Chapter 359: Don’t leave once you’re here!
While Zimbabwe was intensively preparing for war, the central government of the Kingdom received the Far East Assistance Mission, and Constantine personally met with members of the Assistance Mission.
Li Ge: "... under the instructions of the emperor, the Far East Government sent envoys Li Ge and Ande as the principal and deputy envoys to pay respect to His Majesty the King of your country, An Tai."
I listened for a long time to myself. After the introduction, Constantine figured out that Li Ge and Ander were not doctors, but officials of the Far Eastern Empire. Only the one hundred and three people behind them were doctors from the Far East.
Constantine immediately had an idea in his mind: "It is a good thing that your country cares about the development of medical services in East Africa. In this case, we have to express it. Although your country has diplomatic relations with our country, it has There has never been an embassy in our country, which is unfair internationally. It is better for the two of you to be stationed in East Africa as envoys of the Qing Dynasty and be responsible for liaison between the two countries on diplomatic matters.”
Constantine's words directly frightened Li Ge and Ender. Constantine, the "King of the Foreign Barbarians", wanted their lives!
When Li Ge and Ande went to East Africa as envoys, they were despised by some people as: "If you can't serve people, how can you serve ghosts? Why go to the country of your parents." This is the common attitude of Far Eastern bureaucrats, otherwise Nor would Li Ge and Ande, two minor candidates who were not even official officials, be allowed to come to East Africa. Historically, it was not until the first year of Guangxu (1875) that the Qing government officially sent diplomatic envoys to Western countries.
Li Ge and Ande were of humble status and naturally could not go against the opinions above. However, from the moment they went on a mission to East Africa, it meant that they would completely cut off their official careers in the future.
Now that Constantine has directly appointed them as ambassadors to the Far East to be stationed in East Africa, this matter will be reported back to the country, and Ligande has a premonition that the name of traitor will fall on the two of them.
Not to mention this matter, if Constantine, a foreign monarch, bypassed the Qing government and directly appointed himself two ambassadors to the Far East, then the emperor and the Manchu civil and military officials would let them go!
Li Ge and Ander hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty King Constantine, this must not be done!"
Constantine: "Oh! Why?"
Li Ge said with a sad face : "The two of us are officials from the Far East, and we have a king and father above us. The most important ethics in the Far East are those who are not upright. , I said that I would surrender to another country. If the two of us serve as officials in East Africa and set up our heavenly dynasty, where will the emperor and father be? I am afraid that I will have no words to face the elders in my hometown. I can only make my determination clear by death and refuse to serve as an official. "
Li Gewen and Zou Zou said a lot, which made the East African translator study together for a long time to figure out the general meaning.
Constantine then realized that he had some misunderstandings about this matter. The Confucianism prevalent among the scholar-bureaucrats in the Far East was very different from the thinking of Westerners.
Constantine said: "You two don't have to do this. What I mean is that our country will negotiate with your emperor to ask him to agree to send diplomats in East Africa. If your emperor agrees, there is a high probability that you two can take on this matter. If you If the emperor does not agree, then just pretend that I didn’t say it.”
Don’t look at the fact that the East African Kingdom was very formal in Europe when it was founded. In fact, no country has set up an embassy in East Africa. In the eyes of Britain, France and other countries. , the so-called East African Kingdom is a colony established overseas by members of the Prussian royal family (German royal family). It is just a little trick of the Hohenzollern family. Who would send diplomats to establish embassies in the colonies!
Especially when the East African Kingdom was established, Prussia was just a small Prussian kingdom. The so-called East African Kingdom had a bad image in the eyes of outsiders, and its status was not even as high as the Portuguese colony of Mozambique next door. Mozambique has a history of hundreds of years. , the East African Kingdom is less than a year old (excluding colonial time), and it doesn't look like a serious country. At most, it is bullying the African natives for not having thermal weapons.
Not to mention countries such as Britain and France, even Austria and Prussia, which have the best relations with East Africa, don’t take East Africa seriously. For example, others just look down on the East African Kingdom, but they still think that Prussia and Austria are slightly different. Give the East African Kingdom some face. The Austrian and Prussian governments really don't look down on the East African Kingdom at all.
Even the identity of Prince Constantine of Hechingen is more valuable than the identity of the so-called king of the East African Kingdom. Although the Prince of Hechingen is small, it is indeed a serious European vassal state, and it is also a European noble. Admittedly, the Kingdom of East Africa has the same status as the Indian Emperor of the British King in the future, but it is just a show-off. If someone mentions the British King, Europeans will be in awe, but mentioning the Indian Emperor will make people laugh.
For example, Archduke Ferdinand, who was the commander-in-chief of the East African Navy, is still a laughing stock in Austria, but no one talks about it for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor. Franz is also embarrassed, but it is better for his younger brother to go to East Africa to retire. That poor place in Mexico used to be strong.
In fact, ever since they learned that their Emperor was not dead, the Mexican royalists have gone to Austria to pray for Ferdinand to return to power, and at last to set up a government-in-exile. At least they have made a lot of money in Austria. Franz would definitely not agree to a subsidy. It was the lesser of two consequences. In addition, Ferdinand was staying well in East Africa and could go home through the Suez Canal from time to time, so Ferdinand was allowed to stay. East Africa is not a bad thing. As for Ferdinand wanting to make a career in East Africa, everyone can just watch it happily. Ferdinand: Don’t bully middle-aged people who are poor!
The East African navy is still developing very fast. Apart from the pity that there are no ironclads, two new steam-powered warships built by the Bagamoyo Shipyard will be put into service this year, plus the two from the Sultanate of Zanzibar. A rebuilt warship, by next year Ferdinand will have eight steam-powered sailing warships.
All in all, East Africa is really a diplomatic desert nowadays. There are quite a few embassies established unilaterally, but they are of little use. Sometimes they are not as useful as the Bank of Hechingen.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the East African Kingdom was established too short, but it is not that no country plans to set up an embassy in East Africa.
This country is Paraguay, which was deceived by Ernst. After the baptism of war, Paraguay was completely in ruins. Coupled with the massive loss of population, it was difficult to even maintain the stability of the government. Moreover, the Paraguayan government Being right next to Argentina makes the Paraguayan government even more worried. Paraguay and Argentina came from the same La Plata colony in Spain. The most suspicious thing is that they share the same origin. Brazil just wants to beat itself up, and Argentina is really likely to annex itself.
Therefore, Paraguay urgently needs to find a backer in the international community. In addition, East African immigrants in Paraguay have been caught. With the contact from East Africa, Paraguay has taken a fancy to the Austro-Hungarian Empire behind East Africa.
Although the Kingdom of East Africa does not have much use in this process, it does not have a contact person, so the Paraguayan government is interested in setting up an embassy in East Africa. However, the Paraguayan embassy has not yet been built, mainly because the Paraguayan government has not yet Choose your diplomats well.
As for whether Paraguay or the Far East will set up the first embassy in East Africa, it depends on who is active. Diplomacy, anyway, the current East African kingdom is not eager. It is a good thing that no one pays attention to East Africa. If any country really pays attention to East Africa, it is probably because the weasel is paying New Year greetings to the chicken and has no good intentions.
In fact, there is one country that really wants to set up an embassy in East Africa, but East Africa has not agreed, and that is the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Don’t you know who you are? From the perspective of East Africa, being able to set up an embassy in Stone Town (the capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar) is considered to be a favor to the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The Sultanate of Zanzibar is to the East African Kingdom what Japan was to the United States in the previous life. In terms of business, I'll take care of you, so I can rest assured. If I don't, I'll be dead.
After hearing Constantine's arrangement, Li Ge and Ander were relieved a little, but their hearts were still extremely bitter. Constantine would definitely mention them when negotiating with the Far East government. , even if the ambassador of the Far East really falls on them, their future prospects will probably be bleak. They feel so bad that they might as well surrender to East Africa and bring their families over from the Far East. They are also afraid that their family members will be gossiped behind their backs in the Far East.
Li Ge and Ande were originally from poor backgrounds, with little background and not many family members. To be successful in the imperial examination was a sign of smoke coming out of their ancestral graves. As a result, they were sent to this barbarian country in East Africa before they could enjoy anything. land.
Constantine still didn’t know that his casual decision made the two of them on pins and needles. In fact, Constantine just wanted to separate Li Ge and Ander from those Far Eastern doctors. These two were official officials from the Far East. People, those doctors must also be under their management. This is not okay, the doctors are from East Africa.
So Constantine said: "This matter is settled. I will write a letter to your monarch personally later and praise you both. Alas, the Far East is indeed a civilization. It’s an ancient country with a long history, and its ministers are so loyal to the monarch. I think it will be vigorously promoted in East Africa in the future.”
This is what Constantine said sincerely. There are so many countries in that big place in Europe. If any ministers are really dissatisfied with the monarch, they will really jump to the enemy camp. Look at the subordinates of the Eastern monarchs, who even die to protect themselves. With the face of its own monarch, the East African Kingdom, as an autocratic monarchy, naturally wants such "loyal and patriotic" people.
In fact, Europe's civilization is too short. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the Far East, talents were also flowing from country to country. The main thing was that if you don't keep your master here, you will have your own place.
Constantine continued: "The Ministry of Health should do a good job in reception. You should come up with a plan for these doctors from the Far East to make them feel like they are at home in East Africa and promote the development of East Africa's medical industry. "
Health Minister Belred said with understanding: "Yes, Your Majesty, we just lack a lot of The dean who can act independently can arrange for these doctors to take up their posts.”
The doctors in the Far East could not understand the conversation between the two people, and they did not know that their group of people had been regarded as one of their own by the East African Kingdom. There is no such thing as a free clinic. They are all doctors from East Africa. They will continue to shine for the medical cause of the East African Kingdom in the future.
As for their family members in the Far East, it's not a big problem. Someone will naturally arrange for them to reunite in East Africa in the future. Once you come to East Africa, you can't help but want to leave.
(End of this chapter)