Expedition to Europe

Although Europe was praised as the center of the world at that time, and everyone regarded themselves as members of the civilized world, in fact, except for a few countries, most countries were still constitutional monarchies, and the king was still the highest national leader. It was a bit far-fetched to say that they were democratic and free.

For well-known reasons, the royal families of European countries had deep roots, and there were cousins ​​everywhere. After all, relatives were different. If you want to find allies, it is not easy for national interests, but if you want to find a few people to help you, it is not difficult.

Relatively speaking, the French who sent the emperor to the guillotine a hundred years ago did take a big step.

After calculating the relationship between himself and other countries in the world, Lyautey suddenly felt that the situation was not so optimistic. Strictly speaking, Lan Fang and France did have the support of the Republic of China and the Coalition Government, but it was obvious that in terms of the relationship between them, Lan Fang had a better relationship with the Republic of China and the Coalition Government. When it came to the critical moment, the Republic of China and the Coalition Government would completely lean towards Lan Fang and would not necessarily protect many French interests.

This made Lyautey a little dazed.

"It's actually easy to find more help, such as Germany--" Huang Bohan mentioned a country that Lyautey was unwilling to mention.

"The Germans can't do it!" Lyautey rejected it outright, but he didn't give a reason why Germany couldn't do it.

During the World War, Germany had no shortage of allies in Europe. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, etc., which had become the "sick man of Europe" of the past, were all allies of the Germans. Relatively speaking, France's only allies in Europe were Britain and Italy. Needless to say, Britain is now a competitor. As for Italy, they have extensive conflicts of interest with France in the Mediterranean. Without the threat of Germany, the Italians are happy to cause trouble for the French.

If you want to find someone to help, the Germans are indeed a good target, but from Lyautey's point of view, he is absolutely unwilling to admit it.

"Are you still holding on to your narrow worldview? I remind you again that there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies between countries. If you continue to be stubborn, you will sooner or later push the Germans to the British side. You just wait and see. If the Germans rise again, the British will still abandon France at a critical moment." Huang Bohan did not spare face and ruthlessly covered up Lyautey's fig leaf in private.

Regarding this "Britain abandoning France", this really happened during the World War. Part of the rift between Britain and France after the war was caused by the remnants of that split. Lyautey was the Minister of the Army at the time and must have been clear about this past. Huang Bohan brought up the old matter again just to make Lyotard give up his hostility towards the Germans.

"It's not narrow-minded. Some things must be insisted on." Lyautey was still determined. This was a matter of principle, and Lyautey did not want to compromise.

"Okay, okay, you have your bottom line, I understand that, so why don't the British have a bottom line? They can fight Germany with one hand and one hand, why can't you?" Huang Bohan didn't want to overly stimulate Leotai.

"The British will pay the price sooner or later." Leotai's voice was not loud, and he obviously didn't have much confidence. It was more appropriate to say that this tone was a curse than a judgment.

"Indeed, but that will definitely be after you." Huang Bohan walked calmly.

"Can we change the topic?" Leotai felt a little irritated.

"This is a topic that cannot be avoided. Indeed, we all feel that this topic is heavy, so we have to face it seriously instead of escaping from reality." Huang Bohan's expression was solemn.

How to say it, sometimes businessmen are indeed smarter than politicians and soldiers. This is related to the special nature of their professions. Unless they are some professional managers, the capital of businessmen to operate certain things is their own blood and sweat, so businessmen are more pragmatic. Politicians and soldiers are different. Soldiers consider problems from a special perspective. Not all fields are suitable for real swords and guns. More often, negotiations are required. Politicians are creatures of timeliness. The term of office of politicians determines that they cannot consider too comprehensive when making decisions. Perhaps many times it is not because of the short-sightedness of politicians, but because when certain problems break out, there will naturally be successors to bear the responsibility, which has little to do with the officials who made the decision at that time.

"This is a national hatred and family hatred. It cannot be resolved overnight. Let me put it this way. In France today, if someone dares to express that he will be more tolerant of Germany, then tomorrow that person will be driven out of office by voters. This is not alarmist." Lyautey said the facts. In democratic politics, no matter what you do, you must consider the acceptance of the people, regardless of whether it is correct or not.

"Not necessarily. The Daily News does not shy away from the current situation and has always called for tolerance towards Germany. This does not affect the sales of the Daily News." Huang Bohan is no stranger to France. The French version of the Daily News is also sold in Lanfang. Huang Bohan has the habit of reading newspapers.

"The sales channels are different. The Daily News faces the middle class and the upper class, who will consider issues more wisely, while more people at the bottom of society will not consider so many issues. They will only care about whether the Germans were beaten to death with one stick. They don't care about anything else." Lyautey had a relatively good understanding of the French social classes, especially those at the bottom of society.

Lyotai is a soldier, and soldiers are generally composed of people from the bottom of society. They do not have much savings, wealth, or prestige, but ordinary people are the cornerstone of the country. When the country needs it, they are It was these ordinary people who said goodbye to their families, their hometowns, and fought bloody battles for this country. Lyautey had seen too many such examples.

"You mean people at the bottom will have influence on members of Congress? Are you kidding me?" Huang Bohan dismissed the hypocrisy of Western democracy.

Huang Bohan is right. Don’t look at France. They talk about democracy and freedom, but when it comes to the rights that ordinary people have, it really makes people laugh. Not to mention the deep influence, it is the presidential election held every few years in France. Ordinary French people will never even interact with those presidential candidates in their lifetime. Let them trust a stranger and then hand over the fate of the country. In the hands of a stranger, this is really weird.

So French-style democracy means that I first come up with several candidates, and then let everyone choose the one that looks good, and that's it. The key lies in how these candidates are selected. Ordinary people have no right to decide this.

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"Hey, hey, hey, you're from Lanfang, don't comment on France's affairs casually. This is very rude. You should learn from me. You see, I won't tell you what to do." Liotai immediately objected to Huang Bohan's "interference" behavior. .

"This is not a finger-pointing, but a well-intentioned suggestion. From the perspective of an ally, we do not want France's interests to be harmed, which will also endanger Lanfang's interests." Huang Bohan said it openly and without the slightest embarrassment.

"Okay, okay, I admit that what you said makes sense, and I will report it to the superiors, but this is beyond the scope of my decision. You know, this is all I can do." Lyotai raised his hands and surrendered, deciding Stay out of it.

Compared with the previous determination, this is already a huge improvement.