Cutting 1719

Chapter 629
If he wanted to secretly dig into the corner of the British Empire, Ning Yu naturally couldn't do without the help of foreign consultant Ernst. At least on British issues, his opinions were often quite unique.

"Your Majesty, going to colonize America right now doesn't seem to be of much help to the empire."

Ernst was very surprised by Ning Yu's meaning. In his opinion, the current Dachu can be called a wealthy local tyrant. He has countless food, clothing and clothing at home, and there are a lot of resources under his feet. Mine, but still thinking about the broken dog bowl of the poor neighbor-this is really incomprehensible.

But this is not Ernst's problem, but Ning Yu's problem, because in this era, it is almost a fantasy to control the Americas, and the long distance between the two sides completely cut off the intention of establishing rule—even if Europe is closer to the Americas, but Britain can't stop the independence of the United States.

As for how far are the two sides?In fact, there is no need to cite other examples. Not long after the United States became independent, a ship arrived in China from the United States.

Later in 1784, that is, the 40th year of Qianlong, the United States had just been independent for eight years. Commerce, can be said to be quite far-sighted.

As the ship to undertake this important mission, it was originally a sailing ship serving in the navy, but it was refitted as a merchant ship and named the "Empress of China". The merchant ship carried many American specialties, such as fur, American ginseng , pepper and other products, and the destination was to trade in Guangzhou at that time, in exchange for Chinese specialties, such as tea, silk, and porcelain.

So how long has this ship been sailing?

According to records, the ship set off from New York Harbor on February 2, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. The journey of tens of thousands of miles took a full five months, and then the Queen of China docked in Java for a short repair. , and then after more than 22 days of sailing, he arrived in Macau to go through immigration procedures, and then sailed to Huangpu Port in Guangzhou, and did not officially arrive until August 20.

In other words, it took half a year for this ship, which represented the beautiful dream of making money of the Americans at that time, to arrive in the Qing Dynasty at that time.

In this era, a speed like this is completely normal, and even slower than this is possible, and you will encounter various problems such as storms, pirates, and disorientation in the middle, even if you sink halfway, it is very normal things.

For Ernst, he didn't understand why the emperor wanted to occupy such a distant place on a whim, which was even crazier than sending troops to Siberia.

Of course, Ning Yu could not tell Ernst about the future generations, so he could only whisper: "Ernst, the New World represents future wealth. If Da Chu wants to develop, he must establish contact with the New World. Our power is not necessarily Da Chu—”

"What?" Ernst didn't understand.

Ning Yu also felt that he had a headache when explaining. He whispered: "If we look at the New World with the current thinking, it is difficult for us to get a correct understanding, but I think we need to look at it from the perspective of development. What if, what if a unified country emerges there? It may pose a threat to Da Chu's strategy in the future."

Ernst was a little silent, and he said softly: "Your Majesty, this is why I always think you are a great emperor, because your thinking always surpasses us too much. Or in other words, surpasses the entire era, In fact, in the words of you Chinese people, this issue is simply 'unfounded worry', there is no country that can travel thousands of miles just to fight a war!"

"Heh, it's just that you are ignorant. In fact, in later generations, there are not many such lunatics!"

Ning Yu secretly slandered in his heart. He didn't want to continue to explain more to Ernst, but said seriously: "I mainly want to know some of the current situation in America, especially some information about European colonists."

Ernst could only explain with a wry smile: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the current upsurge of American colonization has gradually come to an end, because the colonial history of the past few hundred years has demarcated the original sphere of influence, and these American colonies are due to the distance. Because of this, the connection with the mainland is not deep, and there is even a tendency to gradually separate, so the attitudes of European countries towards the American colonies are actually very complicated.”

In fact, what Ernst said is not wrong, because in Ning Yu's understanding, the future of the United States and Lijian is still called the British North American Colony at this time, and it is not even counted as the thirteen states of North America, because it is still a 16-yuan colony at this time. And just established the Georgia colony in the first two years.

Of course, the British colonies in the Americas were not considered the most powerful colonies. The first to enter the Americas was Spain, which occupied a vast territory in the Americas, including most of South and Central America and North Part of America, while the Portuguese occupied Brazil, and the French established their own colony in Louisiana.

The early colonies were all established by colonial companies. For example, when Britain first established colonies in America, it was organized by the Virginia Company of London. They established a settlement at the mouth of the James River and named it "Jamestown", and then The government and the royal family sent them there, and they were basically their own people.

But now, the situation has become very different. Take the British colonies as an example. In the early days, colonial companies and government organizations went to North America, but now it has become that the British people began to spontaneously go to North America to open up in order to escape from the poor land. , and the composition of these people is also very complicated.

Just like the population of the British North American colonies today is about 200 million. Although the British have the largest number of immigrants, they are also full of French, Dutch, Germans, Swedes, Swiss, Irish, etc., as well as hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Black slaves, most of these people came from the lower classes.

Ernst sighed softly: "Because the distance is so far away that the King of England could not completely suppress the North American colonies. The Bacon Rebellion that broke out later is a typical case."

That's right, everyone in the world knows that a cannon shot from thirteen North American states started the American War of Independence, but few people know that there was an uprising in the British American colonies more than 100 years ago, and this uprising is the Bacon uprising.

And this Bacon uprising was essentially a war against the Indians by the British Rednecks. At that time, because the Indians attacked the immigrants in order to regain their lost land, the rednecks represented Bacon and asked the colonial governor Berkeley to punish the Indians. It was rejected by Berkeley.

Of course, it was not because Berkeley was a good man, but because the Indians were not weak at that time, and Berkeley was cautious, worried that the war would expand further, so he stopped Bacon's revenge.

However, because of this, it stimulated the original dissatisfaction of the rednecks with the colonial authorities. Bacon turned around and proposed to oppose the oppression of rich planters, oppose the unreasonable taxation system, expand voting rights and re-election of parliament, etc., and soon got it. With the approval of other rednecks, they joined Bacon's rebel army one after another, and even once occupied Jamestown, the capital of Virginia, expelled Berkeley, and burned Jamestown.

The uprising lasted until Bacon died of inexplicable illness, the rebel army disbanded and ended, and Berkeley returned to the capital properly, arrested and executed Bacon's followers, and quelled the incident.

Ernst said softly: "Although Bacon's uprising was suppressed, this incident reflected one point, that is, the king was simply incapable of responding to the coup d'etat in the colonies in a timely manner. But it also reflects that.”

Speaking of this, Ernst quickly came to a conclusion, and he told Ning Yu seriously, "Before there is no better way to rule, whether it is the British or the French, their colonies will set off another uprising sooner or later. —until successful independence is achieved."

Ning Yu nodded slightly. He agreed with Ernst's judgment very much. Some people may ask, why do the colonies like to rebel so much?Can't we live in peace?

In fact, the reason is also very simple. The local people’s requirements for the colonies are very simple, that is, to obtain local raw materials at a lower cost, so as to cultivate the domestic industrial market, but this is naturally extremely unfavorable to the people of the colonies, because they will not Tolerate yourself as a slave to your own country.

The conflict of interests between the native land and the colonies is almost unavoidable, and it will continue. Even if this independent uprising fails, it will only lay the foundation for the next uprising. Coupled with the limitations of distance and technical conditions, the colonies will always have the chance of a successful uprising. condition.

Therefore, this is the reason why Ernst opposed Da Chu's continuing to colonize North America, because in the short term, he could gain some benefits, but in the long run, it would be a loss-making business.

The uprising of the thirteen states in North America that broke out later is a typical example. Not only did it completely break away from the long-established British Empire, it even indirectly sent the French Emperor Louis XVI to the guillotine.

Of course Ning Yu is aware of such a general trend, and he would never envisage building a huge empire across the Pacific Ocean, which is simply impossible-but he can integrate the power of the entire Asia, and then deploy it to the Americas to compete with the Europeans. To fight for America, to prevent the Onsa people from completely becoming the masters of America.

This is not just a war between Great Chu and England, or even a war between Chinese people and Angsa people, but a complete battle between yellow and white, fighting for the future of future generations in this world.

"Ernst, what I see is not only the next hundred years, but the next thousand years!"

After communicating with Ernst, Ning Yu made up his mind completely. He summoned the cabinet ministers and the Privy Council ministers for a meeting with a very high level of confidentiality. Chu's core top figures.

And in the brightly lit room, everyone sat down on both sides, and saw a thick document on the table in front of them, with the four words "Hundred Years Plan" written on it, and the top secret was stamped on the top of the document. It is obvious that this is a meeting with a very high level of confidentiality.

Ning Yu sat at the top, looked around at everyone, and then said softly: "It has been a full twelve years since the founding of the Great Chu, and you should also understand that the spirit of my Great Chu's founding should be based on the rise of the Chinese nation. So that the honor and disgrace of the royal family is the queen, this is what I told you, and it will not change in the future."

Everyone just listened quietly, with a little expectation in their eyes, maybe this time will be the beginning of a huge change.

Ning Yu stood up, walked to the wall and pulled down the curtain above, and saw a huge map appearing in front of everyone, on which the whole world was depicted in colorful colors, and a huge big Chu stood in the center of the map, but There is still a huge territory all around.

"If you want China to stand on the top of the world, you should use the leader of Asia to gather strength and compete with the Westerners for hegemony in the world."

The crisp voice echoed in the meeting room, and everyone pursed their lips and looked at everything in front of them. They felt that there seemed to be a fire burning in their hearts, which was a feeling they hadn't experienced for a long time.Only before the decisive battle in Anqing back then could I feel this excitement.

Ning Yu picked up the long stick on the side and tapped it on the huge land representing America. His voice was a little low: "If you want to compete with the Westerners for world hegemony, it is impossible to rely on Asia alone. We need more heritage and will need to use more Yellow-skinned and black-haired Asians, take America back from the whites!"

"They won the first 300 years of colonial history, but we can't continue to sleep. I think that if we want to change this situation, we need to occupy the Americas in a shorter period of time. This is also the real beginning of my "Centennial Plan"! "

Cui Wancai couldn't help frowning, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what is the "Hundred Years Plan"?"

"The so-called one-hundred-year plan is to launch a full-scale decisive battle with the Westerners within 50 years, and to completely expel them from the Americas within 50 years. During this period, we should gradually move westward, starting from Siberia and Central Asia. Going westward, by wooing some Western countries and suppressing some Western countries, a complete strategic encirclement will be achieved."

The magnificent picture of the future was instantly described by Ning Yu, and everyone was very excited. They picked up the thick document and read it carefully. The content inside will be more detailed and specific, including the colonization plan for the Americas. Each colony is detailed - in the next 20 to 1000 years of the plan, Da Chu will immigrate more than [-] million people to the Americas, and they will become the key to occupying the Americas in the future.

"The so-called battle of civilizations is also a battle between yellow and white. This battle has already started today!"

(End of this chapter)