Chapter 805: In front of the stage and behind the scenes

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The high review stand on the street opposite the presidential palace was already full, and the few vacant seats were not conspicuous at all among the shoulder to shoulder, because there were still more than ten minutes before the official military parade, the guests up and down the review stand were still hurrying to talk, and the military bands standing on both sides of the review stand took advantage of the last time before the ceremony to check the instruments in their hands, and adjust the pitch under the coordination of the conductor, and the cameras set up on the review stand were also ready to shoot. Some officers and plainclothes internal staff were still lounging around the review stand.

If you look a little farther away, you can see that on the roofs of the buildings not far from the presidential palace, there are some soldiers of the Ministry of the Interior, their sniper rifles ready to aim at any target in sight, and they work with other soldiers to ensure the safety of government officials up and down the review stand.

However, for most people, those snipers are really inconspicuous, and if you don't look closely, you may not be able to see them at all, and even the usually sharp-eyed receivers don't notice the soldiers with sniper rifles, because they have more important things to focus on now.

Today's military parade is the largest and most pompous military parade since the republican era, and the president, officials of various ministries, and even foreign ministers in China are all present.

Many reporters noticed that some of the once familiar faces did not appear on the review stand. And some of the more unfamiliar faces appeared next to the president.

Zhang Sai, Xiong Chengji, Zhang Binglin, these once familiar faces did not appear on the review stand. Zhang Han used to be vice president, but a few days ago he officially stepped down, and then he was appointed by the central center as the director of the water conservancy administration, and his status is the same as that of the chief ministers of various ministries, and it is fortunate that he did not appear on the review stand, because Director Zhang is now inspecting the water conservancy construction in the three eastern provinces and making overall plans for the water conservancy construction in the three eastern provinces in the future, so it is impossible to rush to participate in this military parade, but Xiong Chengji and Zhang Binglin did not appear on the review stand, which made the reporters feel a little surprised.

Xiong Chengji was a righteous hero of the republican revolution. is second only to President Zhao Da of the Republic of China in prestige. It was the queen of the revolution. Xiong Chengji has always been the deputy minister of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, and he is also the party affairs officer of the United Front, specifically responsible for the party affairs of the United Front. After Zhao Bei resigned as the leader of the United Front, Xiong Chengji and Zhang Binglin, who took over as the leader of the party, are both the soul of the United Front, although they have offended a large number of veterans because of the rectification of party affairs, but with the support of Zhao Bei, Xiong Chengji is still a senior cadre of the United Front, with him to stabilize the rear, Zhao Bei can rest assured that he will be the president, whenever there is a major celebration, Xiong Chengji will always appear next to Zhao Bei, and the positions of the two are often not far apart, but now, in this upcoming military parade. But I can't see Xiong Chengji's shadow. It's a bit of a hard time to think about.

As for Zhang Bingboa, he is also a big figure in the United Front, since Zhao Bei resigned from the post of chairman of the General Affairs Committee of the United Front, this actual position of party leader has been occupied by this Zhang Binglin, because he is one of the main leaders of the Liberation Society, so he can be regarded as a figure in the United Front, coupled with the support of Zhao Bei and the assistance of Xiong Chengji, in the past two years, Zhang Binglin's party leader has no one to shake, even Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong and other senior cadres of the United Front can not be compared. Generally speaking, although Zhang Binglin does not attend ordinary government meetings, he often attends ceremonial national gatherings such as military parades. He participated in the National Day parade the year before last and last year, but now, Zhang Binglin did not appear on the parade review stand, which is somewhat strange. Reporters speculated and inquired one after another, trying to find out what had happened and whether there had been any changes in the political arena, so that Zhang Binglin did not appear at today's military parade.

Considering that there are still a few empty chairs on the review stand, the reporters do not dare to draw conclusions easily, perhaps Xiong Chengji, Zhang Binglin and others are just late, not excluded from the circle of power.

In addition to the disappearance of these familiar faces. There were also some relatively unfamiliar faces who appeared next to the president, and reporters asked each other, but no one was able to recognize all of them, but through the identities of the few people who were recognized, reporters speculated whether there was another personnel change within the United Front, because these people seemed to be the local leaders of the United Front. And they sat with the newly appointed army chief Wu Zhenhan, and on one side of them was the rising political star Rao Hanxiang. Despite the imagination of the journalists, all their speculation is unfounded until the mystery is officially revealed. However, based on the journalists' previous political experience, as long as these people appear in public, it means that the situation has been settled, and if all goes well, it will not be long before the government makes formal personnel changes.

While the reporters were talking, a three-wheeled motorcycle drove under the review stand and stopped, driven by an army major. There was also a passenger in the car, but it was a foreigner in the uniform of the German Army, who appeared to be the military attache of the German Legation in China.

The Chinese Army Colonel Yan who was driving first jumped off the motorcycle, and then the military attache also jumped off the motorcycle. The two of them fought for the review table one after the other. After saluting the president, the German military attache seemed to be saying something to the president, but the voice was noisy and the distance was so far away that the reporters had no idea what the German military attache was talking to the president

Yes.

In fact, even the president himself almost did not understand the meaning of the German military attaché, who spoke very poorly in Chinese, but now he prefers to speak to the president in Chinese. How awkward it is to be.

Xingdao often dealt with those foreigners who claimed to be "China experts", and Zhao Bei concentrated on listening carefully, and finally figured out what the military attache of the German legation was talking about.

"Mr. President, after seeing your armored forces, I am even more convinced that in the entire East Asian region, China's army units should be the most combat-effective formed armed forces at present. I must express my most sincere congratulations to Mr. President on the great achievements of your country in military and national defense, and I hope that your country's army building will maintain the current spirit of progress, and I believe that as long as Mr. President wishes. Your army can bring you anything you want, whether it's territory or resources, and more importantly, if China's army can join forces with Germany's army, then the strategic landscape of the entire Eurasian continent will be completely changed. The old Eurasian order will also change. ”

The German military attache is three sentences that do not leave the line. This is a sycophant to curry favor with China's president, and in the final analysis, Germany still wants to pull China into Germany's chariot. And judging by what the Germans meant, they were clearly intent on flanking the Russian Empire with China.

Of course, Zhao Bei will not be fooled, if China attacks the Russian Empire now, it will be tantamount to declaring war on the entire Entente bloc, which will not only be strongly counterattacked by Britain and France, but will also lose the potential European currency market, and may even lose the Far Eastern advantage that has been won so hard. This in turn causes a chain reaction.

Therefore, Zhao Bei politely thanked the German military attaché, but this head was pulled to another question.

"Your Excellency has won the prize. Without Germany's technical support, our army would not have been able to make such great progress. There is currently a war going on in Europe, and the German government is preparing for it. We regret that we had to temporarily suspend technical assistance to China, but at the same time we deeply understand it. After several years of cooperation, Sino-German trade has progressed satisfactorily, but now Europe is at war. The interruption of sea routes has led to a sharp contraction of trade between China and Germany, and now the German foreign banks in China have closed down one after another, and the ships owned by the foreign banks can only anchor in the port, and can not make profits for the foreign companies, but they need to bear high port fees, and sailing to the high seas has the risk of being seized by the warships of the hostile countries, considering the friendship between China and Germany. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay for the purchase of all the vacant German merchant ships, and this transaction is a good deal for Chinese and German businessmen. I have discussed this topic with your Minister to China, Mr. Rex, and the two sides have reached an agreement. ”

Seeing that the president was talking about it left and right, and talking about commercial issues in front of the German military attaché, the general and deputy ministers of the Chinese ministries sitting nearby felt a little amused. But no one dares to laugh, the president can be perfunctory to Germany. But others can't interject casually, so they can only hold back a laugh and hold up the teacup to hide the strange expression on their faces.

Although the German military attache may not be able to figure out the true thoughts of the Chinese president, since the other party is not interested in talking about the Sino-German alliance, he also retreated with interest, walked down a few steps, and sat back next to the German minister.

"Why doesn't Sotani talk about strengthening ties with Germany?" After the German military attache left, Tang Hualong, who was standing beside Zhao Bei, asked in a low voice.

Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said, "I have others to talk about, why should I interject?" ”

Although this is a perfunctory statement, it is not nonsense, in fact, it is the former foreign minister Wu Dinh Fong who is now in charge of consultations with the German side. However, the discussion was not about an alliance, but about the return of all German concessions in China, and at the same time negotiations were under way between the Foreign Ministry and Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy. It was also about the return of concessions and leased lands, as well as the issue of those reparations left over from the pre-Qing era, and in all the negotiations. Zhao Bei has clearly instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is necessary to create the impression that if unequal treaties are not abolished and the extraterritorial jurisdiction and one-sided most-favored-nation treatment of foreign countries in China are not abolished, then there will be no room for further friendship between China and foreign countries, and only by treating China on an equal footing can China truly believe in the sincerity of the governments of various countries in their friendship with China.

Actually, this military parade today. One of the purposes to be achieved is to let the envoys of various countries see with their own eyes the progress of China's leading forces, so that the great powers understand that China is no longer the "sick man of East Asia" who is bullied by others, and at the same time, let those weak and small countries understand that in the international strategic pattern, there is an emerging force, and this force is China, and China is not like the great powers to look at the weak and small countries, China is more willing to carry out international exchanges with these weak and small countries on an equal footing, and let these weak and small countries understand that as long as China's national strength is further enhanced, then, In the event that they are subjected to military blackmail by the great powers in the future, at least one China can counterbalance the aggressiveness of the following powers.

The more friends you have, the fewer enemies you have, and that's true.

Yi Xunshu is a fine concave and said that he shook off a different body clam