Expedition to Europe

Politicians have no stance, whether it is Alexandre Millerand or Pierre Foch, they have no stance.

From a personal perspective, Pierre Foch has a certain inclination towards Qin Zhiyuan, but this is only one aspect. In Pierre's heart, the national interests of France are the highest criterion. When Qin Zhiyuan's actions do not harm the interests of France, Pierre can maintain friendship with Qin Zhiyuan, but if Qin Zhiyuan does something that violates the fundamental interests of France, Pierre will also turn against Qin Zhiyuan.

The same is true from Qin Zhiyuan's perspective.

Qin Zhiyuan can support Pierre to become the President of France, but the premise is that Pierre will continue to safeguard Qin Zhiyuan's interests after becoming the President of France. Otherwise, Qin Zhiyuan would rather take Pierre to Lan Fang and raise him like William II.

Speaking of William II, the old man's days in Lan Fang were really mixed with joy and sorrow.

In terms of treatment and situation, William II's living environment is much better than that of Emperor Taisho. At least William II has a considerable degree of freedom, of course within the scope of Lanling Island. As long as William II does not leave Lanling Island, William II can do whatever he wants, even adding a younger brother to William III.

It is necessary to mention that William II now has a fixed "confidante", a young and beautiful Japanese Lanfang, who was also seen by William III when he came last time. This certainly made William III a little embarrassed, but considering the current situation in Germany, William III still expressed his gratitude to Qin Zhiyuan.

William II advocated the "Yellow Disaster Theory" at the beginning, but now he has found a yellow person as a confidante, which is really ironic!

William II had no choice. Although William II was once the German emperor, due to the requirements of William III and the control of Qin Zhiyuan, there was no Westerner around William II. All the eunuchs and guards were Lanfang people. This was one of Qin Zhiyuan's means of monitoring William II. Although William II was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to accept the status quo.

In fact, compared with Emperor Taisho, William II's living environment was much better.

Just last month, the family of Emperor Taisho, who lived on an unnamed island less than 100 kilometers away from Lanling Island, suffered from severe diarrhea. The youngest daughter of Emperor Taisho died of illness, and Emperor Taisho himself also lost half his life. Taisho's son Hirohito was also terminally ill.

The cause of the disease given by Mao Shiba was water and soil incompatibility, but everyone knew that this was a joke. If it was water and soil incompatibility, Emperor Taisho's family would have been "uncomfortable" long ago. Why wait until now?

The experience of the Japanese royal family was a strong signal sent by Qin Zhiyuan to the Japanese: You can toss it, the more you toss it, the faster your emperor will be gone.

At the end of November, after many consultations between Qin Zhiyuan and Pierre, Lan Fang and France finally reached an agreement that Lan Fang would send some officers to Syria to help Syria train its army. That was all. Lan Fang officers would not go directly to the battlefield, and these officers would go to Syria secretly without making a big fuss.

France dissolved Lan Fang's alliance, which also hurt the feelings of the Lan Fang people. Although Qin Zhiyuan was the king and had all the rights in Lan Fang, he had to consider the acceptance of the people. If Lan Fang would still help France with a big fanfare, it would not be Lan Fang's magnanimity, but Lan Fang would let France take whatever it wanted.

In a sense, France did help Lan Fang a lot, but this could not be a reason for Lan Fang not to take a position on French affairs. There was only one reason for Lan Fang to help France, and that was in the national interest of Lan Fang.

Lan Fang's sending instructors was certainly beneficial to Lan Fang. Alexander Millerand paid a lot of price to achieve this goal, including no longer evaluating the lease contract of Cam Ranh Bay.

The contract for Cam Ranh Bay was once used as evidence of Bastien and Lyautey's collusion with Lan Fang. Unfortunately, the congressman who openly criticized it ended up like the one who criticized Foch. Bastien and Lyautey were not Foch, who was no longer in office. They were the mainstays of the French military. It was not easy to shake the positions of Bastien and Lyautey. They had fought hard in the war.

Even so, Lan Fang's lease of Cam Ranh Bay still became a thorn in the throat of some French people. Think about the French Far East Fleet nestling in Guangzhou Bay, and the best military port in the Far East was handed over by the military. This made many French people feel heartbroken.

In fact, there is nothing to be "angry about". Before Lan Fang leased Cam Ranh Bay, Cam Ranh Bay was just an inconspicuous little dock, and no one paid attention to it. After Lan Fang leased Cam Ranh Bay, it began to build a large-scale project in Cam Ranh Bay, and the accumulated investment has exceeded billions of Lan Fang yuan. Those French who want to pick peaches now don't think about when Qin Zhiyuan suffered losses. This peach is not so easy to pick.

In November, Geraldine and Virginia finally came to Tokyo.

Yang Kai, the commander-in-chief of Lan Fang in Japan, personally went to the dock to welcome the two "imperial envoys" who were entrusted with the imperial order. Apart from being a little surprised at Geraldine's age, he didn't have too many other thoughts.

Although there are many young senior officials in Lan Fang, even His Majesty the King himself is very young, but Geraldine's age still surprised Yang Kai a little, and the surprise also included the gender of Geraldine and Virginia.

According to Yang Kai's understanding of intelligence work, to deal with such resistance forces in Japan, it should be a strong and powerful man, like Chen Kangjian, or a mature and steady middle-aged man, like Guan Yixiu. In any case, it should not be two underage girls.

Well, the nutrition of the Boy Scouts is still very good. In terms of physical development, Girardine and Virginia are close to adults. Although Yang Kai is not familiar with Virginia, he knows Girardine. Because he knows her well, Yang Kai will not neglect Girardine, the "big devil".

That's right, within the Boy Scouts, Girardine is called the "big devil", which is as famous as Girardine's other nickname "Princess".

Before coming to Tokyo, Girardine had read some information about Tokyo. Perhaps because the information was a little delayed, it was still a little different from the real Tokyo.

For example, at the dock, Girardine saw a giant statue of Qin Zhiyuan with a height of more than 20 meters, which aroused Girardine's curiosity.

Influenced by the western concept of cities, there are many statues of Qin Zhiyuan in Lanfang, which are basically life-size, but not this big. So when Girardin saw such a statue for the first time, he was quite curious.

"This is to let Tokyo people feel the majesty of His Majesty at all times. There are many such statues in Japan. This is not the largest. There is one in Hokkaido that is over 30 meters long. That is really big." Yang Kai wanted to explain to Girardin as a good host.

"This is a good idea. We want to spread the statues and portraits of His Majesty all over Japan, so that the Japanese can feel His Majesty's presence at all times, and let these Japanese know who is deciding their fate at all times." Girardin is in favor of this kind of ideology.

"We have also promoted badges, but the effect is not good. Not all Japanese accept it now." Yang Kai was a little embarrassed, but he could still face the reality.

"Don't accept? What do you mean?" Girardin immediately said in a cold voice.

"Not everyone is willing to wear the badge of His Majesty on their chest. Some people think that this will become a laughing stock in the international community and will be detrimental to His Majesty's image. Others worry that someone will do something disrespectful to the badge. In short, they are against it." Yang Kai did not hide it. Anyway, this will be Girardin's job scope in the future.

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"Who thinks so?" Girardin's hand has unconsciously pressed the handle of the gun on his waist.

This is a pistol that Qin Zhiyuan gave to Girardin before leaving. It is the commemorative edition pistol that Qin Zhiyuan got in Kapi. This pistol has been with Qin Zhiyuan for even longer than Girardin, and it has special meaning to Qin Zhiyuan.

After understanding the meaning of this gun to Qin Zhiyuan, Girardin said nothing. He has been carrying the gun with him since he got on the ship, even putting it next to his pillow when he sleeps, and never leaving it.

"In order to implement our policies smoothly, we have a temporary parliament. Before implementing certain policies, we will discuss them in the parliament. Most of the members of the parliament are Lan Fang people working in Tokyo, and there are also some Japanese, monks, professors and so on." Yang Kai didn't care much and turned to open the car door for Geraldine.

"The parliament disagrees? Then dissolve the parliament!" Geraldine said as he got in the car.

Dissolve!

Yang Kai had no expression on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

After Qin Zhiyuan took back the power of the governor, various places in Lan Fang successively established relevant functional departments dominated by the government, and the military gradually retreated to a secondary position. Although Japan was not yet the official territory of Lan Fang, it was also implemented in this way.

To be honest, Yang Kai was not very satisfied with this regulation, but considering the reality of the empire, Yang Kai still accepted it calmly. However, accepting it does not mean that Yang Kai is willing. Before the establishment of this Japanese parliament, everything in Japan was decided by the Lan Fang headquarters in Japan. At that time, the power of the commander in Japan was even greater than that of the former Japanese emperor. Although Yang Kai did not say it, he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

Congress has a certain symbolic meaning, but it is not a panacea. At least when implementing certain decisions, there are many people who will make irresponsible remarks and hinder the implementation.

Because of its low efficiency, Yang Kai now dislikes this Congress so much that he rarely attends meetings. Now that Girardin has this attitude, Yang Kai is really happy. Don't some people talk about "democracy" all the time? Now let you taste the democratic way from the Lan Fang Scouts.

I am really looking forward to it!