After such a big thing happened, the Foreign Affairs Office in the capital was still the same as before. Not many people came here. Since Gao Shaoyi's auxiliary prince came down, the great powers also saw clearly that this court was almost a decoration.
There is no use coming here. In the past year or so, they have come here to protest countless times, but in the end is it of any use?
Apart from getting a pen and paper to write it down for you, it is of no use at all in the end. The Suppression Army will not listen to what is said here at all, so if there is something diplomatically involved, it is best to go to the headquarters in Haicheng, over there
There is a dedicated foreign affairs office. Although the level is not as high as the foreign affairs yamen in Beijing, some things can definitely be done for you.
At the beginning, many officials often felt uncomfortable. In the past, they were most disgusted with dealing with these foreigners, because no matter what attitude you adopt, these foreigners can always make you surrender, and they can also take advantage of you.
After getting a lot of benefits, you will be in a bad mood. The people above will blame you for losing power and humiliating the country, and the people below will call you a traitor. But only you who are in the middle know that if you don't agree to the foreigners' demands, I'm afraid we will have to face the foreigners again.
Come war, compared with the losses in the war, it is actually the most cost-effective to give them a little sweetener to avoid this war.
Now that such a big thing has happened, the foreigners simply stopped coming, and these officials felt uncomfortable again. Although they were annoyed before, after all, this is the most important yamen, and officials at all levels are sharpened.
When you look inside, there are a lot of filial piety everywhere.
Except for the salary from the court, the life of us people is really good, but since the foreigners stopped coming, this place has instantly become a cold yamen. Not only is life difficult, but their social status is also declining.
, coupled with the fact that I had done many traitorous things in the past, I was afraid that people would throw eggs at me when I walked on the street.
Therefore, anyone with some ability has basically been transferred out of the Foreign Affairs Yamen. This itself has no future. Why should we stay here? Wouldn't it be better to go to other Yamen? Isn't it just to make money when you are an official?
Money? When this yamen cannot give them money, these people can only find another job.
Many people took off their court clothes and put on the uniforms of the Suppression Army. Although they went from the capital to Haicheng, they still did the same thing, basically dealing with foreign affairs disputes, but now they can
My waist has straightened up. Compared with my previous job, my current job seems more satisfying.
The first one is that you don’t need to be groveling. Just as their prince said, you and foreigners are equal and there is no need to give them special treatment. They must also follow the rules when they report problems. What is it like for you to go to a foreign embassy?
?This is what they look like when they come here. If anyone disgraces the face of the suppressing army, they will be punished at any time.
The second thing is that the tone of speech has become tougher. When I was in the Foreign Affairs Office in Beijing, I didn’t dare to say no to foreigners at all. Even if I disagreed, I had to find another way. Even foreigners
They dared to beat them when they were angry, and dignitary officials were beaten. This was considered normal among foreigners.
But after arriving at the Foreign Affairs Office in Haicheng, all this was history. Looking at those well-behaved foreigners, they even thought they were dreaming. Ever since the foreigners came to the Daqian Empire, how could they be so reasonable? ?
The people below were busy nervously, and in the conference room above, Gao Shaoyi and all the adults were also at a loss.
"According to our latest preview, we have no way to give up trade with other countries. Although the Daqian Empire used to be a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, after such a long period of development, we have also established a series of foreign import and export trade , At present, the domestic economy is improving. If domestic and foreign import trade is suspended, the blow to the economy of the Daqian Empire will be fatal..."
The president of Gao's Bank is making an economic report. Many soldiers don't understand what's going on. In their view, we don't need to be afraid of anyone now. The northwest region is obviously our territory. According to the prince's previous policy Concept, we can do whatever we want on our territory. Others are not qualified to give us instructions, because this is our internal affairs. But they don’t understand today’s meeting. Why did the prince call these government officials? What? Has there been any change?
Of course, the most confused ones were General Long and Guo Shuanhu. They were already ready on the front line and could immediately send troops into the northwest region and capture Loujincheng. However, a telegram from the prince made them grow rapidly. Official cars and private cars all gave way to these two people so that they could catch up with the meeting.
The most depressing one is General Long. He has not fought a tough battle since he joined the Suppressing Army. It costs a lot of money to reorganize the army. He himself feels very distressed. If he happens to meet this opportunity, if If you can take back the Northwest Territory, not only can you make a name for yourself, but your troops can also improve their status, so that others will not say that they can only spend money and not fight. If you carry this reputation on your head, then But I really can’t hold my head up.
At the meeting just now, General Long said, when we didn’t know these foreigners before, weren’t we able to live our lives? Why can’t we do it now? If all these foreigners are willing to leave, wouldn’t it be a good thing? Is this? This should be what we dream of. It turns out that for hundreds of years, isn’t this what we have been pursuing?
Now that I have listened to the report of the government officials, General Long has understood it more or less. This is mainly because we have contacted each other too much. Our economy has already integrated with the other party, so in this case, if we want to completely separate them, , it should be of no benefit to us.
In addition to affecting taxation, the most important thing is to cause social instability. The whole country has finally stabilized. If it causes turmoil again, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses. A northwest region is not worth so much. Although the territorial issue is very important, but The current good situation of the Daqian Empire cannot be exchanged. We have to discuss a solution and cannot force it. This chapter has been completed!