Chapter 242 Why did you choose such a wonderful combination?
His Majesty Li Mengyang of the New Tang Empire in the United States has given the highest instructions to Liszt, the new Foreign Minister, that is, to deceive!
Anyway, it was not stated explicitly, but Liszt knew very well that His Majesty the Emperor meant that he had changed from Propaganda Minister to Foreign Affairs Minister, and the change of this position... By the way, the empire had just been established, and the changes in this person were actually quite frequent.
For example, Meng Fanyong from the Engineering Department was transferred to the army to serve as political commissar before. Anyway, our empire is really about making the best use of everything. Oh, it should be for the people to do their best...
Liszt cannot help but complain that he actually did any diplomatic work. Besides, there is another particularly obvious thing this time, that is, Liszt has a deputy, and this deputy is actually His Majesty's father-in-law!
This is simply, how can this be done?
Well, it seems that Liszt's thinking has been contagious by His Majesty the Emperor, and it has a strong sense of the Northeast Countryside...
In fact, this arrangement is very exquisite. Anyway, Li Mengyang thinks this is good, that is, Liszt is the right guy, and then his deputy arranges a person with a higher status than him, which can play a certain supervisory role.
Mr. Huang, since he became the Minister of Commerce, he has actually nothing to do, because the business of the empire is to a large extent, especially at the beginning, which is planned, which is to say in Li Mengyang's words, it is planned economy.
This is what we have to do at the beginning. There is no way to concentrate our efforts on big things. Moreover, this planned economy has another characteristic. That is, it is that all the things are big, and some of the small ones were not taken into account when they were just founded.
Later, the younger ones were found, but as a result, for example, Straus, who sold pants, could contact Li Mengyang directly, so what could Huang San do?
So, Mr. Huang went to bed during a meeting. This is normal. He, the Minister of Commerce, is equivalent to having a name. He has nothing to do. In addition, he is the emperor's old Taishan, so who dares to speak out?
So why do Li Mengyang think of him, the old Taishan?
This matter, then naturally many people are concerned about it...
"Brother Meng Yang. Why did you let your father be a diplomatic envoy?"
Today, in this palace of the American Empire, the Landlords will no longer fight. Queen Huang Rong wants to whisper to her husband.
"This is the matter..." Li Mengyang wanted to laugh as soon as he heard it. It seemed that this girl was also preparing to speak for her father, but... In theory, if this was a Qing palace drama, the emperor would probably be suspicious. Could it be that the inner palace would interfere in politics?
Li Mengyang didn't have this idea. He knew that Huang Rong's sister probably didn't understand. Because the girl really didn't get involved, the reason why she said this time was probably because of Master Huang San.
"Brother Meng Yang. I am actually worried that my father can be competent for this envoy. This is diplomacy and a national event. I don't understand, but what if my father messes up the matter, what should I do? I..." The girl's worries make a lot of sense.
Although Huang Rong was also a strong woman before, and every girl did business. But now she became a queen and didn’t care much about many things. Of course, she didn’t let go of her own business, so she… Now she is the famous queen of tomato sauce!
"It's like this, girl, don't worry." Before Li Mengyang finished speaking, he went up and kissed her. It would be useless if his wife didn't kiss her.
"Hate~" this sound really makes people feel disgusted.
"Haha..." Li Mengyang smirked, then said, "My father-in-law, maybe he doesn't know much about international politics, but international diplomacy and international politics are quite interesting. It is hard to explain clearly anyway. But the reason why I asked my father-in-law to go is mainly based on two points. Hehe..."
"Speak quickly! Say it quickly! Don't keep it in hiding!" Sister Huang Rong was anxious and gave the emperor Li Mengyang a hygiene ball.
"Okay." Li Mengyang dared not neglect, "First point, it's actually very simple. Although his father-in-law has a strong accent, at least he knows English."
"Puchi, giggle..." Just this one, the girl Huang Rong smiled without any image. Others don't know, how can she, the daughter, not know? Her father's English accent is really amazing. Most Americans can't understand it at all. You know, there are people in all places in the United States, and they can't understand it. You say this accent...
"Hehehe..." Li Mengyang also laughed, but, he really didn't reveal his shortcomings of Mount Tai. Don't forget that there is another reason, "The second one is that he is my Mount Tai!"
"Ah?" Sister Huang Rong's eyes widened because of this?
Li Mengyang slowly explained: "It's very simple, how do you think of your father?"
When she heard this, the girl Huang Rong's face turned red, but she had to say it, and she whispered: "My father is so stingy and he is so stingy that he can make money. Anyway, anyway..."
Anyway, my father has too many shortcomings, so I am embarrassed to say this as a daughter.
But, I didn't expect it.
"This is actually all advantages!" Li Mengyang said with a smile.
"Ah?" Is this still an advantage?
Li Mengyang said: "If these characteristics are true for a person, they are indeed more like that." Well, Li Mengyang is also very smart, and he didn't say it directly, "But don't forget that he is my old Taishan. He has gone out this time and once he plays out these 'advantages', he won't say anything else. At least we, Xin Tang, will not suffer any losses."
"Oh~" Huang Rong's sister pulled a long voice, and at this time she realized that her emperor husband was a monkey spirit... Okay. This word is incorrect, but it is very appropriate.
Think about it, sending such a stingy guy out for diplomacy will definitely not suffer any loss. Just Master Huang’s personality can make you think of it and you will get the oil out of it!
Mr. Huang is now the father-in-law, so for the benefit of the New Tang Empire, let’s put it this way, as long as there is something that harms the New Tang interests, Huang San will definitely fight to the death. This is why Li Mengyang asked him to be his deputy, but you have to know that he is just a deputy.
The one who is still Liszt, but Liszt is a Hungarian after all. Although he will also safeguard the interests of the empire, Europe is his hometown. Just imagine, if there were European fellow villagers, such as Hungarians, who came to ask for his help, what would Liszt do?
Do you still expect Liszt to be righteous?
Li Mengyang had long seen that Liszt was so harsh, but he really had to reach the level of interest, so he would definitely sacrifice others for his own personal interests.
This matter sounds unfavorable to collective interests, and is not conducive to the empire. But Li Mengyang knew very well that such people must be found in a collective, and you can't stop such people from appearing. This is a very normal thinking.
So, now I have created a combination of such a chief and deputy envoy, and use a father-in-law to look at Liszt. That's right? This combination is so perfect!
However, like what Huang Rong asked now, she was actually afraid that her father would lose his moral character and that would make the empire lose face.
Simply put, people from other countries saw, "Huo, who is this guy, so unqualified?", "It's so bad, so stingy.", "This person has such a bad accent, where is the quality?"... There must be many people saying this, surely.
Then this seems to be a detriment to the prestige of the country?
The idea of Huang Rong actually represents the ideas of many people. After all, she has gone out, so the envoy of a country represents the image of a country, which is indeed very important.
Li Mengyang also admitted that this is indeed a very important thing, but don’t forget one thing.
Does our New Tang Empire have any good image?
Yes, when we just founded the founding of the People's Republic of China, it attracted all-out strangulation, all-round blockade, all kinds of dirty water, and scolded us in newspapers all day long. Then do you think, does the New Tang Empire have a good image?
Of course there is no more. Since there is no good image, why do we still care about image?
This is Li Mengyang’s true thought. He is actually very clear about the importance of a country’s image, but now there is really nothing he can do. He was really criticized by those Western powers. You know, this is really not a broken can. I really don’t even have a can!
Since there is no jar, then let’s just play practical things, I will protect the interests of New Tang and protect this interests, and for whatever else, I will do it.
I have to say that Li Mengyang’s idea is a bit transcendent, but in fact, he also has some inspiration for this idea.
That's what I got from Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang!
Li Hongzhang is very interesting. Do you know what the situation is when he goes out to engage in diplomacy?
Not to mention anything else, what was Li Hongzhang like when he was discussing a deal with Strauss?
He is simply an old gangster!
Why is this?
Just imagine, Li Hongzhang is so big, is he really so unqualified? Maybe he is not educated?
It’s absolutely impossible, so Li Mengyang naturally needs to analyze it.
It's okay, Li Mengyang is now a relatively mature politician. He quickly realized that the key to this matter was actually those two words, interests!
The hooligan habits that Li Hongzhang engage in diplomacy are actually to protect the interests of the Qing Dynasty.
Why do you have to do this?
How simple is Li Hongzhang knows what the Qing Dynasty looked like, and he also knows what the Western powers looked like. It is obvious that the Qing Dynasty is very weak now. A weak country is talking about diplomacy with a strong country. If you don’t mess around, how can you live this life?
From this point of view, it can be seen that no fool is there for those who have left their names in history?
Looking at it now, although New Tang won the battle, he is still very weak. What he relies on now is nothing more than his own high sky and the emperor is far away. It is difficult for those Western powers to threaten him directly, otherwise... Hehe, where would there be any London meeting? They came directly to the door!
So, let's just mess around.
It is natural that it is difficult for girls Huang Rong to understand this truth, and Li Mengyang also chose some simple words, and finally...
What's wrong with this couple?
"Brother Meng Yang, I'm not in good health these two days. Go and find Yilena..."
"ah?"
Li Mengyang felt a little brainless.
"Is it said that you are sick, girl? Let me see."
"Oh, I'm not sick, you stupid guy! Hehe..."
The two of them were flirting, so they naturally had a lot of laughter, but what was going on? Li Mengyang was very concerned about it.
"Girl goes to the hospital for examination, don't..."
"Stupid, don't worry about me, by the way, Sister Elena has new tricks, giggles..."
"New tricks?"
What new tricks?
But no matter what, Li Mengyang is looking forward to it... Could this guy have a "?*From the short day, the king will not go to court early from now on"? (To be continued)
Chapter completed!