Chapter 287: Here He Comes

Subtitle of this chapter: He's not TROUBLE, he's TERRIBLE!

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"Jingle Bell ......"

"Moses Moses, I am the ...... Inoue"

Inoue Chengmei, the "Haiguo boy" who has not appeared for a long time, picked up the phone, and after listening to a few words, he immediately said: "Hey, wow, Wow, Yama Xida!" ”

He turned his head to the other two Imperial Japanese Navy officers who were eating breakfast in the room and said, "Nomura-kun, Yamamoto-kun." Eat first. Ambassador Matsui has something to do with me. ”

The "Ambassador Matsui" in Inoue's mouth is the current ambassador to the United Kingdom, and his full name is Keishiro Matsui.

He was born in Osaka in 1868, the 4th year of the Keiryo era, and graduated from the Department of English and French Languages at Tokyo Imperial University in 1889, the 22nd year of the Meiji era.

In fact, Tokyo Imperial University was later the University of Tokyo. It was renamed during the "de-imperialization" period after World War II.

As soon as he graduated, he joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister to France, and Plenipotentiary Member of the Japanese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.

In 1924, he would become Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Tsuura. However, the Tsuura cabinet soon stepped down, and he was replaced by the current minister to the United States, Kishihiro Bihara.

"Go ahead, Inoue-kun." Nomura Kichizaburo naturally has no objections.

And when Inoue Narumi just walked out of the door, Yamamoto Isoroku, who was reading the newspaper, let out an exclamation: "That Chinese is really here!" ”

The two of them came to London together to meet Crown Prince Hirohito, who arrived here in July.

Nomura Kichizaburo asked knowingly, "Yamamoto-kun, do you mean Yuan San?" ”

"Nomura-kun, who else but him?" Eight cents handed the "Times" in his hand and said, "And as soon as he came, he made a miracle." ”

Nomura Osa Kusakusa was surprised and said, "What a miracle!" ”

Yamamoto picked up the chopsticks, but stopped moving again and didn't start for a long time. After a while, he asked thoughtfully, "Nomura-kun, do you think it's appropriate for us to introduce him to Di Palace?" ”

Nomura Kichizaburo replied strangely, "Yamamoto-kun, what's wrong with this?" In any case, Yuan Sang is a Chinese who is very close to our Great Japanese Empire. What's more, I think Di Gongxia should want to know such a character who listens to him. ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six thought about it, so he suppressed the sudden ominous feeling in his heart, nodded and said, "What Nomura-kun said is reasonable, I think I'm overthinking......"

Almost at the same time, London, 10 Downing Street.

At this point in time, Britain is not governed by the Conservative Party, but by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. The Prime Minister was David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party (1863-1945), the 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dyfor.

British titles of nobility are divided into life peerage and hereditary peerage.

Lifelong nobles are all barons, and titles cannot be inherited.

There are five ranks of hereditary nobility: Duke, Marques, Earl, Viscount and Baron. These titles can naturally be inherited and promoted.

Lloyd-George was originally a commoner, but was awarded the title of earl this year for his "great exploits" in the First World War.

He is the only Welsh British Prime Minister in history and the only British Prime Minister to speak English as a second language and Welsh as a first language.

Overall, he and his Liberal Party are left-leaning.

For example, during his tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he adopted an eight-hour working day and established a pension and unemployment insurance system.

Another example is the reform of the electoral law during his tenure as prime minister, giving women over the age of 30 the right to vote and giving women the right to be elected to parliament.

However, Prime Minister George has not lost the demeanor of an old imperialist power in his foreign policy. By 1921, he relied mainly on the support of the Conservative Party, not of his fellow party members.

As a result, there are many Conservatives in his cabinet. It's like the two of you who are sitting in the parlor at 10 Downing Street waiting for a meeting.

The one with the cigar in his mouth was a big fat man who was very familiar to Yuan Yanqian, the current Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs of the British Empire.

I heard him angrily pick up a newspaper from a gentleman next to him, point to a photo on it and say angrily: "George, have you read today's newspaper?" THAT 'CHINK' IS HERE! ”

In that photo, our Master Yuan looked up at the sky and stood with his hands in his hands, and a group of people kneeling on the ground next to him to serve as a foil.

And this "George" was the British Foreign Secretary at this time - the Marquis of Georges Curzon, whose full title was the 1st Marques Curzon of Kedleston.

This brother had a close relationship with Seris, for in 1898 he became the youngest Viceroy of India in history at the age of 39.

After he arrived in India, he extended his black hand to the snowy region, in order to compete with Tsarist Russia for Central Asia, so he had a strong attempt to split the snowy region. Therefore, in 1904, he sent troops to occupy Lhasa, and forced the snowy government to sign the Treaty of Lhasa.

This gentleman also went down in history because of the "Curzon Line".

In December 1919, Curzon proposed a temporary boundary line to demarcate the Soviet-Polish border, advocating that all areas that should belong to Poland be assigned to Poland, which became known as the "Curzon Line".

He strengthened the big wave in order to guard against Soviet Russia. However, this line caused Poland to come into conflict with Soviet Russia and Lithuania, laid a hidden danger for Poland's diplomatic isolation in the future, and became one of the inducements for the Soviet-German alliance.

After reading these deeds, you can see that the Marquis Curzon was also a die-hard imperialist, and naturally he and Churchill were similar.

The current British Foreign Secretary frowned and said with a little crying and laughing: "Winston, why do you take that 'CHINESE (Chinese' to heart?" Just because of his articles......"

As a veteran diplomat, he naturally pays more attention to his title than his cabinet colleagues.

Churchill immediately shook his head and said, "George, not because of his article. You don't know, I've been paying attention to this 'Chinese guy' lately, and his deeds in the United States are very bizarre and difficult to explain reasonably. And his attitude towards the British Empire is very bad, such a person must be a ...... to us"

β€œTROUBLE? Hahaha......" Marquis Curzon couldn't help but laugh, "Winston, you're really too worried. What trouble can a Chinese cause to us? ”

Churchill said with a straight face: "No matter what, I have a strong feeling that there is nothing good about that Chinese's trip!" ”

"So what are you going to do? Deport him outright? Marquis Curzon couldn't help but get serious.

"Why?" He pointed to the newspaper in Churchill's hand and said, "Just for this?" ……”

"Winston, I've seen the news too. Not to mention that the Chinese were in legitimate defense, the protesters were all right, they were just stunned. ”

"In addition, I also know that the Chinese have a little influence in the United States. Not only was he a well-known writer, but he was also cited as an adviser to Secretary of State Hughes and even a guest of honor in the White House. ”

"The most important thing is that at this juncture, do you think it is worth it to make both sides of the Atlantic unhappy because of a Chinese?"

As a cabinet minister with access to the internal secrets of the Empire, Churchill certainly knew that the Marquis Curzon was right.

Warren Harding has re-raised the isolationist banner since coming to power, and the relationship between Britain and the United States is certainly not as good as Wilson's.

Later, there was another "Bloody Sunday" incident in Ireland, and the Irish people in America were naturally quite resentful of it. There is also our Master Yuan on this timeline, and he is a little ...... The British Empire was pitted a little, so the "temperature" between the two countries was even closer to freezing.

Of course, the biggest problem lies in the uneven distribution of the spoils of the Versailles Treaty, which is why Secretary Hughes convened the Washington Conference to establish the Versailles-Washington system.

In that original timeline, Britain demanded that the United States give up its support for Ireland at the cost of actively turning its back on the Anglo-Japanese alliance and participating in the Washington Conference.

However, the deal between Britain and the United States is currently in secret contacts, so this time point is quite sensitive, and a bad pair of cousins is likely to turn against each other.

As the foreign secretary in charge of this matter, the Marquis Curzon certainly hoped that more things would be better than less.

In fact, he still has a big concern, because the Shandong issue is not good for Sino-British relations at present.

This Chinese is not a civilian without roots, but also a well-known figure, and a relative of Gu Weijun, the minister of the Republic of China to Britain. If this were to expel him from the country for no reason and cause a diplomatic dispute, it would be a big trouble.

"George, but ......"

"Winston, the Prime Minister is here." The Marquis Curzon pulled Churchill along, and both of them stood up at the same time, bowing slightly to Earl George.