"The Vatican has begun to help the United States issue bonds." In the British cabinet, the two archbishops of the Anglican Church told the Prime Minister about the latest news they had received. The Anglican Church had two archbishops, and the immediate superior of these two archbishops was the holder of the British throne, and now their immediate superior was the Queen of India.
If the Queen of India was compared to the chairman of the Anglican Church, the British Prime Minister was naturally the general manager of the company. The General Manager of the British Empire, like the executive officers, frowned after hearing the news. The United Kingdom directly established the Anglican Church to get rid of the control of the Catholic Vatican, while the United States was established by the Puritans. Coupled with the provisions of the Constitution, the Catholic Vatican and the Protestant Puritans in the United States were not on the same page. Why did the two sides suddenly start to cooperate on the issue of war bonds?
Seeing the boss frown, the secretary quickly said, "Will this cooperation be like indulgences, and the Vatican uses it to amass money?"
After saying this, the two archbishops and the Prime Minister frowned. The secretary quickly explained, "After all, the Vatican lost almost all of its properties in Rome."
If there was a country in the world that the Vatican hated the most in 1889, the top three on the shortlist were probably the Chinese Min dynasty, which vigorously purged foreign religions, the United Kingdom, which expelled the Vatican with the state religion, and the Kingdom of Italy. In terms of ranking alone, the Kingdom of Italy might not be behind the other two. After the Kingdom of Italy was unified, it immediately drove the Vatican into the Vatican and forbade them from coming out again. A large number of the Vatican's properties in Rome were miserably earned by the Kingdom of Italy in various ways. Cutting off one's source of wealth was better than killing one's parents, and the Vatican naturally would not sit idly by. However, more importantly, the Vatican also had to find ways to operate its own property, so the banks controlled by the Vatican naturally had to find ways to amass money.
"… The Americans are willing to let the Vatican do this?" Archbishop A of the Episcopal Church did not quite understand this.
"… They want to borrow the name of God to issue bonds? Is the next step the Crusades? "Archbishop B of the Episcopal Church thought of history.
No matter from which perspective, the Vatican seemed to have gone too far in politics this time. It was no longer the era when a declaration by the Pope could inspire European countries to go to war. However, from the looks of things, the Vatican seemed to be reluctant to part with the past.
"… Let's ask the embassy in the United States." The British Prime Minister finally came up with this solution. If the United Kingdom was unable to purchase a large number of American war bonds and at the same time made things difficult for the sale of American war bonds, it would be tantamount to becoming an enemy of the United States. Since the United Kingdom was prepared to compete with China for the ownership of Southern Africa, they had no intention of weakening the United States. Other than paying attention to the Vatican's drastic actions, the United Kingdom could only pretend that they did not see it.
Since the Prime Minister had taken such an attitude, Archbishop A of the Episcopal Church immediately asked, "Your Excellency, you won't allow the Vatican to issue bonds in the United Kingdom, right?"
"Uh …" The Prime Minister finally understood the attitude of the two archbishops. The Church of England was the Holy Church, and the Holy Church was built on a complete break with the Vatican, especially on the basis of an economic break. Whether or not the Vatican would be allowed to sell bonds in England was a big deal for the Anglican Church.
"Both of you, please rest assured that we will never allow the Vatican to sell bonds in the UK!" The Prime Minister responded firmly.
The Vatican's action to promote bonds had a lot of influence throughout Europe. France was a place where the Catholic Church had a great influence. France had a great influence in Italy during the era when it was strong and powerful, and even stationed troops in Rome to support the Pope's rule over Rome. Therefore, after the Vatican gave the order to mobilize, bonds were also displayed in France. There were even some bond merchants who tried to sell American war bonds in the Osman Empire's bond market. Although the scale was not large, it still slightly made the ministers of the Osman Empire feel that something was wrong.
"I don't understand why your country is supporting the United States. The war between China and the United States, and your country actually sold American war bonds in the market. This really can't make us think that your country is friendly to China. " China's ambassadors in Europe received orders to temporarily wait and see what happens, but the ambassador in the Osman Empire received orders to ask the Osman Empire to make a clear statement. Therefore, the ambassador immediately carried out his duty.
The Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire blinked. He didn't understand what the China ambassador meant at first. However, the Foreign Minister also had a reaction. He immediately frowned slightly, showing a proud expression similar to "I am the only one in the world." This expression made the China ambassador smile slightly. In recent years, the organization's construction has become more and more perfect, one of which is the organization's training has become more and more complete. For example, for the very theoretical content of "decadence" and "youthfulness," there was targeted training.
In the organization's training, it was believed that the basis of decadence was the fear of one's own ignorance, while youthfulness was knowing one's own ignorance, and based on this self-understanding, they tried to understand those things that they did not understand. The result of the training was that the organization's system needed to punish and correct decadence, and to avoid the disorder of trying to act. For individuals, it was necessary to keep everyone young.
Now there were only twenty to thirty countries in the world, and being able to be an ambassador in a foreign country was naturally a good choice. The ambassador not only understood the organization's education, but also based on this understanding, he could see through the true colors of the Osman Empire's ambassador.
If it was a China cadre, the first reaction after hearing this news would be to first ask what happened. If it was someone who had received training, even if their heart was shocked, they would first warn themselves to "not listen to one side of the story" and then deal with the matter.
Now, after the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire heard about this, he first put on an inscrutable expression, trying to make the China ambassador feel fear. If the Osman Empire's minister was facing the ordinary people of the Osman Empire, or facing the 21st-century German government, this method might be effective. For the energetic young cadre of the Min dynasty, this thing was completely useless.
"Your Excellency, did no one inform you?" The China ambassador asked in a calm tone.
In the face of the China ambassador's direct question about what happened, the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire could probably still show a defensive arrogance. When the China ambassador asked why no one informed the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire of the news, the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire finally could not continue to maintain his stability.
Looking at the minister's wavering expression, the China ambassador sneered in his heart. The characteristic of the feudal system was not the clear responsibility, but the clear scope of power. Compared to the mountain bandits that "this mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, if you pass through here, leave money to pay for the road", the pure feudal system was probably the bandits with official certification.
In the Min dynasty, the first thing in government affairs was to make a judgment on what happened and come up with a principled judgment as soon as possible. With the aging and decadent situation of the Osman Empire, other than the personal cognition of "I can't play with eggs" within the ruling class, did they really have a principled judgment on what happened?
Now, the Foreign Minister's most painful thing was probably not being accused by the China side, but that he did not know which minister gave the order for the bonds and whether there was a powerful interest group behind it. In a sense, the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire trusted the China ambassador more than his own minister. At least the China ambassador stood in the position of clarifying the matter.
"I will investigate." The Foreign Minister finally came up with a perfunctory method.
"If you can't tell us the result, we can only appeal to your country's Sultan." The China ambassador looked relaxed and his tone was firm. Unlike the Osman Empire minister, the China officials were fully authorized in their work. Also, the coordination between the various departments was much stronger than in the Osman Empire.
In the capital of the Osman Empire, the China ambassador directly gave his opinion to the Foreign Minister of the Osman Empire. In Sudan, China's military governor, Wang Mingshan, was dealing with the pros and cons of the Osman Empire. In theory, Sudan belonged to the Osman Empire's vassal state of Egypt. In other words, in a sense, it was considered the territory of the Osman Empire.
Egypt was basically independent under the efforts of the British, and Sudan was classified as one of the thirteen provinces of East Africa of Osman, or at least it was divided that way. Now, Sudan's military governor, Wang Mingshan, was in Khartoum studying the telegram from the central government of the Min dynasty. The telegram had seven words on it, "We can try this." This was aimed at Wang Mingshan's administrative reform of the East Africa administrative region. The first of the thirteen provinces of East Africa was Sudan, and the Sudan's military governor was also recognized as the head of the East Africa provinces. The current head was Wang Mingshan. However, after Wang Mingshan inspected East Africa, he submitted a report to the central government in August. He thought that the thirteen provinces of East Africa could be merged into four provinces, and each province would be divided according to race.
Sudan in the north was naturally dominated by Arabs, and Kenya in the north was dominated by black people. The people in Tanzania could be used as the focus of training. The black people there were more obedient and disciplined. As for the southernmost Mozambique, although it was similar to Tanzania, it could be divided and ruled. The central government's reply was very quick, and with a sentence, all the important tasks were placed on Wang Mingshan's military governor.
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