Inside the British Embassy in Beijing, China, looking at a newspaper he had just bought, Zhu Erdian couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth.

The content of the newspaper was simple, it was about the discovery of the Kuwaiti oil fields not so long ago.

It's just that unlike the festive propaganda of many newspapers, although the above propaganda also feels that the discovery of Kuwait's oil fields is very important to China, it is more still questioning the original government's decision―――――― especially important point is whether the government only took a fancy to Iraq and Kuwait in the first place, so it chose these two places as its colonies, or whether it knew that there was oil here, so it deliberately chose these two places.

Of course, there are two other theories of the latter, one is that both Kuwait and Iraq actually have a large amount of oil in their possession, and it is only because the national government does not want oil prices to fluctuate too much, so it does not extract oil from Iraq.

As for the evidence, the most direct evidence is that the original Nationalist government took the initiative to ask the British government for Kuwait and Iraq. In other words, since the Nagar government wants the above two areas, it is only natural that Iraq will have a large amount of oil if oil fields have already been discovered in Kuwait.

As for the second, it is to think that Iraq is just a front

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The reason why Iraq is said to be just a front is because Kuwait at that time was, after all, a colony of the British, if there is no justified reason. Then the British will never be able to hand over Kuwait directly to China, on the contrary, it is very likely to arouse the suspicion of the British.

This is not surprising. After all, no matter who it is, just because it is inexplicable that just such a place will still attract a considerable number of suspicious eyes.

But on the other hand, if the Chinese government was asking for Iraq and Kuwait was just a giveaway, then it would have been easier for the Chinese side to speak, and it would have been easier for the British to agree, right?

In fact, there are currently two most mainstream conjectures. I'm afraid that's it, these two/

But one thing is certain, that is, at least Yan Shao definitely knows that there is oil in this place, so that's it. Whether it was for the sake of oil, why the soldiers were bled and sacrificed on the battlefield on the Western Front, or whether it was just a coincidence, is one thing worth discussing.

In the case of the former, it is only for some benefit. More than 100,000 people were sacrificed. It's a little too dark for such a thing.

Although on the surface, what the Nationalist government has obtained is far from comparable to the death and wounding of more than 100,000 people. But as long as some defenders stand up and say that human life is priceless, then it can directly make many people completely stop!

After all, what they said is very good, everyone is unique, and their lives are naturally unique, which cannot be measured by value―――――― nature. This is a bit of a mischief, but if you really start to weigh it in terms of benefits. Then you're the one who loses!

It is also because of this relationship that the Nationalist Government inevitably has a slight advantage in today's public opinion. If it weren't for the prestige of the Nationalist Government at this stage, especially the prestige of Yan Shao himself, I'm afraid things would be a lot more troublesome, but even so, the Nationalist Government can already be called troublesome.

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Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Zhu Erdian's face couldn't help but show some schadenfreude. Although Zhu Erdian himself knows very well that as a gentleman, he should not be so gloating, especially from a certain point of view, Zhu Erdian was once one of the good friends of the Chinese people―――――― if it is excluded that for the sake of national interests, Zhu Erdian can leave his personal friendship and feelings behind without hesitation.

At least for the sake of the national interest, Zhu Erdian can indeed do this, and in fact he has done it. At least in the original history, Zhu Erdian once put aside his friendship with Yuan Shikai and personally went to coerce Yuan Shikai to sign an agreement related to Tibet.

It is also because of the blame relationship, although Zhu Erdian still has some feelings for China, but in fact, when it comes to his own interests, Zhu Erdian is a very standard diehard. In his view, I am afraid that nothing could be more important than the national interest.

At present, in the Far East, the most threatening to British interests is clearly the Chinese government, especially Yan Shao

Zhu Erdian has never seen anyone more demonic than Yan Shao, it is this person who made China, which was originally a frail and sickly giant, stand up again, and challenge the other giants again―――――― no, more precisely, he is trying to regain his original position.

It is also for this reason that, at least in Zhu Erdian's opinion, in the case of Yan Shao's bad luck, it is definitely a very common thing for him to gloat.

Even Zhu Erdian is still looking forward to making this matter as big as possible, after all, the army is the cornerstone of Yan Shao's rule, and I am afraid that there will not be many people in the whole country who are not aware of this matter, and as long as this matter can be solved, that is, the army's support for Yan Shao can be solved, then Yan Shao will naturally no longer be a threat to all countries.

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"It's a pity..."Glancing at the newspaper again, Zhu Erdian shook his head with a sigh. These people may not be Yan Shao's opponents, although I don't know what kind of means he will take to deal with it, but there is no doubt that he will get through this time, but how will he deal with it..."

When he said this, Zhu Erdian couldn't help but groan.

Although he can be called a veteran diplomat, Zhu Erdian himself is not very clear about how Yan Shao will deal with this crisis. At least in the eyes of Jurdian himself. This time the matter is actually very incomprehensible.

After all, there is no way to compare human life with money, although many people feel that so-called human life does not seem to be a big deal. At least in many cases, it only costs a fraction of the money. You can buy many lives.

But for vindicators, there is not much difference between a person and a group of people.

Even a relatively simple math problem, whether it is just one person or a group of people, is absolutely unreasonable for many people. In other words, the problems encountered by the Nationalist government this time were actually very troublesome.

Although the discovery of the Kuwaiti oil fields is indeed a very gratifying event.

But this time it happened. In the end, it cast a shadow over the whole incident. At least until this matter is completely resolved, in Zhu Erdian's view, the Chinese may not be able to celebrate their success in Kuwait.

"But that's fine. So I can take a closer look at his solution..."

Just when Zhu Erdian was thinking so in his heart, a counselor of the embassy suddenly walked in outside. When the counselor walked to Zhu Erdian's side, he suddenly asked softly. "Sir. There are some journalists out there who want to interview you. I'd like to hear what you think about the Kuwait oil fields..."

As he said this, the counselor's face showed a hint of excitement, excitement, and antiquation.

However, after hearing his words, after a slight silence, Zhu Erdian shook his head and spoke. "Reply for me, just say that I still have a lot of things to do here, and I really don't have the time to meet them..."

"This!" Hearing Zhu Erdian's words, the counselor was stunned, and looked at Zhu Erdian with some incomprehension. You have to know that this time because of Kuwait. Britain was ridiculed by various countries, and at this time Zhu Erdian did not take this opportunity to take revenge. It was a little strange for the counselor to let out a bad breath and not want to meet those reporters.

Seeing that the counselor didn't seem to be very understanding, Zhu Erdian shook his head slightly and explained. "The xenophobia of the Chinese is actually relatively strict, and if they could, they would never be willing to accept assistance from outsiders, and even if they accepted assistance from outsiders, it would easily cause a lot of suspicion." At present, as far as China is concerned, we are those outsiders, and if we get involved at this time, it is very likely that the national and social government will take advantage of the opportunity to use it as the best proof that foreign forces are interfering in China, so what we need to do most at the moment is nothing else, it is precisely not to intervene in this matter, to give the national and social government the opportunity to take advantage of it..."

Living in China for so many years, Zhu Erdian can be regarded as knowing more about the Chinese people, and naturally knows very well what these people think. He knows very well that if he does not intervene in this matter, then this matter can only be regarded as a contradiction within China, so that the Chinese are likely to fight fiercely, but if they intervene, it is equivalent to an outsider involved in it, in this case, the Chinese who were still fighting in their own internal struggle are likely to start targeting themselves because of their own involvement, and it may even be for this reason that they have done the Chinese a great favor...

In this case, the most important thing for yourself at the moment is not to do something, but to never let yourself be implicated in this matter. As long as this is the case, then Yiqiē will naturally proceed according to his own expectations.

If it is not done well, even Yan Shao's position will be shaken.

As long as he thought of this, a smug smile appeared on Zhu Erdian's face, after all, for Zhu Erdian, there was nothing more joyful than seeing Yan Shao's bad luck. Because in Zhu Erdian's view, Yan Shao is likely to be the biggest threat to the Western world, even a threat even greater than the Ottoman Turkish Empire...

Even, even in the telegram to China, Zhu Erdian explained his point of view without any concealment. It was only because of this or because of that relationship that the British government did not respond to Jurdian's report.

It is not surprising that even the British government is well aware that what Zhu Erdian said is correct, and that both China and Yan Shao are a great threat to the Western world. But what about the British? You can't jump out and beat Yan Shao or China, right?

Even if the British wanted to, they wouldn't have the ability. After all, the entire strength of Britain has been almost consumed in the war not long ago. Today's British, even the imminent war in Turkey, are reluctant to get involved. It's just that Greece, which can only be called a third-rate country, takes the lead there―――――― in fact, Greece today is indeed just a very ordinary country, not to mention a third-rate, or even a ninth-rate. Because not so long ago, Greek Prime Minister Alexis? Tsipras had claimed that Nazi Germany had caused great damage to Greece during World War II, and that Greece was justified in seeking reparations from Germany. According to the Greek government, Germany should pay 162 billion euros (about $183 billion) in compensation. And this huge sum is basically more than half of the total debt owed by Greece.

According to the Greeks, it is. "Greece has a moral obligation to the Greek people, to history, and to all the peoples of Europe. These people fought tenaciously against the Nazis and paid the price in blood. We are obliged to recover from Germany the loans and reparations made during the occupation. ”

At the same time, the Greeks even claimed. "The euro is very fragile. It's like building a castle out of cards, if you take the Greek card away, the other cards will be scattered. "It would be very dangerous to 'exclude' Greece from Europe." "If we go. Who will be next? Portugal? Once Italy found that it could not continue to wear the straitjacket of austerity. What will happen? ”

There is no doubt that Greece, once the birthplace of democracy, has now become a degrading country because of laziness and debt. Even for the sake of money, even this kind of trick can be made.

Although the current Greece is not as bad as later generations, there is no doubt that it is definitely not much stronger―――――― of course, it is estimated that it is still stronger than Italy, after all, Italy has seen Soviet Russia fight very well in Eastern Europe. In order to make a good statement, it turned out to be in Greece for a while. As a result, Greece gave a back-push to the country.

Although the overall strength of Greece is not as good as that of Italy, considering the expression of the Italian army during the war, the Greeks are indeed much stronger.

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Just when Zhu Erdian was gloating a little when he looked at the newspaper in his hand, there was a sudden knock on the door, and then he saw a staff member of the embassy walking in briskly from outside.

"Sir, this is a piece of news that the government has just released...", and the staff member handed a copy of the document to Zhu Erdian.

Curious, despite his age, Zhu Erdian still opened the telegram in his hand as quickly as possible, read it carefully, and after half a ring, Zhu Erdian let out a long sigh and put the telegram aside.

Looking at Zhu Erdian's appearance, the counselor next to him was very curious, but he didn't dare to ask at all. After all, as a government official, especially a diplomat, curiosity is a must, but at the same time, it is also a must to restrain one's curiosity.

What's more, the United Kingdom and the United States are not the same, and many things pay attention to rules.

On the American side, his boss put aside a copy of the text, so when he was curious and the boss did not explicitly stop it, it was actually a very common thing for the people of the United States to open the article without authorization.

However, in the UK, it is easy to make a taboo and may even affect your future in the end. So as I said earlier, no matter how curious I am in my heart, at this time, the counselor can only choose to resist my curiosity.

On the other hand, despite the Counselor's curiosity, at this time the spider has no time to take care of his thoughts.

After glancing at Wen Jiàn who was put aside by himself again, Zhu Erdian let out a long sigh, because he felt that the current difficulties seemed to have been overcome by Yan Shao?

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Zhu Erdian's sense is very keen, and after the latest announcement of the Nationalist government, the current resentment in the country quickly dissipated more than half.

Welfare state, according to the government's statement, will do everything in its power to turn China into a welfare state in the years to come.

As for what is a welfare state?

You only need to look at the latest government policies to see this. First of all, while promoting nine-year compulsory education, the government will also use a fund from the proceeds of oil to provide free and hearty lunches for all school students.

And as the plan progresses, the government will also take care of the breakfast issue so that students do not go hungry to class as much as possible.

In addition to this, in recognition of the contribution of the valiant defense soldiers to the interests of the country and the nation as a whole. Soldiers who had to retire or die in the war in Europe in the past would receive a significant share of the subsidies, which also came from oil revenues in the Middle East.

The last item is the issue of military salaries, which has been postponed for many years.

In the past, due to financial constraints, the salary level of the Wehrmacht has not changed, with the discovery of oil fields and the receipt of large sums of oil revenues. The financial constraints have been alleviated, so the government has decided to increase the original salary of soldiers from 10 yuan per month to 12 yuan per month, in addition to non-commissioned officers and other officers, will also receive different increases, to ensure that the military profession will still be a desirable, full of glory and temptation of high-paying professions, can better attract talents from all walks of life to join this big family... (To be continued......)