1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Mr. Gu, I'm a reporter from Southern Newspaper Group. Can I take up a minute of your time?"

"Director Gu, I'm Li Hua from the Empire Daily. What is our attitude towards this matter?"

"Director Gu, I'm from the London Daily News. The British people want to know whether this matter will affect the relationship between our two countries..."

"Director, we are special correspondents from the New York Times. The American people want to know whether this matter will affect the war attitude of the Huaxia Empire. I heard that your front line has stopped the attack. Is it related to this matter..."

Outside the Huaxia Empire's diplomatic department, reporters surrounded a black car. Gu Shaochuan, director of the Information Department of the Huaxia Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sat in the car and did not get out until the guards separated the crowd.

"I deeply understand your concern at this time, but unfortunately, I cannot give you a satisfactory answer before the British Empire responds."

"As for the specific situation, we are in urgent consultation with the British Empire. I believe there will be a reply later. Please wait patiently and do not spread rumors."

(The official name of the United Kingdom after it was upgraded to an empire is the British Empire, and the emperor's legal system comes from India.)

Gu Shaochuan looked at the reporters gathered in a group and said a few words, but these two sentences also revealed a message that the Huaxia Empire may be considering a more radical approach.

Otherwise, Gu Shaochuan's words should be quite cautious. After all, the Huaxia Empire and the British Empire are still allies at this time, and under normal circumstances, they will use misunderstandings to cover up.

"Director Gu..."

Ignoring the more excited crowd, Gu Shaochuan walked into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Yesterday morning, Hu Xihua, the Huaxia Empire's ambassador to the United Kingdom, met with British Prime Minister George Lloyd and protested to the fact that the Balfour Declaration damaged the interests of the Huaxia Empire stipulated in the Treaty of Participation in the War.

George Lloyd immediately said that he would deal with the matter immediately, and informed the cabinet of the matter, asking the cabinet to deal with it immediately.

This morning, Gu Shaochuan gave a speech as a spokesman, and the content of his speech can be summarized as follows: Huaxia Empire will take all actions to safeguard its deserved interests.

The words were very tough, but no other forces or organizations were mentioned throughout the article, as if he was speaking to the air.

So, these reporters chased outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon, hoping to get more information.

Several tents have appeared on the open space opposite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it seems that some reporters have made preparations for permanent residence.

"Minister, is it okay for these people to stay here?" Gu Shaochuan arrived at the minister's office and saw the tents on the open space through the window.

The open space should have been a small square in the original plan, but whether it was the former Kingdom of South China or the current Huaxia Empire, the square was not given high priority. In the absence of workers everywhere, it could only be dragged on.

Now these reporters are camping in tents on this land covered with weeds and bushes. Let's not talk about their safety issues. The gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is directly exposed under their noses. Is it really good?

Not all people who enter and leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be exposed.

"It doesn't matter. We just want them to see the current situation. The more complicated the situation is, the more beneficial it is for us." Lin Anmin drank tea leisurely.

"That's right!" Gu Shaochuan thought carefully, nodded decisively, sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Haven't the British responded yet? Why are they so slow to respond?" Gu Shaochuan asked puzzledly while drinking tea.

"The news from the embassy is that the British are fighting among themselves, the Balfour group is blaming each other, the Liberal Party is looking for new cabinet ministers, and the Conservative Party is also eyeing them."

"The summer offensive was promoted by the Conservative Party by taking advantage of Asquith's resignation. If the Liberal Party wants to continue to govern, it can only agree with the Conservative Party's ideas."

"Now the Liberal Party's cabinet has another scandal, and the Conservative Party will not stand still. The two sides are currently playing a game, and no results will be produced in a short time."

Lin Anmin sipped his tea beautifully and shook his head.

"Then why are we working so hard? It's better to wait for the British to express their position before reacting." Gu Shaochuan said puzzledly.

Not only will he make relevant remarks today, but in the next week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will operate on the contradiction between the Treaty of Participation in the War and the Balfour Declaration, with the aim of putting pressure on Britain and forcing the British to admit that the "Balfour Declaration" is invalid.

Since the British have started fighting themselves, do I still need to be busy? Is this action too big?

"If we don't act step by step, even if a new group of people come, they will still not admit that the Balfour Declaration is invalid, but will try to cover it up with other interests."

"This is not what we want."

Lin Anmin said with a smile.

If such a scandal breaks out, Britain, which has been a world empire for a long time, will definitely be dissatisfied. It is impossible for Britain not to see the operation of the Chinese, but it is just a question of how much it can see.

So, how to end this matter is more of a concern to Lin Anmin than how to start it. Fortunately, this time it is not a direct conflict between the two sides, and it does not involve the core interests of both sides.

Then, as long as there is a step, both sides can go down the step directly, and everyone will be happy.

As for the step, Liu Yiming and Lin Anmin have already prepared it for them-the Jews.

The cause of this incident was that the Zionists attempted to steal the fruits of the victory of the Chinese Empire, using funds as a "threat" to coerce and deceive the British Foreign Secretary to make inappropriate remarks.

What is deception? It is the content of the conversation between Liu Yiming and Rothschild. As long as the words are slightly changed and the time of the meeting between Liu Yiming and Rothschild is advanced, Britain will be the victim, and it can be justified in terms of face.

In this way, this matter is just a misunderstanding. Since it is a misunderstanding, the result caused by the misunderstanding is naturally invalid.

Although Britain may lose a little bit of interest, there will be no major turmoil in the overall situation, whether it is Britain or the Allied Powers. This is the most core interest of Britain at present.

It will also be extended that Rothschild is suspected of selling British secrets, and the name of Zionism is enough for people to vent their dissatisfaction.

Such a coincidence, the British will definitely not believe that this is a complete coincidence, but they will follow this rhythm, because this will only remove a few cabinet officials, and will not damage more British reputation.

Moreover, there is a heavy but irresistible punching bag for the people to vent their dissatisfaction and improve the domestic stability. The British have no reason to object.

Unless it is a Jew.

Gu Shaochuan suddenly realized that the reason why he asked the group of reporters to set up tents right in front of the gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was because of this reason. The bigger the momentum, the more rumors, and the more pressure it can put on the British.

When the pressure came, coupled with a little intervention from other forces, George Lloyd could not keep Balfour and other ministers who sympathized with Zionism.

Britain needs money, but the purpose of money is to maintain the war. Money cannot be directly converted into shells and bullets. The production capacity of Britain and France cannot supply the war needs of Britain, France, Italy (Italy's industry is also average.) and Russia.

Then you have to buy. At present, the largest arms supplier of the Allies does not count its own consumption. Only Britain can spare part of its production capacity to support France, Italy and Russia.

France's production capacity is not much different from that of Britain, and even exceeds Britain in some areas, but its demand for weapons is also greater than that of Britain.

The 6 million French troops on the Western Front ate up France's production capacity.

And the only countries that can provide a large amount of supplies are the United States and the Huaxia Empire. The US military manufacturing industry is not strong because they have not experienced many large-scale wars in recent years and have always controlled the size of the army.

The main things the United States can provide to Europe are food, energy, steel, military raw materials and other daily consumables.

Among them, food, energy and other daily necessities overlap very much with the Huaxia Empire. The energy of the Huaxia Empire is directly shipped from the Mediterranean port of Haifa, with higher transportation efficiency than the United States and much lower freight than American oil.

As for food and other daily consumables, Britain and France also buy from China if they can. The first is that the Huaxia Empire accepts paper money and even uses this money to buy their national debt.

The second is that the Huaxia Empire can provide a large number of finished arms. Since the war began, the Huaxia Empire has delivered 43 destroyers, 500,000 tons of merchant ships, 1.2 million rifles, more than 10,000 machine guns, 6,000 artillery pieces, and countless bullets and shells to Britain.

Without food, only a few civilians will starve to death. Politicians care, but they don’t care that much.

Without weapons and ammunition, Britain may lose the war. Civilians may not care that much, but politicians care, and they care to death.

Therefore, as long as there is a step, the current Britain will directly step down, not to mention there is a punching bag.

This time, Balfour will definitely not escape.

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"Damn it!" Balfour no longer looks elegant as he did some time ago. The buttons of his suit are not buttoned properly. He sits at the minister's desk and drinks champagne from France.

"No one expected that the Chinese would suddenly attack. Mr. Rothschild clearly said that they talked well." The Jew stood in front of the window with an ugly face, looking at the crowd gradually gathering outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"He is just a businessman, I shouldn't let him talk! Damn it, why did I let a businessman discuss political issues with an emperor, and what's more damned is that I actually believed that he talked well before!" Balfour rolled up his sleeves and poured another full glass of wine. He cursed while drinking, without the momentum of a high-ranking person.

"Minister, the important thing now is how to reduce the impact of this matter and keep things under control." The permanent secretary was full of anger about this matter.

It's not something that France and the Huaxia Empire did, but the foreign minister was still in the mood to sit there and drink at this time.

"Arnold, everything is too late. Now I just need to wait for the successor to come." Balfour shook his head, his face full of decadence.

"But you are still a minister now, and you need to fulfill your duties as a minister..."

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