Expedition to Europe

The cause of this matter still stems from the French presidential election in the first half of the year.

Deschanel's resignation occurred during Qin Zhiyuan's visit to France. During Millerand's presidential campaign, although Qin Zhiyuan tried his best to avoid suspicion, he still had to be involved because the French branch of the Daily News said too many good things for Millerand.

Moreover, after Millerand came to power, Raymond Poincaré was appointed as the French Prime Minister and Pierre was appointed as the Governor-General of Madagascar. Both of them had a close relationship with Qin Zhiyuan. If we analyze it carefully according to the principle of who benefits and who is the mastermind, it is still a bit scary to think about it carefully.

A Lanfang king, who served in the French Foreign Legion a few years ago, actually participated in the French presidential election and was suspected of behind-the-scenes manipulation. This topic is unacceptable to many people.

Although France and Lanfang currently have close cooperation in many fields, this also makes many people feel incredible.

Qin Zhiyuan still has many connections in France. It didn't take much effort for Qin Zhiyuan to find out that this incident was related to Millerand's opponent in the presidential competition, Aristide Briand.

Speaking of which, Qin Zhiyuan and Aristide Briand were not strangers. When Qin Zhiyuan first arrived in France in 1916, Aristide Briand was still the French Prime Minister. Qin Zhiyuan led the Chinese to join the Foreign Legion, which was approved by Aristide Briand. In this sense, Aristide Briand was Qin Zhiyuan's "benefactor".

As a soldier, Qin Zhiyuan did not have much contact with Briand, a politician. Briand also deliberately kept a distance from military generals. This should have been a peaceful relationship.

Unfortunately, many things in this world are fate. When Briand was in power, the British and French coalition forces were defeated again and again because of the fierce offensive of the German army. After Briand stepped down, Clemenceau came to power. Because of the participation of the Americans, the British and French coalition forces began to launch a counterattack on the Eastern Front, and the war began to develop in a positive direction. During this period, the foreign legion led by Qin Zhiyuan performed particularly well.

Clemenceau's brilliance will further highlight Briand's incompetence. Referring to the principle that the friend of the enemy is the enemy, Briand can't help but have some complaints about Qin Zhiyuan.

Of course, if temporary complaints ferment into hostility, it will take time. The presidential election in the first half of the year became the catalyst for all this.

Objectively speaking, in the Franco-French Alliance, the better Lan Fang performs, the more it will cover up the light of France.

In recent years, since its establishment, Lan Fang has first defeated the Russians, then the Japanese, and then the Siamese. The area of ​​​​the country is constantly expanding and its international influence is constantly increasing.

The French economy has not improved due to the aftermath of the World War. The economy has been in a downturn. Capitalists have no confidence to enter the investment field, factories cannot find enough workers, the problem of veterans has not been completely solved, and social contradictions are still acute.

In this situation, coupled with the massacre in Madagascar a while ago, as well as Sarawak and Port Hedland, Lan Fang has finally been blacklisted by certain countries.

This certain country does not refer to "France". Although Briand questioned the necessity of the Franco-Française, he did not deny it completely. Briand questioned the military cooperation promised by France to Lan Fang. In other words, according to the agreement signed by France and Lan Fang, if Lan Fang and a certain country enter a state of war, then France must also participate in the war based on the position of an ally. Briand questioned this point.

Since its establishment, Lan Fang has launched foreign wars almost every year, which makes many people worried.

In Southeast Asia at present, if Lan Fang wants to continue to find a target for war, it is either Britain or the United States, and no matter which of these two countries, the French do not want to fight.

To be more precise, the French don't want to fight anyone now. Lyautey attacked Siam because he did not dispatch troops from mainland France. Otherwise, the French would rather lose their interests in Siam than intervene in this war.

After determining that the target was Aristide Briand, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Gao Hongshi to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Aristide Briand, at least to determine where Aristide Briand's hostility towards Lan Fang came from. At the same time, Qin Zhiyuan asked Old Renault to use his power to assist in the investigation.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't even need to "request", Old Renault had already started the investigation as soon as he learned the news.

Old Renault and Qin Zhiyuan are now completely tied together. In some ways, the relationship between Old Renault and Qin Zhiyuan is closer than that between Pierre and Qin Zhiyuan. For Lan Fang, even if he has to sell out the interests of France, Old Renault will not change his face, so Old Renault has no choice but to do so in this regard.

Old Renault, the local boss, was still very powerful. Just when Gao Hongshi's people had no clue, Old Renault's relationship had already given an answer: Aristide Briand and the British had been very close during this period.

That's right!

If the British hadn't been involved, Aristide Briand, a Frenchman, would not necessarily question the relationship between Lan Fang and France.

The British did have enough reasons. You know, the Dutch were able to maintain their colonies in Southeast Asia with the support of the British, and the establishment of Lan Fang endangered the interests of the British from the beginning.

This has to start from the period when the Dutch ruled Borneo. Although the Netherlands is also an old capitalist country, its industrial strength is not comparable to that of the United Kingdom. At that time, Borneo was simply a huge source of raw materials. Most of the industrial raw materials obtained by the Dutch from Borneo were sold to the British.

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Of course, considering the protection fee, the price of these raw materials naturally cannot go up. In essence, it is equivalent to the British hiring the Dutch to manage Borneo, and the Dutch are a group of vassals of the British.

After the establishment of Lan Fang, for a period of time, Lan Fang also assumed the responsibility of providing industrial raw materials to Europe. Of course, the price has increased, but the function has not changed. This made the British reluctantly accept the existence of Lan Fang. For the British, Borneo has never belonged to them, so no matter who is in charge in Borneo, as long as Britain can benefit, it’s fine.

But the industrial strength of Lan Fang is far from that of the Netherlands. After the establishment of Lan Fang, the national industrial strength has changed almost every year, and the demand for industrial raw materials has also been increasing. Now Lan Fang is no longer a resource exporter, but a resource importer, which has an increasing impact on Britain.

Moreover, whether in Sarawak or Port Hedland, there is a looming shadow of Lan Fang behind them, which has gradually accumulated the British dissatisfaction with Lan Fang. The previous arms race is a concrete reflection of this dissatisfaction.

It will be easy to deal with if we know who it is.