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    Chapter 674 The Founding of Saudi Arabia (6)

    There are clear white traffic signs painted on the brand new asphalt road.  w.  Under the sign at the m intersection, the traffic policeman blew his whistle to direct the vehicles.  Rickshaws, tractors, bicycles, trucks, cars and, more recently, motorcycles, this is Beijing in 1931. Even the golden glow of the imperial city in the sun cannot conceal the splendor of this ancient city that has been revitalized.

    Lampson is the British Consul General in China and the spokesperson for the interests of the British Empire in the Far East.  But unlike the previous ones, every time he calmed down and took a closer look at this ancient country, two words would come to his mind involuntarily.

    New life!

    As a foreign diplomat, the easiest to manage are the decaying and declining colonies, and the most comfortable are the white countries with well-established systems. Only staying in those new countries is a headache for all diplomats.  It's like riding a young wild horse that has just been tamed. It's docile and cute but has an unpredictable temper. You might as well one day throw it away and knock the owner out of his wits.  There is no doubt that in the eyes of Europe and the United States at this moment, China is a wild horse that has just learned to be docile.  What's worse is that it is driven by one of the few awe-inspiring knights in the world.

    This is not a good job.

    As Lampson sighed, the car had arrived at Tsinghua University.  This modern university, established with American funding, has changed like the city of Beijing.  If he hadn't stayed here for too long, he might have thought he was at the famous Cambridge University.

    "Mr. Johnson, Mr. Leighton Stuart."

    As soon as the car stopped, Lampson met an acquaintance at the door.  U.S. Ambassador Nelson Johnson and Honorary President of Tsinghua University Leighton Stuart.  As an institution of higher learning jointly invested by China and the United States, Tsinghua University has two presidents from China and the United States.  As the honorary principal of the United States, Leighton Stuart has a high reputation in the Chinese education community. In the past 20 years, he has arranged for as many as 100,000 government-sponsored international students to go to the United States. Therefore, two consecutive presidents of the Republic of China praised him as a bridge between the Chinese and American education circles. Among them  Including Yang Qiu, who has been in office for less than a year.

    "Sir Lampson, why are you here?"

    Jason and Leighton Stuart seemed very surprised by his sudden arrival. On the contrary, Lampson, who was worried just now, took the lead in making a joke: "Don't worry, you two, I'm not here to poach someone."

    In the past, China¡¯s government-sponsored students have become the largest force in the world. When tens of thousands of students go out every year, it also means that the countries that accept them can get tens of millions of tuition fees from the Chinese government. This money is even enough.  Support a small country¡¯s annual education funding.  Especially in the current economic downturn, grabbing more overseas study resources means getting a lot of extra income, retaining more teachers, and allowing more domestic children to receive education.

    That¡¯s why Lampson made such a joke. After chatting for a while, he asked: ¡°Is Mr. Yang Qiu here?¡±

    "We're already here, look." Stuart took off his top hat and pointed to the playground. Following his finger, Lampson saw a scene that surprised him. He saw that the campus playground was already crowded, and the teaching building, aisles, auditorium and even  The roof of the building was filled with students wearing school badges.

    "How could this happen?" Lampson looked very strange. When did Tsinghua University have so many students?

    Leighton Stuart laughed: "Not only my students, but also Peking University, University of Finance and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Beijing Medical College. My dean told me that there have been an influx of 10,000 or 20,000 people. God, these little guys  The president who loved them went crazy. Hearing that there was a public lecture, they all came in. If it weren't for the distance, I believe students from Tianjin, Hebei and even Northeast China would come.

    Three days have passed since the collision in the Gulf of Oman, and the relationship between China and Britain is on the verge of breakdown due to the establishment of the Saudi state.  But what is strange is that the Beijing government has not expressed any other expression except protest and condemnation. This makes countries around the world very strange.  So after learning that Yang Qiu would come to Tsinghua University to inspect and deliver a public speech today, representatives from various countries in China and social activists came to attend, because this speech is likely to focus on the Saudi crisis and is very likely to become a major issue in the future.  A turning point in British relations.  Even Lampson was attracted by this speech and hoped to hear what he would say with his own ears.

    "Let's go in, it should start soon." Stuart politely led the two ambassadors to the auditorium. The guards along the way all knew the three of them. Even if the students did not know the ambassador, they all knew the famous Tsinghua University honorary.  Principals, so they got out of the way.

    But what surprised Lampson was that Johnson seemed not to care about the Saudi crisis at all. He kept talking about education and changes in Beijing along the way. He was very surprised and proactively asked: "Mr. Johnson, what do you think about the Saudi crisis?"  ???Support China or us England?  "

    Johnson is completely different from Lampson. He advocates that the United States should not interfere in external affairs.  And he feels that as China's reform process deepens and its importance becomes more and more important, China's rise has become more and more unstoppable. When countries around the world are given the opportunity to solve the economic crisis, it is better to actively accept it and integrate it into the West than to try to stop it.  in the rules.  Therefore, he hated those remarks that were hostile to Yang Qiu. Those people simply did not understand that without Yang Qiu with a Western spirit, China might have become something else, and might even have turned to the Soviet Union.

    However, even if he supported Yang Qiu in his heart, he would not show it. After all, Lampson represents an important partner of the United States in the Atlantic, so he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Sir Lampson, do you think my opinion is important?  ?We are just suggestions, we are not the real decision-makers. This is their world."

    When Jason raised his finger, Zhou Hua suddenly started to shout.  The students all stood on tiptoes and scrambled, their eyes gradually converging in one direction.

    ¡°Here he comes, the president is here!¡±

    "Look, the president is wearing a military uniform."

    "Is there going to be a war?"

    "No matter what you do, I will support it to the end."

    Yang Qiu walked towards the podium with a serious expression under the protection of the guards.  The dark blue military coat has no military rank or medals, only the national society badge shining brightly on the chest.  Wearing it is ordinary and simple, but it makes everyone awe.  Everyone can't help but think of the famous Chinese National Defense Force that unified the country, fought Japan in World War II, and fought fiercely in Europe.  Everyone knows that no matter how dazzling the national defense double wall is, no matter how brave the national defense tiger general is, his soul role in this army cannot be erased.

    Even Sir Lampson, the British ambassador in the audience, frowned secretly. Did he decide to ignore everything in this outfit?

    Presidential speeches are both new and familiar to students of the Republic of China. What is new is that domestic politicians rarely speak in public. What is familiar is that there are always some outliers who can rely on speeches to attract attention, and the most outstanding among them is the president in front of them.  Each of his speeches is impressive. Now at a critical moment of the Saudi crisis, what kind of shock will this speech bring to the country and the world?

    Yang Qiu strode onto the podium.  The podium is not high, but it allows tens of thousands of students to see their president clearly.  Although he is 39 years old, he is still tall and straight, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes.

    Named as a cover figure by the most influential Time magazine in the United States five times and on the cover of important European media eleven times, he is the biggest enemy in the hearts of the Japanese people and a figure that media around the world cannot ignore.  The idol of China's younger generation and the image of the country, he has made the world re-recognize contemporary Chinese young people, and has even influenced the clothing and hairstyles of tens of millions of young people across the country.

    He is Yang Qiu.

    The moment he stepped onto the podium, there was no need to signal, the audience could already hear it.

    "I have the temerity to disturb everyone's study, and it is not my original intention to stir up troubles, especially in this season. In fact, like everyone else, I hope to be reunited with my family around the brazier, to have peace in the world, and to quietly hold my favorite book.  Make a cup of fragrant tea and read it in the dark for three days and three nights." In just a few sentences, it captured the hearts of the students and described the warmth of reading with wine and wine in a warm basin.

    "He is a genius in speaking." Stuart smiled and looked at Lampson who looked serious: "Sir Lampson, are you right?"

    "Right to what?" Lampson was listening intently to the speech, so he was stunned by this question.  But before he could ask in detail, Stuart had already turned his head and continued to listen.

    Yang Qiu¡¯s hands were placed on both sides of the podium, and as before, he never brought manuscript paper with him.  The tone of voice changes in ups and downs, making people unable to help but get involved.  His eyes swept across the audience, pausing for a moment on Lampson's face before looking at the students climbing up the tree in the distance, and smiled slightly: "Like you, the cold wind makes my body stiff and my mind lazy.  . But! Under this cold shell, my heart and yours are beating violently! My blood is boiling hot, and the heat in my chest is rising.

    Why?

    Because I have good news to tell you.

    I have decided that the government will rebuild 50,000 primary and secondary school buildings across the country starting from this year and provide free lunches to all primary and secondary school students across the country.  I plan to use 10 years to build public libraries for universities and cities and build 1,000 comprehensive stadiums to spread compulsory education to the most remote rural mountainous areas so that more children can read and write.  "

    "President, is this true?"

    ¡°God, it¡¯s incredible.¡±

    "Long live the Republic of China, long live the President!"

    A piece of good news that makes students excitedjumping for joy.

    Yang Qiu also smiled, but soon the smile disappeared: "Education is the foundation of a country, and knowledge is the only way to get out of ignorance. This is the path that we must stick to even if we are hungry! I promise you here that no matter what time, no matter what,  No country in the world will neglect education. Of course, I also hope that you can take the initiative to shoulder your responsibilities. I hope you can actively participate in teaching and educating people to revitalize the country. I hope you will supervise the use of every education fund.

    I have decided to publish the mailing address of the Presidential Palace in the newspaper tomorrow. Anyone who has suggestions can write to me. Anyone who finds out about the misappropriation of education funds can also write to me. The government buildings in that place are better than the schools.  Fortunately, you can also write to me.  "The cheers were like thunder, and the sound shook everyone! The applause could no longer be described as warm. If it weren't for the loyalty of the guards, Yang Qiu might have been thrown up high by the students.

    However, careful people discovered that Yang Qiu was not happy. Instead, he suddenly increased his voice and poured a basin of ice water!

    "Are you happy? But I'm not happy. Because of poverty and corruption, we have missed the first industrial revolution and the best years for the explosion of knowledge, so we must sweat several times more than others and do our best.  Catching up. However, some people don¡¯t give us a chance! They ignore us, they don¡¯t want China to be strong, and they even use the most clumsy means!¡±

    The rapid change of tone made all the smiles freeze, and Lampson's heart suddenly twitched, finally he came.

    ¡°I have to admit something, I was fooled! I was slapped hard on the cheek! It made me feel ashamed.

    ¡°Four months ago, when I visited London to participate in the naval negotiations, Prime Minister McDonald, Foreign Secretary Henderson, and those British MPs all came to assure me that they were sincere in their oaths.  They said they would keep our oil and maritime trade lanes safe as long as I signed a treaty and promised not to build more warships.

    I believed them because I saw them as allies.

    I have made a promise that I will not seek maritime hegemony, build more warships, or engage in an endless arms race.  In fact, I don¡¯t want to participate in this meaningless competition at all. For me, the first job is to ensure that the 470 million citizens have homes, food, jobs, and money.  Let the country realize modernization as soon as possible.

    But what I got was bad news!

    Our maritime oil channels have been cut off, our fleets are being scrutinized as they pass through the Suez Canal, and our navy is blocked east of Singapore.  You will ask me, how did this happen?  I can tell you all that it started from an ordinary business transaction.  Half a month ago, my country's Gulf Oil Company and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an oil-for-loan agreement worth 4 billion yuan, exchanging loans for oil development rights.  But just because of this normal commercial contract, they closed the strait, conducted random inspections, and even forced a destroyer of our navy to be rammed and sunk!

    Those are a group of proud warriors. Whenever I close my eyes, I can see them driving rusty warships and fearlessly rushing towards their opponents to protect national interests!  A group of young sailors used their blood, courage and sacrifice to tell us what deep blue is!  What is a country, what is sovereignty!  What is the supreme good!

    I feel ashamed that I didn¡¯t get to know them earlier, I regret that I didn¡¯t provide them with more powerful battleships, and I feel painful that I couldn¡¯t bring back their bodies!  What makes me most uncomfortable is that those soldiers who survived have not been able to come back because they were detained by our former allies in the desert thousands of miles away!

    That¡¯s my soldier, the country¡¯s hero!  I swear here that I will do whatever it takes to bring them back.  "

    The whole place was silent. The students clenched their fists and their eyes turned red.  Lampson frowned, and there were thorns on his back.  He didn't expect that Yang Qiu would get so angry during his speech. It was like Britain sending a bullet to threaten, but he directly responded with a cannon on his head and stuffed the cannonball!

    "Sir Lampson." Jason's voice rang out at the right time: "I don't want to persuade, let alone represent the U.S. government. As an old friend, I just want to know, does Prime Minister McDonald really want to choose war? If not  , then I would like to ask President Hoover to serve as your mediator."

    When Jason was considering intervening, Yang Qiu on the stage had already waved his right arm vigorously, and everyone was infected by this emotion.  Listening to his voice echoing in the small courtyard: "We promised the world that we would not seek colonies or break our promises. But some people have obviously forgotten that hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the National Defense Forces braved the hail of bullets and sacrificed their lives to help them get out of trouble.  This is an ungrateful and disgraceful act!

    So, I will never give in this time!  Oil is the blood of industry andAn indispensable resource for building modern China!  Our country lacks oil fields on the mainland, so offshore oil channels are our last bottom line.  Anyone who steps on this red line is declaring war on the 470 million Chinese people!

    Since you don¡¯t even have basic ethics and credibility, what else is there to say?

    Release him!  Release!

    This is my answer, there will be no negotiation before this, let alone any contact!
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