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National threat theory

On November 7, 1897, Zhao Gang urgently convened a ministerial meeting to deal with relations with the United States.

Zhan Tianyou introduced the recent US diplomatic trends

"The United States has put forward an alliance requirement for me, and the specific matters are as follows."

"One, both sides agreed that in the next ten years they will "support and cooperate with each other … in order to achieve their goal of establishing and maintaining a new order, with the aim of promoting mutual benefit and blessings of the people concerned." Help any party who has not yet participated in the war and is attacked."

"Second, both sides give each other the most favored-nation treatment."

"Three, if one party is attacked by military forces in other countries, the alliance is obliged to provide support."

"Fourth, the Allies shall not attack each other."

"Five years after the signing of the agreement, the United States will provide military and economic assistance with a complete set of battleship production technologies, including high-intensity armor, 250-meter Mark four cannons, a large-horsepower steam turbine under development, as well as a rapid-fire gun production technology, and a low-interest loan of 4 US dollars."

"Sixth, the United States helps China implement political reforms and economic reforms."

After Zhan Tianyou finished speaking, all the ministers showed joy at the meeting and expressed their joy. According to convention, Zhan Tianyou used it for a while after his speech, but this time no minister stood up to question it.

When Zhao Gang saw this, he couldn't help but shout, "The American sweating drug is really powerful, and these human spirits are actually confused and do not know the southeast, southwest and northwest."

Zhao Gang cleared his throat and had to be a villain once

"I have a problem, the first point. The first article in the agreement is, how much military strength the United States has, and how much support it can provide to us? On the other hand, how much military strength we can support the United States?"

"The second point is, is the most-favored-nation treatment of the United States the same as the most-favored-nation treatment in our country? If it is different, where is the difference?"

"There is another point. Whether there are any restrictions on national immigration regulations on both sides cannot be separated from the most-favored-nation treatment."

"The third point is, if the alliance actively attacks one country, will another alliance still have the obligation to provide support."

"Fourth point, what if an attack occurs after it happens, is it the treaty invalid or the perpetrator punished?"

"The fifth point is whether these weapons and the economy that the United States aid are linked to political and economic reforms, and is there a clear timetable?"

"The sixth point + no consistency, has the differences between our country and the United States taken into account, and the corresponding solutions to the problem?"

In fact, Zhao Gang asked these questions a few days ago. The main purpose of this is to let the ministers realize the ambitions of the United States so that they will not be deceived by the United States in the future. Zhao Gang has made good intentions. In the past few days, Zhan Tianyou has asked the answer.

"First point, the United States has now sent out the Pacific Fleet, the flagships "Olympic" (5870), "Baltimore", "Railly", and "Boston"; two gunboats: the "Haiyan" and "Concord", and the anti-smuggling ship "McCulloch". The total tonnage of these ships is 2 tons, carrying about 100 inches of ships, Commander Dewey."

"The second point is that the most-favored-nation treatment of the United States is different from that of our country. The so-called most-favored-nation treatment means that one party now and in the future gives preferential treatment to any third party, and also gives it to the other party. The country that enjoys most-favored-nation treatment is called the beneficiary country. In international trade, the most-favored-nation treatment refers to the contracting party that signs a bilateral or multilateral trade treaty in terms of trade, tariffs, shipping, legal status of citizens, etc., such as giving concessions, privileges, preferential treatment or exemption to any third country, the other party or other party can also receive the same treatment.

Most-favored-nation treatment is divided into unconditional and conditional. Conditional most-favored-nation treatment refers to the treatment given by one party to a third party, which cannot be automatically and free of charge to the other party, and can only be given if the other party gives it the same compensation. Unconditional most-favored-nation treatment does not require compensation, and the treatment given to any third party by one party will be automatically given to the other party with other contracting parties. Foreign trade agreements advocate unconditional most-favored-nation treatment, and unlike bilateral most-favored-nation treatment, it is a multilateral unconditional most-favored-nation treatment."

"It is particularly clear that the most-favored-nation treatment of the United States is a most-favored-nation that cannot be automatically and freely given to the contract, and the country is unconditional. That is to say, when we give the United States the treatment of Britain, the United States can give us the treatment of a small African country, which does not violate the agreement."

"The third point is that if the allies take the initiative to attack another country, the alliance is obliged to provide support."

"Fourth point, if such an incident occurs, severe punishment for the perpetrator."

"Fifth point, the most basic premise of various aid is that China begins initial political and economic reforms."

"The sixth point, unfortunately, the United States implements a free economic policy, which represents the latest economic theory. These are all-around and do not need to be adjusted. These policies are implemented very normally in the United States. However, after understanding, the Americans admit that this economic policy has not been implemented in the United States yet. Political reform is also at the theoretical stage."

Now, all the ministers couldn't sit still. After explaining, they realized that there were so many terrible traps hidden in the proposals in the United States.

Zhang stood up first and shelled the Americans

"This kind of case cannot be signed. Once it is signed, we are the sinners of the nation, and we will have no shame to meet our ancestors even if we die."

In the end, this proposal was completely denied with unanimous opposition. Zhao Gang was very satisfied with this educational result. But this was not the ultimate goal. Zhao Gang's purpose was to judge the final intention of the United States.

Americans will never be a living Lei Feng. He put in so much energy and made a friendly agreement to achieve something ulterior motive.

After Zhao Gang expressed his thoughts, the ministers fell into deep thought and began to think about the ultimate goal of the United States.

The first person to express his thoughts was Wu Junsheng. He had a straight temper. He only considered military affairs and did not want anything else.

"I see that American affairs help the Japanese withdraw from Taiwan. If we sign the agreement, we will not use force against him, otherwise we will just be untrustworthy. ***, Americans are so smart, it is a trick to just go around. Old Wu Ke doesn't dare to be friends with these people!"

Everyone laughed, Tan Fenglin laughed and flattered

"Commander Wu, Americans are so powerful

Didn’t you see through it? I think you are ten times better than that American? You are tall and big. I will introduce you to you that day, okay?”

Wu Junsheng still refused seriously: "I, Old Wu, will never do anything to be sorry for your sister-in-law. Besides, American girls all heard that they have bad breath and have big hair, so we can't stand it!" Everyone was already laughing and bent.

After laughing, Tan Fenglin said: "If it were just like this, I don't think the United States would send so many warships out. You must know. If the war really starts, this warship is far from our opponent. If you want to complete the mission, you will definitely send a fleet that is comparable to ours, so the imaginary enemy of this warship is not us."

"This imaginary enemy must have the following characteristics." Tan Fenglin flashed inspiration. This eagle that has been tempered and finally spread its wings.

"One, the navy is less powerful than the US Pacific Fleet.

2. It has great economic value in Asia.

Third, the strength is not stronger than that of the United States."

Tan Fenglin sorted out his ideas and listed what he believed to be the country.

The first one is the Philippines

Zhao Gang already fully understood the intentions of the Americans. It turned out that the Americans wanted to take the Spanish colonial Philippines into their pocket. Thinking of this, Zhao Gang felt very ashamed. He had forgotten all the contents of the history class. It seemed that traveling through time must have a strong memory, up to five thousand years. All the history of China's world is clearly remembered, even Cromwell had to be clear about the sores that year. Otherwise, he would rely on his superior subordinates to infer the truth to judge the true intentions of the United States, and to say it, the people from the Time and Space Administration would laugh to death.

"It seems that the Americans not only want to plot against the Philippines, but also look at Cuba! I think since we understand the Americans' intentions, we can teach him a lesson."

Liang Caishen disdained Zhao Gang's words

"President Zhao, I don't object to the lesson, but don't fight. We don't have money to fight the Americans, and the fight against the Japanese must end within one year."

"We don't need anything else this time, just spend money on him, and we can definitely spend a lot of money on it."

There is no record of what Zhao Gang said in history, but in the stock market crash in 1898, Zhao Gang's shadow could be vaguely seen, with a drop of more than 30%, and wealth of more than 2 billion US dollars disappeared.

It was at that time that China and the United States began to take two different paths, one rose and the other fell. These two curves were brief in 1908.:

Finally, the meeting was not only unanimous

"Agree to sign a contract with the United States, open up a Japanese battlefield before the arrival of the US fleet, and invite Americans to assist in the war. All military projects provided by the Americans are used as the basis for military level judgment, not as the introduction project. Try to obtain US military secrets and double the funds for the same type of military aid projects in China. Remind Spain to prevent the United States' bad attempts and sell up to four heavy cruisers to Spain to facilitate Spain to resist US aggression."

In this way, the Draft Sino-US Alliance Treaty was signed in Beijing. In history, this treaty was called the "worst treaty" and some people also called it the "best treaty". The worst is that since the two countries of the alliance have not stopped fighting for a day since the date of their birth; the best is that although they are constantly dirty and tearing each other down, on the surface, both countries abide by the agreement very much, of course in the year when the agreement was terminated in 1908,

These are all later stories, and the last + came in 1897.

It was like a hurricane that ravaged the world, carrying lightning, destroying everything wherever it passed, making a terrifying loud noise. But in fact, it was much more terrifying than a hurricane. It trembled the earth, mixed life and non-life together, and then crushed it into powder.

This is the heavy shell of the 210-meter naval artillery, 75-mm mountain cannons and howitzers poured into the Japanese position, pouring out burning steel, pouring out the anger of the Chinese nation, and pouring out the beautiful movement of destruction.

It is impossible to distinguish the sounds of these weapons that destroy the world. Just as it is impossible to distinguish the sounds of individual instruments in the symphony, they together form this gorgeous movement - the Symphony of Hell.

His limbs were stiff and he didn't even wrinkle the wrinkles of his clothes, giving people a feeling of iron and stone. He raised his arms and looked at the death scenery outside from outside the command center through a telescope. He was the commander of the Japanese Honshu Resistance Force and the commander of the Third Division. Behind him was a Japanese chief officer, a staff officer, Yusu Matsui, a thin and short middle-aged man.

Several Japanese messengers responded to a row of phone calls that never stopped. They picked up the earpiece and put them down, almost relying on instinct to complete these actions. During the interval of putting down, they were hoarse and reported in a neurotic manner.

"Report to the Chief, the No. 1 position is in a hurry"

"Report to the Chief, the No. 4 position is in urgent need"

The Major General did not respond, or did not care about these urgent reports at all

The Grandpa was not as calm as him. He inserted the red flag representing the crisis into the corresponding position, while watching Major General Zhao anxiously, waiting for the Major General to issue an order. The division commander Kang Zuo Renxiong seemed to be indifferent, but in the telescope, he could clearly see:

The buildings were jumping and tilting, and the soldiers' bodies, together with bricks and rubble, were thrown into the sky. These strange scenes made him afraid, and the filled with anxiety made him almost collapse. This was a situation he had never encountered since he was the commander of the division. The Third Division had never fought in front of the enemy like today, hiding in fortifications like a turtle, and then being knocked one by one by one by one by one by one by one by one.

Looking at the fortifications in the mirror, they were destroyed one by one, and the major general's heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness. He could only watch the imperial soldiers tragically died under the enemy's artillery fire.
Chapter completed!