Chapter 498: Bad Relations (Part II)

"The British want us to hand over that death row criminal, Philip, to them, and then they will put that Philip on trial severely. Moreover, they promised that the convict Philip could be sentenced to death, because both the evidence and all the circumstances were sufficient to impose the death penalty. So they were willing to make it a condition that they would be sentenced to death, and they wanted us to hand over Philip to them and let them help us carry out the execution. And the British have also said that it is the death penalty anyway, so this can be regarded as safeguarding the fairness and justice of our Chinese citizens, and it can be regarded as maintaining the face of our country. It's all going to die anyway, and it's okay for them to kill it. Yao Wendong said.

Yao Wendong began to introduce the conditions of the British, that is, he hoped that in exchange for the death penalty, the Taiwanese side could hand over the Philip to them, and then the British would carry out the death penalty. Anyway, the meaning of the British is very obvious, anyway, it is the death penalty, and there is no difference between the execution by China and the execution by the British. So Yao Wendong thinks that it is worth it to hand over people to the British.

"This time it's actually very simple, anyway, the British are going to sentence each other to death, so we might as well give the British a face, so as to ease our relationship with the British. We've just slapped the British, so we might as well give them a face, so we can all get by. Yao Wendong said.

Soon, a group of people began to take the initiative to agree that the criminal Philip would be handed over to the British, so that the British could carry out the death penalty. And these people were mainly those officials in Taiwan back then, and Taiwan still left a group of relatively enlightened people to serve in those years, and they are now all in the position of director of the department, so their status is still relatively high. And now they say so, that is, they want to take a step back from the British. Then you can live a good life.

"Ridiculous, you're ridiculous. Yao Wendong, you give me a home and think about it behind closed doors for three days, and give me a good reflection. You are really confused, this judicial power is one of the sovereignty of our country, how can it be given to others? The British said it well. They also seem to have carried out the death penalty, so that we can hand over the prisoners to them for execution, but then they will inevitably become an important reason to interfere with our judicial sovereignty. What would happen to us if people were really handed over to them? When the time comes, the whole world will be watching us, and at that time, countless people in our country will also see how weak our judiciary will be. This judicial power is one of the most important rights of our country. If we hand over the prisoners to the British for the sake of the so-called saving face of the British, it means that the so-called consular jurisdiction of the British still exists. When the time comes. So how can we account to the people? How can the sovereignty of our country be maintained? ”

"Don't look at anything, this is just a political issue, but it represents the sovereignty of our country. And national sovereignty, there can be absolutely no compromise, understand? ”

After Wang Guorui finished speaking, he immediately left the place and began to think about the next thing.

"These guys, one by one, don't have enough sovereign rule of law thinking, and they are obviously not competent for the next duties." Wang Guorui thought.

Wang Guorui now realizes it. These were born in the Manchu Qing Dynasty since they were children, and they have never studied abroad. And their thinking is already fixed. In China's political ecology where power is greater than law, they all use power to scheming or use various means to achieve their goals. Their reverence for the law is relatively low, and they all think in their bones that as long as they can protect their interests, it is not impossible to lose some face. There are two situations for Chinese officials, one is to save face, and the other is to save face when necessary. There are a lot of times when you want to save face. And the so-called situation of not saving face for the sake of profit is not a simple face. And the face here is the sovereignty of the country, the dignity of the law, and all kinds of things that are not very important in their hearts.

Those of them who grew up in ancient China did not have a strong sense of national sovereignty. Their reverence for the law is too low. In their eyes, the law was created to exploit the common people, and there was not much binding force on those high-ranking officials. And the so-called national sovereignty, in their eyes, is also something that is face-saving. For them, as long as they can avoid war, it doesn't matter if they lose some face. Their kind of political thinking is simply seriously out of step with the times. So Wang Guorui is already a little dissatisfied with them, because they stubbornly believe that power is greater than the law, so this must not work. Wang Guorui's future demand is the supremacy of the law, not that the power is greater than the law. If power is greater than the law, it will definitely be bad, and it will not be beneficial for the future rule of the country.

Therefore, these old things must be gradually retired, and those who have advanced rule of law thinking must be allowed to lead the government, otherwise there will definitely be problems next. If there is no rule of law thinking, then take it; Not only is it not good for the country, but it is also not good for Wang Guorui's own royal family. Once one's descendants are instigated by a group of people who have no rule of law thinking, they will go around and play with state affairs casually, then the empire they have built will also perish. Therefore, the rule of law thinking is very important, not only related to the future interests of China, but also related to the interests of the future Wang Guorui family. For the sake of long-term peace and stability in the future of the country, it is inevitable that some people who are more powerful than the law must not be allowed to mess around their descendants, and that must be extremely dangerous.

"Kang Tongwei, order the Secretariat below to draw up an order appointing Li Enfu as the executive deputy director of the Liaison Department for Friendship with Foreign Countries." Wang Guorui said.

"Executive Deputy Director?" Kang Tongwei didn't know what it meant.

"The executive deputy, that is, the deputy who presides over daily affairs, is the first deputy position in major institutions. In the future, the executive deputy has priority in succession order! Wang Guorui said.

"Okay!" Kang Tongwei said.

Of course, Kang Tongwei understands that Wang Guorui is preparing to gradually lay down his qualifications for Li Enfu, and the establishment of this executive deputy can be regarded as allowing Li Enfu to preside over the daily affairs of the Foreign Friendship Liaison Department to a certain extent, so that he can be regarded as having qualifications. With this experience, it will be much easier to take over in the future, and as long as Yao Wendong gets out of the way, then Li Enfu can also take over, which has a greater advantage than other deputy positions. At present, Li Enfu mainly engages in exchanges with countries and regions in the Greater Chinese Cultural Circle, such as the mainland, Vietnam, Japan, North Korea and other countries. However, Vietnam and North Korea have been reduced to colonies, but at least nominal state power still exists, which makes it inevitable that Taiwan will be treated as a country.

And the British also received the news of Taiwan's refusal to hand over Philip, and the officials in London also quarreled.

"Bastard, you dare to refuse the kindness of the British Empire, this is really unreasonable!" Someone immediately scolded.

And these British are a bunch of bandits, they are full of bandit logic, they think that since they have backed down a little, then China should also back down more. This kind of British domineering is also reflected in many ways. When their navy went outside and saw a foreign navy, they only fired a seven-shot salute, but they demanded a twenty-one salute, because they thought that no foreign country was worthy of being an equal with them. This kind of pride in the bones of the British people looks down on any foreign country at all.

So now that they think they have backed down, then Taiwan should back down more, and even take the initiative to kneel down and lick their toes, so that they can be considered a satisfactory result. However, instead of being "grateful," Taiwan wants to "gain an inch," which is actually very disrespectful to the British.

The bandit logic of the British has not changed until later generations, and they all look down on China in their bones, and they all think that China will never cooperate with them on an equal footing. This kind of arrogance in the bones of the British people looks down on anyone at all. Therefore, although they know that Taiwan has become more and more powerful, they do not think that they can be on an equal footing with the British. After all, all rising stars are also those "nouveau riche", and they are not comparable to the old aristocrats.

The British belittle China as an upstart, but they don't know that the nouveau riche is just a reason for those so-called seniors to belittle their juniors and then use them to comfort themselves. They think that Taiwan is a nouveau riche, but in fact, the nouveau riche has nothing else, that is, they have capital and strength, so these "aristocrats" have no strength but are deliberately looking noble, which is actually just following the example of the East.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I propose that the Far Eastern Fleet be sent at once to deter them. Forcing them to agree to our terms! The Secretary of the Admiralty said.

And the Marquess of Salisbury said at once; "Okay, immediately order the Far East Fleet to go to the South China Sea to conduct cruising exercises to deter Taiwan. Let them agree to our terms, so that they can be regarded as the face of our British Empire! Said the Marquess of Salisbury.

Soon, Britain's Far East Fleet began to cruise and exercise in the South China Sea, but in fact, they were also deliberately demonstrating against Taiwan. And everyone knows that a crisis in the South China Sea has arrived. And everyone is also watching the British and Taiwanese fighting methods! (To be continued......)