Chapter 234: ,business

"Britain's presence in Hannover poses a threat to the safety of France." Talleyrand answered without hesitation.
"Hanover is also the sacred territory of our King." Sir Humphrey, the new British Foreign Secretary, said, "Even in accordance with your country’s legislative principles, your country should recognize that private property is sacred and inviolable. Hannover is our King. Sacred and inviolable private property."
"Ah, Sir, our code says that we must protect the legal private property of the French people. I am sure that His Majesty the King of your country is not a French citizen."
"But didn't you just say that the principles of the Declaration of Human Rights are universal. Even the human rights of foreigners, are you French also concerned about it?"
"Yes, we have such a principle, but, Sir, you must know that things must be prioritized and in order. We first guarantee the human rights of the French, then guarantee the human rights of the Catholics on the European continent, and then guarantee the European The human rights of other people and Catholics in other regions, and then... Well, you can see that the order of His Majesty the King of your country is quite low, at least, I think, before the basic human rights of the Irish people are guaranteed, we It is difficult to have time to protect the private property of your majesty the king."
"Mr. Talleyrand, can I interpret your words as if we are willing to guarantee the human rights of the Irish people, then your country can protect the private property of our King, or to put it more clearly, if we are willing to be in Ireland Can you make some concessions in exchange for your country's concessions in Hanover?"
"Ah, Sir, I haven't said anything like this, but... we think that the proposal you just made is very sincere and peaceful..."
In fact, neither Talleyrand nor Humphrey have any sincerity for peace. Everyone knows that, fundamentally speaking, the peace talks are just a more formal truce.
However, for different reasons, the two sides are very sincere about the need for this truce. So although everyone has no sincerity in pursuing peace, everyone has a sincere attitude towards achieving peace for the time being, and because everyone believes that in the future these problems will ultimately be resolved through war. Therefore, it is more straightforward to put aside the dispute. Anyway, it’s okay to keep more thunders, and it’s just to use this as an excuse to go to war.
So everyone discussed this exchange very sincerely.
In the end, the French and the British took a step back on this issue and reached an agreement like this:
Regarding the Irish issue, both sides believe that it should be resolved in a peaceful manner as far as possible.
The British will ensure that the natural human rights of the Irish people will not be illegally violated, that the Irish people have the right to choose their beliefs, and give the Irish people a certain degree of autonomy (of course, the British insist on not making this public).
The French stated that they could understand the British views on Irish sovereignty and promised that they had no intention of encouraging Ireland to separate from the United Kingdom. But the traditional friendship between the French people and the Irish people, and free trade should not be disturbed.
France assured Britain that it would not sell weapons of mass destruction to Ireland. (France: Anyway, what we sell is civilian goods, believe it or not? For example, rifles, which are used for hunting; such as grenade, which are used to fry fish; and all kinds of landmines, which are of course to protect the vegetable garden. Radish, repel the aliens who tried to break into the vegetable garden and eat the carrots of the Irish people.)
On the Hanover issue, France expressed respect for the private property owned by the King of England as the Grand Duke of Hanover, and the resulting income. France also respects his right to participate in political activities in Hanover. But the final status of Hanover can only depend on the choice of the people of Hanover. In order to ensure that the people of Hannover can express their wishes freely, France cannot accept the presence of any British military forces in Hanover.
In addition, in order to ensure the safety of Hanover, at the invitation of the people of Hanover, France will maintain a limited army in Hanover.
Britain expressed its support for all legitimate rights and interests of the king in Hanover. We will try our best to promote the restoration of these legal rights in a peaceful way.
After temporarily acknowledging the status quo, Talleyrand immediately proposed a new thing.
"Well, Sir Humphrey. I think we can finally put down those annoying things and discuss things that can really benefit us all."
"what do you mean?"
"Sir, you see, over the years, Britain has blocked the French coast and prevented us from making money in business. We are also preventing your country from obtaining raw materials on the European continent and selling goods on the European continent." Talleyrand said "This is not a good thing. Because it prevents the two peoples from getting rich. So, well, as you may know, China and many European countries have signed trade agreements based on mutual open doors and mutual open markets. In order to Promote the friendship between us and the United Kingdom, and make our peace more durable. I suggest that our two countries can also reach an equal agreement on mutual trade."
Sir Humphrey is also very interested in this issue. In fact, since France defeated Prussia, almost the entire European market has closed its doors to the British.
Although just like when the French were blocked, they continued to carry out smuggling activities. The British continued to smuggle goods into Europe through cooperation with those Dutch people, and to be honest, the Rhine Union On the other hand, although the United Kingdom has been legally blocked, the investigation has not been particularly serious. But in any case, even such a relatively loose blockade has already caused considerable trouble to the British economy.
Coupled with the failure of the war and the consumption in the bottomless pit of Ireland, Britain's recent economic situation is quite unsatisfactory. If this time can open the European market to the UK, it would be really beautiful. In fact, this is also an important goal in this peace negotiation-before the next decisive war, Britain must quickly restore strength.
However, no matter how you look at this matter, it is more beneficial to the United Kingdom, but the French actively mentioned this, which made Sir Humphrey hesitate.
"Of course, free trade includes many aspects. It cannot be limited to goods." Talleyrand added, "It should also include culture, art, and the reasonable flow of talent. For example, some friends and I are in the news. There is investment in the industry. We hope that these aspects can be opened up. That is, French people can go to Britain to run newspapers, and British people can go to French newspapers. We in France will ensure that British newspapers enjoy the same freedom of press as French newspapers. You British should also ensure that our newspaper enjoys the same freedom of press as yours..."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Sir Humphrey said, "One thing, I think there seems to be some problem. For example, in your country, if your country stipulates, all French newspapers can only say, "Long live Napoleon ', then our newspaper can only say'Long live Napoleon', but in the UK, you must know that our newspaper can say everything except the'armed overthrow of the king', so that you can only say ' We can say anything other than "Armed overthrow of the king." In this way, aren't we at a big loss? Maybe we in Britain should first establish a rule that is the same as your news report, and then..."
"How can you slander us like this?" Talleyrand said angrily. "It's true that there are a lot of our newspapers calling "Long live General Napoleon", but that's because our people sincerely support General Napoleon. And ours The news is completely free..."
"Yes, yes, that's what I said." Sir Humphrey said.
Sure enough, just as Joseph expected, the two sides fell into a dispute over opening up the news and cultural markets to each other. The British actually understood that the French wanted to use this opportunity to export revolution to Britain, but the British needed the European market. . And considering the British news rules, the British feel that they don’t seem to be afraid of the French propaganda, don’t they just provoke emotions — besides, they really think that British news is really free? At home in the UK, in accordance with British rules, can you still lose to this group of Gaul barbarians?
Of course, the final text still needs to be taken back for approval. Now that the most important things are finished, let’s talk about some easier things. For example, ~EbookFREE.me~ discusses how to make money.
"Sir Humphrey, I have a friend from the Bordeaux region who may become the new ambassador to the UK. You know, this friend is our supporter. He has a lot of vineyards in Bordeaux and produces some very good ones there. Wine-I heard that wine is a very lucrative business in your country nowadays. Well, he is still a young man, but a very generous person... If possible, I hope he can get it when he is in your country Your care."
Sir Humphrey knew what this meant. This is because the British people first invented this trick to buy an ambassador’s position and then use the ambassador’s identity to make money. In another time and space, even until the 21st century, Citigroup has maintained this good tradition. Even if you are an illiterate who can tell that the US team liberated Auschwitz, as long as you give money, you can still buy an ambassador Dangdang.
As for the meaning of this sentence, a little translation is: there is a guy who sells wine, who gave me a lot of money and bought a position of ambassador to the UK from me. He bought this position with money, naturally to make business money, because he heard that French wine is very popular in the UK. If you can help him make money, he is a good man willing to pay bribes.
"This is not a problem," said Sir Humphrey. "I also have a friend here, and I have to trouble you to take care of it..."