513 The Tang Dynasty Responds to the Great Revolution
"We must demand that the French government, whether it is the current French government or the future French government, as their important trading partner and diplomatic relationship, that any loss suffered by Tang-funded enterprises in the French Revolution will be a serious damage to the relations between the two countries. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoWe can't give the French the impression that the law is not responsible, and we can't specifically hold a few responsible people accountable for the looting and vandalism of our Chinese-funded enterprises and shops, but we can sanction France itself and force them to protect our Chinese-funded enterprises! ”
At the cabinet meeting, Lin Youde, who is already the minister of commerce, rarely showed his tough side. Lin Youde's career is also smooth sailing, and there are no twists and turns. He started as an employee of the International Trade Company, and after being transferred to the Ministry of Commerce, he worked steadily, although he did not achieve anything impressive, but the rapid growth of Datang Commerce and Trade year after year is the best explanation. Lin Youde is in his fifties, and it is not surprising that he will still serve as Minister of Commerce in the next cabinet next year, and there have even been rumors that he has a good personal relationship with Bai Nan, and he may be promoted to the position of secretary general of ************ by Bai Nan in one step.
Nowadays, it is not only Datang's state-owned enterprises that are investing in France, but also a considerable number of private enterprises are also conquering cities in France and making great gains. Lin Youde's opinion represents the two parts of Datang's private and state-owned capital.
Foreign Minister Su Liangxing said at this time: "The use of sanctions is somewhat extreme, after all, we are happy to see the revolution in France, and if sanctions against France are adopted at this time, it is likely to be misunderstood that we are not in support of the revolution." This will be very detrimental to our subsequent relations with the French Republican government. ”
Su Liangxing considered it purely from the perspective of diplomacy. Therefore, it is natural to oppose the urgent sanctions against France proposed by the Ministry of Commerce. Forcing them to deal with the matter.
Zhao Daling said at this time: "It is obviously inappropriate to sanction France with relatively tough means, but if we do not react at this time, it is obviously irresponsible to our own enterprises." Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any response to this? ”
Su Liangxing replied: "Regarding the infringement of Chinese enterprises in the French Revolution, after research and discussion, we believe that this is only an individual and untargeted behavior, and it cannot be directly explained as the dissatisfaction of the French people with our Tang-funded enterprises. Because around our breached businesses and shops, other local French shops were also vandalized and looted, so the incident itself was aimless. Nor should we deal with this issue in an overly official and formal way. We, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, believe that we are privately communicating and pressuring the leaders of the French government and the insurrectionary masses to avoid the property of our companies in exchange for some of our support. After all, at this time, neither the French government nor the French revolutionary forces dare to offend us. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not believe that such measures will completely solve the problem, and sporadic violations will still occur and are difficult to avoid. So we can find a way to come to a renewed agreement with the new government in France. to gain more benefits, which requires us in the future situation in France. There is a deeper intervention. ”
"However, it is not possible to enter into any agreement with the French government now, because the French government will change like a whammy, and now it will be the constitutional monarchists, then the Girondins, the Jacobins, the Thermidorians, until Napoleon," he said. It can be said that any treaty we now sign with France is likely to be rejected by the party that will come after us. During the 10-year Revolution, France was extremely chaotic and its economy was devastated to a certain extent. However, it is undeniable that within four or five years after the Revolution, France began to carry out capitalist economic reforms, and then it will usher in a peak period of development. However, the political situation in France is relatively chaotic, which brings certain troubles to our operation. Therefore, in general, we can only take small steps one by one, and carefully consider our investment direction and investment methods, and seize the opportunity as much as possible to make profits under the premise that we will not lose anything. Of course, this needs to be discussed by our comrades from the Ministry of Commerce and representatives of our industry. ”
Zhao Daling nodded and said, "Bai Nan's idea is good. ”
The president now expresses his views less and less, often others say, he nods or shakes his head, the political situation in Datang has become more and more clear, although Bai Nan has not yet taken over as president, but has begun to exert his influence more and more, and affect the overall decision-making of Datang.
Lin Youde also immediately said: "Vice Chairman Bai's views are very inspiring, and our Ministry of Commerce will work according to this idea, convene our colleagues from the business and business circles to communicate and discuss, and formulate a rigorous and meticulous development opportunities for France, trade and investment." ”
Everyone pretended not to see Lin Youde's sycophants, and now there are quite a few people in this cabinet, and there are now two kinds of bigwigs in the cabinet: one is Zhao Daling, Zheng He and the like, basically they are almost at the end, and they will retire at the end of this term, they are relatively comfortable, and there is nothing to say and do; The other is like Lin Youde, who is in the prime of life, and can continue to climb up in the next session. The first is not much of a move, and people like Lin Youde have begun to move rapidly towards Bai Nam, the core of the next government. This is also a understandable thing, so no one despises it or anything.
This is still the lower level in the cabinet and the National Council, and it is also looking forward to it. Although the selection of cabinet members will consider qualifications, political achievements, specific abilities and professional needs, etc., the president, as the head of the cabinet, also has a relatively large decision-making power, so at this time, if he behaves well in front of Paeknam, he may be promoted and become a cabinet official, which is a substantial change.
It was also in this autumn that the Tang Revolutionary Party was preparing to convene its third plenary session. In terms of party and government, Zhao Daling, the president and chairman of the party, will officially hand over the leadership of the party to Bai Nam, and after the country's third presidential election next spring, Bai Nam will officially become the president of the country and walk to the pinnacle of real power. (To be continued.) )