Chang'an in March is full of flowers and the streets and alleys are filled with a joyful atmosphere.
From July last year to the present, good news has been reported frequently on the front line. Now the central government has successively won major victories in politics and diplomacy, sweeping away the old and bad luck of the old empire for a hundred years and allowing every Chinese who grew up on this land to
Everyone naturally feels proud.
Nowadays, whether it is central or local newspapers, or even some private newspapers, they are overwhelmingly filled with reports on the war on the front line, praises of victory, and heartfelt support for the government and national leader An Yi. Many citizens have unconsciously
Treat your country as a world power.
At 8 a.m. on the 10th, after bidding farewell to Turkish President Ismet Inonu and Foreign Minister Numan Menemengioglu at Chang'an Airport, An Yi returned to Xiaonanhai and came to his desk in the Qinzheng Building office.
After sitting down in front of him, Secretary-General Jiang Yunshan came after hearing the news, placed a thick stack of documents in front of him, and then reported the government affairs handled recently one by one.
During this period, Prime Minister Xu Ziliang of the Government Affairs Council, Minister of Finance Zhou Chongan, Minister of Construction He Jing, Minister of Education Ma Junwu, Minister of Transportation Yan Jizu and others came from the Datang Palace separated by a wall to report to An Yi. They were busy until noon.
After everyone dispersed, An Yi saw that the pile of documents on his desk had not decreased much. He shook his head and sighed, and said to Jiang Yunshan: "Mr. Yucheng, you should approve these. You can't do it when I'm not around."
Is it good? If you are really undecided about the doctrine, let Chu'er and Yun'er help you look into the details. If it involves people's livelihood and direction, or the army, then give it to me for approval!"
Anyone would be bored by dealing with a lot of documents day after day. An Yi knew Jiang Yunshan’s abilities very well, and Jiang Yunshan, who was full of knowledge, had been with him for more than ten years. Regardless of the priority, everything was handled very appropriately. In addition, the national importance
Most government affairs are actually concentrated on the side of the Government Affairs Council, the Secretariat Department managed by the Secretary-General. It is mainly responsible for the central government committee
The secretarial work of the committee, meeting affairs work, and supervision and inspection of the implementation of important work arrangements, as well as the instructions and instructions given by An Yi, the conveyance and implementation of instructions. Focusing on the overall national work arrangement, collecting information, reflecting trends, comprehensive research, etc.
, it will not touch on specific government affairs and personnel arrangements, and there is no need to worry that Jiang Yunshan, the secretary-general, will dominate the family.
Seeing An Yi rubbing his face tiredly, Jiang Yunshan had no choice but to pick up the unprocessed documents and put them into the folder he carried with him, and then handed An Yi a list of letters sent in An Yi's name over the past month.
and general content.
There is a huge information office under the Secretariat, which specializes in handling various documents and letters from all over the world. Every year, Xiaonanhai receives hundreds of thousands of letters. Among them, An Yi serves in the military and government.
The adopted son and adopted daughter, Huangpu classmates and former colleagues with whom An Yi has a good relationship, as well as the caring greetings from international friends from all over the world, etc. If An Yi had to reply to all these one by one, he would probably not even have time to eat and rest throughout the year. More
Don't talk about commanding the army.
The Information Department has a writing team of more than 100 people, who completely imitate An Yi's handwriting and idioms. They are responsible for replying to An Yi's letters. All written letters need to be reviewed by the intelligence and political departments, and then finalized with An Yi's signature.
Once the names are sent out, the Secretariat only needs to hand over the list of important people to Jiang Yunshan, and then Jiang Yunshan will hand it over to An Yi so that he has a rough idea.
After reading it, An Yi said with emotion: "Mr. Yucheng, what would I do if you didn't help me deal with these copywriting? Thank you for your hard work!"
Jiang Yunshan said humbly: "These are what I should do, and I will seek my own government in my position... By the way, Fengying said that you have been working very late every night in the recent period. When you were tired, you hurriedly fell asleep in the study.
It’s hard to have time to spend with your wife, children, and children. Is there anything important going on?”
An Yi waved his hand: "It's not about the establishment of the country in the ethnic reservation areas of the subcontinent, Myanmar and Malaya. You know that many departments of the Government Affairs Council and our Secretariat are doing related work. Originally I shouldn't be so busy, but
I'm not at ease! For our country, the most important thing is not the size and border demarcation of these countries, but the choice of their leaders. We need to select those who are in our interests from more than 1,600 candidates.
The leader of a newly formed country.
"Our intelligence department started relevant preparations as early as two years ago, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent representatives to contact these candidates one by one. Recently, with the unfolding of the Indian Ocean war, our pace has accelerated. We want to win Madagascar
Before the island is built, we must build these nation-states and set a model for future national unity and cooperation!”
Jiang Yunshan smiled with relief, and then asked curiously: "Do you have any clues?"
An Yi stood up and took out a dossier from the safe and handed it to Jiang Yunshan: "Let's take a look. I originally wanted to wait until the matter is confirmed before letting you take a look. Since you mentioned it, let's take a look first and help me read it carefully. Before I
Just give me a relevant report before leaving Chang'an."
Jiang Yunshan happily took the file: "When will you leave?"
An Yi turned his head and looked at the desk calendar on his desk: "It is expected to set off next Monday. During the period, he will inspect Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, and Saigon Shipyard, and then stop briefly in Yaoting City and arrive in Nanjing (formerly Bangkok) on the 18th.
), first attended the press conference, and then participated in the grand ship review held in Inner South Bay the next day."
Jiang Yunshan asked in a casual tone: "Which lady will you bring to attend the ship review this time?"
Poor parents in the world! An Yi couldn't help laughing and laughed out loud. Seeing Jiang Yunshan's eyes widen, he said: "Fengying is a reporter from the "Liberation Daily". This time she will go to southern Beijing with me. On the 19th,
, Yuner, Zhu Yun and Fengying will appear on the review ship with me."
Jiang Yunshan hesitated: "What about Chu'er?"
An Yi said with a smile: "She will attend the currency conference of the Union countries in Mumbai instead of me. We will help the countries that were established to form their own central banks and issue their own national currencies. Since these countries are poor and have no gold reserves,
Our Hua Yuan can be exchanged for gold, so their currency will be directly linked to the Hua Yuan, and mutual trade will be settled through the Hua Yuan, thus forming a Hua Yuan District system."
Jiang Yunshan's eyes lit up: "In this way, the interests of these countries will be firmly tied to us!"
An Yi stood up with a smile and walked side by side with Jiang Yunshan: "Let's go have lunch together at home? I guess Aunt Ma has already prepared the meal. Let's have a drink and talk about work by the way."
Jiang Yunshan shook his head repeatedly: "I won't join in the fun. Fengying's fourth brother took advantage of the army to rest in Ceylon Island and asked for a week of family leave. Soon their army will go to Madagascar. The future is uncertain, and my daughters will also
I came back from my husband’s house specially. It wouldn’t be good if I didn’t go back.”
Jiang Yunshan's only son, Jiang Chenrui, transferred from the Indian Front Army to the Marine Corps in the second half of 1939. He is now the main battalion commander of the Third Marine Division. During the attack on Ceylon Island, in addition to landing on the beach, the unit
Apart from encountering certain dangers, there was no real test in Ceylon.
Considering that Jiang Yunshan only had one son, An Yi asked Jiang Yunshan for his opinion on whether to transfer Jiang Chenrui to the logistics and political departments, but Jiang Yunshan and Jiang Chenrui themselves refused.
Although the intelligence fed back from multiple channels proved that the Japanese army's strength in Madagascar had been weakened repeatedly, no one could tell what happened on the battlefield. An Yi could understand Jiang Yunshan's mood and patted him comfortingly on the arm.
...
The city of Mysore in the southern part of the subcontinent. Since it is two time zones later than Chang'an, many dignitaries who went to bed late were still in deep sleep at this time.
A servant with dark skin and a turban on his head opened the door with reverence.
The room was very spacious, with colorful carpets on the floor. The servant walked forward cautiously with bare feet, holding a delicate ceramic tray in his hand.
The ceramic tray is a set of tea sets specially presented to the king candidates of various princely states when Xia Jian inspected in southern India last year. The purple sand teapot placed in the middle of the tray exudes the refreshing fragrance of tea. The tea is from the famous northern Linchuan Province.
The new Mingqian tea picked from the (former Assam) tea garden, coupled with the fresh and elegant jasmine flowers, makes people feel relaxed and happy, and their mind is clear.
The room was extremely dark, with Chinese ink landscape paintings decorating the walls and a dazzling array of antique vases placed on the antique shelves.
You must know that in the past, the four walls here were dominated by Western paintings. There were glass cabinets decorated with gold and silver in the corners of the room, which contained taxidermy beast heads and gold and silver collections. However, as the Chinese became a new member of this continent,
Everyone's tastes are changing with the Chinese, and no one wants to be accused of falling behind the trend.
For king candidates who are determined to go further, it is even more necessary to implement "Sinicization" into all aspects of life.
The servant respectfully placed the tray on the bedside, then leaned over and lowered his voice, calling softly: "Master, it's ten o'clock, it's time to get up!"
The sleeping man opened his eyes, yawned, stretched and sat up.
The second servant hurriedly opened the curtains of the bedroom to let in the sunlight, while the third servant hurried forward and diligently covered his master with a piece of knitwear from China.
The 38-year-old Wodeya III, a strong contender for the king of the Kingdom of Mysore in India, has started a new day of life.
For hundreds of years, India, under the rule of the British, had two completely different worlds. One was India, centered on New Delhi and composed of 11 provinces, and the other was composed of more than 500 princely states.
India. The reason why the Indian princes continued until the war was that most of the princes actively supported the British colonial policy, fought bravely and loyally for the British colonial expansion, and the British King granted permission to retain the status of these princes.
The princes of each princely state signed separate agreements with the United Kingdom. The princes of each princely state were willing to accept the supremacy of the British King and Emperor of India, and agreed that the British King would control their foreign and defense powers. In exchange, the British guaranteed that each prince would enjoy autonomy in internal affairs.
right.
These princes had different powers. The Maharaja of Kashmir and the Nicham of Hyderabad ruled a territory and population almost as large as those of Germany and France, while the Kathiawartu, located on the coast of the Arabian Sea,
The territory under the jurisdiction of the princes of the state is nothing more than a village. The vast majority of the princes of the country do not exceed an area of 30 square kilometers. Among the princes of the country, there are some who are extremely rich with countless treasures, and some whose family background is poor or even lower than that of ordinary people.
Wodeya III allowed his servants to wipe his face and clean his hands, with a hint of worry appearing on his face - he was only one of the candidates for the king of Mysore Kingdom being prepared by the Chinese government, and there were three other candidates in the city of Mysore.
candidate.
In 1939, an unprecedented plague caused the population of Mysore State to drop by four-fifths. Including the king, queen and three princes, the two princesses died unexpectedly. Instead, they lived in the southeast of Mysore city.
Wodeya III and his family, a branch of the royal family on Fangshan Mountain, survived by luck because they drank mountain spring water and had little contact with the outside world.
Then the Japanese troops came in one after another. They not only staged a good show of beating, smashing, looting and burning, but also looted all the gold and jewelry of the royal family. They also broke with tradition, appointed officials privately, stipulated the share of grain to be collected, and wielded butcher knives to suppress the people.
The rebels rioted, and the entire Mysore fell into the darkest years.
Until the Anjia Army drove away the Japanese army in 1941 and became the new owner of this land, Wodeya III and his family hid in the mountains and did not dare to reveal their identities to the outside world. The new owner of this continent suppressed cooperation with the Japanese
nobles. They also posted a proclamation announcing the public search for the legal heirs of the princes of Mysore. All those who are confirmed will have the opportunity to become the king of the newly established Kingdom of Mysore.
Wodeya III had been waiting and watching. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, three people in Mysore and surrounding areas had been confirmed by officials stationed by the Anjia Army. They had also received part of the property and land that originally belonged to the royal family, so Wodeya III
Deya III was also moved and took his family down the mountain to reveal his identity.
The Anjiajun station confirmed the identity of Wodeya III. Not only did he obtain some of the land that originally belonged to the royal family around the city of Mysore, he also received a piece of royal industry and became one of the contenders for the king. Fortunately,
Although there were many branches of the Mysore royal family, basically all of them died in the great plague and the massacre by the Japanese army, and no new candidates were elected to compete for the throne.
For the princes and nobles of the subcontinent, loyalty to the conqueror is the basis for ensuring their wealth and power. This is the experience and lesson learned by their ancestors through blood and tears. Only the loyal can continue to exist. Wodeya III and others
Like the candidates, he was respectful to Chinese officials, but this was not enough to guarantee him the throne.
Therefore, Wodeya III became more and more diligent. Not only did he invite special Chinese teachers to teach Chinese culture, learn Chinese, and understand Chinese history, he also summoned Hindus as a Brahmin on many occasions and warned them that they must maintain relations with the Chinese.
If you are friendly, you will be punished by God. This has been greatly affirmed by Chinese officials stationed there.
"Master, someone has been sent from the Kingdom of Heaven..."
A report broke Wodeya III's contemplation. He quickly got out of bed, put on a red Tang suit with the help of a servant, and then, under the guidance of the servant, came to the pavilion behind the villa. At this time, representatives of the local garrison were already accompanying him.
An Oriental man in a suit and tie was waiting there.
The Easterner was about thirty years old, and he had an air of calmness and dignity. When Wardya III saw him from a distance, he realized that the person coming was an extraordinary person.
Seeing the clothes of Wodeya III, the visitor was very satisfied: "It seems that Mr. Wodeya has a deep understanding of Chinese culture, and even the clothes in daily life are deeply affected..."
"I don't dare, I don't dare, I haven't done enough!"
King Wodeya III was humble and bowed respectfully. Only then did he hear the garrison representative introduce the identity of the visitor: "Mr. Wodeya, this is Mr. Liu Changhong, Director of the Burma and India Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Coming to Mysore is to make final preparations for the new kingdom that is about to be established. Among the four candidates, Director Liu was the first to meet Mr. Wodeya, which shows how much he is valued. He should seize the opportunity!"
King Wodeya III continued to speak proficient Mandarin and said enthusiastically: "Nice to meet you. It's a pleasure to meet you. Director Liu is here to visit me. It makes me shine! Come on, let's sit down and chat."
Afterwards, King Wodeya III invited the two distinguished guests to sit down on the mahogany chairs in the Chinese Ming and Qing style in the pavilion. After waiting for the servants to bring tea and fruits, he stretched out his hand to signal the servants around him to exit.
Liu Changhong smiled slightly: "Mr. Wodeya has profound attainments in Chinese studies and has unique insights into the history of our country and the origins of the two countries. He actively cooperates with the agencies stationed by our government and the military to carry out work. In our internal review, Wodeya
Mr. Deja ranked first among the candidates for the King of Mysore.
"Now, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, I formally ask, if Mr. Wang is elected king, how will he handle our relations with us? How will the two countries maintain a long-term friendship?"
Wodeya III became energetic and expressed his views eloquently.
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