Chapter 3496
Although most of the hundreds of people who participated in the time-travel operation in 1627 came with various ambitions, after actually coming to this time and space, many people still chose to settle down due to objective environmental reasons. In Hainan Island, enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life instead of taking risks and going out to explore the world.
Most of them were just ordinary people with little achievements before they traveled through time. They did not know how to govern a country and had never had the experience of leading troops to fight. If their ability to maintain interpersonal relationships was mediocre, then in the end they could only Engage in positions in some technical fields.
Of course, no matter how bad things go, after all, there is still the guarantee of the special status of traveling through the crowd, so it is not difficult to make a fortune. Those with some financial acumen can rely on their status to monopolize certain sales channels and easily become business tycoons.
Even if you don't even have the ability to do business, there is still a way to stay calm. You can use the dividends from the Cross Group to buy more farmland and plantations everywhere, and use the remaining money to invest in various government-owned industries under Haihan's name. In this way, considerable profits can be made every year.
For those who live in a stable domestic environment all year round, information about the war mainly comes from various internal briefings, word of mouth from relatives and friends, and various interviews and reports published in newspapers. But setting foot on the battlefield in person and witnessing the fighting and fighting of armies in this era seems to be an unattainable thing.
This time, Shi Diwen provided them with such an opportunity, with full protection provided by the Haihan Army, to travel to another country to observe the civil war of local forces. The invitation letter stated that the entire match would be watched live, but there would never be any risk of being involved.
If this battlefield were located in another country, not many people might be interested, but this time the target of watching the battle is Japan, so there is no need for mobilization for the time travellers. Anyone who has free time and is physically able to travel far away can almost After receiving the invitation, they all immediately agreed to participate in this inspection activity.
In the end, more than a hundred people came to Zhoushan from all over Haihan to participate in the event, which was almost as large as the National Day event held in Hangzhou last year.
This is similar to the situation when Haihan solicited internal opinions before launching military operations against Japan several times before, and all of them overwhelmingly supported the military's actions. The difference is that in the past, support only required verbal expressions, but this time it involves participating in actual actions.
Why do powerful people regard Japan, whose strength is far inferior to that of Haihan, as a serious threat and have been trying to get rid of it for thirty years? To be honest, the civil and military officials under Shi Diwen may not fully understand.
Besides, with Haihan's military strength, it is not impossible to launch a war to destroy the country. However, the Executive Committee seems to be more willing to spend more time and let Shi Diwen instigate various forces in Japan to strangle each other. This approach is not feasible in Japan. They also seemed quite confused.
But they have followed Shi Diwen for many years and have long developed good habits. Ask less and do more, and just resolutely implement the orders given by Shi Diwen.
In order to safely send these distinguished guests with special status to Japan to watch the game, the Donghai Region has started making corresponding preparations months in advance. To this end, more than ten large passenger ships have gathered in Zhoushan to take on the task of transporting distinguished guests. The East China Sea Fleet also specially conducted a drill for the escort mission.
Whether it is the living conditions on the ship or the related itinerary arrangements, they are at a higher level than the preparations for foreign dignitaries.
Shi Diwen hopes that everything will be impeccable in terms of schedule, transportation, food and accommodation, as well as security and services during the process, so that the special guests will be deeply impressed by this inspection. In this way, when the next executive committee recommends candidates, these people will most likely become his supporters and help him be re-elected. At the end of February 1658, guests from many countries gathered on Zhoushan Island to participate in the first "Zhoushan International Forum" hosted by Haihan. Dignitaries from various countries plus some special guests, a total of more than 200 people from 23 countries attended the event.
The venue of the forum is located in the conference hall of Zhoushan Naval Base. This conference hall, which can accommodate about 500 people, is not too big, but it is just right for holding a meeting of this level.
For most of the guests attending this forum, this is their first time to participate in an international exchange event of this scale and level, and they will inevitably feel very novel.
In this era, unless you are a diplomat or a businessman engaged in cross-border trade, even if you are a powerful person in a country, you rarely have the opportunity to go abroad, let alone meet and communicate with high-level people from other countries.
The opportunity provided by Haihan allowed them to get in touch with countries whose names they had only seen in various official documents in the past, and they could discuss any topics of interest together. This was a scene that was unimaginable before.
Of course, some people will still think of the Ming Dynasty in its heyday, when various countries would send envoys to make pilgrimages to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and there seemed to be similar grand occasions.
However, in detail, there are still fundamental differences between the diplomatic activities of the Ming Dynasty and the forum organized by Haihan - at least Haihan would not define the nature of this event as a pilgrimage for dignitaries from various countries.
It is worth mentioning that Ming Dynasty, which only had a battle with Haihan last year, also received the invitation and sent Yue Shizong, an official from the Ministry of Rites, to attend the forum.
Before the incident last year, Yue Shizong was the Ming Dynasty's diplomat stationed in Hangzhou, but his performance in mediating the Hangzhou assassination was not ideal and failed to prevent Haihan from using this as an excuse to raise troops to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Fortunately, Yue Shizong did not make any mistakes in the subsequent armistice negotiations. He cooperated with the special envoy Wang Chengen and finally temporarily saved Guozuo for the Ming Dynasty.
Yue Shizong was not transferred after that, probably because Emperor Chongzhen believed that he had established a certain network of contacts in Hangzhou, and sending someone to replace him might affect the communication channels between the two countries.
The Ming Dynasty, which once thought that it was the ruler of the heaven and the common ruler of the world, could now only serve as a guest, attending international events held by its replacement. I wonder what Yue Shizong would feel in his heart.
The impact of the decline in international status is very clearly reflected in the diplomatic arena. Twenty or thirty years ago, Yue Shizong would probably have been surrounded by dignitaries from all over the world, but now he is indifferent, with few people even taking the initiative to talk to him, as if no one knows his identity.
Of course, no one took the initiative to socialize with Yue Shizong at this time, and the reason was definitely not because they didn't know him. On the contrary, it was precisely because everyone knew that Yue Shizong came on behalf of the Ming Dynasty that everyone stayed away from him.