People in Lanfang don't pay attention to dedication. It's basically a situation where everyone performs their own duties. What's your job is your job and you must do it well. No one is forcing you to do your job, and there is no moral kidnapping.
For example, when it comes to things like fighting, this is the responsibility of the military. The military must be responsible, and it has nothing to do with civilians. Soldiers have no right to ask civilians to cooperate, and civilians have no obligation to cooperate with military actions.
Of course, if the situation forces it, soldiers and civilians will join forces to avoid this. This is limited to certain special circumstances, such as putting out a fire or catching a thief. War is not within this scope.
Lanfang's soldiers entered Chiang Mai to fight the British. This was an operation behind enemy lines. It was said that it could only be carried out with the cooperation of local people. However, in order not to implicate the Chinese in these enemy-occupied areas, Lanfang not only did not mobilize the masses, but also
Remove these Chinese who may be harmed by the British after the war, so that Lanfang soldiers can free their hands.
Xu Ziting did not refuse Zhang Chengye's request.
Xu Ziting himself also knew that if Lanfang's army did not enter Chiang Mai openly, the battle with the British would only be limited to small-scale ambushes. Then once Lanfang's soldiers started taking action, regardless of whether the Chinese in Chiang Mai cooperated or not, the British would
People will be angry with the Chinese in Chiang Mai, so it is only right to leave as soon as possible.
Considering the interests after the war, Xu Ziting strongly requested that his son Xu Zhongqing be kept behind to cooperate with Lanfang's military operations.
Zhang Chengye did not refuse. Being behind enemy lines, it was necessary to have a local who knew the local situation to follow the troops. Once a war broke out with the British, Zhang Chengye could not protect all the Chinese in Chiang Mai, but if it was to protect one or two Chinese, it would still be useless.
questionable.
Xu Zhongqing is not helpless. The Xu family has a little wealth. Xu Ziting is not stingy about the education of his children. Xu Zhongqing received higher education in the UK and learned fencing and shooting. He is young and strong, and his fighting skills may not be as good as those of others.
Professional soldiers in the Marine Corps have no problem protecting themselves.
After two rounds of communication, Xu Ziting started to be busy again. Not only the Chinese in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Xu Ziting also wanted to run a few more societies to get as many Chinese as possible to leave Chiang Mai as soon as possible.
Compared with the busyness of Chiang Mai, Aristide Briand's matter is much easier to solve.
When the state machine begins to target individuals, the energy that bursts out is unimaginable. In less than a week, Aristide Briand was investigated by the Lanfang National Security Bureau. Even Aristide Briand was
I checked out the daily breakfast recipes.
When all the information was put in front of Gao Hongshi, Gao Hongshi also laughed. No matter how sanctimonious a person is, there will always be an unknown side, and if everything is put under the sun, then everyone will stand
Go to the judge's seat.
Especially politicians.
In fact, Aristide Briand had a good reputation before. As a French politician and the founder of the French Socialist Party, Aristide Briand was appointed as the French Prime Minister several times to form a cabinet, and he enjoyed a high reputation in French politics.
Such a high reputation, if things like this hadn't happened now, in a few years, Aristide Briand would even be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation with Germany. That would be Aristide Briand's political peak.
In fact, like many current politicians, Aristide Briand has always had political donations from unknown sources and has close ties with multiple non-French groups. During his last term in office, Aristide Briand had a close relationship with
The banking consortium in Paris made a deal and handed over some orders for wartime munitions to the bankers' factories for production. The order amount did not match the actual value. It is unimaginable that Aristide Briand was a
Penance is the same ascetic. He has not married yet, and it is estimated that he will not be able to have a family in the future, so this makes Aristide Briand seem a bit withdrawn and behave unexpectedly.
To put it in detail, Aristide Briand did not commit many appalling mistakes. Almost all politicians have his faults. If those faults can be called mistakes, then no one in this world is.
correct.
However, if these things fall into the hands of interested people, they can immediately produce shocking reports.
It was not the Daily News that first started to report on Aristide Briand, but Le Figaro, the oldest newspaper in France. The focus of the report was not even Aristide Briand, but
Reflection on the World War, a seemingly inconspicuous report.
Then the Daily News personally took part in the battle, because the French army's series of performances in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme implicated some mistakes made by the French government during the war, including the supply of logistical munitions.
The subsequent news did not require the Daily News to continue to dig deeper. More newspapers joined in, and the final finger pointed at the then French Prime Minister Aristide Briand.
It must be said that such mistakes occur no matter which country they are in. Relatively speaking, the UK has made even more mistakes and the consequences are more serious. But if no one thinks of it, it will become history. If someone catches it,
If you don't let it go, it will be a nightmare for all politicians.
After a week of reports on Aristide Briand, Aristide Briand was forced to apologize, admitting the mistakes he made during the World War and saying that he would bear corresponding responsibilities.
Under normal circumstances, at this level, the report against Aristide Briand will basically come to an end. After all, journalists and politicians are symbiotic creatures. The relationship between them is to exploit each other, and no one will pursue him relentlessly.
Fight to the end.
But the matter did not stop. Instead, a scandal aroused everyone's anger.
On the last day of 1920, the Daily News published an exclusive interview with a nun, in which Aristide Briand's name appeared. Due to protection, the nun's name was not mentioned in this article, but
This news immediately attracted widespread attention.
Aristide Briand always claimed to be an ascetic, and if he had an affair with a nun, it would be a real scandal.
Western politics is different from Eastern politics. Basically no one pays attention to the private lives of Western politicians. News about having several mistresses is not a big deal at all. This is normal. Politicians are not saints, and no one would use the word saint.
standards required of politicians.
The reason why Aristide Briand's case attracted attention was not that he and a certain nun were unclear, but that Aristide Briand lied about this matter.
lie
This is a mistake that is easy for Easterners to make, but in the West, this mistake is extremely heinous.
