"Is there no better way?" Li Jianxi frowned. No matter which one of Fang Mingyuan's suggestions was implemented, Li Mingyuan would feel disgraced. Based on his understanding of Li Mingyuan,

, the possibility that he can accept it is currently slim.

"If you don't want to lose more face in the future, it is wise to resolve the matter before it completely escalates." Fang Mingyuan spread his hands and said, "It is better than making yourself a loner in the future.

It would be better to apologize to the Chinese people and revise the agreement when there is nothing left." The beef controversy in South Korea was a big deal in the previous life, and Chinese domestic TV stations also reported on it in detail, with hundreds of thousands of Koreans watching for many days.

At its peak, one million people took to the streets to protest against the Lee Min-Bo government's import of American beef, and even clashed with South Korean police.

In order to quell the dissatisfaction of the Chinese people and the sharp conflicts between the government and the opposition, Lee Min-bo later had to humbly publicly apologize to the people. The entire South Korean cabinet resigned shortly after taking office, and most of his secretaries also resigned to bear the burden of opening beef to the United States.

The market was responsible for triggering the government crisis in the country. This series of response measures caused Lee Min-bo to completely lose his prestige in South Korea. In the following years of power, there was no dazzling performance, except...

"Actually, there are no other ways. I believe you can also think of ways to solve internal conflicts externally!" Fang Mingyuan leaned over and whispered, "It depends on whether Li Minbo wants to go north or south! My personal opinion, in fact,

Inspecting Dokdo is a good choice. You can suppress the storm for the time being and buy time to solve the problem. But... I don’t think I need to say more about the consequences of doing so, right?"

"Ah?" Li Jianxi was surprised. Fang Mingyuan's proposal was too bold! Internal conflicts should be resolved externally. There are too many precedents throughout the ages. Even the two world wars can be said to be like this.

The product of this method. The South Korean government has used it in the past, but now, when an economic crisis is likely to occur, whether it provokes the north or Japan, the consequences... are hard to say. Fang Mingyuan

He didn't speak any more, he just leaned on the back of the sofa and lowered his eyes.

"Inspect Dokdo, haha, this is a good idea." Li Jianxi chuckled. "I will convey your words to Li Minbo."

As expected by the two of them, not long after Li Jianxi returned to his residence in Seoul, Li Minbo called to congratulate Li Jianxi on the birth of his grandson. After some pleasantries, Li Jianxi did not wait for him to give birth to his grandson.

Changing the topic, he took the initiative to paraphrase what Fang Mingyuan said.

"Internal conflicts should be resolved externally? Inspect Dokdo?" Li Minbo murmured to himself. It took him a while to realize that on the other side of the phone, Li Jianxi was still waiting for his answer. Li Minbo quickly asked Li Minbo again and again.

Jianxi expressed his gratitude and hinted that he would remember the Li family's help this time and would be rewarded in the future. Then he hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Li Minbo stood up and paced back and forth in the office. Fang Mingyuan proposed "first apologize to the Koreans and stabilize the social situation, and then discuss with the United States to modify the unimplemented agreement.

At least we must return to the line that imported American beef must not be older than thirty months, and then ask Americans to make some commitments to ensure the quality of beef..." Li Minbo felt disgusted as soon as he heard the proposal.

.As Li Jianxi said, Li Minbo thinks that this will make him lose face, and Koreans generally attach great importance to face. Li Minbo is naturally no exception. Especially when he is

A president who has just taken office will inevitably affect his influence in the country. It will also cause his ability to govern in the future to be widely questioned! This will cause his original plan to include tax cuts and privatization of major public enterprises and banks.

, and attracting foreign investment, many of the government's major economic reform plans have been hindered. It took him half a lifetime to get to where he is today. It is impossible for him to serve as the president of South Korea again in the future. Just talk about how he spent the past five years.

Time is something Li Minbo cannot accept.

But he was worried that if he didn't do that, there would be larger-scale protests in South Korea, causing an even more difficult situation to deal with. Although it only lasted a few days, Li Minbo also noticed that there was an undercurrent in South Korea, and protests

The power of importing American beef is growing rapidly. Some members of the opposition party have publicly criticized the agreement he reached with the United States as an unequal agreement and an unprincipled bow to the Americans in exchange for the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement to be approved by the U.S. Congress.

, while neglecting to protect the health and legitimate interests of citizens!

Some media controlled by the opposition parties have also launched a series of reports and programs recently, questioning whether American beef is really safe. In particular, the previous breaches of contract by Americans have been brought up by them, which makes them question the safety of American beef.

The Chinese people are more doubtful about the promises of the US government. Although Li Minbo has also arranged some media to help explain and guide the people, if this wave of doubts cannot be suppressed quickly, once a single spark turns into a prairie fire, then he himself

It would be troublesome. If he was forced to apologize then, it would be better to apologize in advance and modify the agreement as Fang Mingyuan said, and the negative impact would be smaller. This time, he did not dare to

Fang Mingyuan's suggestion fell on deaf ears.

However, Fang Mingyuan's proposal to resolve internal conflicts externally and inspect Dokdo made him very excited!

Dokdo, known as Takedo in Japan, is a disputed territory between South Korea and Japan. It is a volcanic island located in the center of the East China Sea. It consists of two small islands in the east and west and 34 rocks, with a total area of ​​18.6 square kilometers.

, there is a waterway separating the two islands. Dokdo is less than 100 kilometers away from Ulleungdo Island in South Korea, and it is almost 160 kilometers away from the Oki Islands, the nearest island in Japan. Although Dokdo is currently in Korean territory

It is under control, but the Japanese government has also claimed sovereignty over Dokdo for many years! During the Korean War that year, the Japanese government even took advantage of the fact that the South Korean government was unable to ignore it and sent people to invade Dokdo. However, it was later seized by the Koreans.

In the following years, the Japanese government repeatedly proposed to negotiate with the Korean government on the ownership of Dokdo, and even proposed to submit the matter to the International Court of Justice in The Hague for ruling, but was rudely rejected by the Korean government.

Rejected.

In order to consolidate its actual control over Dokdo and promote the fact that South Korea has sovereignty over Dokdo to the world, South Korea has also spent huge sums of money building permanent buildings on Dokdo over the years, including lighthouses, communication towers, and outposts.

, barracks and many military facilities. Monuments were also erected to mark it as Korean territory. At the same time, the Korean government also built fishermen’s residences, water storage tanks, water purification facilities, food storage facilities, power generation rooms, communication facilities and simple weather stations here.

Facilities, so far nearly two thousand Koreans have registered their residence in Dokdo. Although only three fishermen actually live there. However, although Dokdo is now controlled by South Korea, the Japanese government does not give in.

.Protests are lodged with the South Korean government almost every year, claiming that Takeshima is Japan's inherent territory in history and international law, and demanding that South Korea return Dokdo...

Li Minbo's eyes suddenly lit up. He remembered that a few days ago he had heard from officials of the intelligence department that Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology intended to announce in July that it would include independent textbooks in the middle and high school textbooks that will be used in four years.

The island was classified as Japanese territory.

"There is a lot of room for maneuver in this matter!" Li Minbo said with excitement. Although, since he took over, overall, he has focused on repairing the relationship between South Korea and the United States and further strengthening cooperation between the two parties.

, and Japan, as an important ally of the United States in Asia, naturally has to have good relations with South Korea. From this perspective, it is actually better to provoke its northern neighbor. Anyway, since he took over, his treatment of the north has changed from the previous president's softness towards the north.

The policy was changed to one of carrot and stick. But Li Minbo did not dare to do this. Those in the north were crazy. They might cause another conflict on the border between the two countries, making it difficult to control the situation. Conflicts with Japan are the most common.

That is to say, by recruiting the ambassador, the two countries will be affected economically, but it is impossible for them to go to war with each other!

After thinking about this, Li Minbo felt as if half of the heavy stone weighing on his heart had been removed, which made him feel a lot more relaxed. Korea was once colonized by Japan, and that period of history can be said to be engraved in Korea.

In human nature, Koreans have always been very sensitive to Japan and territorial issues. Once they inspect Dokdo, although they may be beaten by the United States and attract strong protests from the Japanese, they will make themselves

The support rate that has been significantly declining in the country has regained its momentum. Moreover, the attention of the people will be diverted by this incident, and it may even make him a hero in the eyes of the people. In this way, he will have enough time to deal with imports.

The U.S. beef issue may even require only a small adjustment to put an end to the matter.

"Fang Mingyuan...sigh..." Li Minbo's expression dimmed again and he sighed.

On April 21, Japan's Mizuho Financial Group announced that in the 2007 fiscal year, it suffered losses of up to US$4 billion due to subprime mortgage-related transactions! This news caused quite a shock in Japan. And just

On the same day, Citigroup announced that after writing down losses of more than $13 billion, the company still suffered a net loss of $5.1 billion in the first quarter, or a loss of one dollar per share! Because just two days ago,

Merrill Lynch announced that its net loss reached US$217 million in the first quarter of 2008. The loss was much larger than expected, and this was Merrill Lynch's third consecutive quarter of losses. In order to reduce costs

In terms of expenditures, Merrill Lynch will lay off another 3,000 employees. Merrill Lynch expects the situation in the next few months to be "even more difficult"! This series of news has once again caused significant fluctuations in the financial markets of European and American countries.

However, for many people, these news are not as hot as the sudden personal inspection of Dokdo by the new South Korean President Lee Mo-bo! Lee Mo-bo left Seoul at noon and headed for the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula, which is less than 100 kilometers away from Dokdo.

Inspection of Ulleungdo. After staying at Ulleungdo for an hour and confirming that the weather conditions were good, Lee Myung-bak suddenly decided to take a helicopter and landed on Dokdo at about 5:30! He became the first person for the current president of South Korea to visit the island.

!In order to protect the safety of Li Minbo's landing on the island, South Korea sent fighter jets, early warning aircraft and multiple ships to the waters of Dokdo! South Korea's KBS TV station sent reporters to accompany the whole process, and officially broadcast the news in the news that night

!

Because the incident happened suddenly and without any warning, neither the Koreans nor the Japanese were able to respond in time. It was not until Lee Min-bo left Dokdo and returned to Seoul that the Japanese government's foreign minister summoned the Korean ambassador to Japan that night.

He lodged a strong protest in person and repeatedly stated that Takeshima is Japanese territory historically and under international law. Lee's actions seriously damaged the relations between Japan and South Korea. The Japanese government also recalled Japan on the same day.

Ambassador to South Korea!

Public opinion in South Korea has also shifted away from the beef controversy because of this incident. Regarding Lee Min-bo's personal inspection of Dokdo, the Korean people generally agreed with the necessity and legitimacy of Lee Mo-bo as the president of South Korea to inspect the country's territory.

, there is no doubt about it at any time! Many people applauded Lee Min-bo's behavior loudly, thinking that this is the behavior of a responsible president, although Dokdo has always been under the control of the South Korean government.

However, for the sake of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Japan, successive South Korean presidents have not visited Dokdo while in office to avoid overly provoking the Japanese government. Lee Min-pok was able to publicly inspect Dokdo just a few months after taking office, so he was naturally rewarded

It has been recognized by quite a few people in South Korea.

There are also some domestic public opinions in South Korea that believe that Lee Min-bo's behavior is somewhat ill-considered. The trip to Dokdo will cause the relationship between South Korea and Japan to cool down sharply in the short term, and this behavior is suspected of diverting domestic public opinion hot spots. In response to this,

According to some public opinions, the Foreign Minister of the South Korean government held a press conference and specifically pointed out that President Lee Min-pak's inspection of Dokdo was to express his intention to Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in July to announce that it would use the initial missile in four years.

, a strong protest against the plan to list Dokdo as Japanese territory in high school textbooks, and to condemn the Japanese government’s intentional distortion of history and ambition to devour Korean territory. Dokdo has been South Korea’s territory since ancient times, and the Dokdo issue involves
Chapter completed!