"When will the Commander-in-Chief return to Beijing?" Ziyang asked a comrade from the General Office of the Central Committee on the phone.
Just like before, the comrade from the General Office of the Central Committee used the word "I don't know." Putting down the phone, Ziyang was very unhappy. The originally turbulent situation had now returned to normal, which was very understandable. After decades of development, revision, and adjustment, a system could easily start operating according to the existing model as long as no one deliberately messed around.
After Yao Bang caused such a mess, the system instinctively began to fight back. However, a mature system took a long time. Fortunately, even if the counterattack was very powerful, it would not go on indefinitely. When the people who messed up the system stopped, things seemed to calm down on the surface. Of course, that was only on the surface.
Ziyang did not really want things to calm down. He had carefully prepared a set of arguments, but there was no chance to put them into practice. It was like a child learning to make trouble. He wanted to shout in someone's ear in a seemingly harmless way, only to find that the other person had blocked his ear. This sense of loss and disappointment was very strong.
After leaving Tokyo, Vézé did not immediately return to Asia from North America. Instead, he was escorted by a large group of people to Victoria City, the capital of the United Kingdom in North America. When the train passed through Longquan, the steel center of the Great Lakes region of North America, it was filled with smoke and the sky was dark. It felt like Hebei in the 21st century. Longquan's former name was Pittsburgh, which borrowed the allusion that the Longquan sword came from the high-quality iron ore in the valley. When the train stopped in Longquan, Vézé had a discussion with his comrades from the local steel company. They discussed "corporate product control" and "corporate cost control."
In this world, Vézé might be the one who most agreed with "productivity driving social development," so he did not take out the automatic control that would only appear in decades to shake the gloomy working people. It was precisely because there was no way to see the immediate future that there was a deep excavation of existing technology. The essence of many technologies originated from this. Although the saying that there was a chance of survival in a desperate situation completely ignored probability, it was also logically wrong. But Vézé did not come here to discuss philosophical issues.
Then, from Longquan to the east, it was closer to the border between China and Britain. When Vézé saw the Northern Great Wall with his own eyes, he felt a little excited. After the capital was moved to Beijing, there were more opportunities to see the Great Wall. The Great Wall in Asia was already a cultural concept, but the actual situation was that both inside and outside the Great Wall belonged to China. Compared to the Great Wall, which was guarded by troops and played a military role, it gave off a different feeling.
The Northern Great Wall and the Southern Great Wall were located in different climates and environments. The area around the Southern Great Wall was somewhat similar to the drought in the Northwest. A huge wall several meters high stood on the land where the shrubs grew, like a winding dragon whose head could not be seen. The Northern Great Wall, on the other hand, was surrounded by towering mountains and precipitous ridges. The forest was lush and green. The grey Great Wall loomed between the mountains and the forest, like a hidden dragon whose head and tail could not be seen.
Vézé's train continued to move forward after a short stop at the border station. This time, it was the British military train that led the way. The British also sent personnel to pick up Vézé's train. It could be seen that the personnel were quite nervous. If it were purely the British personnel, they would never have thought of assassinating Vézé. Even if they had such an idea, they would not have carried it out. It was not that the British had become vegetarian, but that if Vézé was assassinated in Britain, no matter who the Min dynasty's successor was, Britain's territory in North America would immediately suffer the most ruthless attack. It was North America, but a few years ago, the biggest wish of the "current British citizens" was to kill the Min dynasty's emperor, Vézé. The United States no longer existed in North America, but that hatred was unlikely to disappear completely. Protecting Vézé's safety was to protect the safety of Britain, which made the personnel very nervous.
Seeing that the train was getting closer and closer to Victoria City, the personnel finally began to relax a little. Britain was too far from the Min dynasty, and the Min dynasty's emperor, Vézé, was still famous for his dislike of going abroad. No matter how Britain and European countries invited him, Emperor Vézé had never left his vast country. Not to mention the Min dynasty's emperor, Vézé, even the Min dynasty's royal family had never been to Britain or Europe. There was even a legend in Europe that the emperor of China had made a contract with a god. As long as he did not leave China, he would be invincible. Now they finally had the opportunity to invite Vézé to visit Britain, and Britain hoped to further strengthen its relationship with the Min dynasty.
Edward VII personally went to the train station to greet the Min dynasty's emperor, Vézé. Victoria City's predecessor, Washington, was badly designed. After Britain took back the place, it was demolished and rebuilt. From the beginning, they used the experience of the Min dynasty's cities for reference, and the magnificent scale made it look new. The square in front of the station was more than 200,000 square meters, and the royal guards could easily line up for inspection.
After the inspection, the motorcade went to the Golden Han Palace. Passing through the downtown square, Vézé saw that only the base of the "Washington Monument" that once existed was left, and on the base stood a huge bronze statue of Queen Victoria of India.
All the buildings related to the United States in Victoria City, such as the Lincoln Memorial, had been destroyed. However, when they arrived at the Golden Han Palace, Vézé could not help but laugh. There was a gatehouse next to this magnificent building, and Vézé could be sure that this white gatehouse, with its high dome and many buildings on both wings, had been the former White House. The British's sense of humor and malice made Vézé laugh for a while, and the entourage could not help but laugh when they learned the reason for Vézé's laughter.
During this visit to Britain, Vézé and Britain had an in-depth discussion on the relationship between the two countries. Emperor Vézé not only made Edward VII feel the meaning of peace, but he also gave a speech in the British and British Parliament. There were many British MPs who wanted to cut Vézé into pieces. They were hostile to socialism, and some of their relatives and children even died in the hands of the Min dynasty. But there were also many people who liked the socialist system, because the capitalist system based on pure private ownership was obviously unable to solve the current increasingly fierce social contradictions.
Emperor Vézé's speech surprised most of the British MPs. After talking about the two ways to solve domestic problems at home, and domestic problems abroad, Vézé said that the meaning of peace was to let everyone face the suffering. China found that even if it occupied the world with a country, it could only delay the outbreak of suffering at most. The United States used to be a British colony before the rebellion, and at that time, Britain could not protect the United States. With the improvement of productivity and the progress of the social system, Britain was now finally able to sit firmly in North America. 'You can take over the world immediately, but you can't rule it immediately.' This was true for Britain, and it was also true for the Min dynasty.
Whether the British could accept Vézé's views or not, at least the two sides had a frank exchange, and they could understand each other's current policy direction. His Majesty Vézé proposed that China and Britain should hold regular exchanges, so that the two countries would not misjudge each other's policies.
Lowe, the deputy leader of the British Liberal Party, who participated in the meeting, laughed. "Do you think the two countries can reach an agreement on such a basic policy issue?"
Vézé smiled and said, "I know that your idea and my idea of opposing you can exist at the same time. Only through communication can we avoid war. If both sides are sure that the information they have is not complete, do we have any other choice but to double the judgment of the other party's malice? "
Lowe? George was stunned at first, and after a while, he asked, "Can such a wish be fulfilled?"
"There is no road in the world, but it becomes a road when people walk too much," Vézé replied calmly. This answer, which was not pretentious, exaggerated, and meaningful, made the senior British personnel feel a little awe.
The news that the Military Governor Of Vaize had to return to the Min dynasty after a visit to the United Kingdom, and that he had begun to take action in Asia had reached Beijing. Everyone had different reactions, but when they looked at Yao Bang, there was a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes, or something else. Yao Bang tried to remain calm on the surface, but he was actually quite disappointed in his heart. As the date of the Military Governor Of Vaize's return approached day by day, Yao Bang even had some lingering fears. If he had decisively used the presidential order to take responsibility and forcibly end the matter, this matter would probably drag on until the Military Governor Of Vaize came back. This matter would probably drag on until Commander-in-Chief Wei Ze returned. At that time, Yao Bang would even lose the chance to resolve it.
At this time, Yao Bang suddenly thought of the Germans. He had paid such a big price, and Yao Bang hoped that the Germans could make some progress. If the Germans were too stupid, they would not see the key point at all. Yao Bang's efforts were nothing but failures.
It was already mid-December 1902 when Vézé returned to Beijing. At the strong invitation of Nippon, His Majesty Vézé went to Nippon on his way back from North America. He was welcomed by the Nippon people. There were a lot of photos of the visit of His Majesty Vézé of China to Nippon. Both sides of the streets of Tokyo were full of Nippon subjects, many of whom had fought in North America as servants. These people sincerely paid tribute to the great ruler and conqueror.
When the so-called Emperor Meiji of Nippon who welcomed Vézé saw Vézé, his inner impulse was probably to kill Vézé, but he did not dare to show the slightest disrespect. At this time, the people in power greeted His Majesty the Emperor warmly and sincerely hoped that His Majesty the Great Emperor of China could provide Nippon with the opportunity to serve China as he had done a few years ago. During the years when Nippon sent a large number of laborers to serve the Min dynasty, Nippon's domestic economy was booming, and the people lived a good life that they had never dared to imagine before. After the end of the large-scale labor export, Nippon's economy began to return to its original state. The Nippon people had also been thousands of miles away as servants, widened their horizons and gained some knowledge. It was getting more and more difficult to rule them.
After listening to the Nippon people, Vézé found that there were obviously two factions in Nippon. One side thought that they should simply return to the old road of seclusion, and the other side thought that Nippon must go out, but looking around the world, they did not know where to go. Of course, it was impossible to attack the Min dynasty, and with the current strength of Nippon, they did not have the ability to expand their territory thousands of miles away. Therefore, there were still people who sounded out His Majesty Vézé and wanted to know if His Majesty Vézé had the desire to further expand their territory. It could be seen that this group of Nippon felt that they had offered too little in the North American War. America was so big, and Nippon should have asked His Majesty Vézé for a small piece of land as a "fief." If they had done so at that time, they could probably have set out from their "fief" to conquer the vast world.
The Nippon people's imagination ran wild, and Vézé could only secretly laugh in his heart. In the end, His Majesty Vézé said that the Min dynasty would discuss opening work visas to Nippon.
Although such a result did not satisfy the Nippon people, they dared not say anything more except to thank him. Millions of Nippon servants participated in the North American War, so the Nippon people really understood how powerful the Min dynasty was. Even the huge United States had been smashed to pieces. Nippon's unusual actions could not have any other result except for their own destruction.
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