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Volume 2: Under the Warlords Chapter 1164: Taking advantage of Germany

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    Governor Isaacs initially did not care about the Indian rebellion because the Indians' combat effectiveness was too low. Twenty British soldiers could chase two hundred Indian rebels.  However, the endless attacks on Indian police also made Isaacs troubled. The conflicts that had been buried in India for many years finally broke out when Isaacs dispatched soldiers to prepare for revenge against China.

    At this time, the British government's attention has not yet looked east, because two major events happened around them, which are also of far-reaching significance to Europe.

    One thing is the civil war between Catholics and Christians in Northern Ireland. The other thing is that France and Belgium jointly sent troops to occupy the ruins of the Ruhr area in Germany, giving Germany a fatal blow and forcing Germany to have a war.  National revival movement.

    From the Easter Uprising in Ireland in 1916 to the three-year Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921, the Irish Republican Army and the British Army fought several times. At the same time, strong anti-British sentiment broke out in Ireland, and the Irish refused to serve the British.  After the British army entered Ireland, they were "fortified and cleared" by the Irish people. As a result, the British army encountered repeated obstacles in Ireland.  At the same time, the large number of Irish immigrants in the United States also gave great support to Irish independence, preventing the British army from being too unrestrained in Ireland.

    The British dispatched two police regiments composed of World War I veterans, with a total of more than 7,000 people. However, the poor military discipline of this combat-ready force in Ireland led to more Irish people joining the Irish Republican Army, and the British lost face.  In 1921 Britain and the Republic of Ireland signed an armistice.  Britain recognized the Republic of Ireland, but in retaliation against the Irish.  With the support of the United Kingdom, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland were divided, with Northern Ireland belonging to the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland belonging to the Irish people.  But Northern Ireland was not quiet either. Christians and Catholics in the area created two factions respectively, and the Civil War in Northern Ireland resumed.  As a Catholic country, the Republic of Ireland naturally supported the Catholic faction in Northern Ireland, while the United Kingdom supported the Protestant Christianity, so the Civil War in Northern Ireland resumed.

    As for France and Belgium sending troops to occupy the Ruhr area of ??Germany, it was because Germany was unable to repay the Treaty of Versailles.  France and Belgium were very dissatisfied, so they sent troops to occupy the Ruhr area, Germany's most developed industrial base.  According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany is not allowed to have an army, so Germany is like a little girl who is unable to resist, watching the Ruhr area being taken over by Belgium and France

    Why are the British concerned? Because at this time, the British have become the European justice and police. They are even preparing the army and the Royal Navy in case Germany resists.  Britain immediately marched on Germany.  But the Germans did not resist. The German Wilhelm Cuno government announced that Germany would carry out a "non-violent non-cooperation" movement. At the same time, because the largest industrial area was occupied, Germany's economy completely collapsed, and the German mark became less valuable than toilet paper.

    This matter has also reached the ears of China.  Wang Maoru always paid attention to the situation in Europe. When the Ruhr area of ??Germany was occupied, Wang Maoru quickly sent a Chinese delegation represented by Vice President Bi Guifang and Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Jing Xueling to assist Lu Zhengxiang, Cao Rulin and others to visit Europe.  The main destinations to visit are France, Belgium and Germany.  The purpose of going to France and Belgium is to purchase Ruhr area equipment from them, and the purpose of going to Germany is to recruit mature German technical workers to work in China.  At this time, German workers could almost only provide enough food for their families, and they would go anywhere in the world without being paid.

    ¡° Taking advantage of the situation, China is taking advantage of the situation.

    Are you taking advantage of Germany?  Of course, there is no permanent friendship in this world, only permanent interests. No matter how good the Germans are, they are not their own people. Of course Wang Maoru wants to rob Germany.  In fact, in this era and in this world, which country is not robbing Germany?  It's just that China plundered the Germans' technology and technology, and also helped them solve their employment problem. Why not?

    This is like one year's Spring Festival Gala, after Zhao Da cheated and sold Fan Wei a pair of crutches, Fan Wei turned around and said "Thank you." Sure enough, when Wang Maoru decided to send a delegation to Europe to visit Germany and recruit German workers, the German Embassy in China  Ambassador Laurentian immediately ran to the presidential palace to express his gratitude to China on behalf of Germany

    But Laurentson also said one thing while expressing his gratitude, that is, he has received high praise from the German government and is preparing to be transferred back to Germany to serve as the leader of the industrial sector.  Laurentian looked helpless, because after the Ruhr area was occupied, the so-called industrial sector in Germany became a paper shell. How could there be any industry?

    Wang Maoru comforted him: "I believe that Germany will rise from the ashes and be reborn."

    Lawrenson was startled and said: "Germany cannot withstand the fire anymore. All that is left in Germany are dilapidated houses. If there is another fire, Germany will be finished"

    Wang Maoruha??Laughed, and quickly explained the allusion of the phoenix's rebirth from the ashes, and Laurenson breathed a sigh of relief.  However, Wang Maoru actually wanted to ask about Laurenson's daughter Heifani, but she was not here to discuss personal matters, so she had to give up.  It seems that Hefenni will not be able to come back from Germany, and she does not know how her gay fianc¨¦ is getting along with her.  Of course, Wang Maoru was just thinking about it. Since losing Zhiya, Wang Maoru paid special attention to and cherished the people around him.

    After seeing off Ambassador Laurentian, Secretary-General Zhang Kui'an reminded Wang Maoru that it was almost the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the thirty-sixth family meeting was about to be held.

    This meeting of the Thirty-Six Family was held for the first time, and it was also the beginning of the oligarch's control of China. However, because the Huang family in Java was flirting with the Dutch and wanted to win over both sides, a group of people headed by Wang Maoru were very angry with it.  , so two years ago, the Javanese Huang family was replaced by the Shanxi Kong family in China. The head of the Shanxi Kong family was Kong Xiangxi. Kong Xiangxi initially supported the Democratic Party, which also led to the Kong family not being accepted at first.  However, due to the internal and external connections between the Javanese Huang family, Wang Maoru was strongly dissatisfied and was removed from the list.

    On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, thirty-six family heads held a meeting in the imperial palace in Beijing without any followers.  The deposed emperor Puyi and the guards in the palace received a fee of 100,000 silver dollars to rent the venue for three days. At first, the princes said they would rather die than make a fortune by being a member of the ancestral temple.  However, Zhang Zuolin then demanded that Puyi be driven out of the palace, which frightened the princes into saying nothing. Zhang Zuolin also rushed back to Beijing for the meeting of the Thirty-Six Aristocratic Families, and his fierce military demeanor scared the nobles of the previous dynasty.

    Of course, everyone is still very concerned about the throne. Except for Wang Maoru, many others can't help but kneel down and kowtow.  Wang Maoru didn't care. After all, after thousands of years of imperial rule, how could people adapt to a life without an emperor overnight.  Of course, everyone still did not arrogantly hold meetings in places like the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Baohe, and Palace of Qianqing in the Forbidden City. Instead, they held meetings in the Hall of Yinghua.  Even so, these people who were originally just ordinary people felt the royal aura.

    The thirty-six people are Wang Maoru from Hulunbuir in Heilongjiang, Zhang Zuolin from Liaoning, Qiao Yingnian from Shanxi, Cao Kun from Zhili, Feng Jiayu from Zhili, Pu Ji from Zhili, Zhao Jiacheng from Tianjin, Qiu Kaitang from Jilin, Yuan Keding from Henan, Ma Xiangfu from Ningxia, and Zhang Jian from Jiangsu  , Songhu Rongguonian, Songhu Huangjinrong, Rehe Gaitianjiu, Shanxi Kong Xiangxi, Shandong Kong Fanhao, Shandong Mengqingtang, Anhui Li Jingfang, Anhui Duan Qirui, Guangdong Tang Shaoyi, Guangdong Huang Wentian, Guangdong Wu Shaozeng, Nanyang Lin Chengzu, Sichuan Liu Xiang  , Sichuan Liu Wencai, Hunan Zeng Guangjun, Guangxi Lu Yuguang, Jiangxi Chen Zukang, Jiangxi Xiong Naiwen, Sichuan Xie Jingtang, Guizhou Wang Jialie, Yunnan Long Yingtian, Zhejiang Fang Zilin, Zhejiang Ye Weiyong, Fujian Lin Chengzhi, Hubei Huang Gui.

    Wang Maoru ordered Pu Ji to arrange the round table in Yinghua Hall, with two floors inside and outside, with twelve tables and chairs on the inner floor and twenty-four tables and chairs on the outer floor.  Stoves were placed around for warmth, and only incandescent lamps were used to illuminate the area. The guards were replaced by Wang Maoru's Young Guards, and the measures were taken extremely well.

    When everyone got here and looked at the majestic Yinghua Palace, they were a little afraid to speak.

    Wang Maoru signaled Pu Ji to speak, and Pu Ji stood up and said with a smile: "Everyone, you are all wealthy businessmen or famous families in various places, especially the two families of Confucius and Mencius in Shandong, which have been passed down for thousands of years. This time, Mr. Xiu Sheng, our  Everyone knows the purpose of the President calling you here. Everyone, our thirty-six families control 60% of the wealth of the Chinese nation, so our thirty-six families can definitely form an alliance, regardless of the future.  Whoever controls the government must agree with the interests of our thirty-six alliances. Everyone, everyone understands what this move means. Yes, it is to allow our family to be passed down from generation to generation and let us have it forever.  The right to speak, cultivate Chinese family clans - just like the Kong family and the Meng family."

    Wang Maoru said at this time: "I personally admire one person very much, that is Zeng Wenzhenggong, the ancestor of the Zeng family. His family motto is actually a moral model for life, work and politics."

    Zeng Guangjun, the head of the Zeng family in Hunan, is the only remaining one of Zeng Guofan's three sons. When he heard Wang Maoru praise his father, he immediately expressed gratitude: "The president praised him."

    Wang Maoru shook his head and said: "Today is the first Thirty-six Family Meeting, not a government meeting, so I am not the president. I am just the head of the Wang family, Wang Maoru, whose courtesy name is Xiu Sheng. You can call me Mr. Xiu Sheng." He said with a smile: "Today I  It is proposed that the thirty-six families form an alliance to form the cornerstone of our Chinese family. I know that you have considered it and hesitated, but being here today shows that everyone agrees with this alliance of thirty-six families. Everyone, if  If you agree to establish this alliance, please raise your hands." After saying this, he was the first to raise his hands and look at everyone.

    PS: (ps: Sorry, updated today.Unfortunately, because Ximen had a stomach flu, Ximen thought he was a young man in his twenties and drank iced drinks after exercise. Unfortunately, he suffered from gastrointestinal discomfort and spent the whole night.  There is a watershed between the age of thirty and twenty. I imagined that when I was in college, I could do whatever I wanted to do with my body, but now I immediately start to do whatever it takes when I don¡¯t feel well.  I advise all book friends to cherish their bodies, take good care of them, and never follow Ximen¡¯s example.  )
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