Author: Zero Romance

Since these two high-ranking officials took the initiative, gods and goddesses from all walks of life have also rushed to express their opinions in public channels. However, with the original publication speed of Haihan Times, it is difficult to publish articles by so many senior officials, and the front page space is obviously not very large.

It's enough. For this reason, Haihan Times even issued a special issue of political commentary, one issue every other day, to meet the sudden influx of submissions.

The original author may have used this to expand his influence and win the support of other time-travelers. However, as the number of participants increased, the positions gradually differentiated, and some senior officials who had no intention of competing for the qualifications of the Executive Committee began to write articles expressing their own opinions.

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Behind the debate between industry and agriculture is essentially a dispute over the direction of national development. And almost every official involved can express his or her own views on this issue from the standpoint of his or her own industry or department.

However, any position is based on self-interest considerations, and it is almost impossible to convince opponents with conflicts of interest by citing articles with examples.

The camps of the two opinion factions soon became clear. Officials engaged in industry and military almost all support foreign expansion. There are even some more radical opinions that believe that Haihan should devote all his efforts in the next two to three generations.

Externally, it competes for strategic strategic points and resource producing areas around the world to ensure that it has enough advantages to become a global hegemon in the next few hundred years.

When the country's national strength reaches a certain level, it may not be necessary to launch a large-scale war to annex the traditional Han territories in East Asia. The remaining power of the previous dynasty can be defeated by the strength gap alone.

Officials engaged in economics, trade, and civil affairs are more inclined to integrate Han-dominated areas first, digest resources and accumulate strength, and then seek external expansion.

Their reasons are of course very good. Haihan's foundation has always been on the East Asian continent. Now that the foundation is not solid, they must expand forcefully, which will cause many problems in all aspects and may even affect the foundation of the empire's rule.

This kind of public discussion using the newspaper platform has never happened since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although ordinary people cannot express their opinions in the same way, this does not prevent the issues debated by high-level officials from becoming popular after dinner.

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What ordinary people are most interested in is not which of the two factions is higher or lower, and how to win or lose, but that Haihan is powerful enough to discuss such an issue in public.

Regardless of whether it is inward or outward, it means that a certain degree of military means will inevitably be adopted, and even a large-scale war will break out. However, looking at the attitude shown by these senior officials in the newspaper, they are extremely calm about this, and it seems that no matter what,

The land here can be easily captured by Haihan if he likes it.

Large-scale annexation and expansion means the influx of a large amount of wealth and population, which is of course a good thing for Haihan, and the people have always been happy to see it. Whenever the Haihan army achieves a great victory overseas, the news spreads back to Sanya.

, celebrations that involve all the people are often held.

For ordinary people, internal or external routes are not that important. What they value more is the practical benefits. For example, an article published in the Times last time said that Xingdao’s newly occupied territory overseas not only means that the sea

The expansion of the Han territory will also bring more opportunities for the people to make a fortune or enter official careers.

Even if you are born as a commoner, you will have the opportunity to become a big landowner in the new territory and become a local official. This is the most intuitive benefit to the people.

Of course, not everyone is happy to see this situation. For example, envoys sent by various countries, especially those from Western countries and small countries in the South China Sea, will be nervous about the recent trend of public opinion.

Once Haihan decides to focus its development in the south or west direction, the country they represent will be the first to bear the brunt, and it may even lead to catastrophic consequences.

The Portuguese embassy and the Dutch embassy were the first to sit still. As Western colonial powers, they could not sit back and watch Haihan discuss in such a public way how to seize the sphere of influence that originally belonged to them. They must take action.

Even if Haihan cannot be stopped, he must at least express his position and apply diplomatic pressure to make Haihan aware of the international risks his actions may cause.

So the Portuguese Ambassador Thomas and the Dutch Ambassador Su Keyi took the lead and united Siam, Aceh, Johor, Perak, Kedah, Selangor, Terengganu, Kelantan, Pattani, Brunei, Sulu, and Matalan in the South China Sea.

and other countries submitted a joint petition to the Executive Committee, demanding that Haihan terminate its military expansion operations in the South China Sea.

Of course, as a die-hard ally of Haihan and one of the beneficiaries of foreign expansion, Annan did not participate in the joint petition.

Annan has truly benefited from Haihan's expansion over the years. It not only exported a large amount of grain, coal, iron and other materials to Haihan, but also relied on Haihan's support to become the leading military power in Indochina.

Up to now, almost all the ports operated by Haihan in various places have trade institutions established by Annan. Annan’s current maritime trade system throughout East Asia has almost all been developed on this basis.

Which direction Haihan will go next may not be determined for the time being, but Annan's attitude has never changed - wherever Haihan goes, Annan will follow closely.

Therefore, although Annan was invited to participate in this event of petition submission by foreign embassies, Annan refused to participate without hesitation.

Not only that, Annan's embassy also published an article in Haihan Times, which emphasized that the brotherly friendship between the two countries is unbreakable. Annan will continue to unconditionally support Haihan and will face obstacles on the road forward together with Haihan.

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Of course, even without Annan's participation, so many countries signed the petition, and its influence cannot be ignored. The Executive Committee had to hold a special meeting to discuss how to deal with pressure from the diplomatic field.

"My opinion is very simple. If you think they need to calm down, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first step in to calm them down, and other departments can do what they should do. When the rice is cooked, no one will make a fuss.

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Yan Chujie didn't care about the influence of this joint petition. In his opinion, these ambassadors who only use words and pens are not enough to shake Haihan's established development path.

With strong national power and an invincible army as the guarantee, does Haihan need to pay attention to their opinions? Does he need to seek their consent?
Chapter completed!