In December 1905, when the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II was mentioned, the comrades of the East African Administrative Region commented that 'this man likes to be pretty'. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This is not a good intention, nor is it malicious. The Ethiopian emperor had a lot of cooperation with the East African administrative regions during his ten years.

There are many insects in the plains of Sudan, cattle are bitten very badly, and the scars on the surface of the cowhide make the price not go up. The then secretary of the three counties of Sudan, Wei Kun, negotiated with Ethiopia to raise cattle in the Ethiopian highlands. As a result, the quality of cowhide has increased rapidly, and the price has also increased rapidly. With such precedents for cooperation, there has been more cooperation between the East African Administrative Region and Ethiopia. His Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia once went to Europe to study and knew that Europe was strong. Ethiopia provided cattle in exchange for East African administrative regions helping Ethiopia build hospitals, telegraph systems, and bridges.

However, the cooperation between the two sides ended there, and the comrades of the East African Administrative Region always believed that the emperor would further demand the signing of a treaty of good-neighborliness and friendship with the East African Administrative Region, but the emperor always held it and never opened the Chrysostom. Europeans also know Ethiopia, recognize the throne of this country, just do not bird this African country. Europe does not look down on Ethiopia, and it is impossible for the European dynasties to think that they have to ask for Ethiopia, and this matter ends here. It was not until Ethiopia could not bear the Italians and took the initiative to ask for help from the Minchao that the Minchao sent an envoy to meet this Menelik II.

"Your Majesty, can I keep it secret from talking to you like this?" The envoy of the East African Administrative Region asked bluntly. At this time, the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II still had some courtiers around him, and the comrades of the East African administrative region might not have a good idea.

Looking at the comrades of the Minchao, Menelik II waved at the people around him, and the courtiers and attendants all retreated, leaving only the emperor's personal guards and interpreters. Only then did the comrades of the Min Dynasty speak: "Why can't you accept us, but go to the Italians to stir up peace." Can you tell me? ”

The country of Ethiopia is not a black country, they claim to be descendants of King Solomon, and it is certain that the middle and upper classes of this country are at least Semitic descendants, and their dark skin is the result of marrying some black women, as well as the ultraviolet rays of the plateau. Listening to the unkind words of the comrades of the Republic of China, Menelik II's swarthy face turned slightly red.

In 1902, Italy had already invaded the Eritrean region of Ethiopia, and Ethiopia and Italy signed a 'treaty of friendship'. After the signing, the Italians made important changes to the content, and it was written in the Ethiopian treaty document that the Ethiopian emperor could assist the Italian government in his dealings with other European countries. Italians replace the word "may" with the word "must" in the Italian text. It was in accordance with this "misinterpretation" that before the ink had dried on the Treaty of Usiali, Italy openly declared Ethiopia its "permanent protectorate".

Ethiopia is a thousand-year-old country, and there are many people who know foreign languages. Realizing that something was wrong, Emperor Menelik II immediately sent a letter to the countries of Europe, announcing the correction of the Italian statement. But European countries don't care at all. Menelik II's actions were considered 'intolerable' by Italy, and war broke out. Blushing at his foolishness, Menelic II lamented: "We thought that a nation that believed in God would not be so shameless in dealing with a nation that also believed in God. ”

These words made the comrades of the Republic of China speechless for a while, and he never expected that religion would become a reason to influence feelings and then choices. However, if you think about it carefully, religion has never been dominant in the tradition of the Republic of China, and the Republic of China has particularly adhered to materialism. It was also very difficult to get the people of the Min Dynasty to accept a country with a strong religious ideology.

At this moment, Nelik II said with a wry smile: "I am very grateful for the support given to us by the Minchao, the weapons sold to us by those arms dealers are rubbish compared to the weapons given to us by China." ”

The comrades of the East African Administrative Region generally believed that this Menelik II had done his own thing, and if he had signed a peace and friendship agreement with the East African Administrative Region earlier, how would the European countries dare to bully Ethiopia. Or it might be better for Ethiopia to send an emissary to the capital of the Democratic Republic of Korea to ask for a peace agreement with the Democratic Dynasty. Since this must be a good man and the Italians and the tiger skin, everyone is just having fun.

Of course, the East African administrative region will not fall into the trap. When Menelik II asked for land use rights in exchange for arms, the East African administrative region quickly reached an agreement and handed over 50,000 rifles, 200 machine guns, 50 artillery pieces, and ammunition to the Ethiopian side.

This emperor Menelik II launched a national mobilization, and the Ethiopian people, motivated by patriotic fervor, quickly rallied under the king's banner and not only joined the army, but also made donations. The emperor used donations to buy another 50,000 guns and hundreds of artillery. These weapons use black ammunition, many of which are still muskets. The comrades of the Republic of China never expected that such an old antique from 50 years ago would still have Xian goods. It was only during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that the army of the Republic of China was using this thing on a large scale.

In June 1905, the Ethiopian army fought a major battle with the Italian army, and the battle was lost. The Italians gained strength after capturing many Ethiopian weapons and equipment, and then fought a series of battles, with casualties on both sides, and the fighting was out of breath and had to be stopped.

Then the Ethiopian emperor again asked for more mortgages in exchange for weapons, if, according to the idea of the East African administrative region, this time it would be nice to give the Ethiopians a little equipment. Although the East African administrative region will not stick a knife in the back, everyone is really not interested in a pretending existence. At this time, the order of the governor of Wezedu came down to support the just struggle of the Ethiopian people, so the East African administrative region had to treat Menelik II seriously.

Even with the order of the governor of Wezedu, the comrades of the East African administrative region still had little confidence in Menelik II, a good guy. Obviously, there are 99.9999% of the best pure gold big thick legs around him, but Ethiopia would rather collude with the Italian invaders. The comrades of the Republic of China remembered that there was a saying in the party class, 'The reason why such people love the Tatars from afar is so that they do not love their neighbors.' This is undoubtedly the case in Ethiopia, and never in the Republic of China. After calming down, the comrades of the Min Dynasty said: "Your Excellency, it is not a matter of garbage or garbage now, I want to ask you, why have you been unwilling to cooperate with us?" ”

Menelik II hesitated for a moment, then said frankly: "Because you are a communist, you want a revolution, and you want the land to be distributed to the poor after the state is stated." ”

Hearing this, the comrades of the Republic of China immediately flew out of the clouds with their evaluation of Menelik II's 'good looks'. Unconsciously frowned and stared at Menelik II. Because of the difference in religion and class position, the Ethiopian emperor decisively chose to distance himself from the Min Dynasty as far as possible, and was even willing to collude with Italy. Menelik II was not confused, he understood.

The comrades of the Min Dynasty fell silent, and Menelik II continued: "Your Excellency, I have heard that there is a saying in China that Lu Yao knows that the horsepower has been popular for a long time, and it has been twenty years since your country entered the Sudan. In the past 20 years, the Republic of China has never invaded our country, and the Republic of China has never bullied us when it comes to matters that need to be negotiated, so Ethiopia has unwittingly despised you. Now I have finally decided that the Minchao is our friend, and we hope to be able to sign a peace treaty and a mutual assistance treaty with the Minchao. If you have any conditions, please bring them up. ”

The comrades of the Min Dynasty frowned and listened to the words of Menelik II, and the anger in their hearts was extremely strong. It turns out that Ethiopia still dares to look down on the Minchao, if it were not for the pain of the Italians, I am afraid that they will continue to be hostile to the Minguo Dynasty that chose the socialist system. However, anger is anger, the task assigned by the organization still has to be carried out, thinking in his heart how to expose the true face of Menelik II to the top, the comrades of the Republic of Korea said in a strong questioning tone: "How can we believe that you are really willing to carry out the agreement?" ”

"I will send the crown prince to the capital of the Min Dynasty to meet the emperor of the Min Dynasty, and let him stay in the Min Dynasty to study." Menelik II said frankly.

The comrades of the Republic of China are also experts in foreign affairs, and after being stunned for a while, they understood that this was a trick of 'offering protons'. Thinking that the Republic of China had never done such a bad thing for 2,000 years, the comrades of the Republic of China felt unhappy for a while. However, calming down his emotions, he somewhat felt the sincerity of the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II.

"We will also send students to study in the Republic of China, at least in the East African administrative region first." Menelik II continued to speak of his sincerity, "If you have any requests, please put them bluntly, and we will accept them as long as they are reasonable. ”

Although he still did not like Menelik II, the comrades of the Republic of China had to admit that when the reality of the situation required the emperor to make a decision, he did make a gesture of cooperation. Even if he was still skeptical about the possibility of cooperation with Menelik II, his attitude could be called sincere. The comrade of the Minchao ran his finger over the map of East Africa, and he said in a cold tone: "Our wish is very simple, the whole of East Africa will not allow the existence of hostile forces of the Minchao!" ”

Five days later, on December 22, 1905, the Treaty of Friendship between China and the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II was signed, also known as the Addis Ababa Treaty. Even though the Republic of China knew that there were many people in Ethiopia who were hostile to the socialist system, they still did not put forward any demands for the system in this treaty. In addition to peaceful coexistence, Ethiopia needed to allow the Democrats to build railways and set up factories and farms in the country. These are precisely what Ethiopia needs. The treaty also stipulated that if Ethiopia wanted to sign a military or political alliance with other countries, it needed to obtain the consent of the Democratic Dynasty, which was a normal requirement in the world at this time.

After the agreement was signed, the Republic of China sent a military adviser from the East African administrative region. At this time, the Italian invading army also suffered great losses and had to stop and start resting. To the surprise of the Ethiopian Qinwang army, the advisers of the East African administrative region did not immediately pounce on the enemy, but began to train the Qinwang army, which numbered about 100,000.

Menelik II was puzzled by this, and all doubts disappeared when the cattle farms of the Min Dynasty drove a large number of cattle to feed the Qin army. Beef is eaten every day, something that even the chiefs of the great African tribes dare not think of.