Chapter 1732
Chapter 1732
Chapter 1732 Routines
For diplomats of various countries, the really important diplomatic affairs are actually not suitable for communication and negotiation in public places like banquets.In particular, there are diplomats from many other countries on the scene, and a little carelessness can easily expose the country's foreign policy.So today's occasion is actually only suitable for testing the tone and attitude. As for the real problem, we still have to find an occasion to meet alone in the future to communicate slowly.
But this kind of scruple will not keep the diplomatic envoys silent. Although it is not appropriate to talk about their own affairs, it does not prevent them from inquiring about other families.For example, Fei Cexian is very interested in knowing how many weapons North Korea bought from Haihan, whether they are the same as those purchased by Daming, what the price is, and when they plan to deploy them to the army... If these questions If you ask Li Xi directly, you will definitely not get an answer, but you may be able to get a few words of information from senior Haihan officials.
In fact, how many weapons produced by Haihan purchased by North Korea will not threaten the safety of Daming, but Fei Cexian believes that this kind of transaction will encourage North Korea's ambition to separate from Ming, which is not a good thing for Ming.Moreover, he believes that the Haihan people have no good intentions in selling weapons to North Korea. They just want to use this method to gradually complete the control of the North Korean army, just like what they have done to Annan, Champa and some other small countries.It could be said that North Korea agreed to some even more exaggerated conditions for Haihan, otherwise, how could the North Korean envoy look guilty when he saw him?
Now that it was time for envoys from various countries to carry out activities, Fei Cexian stopped being polite, got up and walked straight to Tao Donglai.The reason why he didn't go to Ning Qi or Schneider was because after contacting them during this period of time, he found that these two people were really difficult to deal with. It was not achieved, but was tricked by the other party.
Fei Cexian believed that among the high-ranking officials in Haihan, Tao Donglai was the one who was easier to deal with, because his official position was actually the nominal leader of Haihan, the uncrowned king of the country. As far as you are concerned, there is no need to be afraid of anyone or anything, and there is no need to hide your feelings and thoughts.
Of course, this is just Fei Cexian's personal thoughts. If he had asked the envoys of other countries about Tao Donglai's deeds in the diplomatic field before then, perhaps he would not have made such an unwise decision.
When the Haihan Executive Committee was first established, Tao Donglai actually took on part of the diplomatic mission, and his style was the same as the other two. The foreign officials who stumbled under his hands were really different. few.Fei Cexian thought Tao Donglai would be easier to deal with, but he was really wrong.
After Fei Cexian went up to greet Tao Donglai, he cut to the point straight to the point: "Chief Tao, there is something I don't know, and I hope to get your guidance. North Korea is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and it is reasonable to provide them with Military aid can only be carried out with the consent of our country, but your country’s current approach is to deliberately bypass Daming, and even instigate North Korea to conceal the real situation from our country. I dare to say, it’s not good to do so, right?”
Tao Donglai smiled and said, "In Lord Fei's opinion, if military aid is to be provided to North Korea, how can it be considered reasonable?"
While the two were talking, there were already several listeners beside them.The open and secret struggle between Haihan and Ming is not a secret, but it is rare to hear officials from both sides discussing this topic in public, not to mention that Tao Donglai has always been regarded by the outside world as the true leader of Haihan. The words represent Haihan's official attitude, and everyone is naturally paying special attention to this.They also really want to know what Haihan's true attitude towards Daming is, and what is the position of North Korea, which was recently drawn into Haihan's camp, among them.
Seeing that enough spectators had gathered around him, Fei Cexian responded immediately, "It's not impossible for your country to provide military aid and sell weapons to North Korea, but you shouldn't bypass Daming." If you want to act on your own, you must inform Daming before that. In addition, the weapons and equipment sold to North Korea should also be delivered to Daming first, and then distributed to North Korea by Daming, that is the right way."
After hearing Fei Cexian's speech, everyone started talking about it, and it was nothing more than a notification to Daming. After all, the status of the suzerain country was there, and it should be done according to the rules.But to deliver the weapons and equipment bought by North Korea to Daming first, and then Daming handed them over, this is clearly a plucking of wild goose.It is certainly not Haihan's original intention to sell weapons to North Korea by Ming to control the weapons available to North Korea, and the possibility of compromise is extremely low.
Then Tao Donglai said: "Okay, since Mr. Fei keeps saying that North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, may I ask Daming, as the suzerain state, to send troops to help North Korea when it is threatened by external force, just like what it did during the Wanli period. If so, what was your country doing when Kim was putting military pressure on North Korea?"
What is Daming doing?Could it be that Fei Cexian told these people in front of him that Daming's own war was very tight, and that he couldn't care less about solving North Korea's difficulties on the Northeast battlefield.But he was able to be sent to Haihan as an envoy, and he was not so thick-skinned. He immediately responded without any hesitation: "Of course our country is dispatching troops and preparing to attack Houjin to relieve the pressure on North Korea."
Tao Donglai shook his head and denied his statement: "No, you haven't. Has your country had any victories against the Jin army in recent years? According to our understanding, there is no, and the situation is quite passive, almost I have given up all field operations, and can only stick to the city and wait for the enemy to retreat on its own. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that I can't care about my overseas vassal state."
Fei Cexian quickly denied it: "There is absolutely no such thing. There may be a problem with Chief Tao's source of information. Our Ming army fights with the Houjin army every year, and all battle reports are sent to the Ministry of War in the capital for archives. The victories are not uncommon, but Sanya The news here is blocked, and it hasn’t reached here yet.”
Tao Donglai said: "Is that so? I do have the transcripts of the war reports from the Ministry of War. If Lord Fei wants to see them, I can ask someone to send them over right away."
Fei Cexian was so angry that he scolded his mother secretly. He never thought that Tao Donglai could play so big that he wanted to release the information of the Ministry of War.These things are obviously unpublished records. As for how the Haihan people got these top-secret materials, that is beyond his knowledge.Fei Cexian didn't dare to bet whether Tao Donglai's words were true or false. If it was true, it would undoubtedly cause a lot of turmoil; use up.
Fei Cexian immediately took the initiative to change the subject, preventing Tao Donglai from controlling the direction of the conversation: "As a vassal state of our country, North Korea should have informed our country of the conclusion of military treaties with other countries."
"You think too much." Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "North Korea today may not continue to regard Daming as its suzerain. Come here, please come here, Mr. Li Xi, the special envoy of North Korea."
Li Xi was actually standing on the periphery of the crowd, listening to the debate between the two with his ears up.Although he didn't appreciate Tao Donglai's explicit statement, he didn't like Fei Cexian's lies either.If it weren't for the fact that these two families are North Korea's old and new backers, Li Xi would like to stand up and say that it has nothing to do with me.
But in the end, the two chose to pull North Korea into the water together. Of course, this is not a tacit understanding, but they both want to use North Korea as a weapon.Last year, Haihan might not tear his face apart, but as Haihan's layout in the South China Sea gradually improved, he would no longer have many fears about the attitude of the Ming court as before.Tao Donglai's tough attitude on this occasion today has already announced that Haihan's line of keeping a low profile is undergoing a substantial change.
Fei Cexian had already begun to regret it at this time. He felt that it was a huge mistake for him to take the initiative to attack, and it was even more wrong to find Tao Donglai.If the object of his debate was Ning Qi or Schneider, then even if the other party showed the same attitude, at least there was still room for maneuver before Tao Dong came forward.But now it is Tao Donglai himself who has the superficial attitude, and his words are very serious, making it difficult for him to return his words on this occasion.
Fei Cexian can only hope that Li Xi will be a better person, find a way to get over this embarrassing situation as soon as possible, and don't leave any room for Hai Han to make excuses.
But Li Xi didn't have the ability he had expected. Either of these two was a target that North Korea could not afford to offend, and now it was more painful than killing him to ask him to choose one of them.If possible, Li Xi really wanted to faint on the ground immediately, so as to escape this difficult link.
But now that everyone's eyes were on him, it would be too hypocritical to faint at this moment.Li Xi coughed dryly, and the people next to him immediately made a passage for him, so that he could join the debate as soon as possible.
Li Xiqian smiled and said, "I didn't hear the two adults arguing just now. Could it be related to our country? In fact, it's good for everyone to discuss the issues until the end. Don't hurt your peace because of some fictional issues."
Li Xi's feeble persuasion had no effect. Tao Donglai said: "As we all know, Korea has been one of Daming's vassal states for some time in the past, and the king of Korea was also conferred by Daming and protected by force. But this situation has changed after Wanli, and the help that Ming can give to North Korea is getting less and less, so that North Korea has to fight against the strong enemy from the north on its own. In addition to the name, can it play any practical role? Master Li, what do you think?"
Li Xi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat while listening. If someone said such words in North Korea, it would definitely be regarded as treason.But Tao Donglai said it so easily in front of the Daming envoy, obviously he didn't intend to save any face for Daming.However, in the end Tao Donglai asked him to express his attitude. How should he answer this?
Fei Cexian would not give Li Xi a chance to answer the question, so he immediately took over the conversation: "Since Chief Tao also recognizes the affiliation between Daming and North Korea, he should not use this groundless so-called change to provoke The relationship between the two countries. Our country and North Korea have had good relations for generations, and Chief Tao should save his energy!"
Tao Donglai said with a smile: "Master Fei, even if you don't allow Master Li to express his views in public, there is no way to change the objective reality. At this stage, we Haihan can give North Korea help, but Ming can't. We are willing to help North Korea, aren't we Because North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, but because North Korea and my country are complementary in some aspects. In other words, we have no intention of becoming the suzerain of North Korea. North Korea just needs to be our partner. Ming can do this To what extent?"
Can Daming do it?Of course not.If North Korea declared that it wanted to be on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty, the imperial court would definitely be outraged. How could a vassal state relying on Ming Dynasty be on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty?
But if you stand in the perspective of North Korea and face two equally powerful countries, one is willing to get along with North Korea as a partnership, and the other wants to ride on your neck and call yourself Dad, which one will win the North Korean royal family more? What about your favor?
Fei Cexian is not a fool, he immediately thought of this level after hearing Tao Donglai's exposition, this is a basically unsolvable problem for Daming.It is impossible for Ming to give up its suzerain status for more than 200 years, even if there is a competitor like Haihan.If North Korea chooses to fall to Haihan, the relationship between Daming and North Korea may break down in the end, and the North Korean royal family may even be declared rebellious.However, under the current situation of internal and external troubles that Ming Dynasty is facing, it is temporarily impossible to free up its hands and feet to punish North Korea-not to mention that North Korea already has a new backer, Haihan.
Fei Cexian tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart. He knew that if he lost his temper at this time, he would actually admit defeat.After several rounds of debate, he had already realized that Haihan wanted to influence Daming's control over North Korea, but Fei Cexian still couldn't figure out why Haihan would do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself.He just affirmed that Haihan could never be as kind as Tao Donglai claimed, and the so-called partners must be just an excuse to further plunder North Korea.
"Chief Tao, what you said today may affect the diplomatic agreement that our two countries have reached, and it will also cause great harm to the relationship between the two countries. The diplomatic relationship that was established with great difficulty, don't you Are you planning to destroy it so easily?" Fei Cexian asked word by word.
Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "I just want to take this opportunity to show our country's diplomatic attitude to other countries, that is, no matter how big or small a country is, we will treat it equally. Maybe Ming and North Korea had a subordinate relationship in the past, but to us, Haihan, they are all the same That’s right. Countries that have established diplomatic relations with my country are partners, while those that have not established diplomatic relations are rivals.”
(End of this chapter)
For diplomats of various countries, the really important diplomatic affairs are actually not suitable for communication and negotiation in public places like banquets.In particular, there are diplomats from many other countries on the scene, and a little carelessness can easily expose the country's foreign policy.So today's occasion is actually only suitable for testing the tone and attitude. As for the real problem, we still have to find an occasion to meet alone in the future to communicate slowly.
But this kind of scruple will not keep the diplomatic envoys silent. Although it is not appropriate to talk about their own affairs, it does not prevent them from inquiring about other families.For example, Fei Cexian is very interested in knowing how many weapons North Korea bought from Haihan, whether they are the same as those purchased by Daming, what the price is, and when they plan to deploy them to the army... If these questions If you ask Li Xi directly, you will definitely not get an answer, but you may be able to get a few words of information from senior Haihan officials.
In fact, how many weapons produced by Haihan purchased by North Korea will not threaten the safety of Daming, but Fei Cexian believes that this kind of transaction will encourage North Korea's ambition to separate from Ming, which is not a good thing for Ming.Moreover, he believes that the Haihan people have no good intentions in selling weapons to North Korea. They just want to use this method to gradually complete the control of the North Korean army, just like what they have done to Annan, Champa and some other small countries.It could be said that North Korea agreed to some even more exaggerated conditions for Haihan, otherwise, how could the North Korean envoy look guilty when he saw him?
Now that it was time for envoys from various countries to carry out activities, Fei Cexian stopped being polite, got up and walked straight to Tao Donglai.The reason why he didn't go to Ning Qi or Schneider was because after contacting them during this period of time, he found that these two people were really difficult to deal with. It was not achieved, but was tricked by the other party.
Fei Cexian believed that among the high-ranking officials in Haihan, Tao Donglai was the one who was easier to deal with, because his official position was actually the nominal leader of Haihan, the uncrowned king of the country. As far as you are concerned, there is no need to be afraid of anyone or anything, and there is no need to hide your feelings and thoughts.
Of course, this is just Fei Cexian's personal thoughts. If he had asked the envoys of other countries about Tao Donglai's deeds in the diplomatic field before then, perhaps he would not have made such an unwise decision.
When the Haihan Executive Committee was first established, Tao Donglai actually took on part of the diplomatic mission, and his style was the same as the other two. The foreign officials who stumbled under his hands were really different. few.Fei Cexian thought Tao Donglai would be easier to deal with, but he was really wrong.
After Fei Cexian went up to greet Tao Donglai, he cut to the point straight to the point: "Chief Tao, there is something I don't know, and I hope to get your guidance. North Korea is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, and it is reasonable to provide them with Military aid can only be carried out with the consent of our country, but your country’s current approach is to deliberately bypass Daming, and even instigate North Korea to conceal the real situation from our country. I dare to say, it’s not good to do so, right?”
Tao Donglai smiled and said, "In Lord Fei's opinion, if military aid is to be provided to North Korea, how can it be considered reasonable?"
While the two were talking, there were already several listeners beside them.The open and secret struggle between Haihan and Ming is not a secret, but it is rare to hear officials from both sides discussing this topic in public, not to mention that Tao Donglai has always been regarded by the outside world as the true leader of Haihan. The words represent Haihan's official attitude, and everyone is naturally paying special attention to this.They also really want to know what Haihan's true attitude towards Daming is, and what is the position of North Korea, which was recently drawn into Haihan's camp, among them.
Seeing that enough spectators had gathered around him, Fei Cexian responded immediately, "It's not impossible for your country to provide military aid and sell weapons to North Korea, but you shouldn't bypass Daming." If you want to act on your own, you must inform Daming before that. In addition, the weapons and equipment sold to North Korea should also be delivered to Daming first, and then distributed to North Korea by Daming, that is the right way."
After hearing Fei Cexian's speech, everyone started talking about it, and it was nothing more than a notification to Daming. After all, the status of the suzerain country was there, and it should be done according to the rules.But to deliver the weapons and equipment bought by North Korea to Daming first, and then Daming handed them over, this is clearly a plucking of wild goose.It is certainly not Haihan's original intention to sell weapons to North Korea by Ming to control the weapons available to North Korea, and the possibility of compromise is extremely low.
Then Tao Donglai said: "Okay, since Mr. Fei keeps saying that North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, may I ask Daming, as the suzerain state, to send troops to help North Korea when it is threatened by external force, just like what it did during the Wanli period. If so, what was your country doing when Kim was putting military pressure on North Korea?"
What is Daming doing?Could it be that Fei Cexian told these people in front of him that Daming's own war was very tight, and that he couldn't care less about solving North Korea's difficulties on the Northeast battlefield.But he was able to be sent to Haihan as an envoy, and he was not so thick-skinned. He immediately responded without any hesitation: "Of course our country is dispatching troops and preparing to attack Houjin to relieve the pressure on North Korea."
Tao Donglai shook his head and denied his statement: "No, you haven't. Has your country had any victories against the Jin army in recent years? According to our understanding, there is no, and the situation is quite passive, almost I have given up all field operations, and can only stick to the city and wait for the enemy to retreat on its own. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that I can't care about my overseas vassal state."
Fei Cexian quickly denied it: "There is absolutely no such thing. There may be a problem with Chief Tao's source of information. Our Ming army fights with the Houjin army every year, and all battle reports are sent to the Ministry of War in the capital for archives. The victories are not uncommon, but Sanya The news here is blocked, and it hasn’t reached here yet.”
Tao Donglai said: "Is that so? I do have the transcripts of the war reports from the Ministry of War. If Lord Fei wants to see them, I can ask someone to send them over right away."
Fei Cexian was so angry that he scolded his mother secretly. He never thought that Tao Donglai could play so big that he wanted to release the information of the Ministry of War.These things are obviously unpublished records. As for how the Haihan people got these top-secret materials, that is beyond his knowledge.Fei Cexian didn't dare to bet whether Tao Donglai's words were true or false. If it was true, it would undoubtedly cause a lot of turmoil; use up.
Fei Cexian immediately took the initiative to change the subject, preventing Tao Donglai from controlling the direction of the conversation: "As a vassal state of our country, North Korea should have informed our country of the conclusion of military treaties with other countries."
"You think too much." Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "North Korea today may not continue to regard Daming as its suzerain. Come here, please come here, Mr. Li Xi, the special envoy of North Korea."
Li Xi was actually standing on the periphery of the crowd, listening to the debate between the two with his ears up.Although he didn't appreciate Tao Donglai's explicit statement, he didn't like Fei Cexian's lies either.If it weren't for the fact that these two families are North Korea's old and new backers, Li Xi would like to stand up and say that it has nothing to do with me.
But in the end, the two chose to pull North Korea into the water together. Of course, this is not a tacit understanding, but they both want to use North Korea as a weapon.Last year, Haihan might not tear his face apart, but as Haihan's layout in the South China Sea gradually improved, he would no longer have many fears about the attitude of the Ming court as before.Tao Donglai's tough attitude on this occasion today has already announced that Haihan's line of keeping a low profile is undergoing a substantial change.
Fei Cexian had already begun to regret it at this time. He felt that it was a huge mistake for him to take the initiative to attack, and it was even more wrong to find Tao Donglai.If the object of his debate was Ning Qi or Schneider, then even if the other party showed the same attitude, at least there was still room for maneuver before Tao Dong came forward.But now it is Tao Donglai himself who has the superficial attitude, and his words are very serious, making it difficult for him to return his words on this occasion.
Fei Cexian can only hope that Li Xi will be a better person, find a way to get over this embarrassing situation as soon as possible, and don't leave any room for Hai Han to make excuses.
But Li Xi didn't have the ability he had expected. Either of these two was a target that North Korea could not afford to offend, and now it was more painful than killing him to ask him to choose one of them.If possible, Li Xi really wanted to faint on the ground immediately, so as to escape this difficult link.
But now that everyone's eyes were on him, it would be too hypocritical to faint at this moment.Li Xi coughed dryly, and the people next to him immediately made a passage for him, so that he could join the debate as soon as possible.
Li Xiqian smiled and said, "I didn't hear the two adults arguing just now. Could it be related to our country? In fact, it's good for everyone to discuss the issues until the end. Don't hurt your peace because of some fictional issues."
Li Xi's feeble persuasion had no effect. Tao Donglai said: "As we all know, Korea has been one of Daming's vassal states for some time in the past, and the king of Korea was also conferred by Daming and protected by force. But this situation has changed after Wanli, and the help that Ming can give to North Korea is getting less and less, so that North Korea has to fight against the strong enemy from the north on its own. In addition to the name, can it play any practical role? Master Li, what do you think?"
Li Xi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat while listening. If someone said such words in North Korea, it would definitely be regarded as treason.But Tao Donglai said it so easily in front of the Daming envoy, obviously he didn't intend to save any face for Daming.However, in the end Tao Donglai asked him to express his attitude. How should he answer this?
Fei Cexian would not give Li Xi a chance to answer the question, so he immediately took over the conversation: "Since Chief Tao also recognizes the affiliation between Daming and North Korea, he should not use this groundless so-called change to provoke The relationship between the two countries. Our country and North Korea have had good relations for generations, and Chief Tao should save his energy!"
Tao Donglai said with a smile: "Master Fei, even if you don't allow Master Li to express his views in public, there is no way to change the objective reality. At this stage, we Haihan can give North Korea help, but Ming can't. We are willing to help North Korea, aren't we Because North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, but because North Korea and my country are complementary in some aspects. In other words, we have no intention of becoming the suzerain of North Korea. North Korea just needs to be our partner. Ming can do this To what extent?"
Can Daming do it?Of course not.If North Korea declared that it wanted to be on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty, the imperial court would definitely be outraged. How could a vassal state relying on Ming Dynasty be on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty?
But if you stand in the perspective of North Korea and face two equally powerful countries, one is willing to get along with North Korea as a partnership, and the other wants to ride on your neck and call yourself Dad, which one will win the North Korean royal family more? What about your favor?
Fei Cexian is not a fool, he immediately thought of this level after hearing Tao Donglai's exposition, this is a basically unsolvable problem for Daming.It is impossible for Ming to give up its suzerain status for more than 200 years, even if there is a competitor like Haihan.If North Korea chooses to fall to Haihan, the relationship between Daming and North Korea may break down in the end, and the North Korean royal family may even be declared rebellious.However, under the current situation of internal and external troubles that Ming Dynasty is facing, it is temporarily impossible to free up its hands and feet to punish North Korea-not to mention that North Korea already has a new backer, Haihan.
Fei Cexian tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart. He knew that if he lost his temper at this time, he would actually admit defeat.After several rounds of debate, he had already realized that Haihan wanted to influence Daming's control over North Korea, but Fei Cexian still couldn't figure out why Haihan would do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself.He just affirmed that Haihan could never be as kind as Tao Donglai claimed, and the so-called partners must be just an excuse to further plunder North Korea.
"Chief Tao, what you said today may affect the diplomatic agreement that our two countries have reached, and it will also cause great harm to the relationship between the two countries. The diplomatic relationship that was established with great difficulty, don't you Are you planning to destroy it so easily?" Fei Cexian asked word by word.
Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "I just want to take this opportunity to show our country's diplomatic attitude to other countries, that is, no matter how big or small a country is, we will treat it equally. Maybe Ming and North Korea had a subordinate relationship in the past, but to us, Haihan, they are all the same That’s right. Countries that have established diplomatic relations with my country are partners, while those that have not established diplomatic relations are rivals.”
(End of this chapter)