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Chapter Eighty Talks

After the end of World War I, Turkey's history was reversed sharply by the Greek invasion and the Treaty of Sever. A country that was originally a country was not a country changed due to the rise of Kemal. Based on the special and important position of Turkey, Kemal first relied on the support of the Bolsheviks to fight against Britain and France. After completely defeating the Greek army supported by Britain and France, Kemal, who saw the situation, jumped back to Britain and France and finally signed the Treaty of Lausanne.

Such gorgeous dance steps were envied by Sun Wen and others, but the one who finally completed the triple jump was not the Kuomintang, it was just a stepping stone. Although he tried his best to change history, the history of the East was completely different. Regarding Turkey, Yang Rui felt that it would be better for the Kemal regime not to appear. Turkey maintained the body of the Ottoman Empire. During World War II, he would definitely throw himself into Germany's arms, and then the Revival Army rescued it from the rule of dark, decadent superstition.

Yang Rui did not answer the question with Lloyd George. When the British asked again, he said: "Like Germany, if we force too much, then people will revolutionize the existing government and establish a new government. Then, they will definitely seek the support of the Bolsheviks, which is almost certain..."

"But we..." Lloyd George spread his hands. If he hadn't valued the Chinese's intelligence, he began to wonder if he should talk to the Chinese about Turkey. This is not a place that China can decide. "The work of dismembering the Ottoman has been completed. Baghdad and the Palestine region belong to Britain. The Crescent region is handed over to France, and the Arabian Peninsula will gain independence. As a defeated country, the Ottomans should bear the price of failure."

"No, this is not called dismemberment, it is called complete destruction, and this process is carried out by the Greeks and Armenians whom they once ruled. The proud Ottomans could not accept this fact anyway. If we were too forced, the Ottoman government might sign a treaty, but once the treaty was signed, there would be a riot in its internal opposition forces, especially the soldiers. Prime Minister, does Britain hope to commit to a new war?

If you cannot join the army to eliminate the Turkish Revolutionary Party, relying on the Greeks alone, the Armenians will never ask about the political situation of the Ottomans. Then, you will see that the Muslim army with faith expelled all foreign forces from the country, and the entire strait is very likely to be controlled by the Bolsheviks..."

"But the Bolsheviks will soon be finished. If your country does not sell weapons to them and support food," Lloyd George interrupted, still indignant about China's inconsistent strategy with the countries.

"Weapons are not only sold by our merchants, but American merchants also have shares, and there are even Dutch people. Food aid will end by the end of this year..." Yang Rui said, but his words were interrupted by the British again.

"Are you talking about next month? Oh. Great, thank God!" said Lloyd George.

"No, I'm talking about the Chinese Spring Festival, which is February 19, 1920, Jesus calendar." Yang Rui said, "Although the Bolsheviks still want us to sell food, at the request of all countries, we have to close border ports and stop trade. Mr. Prime Minister, you know that the Revival Society represents the interests of Chinese farmers, so I strongly ask you to support our country's requirement to lift the foreign trade blockade on Germany and allow the sale of food. This is extremely important to our country."

Yang Rui was completely uninterested in the French performance. France lost the title of European hegemony after the battle, and could support the face of the world's second-strong country, which was entirely due to the French-Russian alliance. Now that the World War is over, the traumatized France will definitely need new allies to maintain the glory of the colonies and the world's second-largest glory. Especially when it is impossible to dismember Germany, not to mention China, Britain and the United States also completely opposed this plan. Yang Rui was curious about what actions she would do.

"Mr. Prime Minister, in order to remember the friendship between France and China, the college will specially set up a Xianfenghan scholarship to support your international students to study in the college." The Paris Conservatory of Music, No. 14, Madrid Road, Paris, and Gabriel Foley, the dean of the college who received Yang Rui and French President Poungalai.

A few years ago, he knew nothing about this oriental woman named Han Xianfeng, but Han Xianfeng was different after returning to China. The movie music was extremely mixed and rust-separate, but the melody of genius is often hidden in it. In the eyes of the outside world, this woman's creations are so prolific and different in style, almost the same as genius. Politically speaking, Han Xianfeng may be the biggest intersection between the Chinese and French governments. She married the Chinese Prime Minister after graduating from the Conservatory of Music. In the French interpretation, the one who married seemed to be a French woman rather than a Chinese student.

"It seems... it's too high-profile." Yang Rui's spirit was dim. The passing of Han Xianfeng was the deepest pain in this time and space. He didn't really want to hear someone mention her name, but today the naive French people want to praise her.

"No! Not at all." Gabriel Furley shook his head seriously. "Han is one of the most talented students of the Conservatory of Music in fifty years. She is the pride of the college, but unfortunately we did not discover this earlier. Mr. Prime Minister, we are preparing for a special concert that will perform all her works..."

Thinking of the soundtracks that were perfected by Han Xianfeng will be played in Paris. Yang Rui smiled rare and said, "She is just an ordinary woman, and she just wants to be an ordinary woman. But fate played a joke with her, and everything about her is not ordinary. If it is just from music, I highly appreciate your school's actions. As long as those works have such value, please forgive me for the inconvenience to attend the concert. This will be a pain, not a pleasure for me."

"Very sorry!" The dean looked at Yang Rui seriously, then looked at Punegalai and bent over to apologize.

After finishing the visit to the Conservatory of Music, I felt like I had messed up Poon Galai and apologized: "I really regret..."

"Everyone has sad things, and they always ring inadvertently, and it's better to get used to it." Yang Rui smiled bitterly, and then quickly changed the topic and said: "Mr. President seems to have something to say to me alone?"

Punegalai was very surprised that the Chinese were so direct, but he did not deny that he really wanted to communicate with Yang Rui in private, so he asked a topic that was meaningless but was extremely concerned, "Mr. Prime Minister, what do you think of Germany's future?"

"The future of Germany?" Yang Rui smiled, "It depends on the final content of the treaty. If it is still so strict, the Germans will eventually vent this anger, and others will be largely happy to watch."

Punegalai knew who the others Yang Rui was talking about, so he nodded and said, "That's why I asked to dismember Germany..."

"This is also impossible! Just like some people never agree to Germany's occupation of France." Yang Rui said.

"Then..." Punegare's eyes opened very loudly. He looked at Yang Rui and said, "Can we, like Germany, can we, can we, go to a final reconciliation like China and Japan?"

"This is also difficult." Yang Rui shook his head, "The hatred between China and Japan is not deep. Shortly after the Sino-Japanese War ended, China began to learn from Japan in full. Many people went to Japan to study. By the time of the Russo-Japanese War, the government and even public opinion turned to Japan in a comprehensive way, and many people helped Japan to hostilize Russia..."

When the Chinese in front of him talked about the Russo-Japanese War, China's position was to help Japan to hostile Russia, Punegalai couldn't help but blink. How the Revival Society rose at the beginning, the politicians from various countries were still relatively clear about the inside story. Yang Jingcheng was Yang Jingcheng or Yang Jingcheng was also Wen Side, and everyone had their own opinions. Punegalai leaned towards the latter from a romantic perspective, but he felt a little disappointed when he thought that Revival Society refused to provide help to Tsarist Russia, who had helped him.

The French were distracted. However, the literacy of politicians made his performance flawless. After Yang Rui finished speaking, he regretfully echoed: "Yes, Mr. Prime Minister. As you pointed out, this is indeed a difficult thing, so I have been wondering whether France and China can strengthen cooperation?"

"Strengthening cooperation? What kind of cooperation is it?" Yang Rui could feel that the French were distracted just now, but it didn't matter. He wanted to know what the French were going to say.

"For example..." Poongalai seemed a little difficult to speak of. He changed his perspective and said, "By our judgment, what your country needs to do in the next stage will be construction," he smiled and said, "I heard that your country now has tens of billions of pounds of foreign exchange, and the money will be invested in agriculture, education, railways, highways, water conservancy, and industrial infrastructure. These aspects are France's advantages. I have to say that France and China are really too similar, and France's economic foundation is also agriculture. I think French engineers can definitely build China's Far East France."

The French talked about Sino-French cooperation, which was originally economic cooperation, and Yang Rui did not refuse. Not to mention that France also has some good things, but it is more applicable to the United Kingdom and the United States by virtue of her adopting the metric system alone. "Mr. President, I fully agree with this, and I am very honored to be helped by your country's engineers. It is only because of historical reasons, some cooperation interrupted by war and Germany will continue..."

"Technical Workers Plan?" Poongalai smiled. It is impossible for France to know about China's dispatch of thousands of technicians to Germany for internships. France and Britain also provided help when evacuating overseas Chinese. "Mr. Prime Minister. Our two countries can launch a larger-scale technical cooperation plan. On behalf of the French Industrial Industry, I welcome Chinese technical workers to come to France for internships, and I can guarantee that they will learn everything they expect.

The scale of international students in both countries can also be expanded. Although the economy is tight, I will still convince Congress to return the compensation from the previous Beijing incident to your country in the name of funding Chinese students; French colonies will also be completely open to your country's expatriates and do not discriminate against them. Even if your company is interested, you can invest in French colonies..."

The more the French said, the more benefits they had become, and before he finished speaking, Yang Rui interrupted his endless speech and described the prospects of Sino-France cooperation. He asked seriously: "Mr. President, what do I have to pay?"

"What to pay?" The French smiled even more. "Although the British signed a covenant with your country, this does not prevent you from forming a good partnership to a certain extent, not only economic, educational, but also military cooperation."

"If we really want to reach close military cooperation..." Yang Rui suddenly understood what Punegalai meant, which was completely the meaning of hiring a thug.

Every Frenchman can feel that the war with the Germans has not been completed. Even if the Germans sign a contract, it is only a replica of the Frankfurt Treaty. This time France will have to completely dismember Germany, but Britain, who has always adhered to the balanced policy of the mainland, and Wilson, who has universal feelings, will not agree with this. Therefore, France needs a strong and reliable ally, which is best backward and has a vast population and poor. However, considering the reality that France faced after the war, even if there were Germans to pay compensation, France would not have more money to invest abroad, so China with a large amount of foreign exchange is the best target for cooperation and alliance.

"I have to say that this is really beyond my expectations!" Yang Rui would never refuse the French olive branch. The hostility of the United States and the British guardianship made him only devote himself to please Germany. Now that the French show goodwill is equivalent to saying that there is another way out, becoming a key source of technology, talents and industrial equipment; and, there is no worries about cooperation with France, this cooperation can continue until Charles de Gaulle, and even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, because the world will be a pattern that China will unite Europe, and the east and west forces against the north and south forces.

"Mr. President, this is an extremely grand idea and has an extremely solid foundation." Yang Rui was stunned for a while before he came to his senses from the imagination of Sino-French cooperation. "Although... although we have done very little now, I can see an extremely long-term and beautiful future. Really! There is nothing more beautiful than this."

Seeing that his proposal caused the Chinese to react so strongly, Puengalai smiled so hard that his mouth broke to the back of his head. He didn't expect Yang Rui to praise him and said, "But, Mr. President, I want to know what your people think of the Annan colony? As for our people, any enslavement of the yellow race, especially the history of Annan being a vassal state in China, made them not agree with what your country did in Annan in heart and in the heart. Of course, this does not mean that our country will intervene in the Annan colony affairs of your country. This is impossible, and our country will never have a colony."

Indochina is a hurdle that France and China cannot overcome. After the Chinese revolution, many Indochina nationalists gathered in Guangzhou and Beijing, hoping that China could help it restore its country like helping North Korea. It can be said that what China did in North Korea brought a bad head to nationalists in colonies around the world. Although in the New Testament, although China promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of colonies of various countries, the hope in the hearts of the indigenous people is not something that the treaty can stop. What impact China's rise will inevitably have on Asia, the whole of Europe is very clear.

“France has a very important commercial interest in Indochina, so for a long time, we can’t lose her,” Poongalai said, “but I can be sure that she will eventually go toward autonomy.”

"Just like Ireland now?" Yang Rui couldn't help laughing when he heard the French say about autonomy.

"I know...I understand..., in the long run, it will not belong to France, but like France-German relations, no one wants another tragic war, but what we can do is to try our best to dismember Germany to obtain security." What Purngare said was very close to the truth, or had already begun to tell the truth, "I think the most painful thing as a leader is that he must not violate the will of the people, even if the country will eventually lead to destruction according to this wish.

Because of shortsightedness and vested interests, we have to adhere to the previous colonial policies and insist on severe punishment of Germany, which are things that cannot be reversed. I admit that in the foreseeable future, like the war between France and Germany will reopen, Indochina and other colonies will eventually be independent of France. However, before the French people realize that colonization is not something that should be done, all I can guarantee is to allow her to be autonomous to a certain extent. As for what will develop in the future, God can only decide. I have always felt that the people are dolls in God's hands, and we are tools in the hands of dolls."

"I can understand this distress, but I have to remind you that if there is a war in Europe again, the Indochina colony will be the only obstacle for our country to help France. Public opinion is so unstoppable that I, as the Prime Minister, can stop it. To a certain extent, I think the Americans' strategies are more flexible because they are less willing to bear the burden of ruling the colonies..."

"This is because Americans have everything. They don't need too many sources of raw materials. What they want is the industrial product sales market. Why does Wilson always think about opening up the door and condemn colonial strategies? It is because American goods can't be digested by the American market alone, and even relying on the American market alone is not enough. They need a larger market to release domestic industrial capacity." Poon Galai said. "What they are looking at now is the colonies of various countries and your country with a population of 400 million. But I don't know what the Americans think. Don't they know the importance of your country?"
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