Chapter 359: It's Pretty White to Wash
The visit of the "Moscow actor" to China can be said to be a great success. The initialling of a number of arms sales agreements gave the Soviet Union hope for the opening of another international transportation line after cutting off the Anglo-American aid channel.
This transportation line is absolutely safe, but you need to pay gold or Han Yuan! The Xinhua side only accepts transactions in gold and Han yuan, as for the ruble...... , can that be used for money?
At present, there are only two kinds of currencies in international circulation. In the Entente...... In fact, there are not a few countries anymore, mainly some Latin American countries, which circulate the US dollar; Within the Grand Alliance, as well as most of the countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, settlements are made in Chinese yuan. This is one of the reasons why London and Tokyo have lost their status as international financial centers, and of course, the more fundamental reason is the change in their international status achieved through the war.
Japan was defeated in the war and became a semi-colonial and semi-ally country of the Han Dynasty, and Tokyo's international importance declined a lot, even inferior to Xinhua's Shanghai. Britain was defeated, and London's status as the world's largest metropolis was naturally lost.
Although Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, is incomparable with those old metropolises in terms of population, scale, and especially historical heritage, it is precisely because of this that Chang'an has become a representative of emerging cities by virtue of the empire's strong economic power and political status. From the very beginning when the location of the imperial capital was determined, Zhong Yi incorporated many advanced concepts of urban construction in later generations.
Whether it is the imperial city of Weiyang Palace, or the four functional areas of Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu, or even the laying of various underground pipelines, the construction of cultural scenic spots, etc., Chang'an now far exceeds those historical cities in various countries.
Zhong Yi's long-term plan for Chang'an is completely designed according to the city with a population of 10 million, and the most typical is the street. Chang'an's main roads are all eight-lane design, even if the empire's automobile industry is developing rapidly, and cars will soon enter the homes of ordinary people, Chang'an will not be ...... People living in modern cities should envy the eight lanes!
It's just that all this is based on the continuous victories of the Imperial Army in the war. Just look at the current tragic situation of Britain, which not only lost hundreds of years of glory in a war, but also lost almost all its colonies, and was suddenly beaten back to the prototype of a small island nation. Prosperous like a dream, it is empty in an instant.
But for King George VI, at this moment, he did not have any frustration, and even some small excitement. the resignation of the Cabinet, the death of Churchill; Parliament is dissolved, and the Prince of England is in power. Step by step, George VI did what successive kings of England wanted to do but had not been able to do since the Puritan Revolution in 1640: the return of royal power.
To be precise, in these hundreds of rooms, Britain has become the world hegemon and has nothing to do with the royal family. Even if the British conquered the world, even if the title of the British king was once embellished with the titles of emperors and kings of more than 100 countries and regions, the British king is still just a mascot and a "rubber stamp".
"Giving birth to a son should be like Zhong Yi, and you must learn from the Han Emperor for respect." George VI read many Han Chinese classics when he was young, and this sentence of poetry and words truly reflects the voice of the English king.
To be the supreme king, you must be like the Han Emperor and truly grasp the supreme power of the country.
Now, with the liberation of London by the Allies, the freedom of George VI, and the return of Britain's supreme power from the House of Parliament to Buckingham Palace, the red roses of the British royal family have finally bloomed again in Britain after hundreds of years.
But the world is fair. To get means to give, and even more to give.
The present-day island of Britain is bounded by the River Trent and is divided into north and south. The U.S.-led multinational force confronted the Grand Alliance forces across the river. In Scotland, some former British parliamentarians who had fled north before the Allies moved to London formed the United Republic of Britain with Edinburgh as their capital with the support of the United States. This name is also the name of the country during the bourgeois revolution, when Cromwell and the new model army of England were tried and guillotined.
The establishment of the United Republic of Britain destroyed the last trace of calm in George VI's heart, and the Grand Duke of Windsor became even more angry in his heart.
After spending a few days at Buckingham Palace, the brothers drove to Eastern Castle on the edge of Cambridge, where the Allied headquarters in Britain was located.
In fact, after the liberation of London, the Duke of Windsor suggested that Jiang Yunzhi move the Allied headquarters into Windsor Castle, more than 30 kilometers west of London, which is the property of the Grand Duke of Windsor. However, Jiang Yunzhi finally chose Cambridge, more than 90 kilometers north of London, as the location of his headquarters.
Many people think that the history of Cambridge as a place for military parades of the British king has attracted Jiang Shuai many times, but in fact, Jiang Yunzhi chose East Castle, which is known as a garden castle, because of the song "Farewell to Cambridge".
Well, it seems that this poem was written by the brother-in-law of the current Imperial Prime Minister Zhang Jiaxuan, well, it is the former brother-in-law. After divorcing the little sister of the Zhang family, he successively soaked in Lin Huiyin and Lu Xiaoman, both of whom have the reputation of the four beauties of the Republic of China.
Although Jiang Shuai has never seen any of the so-called four beauties, he has not heard His Majesty talk about their romances. After listening to it a lot, I really have some yearning, especially the talented woman Lin, who is called by His Majesty as almost a "god" beauty, who does not eat fireworks in the world but enjoys the worship of the world, but Lin Cainu has been married to Liang Qichao's son Liang Sicheng for more than ten years.
Needless to say, Lu Xiaoman, one of the four beauties, has a vigorous love triangle, but the prime minister's former brother-in-law has passed away, and I heard that Lu Cainu "has been mourned since then, extinct in public, almost never leaving her residence, and does not make any excuse for all the accusations made by the outside world against her." ", obsessed with painting and sorting out poetry collections, she is also an infatuated woman.
However, Zhou Xuan, the youngest of the four beauties, had been to Nanhua, and before dating Leng Yun, Jiang Shuai did not have the habit of going shopping and watching movies, and of course a little star would not attract his attention. I just occasionally heard Zhou Xuan sing "Angel on the Road", and I felt the good news.
- Reader: Can you get more water, then? If you plan to introduce the four beauties of the Republic of China in detail, is it enough for eight of the ten chapters?
- Dragoon: Khan! A long-haired MM sent me a still from "April Day in the World" today, which awakened the ripples in my heart that I hadn't had for a long time. To get back to the point, book friends who are already angry can spray, don't slap your face.
Gently, I go, just as softly I came. With a wave of his sleeves, the wash is quite white......
George VI and the Grand Duke of Windsor came to visit, and of course Jiang Shuai and the generals in the command headquarters had to greet him ceremoniously. But this brother is obviously an impatient, and he didn't even touch the coffee sent by the staff officers of the headquarters, and stammered King Ying went straight to the point, "Jiang ...... Mr. Jiang ...... Commanding, Allied ...... Allied ......"
The heart is an acute heart, but the mouth is not strong. Everyone on the Allied side was disturbed, and the Grand Duke of Windsor was also very anxious, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder, "Marshal Chiang, the King and I have come to visit you today, just to know when the Allies will launch an attack on the multinational forces?" Even the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel can't stop you, and the Allies won't be stopped by a small Trent River, right? ”
"Well, that's what it means!" George VI, whose face was flushed just now, finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly interjected.
Jiang Yunzhi's black face had gradually turned red, and he was suffocated. I want to laugh but can't laugh, this Nima is too happy, no wonder Qiu Fatzi doesn't deal with the king of England.
"Your Majesty George, and the Grand Duke, you are both old friends of the Empire. Especially the Grand Duke, you and the Han Emperor are also inextricably intertwined. I think that about the matter between the two countries, you would better ask Your Majesty directly. As for the military operations of the Allied forces, this actually involves secrecy regulations, which should not be disclosed casually, but His Majesty George and the Grand Duke have special identities, and Yun Zhi made an exception. ”
"Oh, Marshal Chiang, say it quickly, we hope that the Allies will drive those Yankees back to the Americas as soon as possible!"
Facing the British king and the former British king, Jiang Yunzhi's posture was very low. Everyone understands that the identity of the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, at least in times of war, is much more useful than these two brothers.
In England, more than two million Allied troops were already stationed. In England now, the most powerful person is definitely not the King of England, but Jiang Yunzhi.
Jiang Yunzhi put on an attitude of respecting the royal family, which made the brothers very useful.
"Your Majesty George, Archduke. After the Allied landings in Lime Bay, a large number of supplies needed to be transferred. Moreover, your navy had dropped a large number of mines in the Strait of Dover prior to the landing campaign, and the current progress in demining operations is very slow. The convoy had to dock at the port of Portsmouth and then transfer supplies to the front by rail. As a result, our campaign preparations had to be postponed. Of course, there is another reason that the reorganization of the British army is in full swing, and I think you two must also like to see the British Army appear in the battle for the liberation of Scotland. ”
When they heard Jiang Yunzhi mention the British Army, the brothers' eyes lit up. What a beautiful scene it would be for the British Army to defeat the invaders and liberate the land of Scotland in the north?
George VI immediately said that the royal family would fully cooperate with the actions of the Allies.
The Duke of Hansa also expressed his infinite desire to regain his territory.
- Zhong Yi had promised Edward that as long as the royal family cooperated with the Allies, he would support him to become the Duke of Edinburgh, uh, no, it should be the King of Scotland.
At the time of the Malta Conference, the Allies had resolved to dismantle the United Kingdom, and the complex pattern of the flag would be re-divided into St. George's flag in England, St. Andrew's flag in Suge, and St. Patrick's flag in Ireland.
The king after the return of royal power is obviously different from the temptation of "rubber stamps". has the opportunity to regain power, and Edward, who calmly abdicated at the beginning, is of course no longer willing to be the Duke of Windsor.
He was thankful that God had made him the right choice. That is, he sold Australia to the Han Emperor, and after abdication, he did not do anything as the governor of Panama, but took refuge in South China.