A Dream of Jinling Chapter 346 The Profit-Seeker (3)

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"The Vatican is starting to help the United States issue bonds." In the British Cabinet, the two archbishops of the Anglican Church of England told the Prime Minister about the latest news they had received. The Anglican Church has two archbishops, and the immediate boss of these two archbishops is the holder of the British throne, and now their immediate boss is the Empress of India.

If the Indian Empress is compared to the chairman of the Anglican Church, the British Prime Minister is naturally the general manager of the company, and of course the general manager has to deal with specific problems. His Excellency the General Manager of the British Empire, like those executives, wanted to frown when he heard the news. Britain relied on the direct establishment of the Anglican Church to get rid of the control of the Catholic Vatican, while the United States was founded by the Puritans, and with the provisions of the Constitution, the Catholic Vatican and the Protestant Puritans in the United States could not pee in the same pot. Why is it that all of a sudden, the two sides are cooperating on the issue of war bonds?

Seeing the boss frowning slightly, the secretary hurriedly said: "Could this kind of cooperation be the same as a conviction voucher, which the Holy See uses to collect money?" ”

After saying this, I saw that the two archbishops and the prime minister frowned directly, and the secretary quickly explained: "After all, the Vatican has lost almost all its properties in Rome. ”

If there is any country in the world that the Vatican hated the most in 1889, the top three on the shortlist are probably the Chinese Dynasty that vigorously purged foreign religions, the United Kingdom, which used the state religion to expel the Vatican, and the Kingdom of Italy. In terms of ranking alone, the Kingdom of Italy is not necessarily behind the other two. Immediately after the unification of the Kingdom of Italy, the Holy See was brought into the Vatican and they were not allowed to come out again. A large number of the papal estates in Rome were made very well by the kingdom in various ways. It is better to cut off people's money than to kill their parents, and the Vatican naturally will not sit idly by and ignore this. More importantly, however, the Vatican also has to find ways to operate its own property, so the banks controlled by the Vatican naturally have to look for ways to accumulate wealth.

“…… Are the Americans willing to let the Vatican do it? "The Archbishop of the Anglican Church does not understand this very well.

“…… Are they going to issue bonds in God's name? Is the next step to be a crusade? "The archbishop of the Anglican Church bthinks of history.

From any point of view, the Vatican seems to have gone too far in politics this time, and it is no longer the time when a single Pope's proclamation can inspire European countries to engage in war. But the current situation seems to be nostalgic for the past.

“…… Let's ask the U.S. Embassy to ask. "The British Prime Minister finally came up with such a solution. If Britain itself could not buy a large number of US war bonds, and at the same time make it difficult for US war bonds to sell, it would be tantamount to becoming an enemy of the United States. Now that Britain is ready to compete with China for ownership of southern Africa, they have no intention of weakening the United States at the moment. In addition to paying attention to such a drastic action by the Vatican, Britain can only pretend not to see it.

Since the Prime Minister had adopted such an attitude, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church immediately asked: "Your Excellency, you will not allow the Vatican to issue bonds in the United Kingdom, will you?" ”

"Uh......" The prime minister now understood the attitude of the two archbishops, the Anglican Church is the Anglican Church, and the Anglican Church is based on a total break with the Vatican, especially an economic break. Whether or not the Vatican will be allowed to sell bonds on the British side is a big deal for the Anglican Church.

"Rest assured, we will never allow the Vatican to sell bonds in the UK!" The Prime Minister responded firmly.

The Vatican's bond campaign has had an impact throughout Europe, and France is a region where Catholicism is most influential. The French had great influence in Italy during the era of their strong soldiers, and Nasan even garrisoned troops in Rome to support the papal rule over Rome. So after the Vatican ordered the mobilization, the bonds were also expressed in France. There were even some bond merchants who tried to sell American war bonds in the Ottoman bond market, and although the scale was not large, it still made the Ottoman ministers feel that something was wrong.

"I don't understand why your country supports the United States? The war between China and the United States, and the fact that your country actually sold American war bonds on the market, really can't make us think that your country's move is a sign of friendship with China. "The Chinese ambassadors to Europe were ordered to wait and see what was going on, but the ambassadors to the Ottoman Empire were ordered to make the Ottoman Empire clear. So Comrade Ambassador immediately performed his duties.

The foreign minister of the Ottoman Empire blinked, and he did not understand what the Chinese ambassador meant for the first time. However, the Foreign Secretary also reacted, and he immediately frowned slightly, revealing a proud expression similar to "I am the only one". The Chinese ambassador smiled slightly, and the organizational construction has become more and more perfect over the years, one of which is that the organization and training have become more and more complete. For example, for such a very theoretical content as "decadence and degeneration" and "vigorous", there is targeted training.

According to the organizational training, the basis of decay and depravity is the fear of one's own ignorance, while vigor is to know one's ignorance and try to understand those things that one does not understand based on this self-understanding. As a result of the training, the organizational system needs to punish and correct the corruption and degenerate, and what to avoid is the disorder of trying to act. For individuals, it is necessary to keep everyone young in mind.

At present, there are twenty or thirty countries in the world, and it is naturally a temporary choice to be able to become an ambassador in a foreign country. Comrade ambassadors not only understood the education of the organization, but also saw through the true face of the Ottoman ambassadors based on this understanding.

If it is a Chinese cadre, the first reaction when hearing this kind of news is to ask what is going on. If you are a trained person, even if you receive a shock in your heart, you will first warn yourself to "don't listen to biased beliefs" and then deal with the matter.

Now the foreign minister of the Ottoman Empire, after hearing this, first put on an unfathomable expression, trying to make the Chinese ambassador fearful. If the Ottoman vizier were dealing with ordinary Ottoman citizens, or against the German government in the 21st century, this might work. For the young cadres of the vibrant Republic of China, this thing is completely useless.

"Your Excellency, has no one informed you?" Comrade Chinese Ambassador asked in a calm tone.

When asked directly by the Chinese ambassador what was going on, the Ottoman foreign minister could probably show a defensive arrogance. When the Chinese ambassador asked if no one had reported the news to the Ottoman Foreign Minister, the Ottoman Foreign Minister was finally unable to maintain his stability.

Looking at the minister's wavering expression, the Chinese ambassador sneered in his heart. The characteristic of the feudal system is not the clear responsibility but the clear scope of power, compared with those thieves who "opened this mountain by me, planted this tree by me, and if they hit here, they left to buy road money", the pure feudal system is probably a thief with official certification.

In the Republic of China, the first thing in government affairs was to make a judgment on what happened, and to come up with a principled judgment as soon as possible. In the Ottoman Empire, in such a decaying situation, is there really a principled judgment of what happened within the ruling class, except for a personal perception other than "I can't play with eggs"?

The most painful thing for the foreign minister now is probably not that he is being blamed by the Chinese side, but that he does not know which minister ordered the bonds, and whether there are any powerful interest groups behind them. In a sense, the foreign ministers of the Ottoman Empire trusted the Chinese ambassador more than their own ministers. At least the Chinese ambassador is on the verge of picking things out.

"I'll look into it." The Foreign Secretary finally came up with a perfunctory solution.

"If you are unable to tell us the outcome, we will have to appeal to His Majesty the Sultan of your country." The Chinese ambassador looked relaxed and spoke firmly. Unlike the Ottoman minister, the Chinese officials were fully authorized to do their work. Moreover, the coordination between the various departments is far stronger than that of the Otiman Empire.

In the capital of the Ottoman Empire, the Chinese ambassador gave advice directly to the foreign minister of the Ottoman Empire. In Sudan, the Chinese envoy Wang Mingshan was dealing with the pros and cons of the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan was theoretically a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, that is, in a sense, the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

Egypt became largely independent thanks to the efforts of the British, and Sudan was included in one of the thirteen counties of Chinese East Africa, at least as it had been. At present, Wang Mingshan, the envoy of the Sultan Jiedu, is studying the telegram of the Central Committee of the Republic of China in Khartoum, and seven words are written on the telegram, "You can try it like this." This remark was aimed at Wang Mingshan's administrative reform of the East African administrative region. The first of the thirteen counties in East Africa was established as the Sultan, and the Sultan was also recognized as the head of the East African counties. However, after inspecting East Africa, Wang Mingshan submitted a report to the central government in August, in which he believed that the thirteen counties of East Africa could be merged into four counties, each of which would be divided by race.

The Sudan in the north is naturally predominantly Arab, while the Kenyan county further north is predominantly black. Locals in Tanzania can be used as a key training target, and the black people in this place are highly compliant and disciplined. As for Mozambique, the southernmost country, although it is similar to Tanzania's, it can be divided and conquered. The central government replied quickly, and in one sentence all the important tasks were entrusted to Wang Mingshan's envoy.

Wang Mingshan's purpose in merging the thirteen counties into four counties was naturally for the war with the British, and as a student of the Governor of Wei Ze, Wang Mingshan certainly knew what the Governor of Wei Ze thought of Uncle Hei, and he knew that the Governor of Wei Ze had no intention of expanding his territory in Africa. Many officials in the thirteen counties of East Africa felt that since this place would not become Chinese territory, why bother here. And Wang Mingshan's view of the festival envoy is very different. What Governor Wei Zedu doesn't look down on is Uncle Hei, who has adopted an African way of life, if he can let these Africans enter the Chinese way of life......