In the past few days, Hu Chuyuan and Qu Hongji began to communicate frequently through new telecommunication telephones, and jointly made one of the most important new decisions in Qu Hongji's cabinet - to incorporate the Republic of Sumansia into the imperial territory and formally establish the new autonomous state of Sumancia.

This is a very special setting, and it is the first time it has appeared in the empire map.

This decision was delayed for two years before it finally came about, and the key reason was that Qu Hongji was worried that the Mongols would take advantage of such a setup to demand the establishment of a Mongolian autonomous state.

In the past two years, Qu Hongji and the State Military Commission have been working to strengthen the military arrangements in Mongolia, Xinjiang Province, Gansu, Tibet Province, and other regions, and to secretly "prune" possible separatist forces.

It was a big decision that was not alarming, and the response of the entire international community was slow, or even non-responsive, and did not dare to make any reaction.

In the final analysis, it is China's national strength that is too strong.

At the end of April, Hu Chuyuan's family set off for the Yanjing Capital Administration Park, and on May 3, he officially became the third prime minister of the empire.

During this period, a large number of middle-aged officials in China's political arena have grown up, or in other words, Hu Chuyuan's descendants have become stronger and stronger.

In the five years of his reign, Hu Chuyuan's control over China has not only not weakened, but has become stronger and stronger.

Xie Yuanqi, Ding Bingqian, Yang Shipai, Xu Shichang, Sun Zongyuan, Li Xiling, Ye Dachen, Mei Ruding...... and others began to serve as cabinet ministers, Yang Shipai served as the interior minister, and Sun Zongyuan served as the foreign minister.

Ouyang Geng, who was re-elected as foreign minister for two consecutive terms, was reappointed as the secretary general of the Sino-US Strategic Cooperation Committee, and succeeded Niu Yugeng as the president of the Central University of Political Science and Law.

On May 17, Kaiser Wilhelm II paid an official visit to China.

After many years, Hu Chuyuan and Wilhelm II met again, and at the Yingtai State Guesthouse, Hu Chuyuan also held a grand welcome ceremony and state banquet.

Hu Chuyuan was very positive about the proposal of China and Germany to further deepen cooperation in the economic, cultural, and educational fields, but Hu Chuyuan resolutely rejected Wilhelm II's proposal that Germany should take the lead in resuming Sino-Russian territorial coordination negotiations.

China and Russia have nothing to talk about, and it is even more unlikely that China will return its existing territories to Russia.

There is no need to think about this at all.

Although Wilhelm II felt the strength of China during his visits to Tianjin and Shanghai, he firmly believed that Germany would be much stronger.

After Hu Chuyuan refused to renegotiate the Sino-Russian territorial issue, Kaiser Wilhelm II ended his visit to China ahead of schedule and returned home hastily.

Kaiser Wilhelm II was still that kind of person after all.

His conceit and arrogance have always influenced the Germans, and he has allowed Germany to rise rapidly, but also to plunge Germany into a kind of quagmire from which it cannot extricate itself.

On the night of sending off Wilhelm II, Hu Chuyuan silently sighed in his heart that if Germany can make more clever use of the international situation, especially the vast space of Sino-German cooperation, to achieve economic transformation, Germany still has a very huge space for development.

Perhaps, Germans will always be Germans.

Perhaps, each nation has its own strengths and weaknesses.

After the end of Wilhelm II's visit to China, the room for relaxation between China and Germany was squeezed out by Wilhelm II, and the world situation began to further aggravate.

Russia, which had only intended to concentrate money on strengthening its navy, was forced into a naval race, and France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire also swelled in this vicious cycle.

Not only the navy but also the army was in a large-scale race, and Germany had to maintain its superiority in mechanized forces, which gradually overwhelmed the German economy.

In the midst of this chaos, Sun Zongyuan, as the foreign minister of the third cabinet, began to tour Europe, and under the coordination of the United Kingdom, signed a new cooperation agreement with Portugal, providing Portugal with a national debt of 250 million pounds, and calming the various conflicts between China and Portugal over African issues.

On this basis, China and Britain and Spain and Portugal reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation plan on economic cooperation, and Chinese and British capital began to pour into the Iberian Peninsula on a larger scale, and invested in the entire modern industrial and agricultural system in Portugal and Spain.

When Sun Zongyuan visited Europe intensively, Hu Chuyuan also personally went to Tehran to visit Persia.

Persia.

It was only during the Pahlavi dynasty that Persia was renamed "Iran", and it is still Persia.

Persia is a large concept that encompasses Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, the Caucasus, and even parts of the Ottoman Empire, and the current king of Persia, Ahmad Shah, is actually Turkmen.

It is not yet possible to say that the Turkmen are Turkmen, because the Turkmens belong to a large tribal system at this stage, and when they break away from Iran and develop on their own, they can eventually become Turkmen who read the power.

Tehran.

Known as "foothill" in ancient Persian, its rise was due in part to the Mongols, who destroyed the nearby ancient city of Rei and dispersed the fleeing people to Tehran, then a small village, that gradually replaced Rey as the terminus of the Silk Road.

Now, its resurgence is thanks to the Hui people, and even more so to Hu Chuyuan's Fukang Consortium, China CITIC Bank, Wells Fargo Heavy Industries, and Swire Consortium...... CITIC.

After so many years of development, Tehran is very different from before, the beautiful city has a new look, and you can see new and strange buildings everywhere, as well as Chinese architecture.

In Tehran, there is such a Chinatown.

Because, there are too many Chinese and Hui people who come here every year to do business.

Hu Chuyuan rode through the street in his car, and through the window, he looked at the outside world and enjoyed the beautiful exotic scenery.

He was accompanied by his wife, Wu Shuzhen, and in the passenger seat was not the ambassador to the Persian Kingdom, but Ma Baorong, the top head of China CITIC Bank here.

In China, especially among the Hui, Ma Baorong is a very common name, but in Persia, the name is very intimidating.

Because Ma Baorong is the general manager of the Persian branch of China CITIC Bank, which in turn is the only note-issuing bank in the Persian Kingdom.

When he first came to Persia, Ma Baorong was only twenty-seven years old, but now he is forty years old, fluent in Persian and Turkmen.

At the age of 32, he helped CITIC Bank become the sole issuer of notes in the Kingdom of Persia, a privilege he has maintained until now, and if nothing else, for decades.

Crossing the street, Hu Chuyuan easily saw two banks, namely the National Bank of Persia and the Bank of Tehran, and these two banks are the subsidiaries of China CITIC Bank here, which is conducive to the business of China CITIC Bank.

These two banks are located in all major cities of Persia, accounting for more than 50% of the deposits and loans in Persia, and their parent bank, the CITIC Bank, is the only legal seller of government bonds in the Persian kingdom and the royal financial adviser appointed by the Qajar royal family.

You may not see it in Tehran, but you can find another bank with a very large business volume in the counties and towns of Persia - the Persian Agricultural Credit Bank, which is controlled by the Persian Agricultural Credit Union under the CITIC Society.

The CITIC system has monopolized the financial industry throughout the Persian kingdom.

When the sedan arrived at the summer palace arranged by the royal family, General Hu Chuyuan had almost finished reading the information in his hand.

He closed the information book provided by the National Intelligence Agency, and suddenly said to Ma Baorong: "Manager Ma, you have worked hard all these years. ”

Hearing this, Ma Baorong was slightly stunned, then hurriedly got out of the car, opened the car door for Hu Chuyuan, and said, "Prime Minister, this is what I should do." ”

Hu Chuyuan took Wu Shuzhen out of the car, glanced at the summer palace in front of him from a distance, but instructed Ma Baorong: "You are the big shopkeeper of our Hu family, just call me the owner." ”

"Hey, hey!"

Ma Baorong agreed repeatedly, happy in his heart, and immediately said: "Big Boss, I won't accompany you in, first go back to the city and cooperate with the Minister Ha to arrange the rest of the itinerary for you." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, watched Ma Baorong leave, and then entered the luxurious summer palace of the Persian Kaijia royal family with Wu Shuzhen, accompanied by Shang Yunxiang and others.

Li Cunyi is old, and this kind of trip and task abroad is too hard, so there is no need to bother him.

Over the years, the head of the Secret Service has been Shang Yunxiang.

Hu Chuyuan's identity is also very different, and the Kaijia Dynasty is particularly concerned about his visit, and the place he arranges is as noble and luxurious as possible.

There will be an official itinerary tomorrow, and after entering the palace, Hu Chuyuan, accompanied by the envoy of the Persian royal family, and Wu Shuzhen enjoyed the scenery in the summer palace.

In the evening, he found a spacious conference hall and asked Liang Qichao, Tang Shouqian and others to sort out the information.

Unlike in the past, this time, the Confidential Secretariat has also added a special adviser, Mr. Ha Dingheng, a domestic expert in religious politics, who is also the main think tank of the new Islamic reform movement in China.

Everyone gathered together to talk about the Persian question.

China's influence on the Persian Qajar dynasty was staggering, and it was through China's insistence and intervention that the Khajar royal family was forced to allow the more open young Prince Ahmad to inherit the throne.

Also under the intervention of China, the Persian Dynasty has now entered a stable constitutional monarchy, maintaining the basic characteristics of theocracy, the king is both a national leader and a religious leader, but the king does not directly manage state affairs, but adopts a cabinet system, sets up a national council, and each state elects members to enter the parliament to participate in politics.

In the past ten years, the Fukang Consortium has been in the long-term development of Persia, comprehensively transplanting China's experience, promoting the joint agricultural model in Persia, investing in infrastructure construction, and developing Persia's petrochemical, metal smelting, mining, machinery, textile and other industries.

Persia's coal, iron, copper, zinc, oil, and natural gas resources are abundant, and only the three large iron mines that have been mined have more than one billion tons of rich ore reserves, and the coal mining volume is about 11 million tons per year, and the total zinc ore reserves rank first in the world.

From 1901 to the present, the Fukang Consortium has invested a total of 377 million pounds in Persia, coupled with the Swire Consortium, Jardine Matheson and other British-backed consortiums continue to introduce other investments from the United Kingdom, in just ten years, Persia's GDP has been second only to Italy, ranking eighth in the world.

Militarily, Persia completely followed the Chinese path, basically copied the Chinese navy and army settings, almost all the equipment was imported from China, and the licensed Jiangnan rifle is currently being produced in China.

The current major military officers of Persia were all trained at the Lanzhou Army Academy.

The main employees of the Fukang Consortium in Persia are all Hui people, and almost all of the military advisers and economic advisers sent by China in Persia are Hui people, so it can be said that this is a special bridge between China and Persia.

Although Britain was also a protectorate of Persia, it was China that could really control Persia, especially after the end of the Far East War, with a comprehensive victory over Russia, China's influence in Central Asia became particularly strong, even Britain could not match.

As a counterbalance, the tacit understanding between China and Britain is that China "protects" Persia and Britain "protects" Afghanistan, while continuing to share the privilege of protection.

Persia's current economic strength is indeed very good, and it also has its own navy, of course, it is basically an old ship eliminated by China, and it is the largest naval power in West Asia, and there are two monarch-class battleships.

Everyone sat together, and first of all, they discussed whether the situation in Persia could continue to be so stable.

To be precise, with the development of the Persian economy, whether China's control over Persia will gradually get out of control, Liang Qichao talked about another issue -- the current economy of Persia is indeed very good, but is the Fukang consortium a little excessive? Judging from the information provided by the National Intelligence Bureau, although Persia also has some national capitalists, it can be said that it is a group of compradors, and they are all compradors of the Fukang consortium.

Hu Chuyuan is also worried about this problem.

At this time, Ha Dingheng replied in depth - basically no problem, especially in such a country.

It is a theocratic country.

Generally speaking, as long as the average affluence of the people is good, the position of the religious leader is solid, and the military power is solid, there is less likely to be major unrest.

For the time being, the national economic development of Persia is very good, the army has 17 divisions, and the analysis report provided by the National Intelligence Service believes that there is no phenomenon of the army getting out of control for the time being.

The current capitalists in Persia are all compradors, and they are all compradors of the Fukang Consortium, and they rely on the Fukang Consortium to get rich.

In the long run, once the investment is gradually successful, the practice of the Fukang consortium will still gradually cash out in the stock market, retain some of the main core assets, and the rest of the funds will be withdrawn on a large scale to find a more suitable new market with a higher return on investment.

Of course, Persia has Persian problems.

In the long run, Persia's development is still easily restricted...... That is the problem of Islam, and no matter how Persian capitalism develops, its future will hardly go beyond the framework of the Islamic world, or even beyond the framework of Persia.

In this respect, Persia and Persia are very different.

Judging from the country's total import and export volume, Persia has always been in a position of trade deficit with China, and orders for the military industry account for 30 percent of the total imports.

In terms of military strength, there are two mechanized divisions among the 17 divisions of Persia, but the overall combat level is not high, and the quality of the soldiers is average, so when many good weapons come into their hands, the effect is relatively ordinary.

Of course, compared to the Ottoman Empire, the combat effectiveness of these 17 divisions is still considerable.

Compared to the Ottoman Empire, Persia was also much more economically powerful.

Hu Chuyuan came by train, and he saw a lot of things in Persia along the way, and he basically had a feeling that if there was a war in West Asia, the Ottoman Empire might not have a big surname, but the strength of the Persian Kingdom was still good and could provide some help.

The Persian cavalry was even larger, and it could play some very good roles as a second-tier force.

Therefore, the garrison in Iraq should still be dominated by mechanized troops, and at present, it is necessary to hoard military strategic materials in Persia and Iraq to cope with a larger-scale war.

(To be continued)