Bai Nan sat at his desk, studying the current situation in Turkey, and the presidential assistant Qi Yuan knocked on the door and came in and handed Bai Nan a document. Bai Nan opened www.biquge.info pen, frowned slightly, and said, "Is it because I have problems presiding over diplomacy and international affairs, or do those masters in Europe really think that our Datang is a good match?" ”

This material was sent back to China by Tang Foreign Minister Chu Bai, who was in France, and Chu Bai brokered a joint statement of condemnation of Russia by major European countries in Europe, but his next action was hindered. In accordance with the instructions of the Tang Dynasty, Chu Bai was ready to ask all European countries to unite to put pressure on Russia and form a joint force to jointly solve the Russian-Turkish issue.

However, as soon as his proposal came out, it was first prevaricated by Britain, France, Germany, and Spain. These countries all have no spare strength to prevaricate the Tang Dynasty, and the United Kingdom said that its budget is relatively tight and has no money to form a peacekeeping force; Germany, on the other hand, explained that it was in the process of adjusting its own organization to take over the defense after the withdrawal of the Tang Army, so it did not have any extra energy. Other countries have generally found reasons that are either plausible or unreasonable, in short, no one is willing to send troops to deal with Russia with Datang, even if there may be a real war that will not happen.

Saying that there is a lack of money is not exactly an excuse. Wars are becoming more expensive than they used to be, and more than a decade ago, the great powers didn't spend much money to fight a war, and they didn't need to send many troops. Now in a war, more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops will be mobilized at every turn, and the consumption of weapons, ammunition, and supplies is also staggering, and all countries are working hard to develop their economies and industries, and they do not have much money left, so it is not cost-effective for them to fight a war.

In particular, the fight against Russia is for the interests of Turkey or Datang, and it has nothing to do with themselves, and European countries led by Britain, France and Germany are even happy to see Russia provoke some incidents and cause trouble to Datang. Moreover, Turkey is a difficult object for the Christian countries of Europe to be interested in.

Qi Yuan asked Bai Nandao: "Does my country carry out some punishment measures against European countries?" ”

Bai Nan pondered for a moment, these deflated three people in Europe had obviously begun to come out of the shadow of the Tang Dynasty. This is not to say that they are not afraid of Datang, but they have gradually figured out the operation mode and behavior habits of Datang. Datang has painstakingly developed the Warsaw system, and it is itself the biggest beneficiary of this system, and an important part of maintaining this system is to let European countries stay in this system. At the same time, Datang itself cannot repeatedly undermine the legitimacy of the system.

Datang can sanction European countries, the first trade sanctions, but Datang itself is a country that adheres to free trade, and the biggest blow of trade sanctions is not the target country, but actually the country with the largest trade volume, so this move hurts itself a hundred times more than hurting the enemy, and Datang basically does not have the conditions to instigate trade sanctions. Second, arms export sanctions, European countries are still generally dependent on Datang's weapons and equipment, and without weapons import, they will be weaker than other countries. However, Datang's own domestic military industry is too huge and must rely on the foreign market to survive. And if several European countries reach an implicit alliance of interests, this makes them more dominant in the game. Datang is also damaged if it does not sell Datang, and they do not plan to fight each other, and Datang is unlikely to start a war against them, so it seems that there is no big problem if the weapons are not so advanced, and they can't beat Datang in the first place. The same principle can also be put on technology transfer, non-transfer of technology seems to have an impact on the competitiveness of domestic industries, but too advanced Datang will not give, and some technology Datang is actually secretly eager to transfer to them. After the transfer, they have money to take it, but in fact it is still obsolete, and after Europe obtains the technology, it actually opens up the market. For example, they don't need to sell bearings to primitive people, because they can't produce machinery, and if European countries don't have the technology, Datang can't buy more things for them. Only when the technology is more advanced, the division of labor is more complex, and the products are more refined, can we create a larger market. Europeans have been sheared by the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years, and now they have basically understood this problem.

Perhaps the above measures are not as deterrent as restricting the export of luxury goods and reducing the number of European students coming to Tang.

Unlike after World War II, when Europe submitted to the United States, there was a common enemy, the Soviet Union, and there was no other hope for a ruined Europe, plus race, beliefs, values, etc., so Europe became the little brother of the United States. However, in this plane, although the strength of Datang has been recognized, there is still a sense of superiority in the hearts of Europeans that is not far away, and they have to find some trouble with Datang every once in a while, so that even if they stay in the international order established by Datang, they are rebellious.

Bai Nan put down the pen in his hand and said: "Ten years ago, I had a hunch that the war was not the final end, and I am afraid that there would be a larger war between Europe and the Tang Dynasty. ”

Qi Yuan asked with some curiosity, "Do you think it will be something that will happen during your tenure?" If a full-scale war breaks out during your term of office, you may be re-elected under wartime law. ”

Bai Nan shook his head and said: "It is impossible for me to be re-elected, there is no benefit, and there is no need, there are many talented and talented people in the country, and they can handle the helm of Datang well, it is not that I can't do it." However, I think Europe is still a few years in the making, and Germany has already shown obvious disobedience, and I am afraid that the next step is to get close to Britain quickly. ”

Qi Yuan asked: "Yesterday's friend, today is the opposite, do you regret that Mr. President brought Germany with you in the first place?" ”

Bai Nan smiled: "This is not true, at that time, from any point of view, it was very beneficial to support Germany." And over the years, we have also made a lot of profits in Germany, which can be regarded as recovering the costs. Moreover, there were not a few pro-Tang people in the German Revolution, and the majority of the German masses were also friendly to Tang, and it was undoubtedly the most stupid thing for Marnes to contend with us for the sake of the so-called national interests, and it would not be easy for him to succeed. ”

Qi Yuan sighed: "I'm afraid that people like Marnes will manipulate public opinion for their own selfish interests, and even do things that anger and resentment of the heavens." ”

Bai Nan nodded: "He will definitely do that, because Marnes is such a guy." However, even if Germany becomes the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, will we be afraid? Europe is still a scorched earth before it can reflect and be a new man. (To be continued.) )