Expedition to Europe

Voting can be said to be the most entangled thing in democratic politics.

For votes, politicians have to frequently choose to compromise. Even if they know that many problems have reached an imminent level, they will choose to ignore them because of the existence of votes.

This is the current situation in France. It must be said that the French have always been proud of their social diversity. In the eyes of many French people, the diversity of French society is a proof of the tolerance of French culture. This will allow many French people to fully satisfy their pride. Many people do not care about the consequences caused by this.

Even the French themselves think so. Qin Zhiyuan is even less likely to meddle in other people's affairs. He can only stop at the point.

"It's too late to say no now. France needs fresh blood, otherwise we can't guarantee France's independence. In the face of survival, future crises can't be taken care of for the time being." Pierre is a little bitter. If you don't run a family, you don't know how expensive oil and salt are.

Pierre used to be high-spirited and vowed to sweep away the haze that has long shrouded the French political arena after taking office and give the French a strong France.

This has only been the prime minister for a few days, and Pierre has understood the severity of the difficulties.

France is now a dead end. In order to cope with international pressure, France urgently needs to strengthen its own strength, but seeking blood transfusions from the outside will affect the unity of French society and reduce France's competitiveness, which makes Pierre at a loss.

"What if I give you a guarantee that Germany will not attack France?" Qin Zhiyuan tentatively proposed his suggestion.

France and Germany are feuding for hundreds of years. Qin Zhiyuan's guarantee sounds a bit incredible, but considering the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and William III, this is not impossible.

The reason why Germany challenged the colonial system established by Britain and France was to expand the living space of the nation. In fact, this requirement does not necessarily rely on war to achieve. It's a pity that William II lost his patience ten years ago, which led to the outbreak of the world war.

With Qin Zhiyuan as a matchmaker, France and Germany are not unable to achieve peace. If France can use its energy to restore national strength instead of guarding against the resurgence of Germany, it is not difficult for France to recuperate. After all, France still has vast overseas colonies.

"I can believe your promise, but the question is how can I convince others to believe it." Pierre's expression was bleak, and he spread his hands and looked helpless.

This is indeed a problem. Pierre knew that Qin Zhiyuan and William III had a good personal relationship. If Qin Zhiyuan was willing to mediate, France's predicament would indeed turn around. Not to mention the long-term, as long as the "Maginot Line" plan with an increasingly high budget was cancelled, France could save more funds for national economic construction.

Pierre had long realized the uselessness of the "Maginot Line". After all, the "Maginot Line" did not cover the Franco-Belgian border. If Germany, like in the last world war, first invaded Belgium and then bypassed the "Maginot Line", the "Maginot Line" would become a joke.

But recognizing the mistake is only the first step. How to correct the mistake is more important. Pierre only understood the dilemma of Alexander Millerand after he became prime minister.

Just yesterday when Qin Zhiyuan met with Gaston Doumergue, Pierre convened a joint ministerial meeting and began to deal with the issue of the "Maginot Line". It was at that meeting that Pierre learned that the role of the "Maginot Line" was not only to defend against the Germans, but also to "work-for-relief".

After the World War, the French economy was in a long-term slump, and a large number of soldiers in the World War retired. The arsenals that were booming during the war had to lay off employees on a large scale due to the scarcity of orders, and only maintained basic production capacity. This was because of government subsidies that the arsenals could persist, otherwise all the arsenals, including the Renault factory, would have to close down.

So many surplus laborers have poured into society, and they all need work to support their families, so Alexander Millerand is determined to promote the "Maginot Line" plan.

Pierre wants to cancel the "Maginot Line" plan, but he must find alternative jobs for those surplus laborers, otherwise it will cause serious social problems.

But it is obvious that the French government has no relevant plans, so before the relevant plans are introduced, although Pierre knows that the "Maginot Line" is out of date, he still has to continue to build this damn "Maginot Line".

"This is the value of your existence. It is enough to coordinate the interests of everyone, reach a simple majority, and obtain the support of the majority. You can't make everyone like you." Qin Zhiyuan said it in one sentence.

In fact, whether it is a democratic society or a dictatorship, the essence is the same, the minority obeys the majority.

When the majority thinks that something is right, even if the thing itself has the attribute of "", there will be people who are willing to take the initiative to do it, just like Germany's genocide policy against the Jews during World War II and Japan's former militarism. Looking at these things from the time node of the 21st century, it is indeed "", but in Germany and Japan at that time, this is the will of the people.

Water can carry a boat or overturn it. The German and Japanese governments cannot act against the will of heaven, otherwise the Germans and Japanese will overthrow them and replace them with someone who conforms to public opinion.

No matter what policy is introduced, it will definitely hurt the interests of some people, because no matter what policy is introduced, it will lead to the transfer of social wealth. It cannot be said that those "victims" are all sinners, but they are born at the wrong time.

"Let's talk about something serious. You have already started operations in the four islands of Comoros. If I also want to turn a certain area into French territory, what should I do?" Pierre shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of those unhappy questions, and the topic jumped a bit.

"Madagascar?" Qin Zhiyuan responded quickly.

Pierre had served as the French Governor-General in Madagascar, so he must have some feelings for Madagascar. France's approach to colonies was completely different from Lan Fang's, and the results were of course very different. Look at the Northern Frontier and the Western Province. Strictly speaking, they were all Lan Fang's colonies. Lan Fang had only controlled these areas for a few years, but now they were an integral part of Lan Fang. France had controlled Algeria and Madagascar for decades or even hundreds of years, but Algeria was still the Algeria of the Persians, and Madagascar was still the Madagascar of the Africans. The situation had hardly changed, and it was impossible to say that Pierre was unmoved by this.

The French mainland was now a stagnant pool, and it was impossible for Pierre to quickly reverse the situation. So the place where Pierre could make a fuss was the overseas colonies. If Pierre made a breakthrough in this regard, then Pierre would have the qualifications to go down in French history.

"——" Pierre did not speak, just looked at Qin Zhiyuan quietly, waiting for Qin Zhiyuan's next words.

Just before Pierre became the French Prime Minister, the French government officially gave up the four Comoros Islands. Then Lan Fang took advantage of the situation and assigned the four Comoros Islands to Lan Fang's sphere of influence. He also seized Mozambique from the Portuguese. Pierre was indeed envious and jealous. On the one hand, he envied the efficiency of the Lan Fang government, and on the other hand, he envied the Lan Fang government's voice in domestic policies.

Well, there is only envy and no hatred -

Who can I hate?

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

If I want to hate, I can only hate the French government's procrastination and short-sightedness.

The Lan Fang political system is different from the French political system. The Lan Fang government is not responsible to all citizens, but to Qin Zhiyuan, and Qin Zhiyuan is the one who is responsible to all citizens. Although there is only one more layer of relationship, the pressure faced by the Lan Fang government is much less.

"The simplest way is to kill all the Madagascar people and immigrate from mainland France, so Madagascar will become an inseparable part of France forever." Qin Zhiyuan came up and did it thoroughly.

"No, no, no, then I will become a stain on France. This method is not advisable." Pierre disagreed.

Killing all the Malagasy people, this sounds really terrible. If Pierre does that, then France will become the target of public criticism, and France's democracy and freedom will be gone. This is contrary to the spirit of France, and Pierre dare not do that.

"What a joke, how can this become a stain on France? Washington killed all the Indians back then. Is Washington a stain on American history? No! Washington is the founding father of the United States, and the capital of the United States must use his name." Qin Zhiyuan took drastic measures.

It is definitely not Washington who killed all the Indians in the United States, but it is an indisputable fact that Washington, who once held slaves, was a racist. Qin Zhiyuan is not writing a paper, but just pulling it up as an example to convince Pierre. As for whether it is true or not, it doesn't matter.

"The times are different. Americans at that time could do it, but the French now can't do it. Now it is a civilized society-" Pierre was full of concerns.

Indeed, mentioning this era issue is indeed the best excuse for many people to whitewash, but it is just an excuse. No matter what era it is, national interests are above everything else. The United States in the 18th century could massacre Indians for national interests, and a certain country in the Middle East in the 21st century could also carry out implicit "genocide" against Palestinians for living space.

Such brutal behavior will indeed cause opposition from many "moralists". Even the United States in the 18th century was criticized by the international community at that time, but so what?

Just condemnation, criticism, and contempt cannot affect the results. In the 21st century, the Republic is also reclaiming land in the South China Sea, which has also been opposed by neighboring countries. But will the Republic stop safeguarding the interests that have belonged to the Republic "since ancient times" because of these oppositions?

Are you kidding?