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Part One Russo-Japanese War Chapter 332 Golestan Palace

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    The Chinese Empire in 1941 was truly a troubled time.

    During this year, the empire not only had to deal with Japan's post-war affairs, but also seized the time to hold a new round of negotiations with Britain on Asian colonial issues and promote the decolonization process in Asia. The empire's internal politics was in a period of innovating and laying the foundation for  The foundation for the next few decades.

    None of these three things is simple.

    Although the UK has agreed to the three conditions of the second resolution proposed by the Asian League in May, the only issues left with the Asian League are which regions and countries will be autonomous or independent first, and the British decolonization process in Asia.  Is it ten years, fifteen years, or twenty years? But for China, how to balance and divide these newly autonomous Asian countries is a new huge issue that will occupy the empire¡¯s diplomacy in recent years.  Half the amount of agenda.

    Among these issues, the three most thorny issues are the partition of India and Pakistan, the partition of Indonesia and the issue of the United Arab Emirates.

    The goal of the imperial-led policy was to divide India under the colonial rule of the British Empire into five regions: India, Pakistan, Punjab, Assam, Bengal, and Gilkad. Pakistan and Assam would go first**, and Punjab and Bengal would be autonomous.  , the Gilkad region, dominated by tribes such as the Karwars, Mundas, and Phumigas, was set up as Gilkad State, which is also autonomous.

    The empire's resource survey of India is still very in-depth. It has coveted the Gilkad tribal area, whose overall mineral resources account for more than one-third of India, for a long time. It does not consider allowing this area to continue to be retained in the final Indian territory. At the same time,  , it is also the most realistic thing to divide India to avoid India's future challenge to the empire's dominance in Asia. On the contrary, the British want to retain a more complete India to contain China, but at the same time they believe that the national conflict between India and Pakistan will make the two  It is difficult for a region to be consolidated into a stable country.

    In the constant disputes, the two sides gradually tended to choose another option, which was to separate India into three main countries: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Bangladesh adopted a federal system and incorporated Bangladesh, Gilkad, and Assam into one country, while  China has emphasized the inclusion of Odisha in the country.

    This is the so-called third way - the vision of Greater Bangladesh.

    This idea has been unanimously agreed upon by the top leaders of the two countries. The only dispute is over the ownership of Orissa. From a religious and national perspective, Odisha should belong to India, but geographically speaking, the empire insists on dividing Orissa.  There is some justification for being included in Bangladesh.

    The most important point is that Orissa, like the Gilkad region, is also the place with the richest mineral resources, and they belong to a plateau area and are adjacent to each other.

    In fact, for the empire, the long-term challenge of this problem is even higher than the threat posed by Nazi Germany, and the empire does have the opportunity to solve this matter well now, so it is warning France and promising to provide all  In addition to the assistance needed, the Empire directed almost all of its major diplomatic efforts to this problem.

    Divide India.

    This is the most realistic job.

    As for Europe, the empire dispatched a military mission headed by General Liu Gengyun to France urgently to provide France with military advice and assist France in resisting a possible German military attack. The United Kingdom is also paying close attention to this matter.  This is the main factor why the two sides began to compromise on the Indian independence issue.

    Nazi Germany is becoming a third-party force leading Sino-British negotiations. Although Germany has not intervened in this matter on the surface, their military actions are greatly diverting the focus of China and Britain.

    This is a fact.

    On the Japanese side, the Japanese Senior Advisor Group organized by Wang Zhaoming has arrived in Tokyo and is responsible for coordinating the work between the Northeast Army Command and the Japanese Provisional Government, as well as stabilizing Japan's domestic issues, etc.

    Out of many considerations, especially considering the display of military strength against Europe, Asian allies, Japan, and the United States, the empire reorganized the Central Aviation Combined Fleet and conducted a global tour with 6 Northeast-class aircraft carriers as the main body. The first stop was Japan.  , then to India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and finally to Europe. If necessary, the Central Aviation Combined Fleet will be stationed in France for a longer period of time to deter Nazi Germany, or permanently stationed in the Iberian Peninsula and Sweden, at least to warn Nazi Germany not to  The war will involve Sweden, Spain and Portugal, where the empire's interests are most deeply rooted.

    As for the empire¡¯s investment and normal business interests in France, I¡¯m afraid it really can¡¯t be taken into account, and we can only wait until after the war to settle the accounts.

    In the Soviet-occupied areas, on the one hand, there was large-scale cleansing work, on the other hand, there was separatist work, and there was more vigilance work against the Nazi German army. The empire could not let it neglect either.

    An eventful time.

    It¡¯s been a really eventful time.

    The world¡¯s hegemons have always had troubles.There are many, because you are the most deeply involved in global interests. You have interests everywhere, and you must maintain order and protect your interests everywhere.

    This is such a hard work.

    To prevent the world from heading into chaos, the empire will also send Crown Prince Yuhua to visit the United States, accompanied by the deputy foreign minister, to continue to strengthen the cooperative relationship between China and the United States in fighting European expansionism and Asian colonialism, and to be ready to provide assistance to Britain and France at any time¡ª¡ª  If Britain finally decides to go to war with Germany to prevent the spread of Nazi Germany's European expansionism.

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    July is usually the time when the royal family goes to Lushan or Chengde for vacation, but in this special year, Emperor Song Biao made a very sudden decision to cope with the possible great changes in Europe. He arranged for Concubine Qiao and his eldest daughter Princess Yuanyuan to  Accompanied by the couple, they went to Europe for a visit.

    This is Emperor Hua¡¯s third visit to Europe since he ascended the throne, which happens to be once every ten years on average.

    During this visit to Europe, the Song Emperor did not hope to solve the problem, but just wanted to buy time, delay and temporarily prevent Germany from attacking Britain and France as much as possible, and at the same time continue the possibility of a war between Germany and France, because at this time  The longer the period lasts, the more beneficial it is for the empire. Especially when it comes to negotiating colonial issues with Britain, the empire obviously has more advantages.

    Before arriving to visit Britain and France, the Song Emperor would first visit Iran and Saudi Arabia, and then fly to Poland and Germany. The empire still had to maintain a superficial harmony with the German-Polish Alliance to ensure that the German-Polish Alliance would not directly face the threat to the empire.  , while allowing the empire to occupy a better advantageous position when dealing with France and Britain.

    Although the Song Emperor hated Nazism from the bottom of his heart, the national interests of the empire were always paramount.

    In terms of the itinerary, before the emperor visits Iran, the Empire's Central Aviation Combined Fleet must first arrive in the Persian Gulf to prove the empire's strength to its Asian allies and completely dispel those pro-Western Middle Eastern politicians and let them understand that neither Britain, France nor the United States have the same strength.  China should resist and not handle national political affairs with a 19th-century worldview. That would not bring any real benefits to itself and would also bore China, especially at a time when China has made so many contributions to Asia.  Under the premise.

    Greedy and ungrateful politicians and state behavior are not easy for the empire to accept.

    Prior to this, the Central Aviation Combined Fleet arrived at the port of Yokohama, Japan on July 15th to receive a review from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Northeastern Defense Forces, General Chen Wu, and Japan's Interim Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi. The Japanese Emperor Showa and other members of the Japanese royal family were on the verge of abdicating.  Many princes were also invited to attend, and the Northeast Defense Force General Headquarters also invited all Japanese media and other Japanese social institutions.

    Different from the period when it was sent to visit Europe and the United States around the world, this time the Central Aviation Combined Fleet also included four aircraft carriers from the Southeast Asian Fleet into the fleet, totaling 10 aircraft carriers, 6 battleships, 22 cruisers, 24 destroyers and more than 52 other auxiliary supplies.  When the ships arrive in Yokohama together, the fleet will perform a naval aviation formation flight display under the watchful eyes of all guests, deploying 600 carrier-based aircraft at once to circle over Tokyo and Yokohama.

    In this way, the Empire will show Japan what a truly modern navy is.

    After Wang Zhaoming arrived in Japan, he adopted many special and useful methods. He invited the capital parties and persons in charge of Japan's major media to the office for "negotiations" and brought out two trucks of written evidence to transport them to Seoul.  War Tribunal, as a condition of "protecting" them, he demanded that the Japanese media must seriously reflect on past mistakes and maintain close cooperation with the Japanese Counselor Committee in charge of him.

    Wang Zhaoming also met with Emperor Showa immediately, asking the Emperor to proactively admit his mistakes, fundamentally break the theory of the Emperor's infallibility, reduce the Emperor to an ordinary criminal who made mistakes, and cooperate with the Empire's requirements in exchange for Emperor Hua's pardon and exemption from punishment.  and conviction.

    In addition, Wang Zhaoming also summoned the heads of various Japanese consortiums in the name of the Japanese Counselor Committee and gave them two choices, either to get out of the Japanese economic circle, or to stay and accept punishment and discipline.

    ¡°Compared to General Chen Wu, who only knows how to fight, Chairman Wang¡¯s tactics are much more insidious, and he has pinpointed all the key points in Japanese politics with incomparable accuracy.

    How ridiculous and dramatic history is.

    It is against this background that the Imperial Central Aviation Combined Fleet arrived in Tokyo Bay in an unprecedented large-scale formation, using powerful military power to show Japan the powerful strength and determination of the Chinese Empire as a conqueror.

    After a three-day "visit" to Japan, the Central Aviation Combined Fleet was divided into two. One part continued to stay in Yokohama, and the other part left the Pacific and sailed into the Indian Ocean. After the visit to Mumbai, India, it continued to Persia.?.

    On July 24, the Empire¡¯s Central Aviation Combined Fleet arrived in the Persian Gulf.

    On the morning of July 25, Emperor Song took a special plane to Tehran to visit the Kingdom of Iran.

    This is how international diplomacy is. Every link must be arranged very cleverly to achieve a powerful enough effect.

    This is Emperor Song's first visit to Iran. He had made two arrangements before, but in the end he was replaced by Prime Minister Gu Weijun before leaving. This time, Emperor Song also wanted to see with his own eyes what Prime Minister Gu Weijun called the most beautiful palace in West Asia.  Golestan Palace, Iran.

    Over the past two decades, Iran has been one of the fastest-growing countries in Asia. Its rich mineral resources, oil reserves and abundant population have laid a good foundation for economic development.

    The empire provided Iran with a large amount of funds and government loans to expand its infrastructure. Highways, railways, ports, and power plants were all taken care of by the empire's engineering companies. Iran's own capital industry also grew accordingly. On the one hand, the empire controlled  Iran's financial industry, on the other hand, has also supported a large number of small and medium-sized capitalists and corporate employers in Iran.

    The early Iranian capitalists generally came from the oil industry. The leading direction of the oil policy implemented by the Empire in Iran was privatization. The Empire diversified the promotion of Iranian oil by cooperating with these local Iranian private oil companies and supporting Iranian oil companies.  Industrial development, and the empire's share of revenue from Iran's oil industry is generally between 30-50.

    The large amount of capital credit flowing in from China not only enabled Iran to develop rapidly, but also cultivated Iran¡¯s local modern bourgeoisie, and the latter is the leader in countering the conservative and rigid forces within Iran.

    Of course, there are still many people in Iran who are looking forward to Shu, always wanting to get more benefits and reduce the returns the empire receives from Iran.

    An important task of Emperor Song¡¯s trip was to communicate with these people and confirm what they wanted.

    In order to welcome the Emperor of Song Dynasty for his first visit, the Kingdom of Iran held a grand welcome ceremony at the Tehran Capital Airport. The King of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi and his wife, and Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh personally greeted him at the airport.

    The moment he got off the special plane, Emperor Song Biao felt the heat of Iran in July and the enthusiasm of the Iranian people. In any case, it was the empire that rescued Iran from British colonial rule and spent the past two years  It has provided strong support to Iran for ten years.

    Accompanied by Concubine Qiao, Emperor Song Biao raised his hand to express his gratitude to the Iranian people who came to greet him, walked down the gangway, and shook hands with the senior Iranian rulers waiting for him in front.

    The King of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi and his wife, visited the imperial capital twice, and were entertained by the imperial royal family in the Central Palace. Emperor Song Biao was no stranger to them, while Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was very familiar with them.  Emperor Song Biao was really unfamiliar.

    Although he didn't like this man's strange words and deeds, Emperor Song Biao still seemed very happy to meet him. After shaking hands with every Iranian official who came to greet him, Emperor Song Biao took a special car to meet Reza Shah Pahlavi.  The king went to Golestan Palace together.

    Tehran, the capital of Iran, is an ancient capital with a long history. During modern construction, Iranians have not demolished too many of their historical buildings. Modern and traditional Iran are well combined. The streets of the city are very spacious and beautiful.  , full of Persian exoticism.

    Except for the dry heat, Emperor Song Biao really couldn¡¯t find anything to fault.

    If possible, Emperor Song Biao definitely did not want to experience such a formal state visit. Too many diplomatic etiquette made him feel too cumbersome. After reviewing Iran's honor guard accompanied by King Reza Shah Pahlavi, he  Continue to the Iranian Congress. Finance Minister Chen Jin, who accompanied him to Iran, was responsible for delivering a speech on behalf of the Chinese delegation, while Emperor Song Biao only had to sit down and be a listener.

    This was followed by a welcoming state banquet from the Iranian royal family and a brief meeting with King Reza Shah Pahlavi. It was not until around 3 p.m. that Emperor Song Biao was finally able to take a rest and check into Golestan with the visiting royal family members.  royal palace.

    In order to show their special admiration and respect for His Majesty the Chinese Emperor, King Reza Shah Pahlavi and his family left the Golestan Palace a week in advance and lived in the Asred Palace on the northwest side of Tehran.  The Golestan Palace was given to His Majesty the Emperor for temporary residence, and the Imperial Household Agency and the Central Secret Service temporarily took over the security of the Golestan Palace and surrounding areas a week ago.

    During this period, Emperor Song Biao can live leisurely in the Golestan Palace and meet everyone he wants to meet in Iran. The specific administrative visit affairs will be handled by Imperial Finance Minister Chen Jin and Deputy Foreign Minister Jiang Zuobin.

    ?As a deputy foreign minister with a background in the military and the inner court, Jiang Zuobin can well represent the voice of the imperial ministry and the inner court in the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is why he is responsible for accompanying the emperor on his trip to Europe this time.

    After retiring from the military with the rank of lieutenant general, Jiang Zuobin has been responsible for the exchange of military defense and intelligence work in the Asian League Council, playing a very important role. He is also very familiar with the situation in Iran. During his time in the Asian League  It has close contacts with the Iranian military and political circles.

    With Finance Minister Chen Jin and Deputy Foreign Minister Jiang Zuobin in charge of the specific foreign affairs of the visit to Iran, Emperor Song Biao can relax a lot. He will have a day of rest in the Golestan Palace and continue to meet with Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and Iran tomorrow.  other sects and political factions.

    Iran is easier to develop than other Islamic regions and countries. A very important reason for this is that its internal tribal system was replaced by a normal state system more than a thousand years ago. It can become a normal modern religious country.  It is easier to cohere into a whole internally, but countries like Libya, Afghanistan, and Sudan are more complicated. They have a large number of traditional tribes within them. It is very difficult to integrate them, and it is easy to fall into the camp of conservative extremist doctrines.  middle.

    However, Islamic countries with traditional conservative sects are very repellent to modern religious countries like Iran. The Iran-Iraq War and the subsequent Syrian Civil War are continuations of this problem. In addition, there is also the conflict between Sunnis and Shias.  religious wars.

    The Middle East is indeed a very complex place.

    The situation in Iran is relatively simple.

    For the empire, maintaining Iran's current secular and moderate reformist governance is a very important task, because Iran not only has the oil that the empire needs, but also has the largest copper ore reserves and lead and zinc reserves in Asia. The empire has security alliances in Asia.  The country with the largest internal investment is Iran. During the Sino-Japanese and Sino-Soviet wars, about two-thirds of the copper, lead and zinc for ammunition were produced in Iran.

    Iran¡¯s iron ore reserves also rank first in the Middle East. The four major steel consortiums of the Empire have iron ore projects in Iran. The Far East Consortium has a very close cooperative relationship with the Angouran Group, Iran¡¯s largest local consortium, and jointly holds shares.  There are Iran¡¯s pillar industries such as petroleum, chemicals, and steel.

    Under the long-term support of the empire, with the overall rapid development of Iran's national economy, industry and agriculture, the empire exports a large amount of electromechanical equipment, cars, ships, aircraft and ordnance equipment to Iran every year. At the same time, in the financial industry, through the  The imperial financial oligarchs who control the National Bank and the Bank of Tehran also firmly control Iran's economic bloodline, exporting capital to Iran and earning huge profits.

    Precisely because Iran has a great relationship with the empire, although Iran's defense strength continues to increase, the empire continues to maintain a large-scale military garrison in Iran in the name of the Asian Union.

    The next day, Emperor Song Biao met with Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh at the Golestan Palace. This was also his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mossadegh, but this was not a very formal diplomatic meeting. On the contrary,  Emperor Song Biao met with Mossadegh alone in his familiar and accustomed way. He did not arrange other diplomatic etiquette or itinerary. He just arranged for an hour to talk with Mossadegh to deepen the understanding between the two parties and listen to this man.  What Iran¡¯s rulers really think.

    Mossadegh is a very special Iranian. To be precise, he is a member of the former Qajar royal family. His mother is the granddaughter of King Abbas Mirza of the Qajar dynasty. His father was killed by the royal family.  The honorific title given to Mossadegh is similar to a very high-level noble title such as "Marquis", and he inherited this honorific title.

    From this explanation, we can understand why Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is anti-Pahlavi dynasty. He has never explicitly opposed the current king, but his actions have indeed continued to weaken Pahlavi.  The foundation of the Uyghur Dynasty, especially his desire to introduce the forces of Britain, the United States and France to balance China's various plans.

    The empire is the most important supporter of the Pahlavi dynasty. In Iran, whether it is economic investment or support for its national debt, the empire adheres to the principle of non-interference in Iranian politics, including the fairness and preferential treatment of investment credits.  Far better than Britain, France, the United States and other countries. On the surface, Prime Minister Mossadegh hopes to obtain a better price from China by introducing competition from Western countries. In fact, he still wants to gradually weaken the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty and eventually achieve its  The goal of restoring the Qajar dynasty with the help of British and French forces.

    The more this happens, the more Emperor Song Biao wants to meet and talk with this person.

    Theoretically, it was the actions of Prime Minister Mossadegh, who seemed to have a high reputation as a reformist, that forced the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran to end its constitutional monarchy, and ultimately led Iran to the abyss of religious rule.  .

    This morning, Emperor Song Biao wasHe met with Prime Minister Mossadegh alone in a very relaxed environment and invited him to drink tea in the rose garden of the Golestan Palace where he temporarily lived.

    The Silk Road allowed Iran to obtain tea from China very early, and their tea history is almost as long as China's. They also plant a large number of tea gardens in the country. With the development of Sino-Iranian trade, Chinese black tea has also flowed into Iran again.  , accounting for approximately 2/3 of the Iranian market.

    In Iran, the most famous black tea is Qihong and Dianhong. Song Biao brought Wuyi Souchong black tea from China for Prime Minister Mossadegh and other Iranian friends to taste.

    Prime Minister Mossadegh is very thin and very old. In the eyes of the Chinese, he is a kind of fairy-like person, quite a bit like what southerners call a tea man.

    He does prefer to drink black tea, but according to reliable information, he never drinks Chinese black tea. He claims to only drink local black tea, and more information shows that he likes to drink Sri Lankan black tea, including a lot of information.  It proves that this person is very Western, especially Britain and France. This is also related to his higher education in France and his long-term living in the UK.

    To put it bluntly, this person is actually quite discriminatory against China.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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