Volume Four The Battle of Unification Chapter 618: Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang
In order to send Klein back to the United States and retire gloriously, Dr. Shulman specially held a farewell banquet for him at the Six Kingdoms Hotel and invited Wang Maoru to attend. Wang Maoru and Shulman are old friends, so naturally he had to go without his invitation, so he asked the person who submitted the invitation to go back and said that he would definitely be there.
At this time, Wuresong ran in from outside and said, "XiuShuai, I have sent bodyguards to the Six Kingdoms Hotel first? Everyone is wearing a plum blossom brooch. XiuShuai will pay attention to it at that time. At that time, I will be on the side of XiuShuai for the waiter of Qiaozhuang." Wang Maoru nodded to him. Wuresong has been a hunter in the mountains and fields to graduate from military academy, becoming an officer, and his guard captain. His personal experience is a history of struggle. At first, he couldn't even speak Chinese well, but now he can speak some in addition to Chinese, and it can be seen that Wang Maoru has not read him wrong.
After a while, someone had to report to someone at the door of the mansion to hand over a famous post. After Zang Hao saw it, he immediately became respectful and reported to Wang Maoru that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lu Zhengxiang had just returned to China and visited General Shangwu.
Wang Maoru was surprised. He didn't know that Lu Zhengxiang had returned to China. He hurriedly ran to the living room in slippers to see Lu Zhengxiang and said, "Why don't Foreign Minister Lu know that he has returned to China? People from the Interior Affairs Office are not dedicated to their duties."
Lu Zhengxiang shook hands with him and said, "Xiusheng, don't be fine."
Wang Maoru recalled: "The last time we met, it was about five years ago. Time flies and we are all old."
Lu Zhengxiang smiled and said, "I'm old, you are in your prime."
Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Foreign Minister Lu, you rejected me the last time. Now you can't refuse me anymore, right?"
Lu Zhengxiang smiled slightly, and Wang Maoru pulled him to sit on the sofa. The adjutant brought the door when he poured the tea and walked out. The clock in the living room ticked. In the quaint room, the two sat opposite each other, looked at each other's clothes and laughed. Wang Maoru was wearing military uniforms and Lu Zhengxiang was wearing a suit, which did not match the surroundings. Both of them also saw it and were both happy, but they didn't say it out.
Lu Zhengxiang smiled for a while before saying seriously: "This time I heard that the League of Nations is preparing, but I don't know what the National Defense Force thinks? I have received a letter from the president, preparing to send me to Washington, USA to participate in the establishment of the League of Nations, and participate in the global naval reduction and peace treaty. However, the President suggested to me and ask me about the opinions and suggestions of the military. I don't know how the National Defense Force military views the discussion on the League of Nations and the Washington Navy's peace treaty?"
Wang Maoru was stunned for a moment. Then he thought for a while before saying, "It is necessary to form the League of Nations, but there is no need to expect too much. The country and the country are combined with interests, so my attitude doesn't matter."
Lu Zhengxiang said: "After the establishment of the League of Nations, our country will be equivalent to officially joining the global alliance organization internationally and will never be alone again. It is just around the corner to become a strong country in the future, and it is not unimportant. As for our country, if we join the League of Nations, our country will definitely be able to make a name for itself in international disputes in the future."
Wang Maoru sighed in his heart, how could he expect so much from the League of Nations, even the United Nations in the future. He has never fulfilled his obligation of protection for weak countries, and the United Nations is just an institution established by a major power to manipulate it in his hands to achieve certain goals. Now Lu Zhengxiang has such great expectations for the League of Nations. However, the League of Nations is not a military organization such as allies and allies. In history, the Japanese aggression against China occurred. At that time, President Chiang Kai-shek believed that China, who participated in the League of Nations, would definitely get help from the League of Nations, to drive away Japan, which did not participate in the League of Nations. However, how could the League of Nations drive away Japan, the second largest naval strength in the world at that time? How could it help the country that has no navy and ranked 20th or 30th in the world? The so-called five permanent members of the United Nations are also called the five rogue countries. Those who worship the West really think that Western countries are like a perfect world.
"You are responsible for joining the League of Nations, and the delegation is also formed by you. Choose more young people." Wang Maoru reminded heavily.
Lu Zhengxiang was full of thoughts, and Wang Maoru's tone fully demonstrates who is the manipulator behind the government. Even though Wang Maoru's current identity is only the deputy chief of the army, but he is doing the president's work, it is the president and the prime minister who have become a decoration. What is the difference between whether he is a president or not? Wang Maoru has not interfered with the government much, but now the control of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Army. But if he masters finance and military, wouldn't he have mastered the foundation of a country? He nodded and said, "Since Gu Weijun stepped down as the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Shi Zhaoji has always served as the agent of Minister Shi. I think it is necessary to remove the agent of Minister Shi."
Wang Maoru said lightly: "It depends on Foreign Minister Lu."
Lu Zhengxiang also said: "Due to the increase in the tonnage of our naval in the United States, the United States invited us to participate in the Global Navy Cut Treaty. Now the navy has been incorporated into the Defense Forces Coast Guard system. I wonder what Xiushuai's opinion is?"
Wang Maoru said: "Our Navy is not as good as intelligence. It doesn't matter whether we participate in this treaty or not. If you go to Washington, you can participate and listen. If you need to muddle the water, restrict the Japanese Navy and stop them from developing, and then win over the US Navy."
Seeing lunch time, Wang Maoru welcomed Lu Zhengxiang for lunch. Lu Zhengxiang hurriedly said goodbye, Wang Maoru said how can you let you go, let's have something together. Wang Maoru is a northerner, while Lu Zhengxiang is a southerner. The chef at home is the apprentice of the imperial chef in the palace, so he made three Shanghai dishes and three northerners. Lu Zhengxiang laughed and said that the meal was good, just like the emperor's food. Wang Maoru said that the emperor's food is not as good as us now.
After dinner, Lu Zhengxiang said again: "Japan is already in a quagmire in Australia. I am afraid he will not agree to the navy's reduction of the treaty easily?"
Wang Maoru said: "The more Japan refuses to agree, the greater the possibility of the outbreak of the British-Japanese War. Britain has just won the world war. At this time, another war is needed to consolidate the Asian colonies. Japan is the most in line with our country's basic interests at this time. When you go to Washington, you should pay attention to win over Britain. Now, Japan and Britain have not broken up despite open and secretly fighting over the government. But if you can win over the British from Japan, it will not only benefit our country, but also have an impact on Japan."
Lu Zhengxiang nodded deeply in agreement. Wang Maoru had no objection to the people who went to the US delegation. Instead, he said that he had arranged a young man to study and sent military officers to the team. Lu Zhengxiang was very happy to see that he had no intention of interfering, but just sent a recorder and military officer. The recorder was Zeng Zicheng, who saved Wang Zongding's life, so Wang Maoru was naturally very grateful to him. Zeng Zicheng, who was still in the first grade of Normal University, became one of the recorders of the delegation to the US delegation. Wang Maoru, the military officer who protected the delegation, appointed Wang Yadong and Wang Yabei, two brothers, who had just graduated from the Yakeshi Army Non-commissioned officers Academy, had completed one year's internship in the army, waiting for the allocation.
Both of these guys are nineteen years old this year. Because of their good genes and having a lot of food and drinks since childhood, the two young men are all over 1.80 meters tall, a rare tall man among Chinese people. Because they are both twins, they look exactly the same, and they stand majestic at the door.
In order to make people distinguish themselves from their elder brother, his younger brother Wang Yabei learned that Wang Maoru had a beard on the corner of his mouth, so outsiders often thought that he was his elder brother, while Wang Yadong, who had no beard, was often considered to be his younger brother. After the two brothers got the task, they rushed to Beijing immediately and learned English with Zeng Zicheng, so that they could reach the point of free communication with Americans as soon as possible.
Wang Yadong and Wang Yabei came to Beijing first. After seeing Wang Maoru, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. Wang Maoru accepted it calmly. This was the younger generation kowtowed to the elders, and it was not too much about etiquette. The two grew up in Wang Maoru's family. He took two children like a parent-child. He once told the two children that you are my nephews and must not embarrass me after going out. If you make a mistake, I will use addition to deal with you. Wang Yuandong and Wang Yabei don't understand Xiushuai's good intentions. If they don't treat them as confidants, they would not treat them like this. And at a young age, they were allowed to serve as chief and deputy military officers of the delegation to the United States, which is enough to show their importance.
At this time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government issued a formal appointment letter, appointing Shi Zhaoji to formally serve as the ambassador to the United States of China. Lu Zhengxiang also formed a delegation to the United States in Beijing and personally served as the head of the delegation to the United States. During his time when he went abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be fully represented by Deputy Minister Gu Weijun. For a while, Gu Weijun was in the limelight, and the figures of the two major diplomats of the Republic of China were constantly published in newspapers.
A few days later, Wang Maoru was invited to attend the farewell ceremony of former US Ambassador to China Klein held at the Six Kingdoms Hotel. In addition to Wang Maoru, there were also gentry celebrities from all walks of life in the Republic of China, and even Peking University professor Gu Hongming was also on the invitation list. After seeing Gu Hongming, Wang Maoru felt that this dry old man with braids had characteristics. He was really rebellious in front of Westerners. However, Gu Hongming was angry when he saw Wang Maoru.
He ran over angrily, pointed at his nose and shouted, "Why can the university be unconscious?" When Shulman held a farewell and inauguration banquet, Wang Maoru did not want to argue with Gu Hongming, so he spread his hands and said, "Mr. Gu is wronged. I am a deputy chief of the army. How can I control the major affairs of the education industry? If you want to find it, you should go to the chief of education. Our country is not a militaristic education, and the education department is managed by the military. Do you think so?"
Chapter completed!