Chapter 266 But not only did you not really avoid the unhappiness you said, Lin Haifeng's pipe continued to burn
Bruce then admitted to the Chairman Lin in front of him that their British Empire government and the Far Eastern Republic government and the Japanese government that Lin Haifeng mentioned did sign a treaty on military friendship and mutual assistance. But he then explained that, as the British Empire government itself, it did not really implement the above treaties.
For example, the aid to the Far Eastern Republic is not as rumored by the outside world, and is entirely done by their British government. Of course, among these aids, there is also a shadow of their British government, but they are all really involved in the major issues of the people's livelihood of this new republic. As for military aid, including the fleet that the Far Eastern Republic once received but was soon taken away by the Red Navy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government, they are all acts of self-defeating by some arms merchants and arms dealers who were frightened to think about money.
In Japan, their British Empire government also insisted on this proposition. They were willing to help the Japanese government improve the poor life of their people, and were willing to lead this country that might not be much better than the Middle Ages, and integrate into the modern world as soon as possible. But at the same time, they never hope that this little brother would add any trouble or discomfort to the surrounding countries, especially the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government.
At this time, Bruce admitted that their little brother Japan has indeed performed a bit too much and a little unscrupulous in recent years. Even they did not expect that this Japan, which had just improved a little, would actually play the role of a nouveau riche and would attack neighboring North Korea.
Of course, when talking about these things, Bruce couldn't forget to declare to Chairman Lin in front of him again that the reason why the Japanese army and navy, which are moving into modernization, has such a strong limelight at the moment is definitely not the "credit" of their British Empire government, but the shameless merchants, arms dealers, and speculators who have lost their conscience and are working together to make trouble.
Of course, when it comes to this, Bruce needs to explain to the chairman opposite him that their Far East fleet, which had been basically completely destroyed, was so full that he had to run to the gate of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government to seek trouble.
So, Bruce continues to sing the old tunes of the past again. Their British Empire Far East Fleet entered the Hokkien, just to scare the Japanese on the island that they leased to them, and there is no other meaning.
Then, Bruce quickly brought the topic back to the "abnormal" "scums" of the British Empire who ran to the Far Eastern Republic and Japan.
Bruce said that in order to avoid the outside world from having all kinds of misunderstandings about their British Empire government, their British Empire government will naturally not disciplinary and restraint them. But unfortunately, their British Empire is a free country after all, unlike the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, where everything has a unified rule. Therefore, in fact, in many things, their governments are willing but not capable enough.
Despite this, their government is trying hard to keep itself clean.
Even though they can't control others, their government can still control themselves.
Bruce looked at the Chairman Lin who was listening patiently across the street, "You have seen that from the beginning, whether it was to the Far Eastern Republic or to Japan, our fleet never walked through the East Ocean (Yellow Sea) and the South Ocean (East Sea), but rather detoured the Pacific Ocean. Our imperial government is trying our best to avoid any unpleasant things that would add to our two countries."
"But not only did you not really avoid what you said," Lin Haifeng's pipe continued to burn. The small living room was not small, and the scent of smoke he made was everywhere. "To put it nicely, you are still doing bad behaviors of accomplicing tigers. If it is a bit ugly, it was Japan that made the tiger power of your British Empire that would have brazenly launched this war of invasion of China for several years. Yes, you don't have any questions. I was not wrong. It was a war of invasion of China."
Looking at Bruce, who was actually flashing with questioning eyes, Lin Haifeng's face was flat, but his tone was very firm, "Mr. Minister, since you claim to be a Chinese official, you will never forget this point. North Korea is also a member of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom family."
"But...but..." Bruce's forehead began to sweat.
"Yes, so far, apart from the various condemnation statements that should be issued, we have not actually reached out on the issue there, but this does not mean that we will always sit still. The reason why we are still watching is that we do not want to and are unwilling to fight. Our population is too large, forty million. How to make the domestic economy take off as soon as possible is the top priority of our government. After all, as I said before, this is also a matter of credibility. People are willing to make a living by our belief that we will have a good life with us, so they will willingly make a decision.
If we have to push us to the highest peak of this country, we cannot break our promise. Secondly, I need to take a good look and see who will ungrateful attempts to fish in the war of aggression against China. Finally, we must know that between the Celestial Empire and North Korea is like a father and son. When the son is old, we should find a way to settle the matters by ourselves. Mr. Minister, you are also a person with children. You will not understand that once your children are really in a down-and-out position, we parents can really sit aside and watch and ignore it?"
"Committee...Chairman," Bruce wiped the sweat off his head, "our government is considering no longer having any involvement with Japan and the Far Eastern Republic, but...but..."
Obviously, what Bruce wanted to say was that their British Empire government could give up Japan and the Far Eastern Republic. However, in exchange for reciprocity, the Taiping Heavenly Government would no longer interfere in European affairs.
When Bruce said this, Lin Haifeng laughed and shook his head gently, "If your government can stop the cliff in time and no longer get involved with our enemies, this is of course something we are very willing to see. Moreover, it will also bring great help to improving the not-so-harmonious relationship between our two countries."
Lin Haifeng stood up slowly and looked at Bruce, saying with some concern, "Mr. Minister, in order not to completely break the relationship between our two countries, we have already carried a lot of innocent blame. Therefore, I sincerely hope that your government can truly look at the overall situation and never play with fire."
Chapter completed!