Chapter 1679 carrots and sticks
When I saw Zhong Yi again, Bamo's mood was complicated.
As a government figure, Bamo's political sensitivity is still very keen. The wind rises at the end of Qingping. He has already seen Zhong Yi's ambitions through the slightest recent signs.
From the fact that Chinese students in Myanmar formed a Revival Society, Bamo has seen that Zhong Yi’s visit to Myanmar is not just so-called “helping” Myanmar fight against Japanese aggression.
It is obvious that Zhong Yi has clear political intentions.
So Bamo was very worried that it would turn into a situation where he drove the tiger in the front door and a wolf in the back door.
In the end, although the Chinese used the power of the Chinese to expel or suppress the forces of Aung San and Wu Nu, the Chinese forces took the opportunity to grow. It is hard to say that this is a blessing or a disaster.
So this time Zhong Yi was looking for him, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to explore Zhong Yi's tone.
As soon as they met, Bamo said directly: "Sir Zhong, I have something I have to report to you. The Chinese students who have recently entered Myanmar are a little restless."
"Is that true?" Zhong Yi said in surprise, "What have they done?"
Bamo said: "Sir Zhong, you know that public association is prohibited in Myanmar."
"Wait." Zhong Yi said, "General Alexander once told me that the prohibition of public association has been deleted from Myanmar law."
"Ahem." Bamo said with a cough, "Sir Zhong, this is true. The prohibition of public association has indeed been deleted from the Myanmar law, but this was obtained by our Burmese people after arduous struggles. Therefore, this law only applies to our Burmese people. The rest of the races are afraid that this law cannot be quoted."
"What does it mean?" Zhong Yi's eyes suddenly became cold and he said with a gloomy face, "What do you mean is that the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Myanmar do not enjoy the same political status as the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Myanmar? Chinese and overseas Chinese in Myanmar should be discriminated against, is that true?"
Bamoxin said, "Aren't you talking nonsense?" When you were fighting against the British colonial government, you didn't come. Now things have been done and you have harvested the fruits. You have to get a share of the pie. How can such a good thing happen in this world?
But on the surface, of course, Bamo did not dare to say that, so he could only smile and say, "Sir Zhong, that's not what I mean."
"What do you mean?" Zhong Yi said coldly, "Prime Minister Bamo, just tell me clearly."
Bamo whispered: "We do not mean to discriminate against Chinese people, but the association is really sensitive, especially the Fuxing Society is even more sensitive. Moreover, after the Fuxing Society was established, it has had many conflicts with Myanmar police. In a conflict yesterday, a large-scale attack on police officers even occurred..."
"The police attack incident?" Zhong Yi directly interrupted Bamo. "As far as I know, it was because Myanmar police interfered with the gathering of Chinese students on the streets for no reason that conflict broke out."
"This..." Bamo didn't know what to say.
But he probably already knew Zhong Yi's attitude.
Sure enough, Zhong Yi has political ambitions for Myanmar.
Then, Bamo must know Zhong Yi’s goal.
If Zhong Yi’s goal is to gain the governance of Myanmar, there is no need to cooperate with him.
If Zhong Yi’s goal is just to participate in governance, then the two sides can continue to cooperate.
When Bamo asked in a vague sense, "Sir Zhong, if Myanmar won the War of Resistance Against Japan, what are your plans next?"
Zhong Yi suddenly heard the implicit meaning of Bamo, looked back at Stilwell, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Bamo, before you come in, General Stilwell and I were discussing the issue of national independence all over the world."
"Yes." Stilwell finally intervened and said, "We both agreed that the colonial rule of the vast colonies of Asia, Africa and Latin America is extremely inappropriate, and each colony should win national independence."
"National independence?!" Bamo felt a numbness rushing straight from the tailbone to the Baihui point.
If Myanmar can really win national independence, then what it gains will not only govern, but sovereignty!
Although governance and sovereignty are only one word different, their connotations are completely different. Having sovereignty means that Myanmar will have independent political, military and diplomatic powers.
If Myanmar really wins independence in his hands, he will become the founding father of Myanmar!
But Bamo is a politician after all, and he quickly calmed down after being excited.
"The British will not agree." Bamo said, "Britain has great interests in Myanmar."
"I'm afraid they must agree." Zhong Yi said with a smile, "Otherwise, the 500,000 soldiers of the Myanmar war zone will not agree, and the 30 million people in Myanmar will not agree."
"Thirty million?" said Bamo, "Myanmar has only 20 million people."
"There will be 30 million soon." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "Chinese refugees coming from Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and even Borneo are entering Myanmar in large numbers."
Then Bamo knew what Zhong Yi really meant.
Zhong Yi means that he can help Myanmar win independence.
But his condition is that the Chinese must have a place in the Myanmar government after independence!
This result was even a bit surprising to Bamo. It turned out that what Zhong Yi wanted was just to give the Chinese a place in Myanmar, rather than gaining a dominant position.
This is completely acceptable to Bamo.
Once you know what Zhong Yi means, Bamo will know what to do.
"Sir Zhong, don't worry." Bamo said with a sigh, "The Chinese of course have the same status as the Burmese in Myanmar. When I go back, I warn the police station's patrol team to let them master the standards."
"No, it's not about mastering the standards." Zhong Yi corrected, "It's about distinguishing the enemy and me."
"Yes." Bamo nodded and said, "We must distinguish between enemies and us!"
After saying that, Bamo turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhong Yi: "Wait."
Bamo uh, turned around and asked, "Sir Zhong, do you have anything else?"
"There is another thing to bother you." Zhong Yi said, "The Japanese army has advanced to the east bank of the Salwin River. The Battle of Xidanghe will soon officially begin. In order to avoid accidentally hurting the local people, I hope that Prime Minister Bamo, you can transfer the people on the west bank of Xidanghe to a safe place as soon as possible."
Bamo hurriedly said, "Shame, I have to remind you of such a thing, but don't worry, when I go back, I urgently arrange personnel to go to Xidang and transfer local people as soon as possible."
Zhong Yi nodded and said, "I'm working hard."
Bamo hurried away.
Watching Bamo go away, Stilwell suddenly smiled slightly and said, "Zhong, I suddenly thought of a story."
"Story?" Zhong Yi asked in surprise, "What story?"
Chapter completed!