1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2665
After the two-day public open day, the Haihan Mission held a temporary meeting at the station to listen to Fu Li's report and analysis on the recent local situation.

"Currently there are three hot topics in the public opinion in the Gyeonggi-do area. The first is, of course, the activities of visiting the fleet open to the public. The second is various rumors about Zhu Zi'an. The third is some agreements reached during the talks between the two countries. will have an impact on North Korea."

Fu Li sat upright, and said to everyone present in a serious tone: "Next, I will explain these points to you. If there is something unclear, you can ask questions and discuss it."

It is the first time for the Haihan Navy to hold such a large-scale visit in North Korea. Due to the adequate preparations in advance, the two-day opening process was relatively smooth.Although there were some small frictions among the people who came to visit due to the crowded flow of people, thousands of troops from the two countries were dispatched to maintain order at the scene, but it did not cause major disturbances.

According to official statistics, more than 2 visitors entered the east and west exhibition areas during the two-day event, which means that about one-fifth of the local population participated in the event.As far as the scale of the number is concerned, it has greatly exceeded the expectations before the event was held.In recent years, the Seoul area has a larger scale than this, and the group activities with more participants are probably only the enthronement ceremony of Li Yi.

Although the visit to the public has come to an end, the resulting impact is still being fermented.The visit itself does not charge any ticket fees, but you can buy various peripheral souvenirs officially produced by Haihan, such as ship models, naval-themed posters, various military supplies, commemorative medals, etc.

Officials don’t expect to make much money from these souvenirs, but rather their publicity effect, so the pricing is not high, and the sales during the event are also very good. Most of the souvenirs have been swept away by enthusiastic people.Even some Haihan businessmen who sang along with the stage took the opportunity to sell a lot of Haihan products at the event site.

Fu Lidao: "Today, a North Korean official told me that the king was also very surprised after learning about the grand occasion of this event, so he plans to hold similar events on his own in the future, so that the people have the opportunity to learn about the situation of their country's army."

Tao Hongfang responded: "North Koreans have a strong ability to imitate everything, and we are so successful, they should also worry that our level of force has become a benchmark in the eyes of the people. The rising new army is not a good thing."

Fu Li nodded and said: "Li Yan actually has a lot of ideas. He has spent so many resources to form a new army over the years, and his purpose is not entirely just to help our country. However, due to the objective environment, his ideas are often difficult to come by. Realized... I think this is the king's intention to test the tone of our country to see if his idea has a chance to be implemented."

Li Yan studied in Haihan when he was still the eldest son, and saw how Haihan developed its economy and strengthened its national power. Of course, he also wanted to use the skills he learned in governing the country.But the imperial court is not his monopoly, and when it comes to actual interests, there will still be many people who will oppose him openly and secretly.

What's more, there is Hai Han watching over his head. In the early years, because of his arbitrariness, Hai Han felt unreliable, so he sent his brother to the north to set up a small court, which led to the current situation of dividing the north and the south.If Li Xuan wants to do something, he often has to go through Haihan first, and it is difficult to make government orders smooth and express affection across the country.

The great enthusiasm shown by the people of Seoul for the visit to the Haihan Navy Fleet not only exceeded the expectations of the mission, but probably also surprised Li Yan.As a king, he certainly hopes that his people will put this kind of enthusiasm and concern on their own army.It's just that whether his wish can be realized or not depends on Hai Han's face in the end.

Fu Li went on to talk about the second topic. Zhu Zian's deeds had attracted a lot of attention from the local people because they had made enough preparations through publicity channels in the early stage.However, perhaps because Zhu Zian's exposure was not high enough after arriving in Seoul, and new topics such as the open tour of the fleet attracted attention, the continued discussion was not very hot.

The latest issue of the Al Jazeera Times still published continuous reports on Zhu Zian, and focused on some of his remarks during the meeting with local visitors, but it was obviously not as popular as the reports in the previous issues. The sales volume of the Al Jazeera Times in the Seoul area also declined.

Fu Li said: "My personal opinion is that Zhu Zian's deeds can attract public attention through early reports, which shows that his existence has a certain political symbolic significance, but the subsequent decline in popularity can be understood as the influence of Daming here. Judging from the situation of the visitors, Zhu Zian’s identity and background only attracted some old and stubborn people with little influence, while the younger generation didn’t have any special feelings about it, and it might even be worse than the identity of Xie Yuan from other places More gimmicks."

According to Fu Li's view, Zhu Zian's influence obviously did not meet his expectations.But he knew that the Donghai Region had done a lot of work and invested a lot of resources before pushing Zhu Zian to appear on stage, so it was not easy to question the decision of the Donghai Region.

It was Shi Diwen's decision to use Zhu Zian himself, so Shi Chengwu had to stand up and explain this issue: "The local reaction to Zhu Zian's arrival is flat, which is actually a good thing for our country. If there are really many objections Forces take advantage of this opportunity to jump out and make trouble, then we have to reflect on why the strategies implemented in North Korea over the past few years have not achieved results."

Seeing that Fu Li did not open his mouth to refute himself, Shi Chengwu continued: "The significance of Zhu Zian's existence is not to stir up major changes, but to verify whether Daming's overseas prestige has dropped to a relatively low level. I I think he has played his due role during the visit to Seoul."

Fu Li nodded and approved Shi Chengwu's statement: "As a tool man, he has indeed played a role."

Since Shi Chengwu thought there was nothing wrong with using Zhu Zian's method, Fu Li didn't want to argue with him on this issue either.Anyway, this matter is handled by the East China Sea Region alone. Whether it is done well or not, it is the East China Sea Region's business. Fu Li is only cooperating in Seoul.As for whether Zhu Zian can stand out in Haihan's bureaucratic system in the future, that's not something he wants to care about.

(End of this chapter)