Expedition to Europe

This is Qin Zhiyuan's first visit to the Republic of China since he became king, so the preparations are cumbersome.

First of all, we need to ensure safety. Since Qin Zhiyuan is going out, Qin De cannot go with him in principle. However, considering that it is a visit to the Republic of China, it is more like a "family search" trip. Qin Zhiyuan still hopes that Julie and Qin De will go with him, so he can only work harder on safety.

Dong Xingxiu, the first master of the palace, is undoubtedly Qin Zhiyuan's personal military officer. Dong Xingxiu also leads an elite detachment of about 100 people. This is Qin Zhiyuan's personal guard force. There is no doubt about this.

The controversial one is the outer defense force, which is the legendary Imperial Guard.

Lan Fang actually has an Imperial Guard. The First Armored Division of the Army has always been stationed in Coconut City. This unit actually bears the responsibilities of the Imperial Guard, but it has never been named "Imperial Guard". It is a real but unnamed unit.

Since they were going to travel now, the Imperial Guards must be established. This new army immediately attracted the attention of the Lan Fang armies. Almost all the commanders stationed abroad and the local defense forces hoped to draw personnel from their own troops to form this "Imperial Guards".

This Imperial Guards was different from the ordinary Lan Fang troops. The most obvious sign was that it could use a black-bottomed red flag with "Qin" as the symbol, and there was also a dark red Suzaku pattern on the flag.

It was really a technical job to draw personnel from various troops to form this unit without offending anyone.

Almost within three days, not only the Lan Fang local garrison knew about this, but Chen Kangjian, who was far away in the northern border area, also knew about it, so a list of names was immediately passed to the Sishui military headquarters. All of them were elite players from various armies, and those who had not won a place in the military competition were embarrassed to show their talents.

Qin Zhiyuan only wanted a guard of about 1,000 people. In fact, it would be enough to just change a few flags of the troops currently stationed on Penglai Island. It would not be such a big deal. But now, according to the list submitted by various armies, preliminary statistics show that the number of people has exceeded 15,000, which is already the size of a standard army division.

Everyone was sincere, and it would be bad if anyone was hurt. Qin Zhiyuan thought he didn't have the ability, so he gave this power to Defense Minister Qin Zhisheng.

Qin Zhisheng scratched his head all night, and he didn't know how much hair he had scratched off, and then gave this power to Foch.

It was easy to deal with Foch. Foch immediately waved his pen and sent all of them over. This unit was called the "Suzaku Division", and then there were good seedlings to continue to send. We still have the "Qinglong, Baihu, and Xuanwu" three divisions to continue to form.

Now it was Chen Kangjian, Zhang Tianshou and others who were shocked. They didn't have so many elites to send to Lan Fang, and the major military regions always had to keep some elites as seeds.

Let's put aside the matter of the Imperial Guards for now, and talk about the entourage accompanying Qin Zhiyuan on the visit. Since the king is going to visit, then Prime Minister Lu Zhengxiang will stay in Lan Fang, and Defense Minister Qin Zhisheng will not leave Surabaya. In addition to former Prime Minister Huang Bohan, Qin Zhiyuan will also go to Lan Fang as Chief Advisor Foch, as well as Minister of Commerce Huang Jinsheng, Minister of Industry Zhang Tianyun, and Zhang Jingzong, who succeeded Lu Zhengxiang as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lan Fang. This lineup is already strong enough.

Speaking of Zhang Jingzong, the reason why Zhang Jingzong is qualified to succeed Lu Zhengxiang as Foreign Minister has a lot to do with Zhang Jingzong's origin in the Republic of China.

In fact, before serving as Foreign Minister, Zhang Jingzong's military position was the deputy commander of the 1st Armored Division of the Lan Fang Army, and his military rank had been promoted to Lieutenant General. He had a promising future in the military, but Lan Fang was really short of diplomatic personnel, so Zhang Jingzong had to retire from the military and take up the position of Foreign Minister, which was considered the beginning of his political journey.

This is not bad. The Lan Fang military system is full of talents, and the oldest of Chen Kangjian's group is only thirty years old. It is estimated that it is difficult for Zhang Jingzong to become a local lord in his lifetime. In this case, entering politics is also a new way.

Solving personnel issues is only part of the solution. Qin Zhiyuan's visit still has more preparations to do.

The planes needed for the visit are easy to say. They are all ready. Just follow Qin Zhiyuan. Cars need to be transported in advance. The current transport planes are not capable of transporting large vehicles. If you want to transport cars, you still have to rely on ships, which requires work to be done in advance.

At the same time, various ingredients need to be prepared, because Julie and the little prince Qin De will also go with them, so the problem of acclimatization cannot be ignored. Therefore, the ingredients, especially drinking water, needed by Qin Zhiyuan and his party on this trip must be transported from Lan Fang thousands of miles away, and even the chefs must be prepared by themselves. At the same time, the staff responsible for photography, videography and other filming materials must also be prepared. Now that Lan Fang has a propaganda department, many things must be consciously retained so that they can be used to the greatest extent when needed.

In fact, compared with these, the most troublesome thing is security. Because of the pro-Japanese tendency of the Republic of China in the past, no one knows how many people in the capital of the Republic of China are still hostile to Lan Fang. It is certain that there must be such people, and these people need to be identified in advance. Not to mention that they must be controlled, at least they cannot approach the Lan Fang delegation at will.

So although Qin Zhiyuan's scheduled visit date is mid-March, Gao Hongshi's people have to take action now. They will go to Yingzhou, Ryukyu Islands, Goryeo, Northern Xinjiang, the capital of the Republic of China and other places to conduct terrain surveys in advance, formulate plans for various accidents, and so on.

There are indeed a lot of places to visit, and Qin Zhiyuan rarely goes out, so he should visit more places, at least leave his footprints in places like Goryeo and Northern Xinjiang, so that it can be regarded as a true declaration of territorial sovereignty.

Of course, relatively speaking, Yingzhou and Ryukyu Islands are the inherent territories of Lan Fang, and there is no need to swear sovereignty over these places, because sovereignty has never been disputed.

Even so, Qin Zhiyuan still has to move around more, at least to deter some lawless elements with ill intentions and prevent them from having wild ideas.

If you count carefully, Lan Fang was still quite busy in 1920. In the first half of the year alone, Qin Zhiyuan will visit the Republic of China, and then visit Japan, and then go to Antwerp, Belgium with Japan's Taisho Emperor to attend the Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games, Qin Zhiyuan will visit France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Denikin's South Russia, and Kolchak's coalition government.

Is there a bit too much itinerary during the Olympics?

No, no, no, not much at all. If Qin Zhiyuan remembered correctly, this Olympic Games would last from April to September, and Qin Zhiyuan had enough time.

At the same time, in 1920, there was another thing that Lan Fang had to pay enough attention to, that is, the "Washington Conference" to be held in Washington at the end of the year.

The "Washington Conference" was supposed to be held at the end of 1921 in order to curb the increasingly fierce arms race at that time and to reconcile the conflicts of interests among countries in the Pacific region.

But it was different from the history in another time and space. The original backbone of the conference, Japan, was no longer what it used to be. Lan Fang had now replaced Japan's position, and because of the relationship between Lan Fang and France and the Republic of China, the Americans and the British were more nervous than in another time and space. In the Far East, there was a trend of huddling together for warmth, which directly led to the "Washington Conference" being held a year ahead of schedule. The purpose of the Americans and the British was estimated to no longer be to ease the conflict, but to curb the expansion of Lan Fang.

To be honest, Qin Zhiyuan was not very optimistic about this "Washington Conference". The reason was very simple, it was still because of the United States, the troublemaker.

In fact, from the perspective of "fishing in troubled waters", the Americans are really the adopted sons of the British. The British are a troublemaker on the European continent, while the Americans are a troublemaker all over the world.

Remember the Treaty of Versailles after the World War? The US Congress has not agreed to it until now, which means that the Americans have not signed the Treaty of Versailles at all, which fully expresses the Americans' malicious intentions towards world affairs.

The original text can be found in Liu # 9 @shu/bar!

Think about it, the Fourteen Points that promoted the Treaty of Versailles were proposed by US President Wilson. Just because some of the clauses were not confirmed in the Treaty of Paris, the US Congress openly decided not to sign the Treaty of Versailles. This is really a true legacy of the British father.

In Qin Zhiyuan's memory, although the "Washington Conference" was advocated by Americans and the Americans fully demonstrated their dominant position, after the conference, the relevant provisions made by the conference, such as the "Treaty between the United States, Britain, France and Japan on Pacific Island Territories and Territories", also known as the "Four-Power Treaty", were signed on the day of the signing. The statement jointly issued by the four countries pointed out that the conclusion of the above treaty cannot be considered that the United States agrees to the terms of the mandate.

This means that the United States is not bound by the Versailles system

This is simply ridiculous. The Americans proposed to hold a conference, and the Americans led the signing of the treaty, but the Americans were not controlled by the treaty!

Can there be more double standards?

With such a pearl in front, Qin Zhiyuan did not have any expectations for this "Washington Conference". At the same time, because of the existence of the "Chinese Exclusion Act", Qin Zhiyuan would definitely not set foot in the United States, which cast a shadow on the "Washington Conference" that has not yet been held.

Speaking of the "Chinese Exclusion Act", two social thoughts have been formed in the United States about whether this act should be abolished, and debates are constantly underway.

The congressmen who advocated the "Chinese Exclusion Act" were all congressmen who had some kind of relationship with Lan Fang. Although these congressmen did not deal directly with Lan Fang, they had a lot of dealings with Lan Fang's enterprises in the United States.

At the same time, there were more congressmen who insisted on the "Chinese Exclusion Act", and their power was even stronger, including President Wilson.

Yes, including Wilson who proposed the "Fourteen Points". This guy is indeed a winner of the "Nobel Peace Prize", and he is also an out-and-out racist.

There is a question that is very funny. Nobel, who was born in the explosives industry, actually set up a "Peace Prize". What does this mean?

Mockery? Repentance? Or is it a conspiracy by some people to try to show their presence?

Crocodile tears.