"Weak countries have no diplomacy", it seems that for "my Qing Dynasty", this is almost a law, anyway, no matter how you talk about it, in the end, you will always have to cede the land, it is to pay compensation, it seems that there is really no diplomacy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But in reality?

If a weak country has no diplomacy, it is because weak people simply have no strength to defend themselves, and in this case, weak countries need diplomacy more than strong countries! Because the diplomacy of a strong country relies on the strength of the country, it has a posture of bullying the weak with the strong, and the diplomatic posture is also rough. However, only by relying on the success of diplomacy can a weak country safeguard its own survival and dignity, and its diplomacy must be delicate and must be combined with skill and solemnity.

It is precisely for this reason that the phrase "weak countries need diplomacy more" has always been a principle that diplomats need to keep in mind, whether it is during the period of the Unified Supervision Office or the period of the Governor's Office.

The weaker the country, the more it needs to use diplomacy to protect its rights and interests. Perhaps no one knows this better than Tang Zhaoyi, the foreign minister, who has experienced the abrogation of the treaty by North Korea, and naturally knows the importance of diplomacy. Knowing how to use the contradictions of the great powers for their own use, it was in this process that Tang Zhaoyi and his assistants learned many diplomatic skills through continuous study.

That is, in the process of continuous improvement of their diplomatic skills, the strength of the Northeast and even the "Great Qing State" is changing rapidly, although now, in the eyes of the people of the time, the Great Qing State was "divided" by nine local governors, and the authority of the central power has declined unprecedentedly, but in the eyes of Westerners, they seem to see "the spring of an empire" -- they see that the people are using political skills to resolve disputes, compared to the Chinese people seem to be the political council as a decoration, for Westerners. Undoubtedly a step forward. This is matched by the progress of military strength. It is also looked at by Westerners. So much so that he misjudged the power of the "Qing State".

It was precisely on the basis of this erroneous judgment that the international status of the Great Qing State had been enhanced, and of course there was also a deliberate effort by Britain out of the strategic need to contain Russia. And after the "Xia Weiyi Incident", it made the morale of the Chinese people soar, and it seemed that it had become a powerful country overnight.

When the outside world misjudged because of this, Tang Zhaoyi, as a diplomat, knew very well that when the veil of the so-called "strong country" was lifted, the country was still weak, and the veil of the so-called "respect of other countries" was lifted. You can still feel the discrimination and contempt from Westerners.

You have to go through a war to gain the status of a great power!

Even as a diplomat, Tang Zhaoyi will not have a trace of skepticism about obtaining the "status of a strong country" from the battlefield, the status is not a handout from other countries, no one will recognize you as a strong man if he defeats a great power on the battlefield, but he does not know that as a diplomat, there will only be two results in a fight, one is of course what people want, and the other is what people want? Undoubtedly undesirable.

So. Diplomats need to have a cool head, they need to have a clear mind. But sometimes, even if he repeatedly muttered "calm down" in his heart, the calm headache would still get out of control, just like now, just like this matter, after the meeting with the Dutch consul, he was almost sending the other party to the carriage, and the moment he turned around, a foul word burst out of Tang Zhaoyi's mouth.

"Lose his mother,"

After a foul word, Tang Zhaoyi said angrily.

"Do you really think we don't dare to fight?"

It is no wonder that in order to be able to set up a consulate in Dutch East India, Tang Zhaoyi, as a negotiator, has been holding talks with the Dutch side for a whole year under the entrustment of the "Prime Minister's Yamen." In the past year, the negotiations between the two sides were far from smooth, and even the Netherlands did not have the sincerity to negotiate at all, and on some issues, it did not give an inch.

No, the negotiations are once again on hold.

The contempt of the Dutch, more precisely, the discrimination of the Dutch, how can Tang Zhaoyi not be annoyed.

"It's a big deal, everyone shoots to muzzle, muzzle to muzzle!"

If it were replaced by other powers, maybe Tang Zhaoyi would not be like this, but in his opinion, the Netherlands is just a small country, and it is impossible to make too strong a statement, but the result is beyond his expectations. The frustration of the negotiations even made him suspect that there was a problem with his negotiation strategy, but today's negotiations made him clearly aware of one point - what is the fundamental reason why the Dutch have no intention of negotiating.

"It's the bones that look down on us! Ranhandsome! ”

After sitting in front of the marshal and reporting the progress of the negotiations one by one, Tang Zhaoyi said with an indignant attitude.

"In my opinion, if you want to make progress this time, you have to be tough!"

His words paused, and he looked at the thoughtful handsome and said.

"In today's world, the most cruel treatment of overseas Chinese by Westerners is the Netherlands, and they don't know about the "Hongxi Massacre" one hundred and fifty-six years ago, and it is now that the Dutch are in the East India, restraining ......overseas Chinese with harsh laws and harsh laws, and exploiting them with harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

As a native of Guangdong, Tang Zhaoyi naturally cared about the interests of overseas Chinese, after all, most of them were Cantonese, and when he mentioned the "Hongxi Massacre", Tang Haoran's brows also jumped, and he naturally thought of the reaction of the so-called "perfect old man" and "emperor of the ages" in the mouth of the later generation of "brick scholars" to this matter.

"Nanyang is honest and lawless, but the Han merchants have been forbidden to live in their places for a long time, and they have abandoned themselves, although they are Han people, they are no different from the other places, and there is no major harm to the national body." Even the so-called "Emperor of the Ages" said to the Dutch envoy that "the people do not hesitate to recite the tombs of their ancestors and go abroad for profit, and the court will not pay attention to them", which is the so-called attitude of the Manchu Qing towards the so-called people.

"According to the decree, overseas Chinese are restricted from living in designated areas, Chinese areas, and are not allowed to move at will without permission, from 6:30 p.m. to 50:30 before dawn, if they go out, they must carry torches or lanterns for easy surveillance...... Once you arrive at your destination, you must report to the local government within 24 hours or you will be penalized......"

Tang Zhaoyi said as he observed the handsome man's expression and saw that his brows were tightly locked. There was a hint of unhappiness in his complexion. I knew I was right.

"According to the law promulgated by the Dutch East Indian authorities forty years ago. The inhabitants of Dutch East India were divided into four classes, the first class was European, the second class was of Dutch descent, the third class was treated equally with Europeans, the fourth class was treated equally with the aborigines, and the overseas Chinese were the last class......"

In addition to the status restrictions, it also stipulates that overseas Chinese must wear braids, which they consider to be a sign of overseas Chinese. And overseas Chinese are not allowed to wear suits, only matching jackets......"

Holding the teacup in one hand, Tang Haoran just listened silently, his brows became tighter and tighter, and the anger in his face became stronger and stronger, but on the other hand, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, isn't this exactly what he needs?

Perhaps, for Tang Zhaoyi and other diplomatic officials, they hope to establish a consulate in the Dutch East India. In order to strive to go out and establish its own diplomatic system in Northeast China. On the one hand, he is eyeing the oil fields there -- the oil fields in Borneo are directly related to China's oil strategic security in the next few decades, so he will deliberately want to seize Borneo.

On the other hand, now Li Hongzhang's vigilance in the northeast makes Tang Haoran have to find a way to divert his attention from the country, and nothing is easier to divert his attention than foreign affairs. As soon as the Northeast provokes trouble in the South Seas, then what Li Hongzhang sees will be that the forces of the Northeast are containing the South Seas, and the "Westerners" offended by the "stupid" diplomacy will naturally relax their vigilance.

In this way, the Northeast will have the opportunity to continue to implement the strategic plan of "taoguang and nurture obscurity" and prepare for the next plan, so as not to prematurely plunge the already weak forces into chaotic domestic struggles, which will then affect the entire strategic deployment.

After saying a word, now Tang Haoran doesn't want to meddle in the Guannei, not because of strength, but because of the timing, now for the middle and upper classes of the country, he is just a "rebel", young and without prestige, which means that it is difficult to win their support when entering the customs now, after all, for those people, compared to the young Tang Haoran, they are more willing to support adults like Li Hongzhang , Zhang Zhidong, etc., who are old and stubborn and have long been famous all over the world.

For the Chinese people, the Northeast and their own foundation is too weak, so they will not choose the Northeast unless they have to. Even Tang Haoran's "diplomatic success" of "stopping the expansion of US imperialism in Hawaii" that Tang Haoran has always been most proud of is "the arrogant act of young people" in the eyes of the Chinese people.

Those people don't know what diplomacy is, let alone what national strategy is. Naturally, I can't understand Tang Haoran's deep meaning, but the problem lies in this -- it is these people who hold the right to speak in China, even if they are like Tang Haoran, they have to make concessions, at least for now, since they are not concessions, they have to take into account their control of the right to speak.

If it weren't for the scruples of those people, wouldn't the current new policy in Kannai just be "patching"? Even Yuan Shikai, who looks extremely bold, is cautious with every move, even if it is a small number of moves, it is in the name of "for the well-being of the people". Even together with the land survey in Zhili, it was also investigated without reporting, and the data obtained from the survey were directly collected into the Governor's Palace, without being used as a tax standard.

No one will risk the condemnation of the world, before seizing the world, to offend the part of the people who have the right to talk about it, even if it is more than half a century later, that is only after the liberation of the "full implementation", before that, more rent and interest reductions, is the use of the old system as a tax, as for the "public-private partnership" is not even more mentioned, not only no one will mention, but on the contrary, talk a lot about the revitalization of national industry, support for national enterprises.

Since ancient times, rebels have always made light promises in order to win the so-called hearts and minds of the people, and where is the people's hearts? It is nothing more than in the hands of those who have the right to speak, that is, in the hands of those gentry, the people always blindly obey.

It is precisely because he knows the truth that Tang Haoran is very cautious about the Guannai, because he has neither more than 100,000 cadres to be sent to the whole country, nor a million work teams to go deep into the countryside, moreover, the peasants of this era are more conservative and more traditional, and even in the eyes of the peasants in the Guannai, he Tang Haoran is just a "chaotic minister and thief without a father", as for the so-called nation, for them, it is an empty word, and it has no meaning at all, even for the people of the Northeast, what is the meaning?

Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly unwise to get involved in the incident in Kannai. Not only should we not get involved, but we should also do everything possible to avoid provoking the contradictions in the customs and avoid "paying too much attention" to the northeast.

Now, because of the fleet, attention has been drawn, so how to eliminate this concern? Only the attention of the domestic has been shifted abroad, and ...... In the depths of his heart, Tang Haoran is also eager to make a name for himself, so that the people in Guannai no longer regard him as a "chaotic minister and thief", but a "national hero".

“…… It selects some people from the Chinese who can be used by them, entrusts them with an official and a half position, and gives them certain powers to deal with Chinese affairs, which is not only the Kapitan system, but they receive the Dutch people's salaries, and naturally do things for the Dutch, such as collecting taxes, lawsuits, issuing various certificates, etc., they have a certain power and can naturally be powerful and blessed, although there are many people who are enthusiastic about doing things for their compatriots, but they are flattering and foreign, and there are not a few people who are fake and tigers, fish and meat compatriots, and those who act for the tigers, and they use Chinese people to bully the Chinese people, which can be described as unscrupulous......

"Smack!"

slapped the desk hard, and Tang Haoran sighed.

"Such traitors really deserve to be killed!"

After just showing his righteous indignation, Tang Haoran stood up again and said angrily.

"And this Dutchman is really too deceitful! Is it really that there is no one in China to deceive us, and that deceiving our warships cannot protect the people? ”

Although he had already made up his mind, Tang Haoran knew that at least in front of the outside world, he could not show eagerness to try, but should establish a kind of "forced and helpless", so as to weaken the "expansion". As now, the arrogance of the Dutch will be the root of all problems - I have been talking to them for a year, and since they have no intention of continuing to talk and want to make concessions, the rest of the problems will be taken care of.

"Shaochuan, you say, take a tough statement, then, how can we express our tough attitude, what does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs need, although you say it bluntly, I, who is the governor, will fully cooperate!"

When he showed his attitude with a serious expression, Tang Haoran kicked the ball to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again, sometimes, things are always like this, even if you treat your subordinates, you need to play with power tricks.

"This ......"

The marshal promised, which made Tang Zhaoyi stunned for a moment, and then there was silence for a while, and then he spoke.

"Ran Shuai, I thought it was ......" (to be continued.) )