link, after all, they not only have the power of industrial capital as the core, but at the same time, in terms of identity, there is also a noble title with an ancient heritage, which is not inferior to the current British royal family……
The estate of the Rorek family, south of Wales, England.
"When the president visited Europe in April, he did not negotiate with the industrial capital groups in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, and in fact, the financial groups in Europe also need the guarantees of the industrial groups to deal with this global financial turmoil. Mira, who is already a mother, is more maternal than when she was in the Middle East Committee of the Senate the year before. Although she did not attend Barbara and Abrun's engagement banquet three months ago, which was equivalent to celebrating the new circle, no matter who knows, some of the policies and attitudes of the new group are actually influenced by this family that will stay in China for a long time in the future and is very popular with Chinese recently, so Mira came to the UK this time and seemed more confident than in the past." Therefore, Phoebe is right, during the G20 financial summit in London, the president has already had secret exchanges with the Chinese, although we do not know the specific content, but from the Chinese CCTV website, the analysis of the article on the explanation of the causes of the 92 California riots published in May is already very revealing. I think Phoebe's speculation about the president's economic policies, and the speculation that the Chinese have agreed with some of the president's ideas, are correct, and of course what the Chinese think, we don't know yet. ”
After Katyn and Bayer listened to Mira's analysis of the president's economic policy from a pro-China standpoint, Bayer frowned and asked, "Then Mira, judging from your observations, what is the attitude of the Chinese towards us?"
Mira knew that Bayer was talking about their small circle of newly emerged diplomatic blocs, but in this regard, she actually didn't know, because according to Phoebe's previous plan, the Chinese were indeed very fond of some of her and Troy's performance in China, and even agreed to let her produce a program broadcast on provincial TV stations, but this does not mean that she can figure out the Chinese's intentions now, so Mira shook her head and said: " To be honest, I don't know, in fact, you all know that before participating in this program, I didn't know much about Chinese people as ordinary Americans. ”
Katyn nodded slightly and said, "But it's precisely because you don't know anything about it, but you don't have a preset position, that Phoebe chose you to implement this plan." I know that her re-cultivation of values is somewhat novel, but because of this, Bayer and I think that you may be able to record your understanding of Chinese at each stage in the process of learning Chinese values, which will be very beneficial for us to cultivate a large number of Chinese analysts in the future. ”
Bayer also nodded and glanced at Jeffrey - compared to the Burglet family, the Carlson family is not very talented, here is talking about talents other than Barbara - Bayer knows this, but he also has to personally lead the captured Jeffrey to participate in such a discussion, fortunately, the two families have become hardcore allies with two pairs of children married, so Bayer is not afraid of the Burglet family laughing at him now Although he has many sons, none of them are particularly outstanding.
Bayer believes that Jeffrey may not have talent in other aspects, but he may have room to play in participating in the new group's value reshaping plan for China, so he dragged Jeffrey to listen to the two "adults".
And Katyn naturally understands that his family is really lucky to be able to take advantage of Phoebe's momentum to suddenly rise to its current status, so he must gather all possible allies for his family, especially a family like the Carlson family, which naturally has a double marriage with the Borgleet family, and a family that has adopted a relationship like Phoebe, should maintain a good relationship, so these days, he doesn't care much about the work of his second daughter Valerie in the mining company, but he has been helping Bayer care about Jeffrey's future.
Mira naturally knew that the focus of the two families now was not only Phoebe, but they were all working hard to get the problematic members of the family back into the circle, and seeing that her father and father-in-law wanted her to say something Jeffrey listened, so she smiled and said: " Well, I'll just briefly say now, actually, I think the Chinese are actually very similar to us, I mean, their leadership has been completely different from the past leadership, but they have inherited the rich legacy left by the past leadership, just like our upper class in the United States has also inherited the rich heritage of the past, so don't look at them now in the reform and opening up, but in fact, they essentially still need to rely on some things left over from the past, such as ideology, legitimacy, and so on。 ”
Mira said this, pausing so that Jeffrey could keep up, and then said, "But it also means that they have to operate within this framework of legitimacy, and they can't get out of it, at least most of the time, they can't do it." And this gives us a basis for cooperation, because in reality, we can't jump out of some frameworks ourselves, and a series of choices in the past have determined that although our two countries have not cooperated much, they can cooperate very well - of course, I am talking about non-public cooperation. ”
Both Katyn and Bayer nodded, but Jeffrey was obviously confused, which made Bayer smile slightly wryly, and Katyn said, " That's right, you're right, some of the cooperation that Phoebe proposed can be carried out without negotiation, and the Chinese are indeed better than our other allies in this regard, so I think that what Phoebe said about letting the United States continue to adopt a hostile attitude with China on the surface is obviously much safer than the Soviet Union in the past, but it is undeniable that this matter must be led by us, and those who have no diplomatic wisdom and tradition can no longer be allowed to check their hands in foreign affairs, they have broken too many diplomatic rules but do not know it. ”
Bayer glanced at Katyn, nodded and said: "That's true, especially on the European side, do you really think that diplomacy is called diplomacy when people on both sides sit down and talk......?
Jeffrey understood what he said, and faintly expressed his dissatisfaction with his father, but he knew that the four people in front of him were all people who could really decide their future- The one who hasn't spoken is Troy, many times he doesn't speak, many people don't understand what Mila likes about Troy, and even Troy's father Bayer doesn't think Troy is worthy of Mira, but the behavior of the two in China in the past six months has made many people change, and even Bayer often laughs at himself, seeing that his son has not yet seen Phoebe and Mira- What is being said here is that only Phoebe thought that Troy was very suitable for Mira's plan to participate in Mira's trip to China, and at that time, Mira was a little worried about Troy, a guy who seemed to have muscles in his head.
Seeing Troy's dissatisfaction, Mira turned her head to look at Troy, who had not spoken, Troy smiled, spread her hands and said: "Okay, we are not here to discuss this, Phoebe's China plan has just begun, Beyer, there are some things you don't have to worry too much about, since you believe in Phoebe, you believe in the end, right?"
Bair was a little angry...... His son never knew his painstaking ......
Troy went again: "Jeffrey, Valerie was assigned to a mining company by Phoebe, and although she didn't want to work there at first, the reality is that she only found out after she went that she liked the job. So as for you...... Phoebe didn't give any advice, but I think you just don't have to go back to France and fool around with Italy, you know, Phoebe is very supportive of getting you back. ”
Jeffrey rolled his eyes and said depressedly, "That girl has been able to command the whole family since she was a child...... You're still listening to her ......"
Troy smiled: "Who heard that she was bullied in the garage that year, and she must pull someone to teach her a lesson from the person who bullied her?"
"Hmph......" Jeffrey turned away from Troy.
Troy continued: "Okay, let's not talk about Jeffrey, I haven't seen Locke in a long time, and he won't be able to come this time?"
Bayer didn't speak, and Katyn nodded: "Closed training in the South Pole lasts for three phases, and now it's the second phase, you know, the polar night is only once a year. ”
Troy shook his head, looked at Katyn and said, "That's a pity, Onclaude's aerospace department, is it involved in this closed training?"
Katyn stretched out his hand.
Barbara shook her head and said, "Don't think about it, Oncrowd's aerospace department is directly managed by Barbara, so you don't have the idea of going to space to play." ”
Troy suddenly stretched his hands helplessly at Jeffrey: "You see, this family is all about women, you have to get used to this, my brother ......"
Jeffrey was stunned, Barbara was stunned, even Katyn and Bayer were stunned for a moment, and then all four adults laughed, only Jeffrey wondered what they were laughing at, but he could feel that his father Bayer's laughter was louder and more relaxed than in the past......