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Chapter 1006: Interests First (First Update, Please Subscribe)
What happened in Riyadh that day?
No one knows, but after the royal palace was destroyed, some officers in the air force base near Riyadh took the opportunity to launch an uprising. Without a leader, the Free Officers Organization quickly took control of the entire city of Riyadh. Subsequently, they announced the establishment of the "Arab Republic" through radio and expressed their willingness to negotiate with Yemen and Medina to resolve conflicts between the parties through consultation.

It has to be said that these officers who have received modern military education know very well what their top priorities are.

Stop the war, then solve domestic problems, and then solve external threats after domestic problems are solved.

But they obviously ignored people's greed. Their call for a ceasefire was not accepted by either Yemen or Medina. Not to mention Iraq and Jordan saw the opportunity, even the Rashid family, who were in exile in the same province, wanted to return to their homeland.

In a word, Saudi Arabia at this time has become a dog in the water, and everyone is calling for its destruction.

At the end of September 1956, the Arabian Peninsula fell into chaos, just like it had been for the past few hundred years. Whether it was the so-called holy family, the Rashid family, or Yemen, Iraq, or Jordan, they all seemed to want to get a piece of the Saudi family's corpse.

Those who have long coveted the Saudi oil fields are all scrambling to grab this piece of fat meat.

Just as they pounced on this piece of fat and tried to take a bite, the whole world seemed to pay no attention to this place. After all, the whole world is now attracted to another place - Egypt.

Because the diplomatic dispute caused by the "nationalization of Suez" had reached its most critical moment, on September 9, Britain and France submitted the Suez Canal issue to the UN Security Council for discussion.

"The Russians will certainly veto the 'international co-management' proposal, and neither will the Americans support them."

In the official residence garden in Chang'an, Li Yian was taking a walk while chatting with Li Guoren about the canal issue.

"Sir, the Americans should support it. After all, the United States can also take the opportunity to participate in it, just like when Iran nationalized its oil, the United States supported the United Kingdom and supported their proposal for an international oil company. Why would they oppose it now?"

Like many people, Li Yian didn’t care at all about what happened on the Arabian Peninsula. The reason why he didn’t care was that... the only thing worth paying attention to on that land was the oil fields. Now the oil fields were controlled by Aramco and South Arabian Petroleum Company. In this case, what else was worth paying attention to there?

"Times have changed!"

Li Yian looked up at the starry sky. Even the stars in the sky had changed over the course of history, let alone the affairs on this little broken ball.

"It is no longer May 1951. At that time, the United States needed Britain to support them on the peninsula, so the United States could only support Britain's blockade of Iran and recognize Britain's maintenance of its own interests. However, in terms of its original intention, this is against its will. After all, this is helping Britain maintain their colonial empire! Now Britain needs the help of the United States more, but what about the United States? Compared to supporting Britain in maintaining its colonial empire, Americans are more willing to disintegrate it. Only by disintegrating Britain's colonial empire, all European countries, including Britain, will truly succumb to the United States..."

Is it American rule?
Of course it is not the rule of the United States. After all, they are not trying to rule the world.

After thinking for a while, Li Yian finally found a suitable word and said:
"Submit to the international order established by the United States, and be the defender of the American order, rather than a challenger. Therefore, in the issue of disintegrating Britain and even European colonies, the interests of the United States and the Soviet Union are consistent. The former hopes that Western European countries will become its loyal followers, rather than slowly using colonies to recover and finally rebuild their order. As for the latter, it hopes to destroy its colonial empire, spread its influence, and establish Russia's world order."

World order!

This is the essence of the so-called "clash of civilizations" during the Cold War. In essence, both sides want to establish their own world order. That is why they are committed to destroying the "old order", that is, the "old order" centered on colonies that European countries such as Britain and France have spent hundreds of years to build.

On this point, the United States and the Soviet Union, which seemed to be incompatible with each other, were surprisingly consistent. They did not even need to communicate, and directly made the most advantageous choice for each other - supporting each other to disintegrate the colonial empires of European countries such as Britain and France, and in the process of disintegration, establish or strengthen their own "new order"

"Sir, since both the United States and the Soviet Union have this attitude, then we..."

Li Guoren frowned, as if he didn't quite understand. "Why do we have to wade into this muddy water that might even lead to failure?"

As the Foreign Minister of Nanyang, Li Guoren believed that the world had changed its master, and the strength of the United States and the Soviet Union had surpassed the impoverished aristocrats of Britain and France. How impoverished were they? After the war, Britain could not even maintain its rule in South Asia, and of course, the United States and the Soviet Union would not allow this.

It is for this reason that Li Guoren feels that this is a pool of muddy water. Although it is easy to fish in muddy water, the risks are also great.

"The current situation is completely different from the situation after World War I. Although Britain was badly damaged at that time, it still had strength and was not something the United States could challenge. But now it is different. Not only is the United States much stronger than Britain, but even Russia is much stronger than Britain. If they join forces to deal with Britain, wouldn't it be too risky for us to rashly get involved?"

If it weren't for his understanding of the direction of historical development, Li Yian would really agree with Li Guoren's point of view. But it was also because of his understanding of history that he saw new opportunities.

"After World War I, Britain and France joined forces to boycott the United States. Because of its lack of strength, the United States had no choice but to retreat. Britain and France were able to maintain their order and slowly recover through their colonies. Although Britain and France are now far less powerful than before, and they are facing not only the United States but also the threat of the Soviet Union, with their last success, they will still do their best to maintain the old order!"

This is what happened in history. During the Suez Canal War, Britain and France joined forces to finally summon the majesty of old imperialism. What was the end of it? At the same time, they were threatened by the joint efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union!
Then I got scared!

When your Excellency finished speaking, Li Guoren said:
"But the United States and Russia will surely work together to shatter their illusions."

“What happens when the illusion is shattered?”

Li Yian knew very well what happened after the Suez Canal crisis.

The joint efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union directly stripped off the fig leaf of Britain and France! After that, facing the absolute gap in strength, they could only be timid again and again, and finally acquiesced to the fact that the United States was superior to Europe.

It is for this reason that the United States established their Western world order, making Europe their little follower!
"As Your Excellency said, the United States will establish its world order, and Western European countries will become its followers. After all, there is an absolute gap in strength. This is why I think Nanyang should avoid joining it."

Once again, Li Guoren repeated his objection.

"Do not."

Li Yian shook his head and said.

"That is why we have to join in. Because Britain and France are not strong enough, we have to help them and help them get through this. Only in this way can we gain more extensive benefits."

"Broader interests?"

Li Guoren asked in confusion.

"But sir, I don't see what we can gain. Instead, the risks we take are too great. After all, we have to confront two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union!"

(End of this chapter)