466 Performances
The delegation of the Haitang Kingdom, headed by Premier Yuan, was not idle at all in Egypt.
For the first few days, the mission was busy with foreign affairs: meeting with the king, negotiating trade with government officials, and so on.
However, the diplomatic negotiations of this era, especially during the war, were not as often a negotiation for a year, and it was normal to negotiate for many years for the sake of tariffs, and to settle on an agreement in a few words. Of course, this refers to abnormal countries like Egypt, and if the United States and Britain want to get tariff-free treatment, it is purely a dream.
Economic aggression, this kind of advanced thing, this year, the whole of Egypt does not know if anyone can understand.
Moreover, don't look at Egypt as an independent country in name, but in fact, its domestic and foreign affairs are completely under the control of Britain, and there are actually very few things that the Haitang State can talk about with Egypt, and they are all small things such as commodity trade, ship supply and water, and personnel exchanges.
After talking in a few words. Premier Yuan and Foreign Minister Yan were invited to start a tour to visit the famous places in Egypt. The journey is not lonely, today the ruling Tolan party will have a banquet, and tomorrow a certain organization will have a seminar. In short, under the banner of mutual familiarity and friendship, the guests and hosts enjoyed each other.
As for the visit of the prime minister and the foreign minister of the Haitang Kingdom to Egypt, as a protectorate of Egypt, Britain will certainly not take it lightly.
In particular, after a small number of people were recently added to the delegation of the Prime Minister of Haitang, Britain paid more attention to this diplomatic mission and began to closely monitor it.
This small wave of people is a thorn in the side of the British Empire. It was the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Ceylon, Ranier. Wickremesinghe.
Since the Naval Resistance Army and the Ceylonese joined forces to defeat the Japanese army in Ceylon, when the British wanted to return to Ceylon again, they found that the road had been cut off.
The Provisional Government of Ceylon had declared independence and refused to allow British troops to return to Ceylon.
Just Ceylon's little armament, of course, the British Empire did not take it seriously. However, the existence of the Haitang Army cannot be arbitrarily acted by the British. Left to the whirl of British diplomats, the Ceylonese was determined this time.
Suddenly, the British realized that the world had changed. In fact, the empire on which the sun never sets is already a thing of the past, but the British are unwilling to admit it.
In the Indian Ocean, the British Empire is no longer the only one.
Churchill was gloomy about this, but no matter how angry he was, it didn't help.
The Ceylon army was joining hands with the Haitang army to resist Japan, and Britain had no reason to take action.
The situation in Britain is not so good now. None of the sides in the war will feel that they have enough troops, and the British army will not be able to pull out. Moreover, although the Indian Ocean is a relatively quiet corner of the world battlefield, if there is no Haitang Army, it will occupy the strength of the British Navy. Plainly. Britain has a request for the Tang Kingdom.
If Britain had acted recklessly, it would have been able to win even against the Tang Army in Shanghai. And be prepared to pay a heavy price.
Churchill was furious. To no avail, they had to continue to play the diplomatic tricks of the British Empire, and the British government and diplomatic departments began to attack the Haitang Kingdom on various occasions.
I can't get it, and you don't want it.
That's all Churchill could do.
Although this trick is not clever, it is something that the Haitang Kingdom must deal with properly. Although everyone is taking advantage of their own interests, it is absolutely uncomfortable to bear the name of aggression, which will worsen the international environment for the survival of the Haitang Kingdom.
Let Ceylon become independent, Li Guang is really reluctant.
China has been bullied for a hundred years. Colonized. If you can build a colony, it will be a cool feeling.
YY for half a day, Li Guang decided to accept the reality. If the Haitang Kingdom colonizes Ceylon, then not only the people of Ceylone will turn from friends to enemies. And the British also have an excuse to intervene, and the Americans will definitely not intervene.
In the long run, controlling a country or expanding a territory is of course a good thing, but if you take too big a step, you will pull the egg.
The first task of the Haitang Kingdom is immigration, and this must not be forgotten. At this point, the British really stuck the throat of Haitang Kingdom. Because, the path of immigration has to pass through India.
Rather than this, it would be better to take a step back and fully support Ceylon's independence. There are many channels for obtaining benefits, and Premier Yuan Ye and Foreign Minister Yan are both masters.
After careful planning, the Haitang State declared that it would support the independence of Ceylon. According to Eastern tradition, the two countries became fraternal countries and formed an alliance.
The two countries have comprehensive cooperation in the political, military, diplomatic, and economic fields, and have visa-free personnel exchanges, so that they can advance and retreat together in international politics. Moreover, the Haitang State was more generous and more thorough, and made a promise: after the war, the Tang Port area was handed over to the administration of the Ceylon government, and the Haitang State only leased the Tang Port on a permanent basis on the basis of voluntary equality between the two parties.
This was the prototype of the later Tang Federation, which at this time was only a two-state alliance.
In the eyes of the British, the Haitang Kingdom retreated, and it could be regarded as achieving the initial goal of the British Empire. In Churchill's view, what a brotherly alliance is pure nonsense. No matter which country the royal family of Europe is a relative at will, but it is still a war for the sake of profit.
When Churchill heard the news, he scoffed at Li Guang and Yuan Ye -- but that's it. By the time Britain had recovered from the quagmire of war, Ceylon would remain a colony of the British Empire.
Churchill laughed.
But outside of his thinking, or rather outside of all European thinking, there is a force called demographic superiority, called assimilation. The history of China for thousands of years can not be understood by Europeans who have just emerged from obscurity for hundreds of years.
In fact, Li Guang was not interested in this method from the heart, and always thought that it was too imposing (a bit big-Han-clan-righteous). However, Premier Yuan and Foreign Minister Yan, as well as many scholars, believe that this is the best approach.
Of course, the most important thing is that it must not affect the immigration cause of Haitang Kingdom. The national policy has a master and a second, and if you grab your beard and eyebrows, it may end up being a chicken and an egg. Immigration is the core of the core, and without a sufficient population base, everything is in vain.
Moreover, in Li Guang's plan, the main direction of territorial expansion of the Haitang State was not Ceylon India, but Africa.
To put it bluntly, Li Guang's entanglement is just that the little family is angry and reluctant. The land that used to bleed and sweat always made him so independent, and he always felt uncomfortable.
The appearance of the diplomatic mission of the Haitang Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Ceylon in Egypt at the same time naturally had a purpose.
First of all, as a state of Haitang, it supports the independence of Ceylon. Although it is a bit stupid, it is truly brilliant in the general righteousness, and it is in line with the latest international norm -- national independence. This is what US President Roosevelt always flaunted, and it is also recognized by the Atlantic Charter, and it is the most important reason for the allies to resist the Axis powers.
To put it simply, Haitang brought the Prime Minister of Ceylon to perform and establish the image of Haitang in international affairs.
Of course, Ceylon was a big bargain for the interim government of Prime Minister Lanier. Wickremesinghe, grateful. Premier Yuan believed that good things should be done to the end, and he was ready to speak for Ceylon at the Cairo Conference, asking the United States to also recognize Ceylon's independence, so as to eliminate the hidden danger from Britain. Of course, it also cuts off a little bit of US President Roosevelt's personal inexplicable dislike for the Haitang Kingdom.
Hai Tangguo's behavior has different interpretations in the eyes of different people. The British spies were everywhere, but the diplomatic envoys of the Haitang Kingdom did not go out of place at all, and they did not show the slightest hint of inciting the independence of the Egyptians in private or in public.
However, the Egyptians, especially some non-mainstream groups, were very interested in the independence of the Haitang Kingdom and Ceylon.
Non-aggression, willing to help weak countries, and capable of helping weak countries. This is the Egyptian's impression of the Haitang Kingdom. It's not about what you say, it's about what you do. The Egyptians' goodwill towards the Haitang Kingdom slowly sprouted.
After the diplomatic mission of the Haitang Kingdom returned to China, a group of Egyptians soon came to the door to seek friendship and discuss cooperation. The leader was a lieutenant colonel officer and the leader of Egyptian independence in history, Nasser.
No matter how tired the British were of the Haitang Kingdom and his party, soon, the British spies would not care about supervising the Haitang State Mission.
US President Roosevelt is coming, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is coming, and China's Chairman Chiang is coming.
Of course, if these people do not come, the Prime Minister of Ceylon will not show his face. The diplomatic mission of the Haitang Kingdom received the news. (To be continued......)