Beiyang reactionaries

Cordell Hull was a very good statesman who was in charge of a lot of diplomacy.He has conducted diplomatic negotiations with many countries in the world, so he understands that any word from the other party may express a new meaning.

So he wanted to analyze what Duan Xun meant from Duan Xun's words.So Cordell Hull just quietly listened to Duan Xun tell the story.

"However, the Zhou Dynasty weakened later, and the power of the vassal states became stronger. The Zhou Dynasty gradually lost control over these vassal states. The vassal system formulated by the Zhou Dynasty collapsed, and no one followed the rules. As a result, a long After hundreds of years of melee, those powerful countries among the vassal states have completely ignored the Zhou Dynasty, and even wanted to replace the Zhou Dynasty. This situation did not happen until the emergence of Qin, the strongest among the vassal states. It's over. In the past few hundred years, hundreds of vassal states have disappeared, and people die every day because of wars. Wars are always bad. Mr. Hull, what do you think?"

"Yes, war is bad."

Cordell Hull answered casually.

But he kept thinking about Duan Xun's meaning in his mind.Cordell Hull certainly doesn't know the history of China, and he didn't come from studying Chinese history.Not to mention Cordell Hull, it is China's own people, and how many people have learned their own history.

But this did not affect Cordell Hull's understanding of Duan Xun's words.

Zhou Dynasty?Leader?Decline of the Zhou Dynasty?Hundreds of years of melee?

Without much thought, Cordell Hull understood that what Duan Xun said meant something.It is impossible for Duan Xun to tell himself these things for no reason, so Cordell Hull immediately began to connect this story with the current world situation.Zhou Dynasty, who are you talking about?The world hegemon, the former 'Empire on which the sun never sets' Britain?

Thinking of this, Cordell Hull quickly began to sort out his thoughts, and somewhat understood Duan Xun's meaning.

So Cordell Hull quickly said: "In this way, Qin has contributed to ending those wars?"

"of course."

Duan Xun nodded.

Dao: "There is a saying in China that it is better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in a troubled world. When the world is in chaos, those small countries and ordinary people are the first to be hit, because they have no way to protect themselves. Therefore, in order to become a hegemon, a big country , become the leader of the alliance, and constantly wage wars. But for small countries and ordinary people who hope to have an order and a little bit of protection, it is not a bad thing to have a leader who can establish and maintain order. Of course, if you can touch When it comes to a reasonable leader, it would be even better to make a leader who can protect everyone's interests. In fact, many people are looking forward to the appearance of such a leader. Mr. Hull, what do you think?"

"That's right. Vice Chairman Duan, what you said is very reasonable."

Cordell Hull nodded.

Cordell Hull is no fool, on the contrary, he is a very good political figure.Duan Xun's words have come to this point, how can Cordell Hull not understand.The current world is a colonial system established by Britain and France, and the order is also maintained by Britain and France.In the previous hundred years, Britain and France were the hegemons of the world, and everyone had to abide by the rules set by Britain and France.

But with the outbreak of World War II, the decline of Britain and France is a certainty.France has now become Germany's henchman. In order to maintain the war, Britain not only owes countless debts, but also sells a lot of its overseas assets.It can be said that it is certain that Britain and France will fall from the position of hegemony.Therefore, it is becoming more and more difficult for them to maintain the previous colonial system.How to build the post-war world order and what the post-war world system will look like requires a new leader or a new powerful country to formulate.

Although Duan Xun made a lot of beating around the bush, Cordell Hull already understood what Duan Xun meant.

This is a show of favor.

Duan Xun is showing his favor to the United States, and supports the post-war world order to be dominated by the United States.The two sides have not yet started negotiations, but just met, and Duan Xun's attitude made Cordell Hull very happy.

Now that Duan Xun began to show his favor, Cordell Hull immediately said: "Actually, those big and powerful countries don't fight, everyone sits down to discuss and formulate an order that everyone can accept. I think this is the best way to avoid war. "

Duan Xun smiled slightly.

Cordell Hull is on point.Duan Xun believes that the United States should be the leader of the world, and Cordell Hull immediately stated that the world's major powers should work together to formulate the world order.This is obviously telling Duan Xun that China is such a big and powerful country.

So Duan Xun said: "Mr. Hull is very reasonable. I also hope that the world's major powers can sit down,"

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"Mr. Hull, do you know how to rest?"

On August 1942, 8, the second day Cordell Hull arrived in Beijing, he immediately asked to meet Duan Xun.Duan Xun just held a simple welcome dinner yesterday to let Cordell Hull take a good rest.

After all, they are all 72 years old.After flying halfway around the world, I spent seventy or eighty hours on the plane alone. The turbulence for such a long time is unbearable for young people, let alone such an old man.

But Cordell Hull didn't take much rest, instead he asked Duan Xun to meet in the morning.

Cordell Hull didn't want to lose any time, it was really because of his impatience.Duan Xun postponed the negotiation time for a month or so, how many things have been done during this time.Loans to Japan and the sale of arms to Japan involve a huge amount of money.Moreover, at the Asian Joint Conference, all those Pacific islands were included in the Asian Joint Organization.Obviously for America.

Of course, Cordell Hull is more worried about the Pacific battlefield than this.

Although the United States relied on a lot of money, it has built the Hawaiian Islands into a military fortress within half a year and deployed a large number of troops.The result was indeed withstood the Japanese attack and ended the Japanese attempt to occupy the Hawaiian Islands.

But in the naval duel, the Japanese army still has the upper hand.

Although the U.S. Pacific Fleet has been replenishing by relying on Cape Horn, it cannot keep up with the loss.After all, it takes a long time to detour around Cape Horn, and it is not as convenient as the Panama Canal.And in order to maintain those military fortresses in the Hawaiian Islands, the United States needs to replenish them every day.It is simply impossible for the Hawaiian Islands themselves to support so many troops.

The troops currently stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the workers involved in the construction of the Hawaiian Islands, eat and drink a lot every day.These all need to be transported by the United States with transport ships.

Too much material wasted and too much money wasted.

If Japan and the Pacific War cannot be resolved as soon as possible, then the United States will also spend too much money and consume its own national strength in this war.After the Pacific War became more and more fierce, many countries benefited.

Like China, like South American countries, are all beneficiaries.

The United States is a big country with abundant resources.But not all resources can be self-sufficient.At present, the industrial machinery in the United States is fully developed, and more and more things are being produced.Not only for their own use, but also to support the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.

So far, the United States alone has provided nearly 400 billion US dollars in materials to support the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.What kind of concept is this.That is to say, the materials that the United States is currently supporting the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union are twice the total number of industrial products produced by Japan in a year.

Not to mention anything else, in the past six months, the United States has thrown nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars into the Hawaiian Islands.

In order to produce so many industrial products, the United States needs a lot of resources.These resources are mainly imported from China and South American countries.It can be said that the outbreak of this war has greatly developed the economies of South American countries.Not to mention anything else, in order to introduce these resources, the United States also has to use a lot of gold reserves.Just to buy these resources, the United States spent more than 2000 tons of gold reserves in the past two years.

Half of this is also obtained by China.

Because the United States also imports a lot of resources from China.The prices of resources such as natural rubber, tung oil, and pig bristles are controlled by China.

Fighting a war is really expensive, more expensive than imagined.Look at Britain, the hegemon of the world, how much money was spent after World War II, you can see how much money was spent on war.If the United States continues to fight like this, I feel very strenuous.Especially on the Pacific battlefield, the United States suffered so many casualties, and the money was wasted.

The same goes for those military forts that include the Hawaiian Islands.

It's all a waste.

The United States is powerful, but it does not mean that these can be completely ignored.The current high military expenditure of the United States is all borrowed by the US government.This can be tolerated at this stage, but once the war lasts too long, it will directly affect the financial security of the U.S. government and affect the financial stability of the United States.

And what is China doing at this time?He has been using the opportunity of war to make a fortune silently, and the gold reserves in his hands have skyrocketed.It has been less than three years since the gold reserves were almost exhausted before the outbreak of the war, and the gold reserves have exceeded 5000 tons, which is second only to the United States in the current world.The inflow of so much gold, as well as the inflow of other foreign exchange, directly promotes the development of China's economy.

So Roosevelt really couldn't wait.

Can't go on like this.

China is already a big country. If China continues to develop like this, it will become more and more difficult to restrain China in the future.

Therefore, Roosevelt has decided that the Pacific battlefield must be resolved as soon as possible, and cannot continue to be delayed.In order to solve Japan, China must be solved.So Cordell Hull did not dare to rest at all, and immediately met Duan Xun the next day.

"Very good. After I came to Beijing, I felt like I was at home."

"That's really great. Since he likes Beijing, Mr. Hull can stay in Beijing for a while and have a look around Beijing."

"So do I."

Cordell Hull smiled and said: "But Chairman Duan told the story of the Zhou Dynasty in China yesterday? In my opinion, the world is not like this now. The world war breaks out, there is no order, no rules, everything It was you who beat me and I beat you. It was a mess. The result was that the country was ruined, the family was destroyed, the wives were separated, and how many people died in this war. It is the responsibility of the world's major powers to end the current war and stabilize the world order. Responsibility. Therefore, there are too many domestic affairs, and I really can’t get away from it, and I can’t stay in Beijing for a long time.”

Cordell Hull told Duan Xun directly, I don't have time, we must speed up the negotiation.

"That would be a pity."