Chapter 156: Trading
Politicians choose to take responsibility for what they say unless they are necessary or willing, and that's how the political game of the West is played. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In an election year, Western politicians, in order to win over voters, they can say anything, and countries are basically like this.
In recent years, France's tone has been changing, sometimes hardliners have come to power, sometimes moderates have come to power, and attitudes towards Germany, including Britain and other countries, have also been changing, making people joke that France's political field is staging a good show of changing face.
The hardliners in France came to power because they were in demand by the people, and after they came to power, they loved nothing more than to use Germany as a knife, and the articles they did started from the "Treaty of Versailles", and the rude thing they did was to march into the Ruhr regardless of the pressure of Germany and the international community; Wait for the people to fear war, or if some hard-liners don't like it, and the next moment it should be the moderates who come to power. When the moderates came to power, their favorite thing to do was to quickly mend relations with Germany, and they were on the same page with the hardliners in Britain as they did not like to deal with the British.
Britain is the world hegemon, but some of the things that the world hegemon does are really inauthentic, and it seems that in order to maintain the status of the world hegemon, he can do all kinds of bullshit. This naturally gives a very bad impression to the countries, France has already suffered a loss in the last war, and no one wants to become a second France.
Winston as the initiator. Churchill has long since stepped down, but what the state has done cannot be blamed on one person as if it never happened. Britain is now facing a situation where it wants to repair relations with France, but because of French tsundere, it has been tepid.
France is currently relatively close to the United States, that is because the United States is challenging Britain's position as a world currency, France thinks that it has been bullied by Britain miserably, and tries to retaliate, and the result is that it follows the United States and exchanges British pounds for gold.
Previously, the French cabinet had publicly promised not to participate in the exchange of pounds, but with the emergence of the new cabinet, the previous promises became invalid, but more ferocious than the previous exchange.
In view of the special nature of politicians talking like farts, the representatives of various countries came to Li Qi with different purposes, for example, the British representative just wanted to mean something else, and the rest of the delegates also had their own thoughts, and perhaps only the representative of Belgium took it seriously.
The conversation was basically about Richie and Bentka. Hazard was tearing up, and both sides seemed to have a lot of anger, while the other representatives listened quietly.
"Reparations? Does Germany have the money to pay reparations! Li Qi's eyes widened: "First of all, the economy needs to warm up to continue to repay the compensation, it's not that you don't pay it back!" ”
Speaking of which, there was no innocent in Belgium at the time of the First World War, and no one was innocent in such a war, even since both sides agreed that it was a state of war. The difference is that Belgium is on the side of the victor in the end, and it has the right to be crooked, and it is also very fond of being crooked.
"No matter how it is paid, it will be very difficult for Germany to make payments." Li Qi looked at the other delegates and said, "This is the truth and the reality. ”
The representative of the United Kingdom was seen, Jerry. Phillips and U.S. representative Smith. Walker was nodding his head to the French representative Basille. Maupassant hesitated and nodded.
France is now in charge of the moderates again, and their arguments are not to provoke Germany too much, but they have no intention of recovering Germany, in short, the mentality is somewhat contradictory.
Benteka. Seeing that there was no one to support him, Hazard sighed depressedly and said, "You will regret your indulgence in Germany." ”
"I must say again that some of Germany's legitimate demands are not vexatious." Li Qi said with sincerity: "The agreement always needs to be approved by both parties in order to be implemented well. Whatever happens now, we should come to a consensus. ”
"After your party came to power, did it want to change the Treaty of Versailles?" Basil. Maupassant raised his eyebrows and said, "That will not be allowed." ”
"There are some agreements that need to be discussed as necessary." Jerry. Phillips was careful to phrase it, saying, "That would be good for either side." ”
Britain chose to indulge Germany because Britain needed a balance on the European continent so that they could continue to stir things up.
At present, France is the dominant country on the road to Europe, so don't blame Britain for targeting France, after all, Britain has been implementing the "continental balance policy" not for a day or two, but for hundreds of years.
Britain and France have fought more than once in the past, and the Hundred Years' War and the Crime Alliance, the British have always been the main force. They can be allies on the premise of fighting to the death, and the British can form an alliance with Prussia because they need to fight France, so why do they have to eliminate the option of allied with Germany against France now?
Speaking of which, France and Britain were the most bitter enemies, and the contradictions between Britain and Germany were only concluded during the First World War. The hatred between Britain and Germany does not seem to be as big as imagined, especially with France acting as the vanguard of the anti-German emergency, and Belgium and Poland as two little experts in the dead to pull the hatred, Britain is only in the navy in oppressing Germany, not to mention that Britain will stand up from time to time to help Germany pull the side or something.
"Poland could not play a role in stopping the invasion of Soviet Russia." Jerry. "In terms of easing the size of the army, we think there should probably be some changes," Phillips said. ”
"Nope! When pigs fly! "Basil. Maupassant seemed to have been stepped on by the tail and said: "The Wehrmacht has 100,000, the Freikorps have 150,000, and in fact Germany now has 250,000 men." For the sake of the participation of the Freikorps in the necessary international affairs, we have turned a blind eye to the expansion of the Wehrmacht! ”
"Yes, Poland could not play the role of holding back Soviet Russia." Smith. Walker represents the United States, which can be very complex right now. "We agree with Britain that there needs to be some change in Germany's military power," he said. ”
The United States is indeed complicated now, on the one hand, they are challenging Britain's position as a currency in the world, and on the other hand, they have a lot of cooperation with Britain, for example, in the Soviet Union.
In the eyes of the United States, Soviet Russia is naturally a natural enemy, after all, the United States is a country ruled by the power of capital, and those politicians are just puppets operated by the power of capital. The United States actively participated in the civil war against Soviet Russia, on the one hand, of course, out of "class antagonism", and on the other hand, it found a new way to play on the international stage, and wanted to try to divide other countries.
In the past, Tsarist Russia was too big and belonged to a transcontinental country, and the Yankees may now have the ambition to dominate the world, but that does not mean that there is no ambition.
Britain has colonies all over the world, but the United States can only be depressed about Britain, and their established national policy is not to directly challenge the world hegemon, but to instigate other countries to challenge it, or to create opportunities for other countries to challenge Britain.
The United States will not want to see Soviet Russia inherit the "legacy" of Tsarist Russia in its entirety, what they hope is that the former Tsarist Russia is better to split, and the more countries that split out, the better, even if only Poland, Finland, and White Russia (White Guards) can accept it, and the most important thing is to attach importance to White Russia (White Guards).
Splitting Soviet Russia is almost the desire of the great powers of the world, and if it is not to intervene in the civil war of Soviet Russia, how can it be accepted in the League of Nations, and a multinational joint intervention army has been created?
On the one hand, France was eager to get Russia to recognize the loans of the Tsarist period, and on the other hand, France wanted a deterrent force to the east of Germany. As a result, France was the main force involved in the civil war in Soviet Russia, and then repeatedly sought to find channels to contact Stalin and other Soviet Russian leaders, trying to reach an understanding through contact.
At present, Soviet Russia is indeed in a real split, not to mention the independence of Finland and Poland after the collapse of Tsarist Russia, Lenin recognized the independent status of Finland and Poland when he was the leader. However, according to Lenin's diplomatic skills, it was more like a political strategy, as if he had promised to abrogate all the treaties of the Tsarist period and return the territories occupied by all the countries, when in fact not a single inch of Soviet Russia had been returned.
"So our position is the same, we have the necessary involvement, and we should be compensated by some other parties." Richie looked at Basil. Maupassant said: "What has happened before has happened, and countries have always chosen the path they should take because of the development of the situation, and there should be new changes in different periods, for example, there are now 50,000 German soldiers under the command of the French generals, is it not a kind of understanding?" ”
Basil. Maupassant was still smiling, but when he heard this, he immediately turned into an unsmiling expression and said: "Your Excellency, it was an agreement we reached outside the Treaty of Versailles, an agreement between your party and our country, not an agreement between Germany and France, and it was not in a different sense. It is as if France can support your party as an opposition party, but once your party becomes the ruling party, our policy will change accordingly. Of course, we believe that both sides should be friendly from a private standpoint. ”
It sounds too winding, but it's not that complicated, it's a bit like "each has its own way, and doesn't destroy friendship because of each other's different positions." This is not a conflict at all in Western society, but it depends on whether the individual really does not matter.
"One hundred and fifty thousand, we don't think it will make a difference at all." "My party is undoubtedly a friend here except Belgium, and we are also a sensible party that understands the importance of international relations, and it is not a party that does not know the importance of international relations," said Li Qi very sincerely. ”
Benteka. When Hazard heard this, he was angry, and his face was ugly: "Can I think that your party will choose to confront Belgium after becoming the ruling party in Germany?" ”
"Yes, we will confront Belgium." Litchie bluntly said: "Not only Belgium, but also Poland, any German ruling party will follow such a path, but it is only necessary, and it has nothing to do with actual behavior." ”
The weird thing is to include this card. Hazard was nodding his head, and some even applauded Rich's bluntness.
What does Litchie mean by that? It is nothing more than becoming the ruling party, and the necessary performance must be done, and Belgium and Poland are chosen, because Belgium is a small country among the two countries, and then Poland bullies Germany too hard.
There are too many enemies in a country, and the ruler who leads the country is undoubtedly a great failure, but it is also a failure to be friends with all countries. There will inevitably be competition between countries, and only when everything is back down and weak will there be no sharp opponents. As long as politicians who play political games understand this truth, only the people who are stupid and unclear will not be able to see the stakes clearly.
"One hundred and fifty thousand? Too much! "Basil. Maupassant softened, and when he wanted to say something, Richie spoke.
"It's not a new round of conscription, it's about 50,000 soldiers from the Freikorps to join the Wehrmacht." Once again, Richie said frankly: "It was a deal I had made with the Wehrmacht generals, in exchange for their support for my party, the party with which you had good relations. ”
Basil. Maupassant must have been instructed beforehand, saying, "Too many! Increase by up to 10,000! ”
Of course, Li Qi has fought for it again and again, and the appearance he showed was also very aggrieved. In fact, there are really grievances, and isn't it humiliating that a country's internal affairs need to be carried out with the consent of other countries?
Britain chose to side with Richie, and the United States duly expressed its understanding.
"Twenty-five thousand! That's all, we won't say yes to one more! "Basil. Maupassant's face was ugly, and he said: "In exchange, you need to increase the number of troops in the civil war in Soviet Russia, preferably by another 50,000, and at the same time bear thirty percent of the military spending!" ”
No matter how much it is expanded, even if it is only one person, Li Qi feels that it is a victory. He knew very well that even if there was no breakthrough elsewhere, as long as the Wehrmacht could be expanded, he would be regarded as a hero of Germany, a hero who was about to break the shackles that had been locked on Germany.
"At the same time, we believe that the wedding of His Excellency the Leader and Miss Monet should take place as soon as possible." Basil. Maupassant looked at Richie very seriously, as if he were talking not about a private family matter, but about a major matter concerning the diplomatic relations between the two countries: "Preferably within a week of your party becoming the ruling party." ”
Li Qi did not hesitate, he said, "Okay, I will marry Yelena." ”
Then again, the French don't really know what the situation is, but since they think it's important, let's just be important. (To be continued.) )