Chapter 1706: 12. The other shore of good and evil (23)

For the purpose, it doesn't matter how many people die. As long as you can achieve your goals, you can send people to the dead without hesitation.
But killing people is not the purpose. In the case of being able to be rescued, it is unreasonable to see that it is not saved, and it is not easy to cultivate them, and the tools that are easy to use are wasted.
Applying the above words to this joint meeting is: even if the result cannot be reached, it does not matter if it ends in failure. Anyway, it will not take long for a new joint meeting to be held. But there is a hidden risk in it, and it may also damage the authority of the empire. The most important thing is that the joint meeting is not in a state of hopelessness. Through technical means, it can still achieve a certain kind of "although not satisfied, but the general direction is acceptable" The compromise finally avoided the break.
This is Roland's last trump card-a compromise with the empire.
It sounds a little weird and naive. This idea will inevitably be refuted from head to toe in front of realists, and as everyone knows, the emperor is the worst and most thorough realist. Want the emperor to compromise? Probably the emperor would even slap the agreement on the proponent's face, and then the unlucky egg went straight to Yincao Difu.
Roland also knows whether this is gambling, or gambling with a minimal probability of winning, but today's conditions simply do not allow him to choose. Either gamble or sit still-he can only choose one between worse and worse.
He chose to gamble and won.
The ultimate goal of the emperor is to control the development of the situation. As long as it does not develop a tendency to disrupt the new order framework, at least not to challenge and destroy the new order within a limited time frame. Li Lin can still manage some potential challenges and threats. Tolerated.
There is nothing wrong with Roland's prediction, and Li Lin did bear it.
After some negotiations, the two sides still have some disputes on the details, but that is only some minor problems in the text, and there is no need to bother them at this level. The most critical part of the core content has been finalized. If there are no surprises, the core content of the final text has been determined.
In this document on the Memorandum of Understanding on Technology Export Control (in order to avoid the appellation of the title, the names of the two countries were not included in the title of the text), the Republic recognized the patent system and related control measures of the Empire and was willing to become this A member of the system complies with various regulations. In exchange, the Empire recognizes the independence of the Republic’s patent system and allows Republican technicians to register patents in the Empire and participate in various international technical exchange activities led by the Empire.
At first glance, it seems to be a reciprocal treaty. In fact, the water inside is very deep.
The Republic retains the right to develop and register various technology patents in the country, and the Empire guarantees that it will not interfere with it, but this is limited to the Republic. If the Republic wants to export technology and exchange technology, it must still pass through various channels controlled by the Empire. In fact, the technology of the Republic will be blocked in its country, and it cannot spread the whole world.
There is no doubt that this is very unfair.
The Republic recognizes the empire’s technology system and patent system, but the empire has not opened a policy of restricting the republic’s technology system. The republic and various countries must still pass through various channels controlled by the empire for technical exchange and patent registration. Sanctions will be imposed on the Republic through the system under its control.
This can actually be seen as a self-restriction of the Republic, or even as a retrogression. Even so, this is the best condition the Republic can win.
The so-called negotiation is essentially to create a copy that reflects the interests and compromises of the parties to the negotiation on the basis of a certain consensus, backed by national strength. As for the level of satisfaction of everyone, it depends on their national strength and the level of diplomats.
The Republic, the "Liberty Army", Roland, and Minerva have done everything they can. In the face of seeking and peaceful international trends and the great national power of the empire, they cannot win better conditions-from one From the beginning, they knew this very well. All the plans were carried out around this foundation, and they also achieved their goals.
The paradigm shift has been completed, although the impact is not enough to shake the empire's advantage, and the impact on the entire new order is minimal. However, the fact that the "Republic has developed a technology system independent of the empire, although immature, has the potential to impact the technology of the empire" has spread. It will take a long time for this seed to take root and thrive until it breaks through the new order, but the fact that the seed has been sown will not change. More importantly, the Republic has retained the power to continue to develop new technology systems and obtained Despite the restricted but unobstructed pipeline.
Considering the current national strength of the Republic and international realities, it has been a miracle to achieve such a result.
The empire is not nothing. Their biggest gain was to guarantee the peace and the time needed to start the shearing mechanism before the war. For the empire, as long as the world war can be guaranteed, everything else is secondary. The technical system of the Republic is indeed a potential threat that is difficult to ignore, but time is an obstacle they cannot get around. As long as the empire pays attention not to allow the new technology system to spread rapidly, it may irreparably impact the entire new order system. If the Republic is limited to playing on their own one-acre, three-point land and playing with their technology system, rather than enthusiastically promoting and spreading the new technology system, the Empire is not unacceptable to reach a certain compromise with the Republic.
Therefore, the new technology system of the Republic cannot be chopped off, which certainly makes the Empire unavoidable, but since the Republic is informed and willing to play the role of a small country under the new order system, the Empire does not need to waste too much resources and energy on it. Body.
"I don’t want to go to war at this point of time-this is the greatest common divisor of all parties and the only thing that can reach consensus between the empire and the republic. On this basis, we try to find a mutually acceptable path as far as possible, and finally show The result is that."
Roland slumped tiredly on the sofa, his right hand covering his forehead weakly, and Minerva on the side also looked tired, but finally managed to maintain his manners.
Negotiations with Li Lin are very time-consuming, and in the face of such a guy who can sublime the tricks and digging to the artistic level, you must always be cautious. In the process, even if you just miss a word or the reaction is slightly slower than half a beat, you may fall into the trap. In a highly stressed and sensitive mental state, it is naturally easy to fatigue. After a long period of accumulation of fatigue, even Roland can't eat it.
Fortunately, hard work is finally valuable, and at least one satisfactory result has been said.
Krolan and Minerva did not feel any relief or joy.
In the eyes of others, this is already a near-miracle achievement, but they are very clear that this is not the end, but the beginning.
"This is not peace, but a 10--20 year truce, and the countdown to the next war has officially begun."
Roland summarized the essence of things in the most concise language. In contrast, Minerva's expression is more poetic, and it also makes people have a more vivid understanding of the next state of affairs.
"The end of the lullaby, the beginning of the march."
In the future, Minerva made further comments in his memoirs.
"The successful conclusion of the joint meeting and the formal entry into force of various agreements and treaties took place almost at the same time. Although the first half appeared to be in constant conflict and fierce, the second half seemed to be due to the important parties between the emperor and Roland. It shows the relationship between restraint and wisdom and presents a temporary relaxation.... But in fact, when everyone recalled this day, they all agreed very much. From the actual situation, it seems that it is precisely The appearance is just the opposite-the fierce fighting in the city of Bonn and the various tandem activities under the surface of the countries symbolize the end of a period of repression and relatively peace... The subsequent series of events are more or less related to this There are inextricable relationships at the transition points of contradictions. From economic to international strategic competition, an increasingly repressed atmosphere is spreading everywhere, and people are generally dissatisfied with the status quo~EbookFREE.me~Hate of nowhere to vent There is an urgent need for an outlet for venting. This series of events that occurred in the following year is also one of the important incentives."
At that time, Minerva had not yet foreseen the distant future, but her insight and wisdom were enough to make her understand that all the results during the joint meeting were only established that the days before the outbreak of the war would not be so volatile.
Minerva is well aware that the so-called peace is just another name for the preparation period of war.
However, there has never been such a state as clearly aimed at world wars, and through the means of disarmament, arms limitation, economic cooperation, technological exchanges, and political guarantees to ensure the time of war preparation.
There are so many "peace" in the history that are distracting and dark, but all countries have a smile on their faces, one hand stretches out to shake hands with others, and the other hides behind the strange state of holding a knife and poison It's really unique.
"Everyone will regard the empire as the only "absolute evil", because this is the easiest way to rationalize and justify their actions. Perhaps only the historians of the empire and hundreds of years later can really look at this today without bias. Only those in history can point out: In fact, every country is engaged in the same thing. Those countries that are hostile to the empire are not'walking up to challenge the evil knight', but the beast in the jungle who fears to become a dragon's mouth eater and pull the gang to act. Never mind."
With a long sigh, Roland got up and sat up, smiling a very bitter smile at Minerva.
"Perhaps historians hundreds of years later will also scold us for being big sinners who hinder great unity and reconciliation."
"I think that scholars who can make such a "fair and objective" evaluation should not bear any pressure."
Minerva shrugged and offered a spicy response to the cold joke.