Chapter 238: Breach (28)
"What is Yeluhon trying to do?" Lu Baifeng's voice was full of anger. At this time, the telegraph line of the Great Song Dynasty, with the help of the Tianzhu Tu kings, finally ran directly from Mumbai to the Tianzhu Peninsula, and the speed of message transmission increased again. This expensive telegraph line did send valuable information, even if it was negative.
The latest news shows that the province of Europa has caused Jeruhun to take a rather forceful approach to call officials with different opinions back to Athens to report on their duties. Originally, this was not the official business of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but this made Foreign Minister Lu Baifeng unable to stand it, if the intelligence was correct, this Yeluhong's ambition swelled to the point that he was naΓ―ve when he looked at it. He actually wanted to directly intervene in the establishment of the senate system in Eastern Rome.
Luo Yiren smiled, but did not speak. Zhao Qian looked at him without much focus, completely thinking about his thoughts. This made Lu Baifeng feel as if he was making a big fuss. "You two don't want to say anything," he asked. β
"There's nothing to say, it's up to the prince to decide." Luo Yiren said happily.
Zhao Qian smiled lightly, although his gaze was still not fixed, he said, "I don't think it's appropriate to suddenly change people. This is the system after all. After speaking, Zhao Qian raised his gaze and looked at Lu Baifeng, "Minister Lu, I would like to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a female diplomat to the Eastern Roman Empire. β
"Why?" Lu Baifeng asked puzzled. Then I saw Luo Yiren smile, it seems that this guy has understood the prince's thoughts. Lu Baifeng followed the prince's train of thought, but found that he couldn't keep up with the train of thought, so he could only ask: "Why do you want to send female diplomats?" There are no female diplomats in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who have any weight. β
"There are women in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and she is a diplomat after being appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As for whether diplomats have weight, this diplomacy has never relied on the diplomats themselves, and the diplomats have as much weight as our Great Song Dynasty. Luo Yiren explained.
Lu Baifeng thought for a while, and then he barely understood what Zhao Qian meant. He asked tentatively: "The prince is preparing to show the Eastern Roman Empire that there are female officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and what kind of female comprador will he give him a strong voice?" β
Zhao Qian nodded, "Hmm." We can't order the Eastern Roman Empire to obey, it will do the same, but it will put the Eastern Roman girl in an embarrassing situation. β
"But where can tradition be broken so easily." Lu Baifeng expressed his attitude. If it weren't for a big hero like Zhao Guanjia, who would have promised a woman to become an official in politics. But even if it was the Zhao official family, if he hadn't pushed it when the Mongols destroyed the Lin'an court, I am afraid that it would be extremely difficult. Now that a large number of officials' daughters have become officials, everyone's interests have been tied to the new system, and this can be regarded as a solution to the problem. Otherwise, I'm afraid that someone will fight back long ago. There are so many official positions, and women take one share, and men have one less. The tradition of the Eastern Roman Empire shows no sign of such powerful heroes pushing for change.
"Minister Lu, you yourself said that you should have weight. The Great Song Dynasty did this, didn't there really be a few people in Eastern Rome who understood? In fact, I still think that it is better not to understand people, and things that are foolish often lead to all kinds of unexpected results. Just with us to repair the telegraph line, originally only dared to repair on the land of the earth kings who had been completely conquered, but I didn't expect the earth kings to coax blindly, thinking that if they didn't repair, they would not be taken seriously. It went unexpectedly well. I also heard that after repairing, the earth kings thought that our Great Song Dynasty repaired this strange thing, which our Great Song used to show that this is a sign of their own people, so let them inspect and not allow people to approach and destroy, they are very powerful. At this time, the Ministry of Domain Management has a new standard for assessing the political performance of the Tuwang. β
Lu Baifeng knew about this, but he only felt that it was funny and made people feel informed. Lu Baifeng is right, such a thing really has to be followed, but Da Song has enough weight, even a small move can trigger very drastic changes. Thinking of this, Lu Baifeng suddenly became more aware of his dissatisfaction with Yeluhong, and he sighed: "Does Yeluhong really think that what he did personally is his merit?" He has been in the Eastern Mediterranean for so long, didn't he even know that the Great Song Dynasty also took advantage of the situation? β
This time, Luo Yiren's lips were tightly closed and he didn't say a word. Zhao Qian sighed slightly, "Alas...... let's talk about sending diplomats." β
Lu Baifeng knew that the envoy of the province of Europa had a term of office, although now he would have to return to China at the end of his term, and his evaluation would not be high. But according to the system of the Great Song Dynasty, unless Yeluhong does something that has crossed the bottom line, he cannot be replaced. Of course, this also means that there will be more records when Yeluhong settles accounts after the autumn. After all, once a person starts to be stupid, he will involuntarily go on, and he can't even stop when he encounters a blue nose and swollen face.
Knowing the urgency of the matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately set up for action. Pick people, ask, the last person surnamed Mu, who was born in the family of a soldier, was willing to go to Europa Province, thousands of miles away, to become a diplomat. The process began immediately, and the order from the top was done quickly, and the bureaucracy showed unprecedented efficiency, completing all the processes in three days. The interview with Mr. Mu was completed by sending Vice Foreign Minister Yang Congrong to the expatriate unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Songjiang Prefecture.
Yang Congrong's telegram was an express pole lightning, and it could be seen that his evaluation was acceptable, thinking that 'if you go out, you won't be ashamed'. After reading it, Luo Yiren said with a smile: "This evaluation is good, and the bottom line is kept." β
As long as there is no shame, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not really expect this Comrade Mu to make the same achievements as Chen Tang overseas, she is just a small pebble trying to trigger a chain reaction, in fact, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already made a decision, no matter what the final result of the matter of the female comprador finally electing a member of parliament, Comrade Mu will come back in a year. Diplomacy is a very hard job, and just traveling tens of thousands of miles is enough to challenge the limits of many people.
After this side was finalized, someone was sent to set off immediately, Lu Baifeng signed the document, looked at the desk calendar in front of him, and he was depressed to find that there were only three or four months left before he had to serve in a certain county. But it is difficult for such a thing to arouse the collective opposition of the entire court officials, and the ministers in the Great Song Dynasty are so many people, and their departure means that the people behind can take over immediately. As for the lower-level officials, seeing the minister endure such an experience, I am afraid that most officials are still very happy in their hearts.
Looking at the familiar office, Lu Baifeng sighed. is really leaving, he used to think that he was very noble, and he was a character who did not like things and did not feel sad about himself. really faced the ups and downs of life, Lu Baifeng found that he was not fundamentally different from ordinary people. With power in hand, I really don't want to give up at all.