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 has 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."

After listening to the self-introduction for a long time, 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 never established an embassy in our country. , this is not equitable internationally, it is better for you two to be stationed in East Africa as envoys of the Qing Dynasty, responsible for liaison between the two countries on diplomatic matters."

Constantine's words directly frightened Li Ge and Ender. Constantine, the "foreign barbarian king", 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 a common attitude among Far Eastern bureaucrats, otherwise Li Ge would not be allowed to go to East Africa. He and Ande, two candidates who were not even official officials, came 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, so naturally they could not go against the opinions of their superiors. However, from the moment they went to East Africa as envoys, 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: "His Majesty King Constantine, this must not be done!"

Constantine: "Oh! Why?"

Li Ge said with a mournful face: "The two of us are officials in the Far East, and we have a king and father above us. The ethics of the Far East are the most important. There is a saying that if the king is not upright, the ministers will surrender to other countries. If the two of us are officials in East Africa, we will have a king and father. Wherever Tian Yan is, I am afraid that I will have no words to face the elders in my hometown, so I can only make my ambition clear by dying and refuse to serve as an official."

Li Gewen Zou Zou said a lot, which made the East African translator study together for a long time to figure out the general meaning.

Only then did Constantine realize 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 doesn’t agree, just pretend 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 so far. In the eyes of Britain, France and other countries, the so-called East African Kingdom is an overseas colony established by members of the Prussian royal family (German royal family). Huo Huo It's just a little trick of the Hensolen 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 terrible 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, while the East African Kingdom is only one year old. Less than (excluding colonial time), 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 Kingdom of East Africa, but they will give the Kingdom of East Africa a little face because of Prussia and Austria. The Austrian and Prussian governments really looked down upon 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 Kingdom of East Africa. Although the Prince of Hechingen is small, it is indeed a serious European vassal state. This is also recognized by European nobles. The Kingdom of East Africa is The identity of the future British king as the Indian emperor is the same, but it is just a fake. 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 retire in East Africa. That poor place in Mexico used to be strong.

In fact, ever since they learned that their Emperor was not dead, the royalists in Mexico 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 can earn some subsidies in Austria. Ci will definitely not agree. It is the lesser of the two harms. In addition, Ferdinand is staying well in East Africa and can go home through the Suez Canal from time to time. Therefore, it is not a bad thing to let Ferdinand stay in East Africa. Ferdinand wanted to do something great in East Africa, and everyone just watched with amusement.

Ferdinand: Don’t bully middle-aged people who are poor!

The East African navy is still developing rapidly. Apart from the regret that it does not have ironclads, two new steam-powered warships built by Bagamoyo Shipyard will be put into service this year, plus the two rebuilt warships of the Zanzibar Sultanate. , by next year Ferdinand will have eight steam-powered sailing warships.

All in all, East Africa is really a diplomatic desert today. 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 short time since the establishment of the East African Kingdom, 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 is close to Argentina. This This makes the Paraguayan government even more worried. Paraguay and Argentina came from the 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 liaison 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 selected good diplomats.

As for whether Paraguay or the Far East will set up the first embassy in East Africa, it depends on who is active. Anyway, the current East African kingdom is not eager for diplomacy. It is a good thing that no one pays attention to East Africa. If there is a country that really pays attention to East Africa, I'm afraid that the weasel is paying New Year greetings to the rooster, 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 Far East ambassador really If it fell on the two of them, the future would probably be bleak. They felt that they might as well defect to East Africa and bring their families over from the Far East. They were also afraid that their family members would be gossiped about behind their backs in the Far East.

Li Ge and Ande were born in poverty, with little background and not many family members. Being successful in the imperial examination was a sign of smoke coming out of their ancestral graves. As a result, they were sent to the barbaric land of East Africa before they could enjoy anything.

Constantine didn't know that his casual decision made the two of them sit on pins and needles. In fact, Constantine just wanted to separate Li Ge and Ander from those Far Eastern doctors. These two people were from the Far Eastern officials, and those doctors must have also It's not okay to put it under their management. The doctor is from East Africa.

So Constantine said: "This matter has been settled. I will personally write a letter to your monarch later and praise you both. Alas, the Far East is indeed an ancient country with a long civilization. My ministers are like this Loyal to the Monarch, I think we will vigorously promote it 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 idea was that if you don't keep your talents here, you can keep them.

Constantine continued: "The Ministry of Health should do a good job in reception. You must 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."

Minister of Health Belred said with understanding: "Yes, Your Majesty, we just lack a lot of deans who can take charge of their own affairs, so we can arrange for these doctors to take up their posts."

The doctors in the Far East couldn't understand the conversation between the two, and they didn't know that their group of people had been regarded as one of the East African Kingdom's own. There was no such thing as a free clinic. They were all doctors from East Africa. From now on, they would always serve the East African Kingdom. The medical industry is shining brightly.

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.