Chapter 53 The United Nations
"In fact, I had a dream very early on that there would be no more wars in the world, and that differences would be resolved peacefully between countries." Emperor Yang put on a melancholy posture, looked at the beams of the main hall at a forty-five degree angle, and said.
The envoys of the four countries looked at each other, not knowing which kind of crazy Emperor Yang was going to smoke.
"But it's a pity that the world is always not as I imagined, whenever there is a difference between countries, they have to meet each other, and even the lives of the people are suffering, why is this? Why can't we live in peace? He went on to play the role of a poet.
Nonsense, don't fight each other, now we want the land you China just grabbed, can you give it? A group of envoys slandered his shamelessness and pretended to be respectful, ready to make a sycophant, but he raised his hand to signal to stop.
"Later, I found out that the reason why this happened is that we lack a communication platform, and now this world is not the Middle Ages, technology has shortened the distance between us, it used to take half a year or even a year from Europe to China, and if you put it further afield, it will take many years when navigation technology has not developed, at that time, China was just a legendary world for Europe, and it was difficult to affect each other no matter what happened to each other, so to speak, it was like two parallel worlds.
But what about now? It took me less than two days to stand in front of Buckingham Palace on the latest airliner from Beijing, and two days would not even be enough for us to get from London to Southampton in the Middle Ages, even if a messenger on a fast horse would have choked to Sheffield.
Do you know what I mean? Technology has brought us closer together, as if we were in the same country, in the same city or even in the same village.
The earth has become like a village, and I call this the era of the global village. Yang Feng said.
Although it felt inexplicable, these envoys had to admit that this guy was very right.
"We are so close that Europeans sneeze, Chinese need to look up at the sky, and we are no longer isolated in influencing each other." The war in Europe will bring panic in China, the plague in India will make Europeans nervous, this is an era of globalization, we must learn to adapt to such an era, simply put, we must have a common, parliament-like governing body, a platform to resolve our differences, an international organization that allows us to put a qiē on the table.
I call it the United Nations! Yang Feng continued.
He has long been thinking about setting up such an organization, which is the best way to maintain China's dominance in the future, and anyway, China is basically its own in the whole of Asia and the Pacific. No country will dare to have any contradictions with China, but other countries can be bound by such an international organization, and then let them toss themselves in this circle, and China without restraint will continue to be detached.
Although German Ambassador Hai Jing vaguely felt that this organization might not be a good thing for Germany, since Yang Feng proposed it and everyone agreed with it, and he was wearing a big hat for world peace, he certainly did not agree with it.
"It seems that everyone is very interested, in that case, why don't we all get together and have another meeting. Let's see what other countries mean and if they can establish this matter. Yang Feng said with satisfaction.
"And what about the question of the French throne?" The French ambassador to China said cautiously.
"It's simple, the French people vote in a referendum if the French people choose the Duke of Orleans. Then there is no need for the Spanish government to interfere, it can be regarded as giving me face, if the French people choose the Duke of Madrid, then there is no need for the German government to interfere. After all, it's their own choice. Yang Feng said with a smile.
What else can the result of the referendum, whoever becomes the king of France will definitely be a constitutional monarchy king with no real power, and it doesn't matter to the common people at all. But Germany and France were as sorrowful as the sea, and since they supported the Duke of Orléans, there was no doubt that the French people would have to elect Carlos even if he was a Spaniard.
Haijing also understands this, but in this case, opposing it is tantamount to offending all countries, especially Yang Feng, at this time, you can't offend him in any way, Germany's reconstruction still urgently needs a loan from China, according to the principle of distribution of reparations, Germany can only get 20 percent, even if the Entente pays all 10 percent of the reparations within a year, Germany can only get 350 million pounds, these are no matter what, can not meet the cost of reconstruction, even just refugee resettlement, Pensions for the dead and wounded soldiers were not necessarily possible, and they could only obtain loans from Yang Feng like other countries.
And in this matter, Germany really has no cards to play, although he shouts loudly, but in fact even William himself knows very well that even if Spain really has to send troops to France for the succession to the throne, Germany has no other measures to take except to condemn it, and at this time Germany is no longer capable of launching even a small war.
In this way, the issue of the French throne was determined and handed over to the French people to be resolved by a referendum, because of Germany's support for the Duke of Orleans, there was no suspense that he would be eliminated by the French people, even if this guy swore in France that he had nothing to do with Germany, it was useless, as long as he was labeled Germany, he would be considered invalid. Don't talk about him, even his great-grandfather who went to the guillotine has to be spurned by the French people when he comes to life and gets involved with Germany, what can his grandfather do when he is the king of France, Louis. Philip was originally robbed by a coup d'état, what legitimacy can there be?
At present, the French people are doing their best to break with that unbearable history and return to the old dynastic order.
And when the French people launched a referendum to elect the king, at the invitation of Emperor Yang, representatives of governments around the world were sent by China to Beijing from various places, and then held a joint meeting to discuss the issues of the United Nations, including Russia, which is currently in chaos, also sent negotiators, this time it was a heavyweight, Nicholas's younger brother Grand Duke Mikhail, of course, he did not mainly come to the meeting, he came to Yang Feng in the hope of obtaining a loan.
Recently, there have been too many loans, the People's Bank of China's money printing machine is too busy, Ye Guifei even has to modify the maximum denomination of the Chinese dollar banknote, the original maximum is 100, this crazy woman wants to print 10,000, in her words anyway, it has to flow back to the People's Bank of China's pulverizer in the end, even if it is to print 1 million sheets, it doesn't matter, that can save some paper and ink.
"Your Excellency, I have already said before that as long as there is suitable collateral, the People's Bank of China can provide loans to anyone, and you can let the people below talk to the manager of the People's Bank of China about this kind of trivial matter, there is no need to take care of it personally." Yang Feng said very generously.
Mikhail smiled awkwardly, if it was really so simple, he would not need to make this trip, the People's Bank agreed to give Russia a loan, but the collateral to be paid by Russia was also unacceptable to the Duma, according to the conditions of the People's Bank, the lifeline of the Russian economy was completely in the hands of the Chinese, from the railways to the main mines to the customs almost all taken over by the Chinese. Moreover, many of these things are still privately owned in Russia, if you want to be used as collateral, you must first nationalize, first of all, this Duma is absolutely impossible to pass guò, not to mention that the Social Labor Party is still eyeing the sidelines, and it is already picking bones in the egg and desperately smearing the current government, if you sign these again, then you will be able to confirm the name of the traitor they accuse, the lackey of the Chinese.
"Your Excellency, there is no point in you talking to me about the loan, I have completely stopped interfering in the management of the People's Bank of China, if you are really embarrassed, I can let the current chairman of the People's Bank of China talk to you." Yang Feng said with a smile. Of course, he will not give this loan to Russia now, otherwise how can he completely intensify the contradictions in Russia? He just wants to make the conditions extremely harsh, so that the Russian government must lose power and humiliate the country to an outrageous point in order to obtain loans, only in this way can the Vladimirs gain the support of the Russian people, and then work together to overthrow this humiliating government.
Grand Duke Mikhail was so worried that his hair was about to turn gray, he knew the current situation in Russia, and he also knew that the Romanovs were facing a great crisis, and only by getting such a loan to pay reparations, and then buying a large amount of food, medicine, and even clothing from outside to alleviate the lack of domestic supplies, he could tide over this crisis. But we must not pay too ugly for this loan, at least not too much to lose power and humiliate the country, otherwise the Social Workers Party and those ordinary people who are already on the verge of losing control will be immediately detonated.
There was more than one monarch who was overthrown because of the defeat in the war, and of course he understood that this defeat had put Russia on the precipice of life, and that no loan hunger would push Russia down, and with a loan national sentiment would also push Russia down, to the left is hell and to the right is hell.
And the reason why the People's Bank of China treats Russia special is that it has spread among the upper class society in Beijing, not that the emperor has killed everything, but that Ye Guifei, who is currently in charge of the People's Bank, has never found a chance to take revenge on the Russian empress, and now that the Russian empress has finally fallen into her hands, then it is not a dead hand? You must know that Ye Guifei is the most hateful of the emperor's concubines and queen Alexandra, even when the Russian Empress came to China to visit wèn in public, she never gave a good face, and the relationship between the two has long been a topic of small talk in the courts of various countries. (To be continued......)