"Oh, it would be a lot of pressure if I didn't come!"
Minister Wang sighed helplessly and touched the thinning hair on his head, feeling extremely stressed.
"What do everyone say about me now? They say that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is getting worse every year. I am afraid that my term is just a formality."
As he spoke, Minister Wang couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Several members on the side also sighed slightly after hearing this.
They can generally understand what their parents mean, but they have no idea. When it comes to diplomacy, they are indeed the first, and what follows is not good in the eyes of many literati.
As for who the pearl is, there is no doubt that it is Mr. Gu.
Mr. Gu's resume is also extremely glorious. He studied abroad at the age of 16, and then he studied theology all the way. In college debate competitions, he directly silenced the other debaters in debate competitions at prestigious foreign universities.
At the age of only twenty-four, he decisively returned to China and began to embark on a legendary life.
As the saying goes, a weak country has no diplomacy, but this man just came up with various ways to deal with the pressure, causing a storm of public opinion in the world.
Although the Twenty-One Articles were finally signed due to national strength, he united with Western countries to put pressure on the Japanese people, which resulted in the actual benefits obtained by the Japanese people being greatly reduced.
Then he started his career as a full-power diplomat and refused to sign at the peace conference. Just like his famous saying, even later generations were fooled.
China cannot lose Shandong, just like the West cannot lose Jerusalem. This is so shocking.
The greatest achievement then was to use his own connections and abilities to still firmly hold the sovereignty of Shandong in the hands of his own country.
Many literati have high praise for this person. As the saying goes, a humble gentleman is as gentle as jade, and so it is!
Every time he heard about what Mr. Gu had done, Director Wang was filled with emotion.
The brilliance shown by the predecessors was too great, and the pressure on him, a latecomer, was not small.
And these are just the diplomatic methods used by the other party to shock domestic and foreign countries. There are many more, and every one of them is not something that they, the later foreign ministers, can accomplish casually.
Just like now, when public opinion arises, many literati start to play with their pens and start to say something. If Mr. Gu is still in office, this kind of thing will definitely not happen.
For this reason, can Director Wang be less stressed?
"Okay, since there is no one to pick you up, let's walk there, but everyone should be careful along the way. This is not the country after all."
Director Wang reminded everyone seriously and solemnly.
Although there are eight guards accompanying him, in their territory, the eight well-trained guards seem to be useless and can only provide psychological comfort.
"Yes! Minister, we know. But minister, do you think we can succeed this time?"
One of the members said worriedly.
Upon hearing this inquiry, Director Wang paused for a moment, then thought about it and nodded.
"It's definitely possible! But..."
After a short pause, he sighed, "Maybe we will be treated coldly for a long time.
Diplomacy is like this. We don’t have a trump card that we can use right now.
The opponent has many trump cards and is full of confidence.
You want to make the other party surrender! We can only hope that the soldiers on the front line will expel the Outer Mongolians as soon as possible.
There may be a chance of improvement by then. You have to remember that this time we are not just talking to the Outer Mongolians, but to the Russians. "
At this point, Director Wang also lost his confidence.
Everyone understands that in fact, there is still some discussion with Japanese people. After all, Japanese people still have some scruples now.
When the time comes, the combined efforts can still make the other party fearful, at least they won't go too far.
This is indeed the case. Normally, before the real war breaks out, the Japanese themselves have doubts about whether they can swallow such a big Eastern country.
They themselves have little confidence, and their ambitions have inflated as if they were inflated after quickly occupying the three eastern provinces.
At that time, their ugly faces will become more and more unscrupulous, but now the other party does not dare to be too unscrupulous without any reason.
But the Russians are different. Their ambitions grow with their strength.
Counting the past two or three hundred years, how many territories have been gradually annexed by Russia since the previous dynasty.
Starting from the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689, hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land began to be lost almost every few decades.
The largest one was in 1858, when it swallowed more than 640,000 square kilometers of territory north of Heilongjiang and south of the Waixing'an Mountains.
If Outer Mongolia is also included, perhaps Outer Mongolia is the biggest loss.
From 1689 to 1944, the total area was more than 5.88 million square kilometers, equivalent to 60% of the total land today.
Of course, as the country became stronger later, some of it was gradually returned, but the same occupied land still accounts for one-third of the current land.
It is undeniable that most of them are caused by the previous government's weak and incompetent approach, but the leader is a bastard who does not care about his father.
But starting from the Beiyang government, it also suffered diplomatic losses one after another, which was relatively less serious overall.
During this time period, a total of 10,000 square kilometers were lost.
But in the end, we still suffered at the negotiating table.
There is really no initiative, the main thing is the relationship between strong military strength.
As the saying goes, a weak country has no diplomacy.
"Well, I hope the soldiers in the rear can give us a little more confidence, but don't give up, everyone, cheer up, we must straighten our Chinese backbones! We can't let these foreigners with high nose bridges look down upon us! "
Director Wang straightened his collar and strode towards the dirt outside.
Thanks to Mr. Gu's fierce speeches at the international negotiation table, he aroused the fortitude in the hearts of many diplomats.
At the previous negotiation table, just like the previous dynasty, domestic diplomats were almost submissive, but it is different now.
It may not be easy to attack and defend yet, but the mentality is already different.
On the other side, Fengjiazhuang was still a lively scene.
The content of the letter home that Chang Wei sent to Zhao Ming was already written a month ago, but now Fengjiazhuang is completely different.
Although the textile factory is in Xi'an Prefecture, where transportation is more convenient, the raw materials for cotton batting are purchased in Fengjiazhuang.
It can be seen that the outer wall of Fengjiazhuang has been expanded in a large circle, and several large factories have been built.
Not only that, the population is also much larger, which shows that there are many refugees here.
The famine is still going on, but if there is a place like this that provides food and accommodation, everyone is happy to come and work.
But today, a group of uninvited guests came to Fengjiazhuang.
