Chapter 171 A match made in heaven (1)
…Germany is our natural friend. There is no denying this, nor is it denying it.”
Zheng Yu continued, "So, in my opinion, the use of Germany is a very sincere use, and a win-win and mutually beneficial use. They have territorial and interests in the West. We need to establish our own order in Asia. This requirement is based on the natural matching and complementarity of reality, and also has a common enemy as the basis. It is solid, realistic, and can exist for a long time." "I do not deny that equidistance diplomacy is an attractive term, and it also shows an attitude of self-centeredness. For the great powers, at least they will not make them feel hostile to us based on diplomatic closeness.
"Zheng Yu continued, "But please note: As a small country, you can play equidistant diplomacy in the cracks of big countries and use the contradictions between big countries to obtain benefits. A first-class power like the Empire, in this era, playing equidistant diplomacy and eating several companies in one bite will only make other powerful countries feel more and more dangerous and unreliable. The final result is that those who could have become friends also become enemies, or at least two-minded and suspicious partners or neutrals." "International political game is like playing chess." Zheng Yu continued, "Chess pieces have the logic and wisdom of chess pieces, while chess players have the logic and wisdom of chess players. Our suddenly rising Eastern country is a new variable for all the great powers. They cannot understand our path and are easy to
Out of a certain mentality, we have an instinctive fear and demonization towards us. We have strong powers. If we make them feel unclear about our true attitude, it will make it difficult for all the great powers to deal with us with confidence. The end result is that the empire is isolated and marginalized, and is regarded as a dangerous enemy by almost all the great powers." "Germany has shown great sincerity in cooperation, and it is a special treatment for a country of race, or even a demand of complete equality. If we ignore or perfunctory this demand, it will inevitably lead to the arrogant German emperor and his ministers having some hostility towards us and turning potential allies into enemies. However, this does not mean that we must completely throw away the tool of equal-distance diplomacy."
At this time, some people were already a little confused.
"A question: in the next decade, how can we correctly handle equidistant diplomacy, temporary friends, long-term friends, secret enemies, and other things?" Zheng Yu paused and continued, "We must be clear that our foreign policy is to target certain classes in certain countries, convey the information the empire wants to convey, and try to influence and convince them as much as possible."
"For example, for Germany, the most remarried is to let the German Emperor and his government and military departments feel our sincere cooperation attitude, and feel that we are likely to become their comprehensive allies." Zheng Yu said, "To achieve this goal, Germany must also help us with a sincere attitude. Therefore, the key to Germany is only two words: "Sincerity" and we must never engage in simple equidistant diplomacy." "For Britain, don't expect us to really fool those political elites. The Sino-British alliance has been just a cover from now on and is a tool to ease the conflict between the two sides. Both sides need this thing, to appease some people internally, prevent public opinion from getting out of control, and to deter certain potential enemy countries externally." Zheng Yu said, "The empire is really going to be a shadow."
The people who are the British are the people of the lower and middle classes and the upper classes. Therefore, the empire must show "allies, at least sufficient respect on the surface, not to hurt their face too much, and even often make some practical expressions and give some benefits. As long as we win over the hearts of the British people, even if some elites in the upper class of the British want to be hostile to the empire, they will be afraid of the mouse." "For the United States, the empire must still show a frank attitude and a cooperative attitude in the next ten years, and must treat the United States as a friend." Zheng Yu continued, "But we must also understand that this relationship is only temporary. And we use the Americans in order to establish an international order that serves our interests."
"The principle of equidistance diplomacy is often the tool for us to protect ourselves." Zheng Yu paused and continued, "When the Germans asked to sign a formal military alliance with us, if we don't want to sign, then equidistance diplomacy is an excuse. We want to move out of the Sino-British alliance, and we must say that we will come first and then come: When the British want to expand the Sino-British alliance with us and extend the period, we must use the Germans as tools, use equidistance diplomacy, and maintain Sino-German cooperation to balance the British: When the Americans want to obtain economic privileges, we must also use the equidistance diplomacy tool and use Britain to restrain the requirements of the Americans."
"In short, all the foreign policies of Lou are based on our relationship with our own interests and the interests of the other party, and equidistance diplomacy is a tool for us to avoid going over in a certain direction and falling into the trap of each other's demands."
As soon as this statement was spoken, Li Jingfang, Liu Dingyi and others could not help but nod.
Zheng Yu looked around the audience: "Since that's the case, my opinion will be used as the fundamental principle of foreign policy in the next ten years of our empire: Germany is the long-term and actual ally, Britain is the superficial ally, the United States is the available ally at this stage, and equidistant diplomacy is the tool to restrain the non-decision requirements of all countries. What are your objections?" "Agree."
Everyone raised their hands.
"Very good" Zheng Yu pointed... Then let's talk about the ultimate goal of the war and the next strategy of the empire...
〖China's victory in the north caused a strong response in the "government delegation" in Dongjiaominxiang, Beijing.
As a traditional ally and main creditor of Russia, the French have recently been connected in Beijing and are very active. Due to the fierce attack on Russia, Russia has suffered increasingly painful failures, especially this time, the two "myths" of "Siberian Winter" and "Far East and West Siberian Fortress Group" have become foolish whispers by the fall of the two fortresses of Uljinske and Chita, and the Russian national debt has fallen into a mess.
Of course, the French are not very clear about how big the Chinese investment institutions and chaebols and Chinese banks have taken the lead, and they have made huge francs, British lists and US dollars. But they know very well that if the Chinese people are allowed to continue to fight like this, if there is a problem in Russia, France will have tens of billions of rubles of bonds and investments in Russia.
That would be a catastrophe for the French financial market and even the entire economy.
Therefore, the French ambassador is now a Russian envoy. Wherever he goes, he can tell how the dominant China, which will threaten the Western Far Eastern order once Russia falls and loses its restraint, or it will describe the great friendship between France and Russia, and promise that "France will stand with Russia" and "helping Russia is helping France, and you also help yourself."
But when it comes to France's ability to "how many warships and troops have to support your foreign policy" and "whether France is willing to bear military responsibility for China for Russia", French ambassador Tian Bei immediately looked around and said something else.
"The Bluffing Gaul Rooster," this is the recent and the most popular German ambassador Braun Sishiri's evaluation of Tian Bei, and it soon spread among the mission.
William Rockhill of the United States has been very busy recently.
Now his main task is to discuss business cooperation with China, especially the details of Far East development, and then to make arrangements for the visit of the US business delegation to China.
〖China has already thrown out attractive enough chips: Northeast development plan, Northwest development plan, Méng ancient development plan..., Far East coastal development plan, and even Central Asia development plan.
Everything can be negotiated.
The huge industrial, agricultural and animal husbandry are also in line with the huge railway and highway network construction plan, everything, Chinese people need everything: funds, personnel, technology, equipment, materials, urban planning, operation experience of large farms and pastures...
And all of this is true in the United States!
The Great White Fleet has arrived at Tokyo Bay in Japan and is about to visit China. However, when the Chinese mobile fleet came forward to "welcome" in combat formation, according to the original words of the US Navy officers on the Great White Fleet, "I have no doubt that as long as the other party wants, we can sink our entire fleet to the bottom of the sea within two hours." When several submarines of the Chinese army suddenly surfaced less than 500 meters near the US ship and emitted a "welcome" light signal, the officers of the US fleet looked at the heavy torpedo tubes of the Polygonum multiflorum in the telescope, and felt a chill in their hearts.
The US Navy officers who boarded the Chinese naval warship were soon shocked by this cold and tranquil momentum that had just experienced a great war. If this was a group of special forces soldiers who had shot out from the rain of bullets, the US fleet was just a group of strong men who had trained some tendons in the gym.
The strict management of Chinese warships, the complexity of every corner, the meticulous and humanized functions and facilities within the ship, and the precision of maritime practice demonstrations made these proud American Navy soldiers feel inferior to themselves.
The US Navy, who was romantic and respected the hero, took the initiative to accept Marshal Xu Fan's inspection in Tokyo Bay, and expressed his respect for the commander who had just won a decision to fight the battle of the sea, and was approved.
On that day, a total of sixteen American latest warships, almost all the essence of the US Navy, passed the Fuzhou battleship, which served as the review ship in a single column, and fired empty-packet bombs with all the main guns.
This is the highest etiquette of the world's navy. Looking at the history of the world's navy, Xu Fan is the only one who can accept such tribute to so many foreign battleships.
This record has not been broken until later generations.
Rockhill clearly felt that the White House's attitude towards China had undergone some subtle changes.
Obviously, President Roosevelt, the new Secretary of State Eli and Rutt, and the elites of the United States Congress are gradually realizing that China's strong rise is forming a "unipolar" situation in the Western Pacific that is not very favorable to the expansion of the United States.
Previously, although the "advantage" of the Japanese-Russian alliance made the United States adopt a strategy of supporting China, rising post-war brokerage interests, and maintaining balanced power in the Western Pacific. However, with the rapid defeat of Japan and Russia, even Japan has completely fallen into China's hands. Even if the cancellation of support for China is no longer able to restore the balanced power situation.
Without this, how can the opening of the door be guaranteed?
Rockhill had already worked with Britain and France once on "Hanxuan" but was undoubtedly humiliated.
That time, Li Jingfang's performance gave this Sinology who considered himself a "pro-China school" and a great stinger of the diplomatic elite of the United States of America. He did not think that this was Li Jingfang's lack of cultivation.
He knew very well that this was staring at him and also a message to all the biography of the great powers! China is the decision of the matter here, and China has no obligation to listen to your fingers!
Such a strong and unrestrained confession made Rock Hill, who was accustomed to Chinese-style compromise, unable to accept it at all.
But what if you don't accept it?
He also participated in that small-scale military parade, standing beside Emperor Meiji, watching the Chinese Imperial Guards who had flattened the Japanese army in the Northeast triumphantly, looking at their excellent military equipment and well-trained appearance, and looking at the motorized troops, aircraft, airships,......
He knew very well that with the little navy that the United States had just worked hard to build, the "pocket" army of 100,000 people, and especially the pacifist and isolationist sentiment formed by the American people over the past century, he could not imagine that the United States would launch a large army to cross the Pacific Ocean and launch a new crusade against this Eastern Empire, forcing the other side to accept the will of the United States.
The White House is still asking him to "must quickly end the war between China and Russia and try his best to ensure that the Chinese should not get too many benefits." In Rockhill's view, this requirement is impossible to achieve at all, and the futile forced push will not only fail to achieve the expected results, but will also lead to the disgust of the Chinese.
Rockhill was forced to do anything and once vaguely tested that "the United States still has a loan of 1500 million US dollars not been issued." China's attitude is very clear: If you default, then the agreement reached by both of us in business partners before...
Rockhill can only change the topic. He knows how excited the domestic industry and commerce are for China's development plan.
If you threaten, others are not afraid and cannot fight, then you might as well return to reality: seek greater diplomatic and political influence in China with a kind attitude and gain real economic benefits.
In this regard, Rockhill was calm on the surface, but was still the "old Chinese friend" who showed sincerity and enthusiasm. On the other hand, he racked his brains every day to think about how to convince the "men of the White House" to give up their unrealistic fantasies.
British Ambassador to China Jurden has been significantly "cloudy to showers" recently.
Originally, he was shocked by the victory of China, but he was still a little "honest".
But Peace Hanxuan's failure suddenly alerted him.
This country, which was originally regarded as the Oriental Doberman, now obviously no longer needs to pay too much attention to the will of the British Empire. What's even more terrifying is that with the rapid fall of Japan and Russia, the British no longer have any bargaining chips to restrict each other.
For this reason, Juerdian fell into painful entanglement and contradiction.
If we insist on the Sino-British alliance, we should simply stand on China's side and be determined to win over China, which will inevitably be a disaster for raising tigers: even the most mentally retarded international observers can see that the Dutch and Western India, which are everywhere in Chinese, will definitely be the next target of China's expansion in the future. They will wait for the opportunity, and even take the initiative to find the opportunity to swallow this vast and fertile and weak area in one bite. In this way, Malacca, Australia and India are facing the danger of being cut off by the Chinese.
Can we defeat the Sino-British alliance, turn to win over Russia and France, and even strangle the Chinese together?
To defeat this country in the cup, how many troops will Britain and France need? What will the Germans do? How much does it cost to fight the expedition for thousands of miles?
When the German military observation group visited Xishan and returned, after Germany's groups in China began to contact China more actively, Juerdian had already given up the idea of a solution by force.
Obviously, the Germans are already trying to win over the Chinese, hoping that China will cripple the Russians and go south to find the bad luck of the British. At that time, the Germans will make their requests in Europe and will not accept them, and they will start a war!
With the German monster walking with the Chinese, the "Gallic rooster" with a slammed xiong can't send any troops to Asia to deal with the Chinese!
Once a war breaks out between the two major camps of Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy, it is likely that the European powers will suffer both losses, which is a situation that London has been trying hard to avoid.
After thinking about it, Juerdian has only one way left: continue to maintain the Sino-British alliance, and must be promoted, this is the only correct choice! Otherwise, the self who promotes this alliance will become the leader of the British Empire! More importantly, only in this way can we stabilize China and gain time.
Juerdian believes that after hundreds of years of European balanced policies, the United Kingdom, which has been sowed and disagreement, will definitely find a breakthrough between China and Germany.
Britain provoked the Netherlands against Spain, then provoked France against the Netherlands, then provoked Prussia, Austria, and the Netherlands against France. Later, it organized several anti-French alliances, then used France, Austria to oppose Russia, and then used Prussia to oppose France.
Under the fact that Britain has money and diplomatic provocation, the modern history of the European continent is full of plots, betrayals, and killings. These British politicians, known as first-class international politicians, have been adhering to the traditional European balanced policies, provoking and instigating within the EU, and spared no effort to undermine the European unification trend until the 21st century in another time and space.
Chapter completed!