Zhou Jinghai knew that even the principal had to be polite and sophisticated, and ordinary trivial matters would not cause Zhou Wen to call someone away without even having time to reunite with his family. Something big must have happened.
As a father, he doesn't think too much about national affairs now. He is just worried about his only son.
But Zhou Wen, who felt the same as him, secretly cursed in the car: "Mamapi, does this principal really think that I am his subordinate? Did I eat or drink your food? It's rare for me to go home." You don’t even allow yourself a moment of leisure, so that’s fine, right?”
Zhou Wen did not drive his own car, but took Zhang Xiaoping and sat in Adjutant Wang's car. Along the way, Adjutant Wang did not reveal why the principal was looking for him. He only said that he was summoned by the principal.
There was no talking all the way, and the car arrived directly at the principal's residence.
Zhou Wen didn't need to search him when he came to see the principal now. He just put the weapons he carried at the gate and was led directly into the principal's study by Adjutant Wang. Zhang Xiaoping was waiting at the gate, and naturally a guard brought him hot tea.
It's very warm inside the official residence. It seems to be heated by a heating device similar to a ground dragon.
This was the first time Zhou Wen came to the principal's study on the second floor of the official residence.
The study door was open, and Adjutant Wang led Zhou Wen directly in. Before Zhou Wen had time to look at the layout of the study room, he reported and saluted the principal sitting on the sofa.
The principal was wearing a thick green cotton gown today and a pair of cotton shoes. Those who didn't know thought he was a rich man from the countryside.
The principal waved his hand and said in Mandarin with a strong Zhejiang accent: "Don't be too formal. Take off your coat and sit here."
Zhou Wen took off his coat and hung it on a hanger, then sat down next to the principal.
"Haha, are you a little dissatisfied with calling you here before your wedding?" the principal said with a smile.
"You don't dare to do this because you are in a humble position, so you don't know what's going on?"
"Don't worry, you can read some information first and then I'll tell you."
Before the principal finished speaking, Adjutant Wang had already brought over a thick file of information on the desk.
Zhou Wen took it and took a look. The cover of the dossier read "Analysis of Siam's Current National Situation." There are two small bright red words "Top Secret" on the left side of the title.
Zhou Wen was a little curious in his heart: "Why does it have anything to do with Siam again?" He didn't hesitate at the moment. He opened the file and saw that in addition to paper information, there were also some photos.
The principal was not in a hurry, but leisurely picked up a few newspapers on the coffee table and read them. After Adjutant Wang retreated and closed the study door, the study fell into silence, except for the sound of Zhou Wen turning pages from time to time.
About half an hour later, Zhou Wen finished reading the information, but still didn't understand what it had to do with him.
The information mainly analyzes the current national conditions of Siam.
Originally, Siam was ruled by a king. However, a military coup known as the "6.24 Coup" occurred in 1932, and the king had to hand over power to the parliament. But although it is said to be a parliament, in fact the entire cabinet and parliament are in the hands of the military.
The current Prime Minister of Siam is called Nabovan Songkhram. He was actually the Commander-in-Chief of the Siamese Armed Forces during the military coup and had absolute control over the army.
During this period in Southeast Asia, Siam could barely be considered a sovereign country, and the rest were all colonies of the great powers.
Therefore, Japan, which has long coveted the rich resources in Southeast Asia, began to eye Siam.
And Siam, headed by Nabowen Songkan, also has his own ambitions.
During the hundreds of years when France colonized Vietnam and Britain colonized Myanmar, due to the strength of Britain and France, they occupied a lot of territory in Siam. Although Siam dared not express his anger, he also had a lot of resentment.
During this period, the Japanese put forward slogans such as the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" and "Asia is Asia for Asians." The Siamese military government began to dream, thinking that if I stood together with the Japanese, would there be one-third of an acre of land for me as a Siamese in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
As a result, the Siamese military government began to flirt with the Japanese, and began to invite Japanese experts to participate in domestic construction. At the same time, many Japanese instructors were also invited to the army.
The King of Siam at this time was the seventh king in the history of the Siam Dynasty, known as Rama VII in history.
Rama VII is the younger brother of Rama VI. He received higher education in Europe. The unexpected early death of the crown prince caused him to ascend the throne without adequate preparation. Only then did the military coup succeed when the regime was unstable and had to hand over its power.
However, Rama VII, who had received Western education since childhood, was not reconciled, and there was also a group of royalists supporting him. Now he was separated from the military government and was secretly planning how to regain his power.
Moreover, Rama VII had a clear understanding of the industrial strength of Western powers and dismissed the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" proposed by the Japanese. In his eyes, although Japan is now known as the number one in Asia, it is actually a country with poor resources. It lacks a strong economic foundation behind its current strength and is a true nouveau riche. Therefore, he was very opposed to the military government headed by Na Bowen turning to Japan.
Most of the information is an analysis of Siam's political situation and military, as well as an analysis of the personal situations of Nabovan and Rama VII, as well as the current cooperation between the Siamese military government and Japan. There are also photos of various ministers of the Siamese cabinet, including King Rama VII and Nabob Boon.
Zhou Wen was still confused after reading it.
But he knows that the government of the Republic of China is now suppressed by Japan and has no time to take care of itself, and it has always been a weak country that is bullied internationally. How can you have the ability to manage Siam's internal affairs? Besides, the two countries are not even bordering each other. Is the principal a bit arrogant?
Moreover, the problem is, these are none of my football affairs!
When the principal saw Zhou Wen's puzzled look, he laughed and said, "You are a good fighter, but you are a layman in terms of national diplomatic strategy. You must be thinking now that Siam is close to Japan, but we It’s beyond our reach and there’s nothing we can do, right?”
Zhou Wen knew that what the principal said was right, but he really couldn't figure out what it had to do with him. Could it be that I was asked to take the mercenary group to Siam to destroy the general government? Isn’t this too fantastical? The young master only has a few thousand troops. Even though he is powerful in battle, how can he have the power to destroy the country?
There were a series of questions in Zhou Wen's head, and he could only admit honestly: "I do think so. After all, Siam is too far away from our country, with several colonies of great powers in between. Even if we want to win over Siam, there is currently no way to win over Siam." Don’t you have this ability?”
The principal nodded and said: "The fact that you can think of winning over Siam means that you understand that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Now our country does not have the ability or capital to win over Siam."
Having said this, the principal paused, with a meaningful smile on his face, and said word by word: "But what if Siam takes the initiative to move closer to our country?"
