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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 57 The United States is imminent in declaring war

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    Update time: 2012-06-28

    "But even if you meet President Wilson, it's just as an invitation to the White House. Will Wilson and the cabinet listen to you?" Duan Qirui asked curiously. At this moment, he already had the idea of ????taking the young man in front of him.  Plan to stay.

    "Prime Minister, I'm not going empty-handed!" Wang Geng said with a smile, while continuing to smell the cigar in his hand, but even if he didn't light it, Duan Qirui felt better after seeing it. Wang Geng obviously  I am quite addicted to cigarettes, but I can actually control myself from lighting up, which shows that I have some self-control.

    "You are a Chinese Western Pastry student and a poor student. The weekly study abroad allowance provided by the country may not be enough. What other gifts can you bring to the President of the United States?" Duan Qirui narrowed his eyes and said.

    "I wrote a State of the Union speech for him, to be precise, it is an outline and a proposal," Wang Geng said.

    "Haha, young people are terrible. The President of the United States has a huge staff team. You, a Chinese student at West Point, can write the outline of the State of the Union Address for him? It's amazing. What is the State of the Union Address about?" Duan Qirui asked with interest.

    "Of course it is a State of the Union address about the United States' participation in the war. It is used to give a speech in Congress. The central idea is that the United States will benefit greatly from participating in the war and will suffer great harm from not participating in the war!" Wang Geng roughly recited the outline he gave to Wilson while listening to Duan Qirui.  .

    After listening to this, Duan Qirui couldn't sit still. The outline of Wang Geng's State of the Union address was extremely provocative. It almost used the most high-sounding reason "for world peace" to encourage Congress and the American people to agree to participate in the war.  Under the banner of saving world peace, everyone actually understands that it is for the division of resources and interests around the world.

    "Wang Geng, what you just said were all figured out by yourself?" Duan Qirui's voice was a little trembling.

    "Of course I wrote this after a detailed analysis of the foreign policy of the United States and the starting points of various domestic forces. However, sooner or later the U.S. government will join the war. I am just adding fire to the boiling water that the president and cabinet advocate for joining the war!  "

    Wang Geng turned the cigar back and forth on his finger like a pen. Duan Qirui was stunned and said, "You can smoke if you want. I don't ban smoking here!"

    ¡°For your health, I¡¯d better stop smoking!¡± Wang Geng said with a smile, ¡°But the outline of a State of the Union address alone cannot impress Wilson and his cabinet!¡±

    "Did you give him other gifts? It's not okay for you, a little kid, to mess around with national affairs!" At this time, Duan Qirui felt an inexplicable anxiety in his heart. This Wang Geng is so courageous. He wouldn't have stabbed someone so young and ignorant.  Basket?

    "I know what you mean. Even the minister to the United States like Brother Gu has no autonomy in diplomacy. He must listen to domestic orders, or in other words, he must listen to the orders of Prime Minister Duan, the patriarch of the family! This is the rule of foreign affairs.  , of course I know." Wang Geng comforted Duan Qirui with a smile.

    "Then what else did you do to make Wilson and his cabinet agree to participate in the war?" Duan Qirui said hesitantly.

    ¡°The reason why anti-war sentiment in the United States has always been high is that, first, people will die in wars, second, there are more than 8 million Germans in the United States out of a population of 98 million, and the United States¡¯ declaration of war on Germany will naturally lead to opposition from these forces, and third, the United States  I hope to wait until the most suitable time to go down the mountain to pick peaches!¡±

    Wang Geng first analyzed several major anti-war factors in the United States. How could a political master like Duan Qirui not know what he said? The question is how to eliminate these resistances?

    "So I gave Wilson some ideas. I told him that if the United States joins the war, China will definitely follow suit. You Americans are afraid of casualties, but the Chinese are willing to sacrifice for world peace. Then as long as you, the United States, provide the money,  Arms, China can definitely use its own people and efforts, and China and the United States can defeat the German ambition wolf!" Wang Geng said with a smile.

    "Nonsense! How can you, a student, just make random decisions on national affairs in front of the President of the United States?"

    Duan Qirui slapped the coffee table. Wang Geng¡¯s bold behavior made the Prime Minister of the Republic of China feel angry. Are there any rules anymore?  A little foreign student actually made a random statement in front of a foreign president!

    "Wilson said the same to me at the time!" Wang Geng said unhurriedly, looking at Duan Qirui with no fear in his eyes!

    "Did Wilson believe your nonsense in the end?" Duan Qirui rushed up angrily, waving his hand to drive out Duan Honggang who had heard the movement in the study and came in to look around!

    "When he wants to believe it, he will find reasons to believe it. Besides, China has a lot of people. How much arms does the United States dare to pay? I think China should seize the opportunity to send as many people as possible to participate in the European War!" Wang Geng pointed out.  Don't panic, Zi Gu said.

    Duan Qirui was very angry at Wang Geng's words. As the Prime Minister of the Republic of China, I lead the cabinet, with the support of a military governor's army composed of 13 provincial governors under my command. I want Congress to passA motion to sever diplomatic relations and declare war against Germany has gone to great lengths to overcome this hurdle. How dare you, a little foreign student, to promise in front of the President of the United States that your country will follow the United States in the war? Give as many people as you want?  How audacious!

    "Nonsense! Nonsense!" The Prime Minister of the Republic of China just slapped the handguard of the imperial chair and lost his temper. His beard stood up in anger!

    Wang Geng played with the cigar in his hand and said nothing. Duan Qirui took a deep breath and gradually calmed down. In fact, the United States provided money and arms, and China provided manpower. They participated in Europe together and took advantage of the victorious country.  It was what Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng were discussing.

    What Duan Qirui is angry about is that Wang Geng, a young student studying in the United States, who is neither a diplomat nor a national official, dares to agree to such a big thing for the country. Does he still have the government in his eyes?  Is there still a cabinet?  And do you have yourself as the Prime Minister of the Republic of China?  Is there any Wangfa?

    "Prime Minister Duan, I am just a Chinese student studying in the United States. Of course Wilson knows that everything I say cannot count. However, Wang Geng dares to ask, isn't what I said what you wanted to say in front of President Wilson, Premier Duan? Since there is that  Opportunity, why didn¡¯t I tell you? Isn¡¯t it your dream to have the United States join the war? Isn¡¯t it your dream to push China to join the war?¡±

    Wang Geng knew that Duan Qirui was just angry, so he patiently explained,

    "If Gu Weijun, the minister to the United States, went to negotiate and agree to these conditions without the authorization of the cabinet, of course he was against the rules and should be held accountable. But Wang Geng is just an international student, and what I say only represents my personal analysis and suggestions. He is a dignified American  The president is no longer a child. If you want to believe it, just believe it. If you don¡¯t want to believe it, then pull him down!¡±

    Damn it, I am leaving a way out for both of you. If the Chinese government fails to find someone to cheat on you, can Wilson still tell the world that on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month, your Chinese West Point student king  What did Geng promise to the United States?  I have promised many things. When I take control of a country, I will certainly keep my word. Now, let¡¯s see who deceives whom!

    "Is it that simple? Because you said that the Chinese government will follow the United States to join the war. When the time comes, they will provide money and arms, and we will send troops and strength. Thomas Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet decided to join the war?"

    Duan Qirui still couldn¡¯t believe his ears. How come Wang Geng made state affairs as simple as a child¡¯s play house?  Have times changed?  Are you really old?  Fifty-two-year-old Duan Qirui became a little confused.

    "Prime Minister Duan, I have already said that if Americans want to join the war, what they lack is a reason to convince Congress and the people, so I will add fuel to Wilson's fire. I just won't light this fire. The United States must join the war when it should. Now it's early.  The decision to join the war was just caused by the superposition of many factors, such as the February Revolution in Tsarist Russia and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II! This was also an important factor!"

    Duan Qirui was silent. Wang Geng's words obviously captured the essence of the problem. It was only a matter of time before the United States entered the war. Now, whether it was Wang Geng's fire for Wilson or the collapse of the revolutionary tsar within Tsarist Russia,  They are all just catalysts.

    "When will the United States decide to declare war?" Duan Qirui couldn't help but ask, complaining that Gu Weijun in Washington was not as informed as his little brother Wang Geng!

    "Today is April 1st. If all goes well, Wilson will deliver a war speech in Congress tomorrow Monday. According to my analysis, the ruling and opposition parties in the U.S. Congress have almost unified their thinking. When Wilson's speech in Congress ends tomorrow,  The United States will officially declare war on the Allies no later than Friday, April 6th!" Wang Geng said with confidence.

    "Then there are less than five days left!" Duan Qirui's mind buzzed, and sweat suddenly fell from his forehead.
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